Absolutely. I haven’t been following this game and I’d be thrilled if it was solid at launch, but we gotta keep CS:2 in mind.

They were always 343 from their founding in 2007. It didn’t form out of Bungie if that’s what you’re thinking.

Seriously, a typical D&D session might last 6 hours and you accomplish nothing of note, but you have fun! Enjoyment should not be transactional with time.

Light references can be fun but this movie was nearly fourth-wall breaking with how hard they were winking at the audience. When the character itself doesn’t even have a reason or know why they’re saying the line, just because it’s a reference, it begins to feel egregious and kinda icky. Tone helps, stuff like Deadpool can get away with it obviously but I have a hard time giving this one a pass.

They’re not good actors.

I had a similar experience tbh. Never played on release, got it a few months ago with Phantom Liberty, really had to push myself through the first “act” which honestly felt like all preamble. Jackie never felt particularly believable to me as a character, he was honestly kinda annoying with how eager he was and the “one more job and we’re out” trope, then I was clearly supposed to have grown attached because of a montage of our adventures I didn’t get to experience?

It’s definitely the perm thing lol. I remember enjoying this movie for what it is.

I have a sneaking suspicion modders will find ways to expand that repertoire.

I just felt like I ran out of things to do and there was no point to keep playing.

To each their own of course, but it sounds like you basically just “beat” the game, in the same way someone beats Animal Crossing. You just stop playing eventually. I don’t see that as a negative if you enjoyed that time.

It’s an incredible game, a love letter to all the best aspects of the Harvest Moon series. My only real gripe is the NPC characters can feel a little stale and robotic after a while, but during a first playthrough they are all full of life.

Or he’s just lying and he does worry. It’s never a good business model to show fear and uncertainty about the future.

Unfortunately, not really. If it was, it could have some schlocky entertainment value. As it is, it just doesn’t respect the audience’s time or intelligence.

Congrats to Billy Basso and to Bigmode for the positive reviews! Always good to see a new IP, studio, and even publisher come out the gate strong.

You’re right I forgot! I only remembered the headstone in the hunters dream just being there.

Closer to Bloodborne’s Amygdala, though it doesn’t take you to the DLC it does transport you somewhere else. But hey ER, BB, same difference.

The first review on the steam page sums up my thoughts pretty well. There are some mechanical decisions that I just don’t know if they will mesh with the game they’re trying to make here, like the crafting, the attack telegraphing, the death penalties, the UI “cross” a la Dark Souls. I really want to love this coming from the Ori devs, and it’s got some serious potential, but those seem like things that are gonna be tough to change at this stage.

I don’t blame the movie for sexist crap existing in the past, I blame the movie for continuing to perpetuate it in today’s world. They can redesign her however they want (unless Hasbro(?) restricts them.) They’re already re-interpreting the design into this “style” so make the giant transforming robot not conform to outdated stereotypical concepts lol.

This is good work.

I haven’t read the Primarch series myself, but one thing you have to bear in mind is that these are different authors writing the same characters, often years apart. It’s not always going to jive perfectly.

Magnus is interesting to me because for the most part he is an unwilling participant on the side of chaos. He submitted himself to servitude because he was cast aside by the “good” guys, and the ruinous powers were the only thing that could save his Sons. My theory is that he did this to bide time and maybe find a better solution one day, but for now he’s stuck being the goodest bad guy, so to speak.

Also worth remembering that the primarchs are flaaaawwwed individuals whose actions don’t always make sense (blame the quality of writing on that one if you want.) I don’t really like Russ because he’s kind of a big dumb hypocrite concerning psykers, but at the same time he would go to the ends of the earth for his legion.

Yeah that’s kinda strange. Hardware shouldn’t be included in top game sales…