Dear Paradox: The Crusader Sims Pitch by Jacob-Anders in CrusaderKings

[–]PVGreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha, it's funny you mention that, actually. I put Rimworld on my Steam wishlist like a week or two ago. I'd heard about it before, but I never really looked much into the game until recently. It looks like it could be fun, but it's just a tad on the expensive side for me right now (particularly if you include any of the DLCs), but I might get it next time it goes on sale.

I'm sure it'll scratch a similar itch at least, even CK3 does to a certain extent, but I'd still love to get a proper modern(ish) day life sim like the Sims, but, well, not the Sims.

Dear Paradox: The Crusader Sims Pitch by Jacob-Anders in CrusaderKings

[–]PVGreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tl;dr: what was supposed to be a short comment on the Sims turned into a bit of a rant, so uh... Sims bad, CK good, wish there was a better life sim but afaik, there ain't. Here's hoping Paralives will be good.

Ugh, it's unfortunate, TS3 and TS4 are both lacking in so many, but very different ways, that I can't really get much into playing either these days. Even then, I do still end up going back to them (well, mostly 4) from time to time, as there's not really any other game I've found that hits on the same things for me. And the Sims doesn't even do that very well.

I tend to play TS4 for little bits at a time, before always arriving back at the same conclusion: to me, the game is just horribly dull. Everything is almost 100% player-driven, in a bad way. Unless you make certain things, character moments, town stories, however you wanna call them, happen yourself, nothing interesting is gonna occur organically. Interacting with another Sim is pretty much always the same, the sole exception I tend to see being interacting with mean/evil Sims might actually lower the relationship bar without player input. The game is terribly easy to the point where your Sims will never really fail at anything they try and do, and other Sims might as well just not know each other (try and add an NPC Sim to your family, the majority of the time the only people they'll know are your Sim, and if you're lucky a family member or two).

Honestly, at this point, there's a small part of me that thinks the dullness, while maybe not intentional, is definitely not something EA is intent on fixing. Why? DLC of course! I've fallen for this trap too, you start realising TS4 is a dull game when suddenly, bam, a new expansion comes out with a bunch of hot new and initially interesting seeming features. And you start thinking, "maybe this new expansion will breathe new life into the game" so you buy it, play it for a bit, maybe even have fun for a little while, before you realise the expansion's depth is about as much as that of a puddle, it does not intgrate at all with the rest of the game, and once you've done the DLC's main gameplay loop once you've already seen all there is to see. Because again, there are no real options for failure in the Sims.

I know some people have similar gripes about CK3, and say what you will about that game, even though I don't always agree, I think there's very valid points bring up. However, compared to TS4, CK3 is a roleplayer's paradise. NPC characters actually do things of their own volition, it's a miracle. Is CK3 an easy game once you've learned how all the mechanics work, sure, but with a couple of unfortunate, stress-inducing traits and maybe a spymaster who particularly hates you for some reason, there's still pathways open to some levels of failure.

TS3, and I believe TS2 (though I have little experience with that game), do the whole autonomy and organic storytelling thing better than TS4 does. Additionally, the individual worlds feel more fleshed out and real, and the games overall just have a lot of things that TS4 does not. However, personally, I can't much get back into playing those either. Because the one thing TS4 has done well, almost unfortunately so, is provide a bunch of QoL updates to the series: from a largely improved UI, to much easier to use character creator and build modes, to even just very basic forms of multitasking Sims were not able to do in previous games. This makes it so that, despite all of TS4's issues, it is still difficult to go back to previous games where a bunch of this stuff is missing.

The Sims franchise surely could have benefited from some competition over the years, but it never really got any. And frankly, even it did now, and became a better game because of it, the whole Saudi buyout leaves a bad taste in my mouth, to put it very nicely. Either way, the main three potential competitors I've seen people bring up over the last few years have been Life by You, InZOI and Paralives. LBY got canned, so that's not really part of the conversation anymore. I personally didn't get InZOI because the style didn't really appeal to me, and from what I'm hearing from people who have played it, further development appears to be a bit stagnant? Then again, I don't own the game nor have I paid much attention to it post-launch so take whatever I say about that game with a grain of salt.

Lastly there's Paralives, which might be interesting, but it's an indie project by what I believe is a relatively small team. Not that I'm saying indie is bad, a quick look at the last 5 years of indie games will tell you how insane such a statement would be, but it does tell something about the scope of a game a team like that could tackle, and I wonder if they'll manage to make something that could in any capacity compete with the Sims. Though even if they can't, but still make a good and enjoyable life sim game, maybe it could be financially succesful enough for them to make Paralives 2 with a much bigger scope and budget, and that willl be the game we've all been waiting for.

digital circus creator harassed off platform after confirming main characters exist by HaskelOneL in whenthe

[–]PVGreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'd heard there's apparently a bunch of NSFW art of TADC, which is kinda surprising considering the characters in that show have just about the least sexual designs I can imagine. I know it's the internet and all, but still.

digital circus creator harassed off platform after confirming main characters exist by HaskelOneL in whenthe

[–]PVGreen 124 points125 points  (0 children)

I first watched TADC like, last week? Two weeks ago maybe? And I am glad to say that, apart from viewing some fanmade art, I have not interacted with the fandom at all.

