@c_rakestraw: No, they are different, definitely. Mikami's headplosions, I'll just call them, actually blow the whole head up and then....something else....grows out. While Miyazaki's snake-men may or may not have traditional heads, it's hard to tell. The snake-men heads might be some kind of facade, like a mask or something and the 'explosion' is actually just the snakes inside bursting out. Eh, who knows. It's just the sound and the look, especially the sound, though, are very similar in both cases.
They both certainly do have that gross, squishy sound to them, that's for sure. Those two sure know how to make something utterly disgusting.
I think the snakes maybe live inside the hosts bodies and burst out through the head due to the many orifices there. The way those people's movement is slightly off -- particularly the way their body lunges forward when striking with their arm -- would support the idea of the snakes assuming control over the host's body rather than them being a mere parasite growing inside them.
I just want to see some surprises, something new and unexpected. Like how Entwined was announced and released on the same day at Sony's press conference last year.
Mikami's variety tend to have the host's head outright explode, though, don't they? By contrast, Bloodborne's seem more like the snakes are being sealed due to how the host's head looks like its wrapped in some sort of cloth. It's certainly similar, but I don't think it's outright imitation.
It's funny. The GameSpotting tweet for this thread went out just before that. When I was looking at metrics this morning, this came up first. So I freaked out thinking someone had edited the thread. Turns out, we're just psychic. ;)
Indeed. If only we could harness those psychic abilities whenever we wanted...
A price is such a small thing of a game, so i will never get why it would effect a opinion on the actual game.
Well, given how games are an expensive hobby, I don't fault anyone for getting hung up on price. I mean, $60 is a big investment. If someone felt they didn't get their money's worth because there wasn't enough content for them, I can understand that. When you're spending that much money on something, it's only natural to want some justification for the price tag.
Eh. It depends on how much importance the author places on monetary value. I've played plenty of $5 or $10 games that I gladly would have paid full price for because the experience they delivered really spoke to me. But I guess I'm an outlier, since I tend to place more value on the experience itself rather than the price, hence why I tend to avoid talk about price and the like in my own reviews. Not because I'm wealthy or anything (gods, wouldn't that be nice), but rather because I don't have much money to spend on games. If I'm gonna buy something, I want to make sure I'm getting something I'll enjoy, or at least get something out of.
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