That video I posted said 80% of people say their lives are meaningless.
A quick google search gives the figure of 90% of young people in the UK.
These are alarming figures, and its clear that virtual spaces can fill these voids with surrogate realities.
That's because of the political climate in the UK. The politicians don't give a flying shit about the people, but anyone who raises a red flag about it are called racists/sexists/homophobes and they get un-personed. So of course, they'd turn to things like comics and video games for a release from a hell that they can't escape from.
I'm trying to engage with people. I took up some classes, I'm keeping in touch with my family and friends more than before, I'm actively investing and keeping track of societal issues. But in this globalized, disconnected, post-modernist world where everything is deconstructed, where people move about everywhere and have no roots anymore....I question what meaning even is.
That has more to do with the shit world you live in today rather than video games. I lived in the 90s when times were good and video games were hitting their stride. Gaming didn't make the world worse; it just became better as the times were good and people were willing to experiment on how to make better games.
I don't use social media, but is your point that we should disregard games because there are in your opinion stronger drugs out there? There's tons of legitimate critique against social media out there. That's great! I know some kids today have apps that show their location constantly to not only their parents but all their friends. Constantly keeping track of each other. In a way it connects them to each other, in an other way it completely destroys privacy. But maybe its a solution to the problem I've been talking about, a worthy sacrifice?
That doesn't mean social media is bad. It's how you use it. I know people who just use social media to keep in touch. Just because some dimwits use social media in the wrong fashion, doesn't mean social media should be thrown out.
This is what people call ''throwing the baby out with the bathwater''.
Nobody left to actually stay on topic.
Im fresh out of unpopular gaming opinions. I cant think of a worse, actually gaming related opinion I have than "I like being sniped from things completely outside of my field of view with no warning" (Which I already posted several pages ago)
Fuck it, I'll start.
Fallout 3's Enclave was much more fun to fight than FNV's Legion or NCR. The latter two only have jobbers or bullet sponges, while the Enclave is balanced; their guys aren't too strong, but they hit hard enough thanks to their plasma/flame weapons, and their loot looks cooler than either side in FNV. The only thing that can equal them in FNV is the Brotherhood, but that faction is too small and can be eradicated in less than an hour by a dedicated player. Whereas eradicating the Enclave takes a good 2-3 hours of gameplay with the endgame of FO3 and the Broken Steel DLC. The Brotherhood is too small, the NCR is too incompetent, and the Legion are primitive savages with assault rifles and football gear. The Enclave are next-level opponents with power armor, energy weapons, and orbital strike weapons that can destroy giant death robots. Sure, their leaders aren't all that great, you have an AI that you can talk into self-destructing and a colonel who's a weener you can fuck with, but hey, their troops are more badass than all the other factions in the next game. Heck, just look at how a small Enclave Remnant can fuck either side into oblivion if you recruit them in FNV.
Mass Effect 2 wasn't as bad as some people claim it to be. In fact, its story calls back to some of the more celebrated graphic novels when you look at some of the party member stories; and some loyalty missions that involve almost zero shooting contains some of the most compelling story content in the Mass Effect trilogy, like Samara and Thane's loyalty missions that deal with their rebellious offspring. A lot of people shit on ME2 for taking an axe to the RPG mechanics, but I will stand and defend that game because it was, in all essence, the height for the storytelling in the Mass Effect franchise.
Force Unleashed is better than the Jedi Survivor/Fallen Order games. Yes, that includes Force Unleashed 2. Basically, if you know how to fuck over Dark Souls, you know how to fuck over the new Jedi games, whereas Force Unleashed had a healthy mix of God of War and the telekinesis mechanics being a fun thing given that you can fuck around with the game world and send people flying or throw stuff at people. You can topple enemies, throw them around, make them grab each other, use them as lightning bombs, and in the second game, you can even mind-trick them into fighting each other. That was funny as hell. Oh, and punting Jawas and Ewoks in the DLC was fucking hilarious. Force Unleashed took the God of War formula and improved it with Star Wars powers. The new Jedi games had the chance to do it, but they didn't, especially since the telekinesis isn't as robust and you can't use the Dark Side powers outside of just a strength boost.
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