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[Astral]

I think the main issue was the whole "twelve years of development, with a game I played that long ago and have nostalgia over still, and this is the PoS that I get today? I remember when this was funny and edgy!"

Very little has shock value for comedy anymore. Everybody has heard everything; nothing is off limits.

[Shadowlord]

Very little has shock value for comedy anymore. Everybody has heard everything; nothing is off limits.

You know what's comedic? The posts on random internet forums by people who've been watching Game of Thrones but never read the books. I'll paraphrase:
"OH MY GOD THEY KILLED

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

THE MAIN CHARACTER! [They mean Ned Stark, not King Robert]

HE WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS WATCHING! I QUIT! YOU SUCK, HBO!"

Trolled by a plot which was published in book form in 1996. The fact that they chose to watch only the video cliff notes edition with added gratuitous sex and nudity instead of reading the books is entirely their own fault.
It's up in the air whether you'd say the sex and nudity had shock value, but the spoilerized stuff? Yeah. Of course, the only comedy there is when people overreact to it by QUITTING FOREVER. It's a completely legitimate narrative device.

[Vibhor]

Does anybody else find it irony that the game was received worse on the consoles than a PC even though the team stated they are focusing on consoles?