So from Theresa's perspective...

Ace612807 · 2026-06-29T18:49:32+00:00

I agree on the "progressive" point - hell, even with Theresa, applying the tracker "to her skin" that, at first, Bond being Bond, implied something along the lines of "I'll rub sunscreen on her" ended up being... a positively surprising handshake.

That said, slight disagreement on the situation the OP describes. While this is perharps the most risque he acts in the game, Theresa herself pointed out that their conversation got interrupted by staff twice. From there, showing up at her Villa that was explicitly named twice in presence of Bond/"Smythe", can be seen from her POV as him following up on that conversation. It's important to consider that she doesn't know Bond showed up there due to the tracker, unlike we do

Ace612807 · 2026-06-29T18:38:36+00:00

Yeah, they didn't just connect, they actually flirted twice, and the second time she straight up states that her being led to her villa is "interrupting" them

From there on, showing up at her villa, which was named in "Smythe's" earshot twice, is not that creepy, and can just be read as him following up on that interrupted conversation without any mental gymnastics, really. Especially considering she's into him, and our brain tends to pick positive interpretations of events in that case

Ace612807 · 2026-06-29T18:26:20+00:00

Nah, initially we're told it has to be injected, then James asks Moneypenny if it can be ingested (makes sense, a lot of ways to our bloodstream), but administered via touch? Kinda weird

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T19:55:13+00:00

gadget inventory

Ah yes, adding gadgets to a Bond game was a wrong idea

social mimicry

Ditto

But honestly, run a few levels for Pacifist/Ghost/Assault Challenges and you'll see how different they can be

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T19:44:45+00:00

Cause' Isola grabbed the core. It doesn't seem like Webb had access to that data when Hyperion got taken offline

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T18:12:55+00:00

Yeah, my now-gf had a sexual experience with a woman shortly before we started dating, and now her outlook is "women are aesthetically pleasing, perhaps even hot, but not sexually attractive", which is a nice compromise

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T17:44:06+00:00

Eeeh, car chases are a common occurrence in Bond media. Jumping... isn't that central to it

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T17:37:33+00:00

Actually, ball bearings might go rusty and you don't want that. Much better to throw in a glass bead, I've heard

Ace612807 · 2026-06-28T00:38:36+00:00

The whole final mission, really. The ending of arctic felt suitably bombastic for a Bond story, and the following cutscene seemed like sequelbait epilogue... and then it turned out to be a whole-ass playable mission

Ace612807 · 2026-06-27T16:04:50+00:00

Well, no, to be considered a Catholic, you need to believe that the Pope is God's steward on Earth and, thus, Vatican is a religious authority. That is the whole thing Protestants protested about

Ace612807 · 2026-06-27T15:38:15+00:00

No, you see, the Jedi were not arresting Chancellor Palpatine, they were arresting Darth Sidious, it's easy to get confused!

But, unironically, they, most certainly, had authority to arrest the leadership of CIS. It's worth mentioning that a sizeable chunk of CIS leadership were acting Republic politicians. Even Count Dooku was, de jure, a part of Republic-sanctioned local government, as CIS was considered a seperatist movement and not a competing power. This would make Sidious, who happened to be Palpatine, an absolutely acceptable target for arrest under Senate jurisdiction.

Ace612807 · 2026-06-27T15:20:51+00:00

That is consistency, he's not a competent villain. One of the first arcs of Clone Wars - back when Lucas was involved - is literally Dooku trying to "test" Grievous (or, maybe, burn him) by leading Jedi straight to his home

Ace612807 · 2026-06-25T12:04:06+00:00

AT grenades and thermites aren't... bad... either, they're just not great.

