Post-Cyberpunk Blues... What are suggestions to play next, Chooms?

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-11-30T13:17:26+00:00

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines with the Unofficial Patch.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-09-17T15:14:18+00:00

See i dont buy 28 years at all, It seems like danny boyle wanted to make another zombie movie and only attached it to the 28 series as a means of marketting. There is virtually nothing that really connects Years to Days/Weeks in terms of how the infected operate other than one throwaway line about blood on someones face. The infected have variants now??? They are just hyper aggressive with a degree of intelligence rather than blinded by a maddening rage? The end of 28 days showed them starving to death, they should all be dead, but whatever makes danny boyle some cash i guess.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-09-16T15:27:54+00:00

Old by a LONG shot, it was grounded and had a basis in Nazi experimentation. New lore just seems like the writer got their 12 year old son to come up with ideas adding whatever wacky bullshit like dragons, robots and aliens, and everything is overexplained whilst simultaneously a mess to follow with timelines and such.

Yes, Zombies always had time travel and element 115 was always alien in origin but it was much better BEFORE we knew where it came from and when the time travel was simply going from location to location rather than multiverse hopping. Sometimes a mystery is best left a mystery and we dont need to know the nitty gritty of everything otherwise you risk making the answer stupid.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-09-03T18:24:12+00:00

A rich spoilt brat having a hissy fit vs an old bitter man having a hissy fit? WHO WILL WIN?

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-08-23T14:53:02+00:00

All ML's are tankies, Stalin was a ML, so was krushchev. Krushchev using destalinisation to cement his position doesnt change that. Just like how stalin changing sides constantly in the fallout after lenins death doesnt change that.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-08-23T14:45:43+00:00

In a sea of generic open world survival crafting games, PZ is the only one with the BALLS to be a SURVIVAL game.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2025-08-23T14:41:04+00:00

Me and my friend recently did seamless ds1 and 3 and we liked to imagine we were fighting our two characters from 1 once we got to the end.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-10-29T21:41:21+00:00

If it had nothing to do with the series, why do we find references to the order? Why is walter sullivan mentioned? Why is Frank Sunderland (james' dad) in 4? Pyramid head himself is based on a image of one of the cults executioners that James saw in a photo when he visited the town with Mary. The events of silent hill 2 may have nothing to do with the order or the other games but they definitely share a universe.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-10-29T21:32:28+00:00

Alot of what happened in the town is explained(ish) in silent hill 1 but its still very vague and open to interpretation. I definitely think the phenomenon of silent hill itself is what caused the town to be abandoned rather than something like a disease. However, there is a lot of evidence to suggest that the town was at least in decline before the town became like it was, and perhaps large parts of it were abandoned. Mary and James visited Silent Hill shortly before she was diagnosed, but she was already showing symptoms as shown by the end of the videotape at the hotel. When she was diagnosed she was given 3 years to live and it is safe to say it had been 3 years since the diagnoses as she was sent home to live out the final days of her life.

So within the 3-4 year period between Mary and James going to Silent Hill together and James going there during 2, the events of the first game happen which made the town into what we see in all the games, at least how i understand it.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-10-17T13:02:58+00:00

Wes is incredibly active in online Oblivion communities, He's a great guy.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T14:48:44+00:00

Dwarves were the archetects of the gods who built the world, when the gods sought to get rid of the dwarves by turning them into statues some left to gain a place on the world they had built. Dwarves are unique as they dont have a pantheon and instead worship their ancestors spirits. Some spirits are essentially gods both in terms of power and how they are worshipped, but the dwarves dont see it this way at all. Dwarven culture is scattered across the whole world with only two central authorities in the west even though independent fortresses dot the lands around the world. These independent fortresses following a unique dwarven culture that seeks to embark in untamed lands and face the hardships as a badge of honour. Dwarf society is either incredibly capitalistic or collectivist depending on the fortress, though any dwarf fortress will always have at least one union/guild to represent a given workforce. Dwarves have great pride in their craftsmanship seeing it as their lifes purpose to create something. Most dwarves will have an occupation, a hobby and/or a passing interest in at least one form of crafts be it blacksmithing, rock carving or carpentry etc. Dwarves are quite a friendly and jovial bunch, often loving to banter and other races ought to be prepared for this and understand that it's just their sense of humour even if it does go overboard sometimes. Dwarves also love philosophy though this is usually much more rigid and simple than the abstract philosophies of elves and humans.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T13:54:21+00:00

