Games with zero replay value.
How the hell did this get 5 stars, game of the year?
>>341813859
I agree, I stopped playing once I realised there was no action or real gameplay at all, just listening to fucking tapes and picking up shit.
I thought it was a clever twist in thinking it was a horror game turning out not to be. Though, I played the game knowing nothing about it. I was sure it was going to be spooky at first.
What I don't like is how it has been turned into a symbol by both cis-shaming SJWs and gatekeeping gamers. A character in the story being gay doesn't mean Gone Home is the greatest story ever told. Only walking around and reading shit doesn't make it the worst non-game ever made.
>>341813859
Because there was lesbians and "feels" in it.
There's nothing wrong with making a "game" that's really just an interactive movie, as long as you aren't trying to pass it off as anything but. And to their credit, they weren't. It's an artsy-fartsy little piece that could have just as easily ended up an indie short film, but instead became a game.
And it's not terrible - the environment is passable, the objects have some nice details, etc. But it's not very good either, certainly not 5 stars my any metric.
the actual story itself is just so fucking boring. It doesn't matter that it's about lesbians, that's not the issue, it's just bland and generic, with the "happy ending" being that two teens are eloping together, with no plans, one of them abandoning her long-held dream of being in the military. and we're supposed to feel a sense of closure because of this? fuck that.
I was more interested in the father's writing career, or the spoopy ghost that failed to materialized.
if it hadn't been plucked from obscurity and paraded around, it would've just been utterly forgotten by everyone, /v/ included. There's nothing offensive in here, nothing "ruining gaming", just a boring little short-ass game that people got all worked up about. Even the devs admit the game's nothing special and they weren't trying to push social anything, they just wrote a story.
>>341814027
IMO It's not so much the lack of gameplay, but more the story that seems like it was written by a teenage girl or some beta male.
If the game was just exploring, it'd be a tiny bit less mediocre.
>>341813859
Grill power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbMm9HUUp8
>>341814451
>A character in the story being gay doesn't mean Gone Home is the greatest story ever told.
>Only walking around and reading shit doesn't make it the worst non-game ever made.
this.
well-put. I played it because it's free on PS+ and was just like "huh, that's all it was?" why the fuck did anybody make a big deal out of this, on either side?
>>341813859
Why was there no run button?
What's this? RE6?
>>341813859
artsie bait
>>341813859
Cyber Sluts.
>>341813859
Couldn't agree more. When it was over I was literally expecting that now the actual game would start.
It felt like an intro/tutorial.
>>341815795
I'm not sure how that relates to the topic at hand, but CS is legitimately my favorite game I've played all year.
It's free with PlayStation Plus.
Is it worth a play through?
>>341817301
Do you have an hour or two to spare, and want to know what you're shitposting about? Go for it.
It's not any good, but you may as well.
Or just read the summary posted below you.
The music was the worst thing about this game, hands-down.
>>341814585
They were 100% trying to push a social message. It's politics is the reason this game became an indie darling.
>>341813859
because polygon journalists could actually play it
Gone Home has replayability though, its got a commentary mode.
Not too sure why everyone is all spergy about it, there's not anything offensive about the game in the slightest.
>>341818443
I mean, every story has a message of some sort. And if it's a story about social norms, then it's gonna be a social message.
But my point is, it's not like the developers set out to write the citizen cane of gay gaming and become a beacon of lesbianism and queer-love to prove to the world that games can be about homos, too. they just wrote a dumb story about carpet-munchers.
It's absolutely the gaming media's fault for blowing it up, because they absolutely wanted to push the game and score points by praising it. That's where the blame lies; the game itself is harmless.
>>341817310
The red lights are there to warn the other people in the house that she was revealing photopraphs. Red light dont spoil photographic paper.
>>341814585
I remember reading some review of the game written by a christian woman. She was adamant that the high review scores for the game were politically motivated, as the plot of the game is just a romance that we've all heard before, except it's between two girls instead of a girl and guy.
