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Title: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: PyroMenace on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 08:28:02 AM
I haven't read the whole thing but its pretty cool from what I glimpsed. (http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/4/24/2962458/grimlock-high-moon-dinobots-transformers-cybertron-activision)
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: PyroMenace on Thursday, April 26, 2012, 11:31:06 PM
SEE I MAKE A POST ABOUT GRIMLOCK AND NONE OF YOU CARE.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: nickclone on Friday, April 27, 2012, 03:44:15 AM
I played it last week, didn't like it.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, April 27, 2012, 05:45:31 AM
SEE I MAKE A POST ABOUT GRIMLOCK AND NONE OF YOU CARE.

Aww...

Here is what I am about to buy:

http://www.katana-online.com.ar/imagenes/TRANSFORMERS%20MASTERPIECE%20GRIMLOCK%20box%20back.jpg

edit:

I had misread the thread this time as the other one btw. :P
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 27, 2012, 06:04:04 AM
For some reason I've just never been able to get into the whole Transformers thing.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: K-man on Friday, April 27, 2012, 06:22:29 AM
I'm disappointed.  I thought this was going to be a thread about the game Legend of Grimrock.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: nickclone on Friday, April 27, 2012, 07:33:01 AM
I'm disappointed.  I thought this was going to be a thread about the game Legend of Grimrock.

Whoops! That what I thought it was...
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 27, 2012, 07:36:05 AM
We already have a thread for that.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: scottws on Friday, April 27, 2012, 07:39:24 AM
Grimlock could have been cool, like a prehistorically-themed Optimus Prime.  But they made him completely mentally handicapped: "Me Grimlock!"  Ugh.  He is probably my least favorite Transformers character.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: gpw11 on Friday, April 27, 2012, 08:08:52 PM
Grimlock could have been cool, like a prehistorically-themed Optimus Prime.  But they made him completely mentally handicapped: "Me Grimlock!"  Ugh.  He is probably my least favorite Transformers character.

Yeah, this is how I always felt.  I mean, I get it - dinosaurs have small brains.  I'm pretty sure that there's another way of making him seem less intelligent  though....assuming you even have to go that route.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 01:35:34 AM
I'm disappointed.  I thought this was going to be a thread about the game Legend of Grimrock.

Well done sir. I see what you did.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 05:39:01 AM
He's not a dinosaur. He's a fucking robot.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: PyroMenace on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 06:06:38 AM
Fuck you, he's a dinosaur, you obviously don't know about the origin of Grimlock.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 06:41:20 AM
You have a robot dinosaur. If you wanted to give him a monocle and make him drink tea while reciting Milton, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be any more ridiculous than the fact that you already have a robot dinosaur. If they'd wanted to make him less dumb, I'm sure they could have found numerous ways to do that. Because, I mean, he's a fucking robot. That's a dinosaur.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: sirean_syan on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 07:05:07 AM
You have a robot dinosaur. If you wanted to give him a monocle and make him drink tea while reciting Milton, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be any more ridiculous than the fact that you already have a robot dinosaur. If they'd wanted to make him less dumb, I'm sure they could have found numerous ways to do that. Because, I mean, he's a fucking robot. That's a dinosaur.

You say this like it's a bad thing.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 08:42:21 AM
Not at all. Who doesn't like a robot dinosaur? My point, in response to and continuance of gpw's post, is simply that the choice to make him retarded was unnecessary and likely born from this being a show made for kids. If they had any desire to legitimize the character, they could have, because... he's a fucking robot. That's a dinosaur. You could say he's got equipment that amplifies his thoughts, or nanobots, or magical fucking brain parasites. Or a talking wombat penis from outer space that translates for him. None of that is harder to believe than the existence of a dinosaur-robot that talks and fights against sentient motor vehicles from another planet. Or whatever. I don't really understand the Transformers deal, as previously mentioned.

I'm not trying to be negative, merely pointing out that their choice to make him stupid was intentional. And I don't know why people do this, because stupid characters in almost anything end up being more irritating than amusing.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: sirean_syan on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 09:13:52 AM
Fine fine. I was mostly just being a jerk.

Still, I kinda like that Grimlock was more or less retarded. It works for me the same way Minsc from Baulder's Gate did. He was already at the upper limits of ridiculous so it's not like anything he would say would or even should be taken seriously. Why not go all the way and make him a dumb brute?
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 09:20:18 AM
I think Minsc was tolerable for me only because of the fact that he was funny. And because of the hamster. Mostly dumb characters just irritate me... but then again they usually don't do dumb characters so well as that.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: PyroMenace on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 09:43:05 AM
Have you watched 80s transformers cartoons recently? It's all pretty dumb.
Title: Re: Legend of Grimlock!!
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 09:46:43 AM
Haha, I probably watched two episodes as a kid, and I was forced to watch one of the new movies. That's basically 100% of my exposure.