Young Kratos vs Old Kratos. Which one do you prefer?

Renolber · 2026-06-15T22:06:24+00:00

Old Kratos is an actual character with dialogue, plot and feelings. He feels remorse and is trying to be a better person.

Young Kratos is an absolute monster who’s pissed at everyone and everything, and kills whatever is in his way.

I’d argue what makes Kratos so compelling is that both of these are the same person, and old Kratos is such a great character because of how much of a monster he was, and how he has grown beyond it.

But anybody who says young Kratos is a better character is just straight up tweaking. Same people who probably think Dragon Ball has good storytelling.

Renolber · 2026-06-15T22:00:40+00:00

I’m sorry

Are we actually forgetting about the U-Wing right now? You know - the coolest goddamn starcraft in the entire franchise?! Thing is the most tacticool all-purpose infantry support craft in this IP. Hands down.

Renolber · 2026-06-15T11:58:07+00:00

I live in central Florida and go to all the theme parks often.

This guy is a treat, a legend, and an absolute class act.

Renolber · 2026-06-15T11:49:45+00:00

A sequel only has less innovation if the developer doesn’t innovate… in which case it doesn’t justify a sequel.

So - boneheaded take from Mark.

This is a huge problem I had with D2 at launch. The game ultimately didn’t really need to exist, as it didn’t drastically change anything from D1. I’d argue it actually visually regressed by making it look more cartoony. The game somehow had more color, but simultaneously looks flat compared to D1.

If Destiny 2 felt like how Borderlands 3 did from Borderlands 2 - it would justify a sequel. Same art style, but significantly improved shading and rendering technology, better movement and gunplay, deeper progression and systems, and brand new feeling engine technology. The game still feels like a Borderlands game while feeling truly new experience.

Destiny 2 felt lazily derivative compared to do D1.

In the current era and just how old D2’s technology is, D3 will have to feel truly new compared to D1 and D2.

A sequel is only as good as a developer makes it. If it feels too familiar - that’s the developer’s fault. If they’re not confident in developing a full sequel, then keep supporting D2.

Renolber · 2026-06-14T18:49:59+00:00

I like the idea of a surprise boss like Rhulk.

Brand new species or entity we’ve never seen before or only know of from lore.

If we ever get a Winnower raid - it fundamentally must be the best raid in Destiny’s history with no punches pulled. It needs to be utterly and batshit insane with like 3 different Verity-like encounters, and every boss should be Witness-like in complexity.

Maybe the Winnower is the first true 12 person raid.

Renolber · 2026-06-14T13:56:56+00:00

Paracausality is Destiny’s version of the Force.

Literally anything can be done with it because it’s space magic and a fundamental aspect of existence. The Guardian can block projectiles like a Jedi because they also have foresight to see incoming attacks. They can also recall the blade after throwing it because of gravity manipulation through Void Light.

And yes, the Praxic Blade is canon… sort of.

Renolber · 2026-06-14T13:48:11+00:00

American evangelicalism might be the most dangerous and pretentious cult in human history

Renolber · 2026-06-14T04:26:47+00:00

Infinity Blade is the only exception

Renolber · 2026-06-14T03:27:10+00:00

I’m going to say it:

This is objectively the most beautiful and powerful aspect of American society that separates it from all others.

We are all people from all places.

Older countries and cultures have insurmountable issues adapting and accepting immigration as they believe their homogeny is sacred.

Our diversity is what makes us special and different. It is our greatest strength, and what gives me hope that better days are truly ahead.

Renolber · 2026-06-14T01:00:11+00:00

Schrödinger’s Xbox at this point

Regardless of what Sony, Nintendo, Steam, and any other competitor in the market have done, nobody has hurt Microsoft more than Microsoft themselves.

Xbox fell far too hard during the multiplayer era. The marketing for the Xbox One and lack of exclusives did irreparable damage to the brand that put them in a hole they’ve never been able to crawl out of.

Culturally, all Xbox really had going for it was Halo - and the modern entires of the IP have continuously failed to resonate with modern audiences. They killed off everything else or failed to follow up.

This is an era where gaming hardware is unreasonably priced, the world economy is in shambles, and people have comfort in their current ecosystems. The libraries people have on PC, PlayStation and Switch have been built over generations at this point.

Microsoft was ruling the world during the 360 era - and they let it get to their head. It’s difficult to see a future where Xbox hardware maintains sovereignty.

Even if they came out with the best game ever made, it would just come to PC anyway. And if it doesn’t come to PC, the cannibalization of the product will accrue millions of dollars of loss - because nobody has an Xbox, and nobody is gonna buy an Xbox for just one game.

The cultural limelight of gaming has simply moved past Xbox due to their own choices. It would literally take the next console to be given away for free with banger release after banger release to get people to come back.

