Grasshopper Manufacture Ranked
what can i say? i like your earlier albums better. frankly after going through all of these, you really do owe me 50,000 yen.
12 Games
honestly just the coolest game that has ever been made
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the definitive game-about-games. everything else pales in comparison.
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a treasured time capsule released into the world only when it was ready for it
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i haven't played this in 8 years but it still shines bright in my memory. we're all in the garden of madness
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a wonderful period piece that still resonates to this day. i wish placebo wasn't such a slog to physically get through at times.
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a game that bares its soul and wears its heart on its sleeve, which I respect as much as I feel sad that I can get so little out of it
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this game looks cool as shit which is the only reason it's above the other games here. feels for all the world like an anime VHS you dig out of a bargain bin, both in it's style and it's sensibilities. very much a teenager's idea of Cool and Deep and Fucked Up but it comes together to make an aesthetic that kind of works for me, though I can't take it even remotely seriously.
can't really recommend it on any level but I will just stick it on every so often for the hell of it, y'know?
can't really recommend it on any level but I will just stick it on every so often for the hell of it, y'know?
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one of the most disastrous sequels in the entire medium
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honestly just embarrassing man
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a game for no one that no one involved wanted to make.
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imagine having the gall to call yourself "punk" after releasing this dogshit money-gouging fake dark souls
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a game for the lucrative ven diagram of interminable late 2000s lolsorandomzombiebacon people, shitty hack-and-slash combat fanatics, and ephebophiles.
james gunn is the worst fucking writer in existence and everyone involved in this game belongs in jail
james gunn is the worst fucking writer in existence and everyone involved in this game belongs in jail
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I have not! I’ve always been curious about it though!
Me too - why I asked. One of a million to get around to!
really sympathize with your thoughts on TSA; speaking personally i think part of what makes it hit harder is the absence of anything quite like it for over a decade and i adore the level of craftsmanship when it comes to the smaller details in the game too - so many talented artists and musicians in the GHM stable now which is nice to see. i didnt expect much KTP influence in there when i played and was mostly just bemused at whats present without reading into it too deeply, it's self-indulgent for sure but melancholic enough at points that its somewhat offset. i do think its a serious problem that people present it and NMH3 as 'culminations' for a 'franchise' that is preoccupied far more with emotional resonance and dream logic than any logical continuity or hidden concrete lore. i also ran through the entire game, vn segments and all, in co-op which is a blast and i fully appreciate that unfortunately that experience isnt available to everyone. silver face dlc redeems every problem i had w it additionally
Hahaha I really liked let it die, lol. Although I think I mostly did because the music was sick
@kingbancho thank you for sharing your thoughts! i concur with the Silver Face DLC: it was the part of the game that came the closest to genuinely working for me, amazing what a great boss and level design that encourages you to actually Think About It will do for your game! co-op was mostly a kind of bemusing feature to me because I literally cannot conceive of knowing anyone who would sit down with me to play a game like this so I'm really glad it got some use ha
@atheneallen oh the soundtrack rips no question about it. luckily it can be mostly enjoyed completely divorced from the game itself
@atheneallen oh the soundtrack rips no question about it. luckily it can be mostly enjoyed completely divorced from the game itself
updated with No More Heroes III :(
i need to play more grasshopper games. great list man
DJSCheddar
2 years ago