>>341813859
>>341818698
This statement is completely true considering how doom has exposed gaming journalists now a days
>>341819068
>lego movie.webm
>>341818991
Its offensive in the fact that gaming journalism sold it as the second coming of jesus christ.
>story that doesn't appeal to everyone given its topic
>psudo on-rails walking sim
>spawned a horrible public image towards gaming in general
I did like the story building. Thats about it.
>>341819476
>I did like the story building.
And even that's been done before, and much better:
>>341818535
>>341819476
Not entirely sure why people enjoying a game is offensive though. But then i don't really think there's any merit to arguing whether or not something is a game so maybe the whole argument about this game is lost on me.
I dunno. I mean everyone focuses on the lesbian thing but if Lonnie had been a guy it still would've been a nice little experience. Better than Her Story by a country mile at any rate.
>>341819752
It seems like a cheap, modernized romeo and juilet with current trends and a happy ending.
Teenage angst portrayed as anything other then confusion and ignorance bothers me.
>>341819752
He never said people enjoying the game is offensive.
>>341813859
>How the hell did this get 5 stars, game of the year?
Corruption and favouritism. The developer was personal friends with reviewer. This is a fact.
Even the reviewer who liked it and this sort of thing ( point-and-click narrative games, lesbians, the 90s, shaggy ghost stories ) weren't giving it any higher than 7/10 initially. Saying it was a well narrative that was ridiculously overpriced.
But no one really remembers those few weeks now. It's even the best thing since gluten free bread or the antichrist of games and not in a cool way.
>>341820510
It's not really like Romeo and Juliet at all.
>>341820658
Is it just me or this pic is so blurry the text is unreadable?
>>341820510
I wouldn't really call it Romeo and Juliet outside of it being a story about 2 people falling in love. I'd also say a lot of how the characters represent their feelings in the writing and voice acting portrays some confusion as well. Neither party seemed super confident about their decisions until the very end. Cliched, sure, but it felt fairly genuine in the end.
>>341820513
His implication is that it getting high scores is why its offensive. It got high scores because people enjoyed it. So yeah, he kind of is.
>>341820681
You've already twisted his words so much to fit your view that it hardly matters what your opinion is.
>>341813859
This game was comfy as fuck on release too bad /v/ just wanted to sperg out instead of enjoying it.
>>341821274
Try harder.
>>341813859
While enough people shit on him here, Total Biscuit made a really good point about game reviewers in one of his videos.
They just don't like playing video games that much anymore. 90% of them only have the job because they're half retarded kids who wanted to become real journalists but cant write for shit, so they took up what seemed to be an easy job of playing games and writing about them. What they didn't know is that they actually don't like video games THAT much, and after having to play 15-20 hour games day in and day out, they get tired of this shit.
Then Gone Home comes out, with a 2 hour long max story, gameplay that you can completely turn your brain off too, and a story that panders right to their low IQ sjw mindset, it was a perfect match for so many of them. All it needed was a good kickstart by one of the game devs being friends with reviewers to get the first couple of reviews out.
So really, blame the shitty tech kids circle jerk in san fran. Where the devs and most game reviewers are located nowadays.
>>341821883
>le /v/ hivemind
fuck off it was fun one off thing i played it before /v/ and goobers had a field day with it so my opinion was untainted i was actually surprised people were so negative about it at the time.
>>341814451
>gatekeeping gamers
What's wrong with gatekeeping exactly? A failure to gatekeep is why I hardly use Steam anymore.
>>341813859
>zero replay value
Replay? Who the fuck wants to play it even once?
Sjws won
>>341823031
>goobers
>>341823302
butthurt much?
>>341822737
As fun as it is to rag on game journalists (and it is), doing any hobby as a job does altar your taste.
The reason why most movie critics are love anything foreign or offbeat yet despise genre flicks like Summer blockbusters and ron com with a passion, isn't because isn't that 'they're hate games', but rather a result of having to watch the same types of movies, day in day out.
gone faggots
>>341823441
>X much?
You have to go back
>>341813859
Neopotism you bellend the fuck do you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oGR9FM6ADE
I liked the stick of truth it was a good, fun game but i couldn't play it more than once
>>341823441
Remind me who's the one complaining that /v/ doesn't like a game.