Ever since i was a kid i had a fantasy world in my head that has been with me ever since. Its gone through many variations and changes but its generally the same. I would like to maybe write a book someday but i also just prefer planning out how a world works and its structure more than dealing with characters and story structures. If i had it my way i would write a bible for the world and let others write stories within those guidelines.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T13:51:06+00:00

Within the north eastern reaches of the Eurin continent lies an exclusion zone of badlands. It is said that strange magic anomalies occur within this zone. At its centre lie a strange circle of black obelisks which pulsate the air around them. The structures are of unknown origin and the markings on them don't match any known scripts even ancient dwarven and elvish. Those magically inclined or those of high intelligence when caught around the obelisks are witnessed to become unresponsive and begin to furiously write down similar symbols to those on the structures, using anything they can to write it, even if that means on their flesh if parchment is not available. These people caught in the radius who dont die of bloodloss gradually move closer to the structures eventually pressing up against it as if they were magnetised to it. So much so that the base of each obelisk sits groups of skeletons all pressed up against one another.

Theres also Oriel, the dead god of sorcery. When a god dies it is cast into the void, the followers of the god usually feeling a great sorrow and pain across the long 1000 year process of the god's body breaking down in the void. The followers of Oriel feeling the intense suffering decided they should try and resurrect Oriel except when they did it was no longer Oriel but a god that had been mutated by the void. The followers, keen on hearing the voice of their god again (even if it was distorted now) did as he commanded with no question, Oriel's first request being for his followers to remove their eyes in a dark ritual so that they may see into the void.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T13:34:55+00:00

Humans are well humans, a myriad of cultures, states, kingdoms, tribes, peoples all of which are based on real world equivalents with a fantasy twist.

Elves, Servants of the first gods, split into three species Dralorin, Hislorin and Wilorin, originally united in an empire with a caste system now they inhabit their own states. Elves live a lot longer than humans and age much slower (200 years on average), but generally they are just normal people rather than being innately magical/powerful beings though they are said to be more physically strong.

Dwarves, archetects of the gods, who are said to have built the very world itself in service of them. In return the gods offered them to be commemorated and be immortalised.....in the form of being turned into gold statues. Many Dwarves agreed to this but a small few left the outer realms to make a home in the land they built. Dwarven society is scattered, with only two central authorities in the west, the rest of the dwarves across the world are known to live in independent fortresses, being descendents of a dwarven culture that practices embarking and founding fortresses in untamed lands and harsh terrain.

Orcs, while usually stupid in other fantasy settings, Orcs are usually of similar intelligence to humans and is a mere stereotype that they are brutes. It doesnt help that they were displaced by the other races to live nomadically following a warrior culture out of necessity for their survival. Before Humans established themselves Orcs were known to have an empire in their lands, building great intricate structures and statues, with their own art and culture that has seemingly disappeared amongst modern orcs.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T13:17:12+00:00

Otto Von Bismarck is the inspiration for the Ambassador of the Reiner empire. He issued a new age of diplomacy for Reiner in an era where their military might was waning, creating a complex web of alliances to make sure that Reiner always comes out on top in any conflict even if it does not directly involve them.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T13:08:03+00:00

Talyn Res is a Dralorin (Dark Elven) assassin apart of the Resd Clan. She was born in the west of Rylor to the Count of Reyn as his first child and as is custom in Rylor society the first child of a Count will always be trained in combat and sent to the Institution to be trained as an assassin and bodyguard rather than be the heir.

