Comments on: Delicious, delicious cynicism

By: Manic Maverick

Manic Maverick — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:35:57 +0000

You forgot about the #1 lesson of Final Fantasy: Pretty people always win in the end.

…

Fuck those games.

By: Mr_Day

Mr_Day — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:37:00 +0000

Whilst I see what you are saying, doesn’t it make a difference who the npc is? What if it had been Alyx Vance, or Luigi?

I couldn’t kill Luigi. You shouldn’t either.

I can tell you, however, that if the second player in SC had been my brother, yes I could kill him. I did in Double Dragon like, a hundred times already. He is used to it by now.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:58:47 +0000

It’s really funny, because when I finished the co-op, I thought of you and your talk about FarCry 2. And I even came here wondering if you had played it and was going to comment on it.

SPOILER! WARHHHH!

So, I randomly started the co-op with a random dude on live, and we made it through the missions through thick and thin, we were both of about equal skill, both got killed, both got grabbed by baddies. Then, in the end, he laughed as his boss told him to kill me. I wondered, “is there anyway to not kill you?” So I began my walk, I asked him if he was supposed to kill me, he said yes. I was hoping that it wouldn’t come to this, I wondered what I would do when I found him. Then, I jumped over a balcony and to both of our surprise, landed right in front of him. He instantly grabbed me and killed me. I screamed “SERIOUSLY?!” I felt betrayed by my comrade, my friend. Then I here “huh, I got an achievement.” As the movie played, Archer gave his final words and Stupid Russian Man got shot… he deserved it.

Then my “partner” sent me a friend request…
Turns out he’s a military man, Army I think.

There might be a disconnect between killing friendly NPCs and killing fellow players. I mean, we have multiplayer which is built just for that. Of course, I’m reminded of in Splintercell Pandora Tomorrow when Sam (you) are told to kill an Israeli sniper woman who up to that point has been helping you. Lambert himself orders you to kill her as you are about to go down a floor or two in an elevator. I never miss. I don’t think I’ve gone through that level without shooting her in the head. Apparently, if you don’t kill her then, you have to kill her and a couple other hidden snipers later in the level.

I’m not sure what I would have done if I were the one to find my friend first, would I hesitate? Would he, like he did when he found me, take the first shot and make it count? I want to do the co-op with my brother just to get to the end and see what happens.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:00:15 +0000

*I don’t think i spoil anything but if your worried avoid my comment*
Prior to playing i was informed there would be a twist ending because of a review and i was still surprised. It truely caused a great moment of gameplay, as it played out my friend asked me if i was playing because it changed the pace so much. there was a little bit of an awkard silence. Its good to hear that other people apperciated it as well.

By: Josh Tanner

Josh Tanner — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:23:41 +0000

I loved the ending, because of how relevant to the rest of the game it was. You could see exactly why it happened, finally realizing exactly what was going on in the last level. It sucked to see, but it provided an emotional reaction. I’m glad they did this.

By: Trevor P

Trevor P — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:44:13 +0000

So that means that from now on, all your talks will be about Far Cry 2 and SC: Conviction?! I think I should still probably try FC2 only because all your talks are about it.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:12:50 +0000

*don’t

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:11:41 +0000

Devil’s Avocado Larry,
Two best friends sit down to play a game, generally X hours later they don’t want to be told there was no way, no matter what they did, to earn a happy ending where they have to beat each other to a pulp. (I’m assuming that’s the case based on your and linde’s tweets.)

By: Mr_Day

Mr_Day — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:59:31 +0000

Considering what you liked about the Far Cry 2 ending, am I right in thinking it is like the ending of Double Dragon?

My brother always hated that. My suggestion that he should suck less didn’t go down too well.

By: Grizzlybear

Grizzlybear — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:05:27 +0000

So that being said, did you like the game itself? I’m kind of wary of Splinter Cell games after I picked up the first one again for nostalgia purposes and remembered that I hadn’t particularly liked it.