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Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by input_sh »

canada_dry wrote: post #311

Game of Thrones^^ Friends raved about it, but I just am not into fantasy genre so ignored it for a few years. When I finally caved, after a few episodes I fell hook-line-and-sinker into what is an incredibly well crafted story about the human condition: greed, lust, loyalty, ambition, betrayal... you name it, it has it all. What it has in common with other amazing writing (e.g. Breaking Bad) is realistic (i.e. human)…

Just it of curiosity, did you finish GoT?

It's so bad I never wanna rewatch it nor do I anticipate the books anymore. The end made me totally be over it and only sometimes complain about being pissed off at last few seasons and especially the last one, like I am now.

Hell we've been stuck at home for almost the entire year and I've never seen or heard anyone saying something along the lines of "I'm gonna rewatch GoT".

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Post by leephillips »

riyadparvez wrote: post #274

I'd like to nominate Apocalypse Now. Very particularly, Marlon Brando's performance. The whole movie is built up to this mythic man, a god among mortals, a figure that human psyche cannot understand, the end to an Odyssey. And Brando and Coppola have managed to surpass all the expectations.

One of the two times I’ve been in a theater where the audience was laughing at what was supposed to be a dramatic performance was Brando’s turn in this film. The other was in Wrath of Kaaaaan.

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by k__ »

Der_Einzige wrote: post #296
k__ wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it didn't. After I played multiple games and I had the impression, I just want a regular FPS, with mouse and keyboard and a VR headset as display. Regular VR games are too tyring with all the standing, ducking, holding and aiming weapons.

Sounds like you need more exercise...

Probably.

I do exercise, though.

Cardio and weights, multiple times a week.

But somehow I think games should be more chill.

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Post by hobs »

ekianjo wrote: post #318
boringg wrote: post #170

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So I tried it for 5 minutes and didn’t get into it. How much time do I need to spend to make it to fall for it? Or am I the minority who didn’t vibe off it at the beginning?

Same here. For me I find the UI very poor and this breaks everything.

I would say the game is very much like a CLI - you might at first recoil at the visual style, but almost immediately you understand why - there's going to be a LOT of stuff on the screen, and your little simple man and his simple stuff leads to a simple way of assaying what is happening where.

I would say to enjoy the game you really have to play it to the point where you build robots. Factorio is a game that is amazing for many reasons, but to me the main one is exponential growth.

At a certain inflection point you can basically tear down everything you've ever built by hand, and have robots recreate it all in a minute or two.

The combination of blueprints and robots turn the game from some tedium to a game purely of mind and very little tedium.

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Post by slightwinder »

Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Both released this year, both with much hype. No disappointment on both.

But regarding Cyberpunk, we should be fair. Witcher 3 wasn't the beloved Wircher 3 from today at release either. It had also problems and took it's time to ripe. People forget it.

Similar think happend at No Mans Sky. Released to early, and still grew in a fantastic game after all the shitstorms. Some games just need longer to satisfy the hype.

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Post by throwaway743 »

arkitaip wrote: post #51
Shared404 wrote: post #5

You could make a case for The Mandalorian, although that didn't get as much hype due to the internets... dislike ...of the sequel trilogy. Another one I can think of is Breath of The Wild, and probably Mario Odyssey. I've also heard good things about the FF7 remake, but haven't played it.

The Mandalorian has restored the faith in the future of the franchise in millions of fans. Most of us thought Star Wars was over considering how mediocre the last six movies have been but along comes this well-written, fun adventure that manages to tie together the previous movies, animated series and books. Imagine a new trilogy made by Filoni and Favreau - they would absolutely kill it.

> Imagine a new trilogy made by Filoni and Favreau - they would absolutely kill it.

This is all I've been thinking throughout the series. The writing is damn good, the character development is on point, it's not forceful (no pun intended) or disingenuous in trending social themes, cinematography is amazing, great casting, it's immersive in keeping to canon. It's something you can point to and say, "That's Star Wars".

One could only wish those two get a shot at making the full lengths.

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Post by bonzini »

breakfastduck wrote: post #234
burlesona wrote: post #131

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Rogue 1 was also pretty good. It seems like the Star Wars jinx is that nobody can pull off extensions of the Skywalker story without getting hokey and weird. But the stories that explore other parts of the universe tend to be at least interesting and sometimes excellent.

Rogue 1 is my favorite star wars film overall. Incredibly well executed and fantastic characters. Disney dropped the ball on every single thing other than R1 and Mandalorian.

Solo was not bad either, and honestly Revenge of the Sith is a great story too.
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