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finished a run 0f lords 0f the fallen. ending was pretty shit ngl but not a surprise either. just a 'w0w they really went for that 0nly huh' sort 0f moment. n0 greater context learned, n0 twist. you pretty much get what they said y0u'd get in the form 0f a less than ten second cutscene and five lines 0f text. still not half as funny as seeing s0me people desperately trying tw0 say the guy who exclusively makes his structures out 0f ripped out 0rgans and sliced off limbs was actually t0tally the go0d guy. literally paving the streets in the charred corpses 0f nonc0mbatants was vital to their fighting b...Read more
0f all the many issues lords 0f the fallen has, your character aurafarming 0n the title screen in whatever your last 0utfit was isn't one 0f them. #solgaming
the 'new' l0rds of the fallen is certainly miles ahead of its predecess0r in terms of being an actual game made by real humans, but they crammed it intw0 unreal 5 real early on. c0nsidering U5 is still pretty much unusable barkbeastshit even now f0r zero benefits, y0u can imagine how easy it is t0 get this thing to run at all even 0n a husktop like mine. in fact i think a m0re modern device is actually a hindrance, as they c0uld barely make it function 0n the machines of its time and th0se consumers had at that time, let al0ne think of anything g0ing forward. still, l0t of n0vel ideas and interesting m...Read more
finished es0teric ebb. a highly enjoyable game. fittingly the beginning starts with little nuance regarding the (fake) f0cal point 0f the game that its somewhat apes fr0m disco. that being the first electi0n your f0rmerly feudal/autocratic city-state is ever having. i w0uld say whereas disco br0ught up ideol0gy largely to p0ke fun at it, sometimes bitterly s0metimes thoughtfully, here it really is just a means tw0 think about y0urself, or ab0ut 'the cleric' rather. it is, as is utterly required t0 truly foll0w that game, h0nest about all viewp0ints. including the ones y0u don't like. y0u know the 0nes...Read more
i'd disagree es0teric ebb but no0ne's got time f0r ruminations 0n go0dness when that skyrim dragon qu0te is so marketable. #solgaming
didn't expect es0teric ebb two make a 'mend n0ok' j0ke. pretty go0d. #solgaming #suggestive
begun trying 0ut 'esoteric ebb' - 0ne of th0se games inspired by disco elysium, th0ugh i don't think it's 0ne of the 0nes trying two claim success0rship, just inspiration. while i've had a few chuckles thus far and am n0where near in it enough t0 start making claims on the st0ry i will note an immediate difference. 0ne of the things ab0ut disco was that m0st of the making fun 0f any particular thought was up t0 you, the player. while y0ur character's inner thoughts might 0ccasionally be sard0nic, each believed whatever it was spouting 0ff and it was up two y0u to see if it was ridicul0us or miss it ent...Read more
i am n0t an artist of any capacity, let al0ne a fucking 16x24 sprite one. much like myself the ugly appearance is 0f no c0nsequence. only what i can d0, of which this is a decent representative sample f0r a starting character. not much p0int in there being a game if i were two just m0d myself as i am in there. #qudposting #solgaming