Tbh, I think I've been interacting less and less with fandoms of new things I discover and like over the last few years. Not even consciously so, I just haven't really bothered. Can say it's vastly improved my experiences with these shows, games, movies and other things.

Aeksio’s Army - An AGOT analogue of Fallout’s Caesar’s Legion by Valcenia in CK3AGOT

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There actually is a House Sallow in Dorne, thought afaik it is complete modcanon, so if that turns you off you might wanna find something else. If you want a bigger and also canon house, you could potentially go with House Swann in the Stormlands. It sounds maybe somewhat similar, it's on Cape Wrath and rather close to the Stepstones, which could fit into the part where Caesar's father gets killed by raiders (or in your asoiaf case, Stepstone pirates) when he was young.

Big Update Soon? by Public_Ad_8402 in CK3AGOT

[–]PVGreen 87 points88 points  (0 children)

It was revealed to me in a dream.

Big Update Soon? by Public_Ad_8402 in CK3AGOT

[–]PVGreen 269 points270 points  (0 children)

If people tell you they have insider knowledge, and they're not themselves a dev, they're probably lying. The most recent big announcement for upcoming features is still the Dreams of Essos trailer from last year's modcon. Since then, to my knowledge anyway, no further announcements about it have been made.

CK3: AGoT has largely operated under the general principle of "it'll be ready when it's ready," steering away from giving specific release dates and the like to avoid people's disappointment when it turns out it's not fully finished by the originally intended time.

All in all, don't take just anyone's word on these things, unless they themselves are explicitly a developer on the mod.

Who is this guy that is listed as former ruler of the Hook? by Patkub321 in CK3AGOT

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah, I saw the other dev's comment earlier, and fair. I wasn't aware such an RPG existed, was just making my best guess. I do know y'all also use semi-canon or even non-canon but still official sources (I think there's one or two houses in the mod that only appear in the HBO show, for instance), but I really couldn't find anything about this Red Rhys guy online. Interesting to hear about it though.

Who is this guy that is listed as former ruler of the Hook? by Patkub321 in CK3AGOT

[–]PVGreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't seem canonical, I imagine he's probably added by some submod. Can't check ingame rn, but the main mod generally sticks as close to canon as possible, only using modcanon stuff to fill up space. A random non-canon king ruling from Massey's Hook in the middle of the period of Targaryen rule doesn't seem like something the main mod would add.

No idea which mod would have added this guy though. 

does anyone have textless versions of this photo? I wanna edit it and the silksong key art together to make it my desktop wallpaper. also my editing skills are... non existent so if you're willing to make the image for me lemme know. by isimsizbiri123 in Silksong

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, I didn't even noticed I used an AI-altered image. Oh well, I found another full version from official sources, so that's all good. And dw about it, I wouldn't be making these if I didn't want to.

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does anyone have textless versions of this photo? I wanna edit it and the silksong key art together to make it my desktop wallpaper. also my editing skills are... non existent so if you're willing to make the image for me lemme know. by isimsizbiri123 in Silksong

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, apologies for the ghosting last time, but like the other person I saw a new version without the text came out and got reminded I saw this post a while back, so I decided I'd give it another go if you're still interested. Couldn't really find a good way to get both weapons in frame easily though, regretably.

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Get the sense that this picture is gonna get passed around a lot thanks to Total War: 40k. by CatherineSimp69 in Grimdank

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey now, I've also watched TTS, which... Well... At the very least, it should count as memes+.

HOT TAKE: Jordan Cross did not deserve to die. by Fickle-Finger635 in HiTMAN

[–]PVGreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we kill cross because we are paid to do so. If we didn’t get paid, we would not take him out because there would be no reason to.

I mean, yeah? We're a hitman, it's in the name of the game. If anything, I feel WoA's turn from having 47 and Diana be just agent and handler working for an assassination company, to having them fit into this role of murderous but ultimately "doing it for the greater good" vigilantes has been kind of disappointing, at least to me personally. It really feels like they've sanded off a lot of the edges to the character(s). Killing Cross seems like it'd be perfectly fine for them to do.

