Awkward Zombie

Or that's a rebel.

Spirit of Justice is definitely the most groan-worthy with the puns. In Khura'in, every person and place is named like itself, like "Tem'puhl Temple". But truth is, they started this way back in the first game, with one of the victims being called "Deid Mann".

edited 31st Jan '17 7:00:36 AM by Cidolfas

I'm partial to

• The young buy who introduces Phoenix to Khura'in, Ahlbi Ur'gaid.
• The happy religious leader and his wife Tahrust Inmee and Beleeb Inmee
• The campaigning politician best described as every negative political stereotype rolled into one, Paul Atishon.

These f*cking names, man.

edited 31st Jan '17 7:07:48 AM by TobiasDrake

I love this one: Inga Karkhuul Haw'kohd Dis'nahm Bi'ahni Lawga Ormo Pohmpus Da'nit Ar'edi Iz Khura'in III. Say it out loud and you might get it.

I'm lost on the first two and the last part, but I got "how could this name be any longer or more pompous than it already is".

Names are still punny in Japanese.

The first two and last part legitimately don't mean anything. He's just introduced as Inga Karkhuul Khura'in. The rest of the name is a hilarious joke at a major plot-sensitive moment. To prove that it's possible for Inga to have been spotted half an hour after he was murdered, the theory of him being channeled by a spirit medium comes up. However, the only medium available at the time is a visitor to the nation. You need to know the name and face to channel someone, so the prosecution reveals Inga's impossibly, stupidly, ridiculously long full name as proof that a foreigner probably would not be able to pull it off.

edited 31st Jan '17 10:56:15 AM by TobiasDrake

The Khura'inese "pun" names were the worst part of the game. They require damn near zero effort to make up, it's not that hard to take a phrase and vomit a bunch of misspellings and apostrophes all over it. I'd gladly take a dozen goofy plot-irrelevant cases over suffering through anything like "Peeslubn Andahstandin" ever again.

Hourly comic day 2017.

These are oddly relaxing.

NIGHT
MARE
GAR
BAGE

Are the boys in Car Boys actually precious? I remember looking at the previews and being like "all these people look the same, I feel like there's not going to be any charm at all in this game," but those were just my first impressions. I could be wrong. ^note ...not that I have a PS 4 or X Box One, so I can't play it even if it is good...

Also, that really is a good good cat picture.

The general consensus is that there's so much time and focus dedicated to the quartet that you just end up liking them, despite other flaws in the narrative.

Exhibit A.

edited 9th Feb '17 2:26:23 PM by Ninety

When I first heard the premise of the No Girls Allowed Club, my immediate thought was, "So basically it's Final Fantasy: Yaoi Edition. Doesn't matter if they meant to make it that. That's what it is."

Exhibit A does nothing to disprove this notion.

Doesn't take much to draw in yaoi fans. If the dynamic was kept mostly the same but a girl or two was added to the main party I doubt it'd change much.

Yeah, I do find myself liking the protagonists in College Fraternity Road Trip a lot...though Gladio's been grating on my nerves lately.

"I've disccuvvud a nyew recipeh!"

*snaps finger

Suspicious dog.

Why.... would a dog need to draw a knife

he literally has a mouth full of knives, and a bite force that can smash bone!

What if its a throwing knife?

I don't know, but that is actually a thing◊ D-Dog does if you upgrade his suit enough.

Personally, I agree with Katie that even having him wear that f*cking suit really should be a red flag to anyone who spots him.

It might help to bear in mind that this franchise is f*cked.

edited 14th Feb '17 7:09:23 AM by TobiasDrake

Probably a game balance thing. Gameplay and story segregation.

There's some pretty ridiculous stuff in other stealth games too. I'm currently watching a LP of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and your characters can virtually phase through the bushes they hide in. The most extreme example involves dragging an unconscious body through a hedge... from one end of the hedge to the other.

edited 14th Feb '17 7:56:35 AM by Medinoc

Yeah, bushes in general tend to act as holographic disguise devices in stealth games. That one's pretty commonplace.

Metal Gear Solid gets singled out for this particular moment of idiocy because the surprisingly high intelligence of the AI and their capability to avoid Artificial Stupidity is one of the major selling points of the franchise. These mooks are about six times smarter than the mooks you'll see in other stealth games. So bits like this really stand out.

Oh my God I want five

Yeah. The hedges in Blade of the Shogun are kinda silly. I do like the enemies will actually search them if they are looking for you, though. I've seem games where they would just run in circles without ever actually looking at the obvious hiding spots.

There is also the fact MGS is simultaneously serious and silly, so the contrast is more obvious. If the whole game is absurd, no one bat an eye on another silly thing. If the game works to keep its serious image on, Suspension of Disbelief will take care the compromises for gameplay don't stand out. But MGS both have serious and quasi-realistic stealth mixed with dogs armed with knifes. That draws attention.