redhorsejacket
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- Comment on Or Germans on the Ryanair flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Mallorca 2 days ago:
Bro, maybe the Wally world clientele is different in your neck of the woods but seeing someone with makeup on, or their hair did (leaving aside the question of quality for the time being…) is the exception to the rule.
- Comment on Criterion and Janus Films Sell to Indian Paintbrush Founder Steven Rales 5 weeks ago:
I hope this does not drastically affect their operations negatively. I’ve been trained by everything else to assume that this will result in negative impact for customers, but, as someone who literally just upgraded their home theater setup, I’m going to be salty if they lose their focus on providing the definitive experience for home video releases. Obviously, Criterion isn’t the only game in town for that sort of thing, and you could argue they miss the mark with some of their releases, but any loss of a vendor for what is becoming something of a niche hobby is a kick in the rear.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to homevideo@feddit.uk | 2 comments
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 4 Isn't Next For Larian; Something Bigger Is Coming | Spot On | Gamespot 3 months ago:
For sure. My impression is that to focus on character work in the same way as BG3 (i.e. voice acting, mocap, cinematics, etc) would have been an impossibility for the studio that made Solasta. I would guess they did not have the financial support to make that happen.
Personally, I think of it as being of a piece with the old Infinity Engine games. There was the Baldurs Gate series, which, in classic CRPG fashion, was all about player choice and character. But, side by side with those games, you had the Icewind Dale series, which was almost completely devoid of the story focus of the BG games and entirely focused on dungeon crawling and seeing how far the ruleset can be pushed.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 4 Isn't Next For Larian; Something Bigger Is Coming | Spot On | Gamespot 3 months ago:
Allow me to introduce you to Solasta: Crown of the Magister. It was the OTHER CRPG releases based on the DnD 5e system. Much smaller budget and team, but a pretty faithful recreation.
Including the fact that the game opens in a tavern with your party throwing back beer one of them might refer to as a donkey piss (depending on which personality archetype you selected for them) while they wait for their quest sponsor to show up and tell them what’s going on. In the meantime, each character introduces themselves to the others by discussing the adventure they had on the way to the present location (as an excuse to run through some tutorials). Doesn’t get much more classic DnD start than that.
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 3 months ago:
Grim Dawn is the most fun I’ve had with an ARPG in years. The class system is very interesting and, as far as I know, unique to this game. Rather than just being a barbarian or necromancer or whatever other typical ARPG class you can think of, your class is determined by selecting any 2 archetypes. For instance, maybe you like being a pet class like necromancer, but you want to have a slightly more active play style than just watching your skellingtons paint the map red. So, you mix in the Nightblade (melee rogue) class at level 10. Your new, combined class is called a Reaper, and you have access to both skill trees, free to mix and match as you wish. Very interesting playstyles can emerge from creative pairings.
I am a casual player so I can’t offer any perspective on the endgame or anything like that, but if you’re looking for something to scratch the Diablo 2 itch with a fun twist on classes,you cant go wrong with Grim Dawn.
- Comment on Sam Raimi’s Darkman gets new Scream Factory release with deleted scenes and Josh Ruben fan commentary 4 months ago:
Out of curiosity is this the Josh Ruben of Dropout.tv and the Noise Boys fame?
- Submitted 8 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 53 comments
- Comment on What games can you recommend that didn't get the appreciation that they deserved? 8 months ago:
Heyyy time to see if the benefit of 10 years helps me complete Uplink.
- Comment on Recommendations for good YT channels exploring lore and stories 9 months ago:
Jorphdan (the ph is silent) has dozens of videos exploring the lore of the Dungeons and Dragons multiverse. Those worlds have been the setting for enough videogames that I think it applies.
You might also check out Eckhart’s Ladder. He focuses primarily on Star Wars but with some digressions into Halo and other science fiction universes.
One of my personal favorite gaming essayists is Grim Beard, though his particular style may or may not gel with you. His videos are generally about a single game and often encompass a game’s conception, development, gameplay, reception, and legacy. It’s not exactly a lore channel, per se, but I feel like it might be in the ballpark of what you’re looking for.