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Titanfall 2
2016
In life, we rarely get a chance to follow an art from its genesis to its conclusion. At the arse-end of history, we're often doomed to look at such things retrospectively - surrealism, rock & roll, postmodernism, the New York School of Poets, wild west movies, whatever - and wonder what it was like to evolve and ultimately ascend to atrophia in tandem with a creative movement.
Titanfall 2 is, therefore, a rare privilege. A game that has, with the retrospective power of its seven-year existence, definitively marked the end of an era that was carved out by Call of Duty thirteen years prior. Halo, Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Borderlands, Wolfenstein, the lot - I feel like it's fair to say that Titanfall 2 encompasses its own movement, the nature of its existence, and all the reasons it could not continue - where do you go beyond time? If you'll forgive the incredibly fucking pretentious analogy, Titanfall 2 is not unlike Let It Be, the final Beatles album that put the cap on a half-century of rock. (You could probably extrapolate this complete nonsense further and suggest that the corporate self-awareness of popstars popping up in Warzone and Fortnite mirrors the ironic MTV garage grunge of Kurt Cobain, but hey! - that would probably sustain an equally stupid Backloggd essay of its own.)
What makes Titanfall 2 rarer still is that it’s an ending to a now-lost artform that began with the same creator years prior. Infinity Ward may have respawned, but they were, at this conclusive point in time, the same unit of creation from 2003. Impressionism was started by guys like Claude Monet, but was drawn (painted?) to a close by Van Gogh, a conscious will that passed down a century, their art thankfully/tragically unaccelerated by lack of commercial interest. They say an artwork is never finished, but fortunately for us the future is far more financial than we originally projected - artistic movements can now be efficiently condensed into a decade of fiscal quarters. We can watch an artform rise and fall upon the plateau in the time it takes to finish a high school diploma, and that's neither a good thing nor a bad thing; just a thing that happens now. Let it be.
Sure, other militaristic first-person dual-weapon wall-running action shooters with automatic health recovery have come after Titanfall 2, but they're essentially invalid imitations, impressionist postcards that we pick up in the lobby of the Van Gogh Museum. They're the consequences of something that's gone for good. Never to return, for better and for worse.
Titanfall 2 is, therefore, a rare privilege. A game that has, with the retrospective power of its seven-year existence, definitively marked the end of an era that was carved out by Call of Duty thirteen years prior. Halo, Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Borderlands, Wolfenstein, the lot - I feel like it's fair to say that Titanfall 2 encompasses its own movement, the nature of its existence, and all the reasons it could not continue - where do you go beyond time? If you'll forgive the incredibly fucking pretentious analogy, Titanfall 2 is not unlike Let It Be, the final Beatles album that put the cap on a half-century of rock. (You could probably extrapolate this complete nonsense further and suggest that the corporate self-awareness of popstars popping up in Warzone and Fortnite mirrors the ironic MTV garage grunge of Kurt Cobain, but hey! - that would probably sustain an equally stupid Backloggd essay of its own.)
What makes Titanfall 2 rarer still is that it’s an ending to a now-lost artform that began with the same creator years prior. Infinity Ward may have respawned, but they were, at this conclusive point in time, the same unit of creation from 2003. Impressionism was started by guys like Claude Monet, but was drawn (painted?) to a close by Van Gogh, a conscious will that passed down a century, their art thankfully/tragically unaccelerated by lack of commercial interest. They say an artwork is never finished, but fortunately for us the future is far more financial than we originally projected - artistic movements can now be efficiently condensed into a decade of fiscal quarters. We can watch an artform rise and fall upon the plateau in the time it takes to finish a high school diploma, and that's neither a good thing nor a bad thing; just a thing that happens now. Let it be.
Sure, other militaristic first-person dual-weapon wall-running action shooters with automatic health recovery have come after Titanfall 2, but they're essentially invalid imitations, impressionist postcards that we pick up in the lobby of the Van Gogh Museum. They're the consequences of something that's gone for good. Never to return, for better and for worse.
Titanfall 2
2016
Short and sweet for this one - much like the game itself. The movement and gunplay are excellent, I personally wasn't a fan of most of the scopes/iron sights but they weren't unusable. I played on Master so I wasn't consistently zipping around doing tricks like I maybe should've been, but when I was able to pull off cool shit in one of my many attempts of a firefight it felt amazing.
