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« on: November 27, 2015, 05:33:52 PM »
Personally Elsweyr sounds like a really cool place to go
Desert and Jungle for days
1772
« on: November 27, 2015, 04:27:20 PM »
Don't worry guys. Battlefront 2 will be better right? RIGHT?!
It'll have one whole gametype, two maps and a $100 season pass
1773
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:50:55 PM »
The Witcher is basically about a professional monster hunter called Geralt of Rivia, he's kind of like a medieval Master Chief with superhuman abilities to help him hunt down monsters for a living, it's pretty gritty and dark
GOAT
I heard there was also booty. Are they nice ones?
There's a lot of that too yes
1774
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:37:31 PM »
Me getting upset at my mum because I thought since my birthday was at the end of the year, I had to wait longer than everyone else to have it
1775
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:35:09 PM »
The Witcher 3 is a fantastic game
What's it about, family? Do I need to play the previous ones?
The story's separate from the previous ones, it'll tell you all you need to know pretty well and you don't need to play the others to get what's going on The Witcher is basically about a professional monster hunter called Geralt of Rivia, he's kind of like a medieval Master Chief with superhuman abilities to help him hunt down monsters for a living, it's pretty gritty and dark
1776
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:26:38 PM »
The Witcher 3 is a fantastic game
1777
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:16:35 PM »
Isn't that the game that had like $200 worth of DLC?
Just looked it up on Steam, it does ;____;
1778
« on: November 27, 2015, 12:43:26 PM »
war
war never changes
1779
« on: November 27, 2015, 03:54:23 AM »
Maybe you turned them off?
1780
« on: November 27, 2015, 02:53:26 AM »
OH THE THRAED MEANT FRUIT.
Fwoot seems to be a common nickname for me and I have no idea how it even started
I thought your b.net username as fwoot
I probably changed it to that because I kept being called it >.>
1781
« on: November 27, 2015, 02:19:21 AM »
OH THE THRAED MEANT FRUIT.
Fwoot seems to be a common nickname for me and I have no idea how it even started
1782
« on: November 27, 2015, 02:06:10 AM »
I'm sorry ;~;
1783
« on: November 27, 2015, 12:35:43 AM »
This is making me realise how few books I read
I haven't finished a book since the summer, and before that about a year.
;_;
The last time I read a book was...
I can't even remember, it's been THAT long
Oh no actually, beginning of 2014
What was it?
The Reader, haha
Never heard of it.
It's a book about a boy's life and his involvement with a woman who later goes on to join the Nazis and does some pretty bad stuff, and how this impacts his life
Hah, funny. I am reading it right now.
Decent book.
Had to read it for school haha, did a 4 page report on it
1784
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:59:26 PM »
IF ONLY I HAD AN XBOX
1785
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:47:53 PM »
Will this work on my Nintendo 3DS?
No. Xbox
Assuming no one has claimed it yet
gosh doodly darn it
1786
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:47:10 PM »
Mr House is the best chance for both the NCR and the Mojave Wasteland
trufax
the house always wins
1787
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:43:38 PM »
Will this work on my Nintendo 3DS?
1788
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:42:07 PM »
This is making me realise how few books I read
I haven't finished a book since the summer, and before that about a year.
;_;
The last time I read a book was...
I can't even remember, it's been THAT long
Oh no actually, beginning of 2014
What was it?
The Reader, haha
Never heard of it.
It's a book about a boy's life and his involvement with a woman who later goes on to join the Nazis and does some pretty bad stuff, and how this impacts his life
1789
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:37:02 PM »
This is making me realise how few books I read
I haven't finished a book since the summer, and before that about a year.
;_;
The last time I read a book was...
I can't even remember, it's been THAT long
Oh no actually, beginning of 2014
What was it?
The Reader, haha
1790
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:35:00 PM »
This is making me realise how few books I read
I haven't finished a book since the summer, and before that about a year.
;_;
The last time I read a book was... I can't even remember, it's been THAT long Oh no actually, beginning of 2014
1791
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:33:56 PM »
Finally, my Taekwon Do Martial Arts training will come into use!
prepare for the storm maggots
1792
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:30:43 PM »
This is making me realise how few books I read
1793
« on: November 26, 2015, 10:39:44 PM »
Tempted to buy like $40 Steam monies and then buy stuff in the Steam sale
1794
« on: November 26, 2015, 10:24:29 PM »
I don't want you to think I'm ignoring your post, because I read it all. I don't think it's fair to compare Witcher to Fallout, since they strive for the opposite experience: Witcher gives you a character that has a defined personality and lets you roll with that; Fallout gives you a framework and lets you be who you want. I totally agree that the character-building of Fallout is shit, but it was shit in 1 & 2, also; funny and diverse dialog doesn't equate to character development. Fallout has never been about the character, it's been about the world.
The Sole Survivor doesn't have an established backstory; he's a soldier (or she's a lawyer) with a son and a spouse, and that's it. How that personality is expressed is varied by the player (angry, submissive, flippant, etc.). The different personalities see you down roughly the same path, but I challenge you to name an RPG where the ending is vastly different based on how much of an asshole you are, rather than which faction you align yourself to and which quests you choose to complete. In that sense, Bethesda fucked up by giving us voiced dialog because they were apparently trying to make the PC a deeper character.
