Comment on Anon has a problem with inaccurate game titles

• IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not so much that I didn’t see through the disguise, more that the running joke of the game is that nobody else sees it other than the chef.

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  • abfarid@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s what I meant, you’re making the joke from the perspective of a person that doesn’t realize there’s an octopus in the game, even though there is one.

    And the reason I said it’s confusing is because the game title is only perceived by the player of the game, and the player is explicitly told/shown that you’re playing as an octopus. So the perspective used in the joke is impossible, but I understand that I’m being pedantic, feel free to ignore my ramblings caused by the uncontrollable urge to point out the inconsistency.

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    • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Everyone in that game can see he’s an octopus, to the point you could argue it’s also explicitly shown to them (he literally has an octopus head and tentacles in full visibility, and can’t even speak English) and one character besides the chef is confused upon finding out no one else realised.

      I think you’d have a hard time making an argument it’s hidden from any in game character any better than the player.

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      • abfarid@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let me try to, anyway.
        IIRC, you start the game in the aquarium as an octopus, and then escape. That’s when you’re explicitly shown to be an octopus. Every NPC, however, sees the octopus in some amount of disguise. So even if we constantly roll a nat 1 on perception check like all the NPC, we didn’t have to roll it on the first encounter, therefore we know it’s an octopus.

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re a very fun person

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  • abfarid@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What, you don’t find it fun to understand humor more in-depth by overanalyzing to death the aspects of a joke?! What a weirdo…

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