solitaire

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[–] solitaire 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really need to replay Dragonfall and Hong Kong. Never finished either just due to unfortunate circumstance outside the game but thought highly of both.

[–] solitaire 1 points 2 years ago

The ending choice of the Yennefer romance is underrated. You get to decide the meaning of their long, tumultuous story. Both the heart break and the happily ever after are cathartic, satisfying conclusions.

Though maybe you need to read the books for the full weight of it to land, especially for the heart break option.

[–] solitaire 1 points 2 years ago

I also disagree. Even discounting the large number of choices which were just a binary where one side was cartoonishly evil, I didn't remember any I found impactful.

I ended up following The Emperor path in Act 3 . There wasn't a moment where I got to weigh up the pros and cons of each major path, as I had decided I didn't trust Raphael already and he doesn't give you enough detail to do so if you don't play along when you meet him at the start of Act 3. If I had then maybe the Orpheus stuff could have given me pause, but that's not how it played out.

I think part of this was playing as Tav though, as the decisions with real emotional weight are all centered on origin characters and I didn't dictate what my companions should do for things that were so personal. Shadowheart's choice in Act III strikes me as one that probably would have hit.

But the bigger issue is I think Larian just isn't very good at writing evil. You never get those moments of practical evil. I don't remember ever having to consider doing something horrible for the greater good or being desperate enough to do something compromising out of self preservation. It was all evil for evil's sake.

which is of course what you would expect

Nah. I would expect there to be difficult choices before the final act, especially in a game so long.

[–] solitaire 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, got talked into it by an ex. Wasn't even really about the awkwardness a lot of people talk about.

For me, it was initially hot but I ended up with a deep, hollow feeling. You have the same lack of intimacy with the third that makes one night stands unfulfilling, combined with this sort of violation of the intimacy you had with your partner. I actually felt a bit sick afterwards.

If it's your thing have at it, there are plenty of different relationship styles and kinks that'd make it much more appealing, but personally I would never consider it again.

[–] solitaire 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

None, and every time my coworkers talk about how many they have it seems insane. One has fucking 6 different services. It's not even about the money. I just truly cannot be bothered working out the maze of what is where when an RSS feed will just deliver me the stuff I'm interested in when it comes out from anywhere.

[–] solitaire 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] solitaire 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

unironically cant tell if you're demonstrating capcom doesn't make anything good or trying to disagree

[–] solitaire 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I watched my then partner play it at the time. The huge dom was a highlight but literally the only interesting part.

[–] solitaire 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Never liked the Resident Evil games and the last time I played a Street Fighter game was probably more than twenty years ago. I can't remember the last time I saw a Capcom game that looked even remotely appealing to me.

[–] solitaire 16 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Damn I might be mad at this if Capcom made anything worth playing.

[–] solitaire 14 points 2 years ago

I need to occupy my mind with something that isn't related to real life. Not just avoiding topics that are stressful or otherwise emotionally loaded, just thinking about anything I'm going to do or things in my life will stop me sleeping. So I think of stories and fiction worlds until the day dreams become actual dreams.

Since I got into the habit my sleep has gotten far more regular and I have had more control over went it happens.

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