The Official Rant Thread

[SHOUTrvb]

The rant thread is waaay longer than the Happiness thread. You guys are fucking emo.

[Geo]

The rant thread's been going for around 2 years longer than this thread...

Happiness probably has a higher amount of posts per day on average than the rant thread.

[SHOUTrvb]

It was more or less a joke. I was aware.

[Geo]

Jokes are hereby banned from the rant thread.

[SHOUTrvb]

Jokes are hereby banned from the rant thread.

My rant.

[INSANEdrive]

The rant thread's been going for around 2 years longer than this thread...

Huh?Geo this is the Rant thread. I say paradox.

[bibbit]

Jokes are hereby banned from the rant thread.

YOU are banned from the rant thread.

Doing yard work with a bad cold is not fun.

[Tural]

My uncle works for Bungie. You're all banned.

[JK-47]

Ask him about Halo 4 plz.

[[IA]Paul]

I want to play Halo 3: Recon but it's not coming out for a while. ):

No posts met my fucking search criteria.

[Samusaaron3]

Ask him about Halo 4 plz.

Johnson gets a woman.

[[IA]Paul]

Angela Bassett will be on board Halo 4.

[M715ForLife]

Gears of war, or COD world at war?

[Aumaan Anubis]

Gears of war, or COD world at war?

HA! HAHAHA! HA!
That is HILARIOUS.

My mock laughter is utilized in an attempt to convey the idea that, though I have played neither, I would largely prefer one over the other.

In other words... nothing.

But I do have a rant. I've been trying to figure out which game I'm going to add into the "megaman" category of games. For instance, MegaMan was really popular, so when it came out, they released, a MegaMan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X1, X2, X3, X4, etc... And there was essentially little difference between each one.

A similar game in the category, is Madden. As I once saw in a comic provided by... ScottyGEE? It showed that the basic difference between each Madden game is the date on the title. For instance...
Madden NFL 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 07, and 08. Much difference in the graphics? No. But I can see that, since teams can be generally different each year, they make a new game satisfying that.

And again, Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
Final Fantasy Tactics; Final Fantasy Tactics Advance; Final Fantasy X-2; Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan
There are like, 4 different Final Fantasy VII games...and 4 different Final Fantasy Tactics...

Anyway. I'm sure you get the idea.
But I've been wondering, which game will be next? Well, all, I think we've found it.
Same type of gameplay with each game? Yes.
Slight graphics quality increase with each release? Yes.
Only major difference in game is the number on the title? Yes.
Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the newest member of the group...

CALL OF DUTY! WOOOOOOOH
What a shocker.

Seriously, the next game is going to be called, Call of Duty 6: Ancient Combat. Everybody gets to throw rocks and sticks at each other. If you're lucky, you can, Hold X to pick up sharp rock, and then you got, like, the major power weapon.

[guysullavin]

Hold X to pick up sharp rock, and then you got, like, the major power weapon.

lol

[turk645]

The new smokey the bear comercials..... His mouth just doesnt look right to me.

[Geo]

"Innoncent" people seem to be getting banned from Xbox Live. Also, lots of "Guilty" people have been banned.

I wonder if actual innocents are getting banned, or just modded.

[[IA]Paul]

Call of Duty 1 and Call of Duty 2's campaign were fun. Then it just got so damn repetitive.

I admit, Call of Duty 4's multiplayer is pretty fun, but I just don't see enough in it to buy it.

[GametagAeonFlux]

But I do have a rant. I've been trying to figure out which game I'm going to add into the "megaman" category of games. For instance, MegaMan was really popular, so when it came out, they released, a MegaMan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X1, X2, X3, X4, etc... And there was essentially little difference between each one.

There's a reason it's called a series. The games have enough differences between them to be unique. A passing glance may lead you to believe they're not very similar, but that's akin to saying Halo 1, 2 and 3 have "little difference" because they're all 3D FPS. I mean come on, every game has you fighting the Covenant, and then at some point The Flood. Must be the same, right?

A similar game in the category, is Madden. As I once saw in a comic provided by... ScottyGEE? It showed that the basic difference between each Madden game is the date on the title. For instance...
Madden NFL 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 07, and 08. Much difference in the graphics? No. But I can see that, since teams can be generally different each year, they make a new game satisfying that.

