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tylerh1701 said:
I'd never play a game any other way than normally for my first playthrough, regardless of trophies. That is one bad thing about trophies in my eye when people decide to do no-upgrade runs or Plasma Cutter only runs for their first playthrough.
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I agree. I made this mistake playing Dishonored on my 360 (wanted that Clean Hands achievement) and it definitely had a negative impact on my experience with the game.
 
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The problem is it's too fast-paced at times. He still plays like the Isaac of the previous games, but the enemies are faster and there's more of them, so it's way to easy to get in a situation where you're just spamming the shoot button. And the parts where the enemies have guns are just flat-out terrible.
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Don't forget that DS3 added a dodge-roll move because dodge-rolls are AWESOME. :roll:

#allhailthedodgeroll

 
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Vigilante said:
You hear that, Pete/Ob & Velo? Tyler disapproves of your first The Evil Within runs! :shame:
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I knew I'd only have time for one playthrough before ac:unity and based on the reviews I wanted to get the full, difficult experience and get a shiny trophy in the process. In this case you're not missing any weapons, they're just underpowered and you can hold less ammo (which hasn't been a problem yet). Plus if I come back to it later I think I get a fun toy to play with on ng+ for doing the no upgrade run.

I also think I live in a constant state of tyler's disapproval, so I'm ok with this demerit too.
 
Dead Space 2 was great but the first was SO fuck ING FANTASTIC and somewhat unexpected, DS2 didnt stand much of a chance (to be as great) in my mind.  DS3 was a good 3rd person shooter but because it had the DS name it was underwhelming. 

If you liked DS1 well enough you dont need to play 2 and 3.  But you could do worse, much worse.

 
tylerh1701 said:
His theory is really only for modern games. It's basically that critics love the first two games of the series, then start to hate on it during the 3rd game despite the fact that the third game is basically doing the exact same thing the first two were. Borderlands, Batman, Dead Space would be good examples of games that fall into that category to a certain extent.
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Gotcha. We will have to keep an eye on LBP 3 then. Seems it will probably avoid the rule.

And I haven't played the other two Killzones, but isn't 3 considered the best of them? Also, infamous? R&C? Sly?
 
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Vigilante said:
While it's hardly a strong counterexample since practically no one here can vouch for it, Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP, Japan-only, stupid Sega) apparently fixed everything that went wrong with VC2 and is the best in the series. Lost Planet 3 is supposedly better than LP2, as well.

I'm having trouble thinking of more examples. :whistle2:k
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I'm planning to give LP3 a try. Not sure if I'll play the first two. 3 is a prequel.

I do have VC 1 and 2, but have yet to play them aside from the first few hours of 2 which weren't great. A translation is in progress for 3 but it's nowhere near complete from what I can tell and hasn't been updated since January. It does appear to be somewhat playable, though. Here's a video from it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLB177CUOg

 
Zimm108 said:
Gotcha. We will have to keep an eye on LBP 3 then. Seems it will probably avoid the rule.
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I actually think it could be a perfect fit for the rule. It has the distinct advantage of not being developed by the original developer as well. I have a similar theory about those types of games, they might as well start out at -1 instead of 0 before reviewers get to them because it's just so easy to say "It's good, it just doesn't have the same sort of flair that Media Molecule/Gearbox/Rocksteady gave to its predecessors."

 
Zimm108 said:
Gotcha. We will have to keep an eye on LBP 3 then. Seems it will probably avoid the rule.

And I haven't played the other two Killzones, but isn't 3 considered the best of them? Also, infamous? R&C? Sly?
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1. This might be a cheap answer, but I think Mercenary is the best Killzone.

2. Infamous 2 is better than Second Son.

3. Up Your Arsenal might be better than Going Commando since I haven't played either in years, but I remember doing 10+ runs of GC and only one of UYA. I might have been burned out on R&C by that point, though.

4. Sly 2 is better than Sly 3.

 
Why are some of you guys taking small bites of Chips Ahoy and letting them crumb all over the place?  Be a man and shove that fucker in your mouth and enjoy the deliciousness then grab another one and do it again!

 
Zimm108 said:
Gotcha. We will have to keep an eye on LBP 3 then. Seems it will probably avoid the rule.

And I haven't played the other two Killzones, but isn't 3 considered the best of them? Also, infamous? R&C? Sly?
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Not sure I'd call the original R&C or Sly "modern", just "less old than Super Mario Bros 3."

Even Killzone 1 is two generations ago. Killzone kind of also doesn't fall into the same model as those because Killzone 1 was never really lauded was it?

Infamous is a decent example but Second Son (the third one) is the lowest rated of the 3 on Metacritic.

It's not a hard-fast rule. But it is something that pops up on occasion.

 
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tylerh1701 said:
Why are some of you guys taking small bites of Chips Ahoy and letting them crumb all over the place? Be a man and shove that fucker in your mouth and enjoy the deliciousness then grab another one and do it again!
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They fall apart in the package not by taking bites. When I was in grammar school a kid's parent worked for Nabisco and he'd get fresh off the line nabisco stuff. His birthday parties were awesome.

 
tylerh1701 said:
God of War is a perfect example of a game that doesn't fall into his theory. Everyone loved the 3rd God of War.
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That's why it's a theory and not a law, dickhead. Because it can't universally apply to everything. There are more third games than not that get crapped on for the sole reason that they're the third in a series.
 
ProfessorStotch said:
That's why it's a theory and not a law, dickhead. Because it can't universally apply to everything. There are more third games than not that get crapped on for the sole reason that they're the third in a series.
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I know that asshole. I understand what a theory is. I'm sitting here defending your theory and you're being a dick about it.

 
tylerh1701 said:
I know that asshole. I understand what a theory is. I'm sitting here defending your theory and you're being a dick about it.
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Sorry I read that before the other posts. Respond first, read the rest later. In that post you came off as being a dickhead about my theory when it's a valid fucking theory! Shut up tyler, God!
 
ProfessorStotch said:
Sorry I read that before the other posts. Respond first, read the rest later. In that post you came off as being a dickhead about my theory when it's a valid fucking theory! Shut up tyler, God!
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Damn you gotta lay off that Destiny crack...you have Raid Rage.

 
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kanamit said:
I've been overdosing lately on generic oreos from Walmart...so fuck ing good!
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My mom buys these off brand Chips Ahoy called "Chip Mates" and god they're terrible!

Relatedly, when I tried to remember what Chip Mates were called I google'd "Chips ahoy alternative" which apparently is a common crossword clue. People have to look up the answer for "Chips ahoy alternative" crossword clues?

It's OREO!!! Could there be a word with more common letters that would fit any more perfectly into a crossword puzzle!!??!!? Christ!!!

 
ProfessorStotch said:
Sorry I read that before the other posts. Respond first, read the rest later. In that post you came off as being a dickhead about my theory when it's a valid fucking theory! Shut up tyler, God!
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I didn't come off as being a dickhead I was just pointing out a game that didn't fit in the mold because I understand that theories aren't always 100% concrete. fuck face!

 
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