I don't want to mislead you here, out of all the machinegames entries into the series, Youngblood is the one I've spent the absolute least time with. But I found many of the narrative decisions off-putting (again, Grace being made a cop, what the fuck), the dialogue wasn't great, the gameplay was repetitive, etcetera. With all that being said, it's been years since I've played it, and I'm going purely off of what I'm sure are questionably reliable memories. Since you've got somebody to play it with (which is good, because while you can play it solo, I definitely felt like I was missing the point by doing so) by all means, give it a shot. Maybe you'll come back and tell me that I was being unkind or harsher with hindsight than perhaps was warranted. I'd be happy to be wrong in this case.
I'm okay with relegating the entire game to alternate continuity status. I liked the twins, but that was about the only thing I liked about Youngblood.
My god, don't even get me started. You have to fuck up in a pretty big way to make me dislike "it was all capitalism and the fascist government's fault" as a premise.
Nobody's telling you not to argue for your point of view here, but this "I'm always right" bit doesn't make you sound confident, it makes you sound like a smug prick
See, this is what it really comes down to, every time. You by your own admission have no idea where else Cuba might procure the things it needs to survive, but partnering with the Russians is verboten because you personally find it distasteful, regardless of the fact that no other willing assistance is forthcoming.
If you aren't going to engage with what we're saying regarding the necessity of what the Cuban government is doing, or even reckon with the historical realities of why Russia is the way it is, perhaps you would at least like to tell us what alternatives you see. Recall again this is all in the context of a world domimated by a hegemonic hyper-militarized state with nearly-unmitigated strike capacity that has proven itself eminently hostile to both governments.
did you take it more seriously when you thought an old white man said it
No, because it's nonsense either way. Also it's laughable that this person thinks communists are reluctant to argue with dead white men and call them mean names. That's like half of what we do.
Apparently in the California that's a pretty big deal
It's not even a big deal in California. Not too long ago I saw the big solar farm out near Blythe, coming back from a trip to Arizona. It's not even the largest one in the state, and it sounds like it dwarfs the one they're talking about.
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I don't want to mislead you here, out of all the machinegames entries into the series, Youngblood is the one I've spent the absolute least time with. But I found many of the narrative decisions off-putting (again, Grace being made a cop, what the fuck), the dialogue wasn't great, the gameplay was repetitive, etcetera. With all that being said, it's been years since I've played it, and I'm going purely off of what I'm sure are questionably reliable memories. Since you've got somebody to play it with (which is good, because while you can play it solo, I definitely felt like I was missing the point by doing so) by all means, give it a shot. Maybe you'll come back and tell me that I was being unkind or harsher with hindsight than perhaps was warranted. I'd be happy to be wrong in this case.