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minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoRapture is definitely a Hall of Famer of narrative settings. Colombia doesn’t hold a candle to it. Despite Infinite having a banger story and great gameplay, the flying city never had that something that Rapture does.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoColombia had hope. It had an initial welcoming feel. Rapture felt foreboding before you even managed to get there.
minus-squareRustedSwitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoApologies up front for being Nit picky … but you have your comparison backwards. it doesn’t hold a candle to Colombia Based on the rest of your statement, I believe you mean that Columbia doesn’t hold a candle to Rapture. The idiom means “worse thing” isn’t as good as “better thing”.
Rapture is definitely a Hall of Famer of narrative settings. Colombia doesn’t hold a candle to it. Despite Infinite having a banger story and great gameplay, the flying city never had that something that Rapture does.
Colombia had hope. It had an initial welcoming feel. Rapture felt foreboding before you even managed to get there.
Apologies up front for being Nit picky … but you have your comparison backwards.
Based on the rest of your statement, I believe you mean that Columbia doesn’t hold a candle to Rapture.
The idiom means “worse thing” isn’t as good as “better thing”.
You are right.