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Re: So about that story...*SP*
Posted By: Avateur <avateur@gmail.com>Date: 11/22/12 12:44 p.m.

In Response To: Re: So about that story...*SP* (Kermit)


: I disagree. Understanding the why is huge and inseparable from understanding
: "what is happening here."

: Jim stopped his car on the side of Wycliff road, got out, walked over to a
: patch of grass, knelt, and began weeping.

: That night, after all the mourners had left, Jim drove back to Wycliff road,
: parked his car, and walked over to the spot where his wife had died. He
: knelt there, and for the first time felt the magnitude of his actions. He
: began to weep.

: (Now in a real story, I probably wouldn't put everything in the second
: version in there, because the reader would know, but you get my point.)

: Halo 4 doesn't have the Halo game market cornered on actions or events not
: being clearly explained, but what's frustrating for me is how they trust
: us to detect the size and shape of this giant iceberg of story hidden
: under the waves, yet they don't trust us at some crucial moments when they
: should. Case in point is the last (non-Didact) line of the game, where MC
: is talking to himself "about being a machine." The idea of MC
: talking to himself is horrible from the start, but the line is horrible,
: too. It's completely unnecessary, and I guarantee was put in there because
: of a failure of nerve. Someone was afraid we wouldn't get it, and I bet
: money there was debate about it, and fear won out. It's all the more
: disappointing because so many of the cutscenes were stellar, among the
: best I've ever seen in a game--that same scene included (I love Lasky's
: mocap). Sigh.

I can only imagine what you thought about Del Rio's forced dialogue and completely unnatural and irrational actions that pull one out of the story and make them laugh moreso than anything. Completely unbelievable responses and actions. There were too many parts of the story that fit exactly what you described, where they feel like anyone who picks this game up can understand what's going on when in actuality it's not the case, but then don't trust people to understand the more subtle references or actions taking place.

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     So about that story...davidfuchs 11/21/12 6:50 p.m.
           Re: So about that story...Leisandir 11/21/12 7:39 p.m.
           Simple, really *SP*Avateur 11/21/12 8:28 p.m.
                 Re: Simple, really *SP*serpx 11/21/12 8:44 p.m.
                 Re: Simple, really *SP*Dervish 11/22/12 2:55 p.m.
           Re: So about that story...Leviathan 11/21/12 10:08 p.m.
                 Re: So about that story...davidfuchs 11/22/12 7:45 a.m.
                       Re: So about that story...Leviathan 11/22/12 11:27 a.m.
                       Re: So about that story...*SP*Kermit 11/22/12 11:35 a.m.
                             ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itIbeechu 11/22/12 11:56 a.m.
                                   Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itKermit 11/22/12 12:16 p.m.
                                   Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itMiguel Chavez 11/23/12 10:02 a.m.
                                         Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itCody Miller 11/23/12 10:41 a.m.
                                               Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itMiguel Chavez 11/23/12 10:44 a.m.
                                                     Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itCody Miller 11/23/12 12:27 p.m.
                                                           Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itMiguel Chavez 11/23/12 1:34 p.m.
                                                                 Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itCody Miller 11/23/12 2:51 p.m.
                                                                       Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itKermit 11/24/12 2:05 p.m.
                                                                             Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itCody Miller 11/24/12 9:48 p.m.
                                         Re: ^^^ Kerm and Levi get itIbeechu 11/24/12 1:51 a.m.
                             Re: So about that story...*SP*Avateur 11/22/12 12:44 p.m.
                 Re: So about that story...Cody Miller 11/23/12 9:00 a.m.
                       Re: So about that story...Miguel Chavez 11/23/12 10:00 a.m.



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