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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-01-05 03:42 pm

[ SECRET POST #2560 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2560 ⌋

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Re: Buying The Last of Us today!!! + opinions on Metal Gear Rising??

[identity profile] flipthefrog.livejournal.com 2014-01-05 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Take this with about half a shaker of salt, because due to lack of hardware my opinions on both are based solely on (good) LPs, but:

1. What do you mean by "male story"? MGR has about 3 female characters, 2 of which appear for about half an hour, total, between them, and one of which is a codec character; TLoU has a genuinely strong female lead, plus a good female side character (possibly more than one but I haven't finished the game). Stereotypical plotline-wise, neither of them come off to me as more "male" than the other, and it more comes down to whether you want Bayonetta with dudes and politics or Uncharted with zombies.

2. If you like hack and slash (especially if you enjoyed Bayonetta), stick with MGR because I'm terrible and hate those games and even I thought it looked like hells of fun.
elaminator: (Bayonetta: train)

Re: Buying The Last of Us today!!! + opinions on Metal Gear Rising??

[personal profile] elaminator 2014-01-05 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
lmao, Bayonetta with dudes is a perfect way to describe MGR, and NGL, I probably had more fun playing MGR (in a gleeful 'THIS GAME IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, OMG, I AM A ROCKSTAR' sense), but imo TLOU has a much stronger story and an overall more intriguing cast. (Again, not that I didn't adore the cast of MGR, but they're two very different games and a lot of MGR's charm comes from previous knowledge of the series, so not sure it's the best starting point.)

Re: Buying The Last of Us today!!! + opinions on Metal Gear Rising??

[identity profile] flipthefrog.livejournal.com 2014-01-05 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you're right, I didn't at all mean to imply that most people don't think TLoU had a much stronger story and character acting. I was just saying that, since I didn't know what the OP viewed as boring "male story," I didn't know which one she should pick.

Personally, MGR looked more fun to play, while TLoU looked a lot more fun to watch, but that's probably a function of me hating shooter games more than anything.
elaminator: (Metal Gear Rising: Raiden (Jack))

Re: Buying The Last of Us today!!! + opinions on Metal Gear Rising??

[personal profile] elaminator 2014-01-05 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't at all mean to imply that most people don't think TLoU had a much stronger story and character acting

Oh, no, I didn't think you did. Just stating my opinion. The MGS series is known for great (if ridiculous) storytelling, and I wholeheartedly agree that the games tend to be fantastic, and sometimes they really hit it out of the park with the character stuff. (Especially MGS3!)

Plus, it doesn't really matter what most people think, just what OP does. Everyone is different.

TLOU felt more like an interactive story at points than a regular game. Not that it didn't still have plenty of shooting and sneaking, but with TLOU it's more about the story, and with MGR it's more about the over the top slaughter.