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Post by A.G. on Mar 28, 2008 13:03:23 GMT -5
I was listening to the Payton podcast and they were talking about Monster Hunter. What caught my attention was the bragging about the number of hours someone was putting into it. I heard something on the same note last week when I was upgrading my MGS4 pre-order to Special Edition. Some guy was asking about a game and got all excited when the clerk told him that you can get an easy 100 hours out of it.
WTF?! Why would ANYBODY get all hyped over something like that? Yeah, good thing it’s a 100 hours! Heaven forbid you may used that time to get a girl, or a job... or taking a f...cking shower! Some of these people really freak me out! It’s just sad! I mean, at least Metal Gear has a mature theme to look forward to, but even then I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. Some of these people will be staying at the store over night to get Monster Hunter (Shinta Nojiri will one of them).
I’m just ranting. But really, a game or a comic book store are places I can’t be in. Grown men getting excited some of that stuff is just creepy! Ever see a couple of 30-year olds arguing about Pokemon? *shivers*
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Post by The Mad Jackyl on Mar 28, 2008 15:16:05 GMT -5
Serious, even hardcore nerds have to take the trash out or clean up their parents' basement in which they live in SOMETIME, right? 100 hours, what a luxurious amount of time! Something more awesome than a video game should be done with it. A.G., bro, you and I are getting old I guess. Listen to us. Next we'll be railing about the damn neighborhood kids who keep ruining our geraniums and mums.
I have never seen a couple of 30-year olds argue over Pokemon. Have you? I need to hear this story.
The only time I ever stepped foot inside a comic store was to deliver food when I was doing a brief stint as a delivery driver for a few months back in college. I walked into the store, lifted the bag of food to indicate what I had to the guy at the counter, and he pointed to a backroom that I should proceed to. Oh heaven of heavens. I walked into a room containing some of the most dateless, odd-shaped people for miles around. Glasses and ponytails greeted me, and more than one guy had underdeveloped face fuzz either above their lip or elsewhere. A slightly overweight teenager stood up and sauntered towards me while digging in his pocket. The last four dollars required for the meal I discovered were to be of change. Judging by the temperature of the coins as they were poured into my hand, he had been holding them for some time and they were humid and warm from being in his sweaty hands. I felt dreadful at that moment thinking of how much bacteria must be on those coins.
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Post by A.G. on Mar 28, 2008 15:26:14 GMT -5
Let me put it this way... The single WORST movie going experience of my life is when I was FORCED (can't stress that enough) to take my little sister to the very first Pokemon Movie... opening day!!! Yeah... And besies the legions of little kids, you had the "mature" patrons in the front row debating who was more powerful. I grew up a lot that day...  |
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Post by TheBrotherOfLight on Mar 28, 2008 17:53:35 GMT -5
Ah c'mon AG, it's not like you're playing those 100 hours in one sitting. I'm no nerd, but I've played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for about 300 hours by now. But sure, I agree with you for the most part.
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Post by A.G. on Mar 28, 2008 19:35:46 GMT -5
And I'm sure I've clocked in hundreds of hours of Metal Gear over the last 9 years. But what I'm saying is that when someone get's all giddy when they are told the game is like 100 hours... that someone needs a life!
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Post by TheBrotherOfLight on Mar 28, 2008 21:00:48 GMT -5
True. Loved your story about the geeks BTW. Laughed like hell. ;D
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Post by cernex on Mar 29, 2008 0:16:03 GMT -5
Mmmmh... I don't know. Really doesn't matter to me, I guess. I mean, you can literally invest "100+ hours" in any videogame in the world (hell, even Action 52), and does that make it good? No, hell no!
Gameplay does.
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Post by A.G. on Mar 29, 2008 12:39:17 GMT -5
Not really the point of what I was trying to say. When I buy a game I don't think "oooooh, I wonder if can easily do 100 hours in it!!!!". Somebody with absolutely NO LIFE is the only person that would be happy to hear that. And frankly, that's sad.
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Post by TheBrotherOfLight on Mar 29, 2008 15:59:58 GMT -5
But theoretically, a game could be even a 1000 hours long and still good, IF the gameplay is as well produced and varied throughout as in, say, MGS.
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Post by A.G. on Mar 29, 2008 17:23:28 GMT -5
The quality of a game isn't in question here. It's the fact that a person would get happy that they will spend all those hours playing a video game. Most people that actually have a life will never go "woohoo! over 100 hours of gameplay!"
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Post by cernex on Apr 4, 2008 20:49:44 GMT -5
The quality of a game isn't in question here. It's the fact that a person would get happy that they will spend all those hours playing a video game. Most people that actually have a life will never go "woohoo! over 100 hours of gameplay!" Say that to the japanese that bought Monster Hunter games for the PSP,  ... Actually, most of my friends are very proud of the time invested in their games (one even "crashed" the timer (9999+) somehow). So, I think it depends on the game. I mean, if they told you that a Zelda game or a Monster Hunter, which are about quests and only quests, are going to be long, ERGO, that should make you happy (as "more hours" = more quests). It's not applicable to all games in that sense (WoW has STUPID hours on it), but it's the only explanation I can find. I still think is, in theory, stupid. You can invest 100+ hours in ANY, and I mean ANY game, and it doesn't make it any better than the other average game. I mean, not because you invest 100+ hours in Genji 2 it will stop sucking any less. |
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