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[HoonDing]

I thought it was a badger/possum hybrid.

[Hawke64]

Larian's D&D Game

Act 2 (ending sequence)

Spoiler

Got a rapier from Mizora when playing as Wyll. Was also allowed to share the circumstances surrounding the contract, but no one asked.
In general, this kind of information should have been provided at the start of the game, like a short playable level or, if it is too resource-consuming, a text-based journal entry, but in this case, the player should know what the character knows.

Well, Jaheira got stuck as a follower again and I didn't want to replay ~1 hour. Hopefully, I won't get soft-locked later.

The party is looking like Power Rangers and I still mix up Gale and Wyll from the max camera distance (too similar robes). Should get another robe.

 

[HoonDing]

[Hawke64]

Act 3 (some spoilers)

Spoiler

Another day in Baldur's Gate, I suppose.

I was wondering why the party was in combat while there were no foes around.

Jaheira became hostile but still playable.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Hawke64

[Hawke64]

Act 3. Spoilers for Orin's quest.

Spoiler

How the battle actually went.

What the cut-scene showed. Though, I do appreciate the ability to apply all the tools the game gives and avoid the obviously dumb (talking to the bosses) options.

I approve the reasonable NPC naming - a Flaming Fist called Fist who clearly does not have quests or information.

The great battle of the fireworks store.

No laws of space can stop the officers of the law.

Act 3. Companion quests.

Spoiler

Moving the boss to a more convenient position. Could have teleported out, but there was another target in the area, so just got far enough to avoid aggro'ing everyone in the hall.

The party just took and the key and let Godey continue his ambushing.

He was already standing in the sun's rays. Magical, granted, but still.

Then the cleric proceeded murdering everyone else. Successfully.

[HoonDing]

[marelooke]

Been a little while, IAE2953 (Intergalactic Aerospace Expo) has come and gone, so got to mess around with lots of ships during the free fly...

Alien ships:

Spoiler

Banu Defender:

Aopoa Khartu-al, this ship gives me Reaper vibes...

Gatac Syulen

 

Human stuff:

Spoiler

Crusader C1

Origin 600i atmospheric entry:

MISC Hull A, a small cargo ship:

The party trick of the Hull-series is that they "expand" and fold out cargo panels that the cargo then sticks to:

Got a mission to salvage one of these Hull A's and, well, there's a wee bit of a size difference between a small cargo ship and a "heavy freighter", like the Drake Caterpillar (though there's much bigger cargo ships now)

Speaking of salvage, a Drake Vulture leaving Orison atmosphere:

One of my favourites, the RSI Constellation Andromeda:

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Microtech can be damn pretty

One of the things that's really hard to convey is the sense of scale, some of these things are just massive:

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Like this Aegis Reclaimer (there's humans for scale, might need to search for them a bit though):

This is my character next to the front landing gear:

Of this Origin 890 Jump:

It's pretty, for sure, but damn, is it huge (largest player-flyable ship in the game currently, if I'm not mistaken):

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by marelooke

[HoonDing]

[Hawke64]

Wyll's companion quest.

Spoiler

It was tempting just to kill Gortash then and there.

I tired to stop Mizora from appearing in the mission. Unfortunately, somehow she got un-petrified.

Just leaped to the target with the Invisibility and placed the explosive avoiding all combat. While it is not exactly interactive, I am glad that the running part was a cut-scene.

It was rather annoying that it was a locked door and I had the spell to unlock doors, but could not use it on this specific door (and 2-3 others, but the inconsistency was still irritating).

Couldn't use the Invisibility spell here either, but Sanctuary was working. I understood the intended course of action - to break the crystals and get magic resistance, but the beauty of the immersive sims is to find the most efficient and ridiculous solutions. Probably, should have tried destroying the statues.

Not sure if poking the corpse was mandatory.

End-game.

Spoiler

Jaheira stayed invisible and did not soft-lock the game.

After updating, the texture resolution went to this, while the dynamic crowds persisted, despite turning them off. I don't know what I else I expected.

Epilogue.

Spoiler

The tressym is lovely, with the wings animated and all. About half of the textures being either blurry or missing is the opposite.

 

[HoonDing]

[LadyCrimson]

On 11/28/2023 at 10:36 PM, HoonDing said:

I thought it was a badger/possum hybrid.

I came here to say maybe a loose basis could be something like the red panda, but then I saw the more recent pic you posted (I think it's the same thing?) where I can now see that the full body looks closer to an armadillo, so...never mind. 

[Hawke64]

Epilogues (Dark Urge)

Spoiler

Epilogues (Githyanki)

Spoiler

The PC was not Lae'zel.

Epilogues (general)

Spoiler

After the patch the hair seems to be at some distance from the scalp.

