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  1. Listening to the cast today definitely sealed the deal on me buying the game. Now the waiting begins...

  2. DOTA 2

    Kyir replied to Brannigan's topic in Video Gaming

    I really hope there isn't a big patch after this before TI comes around. Every seems like it's in a really good state right now. (Also OG vs VP game 1 was insane)
  3. The topic of weird fictional rules and the implications of memory alteration reminded me of an email I started writing around the third IIT cast that ended up much to long to send in. It's about the presence of a vast wizarding conspiracy in the Harry Potter series, but this seems like as good a time to post it as any:

  4. DOTA 2

    Kyir replied to Brannigan's topic in Video Gaming

    There have been a lot of amazing games to watch at this major. I think my favorite so far was Liquid vs. Newbee Game 3 (though my team-biases are somewhat in play there.) Most of my compendium predictions were super wrong though. I expected to see a lot more Slardar and Shadow Fiend than we are, and games being a lot faster in general.
  5. Classic Problem Machine, saying mean things about Nick. On a different note, did Nick end up getting the DS3 Calamity Ring when he was in Archdragon Peak? I wonder how many subscriptions it would take to get him to put that one on. If I recall correctly, he did it for only five or six in DS1.

  6. The McElroy Family of Products

    Kyir replied to jennegatron's topic in Idle Banter

    I'd agree that's probably the reason I don't find any of the player characters particularly interesting this time around. In possible future campaigns, I don't think interesting characters would necessarily be incompatible with good jokes. As to whether or not that will actually happen is another question I guess.

  7. The McElroy Family of Products

    Kyir replied to jennegatron's topic in Idle Banter

    The new arc is interesting as a mini-game thing (provided it doesn't take way too long,) but the first episode of it has helped me realize that my growing indifference to the series is really rooted in the characters the players are... playing, I guess. The whole "the fate of the world rests on their shoulders" thing isn't really that compelling when I don't find the characters themselves very interesting (personal preference, obviously.) I'm kind of ready for them to wrap this whole thing up so we can move on to characters that have a bit more thought invested from the get-go than they had this time around.

  8. DOTA 2

    Kyir replied to Brannigan's topic in Video Gaming

    My first two games of ranked were both positive experiences, but that's not a huge sample size (and the phone-linking isn't mandatory yet either anyway.) It's going to be interesting to see how much the solo-queue only setting will increase the time I have to wait in between games. I might just leave it off, since I don't run into people going in together much anyway in ranked.
  9. Anyone with a better memory than me know where the two Estus Shards that Nick is missing are? I'm inclined to think that it's the Irithyll and Grand Archives ones, but it's a pretty specific thing to try and remember and I'm not very sure on either count. As for the last two Bone Shards, I'm thinking Cathedral and Grand Archives again (maybe?) I remember him getting smashed by the skeleton ball, but not whether or not he killed the wizard skeleton controlling it for the shard inside. I realize the Bone Shards provide a pretty negligible amount of extra healing at this point, but it might help anyway.

  10. Fake Games

    Kyir replied to clyde's topic in Video Gaming

    I can only speak for myself, but the presence of so much general garbage on Steam definitely makes me less inclined to buy smaller, less polished games despite the improved refund system. I think improved faith in the legitimacy of games would probably improve sales for legitimate indie devs.
  11. This is a request of a simple man with simple interests, but going forward I would love to hear any thoughts by Nick on how playing the other souls games have affected his impression of Dark Souls 3. Classic Nick Clips from April 8th stream: https://clips.twitch.tv/TastyPeacefulYakKappaWealth https://clips.twitch.tv/WimpyAssiduousKaleBabyRage
  12. I may have bit off more than I can chew doing this on NG+3. The optional boss is absolutely destroying me one-sidedly. The last boss is a real struggle at this difficulty too. I might have to just go back to a NG character to beat this. I can really relate to Nick after fruitlessly spending about 7 hours between the two of them. EDIT: Finally beat it! What a final boss. Probably my favorite one in all of DS3.
  13. Nick's single new DS3 stream whet my appetite for them and now I'm being left hungry. Life is hard. Very excited to see him reach the cheatin hitman section of DLC2.
  14. First boss of DLC2 confirmed very hard on NG+3. Hard in good way of course, but still very hard.
  15. I'm definitely in agreement on the story being thought up over a long period of time though. I see the same sorts of things looking back at the stories I've been lugging around for years.
  16. On that note, I recommend against interacting with any space weed dealers you may or may not meet until you have a reason to meet them. Most easily broken quest I've ever seen.
  17. Glad to see Nick enjoying himself again! https://clips.twitch.tv/ZealousPoisedLocustMikeHogu
  18. I beat the game after 50 hours, so... spoilers ahead while I try to summarize my thoughts I guess? I didn't come away with many positive feelings, but I'm not sure what else I was really expecting aside from a way to burn some time. I'd probably put it a bit above ME3 in terms of my series rankings (1 = 2 (with DLC) > 3) Exceptional DLC might salvage it, but I don't think this team's earned my faith enough to consider buying any at this point.
  19. I get the impression that the writers expected the big twist to be a lot twistier for the audeince given how the characters react to it.
  20. It's a good book to bag on. There's a lot to complain about and there's disagreement on what any redeeming qualities actually are. For what it's worth, you're not missing anything in the rest of the book. Both books start off much stronger than they end, which leads me to wonder if the author is just giving himself too much space to work with and would have more consistently good material with a tighter plot arc. That's coming from someone with a deep affection for meandering side-story bits too.
  21. I ended up getting this game after a friend mentioned how much she was enjoying it. My thoughts so far: The animations turned out to generally not be a huge deal for me. There's definitely a lot of awkwardness and glitches, but not enough that I'm actually annoyed by it most of the time. The writing and characterization has turned out to be a huge deal for me, because it generally ranged from dull to REALLY BAD. I only really feel any emotions about two of the six companions, and few of the combinations of them produce any interesting dialogue. I remember a lot of people saying that the characters felt more fleshed out this time around, but I'm definitely not seeing it so far. The gameplay is genuinely enjoyable though. First Mass Effect game I've played that has actually challenging bosses (on Hardcore at least. Don't want to think about Insanity right now,) and the dodge and jumppack add a lot. Despise the critical mission autosave-only thing, but it's whatever. The Nomad's pretty fun to drive. Really though, these characters. Ugh.
  22. I spent the entire cast thinking they were saying rumination instead of ruination and getting kind of confused.
  23. Based on what I've seen in streams, he's only being a little John Walker. Seems very DA:I in space. The multiplayer looks pretty good though. I might end up getting it just for that with friends.

  24. Terminal7 61: Corpse-Fueled Rocket

    Kyir replied to Nelsormensch's topic in Terminal7 Episodes

    Each episode makes me want to play Netrunner more and more.

  25. Idle Thumbs Streams

    Kyir replied to Nick Breckon's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams

    Hopefully Nick does enough sweet tricks on shields that we can set a compilation to the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.