>>341823592
Which really does conflict with the average persons opinion.
Its why all the superhero movies are getting shit on by critics but still bring in billions. They're out of touch with the average consumer.
btw the best movie reviewer I ever watch is some guy on my local 24/7 news channel who talks about new movies 2 or 3 times a week. Dude is chill as fuck and is great at recommending films.
>>341823056
>finish going home
>get game mode +
> unlock home Extreme mode
> Game becomes a Doom clone
If Windows Excel code could do it, you can devs!
>>341823934
Who's complaning? I already know /v/ doesn't hates Gone Home I'm just stating and opinion and don't really care about what people on here think of me when I say I had fun with it.
>>341821274
>Wasting 20 US dollars to walk around a house for an hour doing nothing but listening to audio tapes and accomplishing absolutely nothing
>Comfy
lol
>>341824332
>Who's complaning?
"too bad /v/ just wanted to sperg out instead of enjoying it."
>>341824478
i pirated it and yeah it was a comfy nostalgia thingy to dick around with for an hour and reading the notes and exploring the house was to fun to me so what.
>>341824576
that;s just a fact though, im not really complaining like im not upset about /v/ opinion about shit grow up.
Didn't read thread. It made me cry T_T Great experience, worth playing through.
>>341814585
>It's an artsy-fartsy little piece that could have just as easily ended up an indie short film, but instead became a game.
This right fucking here. Videgames aren't the greatest medium for story tellers. Why can't lefties just stick to their indie movies and idk fucking post modern macaroni art?
I finished this game the other day and thought the sister killed herself. I actually would have preferred if she did because that would have made the game a bit interesting.
Only fun I had in the game was exploring the dad's story.
>>341824817
I dunno senpai most people probably don't like spending an hour of time they'll never get back listening to some dumbshit teenagers angst.
Maybe you have brain damage
the side story of how the dad was molested by the uncle was honestly amazing, best thing in the game by a country mile.
>>341825602
oh like you spend countless hours wasting your life shitposting on /v/ is so much more valuable yeah seriously your not gonna convince me to hate the game give up.
Firewatch was better.
>>341825926
I'm not trying to convince you of anything faggot.
Just cuz you think eating shit tastes good doesn't mean people aren't going to laugh at you for it.
>>341826497
>
Just cuz you think eating shit tastes good doesn't mean people aren't going to laugh at you for it.
Like i even care about what people on here think dumbass seriously go to bed child.
witcher 3 no joke
>>341826650
If you didn't care then why would you tell people and then try and defend yourself when they called you out
Why don't you contradict yourself some more
>>341813859
Because it paraded around a non-problem that casuals think they care about and "discuss" on social media sites so all their "friends" can see how good of a person they are
>>341813859
nu-males love it
I admit, I play a lot of visual novels with little to no gameplay like Steins Gate. But shit, I thought SG had way more inter3sting characters than this piece of shit.
>>341814602
>>341813859
>>341814027
Its like someone played Bioshock, found some of the diary journals and decided to remove all the gameplay, exploration and character development.
Then get a 10/10
>>341826970
called me out on what? liking a game they dont like? maybe you cant accept that simple fact im just responding to the (you)s i keep getting because it apparently makes people too upset i like this game on here.
>>341813859
>Come from bumfuck nowhere
>friend still lives in bumfuck
>he's a medic critic(tv/movie/games/etc) for local paper
>read his reviews from time to time
>read gome home review
>was expecting him to tear into it cause its shit
>10/10 goty
>weeks later
>talked to him on steam
>yo dude, why did you like gone home?
>not for any objective gameplay reason but for subject matter
>subject matter?
>he liked the lesbian runaway story twist
>He explained to me that he plays so many games and watches so much shit that him and his critic friends can predict what happens next
>his only reason for liking gone home was that he couldn't predict the lesbian runaway thing >And to critics it's refreshing to see something that's not a trope
>but what about the objective gameplay faults
>doesn't matter
>Stopped talking to him since then
>>341820658
>>341821034
Not the original poster but here's a bigger version.
