antaymonkey

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antaymonkey,

Just watched ACG’s preview on this and it looks really interesting to me. He’s absolutely right in that AA games are special and more appealing; there’s generally more heart and soul in them. I look forward to hearing more about this game.

antaymonkey,

Lol Alex is absolutely tiny next to Greg.

antaymonkey,

I got it for free with my cpu, spent three hours trying to get it to work on Linux and then, finally achieving that, spent two hours in game and just got bored. The Bethesda veneer is fully on display here and it’s hard to not feel like Neo at the end of The Matrix when he sees the underlying design behind everything. You just realize it’s the same game all over again with a different skin, with no evolution in mechanics, UI, or technology.

I specifically recall getting to the major city hub and walking past a mission board and just thinking “well fuck that” and walking right past it. That is shit lazy design. Side quest emergence should be organic, not a shopping list. I spent twenty minutes trying to travel to a moon that was very much visible to me before realizing I’m not actually able to and have to fast travel. That was an unbelievably frustrating experience and is inexcusable given how long Space Engine, Elite: Dangerous, No Man’s Sky, Star Citizen (at least partially) and others have existed.

The writing in the tutorial and Constellation intro fell very flat for me, and the hook was very very weak. The turnaround from “you’re a nobody” to “you’re a galactically important person” gave me whiplash and the Constellation group felt unrealistically eager to bring a stranger on board (except, of course, for token Mr. Tropey McGrumpypants). It felt less like a story and more like a shoehorn.

“Why would they do that?” "So the game can happen. " “Oh ok.”

I mean, Bethesda writing has always been pretty bare bones and pedestrian, so I guess it’s not that surprising, but it is still disappointing and jarring.

Oh and the companion robot was easily the most annoying companion I’ve ever had in a video game. I put it down after those two in game hours over a month ago and have had no compulsion to revisit it whatsoever.

I feel like Bethesda, from top to bottom, has a lot of introspection to do. Sadly, from this news, it doesn’t sound likely to happen.

antaymonkey,

Wait wut

antaymonkey,

I had no idea this was even being made so I had to look it up. No Matt Reeves and, more importantly, no Andy Serkis. Can’t say I’m hyped.

antaymonkey,

Looks fantastic! Very jealous!

antaymonkey,

You just made DE a whole lot more appealing to me.

antaymonkey,

I’ve never heard the term “immersive sim” before, but if Half- Life, Deus Ex and Thief are examples, then sign me up.

antaymonkey,

I love this. My friend’s kid does archery and I can’t wait to drop this.

antaymonkey,

Also like 80% sure the Guardswoman is imaginary and the Sister’s actually alone, Tyler Durden-style

I hadn’t thought of that but it makes total sense now. The whole time I couldn’t believe that a guardswoman would talk to a Sororitas like that. But didn’t she get shot in the back by the Deathmark?

antaymonkey,

I could only get through one episode. The writing and acting were just so 8th grade level. Possibly worse than Kenobi.

antaymonkey,

An’ wunna deez days deez boots iz gonna krump all over youz (git)

antaymonkey,

Do you not have sufficient moderation? Strikes me as a bit of a dick move, especially with no notice, given that it’s one of the larger communities I subscribed to.

antaymonkey,

You don’t think it runs antithetical to the entire foundational concept of a federation? I’m sorry that (apparently?) some unwanted attention was given, but you can’t deny it really stinks of taking your ball and going home.

Edit: I thought it was kbin that did the defederating.

antaymonkey,

I’m only writing this because there don’t seem to be any dissenting opinions here…

With that said, seems like I’m in the minority that thought this show was too cliche, predictable and just boring. Happy for those of you who enjoyed it but it’s a very easy pass for me.

SpiceMerchant, to warhammer40k

Alpha Legion Daemon Prince

I was really motivated for this guy because of the
@warhammer40k contest and was almost finished before I remembered there were base-size restrictions. Oh well, I got to work on a really fun bit of Chaos and practice my Alpha Legion scheme before Ravaged Star ships!

Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marine Daemon Prince with wings and a sword. Painted green/blue in an Alpha Legion scheme. I'm glad I went with big leathery flesh wings instead of mutated green ones, the fish effect ended up pretty satisfying.
Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marine Daemon Prince with wings and a sword. Painted green/blue in an Alpha Legion scheme. So much wing bling!

antaymonkey,

Sucks about missing the base size restrictions, but it looks amazing regardless!

antaymonkey,

Those look excellent.

antaymonkey,

I understood that reference.

thatdamnelf, to warhammer40k
@thatdamnelf@cavalina.net avatar

September Hobby Goals

Finish the Knight
Start kitbashing the Knight Tyrant
Paint some Demons
Get in more games!

What are yours? @warhammer40k

antaymonkey,

Finish painting orks. My Aeldari… that’s more of a 2024 thing.

antaymonkey,

You forgot “Vigo the Butch”

antaymonkey,

spin zone

You cheeky monkey

antaymonkey,

Giving me serious “What if Michael Bay made Kingdom Come: Deliverance” vibes.

antaymonkey,

Wtf is an extraction game?

antaymonkey,

Never heard of that. What does the gameplay consist of?

antaymonkey,

Ohhhh man mod files! I loved that shit.

antaymonkey,

Get out.

antaymonkey,

Uhh… today’s AAA studios have THOUSANDS of employees, hundreds of millions of dollars in budgets, and huge IPs on which to draw. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Assassin’s Creed, Diablo, Warcraft, Mass Effect, Dragon Age… these studios have VASTLY larger resources than Larian. Like, an order of magnitude larger. This is gaslighting and whining. I’m not having it. Do better, AAA devs. Do a lot better.

antaymonkey,

Perhaps? But Skyrim is also 12 years old. Whatever team is working in Elder Scrolls 6 is certainly not smaller than Larian’s.

antaymonkey,

Soda lime glass, yes.

antaymonkey,

"Uh, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll [write] anything you say. "

antaymonkey,

WAT.

antaymonkey,

Always upvote “The Critic” references.

antaymonkey,

Seriously wtf

antaymonkey,

Very clever. 👍

antaymonkey,

Sooooo Cyrano de Bergerac but cyberpunk.

zappbrannigan58, to dnd
@zappbrannigan58@mastodon.social avatar

@dnd running the Dragon of Ice Spire peak, when my group came upon the logging camp. I printed the models in my 3d printer, paint them, and try like hell to have a functional set every other week for our game.

antaymonkey,

Looks awesome! The tents are a great idea I’d never thought of; do you have any links to STLs for them and/or logs?

antaymonkey,

Thank you!

antaymonkey,

Outstanding! I recently printed the same model for a friend. Eager to see how his turns out.

antaymonkey,

They’re entirely different demographics with arguably close to zero overlap. Where is the competition?

antaymonkey,

I’m sure that, while 17k may be mathematically and technically true, they’re going to be virtually indistinguishable. I’m pretty hyped for the game but I also don’t care for the obviously clickbait claim.

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