Hey! It’s yet another comic about Fable 2!
(I’ve noticed that the total number of comments over at The Escapist doesn’t really change that much if I leave the comments open on this side. It seems there are some who are glad to take the conversation over there, and some who never will. So, I’m leaving comments open. I dislike splitting the conversation in two like this, but it’s better than blocking half of it off.)
The usual spoiler warnings apply.
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| Oh, it is such a bother being as incredibly awesome as I am. |
Lucian’s men make it down into the tunnels, and Reaver is cavalier about mowing them down with his ‘leet marksmanship. Oh, I have to kill waves of men using my fabulous skills. How droll. Aren’t I awesome?
As a bonus, Reaver talks down to you constantly, demeaning you and insulting you even as you fight to protect him. And since you can’t speak, you can’t respond in kind.
Once again: Lucian wants this Reaver guy alive. Theresa has never explained why we need him. He’s given you three reasons to kill him now and is obviously a massive liability. There is no justification for not immolating him and walking away. This was by far the most frustrating part of the game for me, as I “fell” for his stupid schemes by designer fiat.
I actually wouldn’t object to a character this annoying, as long as:
1) You get to settle up with him in the end.
2) He doesn’t kill the momentum of the game by overshadowing the main villain.
So it’s a double fail for Reaver, although if he’d been a regular mid-game villain instead of a mandatory albatross of an ally he could have been a lot of fun.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Fable 2 Part 4: The Goldun Riter!”
While everyone else is laying off developers, Stardock is opening a second games studio and hiring a bunch of new people. In Michigan. To develop an RPG.
I am really, really curious about the RPG part. In the past the company has developed strategy games and left the pirate-attracting action and RPG market to others. I wonder what brought about the change.? Is it Impulse, their new content delivery platform? Is someone looking at the existing collection of RPG titles and seeing a market segment that’s not being adequately filled?
Sadly, we’re probably ages away from finding out more. The press release is short on details and so it’s obviously an effort to build up buzz. They just need to attract some unwitting dupes who will begin speculating and clamoring for more news.
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Ah crap.
My article on quick time events is up at the Escapist.
This will be a weekly feature.
I am excited.
This series is a way of working out all the frustrations I had with the plot. For some reason, pointing out a plot hole makes it less annoying. You might want to read part 2 if you missed that yesterday.
And yeah, “Lucien” is still spelled “Lucian” throughout. (I wrote this whole series in one huge document and then broke it up when I realized how self-indulgently enormous the thing had become.)
Spoilers below.
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| Look, I’m not trying to stare at Hammer’s bosom, it’s just how things worked out, height-wise. She is, as they say, “a whole lotta woman.” Her ten years of sloth notwithstanding, she’s a really likable character. Perhaps the only likable character to survive to the end of the game. |
You’ve been gone for ten years. Hammer hasn’t accomplished a thing since you left. Nobody has. Well, after ten years she has a lead. She thinks the third hero is in the port city of Bloodstone, which can only be reached via a Cullis Gate (a site-to-site magic teleporter) in Garth’s old tower. You, Hammer, and Garth all travel to the tower and find it crawling with Lucien’s men.
There is a huge battle at the tower. Lucian throws waves and waves of men at you while Garth opens the Magic Gate to Bloodstone.
Remember earlier how Lucian kidnapped Garth effortlessly and flawlessly by teleporting him away? That was a pretty major success. He pulled it off with one guy, no losses. Despite what a success that was, he doesn’t try it again. And we know his teleporter is still working, because he’s using it to send in waves and waves of men for you to kill.
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| Ha ha ha! I’ve captured my very own heavily armed mass murderer. Now I’ll just stick him in this cage and piss him off. |
You awaken in a simple cage with the old guy taunting you. He says your dog ran off into the fog and was probably killed by banshees by now. He rattles on, laughing at your predicament and musing as to what he should do with you. Finally he decides to burn you alive in the cage.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Fable 2 Part 3: Shadow Court Press”
Some general back-end changes being made. Yes, I know the formatting is hosed. It should be fixed soon. Thanks for your indulgence.
LATER: Okay, done mucking about now. Might do more mucking later today. I’m changing the ads on the site and doing some general theme housecleaning which has been long overdue.
I have discovered that you never finish a WordPress theme. You just stop messing with them from time to time.
Muah ha ha ha ha! Once my plans are complete everyone will realize that I am… THE BAD GUY!
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
I called 2018 "The Year of Good News". Here is a list of the games I thought were interesting or worth talking about that year.
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2015.
Ever wondered what's in all those quest boxes you've never bothered to read? Get ready: They're more insane than you might expect.
No, brutal, soul-sucking, marriage-destroying crunch mode in game development isn't a privilege or an opportunity. It's idiocy.
Just how big IS No Man's Sky? What if you made a map of all of its landmass? How big would it be?
No, self-aware robots aren't going to turn on us, Skynet-style. Not unless we designed them to.
Here are 6 reasons why I forbid political discussions on this site. #4 will amaze you. Or not.
Grand Theft Auto is a lousy, cheating jerk of a game.
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
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