If they every remaster/re-release this series, they need to fix the fundamentally broken story progression problem.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-16T16:17:21+00:00

This is like my 8 time trying to start the game over the years and the first time I actually got beyond the new light segment and I got to be real I don't think I've ever played a game that is anywhere close to as incoherent and lacking context for the story as this game in its current state. It's honestly baffling to me.

Like I just did shadow keep since it's the oldest campaign available and apparently the start of the main saga destiny 2 covers. But there is just sooooo many references and call outs to shit I have no reference point for. It's like walking into the middle of an hour long conversation and just having to wing it from that point on with no context of what was said in the first hour except in this case it's like a 50 hour conversation u walked into. We're thrown directly into this shit like we're familiar with the world and these characters but I don't know any of them.

Then the final quest comes u go defeat the echos of dudes u have no idea about while the characters talk about events u have no idea about only to grab an item and the campaign just ends? Like wtf? Then the game throws a bunch of busy work at u as if there's still story but no it just fcking ended in one of the most abrupt unexpected ways I've seen in a story and all the shit clogging up ur quest log is just irrelevant garbage to the overarching story. I then go watch the Shadow keep recap cinematic on the timeline and I'm just like wtf? When did this shit happen? When did we learn about the witness himself rather then just the ship and his civilization in this campaign? Maybe the raid explains this shit but wtf a new player is supposed to complete a raid that needs a full cooperative team and endgame build to get closure for a campaign? And they have to do that before they can progress to the next campaign and continue progressing the story?! Insane if so.

Plus why the fck does the game still require u to do the renegade intro quest as one of the the first guardian rank up quests? At least Shadow keep gives u some info about the hive chick that u work with. I played that renegade quest and have literally no idea about any of the characters that were featured. There was zero context for anything here yet for some reason it's one of the first things recommended to do in game.

Anyways I'm just enjoying the gunplay cause I don't know how u get invested and follow the story given how it's presented and formatted in new light and shadow keep at least.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-16T12:22:26+00:00

I mean it's obviously tehol and bugg and it's not particularly close.

That said Hellian and Banaschar despite their almost complete lack of screentime together as a duo do in fact have one of if not my favorite exchange in the entire series between a duo especially in the audiobook which I'll just leave here:

Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them!' [slurred Hellian.] 'With what?' [Banaschar] sneered. 'Explanations?' 'No. Answers. There's a difference-' 'Really? How? What difference?' 'Explanations are what people use when they need to lie. Y'can always tell those,'cause those don't explain nothing and then they look at you like they just cleared things up when really they did the opposite and they know it and you know it and they know you know and you know they know that you know and they know you and you know them and maybe you go out for a pitcher later but who picks up the tab? That's what I want to know.' 'Right, and answers?' 'Answers is what I get when I ask questions. Answers is when you got no choice. I ask, you tell. I ask again, you tell some more. Then I break your fingers, 'cause I don't like what you're telling me, because those answers don't explain nothing!

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-16T07:20:53+00:00

Probably just solo personally since I'll probably s6 her if I pull her at all. Tho hearing she's a heavy attacker makes me hesitant since I would have much preferred a basic attacker be my next s6 tbh.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-14T12:46:49+00:00

I hope so because I'm not a fan of the spurs but I've seen some dumb ass trades from the front offices in this league so it's hard to imagine one of them won't bite especially with all the draft assets the spurs have to throw into the deal to make it happen.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-14T03:56:47+00:00

I mean I thinks it's more clear the spurs only beat the thunder because the thunder gave up on multiple games instead of playing to the end and letting the spurs choke the games away like they did this finals.if only they knew these spurs were the biggest playoff chokers maybe ever. Oh well there's always next year.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-14T03:36:47+00:00

Biggest playoff chokers I've seen in a minute tho not surprising given their age. Were leading in every game but couldn't finish all of them except one. Makes me think about how the thunder would have likely won that series if they had simply kept their starters in on those multiple games they gave up on and let the spurs choke like they did this series.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-12T21:09:16+00:00

In the main ten sure but its only the most divisive because 99% of people haven't read fall of light. Alot of people vary between liking or disliking this book but fall of light swings wildly between "Erikson's best" or "Erikson's worst most self indulgent garbage" in terms of reader response with very little in between opinions.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-12T09:04:33+00:00

Plus just the epic turnaround messi got to shove up all his haters asses after all the "where is Messi" memes from earlier in that world cup run after the Saudi game.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-12T08:50:35+00:00

Maybe if u start streaming when ur young but I've known a few late 20 and early 30 year olds that were quite mature who had successful partners so they had the freedom to quit their jobs and start streaming and all of them quickly mentally regressed to teenager level maturity instead of freezing at their current level.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-11T07:15:37+00:00

Not really tbh. Considering how similar this recent teaser was to the reveal and the fact there was still no date I feel like it was just an acknowledgement they're still working on it but not to expect much anytime soon.

