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GirlGAF |OT 2| Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Eve?
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InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Someone who I regularly see at studies has a shitload of those in his car since his friend sends mind a bunch every once in a while. o: If I liked coffee I'd ask for one.
You don't have to order coffee! You can get any drink you want there ;3
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...My god...
Aren't they all coffee? :s
shanshan310
Member
Order a macha frappachino. Or something chocolatey!
It depends on how loose your definition of coffee is.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I might be confusing things, but doesn't Starbucks also offer smoothies or something?
Anyhoo, the only things I really get there are iced tea lemonades, mocha fraps, or hot chai tea lattes.
Devolution
Member
Hahaha no. If you want coffee you go to Petes or a non-chain. Starbucks is basically only good for coffee flavored mixed drinks.
Have to say, their iced coffee is almost godlike.
Then I will continue to not go there because I don't like coffee or coffee flavored things and drinks are the easiest unhealthy things to avoid for me.
Professor Beef
Banned
why is that cyborg drinking coffee
Femmeworth
Banned
You would know if you actually played the game.
You would know if you actually played the game.
But then I would have to play video games. YOU KNOW I DON'T DO THIS.
*has spent the past two days playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time*
Professor Beef
Banned
You would know if you actually played the game.
SHE HASN'T PLAYED THE GAMES!?
This is a bigger travesty than you getting mad at me for not playing Fire Emblem. >:I
Femmeworth
Banned
Better late than never, I suppose.
Professor Beef
Banned
I didn't have a PS1!
I... just never bought Twin Snakes for some reason.
Femmeworth
Banned
Good, stay away from it.
I heard it's crazy over the top and that's why it's dumb but that strikes me as being appropriate to Metal Gear Solid.
Professor Beef
Banned
It IS appropriate. People for some reason think MGS DOESN'T have a completely over-the-top wackadoo story.
Agreed. I hardly ever get Starbucks(I LOVE coffee, but I resolved to never become dependent on it like my mom is), but their iced coffee w/soy milk is delicious.
Femmeworth
Banned
The problem with The Twin Snakes isn't that it is over-the-top, it's that it is in a way that is inconsistent with the rest of the series. Then there are the gameplay issues.
Femmeworth
Banned
idlethreats
Member
Their iced tea lemonade is also pretty good too, IMO. I get the passionfruit stuff all the time.
From what little of Twin Snakes I've played, I didn't care for it (they ruined Ocelot's epic monologue intro! ;_
but the whole MGS mythos is just bananas, so I guess the bullet-time, kicking falling ceiling parts are kind of appropriate.It's a series where someone talks through their severed arm.
I'll take some awesome cutscenes with my arm-talkings, thanks.
You can aim in first person like MGS2. It only really makes like, two parts easier. Otherwise it's just there.
This is how I see it. Twin Snakes' controls are more modern and intuitive, which makes the game much easier. So you have to pick between:
1) A game that is easy and fun to play
2) A game where the difficulty is partly derived from grappling with shitty controls
But the argument against Twin Snakes is actually kind of a wash, because you can simply ignore the new controls if you want the added challenge.
Sorry to hear you're playing the inferior version of MGS.
Femmeworth
Banned
Metal Gear Solid 1&2 > 3 though.
I still prefer MGS combination of puzzle and stealth gameplay in the first two games then what the series gradually evolved into with MGS3 and onwards.
Even with the cutscene-gameplay ratio being kind of wonky in the second game. The VR missions, higher difficulties, dog tag collecting, snake tales all make up for that.
idlethreats
Member
I thought the argument against Twin Snakes was the over the top, ridiculous cut scenes, compared to the more understated original.
I'd say the ridiculous cutscenes are an argument in favour of Twin Snakes. That's how Kojima envisioned it. Makes the game more consistent with the rest of the series
Professor Beef
Banned
To me, a game can have an absolutely terrible story but a fun everything else and I'll still play it (see: God of War series, most fighting games, etc). The reverse can also be true. As long as there's something to hook onto, I can tolerate nearly anything.
The story in MGS is completely convoluted, and has changed in almost every game since the first. But the action and stealth stuff is pretty top-notch most of the time, so I can forgive the rest. Twin Snakes being over-the-top in its cutscenes doesn't really hurt the game or the plot since the series is so ridiculous in the first place.
Stealth Edit: What Kaz said as well.
General question here for those with significant others: how much is too much when it comes to saying "I love you?" I just had it said to me (the feeling is more than mutual btw), and it kinda made me think.
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Deleted member 81567
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Eve was very good looking in MGS3.
Devolution
Member
I've heard people complain when others say it too much as if it diminishes the words. Personally I think that's the stupidest shit I've ever heard. I think hearing it a lot is better than never but it's all relative.
The simplistic design of the first two games has a more distinctive "japanese" arcade-ish feel that appeals to me more. It kind of follows the "easy to play but hard to master" game design mantra that I really enjoy about a lot of those games. I find high-level play in MGS1/2 far more entertaining to master as a result, especially memorizing enemy patterns, quick weapon swapping, speed runs etc.
I'm also in the minority here but I wasn't a big fan of how the stamina and camouflage systems were implemented in the game, mainly due to how they affected the pacing. (disliked pressing start to change my camo all the time) CQC was a awesome addition to the series though! it's hard to get used to playing any MGS game without it, till you make the readjustment.
Another problem I had with MGS3 was the amount of items they added to the game. I always loved the feel of finding a new item or weapon in MGS1/2, MGS3 and onwards kind of killed that feel with the amount of weapons and items they added to the games.
Oh yeah, I definitely agree that MGS3 probably has the best run of bosses in the series. MGS2 probably has my favourite MGS boss fight (metal gear rays on extreme difficulty and onwards) and MGS1 has the best boss story-lines (no-one argues about this one though).
These are things I'm loving. The newer games didn't retain these? Bummer.The simplistic design of the first two games has a more distinctive "japanese" arcade-ish feel that appeals to me more. It kind of follows the "easy to play but hard to master" game design mantra that I really enjoy about a lot of those games. I find high-level play in MGS1/2 far more entertaining to master as a result, especially memorizing enemy patterns, quick weapon swapping, speed runs etc.
I'm also in the minority here but I wasn't a big fan of how the stamina and camouflage systems were implemented in the game, mainly due to how they affected the pacing. (disliked pressing start to change my camo all the time) CQC was a awesome addition to the series though! it's hard to get used to playing any MGS game without it, till you make the readjustment.
Another problem I had with MGS3 was the amount of items they added to the game. I always loved the feel of finding a new item or weapon in MGS1/2, MGS3 and onwards kind of killed that feel with the amount of weapons and items they added to the games.
Oh yeah, I definitely agree that MGS3 probably has the best run of bosses in the series. MGS2 probably has my favourite MGS boss fight (metal gear rays on extreme difficulty and onwards) and MGS1 has the best boss story-lines (no-one argues about this one though).
This right here. The only time it diminishes is when you just don't love that person any longer.
Devolution
Member
Definitely.
BladeWorker
Member
This bears repeating.
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