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#1  Edited By df

One thing I will add that Nier does better than Wolfenstein is its ending(s). It's something Yoko Taro cares a lot about and prioritise in his writing workflow; and if you look at different Japanese media, many authors do tend to structure plots in such a fashion.

I didn't feel the same emotion height many got from Ending E, though, given Yoko Taro liked Undertale (not sure he managed to play it to completion) and pretty much pulled a similar trick.

(IF you are interested, I wrote a piece analysing Nier ending design and similar design element other game had used; sadly it's in Chinese, so I linked to Google Translate)

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(Do use spoiler tag if you need to spoil something to make a point: but I guess many would have played this 2 games by now...)

(Oh and in case you didn't know: The Game Awards nominees were out.)

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Just bought it. If it's half as good as Stardew Valley then I call it a success (not that they are in direct comparison...)

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Played it, looked cool to me.

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I will just add a quick footnote here:

- I am OK with crews not taking advices from comment section, that's their decisions to make.

- I am NOT OK seeing people sneer at other people for being serious about a game, that's toxic.

People are going to give advice because they are invested:

- IF you think someone is attacking crews, call them out, don't generalise by saying "part of the GB community are crazy".

- IF you don't like people giving concrete advices, call them out and give your reasons, don't generalise by saying "people are taking this too seriously".

That's all I am asking for.

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@df said:

@darth_navster said:

You're overthinking this duder. GB puts out the content it wants to put out and you get to decide if you want to pay for that or not. If you feel the need to subscribe, then comment away and turn off your notifications. You do you.

You are right.

But it's hard to read through sneer comments, even if they are not directed at me.

The gist of my thinking is:

- The reason I am angry is because I am invested. "Invested viewers" are exactly what GB want, right?

- So the more I pay, the more I want to make suggestions, as a royal fan, you know?

I am not asking for refund or stop subscribing or anything. But I think the sneers are toxic as they just scold off good guys, but keep the bad ones arguing...

Couldn't what you consider "sneers" simply be statements of disagreement with your position? There are plenty of paying subscribers (myself included) who either don't mind or are entertained by so-called "bad gameplay".

In any case, if you do find the sneers so bad why bother with the comments section? Tweet, Tumblr, or e-mail the staff with your feedback. The crew hears your comments and you don't have to worry about being harassed.

Of course, I can also stop reading comments (just like I do on Youtube). And that's the ultimate solution, right?

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@coldblood said:

You said it yourself. "Constructive criticism ". If you're not a jerk the staff will take your comments into consideration. Of course we don't live in a world where things like this are "black and white" but if you're not a jerk, respect should follow. The GB crew and community are really cool about that.

I am arguing: The community (not crews) is not cool about people taking a game seriously, or downright sneer at them for asking crews to at least prepare a bit.

I am not going to quote comments because if you look around you can plainly see them.

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@darth_navster said:

You're overthinking this duder. GB puts out the content it wants to put out and you get to decide if you want to pay for that or not. If you feel the need to subscribe, then comment away and turn off your notifications. You do you.

You are right.

But it's hard to read through sneer comments, even if they are not directed at me.

The gist of my thinking is:

- The reason I am angry is because I am invested. "Invested viewers" are exactly what GB want, right?

- So the more I pay, the more I want to make suggestions, as a royal fan, you know?

I am not asking for refund or stop subscribing or anything. But I think the sneers are toxic as they just scold off good guys, but keep the bad ones arguing...

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#10  Edited By df

Let me begin by saying, there is a dilemma for me:

- Every time I watch Giant Bomb trying to do something not obviously in their wheelhouse, I inevitably want to help them to do better.

- But every time I think of doing so, I think of people who will inevitably sneer at comments trying to help as "taking it too seriously".

So here is my problem:

- IF I am not invested in the "meta", then why am I subscribing from day 1 and now all the way to Y2019?

- IF I am invested, then why should I take those kind of sneers silently? Isn't it just human nature to help?

What does GB team prefer?

- Does it want constructive help, or no help at all?

- IF GB team want constructive help, then should we do something about those sneers?

My personal view:

- This whole video-game-journalism business is based a lot on emotions and personality.

- If I should feel ashamed for getting angry looking at a badly played game (while happy to see the dynamics), then why should I be subscribing?

Peace.