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What game or scene in a game took you the longest time before you understood the meaning behind it? (alien.top)
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When I was young and had a super nintendo I loved playing Super Mario RPG.

I'm playing the remake and I'm at the scene after defeating Valentina. Mallow goes into the castle and Mario was left standing outside.

Back then I didn't know why Mario pulled out an umbrella and it rained. I just realised after 20 years of playing the original that Mario knew it was going to rain because whenever Mallow cries it rains; Mario knew that Mallow would get all emotional when meeting his parents for the first time.

Blew my mind.

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[–] Best-Salad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

When I was a kid, the Metal Gear Solid series went right over my head. I didn't care tho because it made me feel like I was playing a grown up game. I should probably replay them all

[–] shawnisboring@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm replaying MGS 1 for the first time in decades and i'm in awe at how ahead of it's time it is.

Not just graphically or mechanically, but thematically it is clearly punching above what a video game in the 90's was expected to be. It's goofy as shit at times, but overall the entirety of the game feels like Kojima finally had a medium to tell a full story that wasn't marred by the technical limitations of the prior generation.

[–] Your_Local_Rabbi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

play mgs2, it's probably more relevant today than when it was written

[–] Crunchberries77@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The AI scene in MGS2 almost perfectly describes the world and society we live in today and this was just in 2001. Not to mention the fact it's also an AI imitating a real person with the intent of deception is also a real thing we deal with nowadays.

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