Based on the reaction of the community, the recent TNT and that video (of which I understood absolutely fuck all) you couldn't pay me to play Team Fortress 2.
I was going to start a new thread entitled "I Like Zeke Now - How the Fuck Did That Happen?" but this seems like as good a place as any to air my thoughts.
In the first Infamous (I refuse to capitalise in the middle of a word) Zeke was there to provide some basic tutorials and some comic relief - and he failed spectacularly in the latter role. Also, see the above spoilers. How could you not despise him?
Second time around, they have tried to reinvent him as a more useful tech-savvy guy and as someone shrewd enough to infiltrate an organisation and provide you with intel. On both counts, I call bullshit - it would be equally out of character had he sprouted wings and rained fine cognac on the people below. Yet he somehow managed to worm his way into my affections, long before
he devoloped that persistent cough. At that point, like most of you, I initially rolled my eyes and declared myself above such obvious, manipulative bollocks.
But I was soon filled with a creeping sense of dread for my old pal Zeke. I cannot fathom why this happened. If anything, his sudden usefulness and eagerness to make up for previous mistakes only made me more suspicous of him.
Is it down to better writing? I doubt that, I2 wasn't a significant improvement over I1. Or is it purely due to familiarity? Throughout both I1 and I2, Zeke (for good or ill) has always been there, but I can't think of a more likely candidate to prove the old adage "familiarity breeds contempt".
I like Zeke, but I don't know why. I could probably say that about most of the people I know.
EDIT- I should explain my misgivings. Here is a quote from the Shadows of the Damned review - "The plot is an Orphic myth overrun with studded leather, dick jokes, and goth-pewter machine guns that spit out teeth and ribs." That's a little too flowery for my liking.
Yakuza 3 is probably the weakest of the series in terms of plot and the fact they cut out a lot of content that was "too Japanese" for western audiences but it's still effin' awesome.
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