#im not tagging this its just liveblogging

[covenscribe]

thoughts on the Larian IGN interview posted today (Dec.15.2023)

Interview is here

my thoughts under read more cut

-Personally think they shouldn't have added Karlach before they figured out her main story, hearing that there was never 'more' planned sucks because shes a great character and really should have been given more in game time to flourish

-Lae'zel is literally a child soldier I don't see toning her down in any sense as good

-I agree that Astarion's main motivating factor is fear I don't know why people are upset about this assessment tbh

-Okay the big issue is that the Evil Playthrough's lack of content is 'A consequence of your actions' . It is a video game, if you let people make a choice that you feel you need to punish them for then thats not fun. That's bad dming in dnd. I feel like Im being lectured for reading horror novels, some times I want evil storylines.

Instead of leaving it empty it should have been that more evil things fill in the void left by good being killed. Such as filling the city with more cultists, more missions seeing how the world is negatively affected by your choices other than just emptiness. Don't stop at having to kill kids at the grove for the evil run, keep the horror of evil snowballing until the world is burning.

If you're going to have an evil option go all out with the same effort you give the good options or it feels like half a game.

-I'm annoyed they didn't plan more for Halsin in act 3 other than to be there to be kidnapped and annoyed with the city. You have a whole character full of potential! And being the sole third option for poly romance being treated as a tacked on after thought feels bad.

-Shadowheart's original character pitch being a sharran jason bourne was a choice lol. I like how she is in game.

-I think its interesting that they noticed how it was unfair that some characters weren't getting as much love because of where they were placed on the map for recruitment. Like, y'all built that map...

I think it would have been better if the nautiloid section was a lot bigger and you end up recruiting all main companions on the ship, you can still have rescuing gale from a portal, astarion threatening you, wyll and karlach being about to fight when you have to get to the helm.

saying the potential to miss karlach added replay value i disagree with as it just adds frustration imo

-"Wyll: 'We Lost a Little Bit of Narrative Room"

You Sure Did, I love Wyll's story line but he gets so little screen time compared to other characters that it drives me up the wall. Also seeing how we went from the one black companion potentially being replaced by a white woman ( mizora ) in his original story line to being the only companion that can kill another companion doesn't feel good imo.

Tying character story lines together to make the world feel more connected is good but that was a miss

-The Emperor, like Astarion, being motivated by fear makes sense, but the emperor is more of a level headed manipulator and that's why he had a full underground empire of business deals.

-I love the irony that he devil is one who tells you the honest truth about the emperor.

-Saying "One of the basic questions of the game was whether you would become a monster if it would save the world." is interesting because with the companions it often feels like 'would you make yourself a monster to protect yourself' instead.

The ending is full of self sacrifice for multiple characters so I don't think its about becoming a monster, I think it's more about how people who are forced into awful situations will always come out changed.

-Raphael absolutely is a theater kid with too much power lol

-i disagree with the interviewer saying there was no real reward for not taking in more tadpoles the reward is less worms in your brain matter lmao

-imo they wouldnt have had to make minthara recruitable in a good playthrough for people to experience her storyline if they just put content in for the evil playthroughs so its just as fun and people will play it

I think that given unlimited time and resources, I'd want to make a new game at this point. I'm happy with Baldur's Gate 3.

"Baldur's Gate 4 confirmed. SV: What did I miss? AS: Apparently I just confirmed... No, I didn't."

dont tease me lol

-jaheria romance was planned and im sad we didnt get the gilf romance now

-apparently there is or was a special event that happens if you have stolen from a ton of people

Okay that was the full interview my main thought is

Stop pulling a bioware where you re-write a bunch of stuff that has already been worked on and you will have time for more of what you had planned and with less crunch.

That said I also know I'm an outsider and can't know everything they struggled with to make this game happen and genuinely wish them the best. I wouldn't bother critiquing the game if I didn't love it.

[mihotose]

anyway probably the best way to play disco elysium is to not zone out when its talking politics at you. its the talking politics at you game

[mamawasatesttube]

superman (1987) #128

i love how kon is 100% ready to throw hands. you disrespect superman? you disrespect superman RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM? oh hes gonna fucking GET you--

[milkbreadtoast]

looking back at the yjh webtoon screencaps i have saved and giggling... hes so cute... moe... my pookie ^___^ 🥰🥰 poor little meow meow woof woo- *eliminated where i stand*

also these poses are sooooo... 꺄아악🖤🫣🫣🫣🫣

[nandermoenthusiast]

Re: the latest helluva boss short, i REFUSE to believe that blitzø is bad in the sack. i just refuse that notion all together. i do believe he has zero technique whatsoever though, because he relies heavily on confidence and on his excellent capability of reading people.

See, thats all you need to be a sex god imo. If youre skilled enough at reading peoples reactions properly, you dont need technique because you dont need generalisation, you figure out what that SPECIFIC person likes. and that makes you invaluable to their eyes. i do believe two things, one is that blitzø enjoys cracking open that mistery and exploring what makes someone tick, two is that he is extremely observant and good at reading people/situations (exes and oohs is a great example of this, both in how he clocked the drugged drink right away and how he slept with chaz to get info), aside from also being quite versatile, handy and extremely adaptable.

Third thing i believe is that blitz is also DEFINITELY all over the place, so sometimes he may also be bad at sex because he can also be selfish and self centered, so he may not care enough to pay attention to the other person at times. But he has the capability to be great in bed is all im saying.

