#god i love this console

[xxzxxkuzxme]

gameb0y SP ("tribal" limited edition) (2005)

[jesse-is-inarguably-purple]

Pyrrha Dve, stone-cold fox

[prototypelq]

Wonder if Larian's games could have been better if like, at least 20% of content from them had been cut.

Listen, listen, before you say anything - I love Larian and their mentality. This team is making incredible games, and the amount of creative energy that is poured into each of their releases is incredible. Playing their games is a joy, and hilarious and amazing.

But, but.

There can be too much of a good thing. And I don't think Larian's ever learned that...

Do you know the average percentage of players that actually finish the main story in games? 30-40% if we look at achievements across different platforms. That is 60-70% of players who never saw the end of the main story.

I've been replaying DOS2, and it's a Joy to play through, however the 'joke' that tutorial level takes about 10-15, maybe even 20 hours to complete is...not a joke. There is beauty in hiding some content, so that only the dedicated players find it, but this doesn't exactly work for RPG systems that heavily depend on level&equipment of your player characters, now does it. This basically forces players to clear out the entire map to be able to progress the story further, and while the tactical aspect of this game is big, I doubt your average player can use it to beat difficulty&enemy level curve.

I had a big DOS2 phase before, my last memories of the game are Beast's quest (BEST COMPANION WHY IS NOONE TALKING ABOUT HIM) in Arx, soo I've been somewhere very near the end of the game. I never finished it because I was frustrated with a lack of direction for the main story for a long time, and Arx was the point where I jumped games.

So yeah, I believe cutting at least 20% of content from each of the acts of that game would have helped keep the main story in focus, plus the time to complete the game might have been more affordable.

Another thing is, from the documentaries on DOS2 development, and with the Larian saying that BG3 production took the studio much closer to the edge of closing, Larian seem to have a systematic problem of forever chasing their ambitions without really caring about their costs. DOS2 development was described as 'trying to build a plane as it is taking off', a lot of features for the game have been added last minute, and BG3 release players are sort of in the same boat. So yeah, some content cutting would have helped out the studio themselves quite a lot, or let them have more time for quality testing and polish.

tldr: I believe Larians are amazing but also head over heels in their production, their games are huge and the nature of their rpg mechanics forces player to play through everything,or never finish the main story, plus the studio have a history of releasing arguably unfinished games*, so I believe they should consider cutting content for future releases both for the studio's sake and to improve the player experience

*don't @ me, DOS2 and BG3 were arguably unfinished on release. That said, Larian's 'unfinished' and Average Game Industry 'Unfinished' are very different instances, I meant that Larian clearly would have benefitted for some polish time before release

btw why the Hell are there built-in Larian-approved player modifications for the games, however Turning Them On is a crime that disables achievements??? Larian, my guys, why.

[liliallowed]

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totally not projecting to player btw

[katamaridamacyonline]

i finally got a memory card for my ps2 so I've just been playing katamari all day

[waitineedaname]

resisting the urge to take a picture of every page the devil's nest crew is in

[camorrsthorn]

overcome with the fatal human urge to. replay oblivion

[the-shy-artisan]

santa monica studios remaster and rerelease the greek saga challenge.

[acircusfullofdemons]

[ context ] || so glad you asked @shrimpnymph !!

So Vitalis (Life) & Theia (Death) were part of a small pantheon on Earth I. Their worshipers were animals -- but like sort of the anthro/furry kind, y'know. Anyway, things were fine for a bit, with the two living happily, though they couldn't interact often/for long due to the nature of their jobs.

Then Vitalis created Humans. They were meant to be a gift for Theia, since whatever Vitalis created would eventually end up in her kingdom. Of course, Humans are Humans, and they make things exceedingly difficult for the anthro-furry creatures. During this time, Vitalis gets a lot more...cruel, beginning to take sadistic joy in how they all hurt each other. He started making more, adding fuel to the fire and giving the two sides more reasons/scenarios to hate each other in. It was basically a 12yo discovering oc making for the first time.

Theia, however, did not see the "fun" side of things, only seeing the tragedy and aftermath from those who entered her kingdom. She saw lives lost, families torn apart, and was starting to resent Vitalis for doing all this. Especially since it was, supposedly, all for her. She didn't want this. Yes, she was Death, but she didn't want people to enter her kingdom earlier than they were meant to. But, as she was Death, she couldn't do anything to stop Vitalis, so she broke it off with him, in hopes that maybe he'd see what he was doing isn't what she wants. (hint: he, in fact, did not, and somehow got worse)

tldr: life got a little to murdery & death didn't like that

[pikahlua]

my askbox is such a SAGA right now

[sweater-equestrian]

this is the second time TODAY that the neighbors dog has charged buddy aggressively. hes ALWAYS off leash (against both city law and appartment complex rules) and its pissing me off so bad. this dog is also twice buddy's size, no recall, and is outside for HOURS at a time and just. free ranging the complex. like this dog will for real sneak up on us and lunge out of cover. I really don't want to report them or be a narc because they have always been nice people to us + the housing situation right now is really really dire where we live but fuck man. I don't want my little guy to get hurt (even if not physically, he has anxiety issues. we have worked SO hard on his dog reactivity and lowered his threshold so so much and made him just. happy to see other dogs and confident but like. just in the past week hes lost so much of that progress. not to mention his heart issues.... I just don't want potty time to be stressful for him. I literally just want my elderly terminally ill dog to shit in peace.)

[hinderr]

spitting image is a true tragedy in the sense where I don't know how to fix this

[honeysucklethornsandalligtrhorns]

hey guys. you’re allowed to make mistakes. not just little ones. you’re allowed to have ruined relationships in the past because you didn’t know better. as long as you learn from them and try your damnedest to apologize and move forward, you’re allowed to make mistakes. you are going to make mistakes. some of them will be really big ones.

this is your first time being alive. you don’t know how to do or respond to everything. you are allowed to make mistakes— and to feel regret over them.

[illdothehotvoice]

Guys it's happening. I am finally becoming obsessed with Super Mario RPG

[riotbrrrd]

ME2 still best Mass Effect and it's almost annoying how it's good because it's a sequel. Like from the start to the arrival on Omega it's really just a series of ,"yeah we know which buttons to push to make you tear up" and it's still fucking working.