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what do you like more?

Spaghetti 27 23.48%
 
Lasagna 49 42.61%
 
Hot Dogs 25 21.74%
 
See results 14 12.17%
 
Total:115
Andrespetmonkey said:

Spaghetti definitely. Though to be fair I've had much nicer spaghetti than lasagne, usually when I get lasagne it's shitty supermarket takeaway lasagne, and "spaghetti" could mean a variety of dishes... I'm going to assume spaghetti bolognes. Hot dog was a weird option in the poll, I thought the inclusion of both spaghetti and lasagne established this was out of italian food.


i wanted to add another italian food, but last time i added pizza, burgers and fried chicken, so i couldnt put pizza. and i didnt know other really well known italian dishes, so it was hot dogs



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DigitalDevilSummoner said:
kowenicki said:
Assassins Creed is the epitome of milking this gen.


Yep. If AC were a woman it would be a big breasted one. (you know because of all the milk)


wouldnt her breasts be small because she was milked alot and now there is no milk left?



I'm surprised no one has mentioned Final Fantasy.

If Final Fantasy 13, 13-2, and Lightning Returns. Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus. Tactics being rereleased on the iPhone and Android. Final Fantasy 3 DS being rereleased on iPhone, Android, and PSP. Final Fantasy 4 DS, Complete Collection, iPhone, and Android. Dimensions, this new card game type one, etc, etc, etc.

Then Mario, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Havest Moon/Rune Factory, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Atelier series, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, BlazBlue, are other heavily milked series this gen.Every time you turn around there's either a new game or a port to another console.



Tachikoma said:
DigitalDevilSummoner said:
kowenicki said:
Assassins Creed is the epitome of milking this gen.


Yep. If AC were a woman it would be a big breasted one. (you know because of all the milk)


But wouldn't a heavilly milked breast be small?


we don't visit the same websites

 

kupomogli said:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Final Fantasy.


Lightning's breasts are not that big... Check and mate.



if I can taste it and not get gassy it's not milked



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JayWood2010 said:
Annual Releases that hinder the quality.

CoD
Guitar Hero
Assassin' Creed
Need For Speed

Etc

Then there is other game series that rides success but still are top quality games like

God of War
Halo

Both series should have ended now but because of the success and popularity they are continuing them but they dont release annually and are of top quality. Still considering who you ask you are going to get different answers.

P.S. Another great thread. Well played

i agree that need for speed is milked, but have you played the last one? its awesome

@bolded 



Most milked franchise? Definitely Oppai Simulator: http://dagobah.net/flash/Oppai_Simulator.swf

Warning: NSFW!



"Milking" is another one of those cloudy, undefined terms which can cause a lot of trouble with certain people. Some people say "milking" depends solely on frequency. Others say it depends on the effect frequency has on quality. And even others say it depends on if the game in question releases on a Nintendo console or not. And since it's not a formal term, you can't just pick a dictionary and claim its definition to be definitive over another definition. It's informal slang usually thrown around and its meaning is based on subjectivity for the most part.

That's why I say the word shouldn't be used at all in genuine discussion. Bringing up the term will likely ignite an unnecessary, heated argument over semantics. The discussion could be infinitely more smooth and clear by dishing the word "milk" and explicitly describing the game. Instead of saying "This game is milked", say "The frequency of installments for this series is too high for my tastes" or "the frequency of installments for this series has caused a drop in quality." That way you don't waste valuable time and bandwidth over semantics and spend more time analyzing the validity of arguments.



kupomogli said:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Final Fantasy.

If Final Fantasy 13, 13-2, and Lightning Returns. Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus. Tactics being rereleased on the iPhone and Android. Final Fantasy 3 DS being rereleased on iPhone, Android, and PSP. Final Fantasy 4 DS, Complete Collection, iPhone, and Android. Dimensions, this new card game type one, etc, etc, etc.

Then Mario, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Havest Moon/Rune Factory, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Atelier series, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, BlazBlue, are other heavily milked series this gen.Every time you turn around there's either a new game or a port to another console.


But that's more like I explained back with Dead Rising.


Final Fantasy, as a saga, is not milked. Every numbered final fantasy has always been different and, while keeping the core mechanics (even if XIII did not that, but well), they add things or quit things. However, several games from the saga are milked, such as XIII or VII. That's the difference. I don't consider Final Fantasy a milked franchise, but rather, some of its games.



LemonSlice said:

Most milked franchise? Definitely Oppai Simulator: http://dagobah.net/flash/Oppai_Simulator.swf

Warning: NSFW!


AWESOME! EVERYBODY OPEN THAT LINK NOW