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GB cannot look at anything besides the narrative that DS delivers via exposition, they forget this is a game by Kojima who is, sincerely, excellent at telling stories with mechanics. It's lame. Calling things pretentious is not good criticism.

Also, simply being upset -not just made uncomfortable- by Momma's origin scene because it's a woman in a vulnerable position is kind of conservative. I think the Fragile in the rain scene is kind of creepy, but it's not because it is inappropriately erotic or because women in bad spots offends my sensibilities.

the sentiment around Death Stranding on this site is such a bummer to me :(

stinky pooooooop hahaha, pooooopies

.....uh oh

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The Garrador (guys with claws) are blind so they are actually reacting to Abby running. You can walk and they don't know where you are.

UPFs with these guys annoy the hell out of me, honestly. There's a lot to nitpick about, but I'll just say it's bad chemistry.

@lazyimperial: "Have I shifted from un-critical to critical yet?"

totally. I can't speak for the one other person mentioning the colonialist context of this aesthetic, but that was all I was advocating to recognize. THAT is racist, no arguing. I don't exactly think that the subjectivities of the past really matter when determining if something is racist in a present context, but that's worth considering no doubt. I don't believe Rebellion are racists, or that anyone made this game with ill intent. That might be the other person's angle, but it's not mine. I love Indiana Jones, and tomb pillaging of any kind when it appears in contemporary media. It might be my favorite.

@lazyimperial: this is a very uncritical post.

DON'T point out the social and historical context of aesthetics deployed by the games being played

but DO request that the people in the stream dial back their self-expression to cater to your taste!

Looks pretty dull. Combat and puzzles seem mostly in the way of progression, which itself doesn't look that exciting.

@north6: It is an aesthetic of racist imperialism. It has it's charms in my book, but it can't be that far separated from the tradition of adventure colonialism.