The story is forgettable but the relationship between Pilot Cooper and BT, his Titan, was the highlight of the game for me. Did a great job of making us feel like a duo rather than just a mechsuit which I wasn't expecting at all. I'm not normally into mechs to be honest but humanising one definitely appealed to me a lot more (even if they don't give the same treatment to any of the other Titan's you destroy throughout the game... :p)
Anyway overall this was a really good time, glad I played it, my only regret is that - as with Cod 4 MWR - the training course trophy is going to be a huge pain in the dick and - unlike Cod 4 MWR - I really don't think I have this one in me... It's so much harder, at least twice as input heavy and it's twice as long to boot, fuck (:
Update: I did it... Somehow .-.
The story is forgettable but the relationship between Pilot Cooper and BT, his Titan, was the highlight of the game for me. Did a great job of making us feel like a duo rather than just a mechsuit which I wasn't expecting at all. I'm not normally into mechs to be honest but humanising one definitely appealed to me a lot more (even if they don't give the same treatment to any of the other Titan's you destroy throughout the game... :p)
Anyway overall this was a really good time, glad I played it, my only regret is that - as with Cod 4 MWR - the training course trophy is going to be a huge pain in the dick and - unlike Cod 4 MWR - I really don't think I have this one in me... It's so much harder, at least twice as input heavy and it's twice as long to boot, fuck (:
Update: I did it... Somehow .-.
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Plants vs. Zombies
2009
One of my favorite games. So simple but so much fun. Very nostalgic as well, I remember playing this on my iPod in like 2009. The song at the end is the icing on the cake. Love this game.
One of the best games i’ve ever played. Story was amazing. There was a lot of tedious tasks in the game but shooting and fighting is fun. 10/10
P.T.
2014
does anyone know when this will come to switch
P.T.
2014
my hard drive gets more valuable with each passing day
P.T.
2014
Crazy to think one of the most important and influential horror games of all time was just a demo.
P.T.
2014
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When this started with the suicide hotline number I thought, "ah, I'm no doubt in for a thoughtful and nuanced depiction of mental illness!"
At one point there's a scene where the main character freaks out about her follower count and people commenting, like, "no sexy pics no followers!!!" and i refuse to believe no one on the dev team said "hey is this stupid? is this fucking stupid you guys?"
At one point there's a scene where the main character freaks out about her follower count and people commenting, like, "no sexy pics no followers!!!" and i refuse to believe no one on the dev team said "hey is this stupid? is this fucking stupid you guys?"
There's really no other way to put it. This game (and possibly franchise) is morally and creatively bankrupt. Between the shallow depictions of mental health whether there's dramatic zooms of the protagonist self harming or even going as far to have chapters end with you jumping off a building and the following interludes flash a suicide hotline message until the level loads or the awkward anime dub tier voice acting berate you with insults or commentary on your surroundings because Konami needs to remind you this is in a fact a serious game and they're afraid of leaving things to interpretation, I fail to see how the 2 hours I spent with this tech demo can leave me anticipation of the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake or "missing the point".
This whole experience ends up feeling like a parody of the thing it's trying to comment and I don't think that's the takeaway someone with diagnosed BPD should be feeling.
This whole experience ends up feeling like a parody of the thing it's trying to comment and I don't think that's the takeaway someone with diagnosed BPD should be feeling.
A perfect end to Nathan Drake's story. All the good from past games accumulated into one perfect package. Goes a bit overboard on the treasures though
Sadly this is the ending but at the same time its perfect
Cuphead
2017
I simultaneously despise and adore this game
This is exactly how the Second Run in RE2R should've been!
Separate Ways is an interesting spin on an already intriguing narrative paired with great gameplay and fun new mechanics (grappling hook!). The new bosses and levels are pretty amazing and it even comes with 50 new challenges AND new costumes for Ada and Luis!
Amazing value for just 10 bucks, an easy recommendation from my side.
Separate Ways is an interesting spin on an already intriguing narrative paired with great gameplay and fun new mechanics (grappling hook!). The new bosses and levels are pretty amazing and it even comes with 50 new challenges AND new costumes for Ada and Luis!
Amazing value for just 10 bucks, an easy recommendation from my side.