...uh...they're sports games. What do you want them to do? They've added plenty of new features since the series' conception, but you're obviously just being ignorant to that fact, jumping on the bandwagon of idiots on the Internet and saying "hurr game are same", so I'll let you go do some research on them before you make anymore baseless, dumbass remarks.

And again, Final Fantasy.

Holy shit I stopped reading right there. Are you fucking kidding me dude? REALLY? You're going to tell me that the differences between Final Fantasy 1 and 12 are comparable to the difference between Megaman games? Every Final Fantasy has had SEVERAL new/unique game mechanics, usually its own unique battle system (or something pertaining to it, such as VII's materia system, VIII's junction system, etc) and of course an original story line/characters. Again, refer to the ending sentence of my last point.

Final Fantasy Tactics; Final Fantasy Tactics Advance;

Remake. Other games have had remakes as well, it's to appeal to fan's interests and to add new features/content that may have not been possible given past hardware limitations.

Final Fantasy X-2;

It's a sequel. A bit of a controversial title amongst fans given the rather feminine motif surrounding the game, but it tied up the story of Final Fantasy X well and was still relevant. Fun fact, X-2 also provides somewhat of a link to Final Fantasy VII by way of the character Shinra, who states plenty of times that he wants to extract the planet's energy as a power source, the same way mako is used by the Shinra company in Final Fantasy VII. A director (Yoshinori Kitase) and scenario writer (Kazushige Nojima) have even stated that they "envisioned the events of Final Fantasy X-2 as a prequel to those in Final Fantasy VII".

Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan

Again, sequel.

There are like, 4 different Final Fantasy VII games...and 4 different Final Fantasy Tactics...

Amazingly enough, it's because they're all related to the Final Fantasy VII story. Crazy, I know, but hear me out. Before Crisis and Crisis Core are prequels that give answers to the origin of certain characters, motives, and basic ideas behind the game. Dirge of Cerberus is just a sequel to the events of Final Fantasy VII, what's the problem with that? Do you know anything about these titles or did you just see that they had "Final Fantasy VII" in them and assumed they were all the same game?

But I've been wondering, which game will be next? Well, all, I think we've found it.
Same type of gameplay with each game? Yes.
Slight graphics quality increase with each release? Yes.
Only major difference in game is the number on the title? Yes.
Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the newest member of the group...

CALL OF DUTY! WOOOOOOOH
What a shocker.

AMAZING HOW IT WORKS FOR ALL GAMES WITH SEQUELS. Check this out.

Same type of gameplay with each game? Holy crap Gears 1 and 2 both focus on a cover system. Check.
Slight graphics quality increase with each release? Hell yeah I can barely tell the difference between Gears 1 and 2. Check there.
Only major difference in game is the number on the title? Holy fuck the first Gears didn't even have a number. This is a startling revelation. Check plus.

What a shocker.

Seriously, the next game is going to be called, Call of Duty 6: Ancient Combat. Everybody gets to throw rocks and sticks at each other. If you're lucky, you can, Hold X to pick up sharp rock, and then you got, like, the major power weapon.

Hurr bandwagon. Just curious, did you ever play Call of Duty 1-5? Call of Duty has changed in all of its iterations fairly significantly. 2 had a class system, 3 had a class system that featured ingame upgrades depending on your score, 4 had a create-a-class system that tracked global progress, and 5 has admittedly copied it, but they've added enough of their own features to it to make it unique, fresh, and enjoyable.

As for the time periods, it's because of the developers. Treyarch and Infinity Ward switch off to make the games each year, and Treyarch decided to do one last World War II game. At first, I was skeptical of it, but I think they've pulled it off quite well. It may not sell better than Call of Duty 4, but it'll still do very well in terms of sales and the online community's population. Infinity Ward has stated that they don't want to make another World War II game and were only interested in modern or future combat, and I believe Treyarch has said something similar (or at least no more World War II).

Anyways, to sum it all up. Think before you post stupid shit please.

[-DeToX-]

I hate the new COD. Actually I hate all COD's.

The first gears was fun for a bit, then sucked shit.

The new one much more fun in my opinion, but only for so long.

also wtf my school is trying to steal them from me.