Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-laufey-announced.1537450/

I'm not really excited about this but I'll preorder it

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-laufey-announced.1537450/#post-155757364

They're really just cramming all of the non-white pantheons into one game instead of actually giving them separate focus, huh?

Completely serious, seeing a Norse pagan killing other gods leaves a pretty dirty taste in my mouth, doubly so at a time where Norse Paganism is used by white supremacists often as empowerment.

Like I don't know why people are saying chuds will hate this? If anything isn't this the most empowering thing to them currently

[Superstar]

Wolverine and Goddess of War both look copy-pasted from Soyny’s past 12 games and people are noticing…ree crash outs inbound 

Yeah glad someone said it. Looks like if you told AI to output a Sony action game.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-rating-would-you-give-sonys-june-2026-state-of-play.1537555/#post-155763625

my instinct is to vote in this, despite not watching nor owning a playstation, wtf is wrong with me?

[HaughtyFrank]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

[Boredfrom]

Disagree.  

I found more annoying that we didn’t see Faye killing everyone after she got punched two times. I know she isn’t supposed to be female Kratos, but I feel she wouldn’t scream or say “let me go” during her capture.

[Straight Edge]

Leave it to Soyny to make Deborah Ann Woll ugly.

[Boredfrom]

Leave it to Soyny to make Deborah Ann Woll ugly.

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Blame lighting and the focus on hyper realism on western engines. Even FFVII Rebirth has characters look uglier depending on the angle.

[Greatness Gone]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

It’s crazy to me that the first 20 minutes of this game is a case study for why Whedon-esque writing is criticized. 

It feels like a game zeo would ardently defend

[killamajig]

Wolverine and Goddess of War both look copy-pasted from Soyny’s past 12 games and people are noticing…ree crash outs inbound 

After quickly skimming through both trailers........"They're the same picture."

[Boredfrom]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

It’s crazy to me that the first 20 minutes of this game is a case study for why Whedon-esque writing is criticized. 

It feels like a game zeo would ardently defend

 

Is bad writing, but I didn’t feel it Whedon esque until the Cube, and was a improvement over it.

[kaleidoscopium]

Anyone giving that event higher than a C is compromised

[Polident]

Both Sony games look the same to me. Not bad. Just…house style. 

The real mvp is Stuntman Hollywood

[benji]

Can't believe y'all talking about corporate video games in the middle of a genocide. Y'all aren't even trying to understand the dialectic. And in pride month of all months, which is exactly what Israel wants. Like have y'all even bought Marathon to push back against the fascist hate?

[TylenolJones]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

It’s crazy to me that the first 20 minutes of this game is a case study for why Whedon-esque writing is criticized. 

It feels like a game zeo would ardently defend

I can't believe how good this looks.

It's also a good barometer of who actually enjoys video games.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-laufey-announced.1537450/page-25#post-155770972

[Boredfrom]

It looks mid at best, Zeo.

[benji]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

FACT CHECK (by Imran's wife):

I have never played a God of War. I have watched other people play large chunks of them, but I have never felt compelled to take on the persona of big axe muscle man stomping around mythology myself. However, I think I may be about to play a God of War for two reasons: one, the protagonist is a beautiful, powerful, magical woman. Two: Phranque, the talking cube.

...

Anyway as you might imagine, everyone loves Phranque. For some people, like me, he was the highlight of the trailer:

...

Some people are acknowledging (rightly) that the cube is very stupid but also they (rightly) love him and feel that more video games should be stupid in this way:

Some folks are reacting to the news that Frank is voiced by Jack Quaid, who has appeared as Hughie Campbell in The Boys, Brad in Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Superman in My Adventures with Superman. I’m just obsessed with this image of him doing, I kid you not, MOTION CAPTURE, as a giant cube:

I have yet to see a single person who is unhappy about Phranque, the most premier little guy I’ve seen this year so far. I’m sure someone will come out of the woodwork to hate on my gooey buddy, but for now I’m fully on board with this massive upgrade to Atreus. Give me a magical lady afterlife adventure with the cube by my side. We can do anything together.

[TylenolJones]

It looks mid at best, Zeo.

Looks like you’re not a Gamer. 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

wait is that good or bad?

[Potato]

The god of war game would be fine if they'd get off the fucking "quirk chungus" writing. A talking jelly cube is not funny, it's dumb

FACT CHECK (by Imran's wife):

I have never played a God of War. I have watched other people play large chunks of them, but I have never felt compelled to take on the persona of big axe muscle man stomping around mythology myself. However, I think I may be about to play a God of War for two reasons: one, the protagonist is a beautiful, powerful, magical woman. Two: Phranque, the talking cube.

...

Anyway as you might imagine, everyone loves Phranque. For some people, like me, he was the highlight of the trailer:

...

Some people are acknowledging (rightly) that the cube is very stupid but also they (rightly) love him and feel that more video games should be stupid in this way:

Some folks are reacting to the news that Frank is voiced by Jack Quaid, who has appeared as Hughie Campbell in The Boys, Brad in Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Superman in My Adventures with Superman. I’m just obsessed with this image of him doing, I kid you not, MOTION CAPTURE, as a giant cube:

I have yet to see a single person who is unhappy about Phranque, the most premier little guy I’ve seen this year so far. I’m sure someone will come out of the woodwork to hate on my gooey buddy, but for now I’m fully on board with this massive upgrade to Atreus. Give me a magical lady afterlife adventure with the cube by my side. We can do anything together.

