Everything posted by Tale
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Origin isn't only EA games. https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/browse/ubisoft Admittedly, Ubisoft seems to be the only other publisher I can find on board with them. Activision, Namco, 2K, don't seem to.
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What's on the idiot box... Part 3
How did I not discover Supernatural before now?
- Mass Effect 4 Thoughts and opinions
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A rant on KOTOR 2
Star Wars canonicity is a complicated affair. Suffice to say though that TOR is in the same boat as both KOTORs officially.
- Mass Effect 4 Thoughts and opinions
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The Ebola Threat
We probably will, so that's not saying much. The patient was sent home while symptomatic. I won't be the least bit surprised if one of the family members comes down with it. But you're still right the situation doesn't warrant it. There's no reason to think this is going to become an epidemic on US soil. It's an excuse for fearmongers to ply their trade and complain. I say this living near Dallas. My sister visited that hospital last week. Of course, her husband is a germaphobe who talks about burning clothes even when there's no reports of deadly viruses in the city. That's fun. :/
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A rant on... Mass Effect 3
There's a massive gap between content cut from an early script, then implemented later as DLC, and content cut from the game itself to sell as DLC.
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Mass Effect 4 Thoughts and opinions
Unless it turns out that it's being developed as a serial-numbers-filed-off Farscape fangame, I don't see myself giving it the time of day. I might pop into threads of other people discussing it to make some off-topic snarky comment that only displays the bitterness I thought long gone. But that's like the limit.
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A rant on KOTOR 2
The only problem with a female Exile is that Disciple is terrible. The Handmaiden is Kreia's daughter, for crying out loud. Edit: Is it just me or does that sound like Wil Wheaton with something caught in his throat?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
I am only allowed to tell you two things. But by telling you that, is it a third thing? There is a Keep beta and I am in it.
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A rant on KOTOR 2
How dare you use that name here. I'm sticking with my headcanon where that's a brainwashed handmaiden.
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A rant on KOTOR 2
How dare you use that name here.
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Escapist claims Windows 10 "contains keylogger"
Escapist isn't claiming this, it's reporting on a Slashdot post. Which comes from a user submission, which is talking about a winbeta.org post. I never understand why people don't actually follow these links to their source before linking them. Winbeta is the only one doing any actual reporting. They should be what's linked.
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A rant on... Mass Effect 3
Even I'm tired of ranting about Mass Effect 3. I just want to put it in a box with the prequel trilogy and forget it exists.
- Mishandled development
- Mishandled development
- Josh Sawyer on Quest Staggering and why BG2 might have had it right
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Rant on Dark Souls
They actually don't make classes. The "class" is just a starting setup. It's starting stats and equipment. And they have to refill Estus pretty frequently. Nor are there Smith's everywhere. You're not going to walk from Seath's to undead burg without hitting a bonfire just to repair sword. "Technically" is irrelevant. In reality, nobody avoids bonfires. Everyone deals with the respawn. Most builds include a magic component, whether it by pyromancy, sorcery, or miracle because this is not the big deal you are making it out to be.
- Is Might a Dump Stat? Is Perception THE DPS stat?
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Rant on Dark Souls
Weapons are not unlimited, they have durability, though for most weapons it doesn't go down as fast as magic. Nobody avoids bonfires unless they're doing a challenge run. That's kind of why you have two weapon slots, there's little reason to just pick sorcery and avoid weapons entirely. It's not that kind of game where you just pick a class. Most of the time you should be allotting stats based on what you need at the moment, or what you know you're going to need shortly. And until you get to a point where you have enough magic slots and spells to use all day long, you'll want some minimum stats for a weapon of your choice.
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Rant on Dark Souls
It never seems like a good idea to try and be "pure" mage in souls games. Get up some stats for weapons until you get those new spells. I played sorcerer through DS1, but used my Baldur Side Sword for most trash until I got enough spells I could afford to waste 'em.
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Wasteland 2 Kickstarted
Good news, it runs on my computer smoothly. Bad news is it's a bad FPS smooth and would likely cause headaches, so I won't be playing it.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
I didn't even know he left Bioware.
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Rant on Dark Souls
Blast that stinking dragon temple or whatever it is in DS2. I wiped so many times on the boss that the enemies stopped respawning. I get the sense that mechanic was a added at the last minute to make up for improper design. DS2 was poorly thought out. It's an anti-grind measure, more or less. It's as well thought out a game as any other RPG of the last two decades.
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Rant on Dark Souls
Blast that stinking dragon temple or whatever it is in DS2. I wiped so many times on the boss that the enemies stopped respawning.