Man, do i ever agree with you! Whatever happened to playing games to see if they are fun first. Too many people shitting on games they have no intention of playingWhat's with some of you guys. "Games arent made for US anymore" (for starters who is this nebulous "us" you are including me in) and OMG WOKE reactionary claims at the slightest provocation, most recent evidence the reaction to the new Saints Row. This ingrained idea that nothing should ever change and evolve, but but but these are not the purple clad gangsters that I grew up with! Its Boomer as fuck. You'd think a vidjagame forum would be more open to novelty, something different, progression, but so much reaction is "IN MY DAY THINGS WERE BETTER", you sickly housebound nerds are old before your time.
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I can see old school gamers here, new gamers...Maybe u can guess their age by some comments, or their opinions about games. Just for curiosity! Vote!www.neogaf.com
You young whippersnappers with your HDR 6 billion colors and plug n'play game consoles just don't know the struggles us old timers had to deal with back when you had to edit the config.sys and autoexec files to sacrifice a couple of programs in order to free up a few K of memory to run the joystick while squinting at a 13" CRT screen that weighed 20 pounds and just got magnetized because your stupid kid brother was playing around with the speakers. We had 16-256 colors AND WE LIKED IT. Why you so intolerant of diverse ideas. Listen to our voices and hear us, this is a safe space, your ageist comments are hurtful and unwelcome.
You sound like a furry lol.What's with some of you guys. "Games arent made for US anymore" (for starters who is this nebulous "us" you are including me in) and OMG WOKE reactionary claims at the slightest provocation, most recent evidence the reaction to the new Saints Row. This ingrained idea that nothing should ever change and evolve, but but but these are not the purple clad gangsters that I grew up with! Its Boomer as fuck. You'd think a vidjagame forum would be more open to novelty, something different, progression, but so much reaction is "IN MY DAY THINGS WERE BETTER", you sickly housebound nerds are old before your time.
Yup; reverse resetera, and it gets old fast.Alot of people complain about resetera but a lot of people on here are just the same.... But the other side.
For half a year we had 5 threads every day about TLOU2 'wokeness'. Xbox announced a Forza 5 controller the other day and some arnt buying it because its a woke controller and 'looks LTBG or whatever they call it nowdays'.
True, I am getting a head start. Though I am going to bed now and will savor the fruits of my labor tomorrow at work with a giant coffee.
I'm forty years old, which means my character was molded during the 80s and 90s. As a result, things and ideas that mirror the ideology and pop culture of those days shall always appeal to me more.
Many of us are old, kid.
OP when you are old enough
I get your point, by imho most of what's coming out is just plain shit, and I don't need to compare them to the old games to realize that.For the record I am OLD (and yes yelling at cloud myself) but I was born without this Nostalgia Gene that many people seem to have. I enjoyed all the typical 80's stuff of my youth but it holds no sacred place in my heart, these are corporate media products. Keep giving me new shit, that old stuff will always be there if you want to revisit it.
Well put.I'm not into the outrage culture wars much, but it grinds my gears when people refer to "change" as "progress."
It's a gaming forum: complaining about shit is like 80% of what they are about.
"We've created a set of characters that you'd want to invite into your living room every day."
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I was gonna post the same sentiment. The idea that change automatically equates to progress is laughable. The current change in society feels much more like regression than progress. We're going back to segregation and judging people by qualities they were born with and can't change. It's beyond pathetic to try to label such ideologies as "progress". For Saints Row to work in 2021 it needs to be counter-culture, if it just follows the woke trend then it's nothing but propaganda and most gamers aren't going to want to spend their money on that. You can be sure that most of the users that liked the OP were never going to buy this new Saints Row, yet alone at launch for full price. What I find ironic though is the OP calling users here that are disappointed about the new Saints Row "sickly housebound nerds" when that's how the woke are viewed by normal people. You only have to read through some threads over at the asylum to confirm this as many of them claim disability due to mental health issues.I'm not into the outrage culture wars much, but it grinds my gears when people refer to "change" as "progress."
