|
|
| (50 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) |
| Line 2: |
Line 2: |
| {{UserSandbox}} | | {{UserSandbox}} |
| <!-- EDIT BELOW HERE YOU FUCKING NIGGER(S)--> | | <!-- EDIT BELOW HERE YOU FUCKING NIGGER(S)--> |
| {{spoiler|TOO MANY GAMERS GET TRIGGERED BY UNLIKEABLE CHARACTERS?? ALSO VIDEO GAMES AREN'T ART}}
| |
| [[File:yiik boxart.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
| |
|
| |
| '''YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG''' is as the name implies, an [[RPG]] that takes place in the [[90s]]. YIIK is notable for being extremely poorly written and pretentious. The main character is an extremely unlikable [[ginger]] [[hipster]] (a very 1990s stereotype) named Alex who often goes into long, pseudointellectual monologues about [[shit no one cares about]]. YIIK was inspired greatly by the [[Earthbound]] series. It took the format Shigesato Itoi perfected for the SNES but replicated it terribly.
| |
|
| |
| ===Characters===
| |
| * [[Neckbeard|Alex Yiik]] - The most obnoxious protagonist in any vidya ever. The quintessential liberal arts [[university]] grad, Alex can't get a job because his degree is useless. He spends his days [[simping]] over an [[Azn]] on a [[x/|paranormal]] [[forum]]. The writers made sure to use a thesaurus for all of his dialog to make him sound
| |
| * [[Nobody|Michael Kucinski]] - Alex Yiik's [[unfunny|hilarious and memorable]] photographer friend who the writers forget about until the end of the game. You will wish the writers didn't remember him when he takes his shirt off.
| |
| * [[Emo Cutter Girl|Vella Wilde]] - The cute [[goth]] girl who often calls Alex Yiik out for being a [[narcissistic]] [[retard]]. She is involved in a convoluted [[CWC|dimensional merge]] plotline that makes no sense, even to people who actually play the game.
| |
| * [[Emo|Rory Mancer]] - A kid whose personality revolves around his dead sister, who became [[an hero]] due to be literally being half-leg (please see the Funniest Joke of All Time section for more information). Rory himself can also [[Mitchell Henderson|lose his ipod]] and [[Amanda Todd|downs a bottle of bleach]] depending on the choices you make. Rory is completely useless in combat. You can't deal damage with him because he's a [[Pussy|"pacifist"]]. His gimmick of protecting his teammates is negated by the existence of the panda shield. Feel free to make him [[#Cut4Bieber|slit his wrists]] for the [[lulz]].
| |
| * [[Loud Nigra|Claudio Unkrich]] - [[Nigger|Black]] [[Wapanese|weeb]] who abandons his [[vinyl]] store (because vinyls were a huge thing in [[1999]] right?) to study the blade. He is canonically a [[lolicon]].
| |
| * [[Sheneequa|Chondra Unkrich]] - Claudio's [[Negress|stong, independent sister]] [[Malcolm X|who hates]] [[Honkey|white people]]. Her twin brother is dead too I guess.
| |
| * [[Whore|The Essentia 5000]] - A sex doll that exists to dump exposition at the player.
| |
| * [[Eel girl|Sammy Park]] - AKA Semi Pak in [[Gook]]speak. She is an Eliza Lam expy that Alex Yiik desperately wants to bang.
| |
|
| |
| ===The Funniest Joke of All Time===
| |
| <center><youtube>hxljqLKGlyw</youtube></center>
| |
|
| |
| ===Games Aren't Art===
| |
| The most consistent and reoccurring criticism of YIIK on release was quite simple; Alex is a fucking asshole. The director of YIIK, Andrew Allanson, went on a podcast to defend the game, and quickly turned the show into the ramblings of a mad man in which he went on to praise 4chan for "understanding his vision.", whilst insulting "gamers" for not liking a character he claims is intentionally obnoxious. Allanson is convinced his game about a self-insert, inconsistent, angry hipster going through Scott Pilgrim fan-fiction is high art with lots to say.
| |
|
| |
| {{quote|My mistake was thinking that video games are art. I wanted to make a game about a guy who’s a piece of shit unlikable character, who by the end of the game has to transform. But too many gamers, when they look at this, when they play a game, they’re so used to having to identify with the character, that if they play a game where the main character is unlikable or has to do some bad stuff, they immediately get triggered by it.
| |
|
| |
| So, the thing is, games aren’t art. They’re toys for children and it’s considered in bad form to talk about anything meaningful, or impactful or thought provoking.}}
| |
|
| |
| ===Elisa Lam===
| |
| Early in the game, Alex meets Sammy, a girl that accidently [[Yellow fever|seduces Alex with her being Asian]]. She mysteriously disappears and Alex makes it his quest to find her so he can awkwardly ask her to join his [[Polyamory|poly-cube]]. Later, Alex is sent a video on his computer of Sammy in an elevator, being dragged into a psychedelic-void. Even later, you can find Sammy being chased by ghostly-void monsters, bleeding from her eyes and begging for Alex's help. All of this seems pretty normal for a game with a paranormal story, sure it's edgy as all hell, but hardly offensive on its own.
| |
|
| |
| Until you realise this was all inspired by the Elisa Lam murder video, and that the developers thought this was a respectful way to acknowledge the inspiration of Sammy's character. Quriky games appeal to children, teens, man-children, artsy-types, people who tend to be sensitive, progressive types, the kind of people who need trigger warnings if a video on a morning routine has fruit in case it's fatphobic. Seeing an Elisa Lam reference, especially one as explicit and shocking as this, was not going to go down well with them. Hundreds of threads started to appear, demanding the creators apologise and repent for their sins. However, as previously mentioned, Allanson the director believes he's created a profound piece of art with lots to say, and didn't change a thing, lest it compromise his artistic vision.
| |
|
| |
| [https://imgur.io/a/wmYHCTx A comprehensive list of images of both the real video and the game's recreation, complete with an angry rant of how much this offends the OP.]
| |
|
| |
| ===Toby Fox===
| |
| Quirky earthbound inspired-rpg [[Undertale]] had released 4 years ago and had been smothered in praise from underage children and theatre kids across the world, so when Toby caught wind that another quirky earthbound inspired-rpg was coming along, he made sure his name was stapled on in some form to ensure he remained king of ugly nostalgia-bait. Providing a song for one of the mid-game levels, Toby helped promote the game through Twitter. But the moment YIIK started getting in trouble for being a bit shit, Toby immediately deleted his tweets and ignored anyone who asked about the game.
| |
| <center>
| |
| {{frame|<gallery class="middle"; heights="350px" widths="230px">
| |
| File:Toby Fox deleted YIIK tweet.jpg|'''The deleted tweet.'''
| |
| </gallery>|border=black|background=white}}
| |
| </center>
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| {{gaming}}
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Gaming]]
| |