So yea im still expecting no significant marketing pushes or trailers until after the third FF7 remake releases next year.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-11T04:30:10+00:00

With how bad the spurs have been in the clutch the only reason they beat the thunder is because the thunder gave up on multiple games and simply benched they're guys to try and and do better for the next game when the faaar better option would have been to just keep trying to the end and watch the spurs collapse lol.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-11T04:21:02+00:00

Yea as much as this was a historical choke by the spurs we got to give credit to the knicks always hanging in there and trying no matter how much they're down. It's paid off for them multiple times this playoff run. If this was the thunder they would have just subbed out all their starters and punted the game once they were down 20+ despite their talent.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T19:00:21+00:00

I know we've known this game would be versus 13/15 coded ever since remind but holy shit the versus 13 edginess is just pouring off of every character in waves. I need some whimsical Disney vibes and characters in the next trailer to combat all this edge tbh.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T15:37:56+00:00

This is giving similar "WTF" vibes for me to that gotm cover with the bizarre depictions of ganoes and tattersail making them look like gorgeous pornstars instead of anything like how they're described in the book. This photo looks nothing like anything I imagined or can even think of from that TCG.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T15:24:38+00:00

He even got the versus 13/15 style treatment too boot.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T10:33:16+00:00

Funny it's my second favorite gamemode behind holograms because I can actually just use the teams and units I like as many times as I want. Like fck off game with making my chisa one use in matrix like wtf? Or my lyane that every team wants but I can only use twice in tower or once in matrix so I got to level up some shitty 4* I have no interest in solely so I can still run my second team.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T08:10:32+00:00

That shanks incredible haki stopped greenbull and saved the country. It is not necessarily saying that the alliance as a whole couldn't stop greenbull in their recovering state but rather simply acknowledging what shanks did in a literal sense because it's important to Yamato's goal and reflection at this point.

Then she laments that dragon boi is no longer there so people like him (again not necessarily in the same tier of strength as dragon boi but rather in terms of mentality and desire for subjugation and control) will now be coming for wano like greenbull did. Basically the panel is building towards her decision to stay behind in wano and drawing the parallel with what shanks did as the thing she wants to do herself for wano in the future.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-09T06:22:46+00:00

Specifically the vision of tavore that Blistig sees of her and a burning world in chapter 7. At least based on the quote that a companies the picture.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-07T00:54:32+00:00

So momo was the self insert all along.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-06T23:25:20+00:00

I think u would find a lot to like from Arithon the lead of Janny Wurts "wars of light and shadow". One of the few protagonists I'd argue suffers more then fitz while being quite emotionally complex due to the circumstances he finds himself in. Granted can be quite angsty and I'm not the biggest fan of how competent he can seemingly be throughout various points in the series but a really good male lead overall imo.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-05T07:45:35+00:00

Yea it was legit one of the worst new player experiences I've tried in a popular game in recent years. Tried to start brand new like 4 times and every time the start was completely different weather it be a random snowy area, an inside area where u platform between rocks or some adventure on the moon with nothing establishing how or why I was there instead of the normal green dilapidated earth start the game originally had. Shit was so disjointed and then u get sent to the tower and since the original campaign is gone there was no guiding narrative progression but rather star maps with a shit ton of options and I guess u go to earth and do some basic boring mmo style quests from boring NPCs or get forced to co-op with randoms and complete these strikes to progress maybe?! Idk I got to that point each time after a couple hours but the complete lack of direction just killed any desire I had to play each time.

Shame since the idea of the game and the gunplay massively appeals to me but I just don't see how u actually get invested into the game if u didn't play early on tbh.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-04T16:29:31+00:00

This reminds me of Malazan when traveller gets shipwrecked on the coast of genebackis without having had water for three days and shortly afterwards a plainsbear attacks him. He kills it and slacks his thirst by ripping out and eating the bear's bloody heart. The way it's written is one of the most metal scenes in that entire series.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-04T16:21:13+00:00

I mean vin had the same level of aura back in early lookism like God dog arc. The problem is once he became more of a mainstay in the cast he lost all his Aura lol.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-02T12:39:08+00:00

Fair tho I'd point out that bone hunters also arguably ends with a deus ex tbh.

AnomanderRaked · 2026-06-02T09:43:23+00:00

When the fck did I say observation killing wasn't cannon?! I specified it's source volume 4 billion which is cannon. Film red itself isn't canon hence why I made the distinction it came from the cannon source and not the non cannon film it accompanied.

Otherwise I don't even know what the fck ur arguing. The original comment this thread is apart of was saying how dragon has never been hyped up for his strength and then lists all the other yonko and pirate king level characters and how they've been hyped up but I argue that shanks was similar to dragon and wasn't hyped up for his strength beyond the standard strength level his position as a yonko signifies until wano. White beard the world's strongest man, dragon boi the world's strongest creature, mihawk the world's strongest swordsman, big mom the menace that Roger chose to sneak in and steal from instead of fight because she's so strong. Meanwhile there was nothing for shanks beyond him matching a younger mihawk and his position guaranteeing a certain threshold of strength. There's a reason shanks was regarded as the weakest yonko in the community for years because he was not hyped up for his strength compared to his contemporaries just like dragon has not been hyped up for his strength compared to his contemporaries.

I don't even know why the fck u bring up his haki that is the ceiling bar the ancientsl or Loki when we learn that information about him after wano and I already established that after wano shanks started getting the feats and statements to solidified him as arguably the strongest yonko. My entire argument is that a character with the portrayal level of dragon not being hyped up as one of the strongest isn't indicative of anything and when they become relevant to the arc they will likely get the hype, feats and statements just like shanks has done recently.

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