>new game comes out>everyone is yelling about it online>want to see what the hype's all about>look it up>it's a series with a long overarching story that you didn't play as a kid when the early entries were fresh and new>50 hours of forced lore homework if you do>get called a larper if you don't>never touch the series againwhat even is the right move in this situation, anons? not even from a "xitter fandom retards gatekeeping you" standpoint, how do you even approach such a franchise with 30 years of baggage if you never played any of it as a kid, when it was still current?
>>750624660The absolute rape of the term "LARP" legitimately pisses me off.
If the game is new I say enjoy it and ignore retards who call you zoomerfaggot insults like "larp". Its mostly niggers anyway who use that, and you can always revisit old games when u get the interest to play them again.However if you play remakeslop and support that lazy corposlop, you shoul probably shoot yourslef in the head and ask your mom for forgivness that you got to exist as such a failure
We used to say poser
>>750624696LARP at least is barely used. There are tons of POV videos and pictures where the makers clearly dont understand what it means
>>750624660youtubers ruined zoomers like epstein ruined minors
>>750624660learn the lore scrub
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>>750624660not falling for the hype cycle>WOW I WONDER WHY DID THE COMPANY PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO MARKETING I GOTTA CHECK IT OUTtake a motherfucking guess
>>750624660>1996I already think that a 2009 game is old as fuck but that's just downright ancient.
>guys i wanna start reading this book series but instead of the first one i wanna start at the 9th entry because it's the newest one and all i want is to experience the current social hype instead of actually getting invested in a hobbywere you expecting anyone to sympathize with you, OP, or is this just a straight up troll thread
Games should be self contained stories and you should be able to play them in any order
There are three choices, all of which are valid.1) Play the fucking older games like you ought to and learn to not be a faggot that can't handle older graphics and less QoL features.2) Just play the fucking game you want to play and shut the fuck up about it, you don't actually have to engage with other fans of the series if you feel like they won't tolerate your lack of prior knowledge.3) Do not invade my fucking game series and go back to playing Fortnite or whatever friendslop you zoomers play nowadays.
>>750624660if you on your own aren't interested in playing the series from the start then you're a fomotard trying to feel involved. you're no better than the shitters who think from games should be easier to let them be part of the hype cyclejust fuck off
>>750625884Honestly? Just read the 9th book. If you enjoy it enough you will jump to the first one voluntarily. And if not, thank you for supporting *my thing* with your money, fairweather friend.
>>750624660what happens most of the time is that the new game is ass and the old one is great, and if you like the old one you won't like the new one and vice versa because modern AAA gaming is a completely different hobby than old gaming and has a completely different target audience
>>750625884>all i want is to experience the current social hype instead of actually getting invested in a hobbyyeah, it's thisfucking social media killed every hobby
>>750626226> if you like the old one you won't like the new one and vice versaStop treating the opinion of your retarded contrarian echo chamber as a universal truth. Most people aren't as sad and miserable as you.
>>750626068>3) Do not invade my fucking game series and go back to playing Fortnite or whatever friendslop you zoomers play nowadays.kek this is the closest to what I actually do, I just don't play the game at all if the barrier to entry is 30 year old boomerslopI come to 4chan to complain instead and then go back to playing superior chinese and korean mobile games
>>750626467normalfags are cattle and don't have opinions, im talking about real people
>>750625884I can't find it now because search engines are all fucking retarded but I distinctly remember Mass Effect 3 being marketed as>the ideal entry point to the Mass Effect sagaor some shit.
>>750624696yeah, I'm right there with you on that anon.Also as is expected, OP is a faggot.>>750625618based.
>>750626068This is a level headed outlook on it>>750626468it's not what you do, because you still come and bitch about it.your love for the vidya is weak.
So you discover a long series of probably good video games and instead of being excited to jump into all this content you complain like a little bitch?Do you even like this hobby?
>>750628182>discovery stage in 2026Impossible, all the franchises you can "discover" are ancient and require 15-20+++ years of backlogging.I just play whatever is new in the month it comes out so I can ragebait people about it on twitter, /v/ or /vg/
>"GameNigger">wiki google search just by typing its name"GameNigger" 2026 released>now you need to add "1999" in search column in order to see right gamei hate this shit
>>750624660What the fuck are you talking about? Why do you care what other people think about you playing video games?
> hey guys I want read Lord of the Rings, should I start with Two Towers or go straight for Return of the King?
>>750628481retarded disingenuous argument because books age infinitely better than vidya
>>750628521Games don't age either outside of issues with PC hardware making older games unplayable without a patch
>>750624696okay pdf file
>>750628567>very old (50+ years old) book vs new bookProbably much better written, but using older tropes which you might find overused in a modern context. Generally good experience.>very old (30+ years old) game vs new gameLooks like crap unless highly stylized/cartoon, usually runs like crap on original hardware, almost always plays like crap compared to modern games. You get your tank controls, funky fixed camera angles, weird early 3D graphics quirks like wobbly polygons and stretchy textures, pixelated textures with no filtering, 240i resolution, pre-rendered backgrounds, unfair gameplay with no modern QoL like autosave and infinite continues, the whole damn package of crap!All of that just to play a game that's>FUARKING PS1CORE SOVL KINO
>>750625618fixed
>>750628775i raughed
>>750628734>Looks like crapIf you're too retarded to understand the limitations of the medium and appreciate what's there regardless. I bet you think black and white movies all look like shit, too.>usually runs like crap on original hardware,Vague and largely untrue statement. Even in cases where it is true, the original performance of the game is part of the art— target framerate is a thing and slowdown/framerate issues (especially on a console game) are part of the experience in the same way a continuity error in a book might be.>You get your tank controls, funky fixed camera anglesNot a downside. They're part of the art, they don't age.>weird early 3D graphics quirks like wobbly polygons and stretchy textures, pixelated textures with no filtering, 240i resolution, pre-rendered backgroundsPart of the art and the medium. Many games even took advantage of those quirks on purpose. (i.e. Crash 2/3 designing Crash's model around the low resolution, Spyro designing the gem sparkle effect specifically around PS1 rendering quirks, etc)>unfair gameplay with no modern QoL like autosave and infinite continues,I am now convinced this post is bait and I have wasted my time responding to you, good work saving the most obvious bit for last.
>>750626040There are pros and cons to having long running series and self-contained games. However, I think for games that carry the narrative across multiple titles, the maximum number of entries should be like, three. Anything more and you increasingly start risking that the next game never comes out, or starts losing track of what it tried to setup in the past titles (in an attempt to gain new fans).
>>750624660The right move is to stop sucking cock but that's impossible for you faggot OP
>>750624660>Play the new game first and not give a shit.>Give a shit and play the old game first.>Be a fag and complain online.Those are your three choices and you chose to be gay.
>>750625618>>750628775Both are valid honestly.Some older games are better than future continuations...others feel like downgrades compared to later titles.It all depends on the series.
>>750624660By all means, play the newest game if it looks fun. But don't be faggot and act like you're an old fan or like you know anything about the series when your only experience is 1 or 2 modernized games and some YouTube video essays.
there's nothing wrong with starting with a later game in a franchise and if you like the game you might check out the older games, but then pretending like you're a lifelong fan and know better than the people who have played previous entries makes you deserving of a bullet between the eyes.
>>750624660>what even is the right move in this situation, anons?either ignore them, like an adult, or just watch a playthrough of the old games online, like everyone else.
