u/Steven_Hunyady

Replaying Second Son... But... Am I the only one put off by how Delsin treats Eugene sometimes?

Yeah, I'm replaying second son currently and while Fetch's story I don't really have complaints about, Eugene's is just... Eugh.

He has a very generic story and I can't help but think Delsin is uncharacteristically a complete dick to him in the most generic stereotypical way possible. The whole "super cool alpha male type gets the nerd out of his shell to get more social and get some tail" was a dead horse trope by Y2K, let alone 2014. And Second Son doesn't really add anything or have a good spin on this take either.

I don't even really get where Delsin is coming from with this. He basically just tells Eugene that he's wrong about how he lives and to do what Delsin says. Granted while it eventually works out I can't help but feel Delsin is almost out of character here, being an outcast himself and an Akomish living on what's presumably Tribal land that doesn't really seem to have a job and acts relatively immature (something Reggie brings up more than a few times, so I doubt everyone in the tribe was acting as carefree as Delsin, it seems to be a Delsin thing and not an Akomish thing), he doesn't really have room to talk on that matter.

He doesn't even really bother to even try understanding Eugene. He definitely wasn't the same way with Fetch, and the way he acts with his brother seems more of a rebel against authority and family dynamic type of thing. I dunno. I just can't shake the idea that pretty much everything to do with Eugene is really half-baked and would need addressed for any potential sequel that takes place after Second Son (fan works or otherwise) because it really doesn't sit that well with me seeing it again.

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u/Steven_Hunyady — 4 days ago

(Smallville) Clark Kent/Superman vs (Invincible) Animated Thragg

R1: Fight to the death

R2: What's the earliest season that Clark could even stand against Thragg?

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u/Steven_Hunyady — 6 days ago

...Avatar game. (Obviously not the James Cameron Avatar, the other one)

It need not necessarily tie in directly with The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra, but could be its own thing in the setting, possibly even in a futuristic one?

Sly Cooper had a very good animated art style.

But getting to the point, I believe that there would be no one better than Sucker Punch for the job. They already proved they know how to work with elemental superpowers in inFAMOUS and 2 in particular had a very nice system of being able to swap out powers that would be very fitting for stuff like bloodbending or metalbending , and Second Son's multiple powers as well to switch between the elements themselves.

Ghost of Tsushima featured a stance system where each one was based on an element philosophically and had pros and cons against enemies, as well as some of the best side quests I've seen in a video games, with most side quests granting you a new item or addition to one of your stances, like being able to light your sword on fire.

Ghost of Yotei, which I haven't played personally so I can't really speak on it too much, apparently had a multi weapon system where the stances were replaced by a system where you could switch between multiple cultural weapons that each had massively different pros and cons.

I think each of these elements, if taken and refined by Sucker Punch, could be utilized to some extent to make one of the best Avatar games ever. There's no other developer that I think would be a better fit than Sucker Punch.

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u/Steven_Hunyady — 17 days ago