Over the past few days in System Wars, I've seen an increase in the number of "Why won't you shoot at the other guy!?" complaints.
I've wondered about this for a long time in both third-person shooters, specifically Gears of War, and first-person shooters. Is it because the developers wanted to always keep the player in the action instead of letting them sit back and watch their buddies do the work? Yes. But was it realistic of the enemy to always target you? Many, including myself, have always thought the answer was 'No. The developers are just making them target me for the hell of it.' However, after going through the Halo anime thread, I found out I was dead wrong.
All the enemies who I thought were targetting me for no reason...Actually had a reason: I stuck out like a sore thumb.
Gears of War 1/2: The enemy always targets Carmine first because he's the only one with a helmet. After he's down, they go after Marcus because he's the only one with a bandana.
Half-Life 2: Gordon's the only combatant wearing glasses.
Just about every Call of Duty: Have you ever looked at your reflection in any CoD? Probably not. If you did, you'd realise that you're, in fact, in a clown suit.
Halo: You're wearing a full suit of armor not to mention you're nearly seven feet tall unlike the other guys.
To all my enemies, both past and future, STOP HATING ME JUST BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT!!! 
*Take the next couple of paragraphs extremely seriously*
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (Hereby referred to as PDWT) is probably the greatest game of all time for not only making a great parody of one of the worst series in the world, but also innovating across all genres of gaming. Just like my previous blog entry, this'll be updated whenever I feel like it. I'm not sure what James Rolfe a.k.a The Angry Video Game Nerd was thinking when he called PDWT the worst game he ever played. I admit I was at one point a fan of The Nerd, but after calling my favourite game a piece of ****, I just had to draw the line. There are many of his fans out there. If you are in fact one of them, stay awhile and listen...Err, read before Yuki throws a Wiimote at you. She means business and no, I don't feel like even attempting to stop her, not that I could.
Anywho, let's start with the title itself: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. It's a game about...Plumbers not wearing ties, or at least you'd think so! As The Nerd pointed out in his 'review', at one point, the main character in fact wears a tie. It broke expectations people! You'd think of something lame as a plumber not wearing a tie when you read the title, but when you play the game, your expectations get blown away! The main character, a plumber, wears a tie!
Other developers have followed suit in naming their games in an incredibly misleading way, though to nowhere near the same degree of effectiveness, in fact it may have even backfired on the developers. Let's go through some examples shall we?
There is no Super Mario Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy. I spent forty, yes, forty hours trying to find out if there was going to be a Super Mario Galaxy. I found Good Egg, Space Junk, Melty Molten, Battlerock, and a whole bunch of other galaxies, but alas, no Super Mario Galaxy. This was one time where Nintendo shouldn't have followed PDWT's example or better yet, should've called it No Super Mario Galaxy. At least then I'd know what to expect and wouldn't be disappointed.
Devil May Cry? Oh you've gotta be kidding me. You can't even figure out what to make the player expect so you can smash their expectations? A devil might cry in this game. A devil might not. I have no idea what to expect with such a title so I expect everything. When I say I expect everything, that excludes boredom, and they manage to shatter that expectation. Again, terrible naming.
I'm not even going to get started on Metal Gear Solid...
Halo? Same with Super Mario Galaxy, I expected to see a halo somewhere, but unfortunately, I can't look at what's above my head. I then get told that the landmass I happen to be sitting on is a halo ring. Wait, the halo ring is THAT huge!? Oh come on! I'm shooting miniscule things on some gifreakingnormous person's halo ring floating above their head? Why can't I play as that guy!? As seen in just about every single RPG, anyone with a halo ring above their heads has super awesome powers. The guy I'm playing as has none. Should've named the game No Halo...
Final Fantasy VII? What's up with that!? Starting a series with an arbitrary number like seven!? And calling the game Final when a bunch of sequels came out later? The first game wasn't even that good! Why call it final as in ultimate all the time when it just sets things up for disappointment.
Whenever I update this, I'll get onto the story.
This one's a fun little compilation of avatars and usernames that I just can't seem to stand for irrational reasons, stereotyping, or even no reason at all!
Avatars:
- Lolcats. They do not make me lol.
At best, I get a chuckle, but that's only due to the caption. Take that away and I just can't see teh funnay. Without teh funnay, lolcats would just be cats and I absolutely can't explain why I don't like cats. Cats are cute, but that doesn't have any effect on my dislike of them which I just can't put my finger on. My inability to like cats would explain why I don't care whenever someone tells me something along the lines of "...Because God will kill a kitten if you do/n't." There's also the fact that without the captions, lolcat pictures tend to be pretty creepy. While on the subject of pets... - Dogs. Dogs just aren't funny, not cute like cats (Not that anyone ever tries to have a cute avatar...
), and they aren't awesome. Go ahead God, kill the puppies while you're at it. I dare you. See if I care whether or not they die! - Real-life celbrities. The awesome is non-existent to me if I don't know who the hell it is in the first place. Seeing as I'm a bit of a social outcast, chances are I seriously don't know who it is. I don't suppose God kills human babies too...If he doesn't then...I dare you, God!!!
- Edit 1: The GameSpot default avatar. You saw this coming.
It's horrible! It's just a spot with a G on it! Worst of all, I don't know what to tell God to kill! On a more serious note, I'm way too relaxed for the average SW'er. I care about the SW community way more than SW itself. With a generic name, and no avatar or sig to go by, it's like you don't even want to share one thing about yourself and you just come in to troll on whatever system. Yuki's my avatar for a couple of reasons:
A) My favourite anime is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Yuki Nagato is my favourite character.
B) Yuki's hand was Photoshopped to wave a Wiimote and the Wii is my favourite system this gen.
C) If you know the episode in question, you'd know that she was originally waving around a computer mouse (It was her first time ever using a computer. Failure so epic, it was a win.). I also happen to like PC gaming.
D) I actually used to be pretty silent IRL. Heck, I'm still silent today, outside of school at least.
If you don't watch anime, you could at least grasp B). Speaking of TMoHS... - Any member of the SoS Brigade. Having a member of the SoS Brigade as your avatar means you're also a fan of TMoHS. Are you a bigger fan than I am? Maybe. I shall remain the #1 fan on GS through any means necessary and I'm not taking any chances.
Seeing as we both worship the same God however, there'd be only one way to settle things without having to bring up random trivia or how much merchandise we bought (None on my part...>.>)...
MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAT!!!
Usernames:
*COMING LATER*
If you, the reader, fall under anything listed here, I bear no ill will towards you and will care about your opinion as long as you're awesome...Oh wait, you're not awesome because your freaking avatar/username sucks!