Again, I completely agree that the character development is shit in Fallout, but I'd argue that that isn't at all the purpose of the game. Your character is just an way to let you explore the world, which is thoroughly fleshed out.
And my point was that Fallout 4 doesn't do that. It doesn't let you be who you want, your character's personality varies very little and your responses matter very little. I don't feel like I'm playing a different character by choosing the "sarcastic" option as opposed to the positive one, because it doesn't change anything, I'm still the same person, just saying the same thing slightly differently. Outside of dialogue choices, you always say things in the same way. It takes you out of the roleplaying when your sarcastic jerk of a character is suddenly saying "I-I just need to trade a few things", because it doesn't fit. You can't make your own character because Bethesda's already given the main character a set personality. A good example of a game that changes depending on how you treat others is actually also The Witcher 3, depending on how you treat certain characters, it can completely change the ending. (Not gonna go into detail because spoilers). The problem is that yes, Fallout 4 is a VERY fleshed out world, but there just aren't any choices. Once I've done a quest, I've done pretty much the only way to complete that quest. It limits roleplaying because I can't be any different. It's hard to explore a world multiple times if everything's always the same in different playthroughs. I agree that the main character's backstory isn't overly fleshed out, but their personality is. You can't be evil, you can't say no to people and your character varies from a "nice person to a nice, but sarcastic person". The problem isn't that Fallout 4 gives you a more set character, it's that it gives you a set character at the same time that it tries to give you a framework to be who you want to be. Anyway, I agree that the purpose of Fallout is more exploring the world, but it's difficult to do that with the character that they've given us.
1795
« on: November 26, 2015, 09:45:02 PM »
An extremely fruity time.
oh
1796
« on: November 26, 2015, 09:34:44 PM »
i will end you
1797
« on: November 26, 2015, 08:34:47 PM »
in the commentary for one of the episodes on the freakin sweet collection dvd, i think seth mentioned that they'd often use a cutaway gag if they backed themselves into a corner on a given scene and didnt know where to go from there.
Isn't Seth apparently like really sick of making Family Guy?
1798
« on: November 26, 2015, 08:04:24 PM »
For some reason I instantly pictured a fruit smoothie
why is it always fruits
1799
« on: November 26, 2015, 07:52:31 PM »
It also doesn't help the dialogue wheel is awful. I guess there is some choice here or there, but the fact they still force you at some points to keep reminding you of your past just help break the immersion for me. I hate how they shove that past down your throat.
It's very typical, especially in older games, for RPGs to give your character an established backstory. In Fallout 1 you could choose from a few different premade characters, for example. Usually the effects of that backstory are appreciated because it adds some depth to the character beyond some rando that wandered out of a vault one day and decided to be Wasteland Jesus.
Having a bit of motivation for your character is ruining your immersion? I'm not sure how you can handle any RPG, then. I bet KOTOR's Revan story must've pissed you off.
I think the problem with Fallout 4, at least for me, is that Bethesda has given you a set character in a world that's designed for a blank slate. The game wants you to develop your own character and their own ideals in the world, but they don't give you the ability to do that because of a lack of choice. The game doesn't feel designed around the fact you're playing a set character. I'll use The Witcher 3 for an example, since its story is actually surprisingly similar at least at the beginning. In The Witcher 3, your main plot line for the first... Third of the game is about finding your daughter. Geralt is a set character with his own backstory, and history and he has a VERY clear cut personality. The game's choices revolve not around how Geralt acts, but what he does. There is a ton of choice in the game, and each playthrough can turn out very different depending on what you do. However in Fallout 4, the game still treats your character like a blank slate, it's incredibly jarring because you want to create your own character and develop them out and play them the way you want to, but the game gives you very little opportunity to do that. There's very little choice, there's rarely the opportunity to just say "No" to someone, most quests only have one way of ending them and it's tough to develop your character, because stats and perks don't change how much you know or how you react to things. I could have 10 intelligence and still be wandering around not knowing what's going on, for example. It's always the same because there's just no choices. There's nothing wrong with an established backstory, but I think the problem here is that they've given you an established backstory in a world that your character isn't also established in. Unlike The Witcher 3, you're in a whole new world where you know nobody and are experiencing everything new, and the game treats you that way, it's difficult to get a sense of the character and their backstory when it's not even relevant to 99% of the game. You're too... Disconnected from everything for your backstory to make a difference. Unlike KOTOR, or the original Fallouts where you have a simple backstory for your character, you're still mostly a blank slate in a world that you haven't experienced before. The ability to make choices and decide who your character is, is still there. And unlike The Witcher 3 where you have a very set personality in a world that your character is already established in, your character in Fallout 4 has a set personality, but it's meaningless because you're not pre-established in the world and that set personality might as well not even be there. i think i repeated myself a bit too much there but thats my viewpoint
1800
« on: November 26, 2015, 07:41:01 PM »
I think what makes me more mad is that they actually got one of them right
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