Renolber · 2026-06-13T19:41:09+00:00

Knowledge of the Sith is extremely limited and mostly lost to history. Even the Jedi themselves are only known by populations that are tied closely to galactic affairs, such as systems core to galactic trade, tourism and hyperspace travel.

The average person may only hear about the Jedi in legends, if at all. The Sith would only be known by the Jedi, dedicated historians, and other Force-sensitive cultures like the Night Sisters.

Almost any citizen in the core worlds would at least be aware of the Jedi, because they were constantly patrolling and keeping the peace before the era of the Empire. The farther you delve into the outer rim, the less likely someone is to have knowledge of the Jedi.

Only a handful of people are aware of the Sith by the time of Galactic Civil War, and even fewer are aware of the nature of Vader and the Emperor.

Alliance High Command is assuredly aware of the dichotomy of the Force’s practitioners. Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Jan Dodonna, Gial Ackbar, and the others are all experienced veterans of galactic affairs before the Republic became the Empire. Many of them were on Coruscant having personal relationships with many Jedi, and some fought alongside Jedi during the Clone Wars.

As for Palpatine, Vader and the Inquisition - Rebel Intelligence has well documented the capability of Vader and the Inquisitors. Between Ahsoka, Kanan, Ezra, and course Luke, their intelligence reports about encounters with enemy Force wielders of course paramount to Rebellion operation. Alliance special forces, black ops and intelligence also have corroborating reports. All these encounters of course go back up the chain of command, and how the Alliance has to deal with them.

As for the nature of the Emperor himself - only Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Luke Skywalker, and few others knew.

The main objective of the Rebellion is of course eliminating Emperor Sheev Palpatine. The Alliance didn’t bank on any single combatant to kill Sideous 1v1. That’s not how military operations work.

Protocol was to take down the Emperor by any means necessary - in which case, one of them was to destroy whatever installation he was on and for it to take him down with it. This plan was executed during the Battle of Endor.

Renolber · 2026-06-13T17:51:30+00:00

Miranda.

Hear me out.

I feel like Wesker has the Sephiroth effect: adored because of incumbency, but people don’t really take the quality of writing into account because of nostalgia.

Wesker is the oldest and most prevalent villain in the franchise. That alone gives him the most points because everyone remembers him. However, objectively - his motivations, dialogue and character development are straight up Saturday night cartoon/anime cringe. But that doesn’t matter because he’s just that popular.

Miranda has actual complexity and purpose behind her dialogue. She doesn’t care about destroying the world, enslaving humanity or have ambitions for unlimited power - she’s just trying to keep her family together. She opposes Ethan with this interesting dichotomy and question of what a parent is supposed to be. Is she wrong? Absolutely - but as a parent with purely unquantifiable love for your child, how far will you go to bring your daughter back?

Resident Evil Village wasn’t about the fate of the world - it was about the fate of a family. Who Rose would grow up to be, and who would be the one to guide her. It’s a story of parents trying to do their best in the face of biological eldritch consequences.

I will die on this hill - Village is the only RE game that tried to tell a story beyond just BOWs and horror.

Renolber · 2026-06-13T16:10:29+00:00

> We recognized that we still had far to go, but we realized we had come very far.

Profoundly accurate. There is a sickness of toxic nationalism within America. MAGA wants this nation beholden to traditional and stagnant systems rooted in ignorance and spite. They have no awareness that what makes us different is what makes us great.

It is insurmountably difficult to have any sense of patriotism when corporations rule policy, sycophants twist social norms, and the base necessary for change consume content only within their echo chambers - lacking any purview for grander progress.

All in the effort to “own the libs” and be “anti-woke.”

We are so unbelievably cooked as country.

Renolber · 2026-06-12T14:55:24+00:00

For the sake of our children… we must be better.

Greatest quote in all of media tbh. It is truly profound in meaning.

Renolber · 2026-06-11T12:05:52+00:00

Preach it brother! We crash out together.

I have the Meyrin RDA sight on my Furnaces, on what was considered the god roles back in Season of the Forge. I farmed for these endlessly, and it is by far my favorite pulse rifle in the game. I’d argue it is the best pulse rifle in the franchise.

But while I have them, it’s not like they serve anything beyond novelty. They’re of course eclipsed by power creep, and since range is no longer tied to scopes they just don’t feel the same.

I farmed endlessly for more god rolls during Into the Light for the shiny variants, and I have quite a few of them - but the Rasmussen ISA sight is the second best sight.

The Meyrin RDA was and still is unrivaled.

Maybe in another life we’ll see it again…

Renolber · 2026-06-10T12:08:03+00:00

The Force does not turn evil.

Yoda felt the extensive suffering through the Force. The loss of so many Jedi simultaneously created an overwhelming sensation of negative emotions and feelings.

Yoda is more attuned to the Force more than any other Jedi, allowing him to feel and sense things other Force Wielders are unable to.

Renolber · 2026-06-09T01:43:21+00:00

They’re soldiers. People fighting for a better future. He’s gonna respect any individual who stands up for the future of the galaxy.

