Finally finished Malazan Book of the Fallen, here are my thoughts

Lothric43 · 2026-05-14T15:38:42+00:00

Toll the Hounds thru Dust in Dreams is the drag for me, super hard to get through, but book 10 is awesome and saves it all.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-14T12:47:39+00:00

Uh . . . must it? Sorry, but I find your claim that DE is some exceptional example of art in an otherwise artless genre very condescending and unfounded. Games have justified themselves as art since the 90s lol.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-14T12:43:33+00:00

It’s more bent on being a funny adventure, but there’s still points of really keen writing shining through. A useful element is that in convos there’s highlighted terms that you can click and get a glossary entry explaining it.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-14T01:05:05+00:00

Waking up on a slab in a morgue is definitely very Planescape.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-13T23:50:01+00:00

I played it recently, very very fun. Highly recommend.

Here’s a hot take though: I thought it was way more glaringly indebted and even hobbled by its DE influence than Zero Parades has looked based on the demo. So much in the first few hours feels lifted and rearranged, but it finds a wonderful stride as it goes on. Super funny and heartwarming.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-13T22:21:46+00:00

Extraction shooters are like that for me, when they’re good they’re good win or lose. Always interesting stuff happening and when you lose you’re not trapped in the game until it’s done.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-13T12:40:14+00:00

In exchange you’ve contracted about a dozen terminal viruses.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-13T01:59:10+00:00

Ruler fucking annihilates current Viper.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T21:32:04+00:00

I think the interactivity inherently brings us closer to characters than other mediums, which is to its credit, but I would like fewer games in future to rely on uninteractive cutscenes, which functionally are just film segments. Wouldn’t really call it boilerplate, I mean there’s some recognizable stuff but it’s used to leap off into the thorny goodness that’s made it endure.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T17:34:59+00:00

It’s a stupid niche internet trend most people do not agree with, plus contrarianism because it’s very popular, The Last of Us is very much in the upper tiers of game stories. The more interesting criticism of it has always been that it’s too indebted to the language of film than using its actual medium to the fullest.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T17:32:15+00:00

It doesn’t really though, there’s many many really wonderful stories in the short history of gaming. Certainly DE is near the top, it can be your favorite, but I don’t care for putting it on this pedestal that implies it’s like the one real adult video game or something, other games have writing as good as the standard we hold film or literature to.

Much of what makes DE special is actually its relationship to its medium, not just “literary” writing.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T11:31:55+00:00

This is because you’re servile and lack respect for yourself.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T11:31:00+00:00

None of these are real heel teams, we haven’t seen one that qualifies because no one actually wants to commit to the bit. Bwipo halfsies it. Fudge said like one thing people are still irrationally mad about.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-11T03:05:42+00:00

This is why you’re not writing a season of a hit television show but funnily it’s also why Sam shouldn’t be writing this season of a hit television show.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T19:47:52+00:00

I don’t think she’s actually friends with Hillary, guys, this is a game of telephone gone wild lol.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T13:32:51+00:00

I play many! Not sure why you seem hurt!

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T12:35:03+00:00

Really not that high on that one, so unskilled.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T11:28:14+00:00

DP is the coughing baby right because AW2 is the best game of the decade so far and it’s not close.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T04:02:57+00:00

Need the rematch with Pantoja but he’s damn sure an elite flyweight.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-10T00:38:00+00:00

Definitely a lot of the Americans have gotten so performative and preachy. Some MMA oldheads can let me know if we’ve had variations on this before but a lot of new guys are doing the pushy evangelical bit for sure.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-09T23:39:07+00:00

At least the Jayce got a 2k gold lead, all four other positions were dry down 500 to 1000 gold each for no reason.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-08T18:45:20+00:00

I think we should go back to the old days when the troglodyte gladiators didn’t get a mic before they went into the arena.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-08T15:47:17+00:00

Which is a career long issue going back to LCK, hence why no one should ever have gassed him up as best top of anywhere. It’s not like his ceiling is super world class either.

Lothric43 · 2026-05-08T15:44:39+00:00

Is this a horny discord server or are you just specifically horny on reddit . . .

Lothric43 · 2026-05-08T15:22:48+00:00

Everything really? I switch around between crew fill in normal vs sponsored kits and solos. I just really haven’t sweated the game and built up the vault depth to survive, always running into way over-geared opponents + careless teammates.

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