Is the story remotely interesting? I played a couple hours and at first I thought there was some potential in the setting for like an intentionally generic Japanese isekai type thing, like it was trying to be generic on purpose, but none of the dialogue or details were proving to be interesting in the slightest so I…

This is an underrated gem of a film. Whatever happened to Ben Foster? I was sure he was gonna be a Big Thing, between this and his absolutely delightful Charlie Prince in the 3:10 to Yuma remake.

Wait, are you telling me that when I go to Olive Garden and I sit down with a separate guy than my server in a tiny office and he calls the bank to make a show of getting me the best deal and we agree on a payment plan for stuff I don’t really want or probably fully understand to garnish my meal, then we sign…

Ryza still looking, um, thick with content, as ever.

Vagrant Story remake with the same jiggle physics in Ashley’s cheeks as in various female characters’ breasts from the last 15 years and I could die happy.

Yeah, the first half of the trailer I was like “meeehhhhh,” because yeah, we had Lightning, but the last game was just four boys (in the most objectively gay road trip ever and they still couldn’t pull the trigger), so I don’t feel like I’ve had my fill of female protags yet (incidentally, maybe that kinda FF-looking…

Do we know for sure it’s eikons and not just the more generic “icons?”

I’m also not a fan of the art style per se, as I haven’t really liked the “realistic” Final Fantasy games in a long time. They’re too uncanny.

I DO like the setting, a return to a more crystalpunk vibe—I was getting pretty burnt out on Japanese GQ fashion mag cup noodle sci-fi, so maybe those things balance one another…

I kinda dug that the “Wizarding World” motif aaalllmost felt different enough to make me forget what this comes from and I’m not sure if distancing themselves from Rowling like that is a good thing (they’re taking a stand against transphobia by disassociating the property, maybe they’ll have a trans or enby option in…

That’s how I feel. There’s no ethical consumption under blah blah blah, so like, I don’t begrudge anybody who either does or does not want to get this game. There’s good points for either choice.

But I do get the vibe that they’re trying to distance themselves from established franchise canon and norms, and doubling…

This is me. I loved D1, warts and all, and I was excited that D2 could be the foundation reboot which would take the good and let it blossom. Then it wasn’t that, it was a downgrade in most ways, the feelers of which still reach out into the rest of the game.

I have literally said to people that, when you say “Yeah but young and healthy people will be fine,” you’re also saying, “ONLY young healthy people deserve to live,” and that makes you sound like a fuckin’ eugenecist.

Agreed so much. 1 has Morrigan and Leiliana, and Alistair is alright half the time. 2 has Fenris and Varric, and tolerable moments from the rest. Inquisition though? All stars.

I mean, Vivienne and Solas in a party together my god it is AMAZING.

Inquisition is my favorite as well, and Dragon Age in general is a fantasy setting I really like--but I gave up on trying to “earn” my Inquisition playthroughs years ago. I just use the tapestry thing to make a history of the first two’s choices before starting the third.

Not all conspiracy theories are alt-right, but the Kyle Rittenhouses of the nation are definitely radicalized by alt-right conspiracy theories.

This was actually the shift in the plot and the evolution of the game that made me grow less fond of it, personally. The new direction, the fact that your tiny, cramped, intimate ship now doubles in size because you are attached to the orbiter (which is separate from the railjack for some reason, meh), the way you…

Hey, if there’s gonna be any romance here it needs to be between the obvious pairing of Jesse and Emily. Big lesbian energy there and I am all for it.

0_0 Please tell me more, because no I won’t google “proud boy shoves dildo up ass.”

I didn’t have as good a time with it as I did other Fromsoft games, either. I think that by getting rid of multiplayer and removing character customization it really lost some of its charm for me. And added to that, the parry windows are tightened more than I think is necessary, turning it into more of a technical…

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