@Ralizah So what's your solution then? How are you going to explain how a single detective can defeat multiple enemies? Place more explosive barrels? Make his pistol shoot nuke rounds? Would you rather there be more of the 'super realistic' 12 year old that can beat dozens of men with guns (which stood out far more to me but I still suspended my disbelief and moved on)? Would you just not have any hordes of enemies, thus reducing tension and the theme of conspiracy of the plot?
The very fact that you remember that porn was part of the action scenes immediately means it has worked from the perspective of being unique and memorable. If they were generic battles, they would easily be the least interesting parts of the game to many cause it's not like the actual gameplay is significant. And now, the first action scene for Nirvana was just bullet dodging trope with no other explanations, much "better" and "creative" writing.
@Ralizah There were moments when Date randomly thinks something violent with Aiba muttering if his dosage was too much, thus implying that the relationship between violence and hormones is still present. And the porn should be brought up before the actual violence happens instead of after or else it wouldn't properly redirect it (and porn mags do get referenced again at the end of many action scenes). What exactly were the cases when Date killed someone and porn was not mentioned? Was it when he killed Saito, where he had already switched out of the body? Or 'So', when of course he would be focused on saving Mizuki (thus redirection was not necessary) and fell unconscious immediately after? And why does lingerie specifically change the general idea that when porn gets restricted, more people would get more "sexually frustrated". Is it just this hard for you to suspend your disbelief that this world can be more horny than a real one just so you can complain about tone shifts or bad writing?
I'm not saying everyone should enjoy this kind of humor and you are fine to dislike it. But the moment you talk about "bad writing" is where it becomes clear you don't see it as something that is personal taste but as something objective instead.
@Ralizah Just because Aiba was supplementing Date with hormones so he can be happy at other times doesn't mean his brain won't still feel pleasure when killing as well. And Saito eventually grew a resistance from simply killing animals, an issue Date may not have yet developed and thus could be excited simply from injuring others. As for the mercenaries, while it does require greater suspension of disbelief, "In this world, porno mags are heavily regulated, so they are rare and getting them is tricky" (-Uchikoshi), and the Wadjet system (used by Aiba) knew about this and exploited it in battles.
@Ralizah I found that that feature did serve an appropriate story function. Date was in Saito's body, a body whose brain was damaged so that they could only feel pleasure from murder. Thus, during action (QTE) scenes that potentially involves killing, porn served as a misdirection/redirection for the excitement Date felt that actually came from harming others.
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Re: Review: AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Another Very Fine Murder Mystery
@Ralizah So what's your solution then?
How are you going to explain how a single detective can defeat multiple enemies? Place more explosive barrels? Make his pistol shoot nuke rounds? Would you rather there be more of the 'super realistic' 12 year old that can beat dozens of men with guns (which stood out far more to me but I still suspended my disbelief and moved on)? Would you just not have any hordes of enemies, thus reducing tension and the theme of conspiracy of the plot?
The very fact that you remember that porn was part of the action scenes immediately means it has worked from the perspective of being unique and memorable. If they were generic battles, they would easily be the least interesting parts of the game to many cause it's not like the actual gameplay is significant. And now, the first action scene for Nirvana
was just bullet dodging trope with no other explanations, much "better" and "creative" writing.
Re: Review: AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Another Very Fine Murder Mystery
@Ralizah There were moments when Date randomly thinks something violent with Aiba muttering if his dosage was too much, thus implying that the relationship between violence and hormones is still present. And the porn should be brought up before the actual violence happens instead of after or else it wouldn't properly redirect it (and porn mags do get referenced again at the end of many action scenes). What exactly were the cases when Date killed someone and porn was not mentioned? Was it when he killed Saito, where he had already switched out of the body? Or 'So', when of course he would be focused on saving Mizuki (thus redirection was not necessary) and fell unconscious immediately after? And why does lingerie specifically change the general idea that when porn gets restricted, more people would get more "sexually frustrated". Is it just this hard for you to suspend your disbelief that this world can be more horny than a real one just so you can complain about tone shifts or bad writing?
I'm not saying everyone should enjoy this kind of humor and you are fine to dislike it. But the moment you talk about "bad writing" is where it becomes clear you don't see it as something that is personal taste but as something objective instead.
Re: Review: AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Another Very Fine Murder Mystery
@Ralizah Just because Aiba was supplementing Date with hormones so he can be happy at other times doesn't mean his brain won't still feel pleasure when killing as well. And Saito eventually grew a resistance from simply killing animals, an issue Date may not have yet developed and thus could be excited simply from injuring others. As for the mercenaries, while it does require greater suspension of disbelief, "In this world, porno mags are heavily regulated, so they are rare and getting them is tricky" (-Uchikoshi), and the Wadjet system (used by Aiba) knew about this and exploited it in battles.
Re: Review: AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Another Very Fine Murder Mystery
@Ralizah I found that that feature did serve an appropriate story function. Date was in Saito's body, a body whose brain was damaged so that they could only feel pleasure from murder. Thus, during action (QTE) scenes that potentially involves killing, porn served as a misdirection/redirection for the excitement Date felt that actually came from harming others.