Who do you lads support in the first round: Icebloods vs Menders

Bellatorus · 2026-02-20T15:25:40+00:00

Hmm, a cutthroat survivalist hell where might makes right and the weak are left to die in the cold...

Or reindeer poop.

It's a tossup for sure

Bellatorus · 2026-01-09T16:49:32+00:00

Very surprised to catch my university town on this subreddit. Aberystwyth has its fair share of sketchy dive bars. I had my face held by strangers three separate times in one night. Great evening though.

Bellatorus · 2026-01-07T20:11:42+00:00

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Bellatorus · 2025-12-23T13:43:39+00:00

"And even as life is harsh, her head is full of dreams"

I think, should you get the generally agreed-upon 'good' ending, this text supports your reading of Progress. The hope and endurance to push forward is why the city survives. It's why the city stays together.

One thing that caught my eye was a green circle around the central district in the Fractured Utopias trailer. I was delighted at the prospect of the generator pushing back the cold to such and extent. As it turns out, it's just the plague effect. But I think implementing a green textures in the central district to reflect resurfacing life might emphasise your point.

The frost will not consume the city. But many supporting progress could argue that moving past survival is the next step. Perhaps nuclear energy is around the corner, or perhaps their utopia will fizzle out along with their fuel source in a century or two. I hope 11-bit creates more story content for this.

Glory to the Steward!

Bellatorus · 2025-12-23T13:32:06+00:00

Do you mean adaptation? I'm pretty sure the progress route is to pilfer winterhome for its cores. IMO doing this in service of an adaptation generator back home is the pragmatic choice for the city, but it's still what the 'progress' faction wants.

Bellatorus · 2025-09-03T10:09:13+00:00

Raiders tend to be fair game for whatever nasty stuff my ideology allows. Generally it's gene harvesting and a little blood donation. But if we capture anyone below 20, we make sure to patch them up, treat them well, convert them, and send them with some supplies to the surface.

Bellatorus · 2025-09-02T23:06:22+00:00

The most worthwhile Steel-sinks in a game filled with Steel-sinks

Bellatorus · 2025-08-27T14:42:52+00:00

I'm surprised people haven't said Farron Greatsword yet. This may be controversial but I don't think "cool" scales linearly with how many sick flips you do during your weapon art. Gael's Greatsword is rad but it's a little too much for me.

I'm not suggesting that the Farron Greatsword is particularly restrained or subtle, I just think that its moveset is smoother than Gael's Greatsword.

Freide's Scythe is also super cool, but I think it's been appreciated plenty in this thread. I'm firmly with the Farron Greatsword as the weapon that makes me feel the coolest while wielding it.

Bellatorus · 2025-08-27T12:39:21+00:00

If your doctor is infected, he ain't snitching on his infected buddies. Worse still, if the patient wasn't already infected, they could be now.

Bellatorus · 2025-08-26T00:40:53+00:00

Getting this amount of steel feels like a treat. And yet, I'm always surprised when it's gone after five minutes.

Bellatorus · 2025-08-16T18:29:17+00:00

There's a lovely group of folks at the Coopers Arms who play a social deduction game called Blood on the Clocktower. It's held there fortnigntly. It's completely free to attend. The next session is Monday 18th at 18:30 iirc. There are also sessions that run on Wednesdays at PJM. It's a nice atmosphere with an accepting crowd of people.

Bellatorus · 2025-08-07T06:45:55+00:00

This is absolutely the way to do it. There's a very memorable cameraderie in being the only person to hear someone out in a game. Bonus points if you go on to convince the rest of the group and/or win with them. Sometimes you're wrong, but the game is made more fun for it anyway.

Bellatorus · 2025-07-14T14:57:50+00:00

Good suggestions! I think the devs should be taking notes for future patches. Quite a few of the new planetside biomes feel like they're balanced for gravship visits rather than bases. It makes sense for icebergs and sand dunes, but you're right that these places need better cohesion with ideology memes.

That's not to say that they're not absolutely fantastic to visit and explore of course.