Basically... creators of game were personal friends of corrupted sjw gaming journalists. That's how it got all the good scores.
This game represents everything wrong with the indie scene and gaming journalists.
>>341813859
>game
>>341827408
>I-i don't care w-what you think!
>W-which is why I keep replying to every single post!
It makes sense now why you love the 'game' so much, you're dumb as a fucking brick. Just the target audience they were going for.
>>341823441
>>341823031
>using elementary school tier insults
those gosh darn goobers get on my nerves too!
God forbid gaming journalism cleaned up its act.
>>341813859
>games
>>341828442
>>341828561
but i dont, does that make you mad or something? why not keep responding it doesn't matter to me we can do this is all night.
>>341828561
wow is it 2013 again??
>>341827408
I'm not the guy youre arguing with but you look like a thin skinned faggot with too much time on your hands.
Literally all he said to get you going was "Lol"
typical gone homo fan.
>>341813859
How the hell did this game get 10/10?
>>341829153
It didnt.
At least it had gameplay, lol.
>>341814871
The only reason people shit on it all the time is because it received way more praise then what it deserved.
>>341829063
I think "fan" is a bit much it was just a game I had fun with on release and yeah I do have too much time on my hands so sue me.
>>341829246
Eurogamer gave it a 10/10, probably some others too
>>341829395
Just got off the phone with my lawyer. We're suing you for shit taste.
>>341829290
Yep.
It'd be like if a college film student's horribly cliched experimental film got 10/10's from many movie reviewing outlets. The backlash would be the same.
People have to make it clear that they hate it because reviewers are telling creators in the medium that this is what the ideal should be. The hatred for Gone Home is so loud because people feel like they're being misrepresented by the reviewers whose sole purpose SHOULD be to aid the consumer.
>>341828989
>No u
Sure got me there
>I can be retarded all night
Yeah given how little you value your time that much was blatantly obvious
>>341829395
I suggest you play Russian Roulette next
>>341827935
Thanks
>>341827713
> his only reason for liking gone home was that he couldn't predict the lesbian runaway thing
>And to critics it's refreshing to see something that's not a trope
Actually now that I think about it *any game* which 'subverts expectation of the medium' seems to get a free pass actually.
I can't help but think critics light gone home the same way that /v/ liked Spec Ops The Line. Which hurts to say.
It was a teen lesbian darms disguised as a shitty steam horror game. The others was heart of darkness disguised as a crappy budget shooter.
>>341830403
we can both be retarded together since you seem adamant on continuing to respond
>>341830615
The difference being that Heart of Darkness is good, while having the most cliched and bland teenage love story ever laboriously explained to you for over and hour is fucking miserable.
>>341813859
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_saQRvy5sQ4
Oh look the fucking videos got comments disabled.
>>341827136
Thats pretty interesting because the developer worked on bioshock 2 dlc. And I remember him talking about how this game takes place in the same world.
>>341830867
>A classic nove in the gusie of a budget shooter is good
>A teen soap story in the guise of a steam horror game is still shit.
... Yeah good point actually.
>>341831513
>Gone Home takes place in the bioshock universe.
But doesn't make sense, bioshock actually had ghosts along with memorable gay characters.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ZvDa15j.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
breathtaking scenery and graphics, enjoyable novelty gameplay for a while, but the story totally falls flat at the end and i'll never pick it up again
>>341820658
>>341813859
One of the writers and artists for Gone Home used to play WoW on the same server I did, we never really knew each other but we did a lot of role-play in more or less the same social circles. They would RP, put out great art - even wound up doing a lot of really cool spooky comics that were always very well drawn and interesting and awesome.
Knowing that she was heavily involved in Gone Home made me pretty excited, I thought it was going to be spooky, I thought there'd be a great story. I don't mind walking around exploring things, I don't mind games without combat features or complex interfaces. I don't ask for a lot, just a good story, something to draw me in.
> mfw the story was boring, the twist was 'gay' and there wasn't a single horror element in the whole thing
