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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3570 on: October 23, 2013, 09:20:22 pm »
Won a contest on GOG and so got Space Empires IV for free. It's supposed to be the best space 4X game in existence, even better than Master of Orion 2. So far, I'm terribly confused and quite certain that I'm playing it completely wrong. Hopefully I get my head around it at some point in the future.
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I wouldn't call it screwed up priorities so much as different tastes. If they have fun walking uphill in the snow, who cares? (if they don't have fun when they say they do, well, that's really their problem to deal with)
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3571 on: October 23, 2013, 10:19:18 pm »
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3572 on: October 23, 2013, 10:21:24 pm »
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3573 on: October 23, 2013, 10:41:59 pm »
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3574 on: October 23, 2013, 11:11:11 pm »
I would say it would be a tie since bolth of them are badass.

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3575 on: October 23, 2013, 11:20:19 pm »
I guess it would depend on Shepherd's build and level.

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3576 on: October 24, 2013, 12:33:45 am »
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
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I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3577 on: October 24, 2013, 01:07:15 am »
They're both modified but Shepard's modifications are better. Chief might have height on Shepard (depending on your head canons for your Shepard) but that means Shepard has an advantage where center of gravity is concerned. Not to mention the fact that Shepard's arsenal is a lot better than Chief's. Chief doesn't have a handheld nuclear device, now does he? (Also Shepard has rank over Chief and Shepard could just order Chief to stand down. You decide if I'm kidding or not.)

With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Speaking of drama, people are still being idiots over ME3's ending. A couple people I follow got hate mail for using the MEHEM (Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod) and posting about it. So um. Yeah. It's been over a year people get over it.

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3578 on: October 24, 2013, 02:39:08 am »
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Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.

He already did that and survived with essentially zero damage. Remember the opening of Halo 3?

I'd vote for the Master Chief. Out of his suit he's equal or superior to Shepard in strength, speed, and reaction time (remember, all the SPARTAN IIs were augmented to superhuman levels to allow them to survive using the MJOLNIR armor, and it's stated in The Fall of Reach that their reflexes are literally too fast to clock; the same novel had the Chief beating several of the USMC's equivalent to paratroopers with his bare hands until at least one was dead and all of the others were in traction.....as a teenager), but he exclusively fights in power armor that increases his strength until he can literally punch through light armored plating and increases his speed and reflexes just as much. Plus the actual protective capability of the armor, which includes energy shields equal to or superior to Shepard's shielding.

Shepard may be a badass, but the Master Chief has taken on a fighter jet unarmed in the first novel and won. He literally slapped an incoming anti-tank missile out of the air. Shepard simply can't compete. Not unless he/she gets MJOLNIR armor.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3579 on: October 24, 2013, 02:41:39 am »
Well, that depends on whether Shepard is alone or not. If he has some teammates (say, Tali to hack Chief's armor and Wrex to match Chief in strength) I'd vote for the commander.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3580 on: October 24, 2013, 02:43:25 am »
Well, that depends on whether Shepard is alone or not. If he has some teammates (say, Tali to hack Chief's armor and Wrex to match Chief in strength) I'd vote for the commander.

Then it's not a fair fight. Shepard vs. Master Chief doesn't mean "Shepard and whatever teammates he wants to bring vs. Master Chief." Giving one fighter that much advantage is implying that they would lose otherwise.

If Shepard gets to bring in his team, the Master Chief gets to bring in more SPARTANs.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3581 on: October 24, 2013, 03:09:27 am »
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Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.

He already did that and survived with essentially zero damage. Remember the opening of Halo 3?

Nope.  Never played any of the Halo games, except a little bit of the first on someone's X-Box.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3582 on: October 24, 2013, 06:08:30 am »
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

I misread that as Master Chef, and pictured Gordan Ramsay screaming at Commander Shepard.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3583 on: October 24, 2013, 08:04:47 am »
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #3584 on: October 24, 2013, 08:40:11 am »
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

I misread that as Master Chef, and pictured Gordan Ramsay screaming at Commander Shepard.

If it's my Shepard she'd just scream right back. And possibly shoot him. Oops.

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