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How long has the Uncharted 4 trailer existed and nobody told me? Saw it last night on my The Last of Us feed. "One last time" is selling me. I hated the idea of Uncharted 4 when it was announced, I don't like franchises to overstay their welcome. But if this is truly going to be the last, count me in!

What you would do in an entirely hypothetical situation doesn't amount to much. It's not unheared of, or even rare, for people engaged in artistic endeavors to want their creations to have a meaning. The ones that do are often valued more for the attempt.

I'd only agree with that if there's an expansion that builds upon those hints. If it's going to be addressed in a future game 3 or 4 years down the road, I'm not a fan of these unresolved plot points. Largely because as we've seen from previous Bio games where there are "cliff hangers" or unexplained events to come, they always end up falling short. Either the plot gets forgotten or marginalized (Morrigan with the Old God Baby). The only time these cliff hangers get acceptably fleshed out is through an immediate expansion/DLC. I'd actually prefer if they just wrap up all loose ends by the end of a given game. That way they're not tying their hands when the next game comes around, and don't have to include stuff that may not fit the new story, just so that the old story no longer has any unresolved storylines. I'm hoping there's a DLC investigating what is going on in the Anderfels, then a "Wolf Hunt" DLC similar to Witch Hunt but looking for Fen'Harel. I think the overarching story of the games is the wrath of the Elven gods, and if the next game is going to Tevinter (conveniently right next to Arlathan) then that would be a perfect plot point to pick up. I just think Mythal and Fen'Haral are such interesting entities they deserve more than a DLC to cover them. They deserve entire games. Anderfels needs to be an entire game. You could give the Grey Wardens the Inquisition treatment, most have disappeared and now you're the new First Warden managing Weisshaupt. Have to recruit new Wardens and re-establish the order. Bonus points for being the region with the only other Dwarven kingdom.

I'm excited for Gat out of Hell when I found out it actually has a new map. The biggest thing I dislike about IV is it reusing Steelport. That and cars being useless a couple missions in.

I'm not sure how you expect Halo's AI to apply to a game like Dragon Age. The characters don't retreat to charge their shields. So you can't have the AI come after them and flank their cover. It has an agro and taunt mechanic, too. So you even have control over their targeting.

Because he's not actually speaking, he's a wraith. I've seen a couple of people coming up with ideas for a Men v Orcs sequel where you have a ranking system for allies. It's just fan stuff, but getting enough positive reaction I hope it's considered for any potential sequel. It would be quite interesting, especially if you take out Branding. Just have Captains and Generals for the men faction with traits you can call out to help take on Warchiefs. Some friendly Captains could also refuse to ally with the PC, giving reason to favor some over others in going up the chain.

Branding is taking the fun out of Shadows of Mordor. Maybe I shouldn't be playing on normal, I guess. You brand the bodyguards of one Warchief, then you call him out, he'll be surrounded by hostiles and easy pickings. Then once you brand him, it goes downhill. Want to take out a Captain/Bodyguard? Just send your Warchief. Then call the other Warchiefs out one by one and they're surrounded by 5 hostiles. Even when I got ambushed by one of those Captains that stalks you all it did was end up giving me yet another ally after two wraith/flurry combos. I think I'm going to take a step back, make bodyguards out of every Captain I really like, and kill the rest. That way I can finally get some real rivals. I haven't had one since that guy I killed twice. First time I killed him, he came back with an eyepatch. Second time he came back, his entire face was wrapped in bandages/burlap. He's branded now, but he's the only one I ever established a real rapport with.

Got brand and branded nearly every Uruk in the starting area. I killed a few Captains by accident, mainly because the stun/flurry combo likes to blow up heads on enemies that aren't immune to it. And there was that one Warchief who I blew the head up because he had no intel to give me, but that was an accident, I swear.

