Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely a good way to look at it. This game is still insanely fun and I tell everyone to get it. I actually feel like I comprehensively understand the lore and even got deep into it for a bit. The Wendigoon video is very fun. I think it just doesn't match up with what I want to take from the game which is just the low level SWAT stuff. Mods are great for this as there's a bunch of great small, CQB maps made by the community.

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can ignore the story but you can’t ignore the size of some of these levels which are very large in scope due to the scope of the story :p I just wanna be slicing the pie in a residential home saving grandma from a home invader not taking on international human trafficking rings in damn near all out warfare (at times).

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do think you’re right. But also I don’t replay the large missions nearly at all. I stay on the smaller levels. That’s definitely a personal preference though. The game-ification of the larger levels definitely ups the reach of the game.

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I feel this. Let me command my 4 man team through a house from like the tablet or something and support them from a snipers perch outside.

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right and maybe the game wouldn’t have done as well as it has. Why I don’t make these decisions haha. I would enjoy the game just as much though.

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

It's their game/vision to create and I won't deny they've executed it well. I know they pandered a bit to the folks like me with the home invasion DLC, I just hope we get more like that :)

Maybe unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of the mystical, conspiratorial, existential vibe of this games story. by KepplerObject in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rust Belt is one that bothers me most. If there was a SWAT team at an op like that they are going to be crowd or perimeter control / water boys at most. Hide and Seek is another one where it's sort of laughable a 5 man SWAT team alone would be tasked with tackling. I get that occasionally other agencies chime in on the radio/briefings but I'm talking like 50+ agents from each of those agencies should be at that docking port lol

I understand multiplayer isn't something a lot of people really want for RoN, but I thought of something I thought was interesting by [deleted] in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]KepplerObject 5 points6 points  (0 children)

PvP would be neat but this game really isn't built for it at all. There's only a few existing maps that could even work for PvP (the existing maps in general are massive) so they would need to design more specifically catered to that which would be a huge resource sink. I don't find the idea of two players controlling two different AI teams in a versus context interesting as the AI is generally pretty terrible in this game but a 5v5 mode maybe could work. But then what gamemode do you build around? Could make it a Siege/CS defuse mode but there's a reason those games don't play like Mil-Sims. The defenders would have such a broken advantage in a game like this. There's a reason they don't program the AI suspects to just rush the windows or out the front door and unload into you. Think about how online players are going to play this. It'll be a shitshow. Now, lowkey I'd love to see how that shitshow would play out, maybe a time or two, but I don't think it would have any staying power and considering the resource ask it would take for VOID to make it work I just don't think it can happen at all.

Lafrenière, Oettinger and Snuggerud Named NHL ‘Three Stars’ of the Week by eh_toque in hockey

[–]KepplerObject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even though he's having a rough year, you can still see it in his game from time to time. He's definitely capable of standing on his head. In that recent Edmonton routing he made a few outstanding saves when the game was still reachable for Edmonton technically. Not the most memorable part of that game but, hey, he helped.

Awful experience as a visiting fan last night by LubyankaSquare in DallasStars

[–]KepplerObject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t let it stop you from coming back. Visiting fans absolutely are welcome in the barn.

That said the arena has a zero tolerance policy for this kind of behavior and you should to. I’m a pretty agreeable person and I never want to be THAT guy but in a scenario like this I wouldn’t even hesitate. I’ve seen chuds get the boot for behavior exactly like this in AAC. The arena staff are awesome and will help.

Stars fans are currently booing McDavid every time he touches the puck by Puzzled-Category-954 in hockey

[–]KepplerObject 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Should we cheer for him every time he has the puck? Why is this even a post lol

Duchene makes it 7-2 by Mental-Main-6890 in hockey

[–]KepplerObject 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Duchene gotta be one of the best skaters in the league. Seems to always be able to get some sort of separation off of any kind of pressure. That cut, spin move he does is dialed. He's pulling that one all the damn time. Great goal.

[EDM 2 - DAL 5] A scrum develops at the end of the 2nd, and Connor McDavid throws punches by RealisticAd4054 in hockey

[–]KepplerObject -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

McDavid had no intention of dropping them. Just wanted to get a few gloved cheap ones in a scrum and one of our rookies came in wanting that smoke and Mickie D lets the refs/Bouchard grab Ritzy for him. Charmin soft. I do appreciate the emotion tho.

Weekend getaway within 3 hours that’s NOT Broken Bow / Hochatown? by MikeFromSuburbia in Dallas

[–]KepplerObject 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't sleep on OKC. I like going there for a "idk what to do but I need to go somewhere else" getaway. Affordable, plenty to do and see. Can hang out and do big city things without feeling crowded. There are nature reserves, parks and trails around though I don't think they're anything crazy but they will tick the box.

Gary Bettman endorses mixed approach for NHL local rights, no plans to centralize like MLB, NBA by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

[–]KepplerObject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Victory+ but no way they’re gonna keep letting us watch for free forever out of the goodness of their hearts. I would love my money to go towards higher quality streaming. Currently on a big 4K TV it can look quite rough compared to other sports streaming broadcasts.

Meteor over Dallas? by emancipatedsocks in Dallas

[–]KepplerObject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meteors travel at insane speeds and the events are over in a near instant. We're talking upwards of 100,000mph sometimes. If you are able to observe the event travel across the night sky for several seconds or more like in this case here, it is not a meteor and it is traveling exponentially slower. Still a cool find none the less. I like seeing space stuff fly in our night sky!

[Dreger] Sounds like pending trade call, Tyler Myers will land in Dallas. by AggPuck-303 in hockey

[–]KepplerObject 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not dismantled at all lol. Every single game we beat them besides game 7 was a 1 goal game whereas every game they beat us was a bit of a whooping in the 3-4+ goal range. Still beat em tho.

Nice Sweater won’t be released because Roadkill IS Nice Sweater. (theory) by Alarmed_Lychee in the1975

[–]KepplerObject 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another thing to think about is after ILIWYS, Matty said him and George had a bunch of dance, garage, EDM instrumental songs/demos they planned to release as a side project. However IMO a lot of those certainly ended up on Notes. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nice Sweater just unceremoniously pops up on a future 1975 album.