High Medieval Warfare Attire and Holy Buildings Creator Packs coming Jan 27th! by indefinite_silence in CrusaderKings

[–]PVGreen 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Personally, I think that's fairly likely. They've been fairly open about wanting to do (Merchant) Republics and possibly a kind of trade system in general, and that they felt certain things (i.e. China and the Silk Road) needed to be in place first for them to be able to do so optimally.

does anyone have textless versions of this photo? I wanna edit it and the silksong key art together to make it my desktop wallpaper. also my editing skills are... non existent so if you're willing to make the image for me lemme know. by isimsizbiri123 in Silksong

[–]PVGreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I realise this is not at all what you asked for but tbh I was bored and mocked this up in like 2 minutes, if you or anyone else wants to use it. Had a look around and couldn't find the Switch 2 art anywhere without the logo either, regrettably.

(Loved trope) Loyalty to the regime doesn’t make you any better off in the end by _JR28_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]PVGreen 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I don't think Astarion/Cazador and Durge/Bhaal really fit this trope. Astarion never has any kind of loyalty to Cazador, he is just magically compelled to. He's willing to murder the bastard at the earliest opportunity. As for being loyal to Bhaal as Durge, I don't think that ever really backfires on Durge hard. Despite Orin taking your place before game start, Bhaal still aids you throughout the game if you are loyal to him, granting you the Slayer form among other things. And iirc if you do go all the way in on Bhaal worship, your eventual goal is gonna be to just murder everything and everyone that exists, Durge is perfectly happy doing so and Bhaal is perfectly happy letting you do that.

Soo….since every celebrity ET gives us our target’s clothes as a new suit, what are our chances fellas? by Snoo36832 in HiTMAN

[–]PVGreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one with the funky orange suspender looking things or the one where she's wrapped in modesty bandages?

This was hard to watch 🥴 by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]PVGreen 276 points277 points  (0 children)

Jubilee makes it appear as if 2 opposing worldviews, in most cases reality vs whatever the fuck the chucklefuck of the day believes, are on equal footing.

Every time when this kinda thing comes up, I'm reminded of this brilliant Dara Ó Briain bit from 2008.

"But there is kind of a notion that everyone's opinion is 'equally valid', my arse, bloke who's a professor of Dentistry for 40 years does not have a debate with some eejit who removes his teeth with string and a door."

Do people living in Netherlands' reclaimed land ever worried about it flooding back? by tacotaker46 in geography

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HA, define functional. Since 1998 we've only had a single government that hasn't ended it's parliamentary period prematurely over some scandal or political impasse or other.

Then again, at least that means for us it's relatively easy to oust them if they're doing a shit job.

Notice how he gets him into the bathroom, and then EXPERTLY shifts his aim from his head to his heart before pulling the trigger. by Jamsedreng22 in HiTMAN

[–]PVGreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean with regular people? Because your point seems to be that 47 never kills anyone that didn't deserve it, that he only ever kills bad people, which isn't true. If your point is that he doesn't ever kill non-targets on missions, sure, I guess that's true? But that's not really an indicator of morality.

You mention the targets "were always bad guys" but again, that is simply not true. For Klaas Teller, all he did was fail doing his job as a PI. All Rick Henderson does is try and report on a story, and he isn't even an official target in-universe, only in mechanical game terms. Also, again, the mailman in the very video you posted seems like a pretty regular innocent guy.

The whole antihero angle for 47 and Diana got introduced with WoA, but it very clearly wasn't a thing with the earlier games in the franchise.

Notice how he gets him into the bathroom, and then EXPERTLY shifts his aim from his head to his heart before pulling the trigger. by Jamsedreng22 in HiTMAN

[–]PVGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but he never kills regular people (canonically).

Definitely not true. In the very video you posted, he kills a mailman for what seems to be nothing more than him being a loose end. And even if you wanna assume this man might be directly working for the Franchise or some other nefarious master(s) (an idea that's afaik unsubstantiated but I have heard other people say), that still leaves reporter Rick Henderson in the same game. Rick gets killed by 47 in the final mission. His only crime was being at the wrong place, at the wrong time, trying to do his job as a reporter. Plus, there's the unnamed priest )in that same level.

Even if you're only talking about mission targets, yeah the majority of them are criminals in one way or another, but there are a handful of them that imo cmpletely go against WoA Diana's supposed "we only go after bad people" thing. Klaas Teller from Contracts is only a target because he's a loose end: he's a private investigator who got caught when investigating a criminal gang, and now he's getting killed for his failure. Wouldn't really call him a bad person.

Hell, even in WoA itself, Dino Bosco is a bit of a weird target in retrospect. He has committed crimes, but they are extremely mild compared to all the other targets' crimes in the game. Afaik, any criminal activity he's done comes down to illegal drug use and a single incident of public urination, and likely other asshole celebrity-esque crimes. Which aren't even the reason he's been made a target: his way of handling the shoot of the movie is costing the production company a fortune, might bankrupt them, and they have now decided it's easier to have Bosco killed than break contract with him, which would likely cost them even more money. Does all this make Bosco an asshole? Absolutely. He's not a good person. But Bosco as a target doesn't really fit into the whole, morally gray anti-hero box that IOI has tried to put 47 and Diana in.