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    • Nintendo Direct discussion thread: it's Happening Edition
      Gaming Discussion • • Yoshi

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      @yoshi Its interesting, there are a lot of people who are indifferent to watching/playing golf that enjoy the series. Golf can be incredibly frustrating, annoying, and tiring in real life for casual players but it generally loses those issues in a video game. Its hard to totally encapsulate why the positives of the sport translate so well, but I think most just sort of end up looking at it as less of a sports game and more of a challenge. That's why people always associate the RPG mode from the Game Boy games when citing their want for a new entry. As for me, compared to most other Mario spin offs with multiplayer potential, this is the one game that stands the best on its own when it comes to solo play. I can play round after round on a course just trying to improve my score. The Speed Golf looks annoying as hell to me and can burn for all I care, but if that's a mode they felt like they needed to make this then so be it. Just hope we get a substantial amount of courses (this worries me greatly), the RPG mode learns from what made Aces kind of boring, Ring Shot returns, and the physics improve.
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      Favourite/Least Favourite Easy Allies Reviews
      Gaming Discussion • • JDINCINERATOR

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      @e_zed_eh_intern said in Favourite/Least Favourite Easy Allies Reviews: @chocobop Does "Spoiler Mode" fill this? I have never watched because I have never played any of the games. Well, "Spoiler Mode" is quite a longform piece of content, and it's not not intended to give you an impression of the game. I can see why you are suggesting this though, because my previous comment about story moments sounds completely alien to how reviews are usually treated. To add more detail, basically I think there is space for short reviews that talk far more candidly about story while still being suitable for someone who might want to play it themselves. Like, a review could say something like "The story gradually culminates in themes of dealing with the aftermath of a neglectful father" or "Moments in game X where one character held the hand of a loved one on their deathbed were especially poignant". Just omit when, how, and who so that the story is still fun to watch, but still provide the actual details that may or may not be relatable to the viewer. If a reviewer just calls a story a masterpiece and uses the word "writing" a lot, that doesn't actually tell me if it is relateable, so I don't know if it is for me (I might even just assume it isn't...ha!). I think this goes back to showing more gameplay footage too. The dilemma seems to be that if you, the viewer, are extremely eager to play some game that just came out, then your mind becomes a steel trap and your brain will automatically hang onto every little detail from videos you watch ("spoilers") whether you like it or not. So you will only watch reviews that have a very expansive spoiler cloak that won't show you more than the first few worlds or story chapters. But if you aren't eager enough to play a game by default then it doesn't really matter, you won't have the context to either parse or hang onto these details. In fact, you benefit enormously from watching a more candid video, because it becomes more socially engaging which gives your brain more cues to push you into wanting to play it (and the review itself becomes more fun to watch, so your time feels well spent in any case).
    • Games That You Just Can't Like
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      @el-shmiablo @bam541 Yeah mine isn't quite that bad, but it sucks. I get it in some 3rd person games, too. Something to do with the camera movement, but idk what it is.
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      Best R* Game
      Gaming Discussion • • JDINCINERATOR

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      Three-way tie between Vice City, San Andreas and Bully. All are some of my favorite games ever.
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      5 Years Since GameTrailers Shutdown
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      The wildest episode of Mandatory Update: Youtube Video
    • Ranking The Legend of Zelda Games
      Gaming Discussion • • Shoulderguy

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      Skyward Sword The Wind Waker Twilight Princess Ocarina of Time Link's Awakening A Link Between Worlds Majora's Mask Breath of the Wild A Link to the Past The Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes I know it's ranked last, but I genuinely love Tri Force Heroes.
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      The GT/EZA GOTY of GOTYS
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      Xenoblade Chronicles
    • Playing-Reading Balance while Gaming
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      Depends a lot on the game and my mood. Doom Eternal I couldn't care less about their lore dumps. I read maybe a couple of lines, thought to myself "it's a shame someone had the trouble of creating this and I have absolutely no interest". Then a game like Kentucky Route Zero at times is almost like reading a book and I thoroughly enjoyed every line. Part of my RP in Skyrim was being a book collector and read every single book. Control was a mixed bag, the documents are great but their sheer number is way too much. To their credit I did read them all because there's a ton of great world building there. Cyberpunk is the kind of game were I just read diagonally every text and if something is interesting I then read it carefully. Like history documents I loved reading them and mission stuff enjoyed it too. But then there's a ton of stuff that seems like too superfluous.
    • PlayStation 2020 Wrap-Up
      Gaming Discussion • • bam541

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      Blood, Jones, Damiani and Huber also shared their wrapup on the latest EZA podcast, it's pretty fun. Youtube Video
    • Destruction All Stars - PS5 - Lucid Games
      Gaming Discussion • • Hazz3r

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      Yeah, I don't see it. But with online games we never know. Kind of random what dictates success.
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      Best EZA GOTY Contender Runner-Up
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      @mbun You're totally right. The Last of Us 2 was the best game of 2020.
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      Worst Thing About A Game You Love
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      Metroid series: Zero suit Samus
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      The Matter of Spoilers
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      @hazz3r Exactly, it's your experience that counts not somebody writing about the details. Your experiences inform your opinions and emotions to what happens-and they are much stronger than any spoiler can give.
    • Ranking The Pokémon Games
      Gaming Discussion • • Shoulderguy

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      @e_zed_eh_intern You had me there for a second, I was seriously wondering how Let's Go Eevee of all things could be your favourite, well played ;)
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      Favourite 80s Tunes
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    • The Steam Game Festival's layout feels like iDosing
      Gaming Discussion • • Inflorescence

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      The animations are really nice, and from what I've seen it doesn't look like the gameplay is bad enough to completely ruin that experience. It just looks like a game that is more fun for your eyes than your...brain, I guess.
    • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PC/PS4/PS5)
      Gaming Discussion • • Shoulderguy

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      this was literally the only thing that looked cool from today's State of Play. everything else was meh.
    • EZA curates February games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?
      Gaming Discussion • • Chocobop

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      My top three are: The Little Nightmares II Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood