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MarkB reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread You should read (or listen) to Dungeon Crawler Carl with
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MarkB reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025) with Like.
The Expanse isn't generic, I totally agree, but what makes it distinctive isn't stuff like how individual combat works in that setting...
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MarkB reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025) with Like.
The Expanse is fairly generic to start off with. It was based on a Traveller campaign after all. It has the same narrative ancestry as...
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MarkB replied to the thread General video game discussion.That part gives it some distinctly Bioshock Infinite vibes.
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MarkB replied to the thread You should read (or listen) to Dungeon Crawler Carl.I've listened to the first book and was entertained, but not entirely convinced. The very artificial nature of the competition makes it...
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MarkB replied to the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025).Visually it follows the design language of the Expanse TV series very closely, and a small team assaulting a base or enemy ship is...
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MarkB replied to the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025).It wasn't a ship, it was an asteroid base. And these guys don't look military, more like independent contractors like the Rocinante...
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MarkB replied to the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025)."They never look up." Immediately gets shot from above. Not that "up" should mean anything to a true Belter. I'll definitely be...
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MarkB reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025) with
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Time for another update, there are now two Mass Effect-style games in production, with the latest being The Expanse: Osiris Reborn... -
Just sticking to Netflix for no good reason we have quite a rich crop of modern anime, such as: - Apothecary Diaries: As noted above...
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MarkB replied to the thread Appendix J: Anime, Manga, & JRPGs.Apothecary Diaries is quickly becoming a classic. Captures the feeling of a place and time very well, and using a scientific approach to...
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https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1327.html Nice reunion.
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MarkB replied to the thread Spoilers Doctor Who s15 (or 2) [[spoilers!]].It's been like that ever since the start of "new Who", which was certainly not built around streaming models. More just the constraints...
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MarkB replied to the thread Spoilers Doctor Who s15 (or 2) [[spoilers!]].Yeah, and there were similar things mentioned of later seasons, so it probably hasn't got any better.
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MarkB reacted to Herschel's post in the thread Spoilers Doctor Who s15 (or 2) [[spoilers!]] with Like.
The shooting and promo junket has been reported as pretty brutal by more than a few cast members. It was rumored that's where a lot of...