A bit hard to see dissenting opinions when you just block everyone who says stuff you mildly dislike.

[Boredfrom]

I feel people should bitch more about the writing in the Faye sections, the bitch ass Heavenly Sword gameplay and cinematic cutscenes to the ass than the fucking cube.  

[DavidCroquet]

Does Kotaku seriously not link X anymore?

[Boredfrom]

Era, anti semitism and Chinese that cannot read:

Jewish Supremacy feels like a very loaded term that is going to do more damage than good.

I'm not arguing it's not a position Zionists have, but I feel like you have to be more nuanced.

A lot of the shittiest people I used to interact with were leftists with bad opinions. Tankies, China apologists, and worst of all, environmentalists whose first option if they were in charge would be mass depopulation.

—————

Being more nuanced got us where we are now. I feel awful for all the non Zionist Jews who are going to take a beating as the worm finally turns on Israel though.

A few years ago if you said anything negative about Isreal you were labeled anti-Semitic. Opinion on Israel has shifted incredibly quickly and is only going to continue to do so without using terms that sound like they originated with the Nazi party.

 

Yep. The ADL put in such heavy work and did good for years but Anti-Semitic should cover all Semetic people and not just be cover for Israel's continued crimes.

I am glad they are getting shit on from all sides...just not the US or UK governments.

 

The same thing has happened with China. After people got on red note and started interacting with chinese people and more people have traveled there and documented the reality we see more of the anti Chinese propaganda get dispelled.

  

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-i-left-the-white-left-by-fd-signifier-focused-on-graham-platner.1536727/page-2#post-155772796

[Boredfrom]

Okay, who of you guys is Pygrus? 

I don't think saying and acknowledging Jewish supremacy is fascism is doing more harm than good. I would say it's the exact opposite, not calling it out is how antisemitism festers. This danger is compounded by how Zionists wield Judaism as a shield/cudgel.

Say the dude that gets constantly banned for anti semitism.

[DavidCroquet]

Is "Jewish Supremacy" a new talking point? Outside of Stormfront, I mean.

[HaughtyFrank]

"I never liked God of War but want to play this new God of War" might give a hint to why not all God of war fans are loving this game

[Boredfrom]

Nepenthe going full ChiCom:

The same thing has happened with China. After people got on red note and started interacting with chinese people and more people have traveled there and documented the reality we see more of the anti Chinese propaganda get dispelled.

It's amazing how much you actually un-learn when you don't take American commentators and media at face value about our geopolitical rivals.

Bitch barely interacts with low income black people IRL, now she suddenly understands people from China. Nothing to do with Hasan likes promoting them. 

BTW, that is the perfect thread to mention Nepenthe’s anti semitism, but Bitch Dubs is going to bitch.

[Boredfrom]

How fast they forget about Hong Kong. Ceerious is fighting Oty in another thread about whatever China is actually that bad, but Nep is in the thread with a dude comparing Jews (negatively) with the Chinese (positively).

(Ceerious vs Oty thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/nyt-china-aims-a-i-at-predicting-who-could-pose-a-political-risk.1535347/#post-155679931)

Bonus: Old retard Ángelus Errare with a take

While I don't doubt China is probably doing something like this, it's hard to take the reporting seriously given what's currently going on in the US, that and the west's general view of China. It would have been nice if the article went into detail on how China is doing it by using how the US, UK, are doing it as a reference point.

[BIONIC]

"I never liked God of War but want to play this new God of War" might give a hint to why not all God of war fans are loving this game

Because all GoW fans are chuds, shitlord. You ain’t slick

[HaughtyFrank]

How fast they forget about Hong Kong. Ceerious is fighting Oty in another thread about whatever China is actually that bad, but Nep is in the thread with a dude comparing Jews (negatively) with the Chinese (positively).

Pretty sure Ceerious also explained that the Chinese on rednote are usually upper class so it provides rather limited insight. Also they never really explained what propaganda they have to unlearn. Why are they acting as if there aren't a million travel logs from completely independent people on YouTube. If you thought everyone in China is living in poverty it says a lot more about you than "propaganda"

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-i-left-the-white-left-by-fd-signifier-focused-on-graham-platner.1536727/#post-155731270

In that vain...

Nepenthe is the poster child of rich, out of touch, too academic, champagne leftist, so she leans heavily into race as a way to say, "that's not me!  I'm black so I embody the good parts of that stereotype and none of the bad parts".  If she met a white version of herself she would be disgusted by their behavior. 

, and I would frankly tell anyone- regardless of their race- that referring to me as a "wage slave" because I'm Black is fundamentally racist to just shut the fuck up and stop being such a fucking liberal.

I don't think anyone is brave enough to test that. Obviously if a "bad," person called her a wage slave she would freak out and milk it for all it's worth.