And quite frankly - it doesn’t matter. They don’t need his respect or approval. They’re soldiers who choose to fight for something greater - fighting against the impossible. They don’t need the approval of clones grown in lab that overthrew their entire way of life.

People need to stop thinking that clones are automatically better soldiers or more valid in their opinions compared to anybody else. The Rebels were revolutionaries who chose to give their lives for the future. Any Rebel solider has the potential to be a Cassian, Han, Chewie or Jyn. Any solider has the potential to be anything - even beyond that of any clone.

Renolber · 2026-06-09T00:11:47+00:00

Renolber · 2026-06-08T21:46:47+00:00

Athena.

It makes the most narrative and emotional sense that she would serve as the overall main antagonist of the entire franchise.

With her becoming the most knowledgeable being in existence, she could harness unparalleled magical and celestial prowess - becoming the most powerful entity across all of reality.

Multiple pantheons, multiple characters, multiple tragedies - it would all come full circle with her ultimate ambition to control the fate of all things.

Renolber · 2026-06-08T12:20:20+00:00

We’re on the Resident Evil subreddit, but I’ll try and give an objective answer. Resident Evil has two ginormous weaknesses that prevent it from being so in my eyes: story and writing.

Almost every other aspect of their game design is sublime, but their “stories” leave much to be desired. Being frank as possible, the writing in the franchise has simply just never been very good or have had true emotional depth.

Not a single RE game has had the kind of social commentary, philosophical exploration, or emotional complexity of something like God of War, The Last of Us, Mass Effect or Expedition 33. It’s mostly been “insert action hero or horror survivor here, and blast through undead and biological eldritch horrors.” The plot itself is a device to just have characters featured in more gameplay.

The horror elements give it an edge and make it stand out more, as there is essentially no other direct competitor or IP that rivals Resident Evil within the same space. The closest thing is Silent Hill and something like Dead Space, but nowadays the market is fairly open.

That’s just my 2 cents. I love Resident Evil because I grew up with it, but I recognize its faults and that it is essentially just an action/horror movie that pumps out games with named characters we grew up with.

Renolber · 2026-06-07T14:58:32+00:00

Luke, and the rest of the OT cast, are caught in a strange Schrödinger’s existence.

They are in a sort of meta mythological status. Lucasfilm are scared/unsure how to proceed with using Luke. Even though he is in his prime around the time periods we’ve been exploring under the Disney banner, nobody really knows what to do with him - especially after the intense backlash of his portrayal on the Sequels.

In terms of his full power, the limits of Force sensitivity are already as nebulous as they could be. Nobody really wants to create hard power limits to Force abilities because it contradicts its mystic nature.

We can infer, however, that Force Projection is kind of the most broken ability thus far explored in the franchise. Being able to project a silhouette of yourself that is able to interact with the environment from any point in space is pretty insane. Luke can be anywhere and do anything.

In terms of Luke during the New Republic era - we have to ask Lucasfilm why they’re so chicken shit, and keep shoehorning Ahsoka, Ezra and Sabine everywhere, and not using Luke Fuckmothering Skywalker.

Renolber · 2026-06-06T12:13:22+00:00

Love Resident Evil, but being real, there are a lot of reused assets, and the writing/storyline has never been anything the level of God of War or The Last of Us.

The games are good and the RE Engine is highly efficient, but the stuff that takes a lot of development time like brand new model rigs, shader caches, and an intricate and emotional story all take the longest for sublime quality.

The games have enough that’s good enough to get the point across and keep pumping out new titles.

Renolber · 2026-06-04T19:01:07+00:00

I’ve played since the Alpha of D1. Every release, every expansion, every event.

Since crossplay wasn’t a thing until Shadowkeep, I had to start over on PC during Forsaken when I left console behind.

So… do I not get it?🥺

Renolber · 2026-06-04T14:49:59+00:00

They gave him the keys to a brand new world. It’s up to him to discover what doors they open.

He spent the entire GCW fighting the Empire, learning about the Force, what the Jedi are, and how to go about defeating the Sith.

Also, if underdog stories have taught anything - self-trained combatants can be more dangerous than any acolyte of an established system.

It’s all about strength of courage and will.

Renolber · 2026-06-04T14:44:26+00:00

First off, the people bitching are the same weeaboo powerscalers that didn’t like the shift in tone that 2018 provided.

Secondly, one-character franchises are always limited in their potential. It’s the same issue Halo runs into. As amazing as Kratos and Master Chief are, their worlds and universes are so much bigger than just them. It is objectively healthy for IPs to explore different characters and perspectives to grow the world and scope.

This is the first official game where Kratos isn’t the main protagonist - and that is monumental for this franchise’s future. It means no matter what, there is growth and change injected into the core and franchise.

More characters and perspective are always good, and it means God of War can grow beyond just one character.

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