So what i believe happens in the short is, first of all as other people have said he has some complicated feelings about this crystal. Because of course. So maybe he doesnt even feel like pleasuring a stupid crystal when he should be pleasuring stolas, thank you very much!! And also the crystal is an inanimate thing, he cant really gauge a reaction from it so he would have to rely solely on technique, which he lacks 😋

[acaesic]

i was gonna make a poll but i think. im just gonna listen to folie a deux and the black parade and dookie and pinkerton all tonight what the hell yk

[presdestigatto]

i aspire to reach the level of subtle mocking haterism fanaticsferrari has

[completeoveranalysis]

[5]

Let’s just go ahead and file this under PAGES THAT ARE PHYSICALLY PAINFUL TO LOOK AT

I don’t even have commentary I ONLY HAVE DISTRESS

OH NO SURELY THAT’S ILLEGAL

Also why does this look so good

Why is this so fantastic to look at

The worst things are happening BUT THE DRAMATIC FRAMING IS TO DIE FOR

I MEAN YEAH OK HE ABSOLUTELY WOULD DO THIS BUT I REALLY DON’T LIKE IT

MIN-MAX SYAORAN INDEED

OH

YEAH

YEAH OK

FAI AND KUROGANE COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT IN A SINGLE GIANT ATTACK

YEAH

YEAH IM FINE DONT WORRY ABOUT IT

[americankimchi]

last night i kept forgetting that i was playing a noble. like i gotta lean into the fucked up hedonistic assholery of the uppercrust otherwise what's the point!!! my next playthrough will be imperial navy or commissar i haven't decided yet....... hmmmmmmmmm

not sure if im gonna go dogmatic or iconoclast....... although as a noble the heresy tree is interesting in terms of roleplay bc aren't they more susceptible to corruption byyyy i dont remember what they're called in w40k. the archdemon equivalents. i know there's one of like. gluttony ain't there??

[keywhole]

how have i seen no one talk about how good episode 4 of stardust rhapsody is like. come on. something about mace’s ability to so clearly describe disorientation is CRAZY. all of these characters each having the same but different experiences but in the end leaning on each other for support. not only that but dandy’s fear at not just the unknown but the forgottenness, the way rexx reacts when he’s about to get caught by rett’s gun, literally Everything about that episode ruled. it also ruled that mace made them roll at a disadvantage for like the ENTIRE FUCKING SESSION

[vaugarde]

immediate thing the dub has the sub beat on is the theme song. "kirby march" is fine and cute and all but its got nothing on "I NEEDA MONSTA TA CLOBBA THAT THERE KIRBY!" to jazz

[softness-and-shattering]

I really like this game. Im over 100 hours in. But. The dreariness. Is so much.

Like ok this whole act is in shadow cursed lands fine. But. The house of healing? And then even in shars temple theres skeletons ok but theres just corpses and bones and random body parts hanging from the ceiling. Im usually excited to explore every nook and cranny but Ivr had enough of this whole area already.

Hsvent done moonrise towers. Done most? of shars gauntlet, got the spear, dealt with ?yurgir and then I was looking up where to find loot because Im not enjoying the ambience (@harrow) and I saw if you do the gauntlet before moonrise you lose the gnomes and tieflings? Idk if its the whole thing or not so after yurgir orthon?? Is orthon the type of devil? - went back to last light. (And hoo boy. My computer isnt quite technically up to spec for thr game. The cutscenes are choppy and it takes forever to save but I make it work. Last light really slows everything down, there are so many npcs and building layers all right there. Cant seem to get nore tief info about zevlor though, no one wants to talk about him?)

So now Halsin wants me to meet him by the lake for a quick trip into the shadowfell? Is dealing with the absolute urgent or what, we're just going on another interplanar jaunt?? I mean as long as theres less corpses tbh. (The warding bond marriage rings?!?! Ugh)) and how old is Halsin anyway?

Also very funny with the whole defeaying the last dark justiciar thing and theres shadowheart completed the trials decked out in her new dark justiciar half-plate. Also why are there still rats after i defeated him? Enemy rats. That was a fun fight though, popped up spirit guardians and just had shadowheart dash around. I kinda feel bad for Lythander, hes kinda cool.

And i had to look up the solution to the library. It asks what silences the nightsong and the answrr is Shar! So I tried to give it the idol of shar from grymforge. No, it wants the book that gives the hint because the hint is the answer because a book about what silences the nightsong is the answer to what silences the nightsong? Thats not logical, the answer is Shar, not a book. But it is a library so maybe I should have guessed.

The self same trial was also cool. You know whats better than having your own fireball used against you? Counterspell.

And when counterspell fails the combat long says you "cast failed counterspell". Oh yes my favourite spell, Failed Counterspell! 😂

And I kinda wish I could recruit Rolan. Poor guy with his thunderwave.

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(sclass ep 85)

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i dont have words.

[your-local-granny]

people who put their liveblogs in the main tags im killing you with hammers. askbloggers you're on thin ice....

[arkatrine]

started a new show. Think it sucks, esp have beef with a particular character. Discover the show is universally adored

something something out of touch no its the everyone who are wrong

[the-acid-pear]

That post haunts me bc i had the hound himself correct me in a very crucial detail i somehow forgot (big shame for the cites source material like academic books guy i am) but now that im coming back to it i do wonder how much different Henry and Callum respectively would be if one DIDNT go to war and the other Did. After all war was pretty much the turning point for Henry but what would have he done if he didnt do That? And what about Callum, could war change HIM so drastically for the worse?