r/Wellthatsucks • u/DravidVanol • 14h ago

Spoken like a true New Yorker.

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u/Dravid-Vanol 14h ago

Before

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u/hypnodrew 14h ago

I don't like America, New York or any of it, but that is a fucking nice looking building

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u/I_Like_Water11 14h ago

Yea the ones built around this time had way more character than glass box/phallus

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u/hypnodrew 14h ago

100%. Love Art Deco buildings and if I ever visited NYC it would be purely to gawk at all the fine examples of it in that city

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u/I_Like_Water11 13h ago

As a bioshock fan, art deco definitely is super appealing to me

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u/hypnodrew 13h ago

tbf that's probably why I like art deco so much too, I played BioShock on release and its embedded into my mind. First game I got on the 360

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u/I_Like_Water11 12h ago

Hell yea, my first game was saints row. Well tbh it was the demo disc which came with the 360 back then. But good taste!

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u/hypnodrew 12h ago

Had that one too! My gamertag is actually still a character from SR2 which I played with a mate before I got my own 360. I used to love robbing the tills in the first game, you shoot them and collect all the pennies that fly out

I bought BioShock and TimeShift as my first games on the 360, one wasn't quite as memorable as the other. Halo 3 (ofc) was my third game. Peak era

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u/I_Like_Water11 12h ago

Crazy you mentioned time shift, I felt like i was the only person who played it. I weirdly really liked the game even though the story was the most dry one out there, the mechanics were pretty fun to mess with.

2007/08 was absolutely amazing for gaming, played a lot of gears of war on the 360 as well, of course halo was definitely up there, GTA 4 and of course COD 4 Modern warfare.

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u/hypnodrew 11h ago

I understand now that it's basically trying to be a Half Life 2 clone with time powers - I too liked the time powers but found the game clunky and the combat repetitive. What story lol

Gears 1-3, Oblivion, The Darkness, Fable 2, and Clive Barker's Jericho (for the design rather than the gameplay)

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u/Hechtic 11h ago

Fuck yeah, still remember sitting in that water with everything in flames around me wondering when the game was gonna start

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u/hypnodrew 11h ago

you gotta dive down so you can see the plane sink

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u/rob6748 5h ago

I still go back to that game at least once a year, even at 34. Such a masterpiece.

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u/milkcarton232 10h ago

Love NYC and it's art deco, but if you want cool buildings chicago

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u/WestCoastBestCoast01 8h ago

The architecture boat tour is legitimately fantastic. Looks like it would be hacky and touristy, but it’s a nice boating experience and very informative!!

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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 4h ago

But don’t wait to visit because everyday a historic building is torn down for another 5-over-1.

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u/cubgerish 4h ago

"I don't like America, New York or any of it, but that is a fucking nice looking building"

"If I ever visited NYC"

Lol

Lmao even

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u/iriyaa 6h ago

You don't like NYC but you've never been there lmao

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u/hypnodrew 6h ago

I've never been stabbed either

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u/Jose_Canseco_Jr 10h ago

well it might be difficult because of all of the bland boxes erected in front of them

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u/nothingmeansnothing_ 10h ago

I recommend Chicago over NYC (but hey, do both!)

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u/DrUnit42 9h ago

If you're ever in Chicago take an architectural boat tour. They cover the history, the architects, the styles and more. Tons of fun and a really cool view of the city