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For me it's worldbuilding and story for ME (even if I prefer its combat over ME2's, worldbuilding is more of a key thing), NPCs for ME2 and combat for ME3. Mordin is one of my top favorite characters in all videogames but he isn't enough to compensate for the rest of ME2; faux one in ME3 was quite noticeably worse, but it was okay since I didn't mind that pretender dying. I played the original trilogy, with Miranda's behind as separate character and all...speaking of which, I reached the conclusion that aforesaid behind isn't there for fanservice only -- it is also a reminder that this woman talks out of her arse and is full of sh†t. I didn't mind Weeb McDweeb that much this time since I was able to eventually just swat him away like annoying blowfly that he was, and split my hatred between some kid who died and TIM the wąnker who seriously overstayed his welcome somewhere, I dunno, around 5 seconds in his ME2's intro. I plan to do a Fail Shepard run where everything goes wrong and then I'll just change class on character import for more ME3 as I can play ME pretty much endlessly but wouldn't want to go through ME2 again.

Played all 3 Mass Effects in a row and here's what I think. (Though truth be told, I'd swap middle and last parts. ME3 story might run on pure nonsensoleum, but ME2's is pretty rubbish too and gameplay-wise ME3 >>>> ME2. Poor ME2 is such a boring, claustrophobic corridor shooter tucked between the other two)

Is Amon Amarth cheesy? Are their covers? Ehhh, whatever, I just love growly ladies.

Vysotsky was what old people listened to, and I never understood hype around Kino, Nautilus Pompilius from that scene was so much better IMO. Aaaaanyway, here is my favorite Russian-singing male, who is actually Ukrainian with Roma roots.

Hmmm. I like my Russian-born singers less, well, squeaky and moar broody.

Poland does not need to "stake" anything, its security is dependent on Ukraine's survival, because Poland knows way too well what sort of neighbour russia is.

Here's the "manifesto" of the leakers. Cross entitled gamer twąt with ~*regular russian people totally do not condone the war, like at all, you guys, it's just government that's bad, totally*~ fable and you get something noxious to rival fallout in the Zone.

Jesus. Need to rinse my receptors with some classic.

You all know nothing, guys. russia already defeated Ukraine, now its fighting dastardly NATO and other evil West. And it will win, of course.

New profile picture when, Keyrock? You've been on this current Rubberface dude, like, forever!

Watched Branagh's "Death on the Nile". Wish he'd leave Poirot alone already. Also, it's amazing how Gal Gadot can't act for sh†t. I mean, she stood out in the cast where everyone were hamming it up like middle-school's drama club.

Maybe to prepare kids in controlled environment with suckitude of life? Like, if you bawl your eyes out when Atreyu's horse drowns then it'll be a bit less horrible when your own dog dies or something, which shouldn't work if a kid is smart enough to tell fiction from life. And it only can be applied to kids with normal family/environment situation anyway, kids with sh†tty family and bad places learn that life is not all sunshine and roses not from fiction. Aaaaanyway. I'm happy about derail, never liked Peter Pan anyway. I found the character himself kinda creepy, and the concept silly because who'd want to stay a kid forever when adults get to so much more fun?

I was in a mood for some Mass Effect yesterday and that led me to discovering several interesting things. Firstly is that EA's Origin is dead, long live EA app. Don't see what's the point other than uninstalling the corpse and installing new guy, because function still the same? Though wait no, because new app told me I didn't have DA:I and Andromeda uninstalled which I promptly rectified to great relief of my HD. Secondly, it appears that ME2 and 3's DLCs are now free. Great, Imma finally find out what that Citadel DLC is all about! ...hmmmmm, but to get to it I'll have to play some ME3, no way around it. Oh well. Maybe. One day. Totally.

I finished Legend, Lich, Trickster and Demon and realized just now that I can't remember nary a thing of endings. I recall Arue overtaking the arena, expanding the business and being happy running it, it was kind of awwwww and probably from Demon ending, Regill wrote a book and Lich was a special consultant, and that's about it. My guess is that my brain partially shut down for that dreadfully dull last part of the game and was a bit late in waking up to read ending slides. Same as in KM I ain't be jumping through bullsh†t loops for ~special~ ending, but I plan to finish with Aeon, because that's the one and only ending Areelu deserves and therefore is true one.

Nah, it's not ugly because it's 2D, plenty of fugly 3D games like e.g. Morrowind, this one is ugly because it's just really really ugly. Not as ugly as Undertale, but certainly close. I really liked Forgotten City for the most part, that sequence with combat was fun too, but I got one of endings which wasn't the "true" one and then suddenly lost all interest so I still don't know what's its deal. Guess the ending I got was satisfying enough.

They also remind me of classic BSOD, but I think their job is to draw attention away from how ostentatiously ugly the rest of the game is, and they do this job quite well. Hoo boy is this game ugly.

I think Gorth is building a home for a Lich. And it's well ackshually a ziqqurat, but eh, pyramid-adjacent enough. Good for you, Gorth. Liches is love. Oh, and don't forget to visit that blighted undead druid on the hill on the Wintersun map with your Lich.

Diablo Swing Orchestra sure knows how to make beautiful videos

Damn. There goes all my parties. Will have to remember not to apply this patch, at least for a while.

Bought some smoked pig ears, noses and jalapeno cheddar chips to go with this night's blandy blando mcBland lager.

Watched first two seasons of "The Killing" which was based on Danish "Forbrydelsen" which is one of my favourite TV, so yeah, I should have known and can't blame it on anything but myself. Like, what was I expecting really.

You don't say.

Aaaand yet another defenestration in russia, this time of war-related official.

Played a VN, "I was a teenage exocolonist". Well, a VN with card game attached but it was easy even for card game zero like myself, so a VN. The game sends really mixed signals and after multiple playthroughs (they're more or less mandatory if you want the full story, because the game branches quite a lot) I'm still undecided if the game is woke extreme or woke critique. Like, we're a vegan pacifist crew that fled the ****ed up by wars and climate change Earth on a museum spaceship that's fitted with AI that we treat like a regular sentient being, most of crew are transhuman but if our PC doesn't want body mods that's ok too. So woke, right? Except...we are a creepy cult complete with Supreme Leader and communal children, crew skillsets make the crew woefully unprepared for colonization, those body mods are often not just useless but downright harmful (like timid girl afraid of her own shadow equipped with hearing of a bat), we actually stole that AI, and I suspect that "veganism vs starvation" and "pacifism vs the world that wants to extinct us outta there" fights are slightly unevenly balanced. Then there's a non-binary character who is so infantile and undecided about anything in their life you cannot help but wonder if they're only non-binary because they can't decide on their gender either. Oh, and there's also a character that screams "Very horny furry bought a make-a-character kickstarter tier and this is where he and the devs compromised". There are romances too, because of course there are, and they're of the same "Disturbing dysfunction in cotton candy coating" flavor as everything else (that was a praise). Even the style follows the same pattern as text is often bleak and harsh (also often surprisingly sound at science fiction part) while art is this cutesy pokemons and other anime sh†t in pastels. In short, I loved it and thoroughly recommend it, particularly to people who like "WTF I just read/watched/played?" feeling and banana jalapeno pizza aficionados.