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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Legend of Grimrock
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on: April 19, 2012, 10:09:37 PM
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I picked it up and have played it for about an hour. Dig the hell out of it. Reminds of of all those old mysterious RPGs I'd play on my dad's PC as a wee lad. Looking forward to sinking some more time into it.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Mass Effect 3 (expect ME1&2 spoilers)
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on: April 04, 2012, 08:35:16 PM
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I definitely agree with your assessment of the general strengths of each game, Ash. I think they're all fantastic, and I thought the combat in 3 was far and away the best in the series. I may not have scored the game as high as you did (probably mid-90's, if I had reviewed it), and I don't agree with your interpretation of the ending, but I definitely think your review text was true to how I felt about the game.
And I also agree that the word entitled is being thrown around too much. It's being used to label people who are being completely mature and reasonable in their critique of the ending. There are certainly some people who are showing what tools they can be, but I think there are plenty of measured voices on both sides that are equally entitled to have their opinions.
What legitimately disappoints me is that nowhere on the internet can you bring this game up-- to talk about absolutely any aspect of it-- without some dickbag commenting with 'OMG THIS GAME IS SUCH SHIT FUCK BIOWARE THEY ARE THE REINCARNATION OF NAZIS, HOLY SHIT THE ENDING WAS SO BAD OH MY GOD' and it devolving into an idiotic shitstorm. I've seen it happen on tons of articles (many of which don't even have anything to do with the ending), and it's sad. Sometimes I just want to discuss this game without talking about the ending or "how evil EA has made Bioware." Damn stupid internets.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Xenoblade
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on: April 04, 2012, 11:24:47 AM
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Yeah, it functions differently in a way where you're constantly involved, you can't let it "Auto-pilot" like you could in FFXII since positioning and selecting moves DOES matter.
Anyways, I don't really think that was necessarily for "wider appeal" so much as just making the game they wanted. It does seem like Nintendo gave them the freedom they were desperately trying to get for each of the prior games, plus this time gameplay was more of a focus than narrative (though arguably it's the best executed of their attempts... maybe BECAUSE of that realigned focus.)
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Dark Souls
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on: March 23, 2012, 08:50:38 AM
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Being both an avid Dark Souls fan and a recent owner of a kickass PC, I support a PC version. Dat 1920x1080p.
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Media / The Soundroom / Re: Spotlight Albums Discussion
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on: March 20, 2012, 08:12:24 PM
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I've never been able to get into the music from DQ. Do you have any recommendations :D?
And yeah, I loved his tracks on XIII-2. And every single track from FFXI. I'm a big Mizuta fan-- although I still haven't had a chance to personally check out Blood of Bahamut.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Mass Effect 3 (expect ME1&2 spoilers)
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on: March 16, 2012, 06:45:06 AM
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Cosmic energies have more than just those attributes though, some are harmless or have no effect on organic physiology but can fry electronics, while others just blow stuff up. I assume the type of energy wave caused is tuned by the Crucible itself which can cause the network to do one of multiple things.
Like I said, conceptually sound but the execution was shitty as hell. I'm more disappointed that BioWare tore attention away from the philosophical and artistic implications of the final reveal and choice by including a crappily-executed ending than I am with the ending itself. It's not the ending I would've written, but it IS very thought provoking if you get past the stupid color explosions bullshit.
Also on the FTL thing: this is true, but like I said, there's no telling that they can't rebuild stuff on both ends fast enough to get some people out of the Sol system. There are multiple ways for the fleets to not have to stay in the Sol system. Its established however that no ship has the fuel capacity to go beyond two systems. As well, Helium-5 is rare enough that less than 30% of the galaxy could be traversed by all the races combined given the fuel supply. The estimate by ME standards is that it would take several thousand years to construct enough fuel yards and refine enough helium-5 (if at all possible) to cover the galaxy. It would reduce Salarian society to rubble just by the loss of infrastructure, and the Quarians would be wholly unable to sustain their diaspora, considering how many we're probably on pilgrimage during those events.
In short: ME violates it's own rules with its ending if we want it to make sense. I agree. |
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Media / Multiplayer RPGs / Re: Diablo 3?
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on: March 15, 2012, 11:51:03 PM
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Mass Effect 3 (expect ME1&2 spoilers)
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on: March 15, 2012, 02:22:20 AM
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I think he's referring to the fact that in all three endings, that energy burst is random in what it destroys and doesn't destroy. Sometimes it blows up Earth. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it wrecks the Reapers but not Earth, but DOES wreck the Normandy. No matter what the energy does/doesn't affect, it always destroys the Normandy, for some reason. It's just a lack of consistency in all parts of the ending that frustrates.
And I'm not so sure about rebuilding the relays-- they're based on Reaper tech, and even if they weren't, you need to be at both ends of the path. But I suppose it's feasible, given unlimited time and resources (which I guess they'd have, at least time)
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Mass Effect 3 (expect ME1&2 spoilers)
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on: March 15, 2012, 01:45:16 AM
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Amen. Mostly. I could deal with the reveal if anything made any fucking sense, but it's still unsatisfying no matter how you slice it. And Bioware's whole 'LOL WE LIKE IT BEING VAGUE LOOK AT ALL THE DISCUSSION' irritates me. It's not vague, it was written without a thought of 'this makes no sense and doesn't fit with the internal logic of this series.' People aren't speculating what happened-- anyone with a basic sense of cause and effect can figure out that there are basically one or two POSSIBLE conclusions from what we've been shown, and both of them blow. IMO. IMHO. IMHFO. |
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