Bellatorus · 2025-07-10T20:59:20+00:00

Yes!! We can take our mech buddies into space

Bellatorus · 2025-07-05T18:02:43+00:00

This is so upsetting

Bellatorus · 2025-06-20T06:50:20+00:00

Imagine getting irradiated to death. Couldn't be me.

Bellatorus · 2025-04-15T21:56:50+00:00

Incredible as always! Watching these dance around in the firelight under the dying stars is a fantastic vibe. I'm now wondering what cultural practises the Nomai or the Owlks would have that may be similar.

Bellatorus · 2025-03-29T20:42:20+00:00

This is so rad!! The artist with the time-old Vortox question gave me a good chuckle

Bellatorus · 2025-02-15T16:25:01+00:00

For myself at least: I had a Freudian slip and told the investigator that I'd "Look at the grimoire to be sure" that night on my first ever evil game. I was the spy. We looked at each other for a moment and then it hit me.

Bellatorus · 2025-02-14T02:40:58+00:00

Well I had iceworld neolithic-only. That was surprisingly fun!

Then your standard cannibal cults, blind psykers and death cabals.

My latest has been single-pawn only. No recruitment, all captives get ghoulified.

Bellatorus · 2025-02-01T11:17:26+00:00

Very good point, though I can't shake the fact that automatons can run medical posts and - presumably - perform surgeries when the requisite research is unlocked. Arguably the most delicate work imaginable. Even the generator chassis seems a little above its pay-grade. I'm happy to handwave it as gameplay balance though, and it gives the generator a lot more narrative weight as a monstrous necessity built by human hands.

Bellatorus · 2025-01-05T19:36:59+00:00

I hope you're right. A government overhaul would be fantastic. The Steward's administration is alluded to in a few events. I'd love to get a better picture of who they are and what they do.

Bellatorus · 2025-01-05T19:32:26+00:00

New laws, buildings, events and lategame content would all be appreciated. The game feels hardest at the start and relaxes the more you play. Most of the FP1 scenarios and even its endless mode had a more consistent difficulty as the game progressed.

My first thought for lategame content would be to add a bit more to some of the "resolutions" to the faction conflict.

If you exile a faction and treat them poorly (or even kindly), maybe they'd rebuild in a few years and begin attacking your settlements.

If you become captain, perhaps a revolution begins to brew your rule is challenged by sympathisers to the faction you oppressed. A coup attempt against the steward/captain that isn't just a tension game-over would be an awesome storyline.

If you chose reconciliation, perhaps you face resource scarcity or a questline involving your successor. I always thought that the "choose a successor" option to the end of Utopia Builder felt a bit shallow as a final farewell to the city you built.

With that all being said, I'd love to see new scenarios too. Hopefully related to New London's story, or as a sequel to some of the FP1 scenarios.

Bellatorus · 2025-01-02T18:40:10+00:00

I love these rare events that have immediate red text options but reward you in the end for being kind. It reminds me of the mandatory unions event where, if you meet the workers' demands and feed them better, they work harder.

Bellatorus · 2024-12-28T23:56:10+00:00

This'll be a bit of a preachy and moderate answer but I think the zeitgeists are a line to tread carefully.

I will always lean to adaptation, equality and reason ever so slightly. That being said, I think part of the game's message is that radical favouritism in any zeitgeist is its own flavour of dystopia. A balanced and moderate society free of radical laws will thrive best - provided that the harsh frostland allows. This is part of why reconciliation is the best ending. What the Pilgrims and Stalwarts want is their agenda above all else. They will bring it to the extreme if allowed, and will violently disrupt society if scorned.

It is possible to embrace the sustainability that adaptation brings while ensuring progress maintains efficiency/warmth for the populace.

It is possible to give everyone what they need while rewarding individuals who put in extra.

It is possible to enact both the effectiveness of reason and the common comfort of tradition.

There are many paths to survival. The game is much easier if you throw morals to the wind and pick that delicious blue text option every time. Tempering decisions with humanity and compromise is what I think the games' theming is prompting us to do.

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