IndiraLightfoot
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I really like to compliment my earlier post about the sound track with this important caveat! First and foremost, it's the strings that dominate the tune that I find too synthetic and squeaky cold in relation to those warm, almost southern France and Spain landscape of Dyrwood (at least colour-wise). JFSOCC's tune captured that nicely. So, if anything, a choice of a warmer, smoother instrument (or simply another set of strings), would do this melancholic track even more justice. I love that it is sparse and everything about it! -
Well, I bought that Zeus-Poseidon game at GOG (Yay! We won!! A few cents...). Downloading it now.
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A 3D overland map with effects or a 2D map with a fitting font? Hmm. I guess I'd be happy either way, but as for now, a beautiful parchment map that's drawn like those illustration cards they'll use for "You see a steep ledge and a one-eyed accordion-player. What will you do?", tickles my fancy the most.
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JFSOCC: What a wonderful track, and you have really picked something that fits the setting we get to see in the images as well (Dyrwood). Almost, some somber Don Quixote and Sancho Panza theme. Heh, and that cave in the video with all the bones in front of it: It looks like a certain bloody bunny scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail.
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Justin: I wholeheartedly agree with Ffordesoon's praise. It lends a brilliant mood to the Dyrwood village scenes! My only concern with it is what I think Sensuki is after in his posts: Truthfully, nothings final till the game ships! I also find that those upper midrange strings dominate the track. Or, put more bluntly: they are not a very good synthesizer version of strings. They sound too digital, and as if some thin membrane is blocking any warm or organic feel there ever was - almost like those Yamaha synthesizers of the mid-80s! I would really see you try another set of warmer and more authentic strings. But you could experiment with some flutes or oboes as well.
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If it ever comes to pass that the sacred poem to which both heaven and earth have set their hand, so as to have made me lean for many years, should overcome the cruelty that bars me from the fair sheepfold where I slept as a lamb, an enemy to the wolves that make war on it, with another voice now and other fleece, I shall return a herald of difficult truths. Sire, you who dub yourself TooLeetForYou, have a journey of self-examination before you. It is full of hardships, where your perceived comforts of bombastic digital self-assertion gives way to humility and the ever so menacing contingencies of life and death. Or more succinctly put: You have a real life out there, live it for quite a while, and come back when you have some wisdom and patina to show for yourself. *** No worries, mate. I'm trolling a bit, but there are grains of truth in it as well, and hopefully most of you guys recognize it for what it is.
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@Meshugger:
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BruceVC: By golly! I'd be darned if I didn't!
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Walsingham, a warm thank you for that pearl of wisdom, hopefully a jagged little pill for those snubby twats who just ruminate the same laissez faire-arguments over and over again in threads like this. Some of us are old enough, and have life experience enough, to recall a world where democracies and fair justice systems were something that you had to fight for and defend, and then these very same entities took active participation and engagement that went light years beyond being ****y over the internet in endless ego-bloated fits of snotty regurgitations. I share your sentiment and anger over this new disorder of things.
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But in a weird way, Snowden is the instigator, and those journalists carried out the crime of spreading it. And as for making them look bad, I think the government/FBI/whatever flashed teeth almost immediately, so I'm more interested in how people could keep up a relation with Snowden for a few months and then get away with it. Freedom of speech, surely, but it seems they played a pretty active role.
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Elerond: Thanks for your reply! That makes a lot of sense, but for one thing: I mean, as journalists they must have been aware that the stuff they were spreading on was highly classified info. How about that issue?
