SleepingSilence

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Is anyone excited about Diablo IIII?

@Blackmist16

I'm honestly so done with Blizzard as a company. That I refuse to buy their products. Nor have I gone back to play any of them, ever since their more blatant acts of censorship. But with that said, I did play and mostly enjoy the previous three games in the series. (Only after it was updated, in the third's case.)

So, while I most certainly won't be purchasing it myself. (Especially in the current era of "this won't be good at all when released.") My friends will probably force me to play with them. So, maybe I'll play it anyway. (Since Torchlight 3 decided to suck.) We'll see.

What Are You Listening To?

Technically this, but it isn't music.


But the last group I listened to is Ninja Sex Party. :P

Post a random fact about yourself.

So, as someone who loves me a piece of pumpkin pie. This pumpkin spice Keurig stuff I bought is borderline disgusting. Even with add-ons to mask it. (Probably being the worst flavored coffee I've ever had.)

In contrast, cinnamon coffee is fantastic. (And yes, these are indisputable facts.)

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

@Blackmist16 Here's pretty much all I remember from my experience when I played as a teennager. Aside from the villian's "I want to destroy the world to fix it" shtick. (And I don't count that as a spoiler, since that's every bad JRPG plot ever.)

*picks up a cookie*

Voiceover: "Ah, chocolate chip. The kind my grandma used to make before she died in my arms. I can remember her telling me that life was like a cookie. Sweet, but fragile and easily broken. Now I miss my grandma, and my also dead friends. Because I'm cold and alone, now. And I don't even have anything left to eat..." *goes on for two more paragraphs.*

Soundtrack was nice, though.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Recommendations were duly noted.

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@BangoSkank I have and sucked at both of them too. (As I do with most modern FPS's.) But Metro 2033 is certainly a more linear experience. From what I played of it. So you might actually be able to tell where the hell you're supposed to be going. If the open world setting/immediate early difficulty of Stalker had turned you off. (And it's often touted as a far more polished game than Stalker. So if you have any interest in it, it sounds like the Redux version is superior.)

On another topic what moment in a video game made you cry? For me it was pretty much all of Dragon Quest 11 the feelz were 4 reelz.

@Blackmist16

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. Just kidding, that 'underrated' game sucks and is the most pretentious sad game I've ever played.

But I'd honestly have to think for a bit about that, because I don't know if anything in particular comes to mind. Especially, when it comes to becoming teary-eyed. But in terms of an emotional gut punch? Maybe Season One of Telltale's Walking Dead?

TOP 10 GREATEST RP FAILURES NOT CLICKBAIT YOU WON’T BELIEVE THESE TRUE STORIES 😱😱😱

Perhaps, I can chalk up this whole year as my greatest roleplaying failure. Since it's been the first one in a long while that's made me not want to keep trying. (A mindset that I acknowledge doesn't really help anything.)

Though I've probably written a full novella's length of content, with just all the introductions or beginning posts that have been almost entirely wasted. Due to usually unexplained reasons that I still understand wholeheartedly. But everyone else's motivation slump, has most certainly impacted my own. (With the single positive caveat, that I don't think any of them ended on bad terms.) But there's only so much a single man can hear. "Wow, your post is excellently written." from a partner that never ends up replying/posting more to it. Which feels like how half of my year was spent.

Yet the other half is arguably worse. Since almost all of my long-term partners have also needed to take a break in recent months. So, whether it has anything to do with me or not. I don't think that it matters. Since the worst 'failure' that can happen in roleplays, are things that kill the fun in them. (And boy, has this year managed to do its damndest.)

So I suppose my biggest personal issue that I can find and work on in the future, is that my time management has gotten abysmal. But the fact that I'm posting on a spam forum page at midnight, is probably not a good step to fixing that problem. (But there's always another day?)

What Are You Listening To?

*My favorite place to find new music is shutting down this year. Because this year really wants to disappoint me.*

And the other particular decent tracks I've heard the past few days are bands I already knew and liked anyway.

(With this being one of the few exceptions.)

The Official RPG Writer's Club!

Sounds like a novel idea, if I do say so myself. So long as it can stay active and focused on the writing.

And perhaps, something like a writer's group would help motivate me to work on a solo project. Instead of simply throwing in the towel and going on my first real/extended hiatus, at a time where I've outlasted one too many of my roleplaying partners this year. Though really, I'd much rather have the excuse to keep at it.

So, do keep your fellow guildmates updated on if you decide to go through with this. And I do genuinely hope it succeeds.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Yeah, you should expect everything to be about Cyberpunk 2077 for a while. Whether it's Skyrim levels of hyped praise, or No Man Sky levels of buyers remorse. (Even if I don't think anything will be particularly impartial, until later down the line.)

Though like the latter, I've already seen people talking about how people should be "lowering their expectations". But the devs, like No Man Sky, are at least partially to blame for that 'high sales on day one' hype. So it's up to the actual quality to see if word of mouth does this game any favors.

But, from simply eyeing the critic reviews, which themselves tend to be worthless anyway. I see a motiff in them, each stating more or less the same things.

1. Bug-ridded. (Which is sadly 100% obvious for triple A games, and anyone at all going into a game that was delayed that many times and expecting those delays to have actually been related to bug polishing is hilarious.)
2. Praise for characters/story. (If this part holds up as true. It already wins the war. Since, like Skyrim, it's top notch gameplay isn't why that game has still sold gangbusters. Plus, anyone can write off bugs or wait for an update to fix a broken game mechanic. Your story and characters, especially in games like this, is ultimately the most important aspect.)
3. "This game isn't my favorite or particularly fantastic or anything." *Proceeds to name drop other bug-riddled launched games like Witcher 3 or TLOU2* 10/10 (Proving how goddamn useless modern critics and their scores are, if I've ever needed another example.)

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So aside from playing some Borderlands 2 with a friend that's never played it before and wanted to. I got some Steam X-mas presents early. So I've downloaded Ori and The Will Of the Wisps. (Which I heard is their attempt to be more like Hollow Knight. So, I wonder how accurate 'poor man's Hollow Knight' will fit the game's description. Though frankly, I could use more Metroidvania games in my life.

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

1. Shameless - We Were Sharks
2. Change - Pale Waves
3. Gauze - Aesop Rock
4. Sodom & Gomorrah - SODOM
5. Prayer - Keaton Henson
6. If We Make It Through December - Phoebe Bridgers
7. Same House - Sara Keys
8. Icons Crown - Cipher Sight
9. Poison Prescribed As Medicine - Outline In Color
10. Intrasport - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard