The cost of Destiny (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, June 25, 2015, 20:48 (3250 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Have you ever hear anybody complain a movie was too short? Say that Guardians of the Galaxy only gave them two hours of entertainment, when Titanic gave them three? No! In fact, most complaints about films are that they are TOO LONG.

Sure. I'd use the recent movie version of Ender's Game as an example. A lot of my friends and I thought it generally did the book justice but felt that it moved too quickly from scene to scene. That while it did an ok job with any plot point it tried to show, it could have taken a little more time to add a bit more weight or emotion or understanding in various places.

So why aren't games made like that? Why aren't they the absolute most concentrated experience that can be provided, with all the fluff and bullshit removed, and just leave the fun? They should be, and they largely used to be.

Differences of opinion, mainly? What some see as a waste of time others see as good or necessary.

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The cost of Destiny - Oholiab, 2015-06-25, 19:09
- I am learning today that things are expensive elsewhere. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 19:13
  - video store? There hasn't been a Blockbuster here in eons - CougRon, 2015-06-25, 19:16
  - You still have video stores near you?? - Oholiab, 2015-06-25, 19:17
    - Walking distance. Don't you?! - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 19:23
      - You can walk to stores?! - bluerunner, 2015-06-25, 19:30
        
        I refuse to believe you can't walk to stores. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 19:34
        
        Heh. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 20:49
        
        Heh. - dogcow, 2015-06-25, 20:56
        
        Heh. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 20:58
        
        Heh. - dogcow, 2015-06-25, 21:21
        
        Heh. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 22:03
        
        I refuse to believe you can't walk to stores. - bluerunner, 2015-06-25, 22:24
      - Walking distance. Don't you?! - Oholiab, 2015-06-25, 21:40
        
        Nope. Michigan. The city on the center right is Pontiac. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 22:08
        
        Walking distance. Don't you?! - electricpirate, 2015-06-25, 22:56
- The cost of Destiny - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 19:25
- The cost of Destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 19:28
- The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - electricpirate, 2015-06-25, 19:44
  - The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 19:55
    - The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 20:10
      - The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 20:28
        
        The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 20:29
        
        The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 20:45
      - The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - electricpirate, 2015-06-26, 02:40
    - PoE 32/34 are not randomly generated - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-25, 20:54
      - PoE 32/34 are not randomly generated - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 21:04
  - The fundamental unresolved tension in the design of destiny - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 20:08
- This is not a valid comparison - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-06-25, 19:52
  - This is not a valid comparison - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 20:55
    - This is not a valid comparison - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 21:05
      - Completely agree with you! Huzzah! - Kermit, 2015-06-25, 22:04
        
        Woot! My work here is done. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 22:16
    - This is not a valid comparison - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-06-26, 14:07
  - This is not a valid comparison - Oholiab, 2015-06-25, 21:33
    - This is not a valid comparison - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-06-26, 14:09
  - Baseketball is great. - ProbablyLast, 2015-06-25, 22:14
    - Best investment in my life - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-06-26, 14:08
      - Best investment in my life - squidnh3, 2015-06-26, 16:32
        
        Steeeeeeve Perry. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-26, 16:34
        
        I hear your mom's dating squeak! - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2015-06-26, 17:41
- The cost of Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 20:03
  - The cost of Destiny - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 20:09
  - I complain films are too short all the time. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 20:48
    - I complain films are too short all the time. - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 21:15
      - Whiplash was 1:47 which is 107 minutes. EDIT cause duh. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 21:32
        
        Whiplash was 147 minutes long :P - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 21:53
        
        Whiplash was 147 minutes long :P - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 22:03
      - I complain films are too short all the time. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 22:07
      - I complain films are too short all the time. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 22:11
  - The cost of Destiny - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 20:48
  - the corrolary forgame designers is simplicity - electricpirate, 2015-06-25, 22:58
  - The cost of Destiny - narcogen, 2015-06-25, 23:04
    - i think he means hookers. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 23:05
      - That's what I thought. - narcogen, 2015-06-25, 23:09
        
        Or a very high quantity of drugs! - cheapLEY, 2015-06-25, 23:16
        
        Or a very high quantity of drugs! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 23:31
        
        I liked how he didn't deny any of the options :) - ZackDark, 2015-06-26, 00:02
        
        yeah. More like a hookerthetical example - Vortech, 2015-06-26, 00:25
        
        Or a very high quantity of drugs! - cheapLEY, 2015-06-26, 00:03
        
        No, you would be dead. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-26, 14:32
    - :-0 - yakaman, 2015-06-26, 11:16
  - The cost of Destiny - Harmanimus, 2015-06-26, 00:39

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