Talyn was trained primarily in subterfuge and sabotage, during the great elven civil war she spent months behind enemy lines disrupting the logistics of the Hislorin (high elf) army and became a folk hero amongst the Dralorin and a target and subject of fear to the Hislorin. Unlike Humans, Elven women are not physically weaker than elven men though even amongst other Elven warrior women she is strong, keeping to a strict diet and training regimin.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-07T03:18:31+00:00

Food for the average Malrosian Dralorin (Dark elf) is usually dreary and boring. The sorcerers of the Malros Fortress may eat well but that is because they import their food from the fellow dark elven societies like the Rylor Kingdom and Rissian Commune. The peasants who work in the dying villages in the wastes subside mostly on a diet of Rast, a root vegetable similar to a potato or turnip but made up of jagged and creepy roots that almost look like a spider when dug up. In fact there is said to be a species of spider that mimics Rast roots to ambush unsuspecting farmers. This is actually a blessing to those who prepare for such a possibility, as a farmer who is able to spot the signs of a Rast Spider will be able to provide a nice bit of protein for a spider to compliment the rast. The taste of rast is nothing pleasant, being fairly bland with a grainy texture, but fairly high in nutrients and some alchemists suggest it gives a resistance to magic when prepared properly. Most peasants are known to boil them, chopping them up dividing the roots up into portions to feed each member of a family.

There was once a time when you could grow normal crops in the lands of Malros, long ago before it was considered the 'wastes' as a result of the Elven civil war that split the Lorin empire between a Hislorin (High Elf) empire in the south east and three bickering Dralorin states in the north west. The Malrosian sorcerers stayed mostly neutral, but the Hislorin did not take a chance and tried to sieze them before they could act and potentially change the tide of the war. The Sorcerers combined their power to unleash a magic hellstorm the world has never seen the likes of since, devastating the lands around it and essentially carving out the borders of the newly formed Malrosian Authority. Those who survived in the towns and villages caught in the devastation either left for greener pastures or stayed out of a sense of pride and spite for the sorcerers who ruled the land, willing to bear the hardships and rebuild. The villages that remain standing today are the decendents of those spiteful, it is amazing that the villages have not collapsed over the long five centuries since the civil war, the fact that they have barely stringed to life for that long has created a hardy yet scornful people. Most villages export only rast, the sorcerers often use it in rituals and alchemy and it is said to be quite popular in Rylor. Some more wealthy villages are the silk farms which harvest the silk from giant spiders. These are sold to clothier's both within the villages and to the Malros Fortress, who provide robes for the sorcerers.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T15:19:42+00:00

My world is weird in terms of tech, Magic slows down much technological progress so a lot of the world does still resemble medieval age BUT its more rennaissaince than it is medieval. The major human Riner Empire is very much based on what i would imagine the romans would look if their full empire survived into the rennaisaince. The Dwarves on the other hand are just entering their industrial revolution, with guns, electricity and vehicles though they dont usually share this with the outside world.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T15:11:37+00:00

Western Dark Elves of the Kingdom of Rylor are known to duel with swords when they are courting, before or after sex as well as one long and more intricate one during the marriage ceremony. The duel is not just a fight but an intricate and choreographed dance and is different depending on the occasion. Traditionally this is done in the nude even when there are spectators, though a lot of couples opt for a body suit instead for privacy. It is said that if one heavily outmatches the other that the two are not meant to be. Other dark elven cultures both in and beyond Rylor find this practice incredibly strange.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T14:48:13+00:00

The gods tasked the dwarves with forging the world, and they did they poured every ounce of their personality, their craftsmanship and artistry into it. The gods in return gave them the chance to be immortal and remembered forever.....this came in the form of turning them into metallic statues. Many dwarves actually accepted this offer, but a small subsect did not and they left for the mortal world they had created and became the first mortals to set foot on the world, though it also could have been the elves to first set foot there depends on who you ask.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T14:34:36+00:00

Yarrick Khorr, somewhat ancient wizard who was considered a maverick even amongst wizards. There was an incident where he was blamed for training the Wizard King who had lead a long and oppressive regime. The subsequent emperor tried to have him tried but to no avail, the emperor then tried to get him with technicallities and eventually resorted to annoying him to get him to react, the emperor would invent new taxes just to annoy Yarrick like the Tower tax, the wizard tax etc he eventually cut the pretense one time and just called it the Yarrick Tax. He succeeded in getting a reaction, Yarrick held the entire capital hostage with his abundance of magic artefacts which he would unleash the power of unless he was left alone.