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From Wikipedia: Timeline Main article: Timeline of global surveillance disclosures (2013–present) The Mira hotel in Hong Kong, where Edward Snowden hosted his first meeting with Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and journalist Ewen MacAskill of The Guardian[87] In April 2012, NSA contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents.[88] That year, Snowden had made his first contact with journalist Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian and he contacted documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras in January 2013.[89][90] 2013 In May 2013, Snowden went on temporary leave from his position at the NSA, citing the pretext of receiving treatment for his epilepsy. He traveled to Hong Kong.[91] Towards the end of May, Snowden flew to Hong Kong.[92] Greenwald, Poitras and the Guardian's defence and intelligence correspondent Ewen MacAskill flew to Hong Kong to meet Snowden. June After the U.S.-based editor of The Guardian held several meetings in New York City, it was decided that Greenwald, Poitras and the Guardian's defence and intelligence correspondent Ewen MacAskill would fly to Hong Kong to meet Snowden. On June 5, in the first media report based on the leaked material,[93]The Guardian exposed a top secret court order showing that the NSA had collected phone records from over 120 million Verizon subscribers.[94] Under the order, the numbers of both parties on a call, as well as the location data, unique identifiers, time of call, and duration of call were handed over to the FBI, which turned over the records to the NSA.[94] Snowden perhaps may be a traitor and a whistle blower, but one thing escapes me: Why aren't those journalists in jail for treason as well? Just because they are journalists, working in newspapers, is that making them immune to any such charges? Anybody here knows something more about those issues? Freedom of speech is obviously a corner stone.
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Np! And like you I get my sweetest mythological fix from the Greek pantheon. I have loved those stories since I was a kid.
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Keyrock: Voted. Btw, the game looks great, and as I couldn't find it on Steam, I may pick it up as well tomorrow.
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Those were the days, truly! I also drew all the maps, sometimes in isometric perspective (before CRPGs! ). It took days and days. That element of creativity as a DM was sometimes more fun than the actual PnP sessions. It even helped me to get good at various stuff in RL work. I have much to be thankful for, and this is one of those major defining things, no doubt. Engineering paper was your friend. Any CRPG that can bring back that creative aspect of RPGing really, really well will be praised for ever and ever! (NWN1 and NWN2 certainly came close, but those toolkits really need to get simpler and easier to use.)
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Ich singe aus angst vor dem dunkeln ein lied und hoffe, dass nichts geschieht. ein bisschen frieden, ein bisschen sonne auf dieser erde, auf der wir wohnen. ein bisschen frieden, ein bisschen freude, ein bisschen wärme, das wünsch ich mir. ein bisschen frieden, ein bisschen träumen und dass die menschen nicht so oft weinen. ein bisschen frieden, ein bisschen liebe, dass ich die hoffnung nie mehr verlier. Here are some sweet words that I assure you are anything but sinister, regardless of their extreme clustering of consonants.
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How does PoE innovate?
IndiraLightfoot replied to Zeckul's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
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How does PoE innovate?
IndiraLightfoot replied to Zeckul's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I think, the essence of this trepidation/concern that many people feel over PE actually comes from the fact that Obsidian is leaving no stones unturned. Josh & Co are very thorough, and I commend them for that. It's intrepid and indeed innovative. For us that have followed the PE subforums from the KS and onwards, we have seen how far and extensive this new take on CRPG really is. Mechanics, systems, loot, etc., everything gets deconstructed. It's very exciting, but it also comes with huge risks. If they had gone for a Pathfinder version of PE, we wouldn't see this many concerned posts about it, and most likely the vitriol level would be lower overall. Personally, I just can't wait to see what they've come up with and how it feels gameplay-wise. -
Like I've said before, us PnP D&D veterans had and still has a huge advantage!
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That shield is humongous, Bendu! I love it!! It's like a sarcophagus lid. It's so bizarre!
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Agreed. But for some reason, Hamlet never makes me cry. Is it perhaps a tad too wordy drama?
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Oh, a gif of a man trying to disguise the fact that he's crying his heart out.
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Me too, Sarex! And BG2 was no 3 on my all-time top-10 CRPG list recently, so I'd say it's a fantastic game overall! http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/65082-your-favourite-game-list-after-rpgcodex-revealed-theirs/ My list, however, also shows that employees at Obsidian are responsible for 6 out of 10 games on my list, so I really do trust that they will make something that's at least good. And Josh is right about one thing, that darn Imoen hunt at the start of BG2 was the worst part, especially for us that almost loathe Imoen to begin with. :/
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You are right about that. It's no use denying it, but I wonder if it was more like "Look at our glorious past and our credentials! Expect something equally good and deep etc..."? Nonetheless, it certainly got a lot of people backing their KS.
