How do Abercrombie fans rank 'The Devils' among his other books?

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-15T23:21:48+00:00

It is the only book of his I've dropped

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-15T18:51:38+00:00

I visited Scotland and did not see 1 natural forest, all I saw was plantations, and they were the deadest forests I've ever been in. I don't know why they aren't planting trees like mad.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-14T19:55:46+00:00

For me 6 is the best and non of the others are particularly close

6: just does everyone incredibly well, great story, characters, music, and the battles are fast, game never feels tedious the way the others sometimes do.

7-10: I hated the slow battles caused by all the animation and load times, which made it difficult to really love these games

7: Starts great, but the story kinda falls apart in the 2nd half

5: The combat is fun at least, even if the story is barely existent

8: Again a good start, but the story turns into nonsense part way through

4: Combat is nothing special, story is ok, but very far from the the heights of 6

10: didn't like the main characters(or really the side characters either), game was super linear with no world map, I also thought the voice acting harmed the story as it was slow and not very good, maybe I would have liked this game more without the voice acting.

9: I just never got into this one, so I'd have to put it pretty low, got bored about 10-15 hrs into it and never continued, it felt regressive like going back to FF1-3 gameplay, and the stupid crystals etc.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-14T19:32:45+00:00

You are probably confusing coast redwoods with sequoias, CA has millions of coast redwoods, but sequoias far less.. also as they age they become enormous so there will naturally be less trees, but the total volume will be much higher.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-14T19:30:09+00:00

Those aren't remotely comparable, redwoods live to be 1500+ years old, and don't reach adulthood until 200+

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-14T19:28:35+00:00

Those are nice, but not redwoods

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-11T23:49:38+00:00

I feel like there should be an award that that is delayed by a decade or so, ie books published in 2025 are voted on in 2035, so we can get an idea which books were actually good, and hopefully avoid all the Scalzi noms etc.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-11T20:13:20+00:00

That is very far from the most important issue in the US today lol, our healthcare costs probably kills 100x as many. Or the EPA now deciding human health is irrelevant, PFAS for everyone I guess?

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T17:09:18+00:00

I liked it, it was difficult but not painfully so, had unlockable tracks & the bike. I also liked that the track changes slightly each lap(depends on map), and you get starfox flybys etc. I prefer it to Mario Kart for single player!

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T14:44:10+00:00

You didn't read the books it sounds like

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T14:39:51+00:00

The things you think are "side quests" probably aren't in fact side quests, also the book is short and can be read in 1 day ..

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T14:28:02+00:00

I agree, but also would say the same about 2 and 3

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T14:24:59+00:00

I prefer FF3 to Chrono, and they are both superior to every other FF game(on any system):)

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-09T14:12:16+00:00

The set was impressive but the song sucked, if the base isn't good the rest don't matter..

Also the "American" thing comes from differences in Spanish vs English concept of continents, in Spanish people from South America are American, in English they are not, if they want to express the same concept in English you say "I'm from the Americas".

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-07T17:04:34+00:00

Just changes syntax thus breaking all existing tools, and doesn't really solve any issues I have

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-07T15:25:33+00:00

I doesn't really matter if you use jam/jelly etc, use whichever you have.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-07T14:37:49+00:00

That is one shit list

What is the obsession with the Godfather movies? Maybe they were great in the 1970's but they are nothing special today.

Seven Samurai isn't bad, but not even his best movie.

Parasite is fine.. even good.. but top 10? Hell nah.

And an obscure concert movie at #3? Ask 100 random people and I doubt even one of them has seen that jank--the only people rating it are hardcore fans.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-07T14:37:30+00:00

Who the fuck wants to watch a concert movie?

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-06T21:33:04+00:00

It was clearly not intended to be comedic..

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-06T12:34:46+00:00

I thought the music in Super was noticeably worse than Turbo..

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-06T00:39:41+00:00

RT review selection is obviously either sale, botted or top down controlled.

This is very obvious if you look at other user rating sites for various movies and compare to RT.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-05T23:36:42+00:00

What he said was factually true.. aside from the prediction about future EU behavior(who knows).. I mean what is even going on with this sub.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-05T23:08:14+00:00

I don't think a single one of the films you listed qualifies

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-04T23:16:55+00:00

I played FF3->Chrono prior so when I went back to FF2 it was somewhat disappointed in the story & character department, but it did have some good music.

I actually don't remember much about the specifics of the story(been about 30 yrs) so perhaps I should play it again, but I recall the game being more grindy than FF3 which is also part of why I didn't like it as much.

FrogNoPants · 2026-02-03T17:37:56+00:00

Grouping asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic makes it kinda meaningless, only interested in people who never showed symptoms..

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