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Gamer ass gamers

there is a lot of excitement around here to replay mid ass remake slop bullshit like oblivion and not a single mention of blue prince

A lot of yall got some dooky ass taste in video games

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Blue Prince is cool but spooky and made me motion sick.
I still haven't gotten around to playing the original Oblivion so idk why I would bother with a remake. I have not generally found remakes or remasters to be worth it at all because part of the charm of the games is their art style and jankiness, historical snapshot in the time of a game remake. Thank fuck Remedy never decided to make a Max Payne (yes I know ACAB but I have a weakness for noir, it's so good) remake because the janky graphics are part of it.
I tried the Spyro remake and preferred the original -- they butchered the art style. These older games made good use of the fuzziness and lower resolution to evoke a sense of grandeur and opportunity. Adding too much detail and resolution actually robs from them. I worry about that with Oblivion. I think Demons Souls is the only good remaster I've seen and part of that is just that it made such big quality of life improvements to inventory management.
- Out of curiosity, have you found a way to overcome motion sickness from games? I usually can muscle my way through it through short "exposure" play sessions, but it sucks. I couldn't play Indiana Jones because my sessions were just too intense.
  
  Just very short sessions but in that case I decide the game just isn't worth it. The very act of getting motion sick from it makes me not want to play a game.
  I could probably try zofran or some other anti motion sickness medication, but I don't want yo have to take medicine just to play a videogame
- Thank fuck Remedy never decided to make a Max Payne (yes I know ACAB but I have a weakness for noir, it's so good) remake because the janky graphics are part of it.
  I really hate to be the one to say this, but Remedy has been working on a Max Payne 1 (and 2 I think) remake for a couple of years now. It's their next big project supposedly.
  
  Damn. Why can't I ever lathe something good?

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