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scootermcgaffin ([info]scootermcgaffin) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2006-01-19 01:10:00


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Entry tags:elitism, videogames

Oh, GameFAQs. You so wanky.
Over at GameFAQs, on the Wild ARMs 4 board, somebody makes a topic claiming that Wild ARMs now has its Mystic Quest. Apparently, the fact that someone has the gall to not like this game upsets the more...rabid fans all worked up. For about twenty posts. Then the topic switches to whether or not Final Fantasy IV sucks, and "Is Xenosaga really deep?"

The level of elitism in this one is just astounding.



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I have nothing useful to add.
[info]ruaki
2006-01-19 08:37 am UTC (link)
I so read that and wondered if it was going to find its way to F_W.

I'm really surprised at how varied the opinions over this game are though.

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 08:45 am UTC (link)
The WA4 board is becoming really wanky. There are, like, three other posts that could explode at any time. It surprised me, because that fandom never seemed to be crazy to me.

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[info]ruaki
2006-01-19 09:01 am UTC (link)
I'm actually surprised wank didn't erupt over ACF, but I guess everyone agreed that the localization was crap anyway. (The only wank I've seen about that was people arguing over whether or not it was Agetec's fault.)

I guess cause people are sensitive in general to this game. Like I said, the reviews are all across the board on this one, which surprised me, cause... well, COME ON, no one ever pays attention to the WA series. I only found out about WA1 when it was first released cause GameFan pimped it--being that it was, like, the only magazine that cared about RPGs pre-FF7.

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Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 09:10 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]kosaginolegion, 2006-01-19 02:52 pm UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]vuirneen, 2006-01-19 09:53 pm UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]kosaginolegion, 2006-01-19 10:23 pm UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]ruaki, 2006-01-20 05:20 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]kosaginolegion, 2006-01-20 05:28 am UTC
Er... - [info]ruaki, 2006-01-20 05:26 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add.
[info]amaiko
2006-01-20 10:32 am UTC (link)
The WA4 board is becoming really wanky. There are, like, three other posts that could explode at any time. It surprised me, because that fandom never seemed to be crazy to me.

That's because 80% of the Wild Arms fandom devotes its time to writing crappy Jet/Virginia fics, which in turn drove away the other 17%. The three of us that are left just generally sit in the corner, crying quietly.

Also, excuse to break out Janus icon again!

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Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-20 10:40 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]amaiko, 2006-01-20 10:51 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-20 10:52 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add. - [info]amaiko, 2006-01-20 10:56 am UTC
Re: I have nothing useful to add.
[info]yaoiko
2006-01-20 02:14 am UTC (link)
*WIDLEY POINTS TO YOUR ICON* ZED!

~Emi

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Re: I have nothing useful to add.
[info]ruaki
2006-01-20 05:22 am UTC (link)
Heeeeeee... I adored that picture of him... hell, I adore his redesign. Fangs, baby. ♥

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[info]notjo
2006-01-19 09:41 am UTC (link)
...

They did a sequel to WildARMS? I *loved* that game.

(Apparently they did 3 sequels. Yay!)

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 10:47 am UTC (link)
They did three sequels and a complete remake of the first one, actually.

<3 the Wild ARMs series.

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[info]notjo
2006-01-19 11:00 am UTC (link)
A complete remake? As in... just updated the character design or something? Because the storyline rocked.... I adored it to no end.

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(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 11:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2006-01-19 11:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 11:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2006-01-19 11:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]marsdragon, 2006-01-20 03:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amaiko, 2006-01-20 10:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-20 10:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amaiko, 2006-01-20 10:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-20 11:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amaiko, 2006-01-20 11:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2006-01-19 01:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 01:21 pm UTC
JoloStuki needs a boot to the head
[info]aerobot
2006-01-19 09:56 am UTC (link)
People are just getting all defensive and trying to protect FF4 against the mounds of evidence against its quality.

Wow, you actually think your own observations = evidence? And you had the nerve to tell someone to get over themselves.

Why do you play it? No clue.

Maybe they ... y'know ... have different tastes? Oh, wait, I forgot that someone died and made you a god so your opinions are now fact. Whups.

Don't care either. I can't believe I've reduced my intelligence level by actually LISTENING to people who think FF4 is better than Xenosaga.