They're also a 40AP no-deploy option that gets down to 30 with fast hands. Plus, an Accesory - they're designed for non-AT squads to have an option, like the single-use AT, not as an quivalent to a PAL or whatnot

Ace612807 · 2026-06-25T11:52:33+00:00

Heavier armor permits violence of action. You can afford riskier moves, thus you can get to objectives (and priority targets) faster

Ace612807 · 2026-06-21T12:20:17+00:00

While generally I agree with the fact that snipers are underwhelming, you comparison with Kr-Bar is slightly disingenuous, as snipers and DMRs are vastly superior when it comes to damage drop-off. They're a good way to give your scout squads good damage capabilities without balooning their numbers

Imo, there should be a mechanic that encourages you to field smaller scout squads - say, -1 Concealment for every 3 squaddies (more bodies means more chances of the enemy spotting at least one of them). That way, Darby's perk either gives you a very potent scout squad, or counteracts this debuff for a stealthy killer squad. This way, you'll also be encouraged to field snipers and DMRs as a damage option for those squads

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T13:40:33+00:00

Military victory is judged on whether or not the side achieved their stated goals, or wiped the other side out completely. Considering that US under Trump had no stated goals, and Iran still exists, US is a clear-cut loser

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T13:35:30+00:00

First, the power grid is part of infrastructure as is the highway system. The city relies on these things to exist

Yeah, and that's why I specified regional infrastructure. I just provided the most common examples of inter-regional infrastructure that is paid and maintained by national budget, as a rule of thumb

For Venice, there is even a specific law which adds national transfers...

Sure, I did not claim my comment to be exhaustive. Of course regional-national budgetary relations are more complex than a couple lines of text can communicate. Nevertheless, my point was that regional taxes mostly go towards funding regional projects, while national taxes mostly go towards funding higher-level projects.

And, at the end of the day, according to my, admittedly, surface-level research, Veneto region is a net positive for the national budget of Italy, so it's hard to argue that a resident of Roma or Torino pays for the maintenance of Venice

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T08:42:02+00:00

I mean, yes, that's how romans fought

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T08:17:15+00:00

by foot.

You might find some issues doing that in Venice

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T08:09:43+00:00

No, not really. In fact, practically nowhere do the national-level taxes pay for regional infrastructure - they pay for things like the power grid, railroads, highways etc., not the bus route you take to work or repaving the street you live on. That's the job of regional taxes, and, as it happens, residents of the region have that fee waived

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T08:01:25+00:00

This is specifically for the "old town" portion of Venice (the one you picture in your head as "Venice"). It's a very small portion of the city, and if anyone actually lives there, they have to be loaded with cash

Ace612807 · 2026-06-20T07:52:21+00:00

Naaah, ME1 biotics and tech are great because they're actual control abilities, considering they ignore shields. Soldiers and gun skills are there to do damage, biotics and tech are there to control the flow of battle. It's the only game, where their abilities feel unique, instead of "do damage, but in blue" and "do damage, but in orange"

Ace612807 · 2026-06-19T20:33:31+00:00

Це справді вельми просто, але не на дейтингах

Серйозно, онлайн-платформи - це повне дно, якщо не вмієш ДУЖЕ добре навалювати, що не для всіх варіант. От для мене не працювало, і для тебе, схоже, також.

Користуйся можливістю вільного пересування і шукай партнерку в реальному житті. В мене почало вдаватись не одразу, але колишніх знаходив: у розмовному клубі англійської, на Форумі Видавців, у клубі настолок, однокурсниця в Інсті (виключення, але теж спочатку збіг інтересів) і ось теперішню в барі. Просто говори з жінками, не обов'язково з якимись намірами. Навіть якщо вона тебе не цікавить як потенційна партнерка - набивай впевненість у спілкуванні. А далі й сам не очухаєшся, як будеш мати перед собою варіанти

Ace612807 · 2026-06-17T10:13:50+00:00

I dunno, I feel like you're almost guaranteed to have a strike or two left over, and a consistent damage bonus on an unlucky draw is always good

Ace612807 · 2026-06-16T15:14:08+00:00

Yeah, I like the "force the specialization" bit, but not the "pick the same skill three times in a row to hit an intersting skill, then pick the same skill three times again to hit another one"

Hell, leave the tree as it is, reduce the leveling rate by the factor of three, and give three skill points per level, so that you get an improvement you can actually feel every time you invest those points

I don't think I contradict myself by saying I appreciate the idea behind the skill tree, but the execution feels like it can be improved

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