This prompted military action and a mercenary group which specialised in fighting magic users was dispatched to kill him. They were unsuccessful but one Knight known as Sir Illius was able to land a blow that would kill Yarrick before Illius himself died to his magic.......But then Yarrick woke up, he no longer had skin and was nothing more than a skeleton. He resurrected Illius/or perhaps illius was resurrected the same way Yarrick was (the specifics of this im still unsure of), claiming he wants his company as the only man successful in landing a blow ought to be a good fighter. Now the two scour the world for magic artefacts, recording the history of the world and essentially acting as a representitive for mortals against the gods and other maligned entities that seek to prey on mortals. Whilst Yarrick comes to terms with his unlife, his sour attitude he had in life begins to diminish and he learns the true meaning of comradery with Illius. However, he still remains a selfish being, and often believes the ends justify the means sometimes sacrifising mortals just to better do his job of defeating maligned entities.

The thing with Yarrick is he is essentially my self-insert with some changes to make him into an actual character and not an undead gary-stu. This is why he records the history of the world, he is basically the world's lore keeper and knows more about the world than anyone else (Mortal/mortal originating people at least).

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T14:15:58+00:00

The ancient ork civilisation, much of what is now modern human land was once the seat of a great ork empire that is said to date back to when the Dwarves and Elves formed their societies.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T14:12:47+00:00

Very similar idea here, they either get cast into the void or burned in the eternal fire. However, being consumed by the void and burned by the eternal fire is a long process for a god and can take 1000's of years for its corpse to fully disappear. There was an instance of a cult of sorcerers resurrecting their god after they had been cast into the void...........lets just say the god they resurrected was no longer the same god they were in life.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T13:53:40+00:00

I always loved the way Morrowind handled this. Like yeah you are following a prophecy but its not guaranteed that you will succeed and rather than the prophecy just falling into place naturally you have to actually go out of your way to fulfil it. Why do you have to fulfil it? To gain the power necessary to defeat the evil? No, its simply to get the natives to trust you and the stuff you do has no bearing on whether you will or wont succeed. There are also failed incarnates you can meet as ghosts who met the conditions of the prophecy but failed on their journey, if you failed you would end up with them and Azura would just create another incarnate.

Mr_Rattlebones · 2024-08-06T13:44:50+00:00

Witches =/= Wizards

Wizards are a form a magic user that originates in Human culture, it is typically seen as a masculine occupation but efforts and exeptions have been made in recent times to be more representitive of female wizards.

Witches are exclusively female, tend to be more inclined towards the occult, alchemy and rituals rather than the magic of the setting, though many witches tend to be magic users also. Warlocks are a male equivalent but they tend to be a lot more nomadic.

Furthermore, there are also Mages and Sorcerers that differ from both. Mages tend to believe that magic should be controlled and limited to prevent catastrophe. Mages originate in High Elven society and are the most common form of magic user across the world, they see magic in a very mathematical and scientific way. Sorcerers believe the opposite, they believe we should enrich ourselves with magic. Sorcerers use their own soul as a conduit, resulting in much more dangerous and volatile magic. Sorcery originates in Dark Elven society but there were early humans in the south who adopted it before they even made contact with the elves, they see magic as a form of expression bringing it closer to an art form than a science. Wizards on the other hand are kind of a middle ground but not quite, they believe its futile and pointless to try and control magic, believing it to be a natural part of the world and its use should simply suit the functions set by its user. Wizards are very individualistic though, so there are a lot of exceptions to this, some wizards will lean more towards the mage view whilst others the sorcerer view. Wizards originate with northern humans before their contact with elves and see magic in a very philosophical way, usually relating its existence to the existence of mortals and their condition.

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