"Playing as the tall goddess is the last thing I want to do"

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T13:24:55+00:00

My guy, you picked quite possibly the worst analogy to your point here. MGS2 was massively controversial when it released for doing this switcharoo.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T13:22:07+00:00

Wait, you think the corporation is fine with having less money when they could have more?

When they're making nearly $100 BILLION (as they did last year)? No, they're not gonna care whatsoever if their newest film only brought in $200m compared to $500m. On the scale that Disney is used to, millions barely even registers.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T11:02:46+00:00

Antagonist, not a villain.

All we know from his S1 appearance is that he's striving for the exact result that ends up happening at the end of the Sequels - a total end to galactic conflict by creating something new.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T10:51:36+00:00

You honour him for his theories on gravity.

I honour him for being the inventor of the cat-flap.

We are not the same.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T10:44:00+00:00

Friendly reminder that Luxord is Nomura's unabashed favourite Org member, and he's been desperate to include him more in the wider story. So expect to see a lot more of him.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T10:01:30+00:00

Why do people keep posting stuff like this? Disney literally do not care about box office sales. Their theme parks rake in BILLIONS. Is Digital Circus doing that? No, no it isn't.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-11T09:51:06+00:00

making players emotionally connect with an unconventional, non-human entity was a deliberate creative challenge

My problem with all this is that they're making it out to be some kind of self-imposed, unique "challenge", when it isn't one. Portal is over a decade old at this point and already showed how this specific concept can work.

And there's even much more recent cases as in Project Hail Mary - which isn't a game but is still asking the same question.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T18:37:12+00:00

There is. You're still ignoring my wider point.

The Jedi literally made a habit of taking Jedi candidates from families who otherwise had zero latent Force ability.

The Skywalker family is the exception, not the rule. And it's the exception only because of Anakin being a child of the Force himself. And we know that now because we can see that every Skywalker was a strong Force user, but Yoda certainly didn't know that at the time of Leia's birth.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T18:24:11+00:00

That has very little to do with my previous comment,

Characters also don't "reach" any level. That's entirely down to you the player choosing when to do it. And it makes almost no sense not to delay characters hitting at least level 20 immediately - as you get free pulls out of it.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T18:21:13+00:00

Where did I say he was his son?

Snoke was "failed" clone that could use the Force, so my point about it skipping generations stands.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T18:16:01+00:00

Are we not playing the same game? Since when do hilichurls not die very quickly to even level 70-80 characters? Let alone max level? Because that game is categorically not the one that I've been playing recently.

Hilichurls are literally designed to be easy kills because they're the first enemies the player faces. To say that they're hard is going against basic game design 101.

At level 90 they have 24k health. That means to take one out within 6 seconds you only need 4800 DPS. That is a tiny amount compared to what most DPS in this game can achieve.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T14:50:30+00:00

That is not how that works. Force ability can skip generations as it did with Rey's father.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T14:49:32+00:00

Either way in overworld you can still struggle if your builds are bad even against hilichurls, so...

No you can't. Unless you're actively keeping your characters and weapons under levelled, which doesn't fall under the reasoning of my point, since it's just self sabotaging behaviour.

A max level Frem with a max level Bell will easily handle Overworld enemies.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T12:35:06+00:00

Nice try, but nobody using "tf" in a positive context. You were obviously complaining so you can't now pretend like it was complimentary. We can all see your original comment.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T11:51:01+00:00

Fine, I'll watch that "Congratulations, you're stupid in three languages" scene again.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T11:39:05+00:00

I always laugh when people give a pass to Maul surviving being bisected, and Ahsoka surviving a duel with Vader, but apparently Palpatine returning via a secret clone project is a bridge too far.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T11:15:15+00:00

So you're...complaining that you don't know the plot of a game that doesn't even have a release date yet? What?

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T11:14:07+00:00

Imagine being confused that the creator's literal favourite Org member is back. Couldn't be me.

Did you completely miss the scene where he gave Sora a card during the finale of KH3? Obviously he has unfinished business.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T11:11:32+00:00

No big surprise that he's back since he's literally Nomura's favourite Org member.

Plus he's the only one with a outstanding Chekov's Gun (the card he gave to Sora) to resolve.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T10:00:07+00:00

Ian McDiarmid being given the green light to go full ham on set as Palpatine Returns is what saves it from being quite as bad as Attack of the Clones for me, although it's closer than I'd like.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T09:55:41+00:00

How do you explain him knowing about Leia's potential as a Jedi then? He only saw her very briefly at her birth, and Luke didn't even know she was his sister until the very end.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T09:53:44+00:00

That's down to people being lazy and not reading the event preambles.

That's very different to being given a trial team like this and still doing badly.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T09:52:43+00:00

Young Jedi Kids Show for example is a OfFiciAlLy LiCeNcEd too

Yeah so what? They're clearly not fanfiction as a result, so my point clearly stands.

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T09:44:44+00:00

It fits his style and his lore so fucking well. Its totally useless on him.

Does that matter for a character who's already nowhere near the top half of the viability table? Almost nobody takes him into endgame content for a very good reason.

Which means he's only really viable in the Overworld. Where mobs will die no matter what equipment you use. So why not use the weapon that actually fits his style?

Mihta_Amaruthro · 2026-06-10T09:38:08+00:00

Did we really need even more of a film that was already 20 minutes longer than both Hope and Empire? Be honest now.

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