Your backhanded insult to a large part of the userbase here is not as veiled as you think it is. But I guess you when you live in an ivory tower you need to be on a high horse. I say this because you like to mention you live in Japan every other post you make and the land of Delivery Health isn't exactly the wokest country. You complaining about people calling out wokeness while you live in Japan is like celebrities who live in gated communities with private security complaining about those who oppose open borders and defunding the police.Obviously, anyone without a motive to go against you will tend to agree with you. I agree with you. If i never get a warning about creeping "wokeness" for as long as i love I'll be happy as larry
Those are narcissistic celebrities. Saints Row is supposed to be a block in the hood. Do people dress like that in Crenshaw, Compton, Watts, etc...?Have any of y'all seen how the people from the culture these games borrow from are dressing these days?
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Did they dress like this when Saints Row 3 came out?Those are narcissistic celebrities. Saints Row is supposed to be a block in the hood. Do people dress like that in Crenshaw, Compton, Watts, etc...?
It goesAha thanks.
I read that Boomers are currently aged 57-75 so we could do with a new bracket in that poll.
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That's because they were narcissistic celebrities at that point, did you not play the games? To me a reboot would be about going back to the origins. The struggles of a crew that had to grow up in a rough neighboord, not the struggles of hipster instagram influencers trying to repay their student loans for their doctorate in gender studies.Did they dress like this when Saints Row 3 came out?
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That's because they were narcissistic celebrities at that point, did you not play the games? To me a reboot would be about going back to the origins. The struggles of a crew that had to grow up in a rough neighboord, not the struggles of hipster instagram influencers trying to repay their student loans for their doctorate in gender studies.
Reboot literally means to restart from the beginning. If you're not gonna keep the original premise then might as well make a different game not called Saints Row.I did play the games; they quickly became far removed from their roots and haven't really been about anything resembling 90s gangster movies since the 1st game.
Why a reboot would need to go back to that is beyond me. It's a reboot.
That's not how it's used to describe the reboot of a fictional universe; reboots can have totally different backstories, plots.. characters.Reboot literally means to restart from the beginning. If you're not gonna keep the original premise then might as well make a different game not called Saints Row.
Yes because in every Spider-man movie reboot it's never been Peter Parker getting spider powers and juggling real life with fighting villains in New York City.That's not how it's used to describe the reboot of a fictional universe; reboots can have totally different backstories, plots.. characters.
It's a broad term.
this is an internet forum. People say things. I honestly don't understand this mindset. If you don't want to hear opinions that might be negative...Alot of people complain about resetera but a lot of people on here are just the same.... But the other side.
For half a year we had 5 threads every day about TLOU2 'wokeness'. Xbox announced a Forza 5 controller the other day and some arnt buying it because its a woke controller and 'looks LTBG or whatever they call it nowdays'.
That's not how it's used to describe the reboot of a fictional universe; reboots can have totally different backstories, plots.. characters.
It's a broad term.
"Let's reboot Titanic and make it about a toaster protesting for the environment."
Reboot is a broad term
Which actually made sense in the context of the universe.Let's make a Saints Row game where the gang is actually the US President/admin and they gain super powers and fight alien invaders.
Oh wait, that was a "sequel" lol
People pay more for less content, but believe it's a good thing because we are conditioned to think "change is good, new is superior."Games I grew up with are so much better than today that it’s just sad. People are conditioned to their times so you don’t see it.
But the 90s and 00s were like a golden age that ended when the Xbox one generation started. And even I could see in the 360 era things getting worse and worse until budgets and greed finally got the best of the industry.
Gaming has gone from a fresh young industry of passion, talent and ideas to one of endless iteration, middle management bloat and corporate greed. Oh and the Hollywood remake syndrome has come to gaming as well.
I never understood the whole "woke" thing. It's like this thing ppl created cause they needed something to blame. It always come off a very selfish and self-centered.What's with some of you guys. "Games arent made for US anymore" (for starters who is this nebulous "us" you are including me in) and OMG WOKE reactionary claims at the slightest provocation, most recent evidence the reaction to the new Saints Row. This ingrained idea that nothing should ever change and evolve, but but but these are not the purple clad gangsters that I grew up with! Its Boomer as fuck. You'd think a vidjagame forum would be more open to novelty, something different, progression, but so much reaction is "IN MY DAY THINGS WERE BETTER", you sickly housebound nerds are old before your time.
Yes, then you get threads like this complaining about the complainers, which is fertile ground for complaining about complaining about complainers. Thus the circle of life continues.
dont forget Boopers!It goes
Boomers
Doomers
Duders
Coomers
Zoomers
True. It's much better now.Because gaming industry clearly is not what it used to be
Which actually made sense in the context of the universe.
You haven't play Saints row, have you? Be honest