Video Game Discussion Thread vol. 2

[Hecatom]

Just now, BornWinner said:

I mean Brock is right there if they want to have some black representation (though Brock is probably meant to be tanned Japanese, I can see them ignoring it). Then again, it’s not stated if it will be based on the anime. Just a Netflix series based on Pokémon.

I always assume that all dark skinned chars in Pokemon are just tanned japanese.

And yeah, i know that they only announced it is a pokemon series, and i am partially joking, though with the track record of netflix of fucking up most adaptations, and the epidemic of race swapping red heads, is easy to see them doing it.

 

Lets not forget that they swapped Andromeda Shun gender to female, because as the producer said, you can't have a show with only male leads on Netflix, and their most recent policies now obligate the showrunners to have "diversity" even if is against the source material or context of the series.

[Hecatom]

2 minutes ago, nickmanx5 said:

assuming its based on the anime a pokemon live action show could be hilarious assuming they keep the everyone in kanto is insane season 1 energy.

 

like wtf was wrong with all the kanto gym leaders in the anime. i also realized on that twitch marathon like two years ago ash and misty were constantly clowning each other in a way that would never fly these days. like there were some straight savage burns.

 

also as a black man myself i feel like misty is the too obvious target just because of what heca pointed out. we all know its gonna be brock who gets raced swapped.

If Brock were to make a black man, i think most wouldnt mind, although that brings us to another recurring hollywood shit, where they place the only black male char into a comedic sidekick role, so is not a win scenario either, 🤣

 

But at least it wouldnt as terrible as the effeminate/weak male char type that usually happens when the lead is a female, like what happened in batwoman, where Lucius is this weak ass nigga that lacks any kind of spine.

[Hawkingbird]

53 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

Watch how Misty will be black because we cant have redheads those days without them being race swapped 😂😂

If the black actress dresses like Misty I will have no complaints 😁

[nickmanx5]

1 minute ago, Hecatom said:

If Brock were to make a black man, i think most wouldnt mind, although that brings us to another recurring hollywood shit, where they place the only black male char into a comedic sidekick role, so is not a win scenario either, 🤣

 

But at least it wouldnt as terrible as the effeminate/weak male char type that usually happens when the lead is a female, like what happened in batwoman, where Lucius is this weak ass nigga that lacks any kind of spine.

let get to what's really gonna bring the the viewers. an expanded lt. surge backstory i need to know how many niggas did raichu smoke during the war!

 

also wtf does a pokemon war look like? were folks using weedles like machine guns? were golems running over people? i need answers!

[Darc_Requiem]

22 minutes ago, Wellman said:

But they got their asses kicked in episode one of the anime unless I miss remembered anyway. Ash had to steal old girl bike and still needed a Deus ex machina, maybe two if you believe theories about Ho Oh appearing, to make it.

You realize that was joke right? 😉

[Darc_Requiem]

2 hours ago, AriesWarlock said:

Some Gaming Websites, YouTube Channels Halt Coverage Of Activision Blizzard Games

What’s more, Prima Games won’t be covering anything released by Ubisoft

 

Bloomberg first reported about a lawsuit, filed by the State of California, against Activision Blizzard. It claimed a poisonous “frat boy” culture at the mega-publisher, along with allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and even a death.

 

On Friday, Prima Games, best known for producing comprehensive strategy guides and walkthroughs for games big and small, indefinitely suspended coverage of games published by Ubisoft or Activision Blizzard.

 

“What this means is that all past coverage of properties from these companies published to the site prior to this statement being made, including our guides, will remain, but no new coverage will be written until these companies do more to enact meaningful change,” the site’s editorial staff wrote in a statement.

 

https://primagames.com/feature/prima-games-staff-pausing-coverage-activision-blizzard-and-ubisoft-content

 

 

 

Gaming news and analysis site The Gamer will similarly halt coverage of Activision Blizzard games. “We’re going to stop covering Activision and Blizzard games until there’s some real change and this gaslighting bollocks ends. We’ll cover the ongoing news regarding the current story, but we won’t be covering the games,” editor-in-chief Kirk McKeand said on Twitter.

 

 

 

 

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture

This won't end well. I'm sure other companies have skeletons. So we'll see if they are truly principled or clout chasing in short order.

[Hawkingbird]

The rumored roster for the NRS Marvel game is trash.

 

https://www.cbr.com/netherrealms-marvel-fighting-game-leaks

 

Blob, Mojo, Zola? But why?

[Hecatom]

3 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

The rumored roster for the NRS Marvel game is trash.

 

https://www.cbr.com/netherrealms-marvel-fighting-game-leaks

 

Blob, Mojo, Zola? But why?

While i like Injustice and MK games, a Marvel game made by NRS will be trash no matter how you look at it.

For starters, something that i have critiqued them for Injustice and i am sure they will do it for a theoretical marvel game, is that instead of doing a stylized game, they will go for photorealism, which imo, is a huge turn off when it comes to games based of comic properties.

 

Then is the way they implement mechanics and how the gameplay is on their games.

Dunno about the rest, but in my case i like their games despite of how they do that.

By this point you would think they will learn how to make a game that has mechanics that make sense, and a gameplay that doesnt feel like garbage, but by this point i assume they do it because they feel is what is expected from them.

[Hecatom]

20 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

If the black actress dresses like Misty I will have no complaints 😁

You know very well that Netflix will never have a female lead on hot pants, if it is based on the anime, i expect her on baggy sweat pants and to be overweight.

Bonus points if is a butch lesbian so we can fill the bingo 🤣 

Edited July 26, 2021 by Hecatom

[Hecatom]

12 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

This won't end well. I'm sure other companies have skeletons. So we'll see if they are truly principled or clout chasing in short order.

The hilarious thing about this, is that is basically punishing the whole for the sins of few.

Like, take for example Ubisoft.

Is compromised by multiple studios across the world, with multiple branches that are not aware of what others do.

 

Even if we say that all management knew, up to the most top level (which is very likely untrue), they are now diminishing and demonizing the work of people who don't have shit to do with the scandals.

 

Hold the companies accountable on what they need to do to correct the situation, yes, but don't act like the whole is some amorphous collective where all share the blame.

 

That is fucking stupid.