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[–] 57 points 3 years ago (17 children)

Not just for series, this is the same with games.

"The first 50 hours of Final Fantasy 14 suck, but the expansions afterwards are worth it!"

"The game starts at max level!"

I can't stand it. And it's not like the game magically gets much better, it just feels pretty okay for someone who just wasted months of their time on the bad parts. Of course you'll enjoy mediocre parts later on after suffering through that crap.

A game has to start being fun ten minutes after the tutorial tops. Why play it otherwise?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    For PvP centric games they absolutely get better at max level. You finally are at parity for numbers, and so skill plays a larger role.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    “The game starts at max level!”

    Diablo 4 fans be like

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, Diablo 4 is much more fun when leveling from 1 to 70 or so. 70 - 100 is just doing the same things over and over with barely any rewards. It's the other way around there, leveling is fun, endgame is dogshit.

    Usually "game starts at max level" is used for MMOs like WoW. Where all the leveling is seen as annoying bullshit fetch quests and at max level you do dungeons and raids.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Conversely, too many good games get bad reviews because of lacking endgame. So go play the next thing in your overflowing backlog. Some games do what they came for, and that's fine.

    It's like giving a bad movie review because the concession stand was closed when you left the cinema.

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    [–] 37 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Also, the episodes are an hour long each...

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    It's like they suffer from "sunk cost fallacy" but with entertainment.

    'I've already watched 30 episodes of this show... But I can't stop now. Not until it gets good!'

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I recently watched a video called Why Do We Play Games We Hate? I feel it applies to other media as well.

    The thing that stuck out to me was that some people don't feel ready to decide whether or not they like something until they've totally completed the experience. They feel it isn't fair to judge the partial product, so they'll stick it out through the end, even if it's terrible, just so they say without a doubt they did not like it.

    I can understand the mentality, but sometimes you have to just jump ship.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I have a friend who grimly stuck it out through Wheel of Time long after he stopped enjoying it out of completionism.

    Screw that.

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    This week's episode is actually really good. You just have to watch the other 1071 episodes first and I swear you'll like it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    My GF loves One Piece, she started me at just one episode quite a ways in - the one with Bink's Sake - basically just to say "hey look, this story is actually going somewhere". Then we started at like episode 60 or so and kept watching from there - it's definitely a lot rougher, but I'm hooked enough now to watch it with her!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    I can't deny this lol. Sometimes you like it from the start, but the start is very corny since it was made in the 90s, so it doesn't grab everyone right away, but it matures really well over time and becomes more timeless. But even then I have to admit it can be an acquired taste with its cartoony style and wacky characters/world.

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    [–] 28 points 3 years ago

    I enjoyed even the first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but it really starts to pick up in Season 2 when they introduce Danny DeVito's character. Well, it really starts to pick up when his character evolves into trash goblin mode in like Season 3/4. Well okay actually seasons 5/6/7 are where it gets REALLY good!

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Me with Bojack. I straight up tell most folks to skip the first 5 episodes and start with 1-6. The jump in quality the show does when it gets to "The Telescope" is staggering, it doesn't feel like the same show.

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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    This is season 1 of Parks and Recreation. It didn't really start to get it's footing until season 2. I'm glad I stuck with it, so many great characters!

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Just has to grow its beard.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    so that's why streaming shows suck, they rarely make it that far.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    After GoT and all the cancelled shows on Netflix, Prime, etc. I refuse to get into a show until it has a few seasons under it's belt. Nothing like getting invested in a show only for them to cancel it.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I avoid shows until they are finished completely

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Shit, if a show doesn’t interest me after 30 minutes I’m done with it. If the story only gets interesting after the forced exposition dump part of the script, then the script needed more work before they filmed it. In my opinion anyway.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    I was sold the moment bug aliens took over Starfleet, and Picard and Riker blew Commander Remmik the fuck up!

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Every Star Trek ds9 and tng person ever

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I was told to stick it out one more season for each season of breaking bad. Watched the whole show and it never got better. I hated it.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Seriously? Breaking Bad was awesome all things considered. But if you are not hooked by season 1 you won't like it, period.

    The middle part of the series was a drag, too many filler episodes. Strong start, strong end, but if you don't like the start don't even bother.

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I actually liked the first season of TNG.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same here. I like the more OG feel the first and second season have, and some of the characters that are only there for those seasons. RIP Tasha Yar 😥

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    [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Yep, went the same route myself. I'm looking at you, Critical Role campaign 1 👀

    But for others I always recommend start with the 3rd now.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    [off topic]

    I started reading Neal Stephenson's book 'Anathem.' Threw it down after twenty pages, because it was just ridiculous. A few months later someone told me to stick with it, the plot really starts coming together around page 200.

    Yes, I read it, and yes, it takes 200 pages to start making sense.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This image is fucking with me because the way it's drawn reminds me a lot of Family Guy, and Family Guy is one of those rare cases where this concept is inverted and the show starts going to shit after season 3.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    This is Picard for me. I thought season one was alright, season two was hot garbage, but season three is what star trek fans had been waiting for all these years. Perfect conclusion, but boy was it rough getting there lol

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