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It’s what’s made me leery of the series so far: I like to keep my RPGs and my fantasy shows well separated: or at least I want the mechanics to be more or less invisible. It’s very common in anime and drives me bonkers there too, as we take a break from the narrative to carefully explain the...

Call me a soulless hater, but Leliana’s singing caused me to almost pass out from full-body cringing, immediately uninstall the game, and swear off Dragon Age forever. Am I allergic to emotional intimacy or is it just the most cringeworthy scene ever committed to silicon? I’m not sure, but...

Poor bass players may as well be invisible.

Yes, I backed the Kickstarter with rather more enthusiasm than I man my age should. But I’m pretty sure it lacks the strategic layer, which is one of the few things I miss from Star Control 1. Though perhaps with a slightly less madness-inducing starmap.

Excuse me? The only topic is edition war. And people find the new edition of capitalism to be most unsatisfactory. The starting gold guidelines are totally unbalanced and the new droid class is busted.

Gosh, you’re all so imaginative (relative to me). My wants are all based on existing properties - I want a Pillars of Eternity 3; a Baldur’s Gate 3 with all of the DoS rubbish removed; an Arcanum sequel with combat that doesn’t make me want to bash my head against a wall; a Star Control sequel...

Tell me the thread; I’ll fix it.

That’s hilarious. Probably means the results should be taken with a grain of salt though.

Oh yeah, I still can’t play Neverwinter Nights - that early 3D is truly hideous. The problem is, it’s going to turn all the potatoes into princesses by sticking some googly eyes and lipstick on them. It hits my uncanny valley senses very hard right now, but as you say, I guess it can only get...

The teens are the ones who’ll have to live in the AI-cooked (in both senses of the term) world which we leave them, so perhaps their concern is justified. Certainly none of the posters on this board are likely to have to deal with the long-term consequences of an immensely heat-generating...

Sorry, that was a facetious answer. The real answer is: to improve someone’s appearance in a digital image by applying filters, usually in a very dramatic or over-the-top manner. Comes from drag culture, apparently.

I am still unable to cure my Baldur’s Gate 3 addiction; coming to the end of a Dark Urge resist run. I feel very mixed about the writing for the character; I don’t think it works particularly well:l. The dialogue options are all “Raaagh I will bathe in you blood!” or “I’d love to l eat your...

Yazzify: to improve the appearance of someone by giving them short, bleached-blonde hair.

Honestly I think this is a good strategy for many games. No way I’ll play Owlcat’s latest buggy mess before it’s had at least a year to cook. The overzealous superfans can suffer for a while so that I get a playable game.

Such a gross concept. I loved the show and wish it had had more seasons, but given a choice between a second season where that happens, and an untimely cancellation, perhaps we got the best outcome. Curious to see how the animated show turns out, nevertheless. The crew (cast?) had such...

Right. Absolutely lacking in personality, in a way that some of the subsidiary villains (green dragon, vampire lady) weren’t. As evil shapechangers there was so much potential for some sneaky love-to-hate villains, but as soon as the mask drops they revert to generic lizard #5. I love the...

D To jump or not? I say “Die, lemma!”

I expect AA writing from an AA game, and Solasta was at a C- at best. It’s not even the writing I really object to, and the setting is fine, but the Soraks themselves are just stunningly uninspired. Even something unoriginal like a horde of Orcs, spooky skeletons, or off-brand vampires; they’d...

While I agree on all other points, the Solasta characters looked fine to me, and I still don’t understand the whining from all and sundry. They’re perfectly serviceable. But I don’t customize my XCOM soldiers and use default portraits for most RPGs, so perhaps there’s something wrong with me.

Just stunningly uninspired and un-threatening. What is this, Neverwinter Nights?! I thought they were the weakest part of the game. And then to add insult to injury, in the Palace of Ice DLC, they add demons as another major enemy type, which can do everything the Soraks can but better.