Act 3 (Dark Urge, Orin's questline)

Spoiler

The butler took too long to resurrect and the MC had to talk to himself. Tragic.

Not constrained by the gravity either.

The only good part of the Dark Urge Origin - the butler opens the Temple doors without the need to go through the battle against a lvl 16 boss.

While the summons do not work anymore, Thunderwave still does.

A Bhaalist tossed a coin for my performance after killing their boss.

Elves do not sleep, though. They meditate for 4 hours (instead of sleeping for 8 like humans).

 

[Gfted1]

"Piss yourself."

[Hawke64]

Act 3 (House of Hope)

Spoiler

Somehow hoped to be able to say that he had Boo. Also to recruit a lvl 12 hireling, as the PC was lvl 7.

The enemy AI worked in my favour and walked through the Cloud of Daggers (upcasted) and Insect Swarm. The party courageously took cover in the nearest room with 1 entrance.

One of the traditional CRPG boss battles - the boss does not appear until the whole party sits in the room and the columns that empower the boss cannot be destroyed in advance. Fortunately, the sorc/bard PC and the druid had enough charges of Invisibility between them to cover the whole party and Hope and pull out of the room. Then the only lvl 12 companion under Greater Invisibility was shooting Raphael without triggering combat. Didn't kill but damaged well enough.

Couldn't tell him that I just didn't like Raphael and his 666HP.

Act 3 (ending)

Spoiler

Realised that I could switch to another companion and shoot the Flaming Fist and did that. The allies disapproved.

Then everyone but the merchant disappeared and the civilians killed the merchant.

Was curious if I could defeat the Netherbrain on Tactician with under-levelled party. I could

Act 3 (Good Dark Urge unique epilogue)

Spoiler

 

[marelooke]

Was just flying around, looting outposts for free armour/weapons, you know, as you do

When I noticed someone had parked a Reclaimer on a hill outside, leading to some pretty eery atmosphere...

Especially with Crusader in the night sky...

Felt the urge to go running around trying to make better screenshots, but I couldn't be sure the Cutter parked outside the outpost, or the Reclaimer itself were unmanned, and I didn't feel like getting shot.

So I just circled the area a bit and decided to just peace out after a while.

[HoonDing]

delete

Edited December 10, 2023 by HoonDing

[HoonDing]

[LadyCrimson]

The biggest animal I've "adopted" so far. My chr. is in there somewhere, lower left. Probably won't keep it, but yeah, it's big. When it walks next to me, all I see is a bit o' legs.
Keep meaning to do another collage of pets but ... lazy...

Edited December 12, 2023 by LadyCrimson

[Gfted1]

Is it wearing a "backpack" that helps carry stuff?

[LadyCrimson]

2 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Is it wearing a "backpack" that helps carry stuff?

Short answer: It's wearing a backpack, but sadly no it doesn't have inventory.

There are different accessories for them, altho most are deco I think. There's flashlight maybe. I think you can "point" in a direction and depending on dominant personality traits they may or may not go over and may or may not bring you some resources or a sellable treasure. But it all seems about as useful as telling a cat to fetch the morning paper. I mostly collect them (temporarily or not) for uniqueness/ funsies/lol's, just like the ships.

[LadyCrimson]

Flashlight (turns on/off with your chr's) and laser accessories. Not all fauna can wear two pieces. I've never had pets out during combat, no clue if they use the laser. Probably need an "aggressive" pet and even if they do, I'm sure it's not very effective.

I found a - hyena? dog? - animal which had six legs and unicorn horn. Hadn't seen that before. Had to have it.

The one on the right - don't you want a flying Dumbo tadpole, too?

Red misty mountains, or something.

[HoonDing]

[marelooke]

New Star Citizen patch dropped (3.22), and the thing that excites me most is the new and upgraded ... hairstyles

I did look for a screenshot with the old hair, but all I got are ones from character creation, or NPCs, because pretty much nobody, including yours truly, took off their helmets like, ever... and at least for now many people actually do. It's kinda crazy how much better all characters look by just pimping the hair...

Really interested to see what the impact of the new character creation tool will be as it will add even more options (and not just for the hair ), what we got now is just a little teaser, compared to what they showcased at Citizen Con. If nothing else the ability to actually export/import your character so you don't have to re-do things every major patch will be very welcome...

[Hawke64]

On 12/14/2023 at 9:16 PM, HoonDing said:

I find it somehow uncomfortable when there is advertisement in the game itself. By the way, the text in the lower right corner can be edited in some of the configuration files.

The Outer Worlds

The Pathless

You can pet the bird.

Steam seems to compress the images a little too much.

[HoonDing]

Bruce will marry Sarah in every universe