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Sen @senegart8/31/2023, 3:14 AM

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Iro @Iro8/30/2023, 8:24 PM

Sea of Stars not exactly endearing itself to me 4 hours in

Screenshots from Sea of Stars where a character says:

Oh sure, go ahead and refuse the call so we can all pretend it might not happen. Keep it safe and predictable! Any other tropes you had in mind for yer journey? How about buying linear upgrades from every single town where blacksmiths are somehow increasingly more capable the further up north they live?

Hey remember when Chrono Trigger spends several hours of its plot being a DQ-like fantasy RPG but never goes wink-wink-nudge-nudge about it, instead assuming that if you're playing this kind of game you're in on the joke and are willing to engage with genre tropes in good faith? This sure isn't doing that!

#sea of stars

Iro @Iro8/30/2023, 9:06 PM

no seriously why would you put this dialogue in

i paid money for your fucking game, i know it's a JRPG, getting cute about it does you no favors because it makes it seem like you're ashamed you made a JRPG

please come up with a better use of breaking the 4th wall than bringing attention to how generic your own game is

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slimeybear @slimerybear6668/30/2023, 10:34 PM

It is possible that a kickstarter made and put in this joke/writring but yeah never been a fan of this type of joke unless a game immediately subverts the joke straight after.

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 5:27 AM

if yer gonna break the fourth wall at least tell me to press the action button or check the back of the CD case

@Bigg8/31/2023, 1:57 AM

Lmao this shit sucks

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 5:18 AM

rule #1 of quips at this point imo: self-dunking means you didn't believe in yourself, so why should i

Seria Mau Genlicher @seria-mau-genlicher8/31/2023, 3:06 AM

the writing in this game is driving me insane twice: once for how bad it is, and twice for how little it's talked about in any of the reviews. do people lack functional literacy these days or what

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 5:26 AM

there was a post a while back at the height of the Forspoken quip discourse pointing out that as much as We Online Folk have gotten sick of this type of writing, marvel movies (for example) are still mega successful and mainstream and many folks love them, and i think about that sometimes and ruefully shake my head as i valiantly attempt to Let People Enjoy Things or what have you

gull *Plus!*@gull8/31/2023, 3:20 AM

me, i can take a little wink wink nudge nudging every so often if i've already been endeared to something. but it's like a potent spice: just a little as accent somewhere is enough, layering it on this thick overpowers everything else and just makes the game feel insincere

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 5:21 AM

right, exactly, and now i'm constantly on guard for that shit when i should be getting invested in the rest of it

Misty @dog8/31/2023, 5:51 AM

Isn’t this by the people whose last game name dropped Jordan Peterson? I didn’t exactly expect the writing to be tolerable

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 5:52 AM

possible but i did not play the messenger

MercuryCDX @MercuryCDX8/31/2023, 7:11 AM

I recall The Messenger having the Jordan Peterson name drop so yeah...

sage @wavebeem8/31/2023, 4:11 PM

Oh jeez, it's the same devs... :unyeah: I Kickstarted this game but haven't loaded it yet

I ran out of steam on The Messenger in part because of the writing :eggbug-pensive:

They quote some of his philosophy and then attribute it to "Jordan the Wise" :eggbug-shocked:

naidje @naidje8/31/2023, 10:45 AM

How many of these self-referential "jokes" are there? Is it like a handful of times, or is it there constantly throughout the game?

ketra @ketra8/31/2023, 11:06 AM

I think writing like this comes off way worse in screenshots than it does while actually playing a game... but if this is by the guy who wrote The Messenger I'd be surprised if this game isn't filled to the brim with stuff like this. The writing in The Messenger was a millstone around that game's neck.

Iro @Iro8/31/2023, 1:49 PM

I have only played like two hours past this and it has not gotten quite as bad since but now my guard is up

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