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Terms like sad dad, oscar/gotybait, walking sim, etc used to describe certain games, especially Sony
- Thread starter ClickyCal'
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I've never heard "sad dad" before. That's a pretty funny term for that archetype.
You know, I wouldn't mind playing as Sarah Connor.
I never heard of Sad Dad before. Sad Dad can't be a genre, but as a plot that's definitely a popular video games thing lol
Bioshock 2/Infinite, TLOU, Walking Dead, God Of War, AssCreed Origins, Fallout 4, Nier Gestalt, Witcher 3.
Where is my Sad Mom Redemption games ???
Don't know is she's actually a mom, but the trailers definitely puts forth she's wrestling with some type of familial drama.
Will Returnal be the first sad space mom game? I hope it becomes a trend!
edit: oh yeah Other M. I wouldn't mind a genre revival then.
edit: oh yeah Other M. I wouldn't mind a genre revival then.
Look at all these amazing games, Sony trying so hard with these quality GOTY bait titles and they are successful at it, its infuriating.
Oh wait
Gumshoe
Gumshoe (Game) - Giant Bomb
Classic NES platformer in which the game continuously scrolls to the right. Players must use the NES Zapper accessory to make the character (Gumshoe) avoid obstacles and reach platforms. The Zapper can also be used to shoot enemies in the path. Gumshoe was published and developed by Nintendo.
www.giantbomb.com
No corporation is going to fund ventures that are not profitable in the long run. None of the three console platform holders are making consoles and games simply to make art, but to generate profits for their shareholders.
No offense, but I've seen you around a lot in threads, and you mainly seem to defend TLoU2 from criticism in the majority of your posts. I get being passionate about the game (it and New Horizons were my GOTY 2020), but if you do that too often, you enable yourself to get baited by people who just wanna shitpost anyway, or hurl dumb insults like this thread is about.
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Well generally it's connected to the term "oscarbait" which means movies that have no merit other than being made for awards.
Just your usual reductive dismissal of games some members think are undeserving of their acclaim.
My favorite is how character action and 3rd person games are now genres. Time to flood the market with fps boys.
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I was gonna type up something similar, but yeah, this covers my thoughts.
There is value in the Walking Sim name and it is a shame that people still use it derisively (or think it is meant disparagingly when it isn't).
Dad Game is one thing, but (as noted) "Sad Dad Game" in the context of Sony is one or two games across a decade.
Dad Game is one thing, but (as noted) "Sad Dad Game" in the context of Sony is one or two games across a decade.
But even oscar bait makes no sense
Like if you win a bunch of oscars isn't that a good thing? Not that the Oscars always choose the best movie but winning at least means you must be pretty good?
That's not how it's used except by someone extremely angry maybe? It refers more generally to characteristics. People aren't going around saying movies are literally worth zero except for an award. Get it together, people are just using short hand. It's okay.
Damn non profitable games like Bloodborne and Demon's Souls.
Not always. Film critics and judges can sometimes be disconnected from the average person and hold up stuff that doesn't really resonate with them IE green book.
People DEFINITELY use it as shorthand to shit on a game and basically say that it was purposely made to hit some sort of imaginary checklist that award voters look for. To deny that is denying the full context of the discourse.
Yeah, I don't get how oscar bait is disparaging either. The opposite sounds worse, lol.
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Nah, it has absolutely been used that way. It's something I have noticed.
I'm waiting for the Fun Mum games to come around. Done Mum's if they are fucking over it and you need violence as your interface in games. Run Mum's for rad movement and platforming games. Gun Mum's works too for violence. Just give me the Mum games is what I am saying.
Well, Sony did deem the OG DeSo so unlikely to be profitable they didn't even bother publishing it in the West. They did themselves dirty on that one though.
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Crash is the movie that I think started the term in the first place, rightfully so for that, but then it started getting connected to a lot of movies that it shouldn't.
most of the time they pick movies that make sense
even green book was more understandable then fucking Crash
There's definitely a value-neutral way to use the term, but it's often used to describe films that have all the aesthetics of a seminal masterpiece while being extremely shallow and hammy.
And sometimes those movies actually do win Oscars because the Oscars are about politics much more than they're about meritocracy.
Probably same way that "Oscar bait" is a negative thing. Goty bait generally means third person adventure game with a heavier story emphasis in my experience, so I guess calling it Goty bait is something that leans into that?
Not like I mind though, tends to be some of my favorite games anyhow.
The only one I'm kind of okay with is "Sad Dad" since it's definitely a well worn trope at this point and speaks to how so much of our media is framed through the straight white male in his 30s lens, but if you're using a bunch of these other terms to write stuff off I'm pretty much just ignoring your opinion, particularly when they're just listed off one after the other. Like congrats, you used a bunch of cynical buzz terms without really saying anything of value, I'm not particularly impressed.