Played more Shadows of Mordor, killed my first Warchief! What surprised me is he brought a bodyguard, but I intentionally killed his. This guy claimed to be someone I'd killed before, but darned if I remember him. I don't know if he's the same bodyguard or a different guy the Warchief picked up as a replacement. Took me a little while to figure out a strategy and I had to run away and heal a few times, which made it all the more exciting. The shield guys were really the only trouble to be had in it, so I would take my time at range picking them off with a bow before running in and smacking the Warchief around. Doing a stun, combo, finisher is seeming a bit overpowered. Heck, I killed the bodyguard in one combo that way. Edit: Also, I was doing a bow mission and right before I get the last kill a Captain shows up. Trying to deal with him another Captain shows up. I plug the first Captain with an arrow to complete the mission and try wrestling with the second Captain. Then my frickin Nemeses shows up. I quickly dispatch Captain 2 with the stun-combo, and try to do it to my Nemesis. Sadly, he's immune to almost everything except the thing nobody's immune to. Drain. So I stand there and drain him to death. Drain is also overpowered if you can get the enemy alone.

The Templars still seem like complete jerks, though. Vivienne does a good job of advocating.

Tier 3 masterwork armor is called superb, FYI. Just so you don't go running around wondering why you can't find it.

I decided to try out Shadow of Mordor. Just to try it out. Next thing I know, I've killed like 6 Captains. Including two that were hanging out together at a Stronghold. And I already have a nemesis in a guy I had to run away from.

A good villain is a character with a clear motivation who acts in support of a goal. Not unlike a good hero. Vader fit that criteria. He wanted to protect the Empire in Star Wars, he wanted to capture Luke in Empire, and he wanted to turn Luke in Jedi. The actions in support of those goals are clear and unambiguous. Anakin, by contrast, has actions that nobody is buying as supporting his goal. He wants to get powerful in Dark Side by killing children so he can save his wife. That's too convoluted to care. Depth is a secondary concern, but a welcome one. Too many try for depth and in the process lose sight of having their actions being in support of their goals. As if they spend all their time adding sympathy to the motive they're no longer sure how to justify the villainous actions.

Requisition quests are chores, literally.

DA:I and loving every minute of it. I want to play Shadows of Mordor too, but can't drag myself away.

Nobody starts as a writer. They become one by trying. If you don't want to, that's up to you.

I'm really enjoying this game so far. We'll see if Act 2 and beyond let me down. Got to Skyhold and got my specialization. I have to say they've done something really incredible here with their environments, both in scope and grandeur.

They struggle in every country unless they get really lucky. Even the USA which supposedly has a big market has the overwhelming majority of its writers only doing it as a second job. Something they're passionate about sharing. I'd advise you to still try, though, if you're really interested in your concepts. There's always self-pub.

You are a: Centrist Moderate Collectivism score: 0% Authoritarianism score: 0% Internationalism score: 0% Tribalism score: 0% Liberalism score: 0% What an odd name for "picked maybe on everything without reading it."

I'm really enjoying it. It has some of the best exploration I've seen outside of a Souls game. I'm worried about the travelling becoming wearisome before I get done with the game, though. Because there's a looooot of it.

Cut the personal bickering. There is an ignore feature, make use of it if you can't help yourself.

I thought the narrator sounded like gravelly Patrick Stewart.

Got my PS4 yesterday and started playing. After a couple restarts trying to figure out what character I wanted, I finally ended up with a female qunari warrior that doesn't look like crap. Actually looks better out of that horrible green character creation light. I got 2 hours in, just to the formation of the Inquisition.

Are you drunk again, Wals?

You think that's bad? Just wait until you visit the same cave for the umpteenth time. Not an extremely similar cave from a cookie cutter mold (ala Oblivion), not even a mirrored version of the cave, the same exact cave. Trust me, you are going to be intimately familiar with said cave before the game is through. Hey, let's be fair, most caves have differences between each other. In one cave, the conspicuously placed rectangular doorway is free and clear In another, it's filled in with cement.