In Souls everyone ostensibly shares the same world to a degree. The balance issues with online elements would be absurd with people using different options but entering each other’s worlds as well. Do you get around this by fragmenting the community into their own optionally-selected gardens? Force those not playing…

Strongest argument I have against difficulty options in Dark Souls is online play balance and possible fragmentation of the community as a result. How to balance cooperative and invasion elements with multiple players with different difficulties? That would be a significant challenge to make work correctly.

One on one they are pretty manageable, especially the shielded ones since they are very susceptible to guard break critical. The scythe ones are pretty intimidating though, and dangerous to roll through their attacks. Can’t count the number of times the backswing sent my character flying comically high following a…

I’d rather developers focus on creating the experience as they see fit. If balancing that experience means creating a game that’s unpalatable by some people, that is their prerogative. If they wish to use efforts to balance it in different ways to make it palatable for all through multiple difficulties or training…

No idea what legs you are using but I’m rocking the same gear but with brigand leggings. You say stupidest, I say ridiculously badass!

Came to find out today where the mysterious blue invader was from. I am now a mysterious blue invader myself.

Ah, thanks. I either overlooked that or haven’t encountered them yet. I thought it might be something like that, wasn’t completely sure.

Last night I was invaded by a red player, normal invader. We were having a nice fight for the first couple of minutes, but then I was invaded again by a blue phantom who could attack me and could attack the invader. They both turned on me and proceeded to gank me.

Stumbled into this let’s play shortly after the first episode went live, and followed it all the way to the end. Such an amazing LP, still one of my favorites on YT from all time. Kind of odd yet interesting to see it featured in an article, let alone a book, and even more odd and interesting that I guessed the…

It’s a level more complex than DA Origins. DAO trimmed back the tactical elements a bit but the spirit is still there, I guess. If you enjoyed that element of DAO, BG is very much got more of that to offer, more uncompromising and brutally difficult if not prepared, though.If you had/have any love for the AD&D 2E & 3E…

Mostly true. The in-game dialogue in story mode alternates between mostly boring and occasionally cringey but some of the cinematics are worth sticking it out for.

I played maybe two hours of Witcher 2 before putting it aside and never touched 1, but 3 has been an absolute blast. It’s not quite the Elder Scrolls meets Dark Souls of my dreams but damn if it isn’t the closest to that dream yet available.

Mashing one button over and over is at its essence the sole combat mechanic of every FF ever.

I think you're asking for too much there.

Not a fan of piracy. But seeing as I was left with no real other convenient options aside from getting cable I don't want and paying for 300 channels I wouldn't watch, and additionally not wanting to wait an entire year, I installed and ran Bittorrent for one very specific reason earlier this year, and then almost…

Now I have a good idea why SimCity Deluxe disappeared from the app store.

There used to be a 'SimCity Deluxe' which was pretty much SimCity 4 Lite, and it was good. It appears to have silently disappeared and been replaced by this tripe. Kind of pisses me off because I spent good money on the other one, and now it's gone. Like, completely gone. Kinda of pissed at EA now that I see this…

Final Fantasy Tactics

'Modern' as in 'Modernist Architecture,' a movement that started back around the 30s.

This is such high-quality bullshit, I expect this comment to sprout a mushroom at any moment.