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Dresden wrote:To get real change, the American people have to want it, too. And you need the cooperation of both branches of congress.
PlayerUp wrote:the ultimates wrote:The Last of US 2 is actually pretty good. The gameplay and graphics are great. Naughty Dog said from the beginning it's a revenge tale so certain things you know have to happen.
the ultimates wrote:Honest question what is a user score supposed to mean on Amazon or metacritic when we know it's being review bombed. Are there some valid criticisms about the story and the way it's told yes. The vast majority of the negative user reviews aren't doing that it's the game must be bad because lesbians, social justice warrior and a character I like died so it must be bad bs.
PlayerUp wrote:the ultimates wrote:Honest question what is a user score supposed to mean on Amazon or metacritic when we know it's being review bombed. Are there some valid criticisms about the story and the way it's told yes. The vast majority of the negative user reviews aren't doing that it's the game must be bad because lesbians, social justice warrior and a character I like died so it must be bad bs.
Positive review bombed as well and paid critics?
You can't deny people are angry with the game. Excluding the social justice/lesbians which for me isn't a big deal, it's what happened at the beginning, poor story telling, playing characters you didn't want to play and depressing ending. Not the game we needed for 2020. Cyberpunk will save 2020.
PlayerUp wrote:Dresden wrote:It seems insignificant until Israel announces Iran is close to a weapon and wants us to start a war on their behalf. It was a major breakthrough in relations with a bitter foe of ours in the ME.
Other countries are still part of the Iran Deal.
TheStig wrote:Dresden wrote:moorhosj wrote:
I think people like Obama the person more than the politician. Despite what right-wing media will tell you, he was pretty moderate as a President.
The other thing he has going for him is that 2 of the 3 most recent Presidents have performed pretty poorly in the public’s eye (based entirely on approval polling not legislation or tweets).
It's hard to say what he might have tried to do if he didn't have to spend his first two years pulling the country out of the worst recession since the 1920's, too. Digging out from that whole consumed a large part of his presidency.
A major accomplishment of his was the Iran Nuclear Deal, which Trump so blithely tore up.
Eh, I strongly suspect they teamed up with North Korea and just do it there. It was all to easy for them to give up something that big. I think Iran just found a way out of the sanctions. It wouldn't surprise me if they were still working on nuclear tech.
PlayerUp wrote:Dresden wrote:To get real change, the American people have to want it, too. And you need the cooperation of both branches of congress.
100% agree.
You could make a solid argument that controlling the House and/or Senate is more important than having control of the White House.
Need more people in the middle and willing to break away from their parties to vote for the other parties proposals.
the ultimates wrote:How was the storytelling poor at the beginning? Yes you play as a different character but that character other than having different guns and the ability to craft bullets plays the same as Ellie. Playing as that character helps flesh out their story and motivations. The ending may be depressing but you can say the same about the first game. This isn't the typical ending of a game or movie where a character gets revenge and moves on and the credits roll. This game shows how revenge and the fuel for it causes the loss of the close people around you and nearly losing yourself. Cyberpunk is looking good but it's going to have to have a hell of a story to tell.
Dresden wrote:and was almost repealed. And Trump has been slowly gutting it.
Dresden wrote:Yes, they are, but all the teeth went out of the deal when the US pulled out, and we re-imposed economic sanctions. Not to mention that it gave the conservative factions in Iran a big boost, as they were saying all along that you can't trust the US on anything. And Trump proved them right, and made the more moderate factions in Iran look stupid and naive.
PlayerUp wrote:the ultimates wrote:How was the storytelling poor at the beginning? Yes you play as a different character but that character other than having different guns and the ability to craft bullets plays the same as Ellie. Playing as that character helps flesh out their story and motivations. The ending may be depressing but you can say the same about the first game. This isn't the typical ending of a game or movie where a character gets revenge and moves on and the credits roll. This game shows how revenge and the fuel for it causes the loss of the close people around you and nearly losing yourself. Cyberpunk is looking good but it's going to have to have a hell of a story to tell.
I would need to go into depth here which I prefer not to talk about on this forum since it's mainly about politics and covid-19. However some youtubers also go into depth about this and explain the bulk of issues with this game. Overall just the story in general, the way they treated the original characters poorly and out of character and the direction this game went I don't agree with nor do I think the majority of the people who played it. You may have liked it but clearly most didn't.
Dresden wrote:TheStig wrote:Dresden wrote:
It's hard to say what he might have tried to do if he didn't have to spend his first two years pulling the country out of the worst recession since the 1920's, too. Digging out from that whole consumed a large part of his presidency.
A major accomplishment of his was the Iran Nuclear Deal, which Trump so blithely tore up.
Eh, I strongly suspect they teamed up with North Korea and just do it there. It was all to easy for them to give up something that big. I think Iran just found a way out of the sanctions. It wouldn't surprise me if they were still working on nuclear tech.
Evidence on this? And how would they get the nuclear fuel from NK back to Iran exactly? Nuclear material is not easy to transport without being detected.
PlayerUp wrote:Dresden wrote:Yes, they are, but all the teeth went out of the deal when the US pulled out, and we re-imposed economic sanctions. Not to mention that it gave the conservative factions in Iran a big boost, as they were saying all along that you can't trust the US on anything. And Trump proved them right, and made the more moderate factions in Iran look stupid and naive.
They should be able to adjust and figure out how to make this work without the US being involved. Do we have to be involved in every single deal which forces us to also pay the most $ as well? Trump is right that the US pays for too many things. We're going to eventually have to make cuts to slash the deficit and other countries need to participate more. I do hope if Biden wins he can continue working trade deals with these other countries. Obviously caving to China is the wrong thing to do. Trump is right that trade deals need to be improved.
TheStig wrote:Dresden wrote:TheStig wrote:Eh, I strongly suspect they teamed up with North Korea and just do it there. It was all to easy for them to give up something that big. I think Iran just found a way out of the sanctions. It wouldn't surprise me if they were still working on nuclear tech.
Evidence on this? And how would they get the nuclear fuel from NK back to Iran exactly? Nuclear material is not easy to transport without being detected.
Nuclear material is not the problem. The scientist and the knowledge is easy to move. NK already has material.
PlayerUp wrote:Cyberpunk will save 2020.
moorhosj wrote:PlayerUp wrote:Cyberpunk will save 2020.
Please do not jinx this game by hyping it up.
Dresden wrote:]We didn't pay for anything in the Iran deal, other than the share we contribute to the IAEA. The money we gave to Iran was their own money, that we had put a freeze on at some point. This is a big deception foisted on the American public by right wing media that we "paid" Iran billions of dollars to enter into this deal. That was never our money.
And yes, we did have to be involved in that deal since it was the US that was spearheading the economic sanctions that Iran was so desperate to have lifted.