Dude, how do you think I feel? I'm mocking a douche who can't conceptualize the idea of an 'opinion' and 'I need to pull my head out of my ass'.

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He sure does
[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 11:31 am UTC (link)
He's wanking all over the place on that board. It's...kinda hilarious, really.

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Re: JoloStuki needs a boot to the head
[info]oxydosic
2006-01-21 04:30 am UTC (link)
If having ridiculously long cut scenes that you can have lunch, conceive a child, and create world piece in the time they run makes Xenosaga better than FFIV, then they're right on the money.

(I like Xenosaga's gameplay, i just don't like to watch a miniseries worth of cutscenes in between)

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Re: JoloStuki needs a boot to the head
[info]ilpalazzo
2006-01-21 11:25 pm UTC (link)
I cooked and ate lunch and had a brief yet passionate sexual interlude during the ROMANTIC CUTSCENE OF DOOM in FFX, just so I could say I had.

Which I am doing now.

You couldn't skip it or fast forward it, either. Shit no. Either you watched Yuna and Pinecone Head have sappy angst in a pond, or you went and found something else to do for fifteen minutes.

(I mention this partly so I can brag, and also to point out that Xenosaga is not the only contender for the Jesus God Enough Cutscene Already heavyweight belt.)

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Re: JoloStuki needs a boot to the head - [info]oxydosic, 2006-01-21 11:38 pm UTC

[info]iczer6
2006-01-19 10:16 am UTC (link)
I liked 'Mystic Quest'...

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 10:49 am UTC (link)
I did too. I mean, I realise it isn't the pinnacle of gaming or anything, but it's just so much fun.

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[info]bremencitygirl
2006-01-19 12:09 pm UTC (link)
What exactly is Mystic Quest? Here in Germany, that's what the first Secret of Mana for the Gameboy was called, but I get the feeling that you mean a completely different game.

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(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 12:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bremencitygirl, 2006-01-19 12:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 12:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2006-01-19 01:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 01:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bremencitygirl, 2006-01-20 01:59 pm UTC

rachelthedemon
2006-01-19 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Same here. It was entertaining. Tristam was funny.

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[info]theladyfeylene
2006-01-19 10:00 pm UTC (link)
That was the first video game I ever beat. It holds a special place in my heart because of that. *sniffs*

I don't beat very many games.

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[info]lessis
2006-01-19 10:28 am UTC (link)
And this would be why I just play the games and try to stay away from the fandoms(1 exception is shadow hearts)

*Currently working her way through WA 3 yeah I'm way behind on my gaming.

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-19 11:58 am UTC (link)
Xenosaga's philosophical deepness depends on wether or not you have Kos-Mos in swimsuit mode.

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 12:05 pm UTC (link)
I refuse to refer to any game as "Deep" if it has a giant super robot weapon of doom that has a victory phrase of "Appearance levels down. Shion, I need to be cleaned"

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-01-19 12:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jaseroque, 2006-01-19 01:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2006-01-19 06:18 pm UTC

[info]kosaginolegion
2006-01-19 02:56 pm UTC (link)
Have heard good and bad about WA4. Am also beginning to suspect that the opposite of the Star Trek Movie rule of Not So Good is in effect.

#1: GREAT... Remake: Oooooh. SECRET character. YAY.
#2: Uhm... okay... I guess... Secret Bosses too damned hard.
#3: WEEEEHAH! (But you killed off JANUS, blast it...)
#4: Hmmmmm.

In the end though, it's almost going to have to be a matter of opinion. Some people /like/ dungeon crawls.

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2006-01-19 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Two would have been better if the translation hadn't sucked ass.

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(no subject) - [info]kosaginolegion, 2006-01-19 06:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scootermcgaffin, 2006-01-19 06:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2006-01-20 01:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ruaki, 2006-01-20 05:24 am UTC
Duh.
[info]mcity
2006-01-19 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Wheresoever FF and Xenosaga are bought together in the same post, there shall be pretention.

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[info]starza
2006-01-20 06:30 am UTC (link)
Whoa, Wild ARMs wank, who would've thought. @_@

Am glad to know I'm not the only one out there who likes Mystic Quest either. <.

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