Would Quiet look as cute though?

You fucking take that back you self-righteous goldfish!

she's not

at all

What? Her face is cute.

butterface

I dislike the direction of Death Stranding so far.

Why's that?

Quote from: TBlocks on April 30, 2017, 02:01:33 AM

Quote from: audrey on April 29, 2017, 01:12:18 PM

I dislike the direction of Death Stranding so far.

Why's that?

It seems like Kojima is throwing in all these big-name actors for no reason other than name recognition or that he simply can.

The advantage video games have over movies or television in story-telling terms is that their characters are created from scratch to tell the story in an ideal way, whereas film actors have that suspenion of disbelief hurtle to jump before we actually buy that they are the characters they're supposed to be.

It demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the medium's strengths on Kojima's part. Use the actor's vocal and facial animation skills and apply them to another character model ala Venom Snake and Kiefer Sutherland; that would be ideal. But simply throwing Reedus into the game doesn't make me think this is a new character, it just reminds me he's a famous actor.

he's hanging with del toro and norman reedus because they both worked closely with him on silent hills and he wanted to actually be able to release a game with them.

Quote from: Azumarill on April 30, 2017, 12:31:29 PM

Quote from: audrey on April 30, 2017, 10:38:53 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on April 30, 2017, 02:01:33 AM

Quote from: audrey on April 29, 2017, 01:12:18 PM

I dislike the direction of Death Stranding so far.

Why's that?

It seems like Kojima is throwing in all these big-name actors for no reason other than name recognition or that he simply can.

The advantage video games have over movies or television in story-telling terms is that their characters are created from scratch to tell the story in an ideal way, whereas film actors have that suspenion of disbelief hurtle to jump before we actually buy that they are the characters they're supposed to be.

It demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the medium's strengths on Kojima's part. Use the actor's vocal and facial animation skills and apply them to another character model ala Venom Snake and Kiefer Sutherland; that would be ideal. But simply throwing Reedus into the game doesn't make me think this is a new character, it just reminds me he's a famous actor.

he's hanging with del toro and norman reedus because they both worked closely with him on silent hills and he wanted to actually be able to release a game with them.

You completely missed my point, though.

nope, i got what you were saying; i was simply addressing one leg of your argument. js, you seem to think that kojima is working with big names just because he can. that might be the case with mads but he has a perfectly valid reason to include del toro & norman reedus. i also think your train of thought re: suspension of disbelief & character creation and how it differs between the mediums of filmmaking and video games is kind of dumb but hey you do you.

Quote from: audrey on April 30, 2017, 12:43:23 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on April 30, 2017, 12:31:29 PM

Quote from: audrey on April 30, 2017, 10:38:53 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on April 30, 2017, 02:01:33 AM

Quote from: audrey on April 29, 2017, 01:12:18 PM

I dislike the direction of Death Stranding so far.

Why's that?

It seems like Kojima is throwing in all these big-name actors for no reason other than name recognition or that he simply can.

The advantage video games have over movies or television in story-telling terms is that their characters are created from scratch to tell the story in an ideal way, whereas film actors have that suspenion of disbelief hurtle to jump before we actually buy that they are the characters they're supposed to be.

It demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the medium's strengths on Kojima's part. Use the actor's vocal and facial animation skills and apply them to another character model ala Venom Snake and Kiefer Sutherland; that would be ideal. But simply throwing Reedus into the game doesn't make me think this is a new character, it just reminds me he's a famous actor.

he's hanging with del toro and norman reedus because they both worked closely with him on silent hills and he wanted to actually be able to release a game with them.

You completely missed my point, though.

nope, i got what you were saying; i was simply addressing one leg of your argument. js, you seem to think that kojima is working with big names just because he can. that might be the case with mads but he has a perfectly valid reason to include del toro & norman reedus. i also think your train of thought re: suspension of disbelief & character creation and how it differs between the mediums of filmmaking and video games is kind of dumb but hey you do you.

no, he's using big name actors' likeness in his game because he can.

i have no problem with mads or reedus or del toro being hired for the game, but why do the have to look like their real-life counterparts? it hinders creativity, with the only benefit being "woah darryl is in this game, cool". what he did with sutherland was great, and it resulted in a wholly believable performance the likes of which we hadn't seen in Metal gear before. film has no choice but to use identical looking characters because that's just what the actors look like -- games have the capacity to create new people from the ground up, and i have no idea why kojima would voluntarily limit himself like that. other than to sell copies, of course.

the rumours of emma stone and idris elba being in the game too don't inspire confidence, either.

i also don't see how much train of thought is disagreeable at all.

the rumours of emma stone

oh christ

I found the video I was looking for earlier that better argues my point.

A week late but....

No, it's not.

Okay so I guess I completely forgot to include the video when I said "I found the video I was talking about."

Anyways, here it is: