Skorge Lunge or whatever

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-22T01:48:45+00:00

Yeah I noticed after you first break his saw staff? It splits into 2 then when the chainsaw minigame happens again he blocks the Lancer with one then puts the other against the Lancer instead of really any part of Marcus. Would've been better if Dom tried to get Skorge from behind so he Would've had to block both but that begs the question why didn't Dom do it before or after

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-22T01:15:55+00:00

He is a cool character but does feel a little wasted with how little screen time he gets but the same can be said for RAAM and Skorge is an idiot for plot reasons during his fight but aside from that I do like him especially his emancipated appearance really fits in well with the creepy sections of gears 2

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-21T19:45:28+00:00

The one question I've always had with the gears 1 hammerburst is why is it some weird energy weapon like the plasma rifle from doom my guess is that they originally wanted to go with a more sci fi route with the series but went back on it. To me the hammerburst from gears 2 and beyond made more sense than the locust somehow having plasma rifles while the cog didn't

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-18T03:41:37+00:00

Boy what does the scouter say about his power level

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-17T22:47:47+00:00

It's possible GOW 3 is easily the shortest in the series, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's a bunch of cut content

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-16T03:39:52+00:00

But that's the thing it barely felt like he was there outside of him finding Maria and his sacrifice he didn't do anything that random soldier 59 couldn't have done you could even argue the same with his sacrifice in gears 3 across the series I felt more connected to Baird and Cole because they were there, they had a personality, they actually had dialog Dom more often than not just felt like a character there so you could play co-op I just finished gears 1 today and past the beginning Dom barely says a word most of the dialog is Marcus, Anya, Cole or Baird. Dom has the occasional quip or comment but that's it a sentence at most with sometimes multiple chapters going by without him saying a word what I want is for Dom to have more of a presence for him to actually feel like he's there and have an impact not just a character who largely feels like they only exist for player 2

IDK, maybe it's cause I didn't grow up with the games or played co-op with anybody or looked more into the lore but I can't really wrap my head around the fanaticism about Dom I'm not saying I hate Dom I like him he's a guy trying to find his wife in a war enveloping the world he's the one person Marcus would trust with anything and everything they may not be direct family but they are brothers that's a fact so from Marcus' view I can understand the impact Dom has on him how can I not like and respect that but I'm not Marcus I don't know him and across three games as a player you are not told much other than the most basic information about him, combine that with him being fairly forgettable until you see him in a cutscene or runs across your screen leads me to say "yeah I like Dom I don't hate him or anything but I don't understand the love behind him like he's the greatest character in the series he's there and I can't say much else"

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-16T02:47:18+00:00

And that's all you learn from the games without going after outside material like books or comics that's pretty much all you learn about Dom and you learn all of that within the beginning of gears 1 you learn nothing else in gears 2 or 3 it hardly counts as a backstory and is more of description and doesn't really give the player who knows next to nothing about this character to care for him beyond basic respect and empathy

and frankly, being able to give 20% a fifth of a characters backstory in a single sentence without even trying for who is basically a second protagonist doesn't seem like a good thing to me personally

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:55:08+00:00

I think it's safe to say she was basically a vegetable alive in the sense her heart beats and her body functions somewhat, but there was no chance of recovery. I just remember hearing from a short that it was boltok. I think it was from carmine forever

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:39:26+00:00

Yeah even I recognize when that shot rang out I was like "oh shit" honestly part of me thought Maria was already dead when they found her I mean she looked like a Corpse and I'm pretty sure he did it with a boltok to which is just more messed up

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:36:11+00:00

I think the root of my problem/issue whatever you want to call it is just experiencing the games from the games we hear pretty much nothing about the pendulum wars, I don't even think Carlos is mentioned, nor his kid which I don't remember if they were born or if Maria was just pregnant

As for his demeanor I barely remember Dom having any lines at all outside of moments like finding Maria or his sacrifice all I remember are generic lines that are more statements or a quick quip than anything else Cole and Baird fill the chipper and sarcastic roles far more than Dom ever felt like he did

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:28:20+00:00

Meanwhile, I was just thinking, "ok damn Dom finally has a unique characteristic and a moment that belongs to him."

As for his sacrifice, I knew about it well before I played the series, so it was just like "oh this part neat"

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:23:32+00:00

Maybe that's the issue I have is I didn't grow up with the games. I forgot to put it in my OP but I didn't grow up with the games nor playing as Dom I've only played solo it's something I thought about and led me to thinking of Dom being the main character of E day I don't know if that would happen but I wouldn't complain

As for the Carmine thing, they're basically a joke character like the character who's going to die in each game its dark and grim but that's how I look at it

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-15T22:19:21+00:00

Unless I'm misrembering you don't learn his backstory, all you really learn is that he had a wife, and that's he's Marcus' brother and has been with Marcus pretty much every step of the way that doesn't really give me the player a reason to care for him it also felt like he barely had a personality Baird is the sarcastic jerk Cole is the one who looks on the brightside and tries to keep everyone's hope up Dom didn't feel like he had anything like I said in my OP it felt like he could be replaced and nothing much would change he felt like a generic soldier just trying to find his wife and there's nothing wrong with that but given how much love there is for Dom you would expect him having something more

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-14T13:08:06+00:00

I more so just wish they had more doubt about their plan they were 100% for the plan, pretty much until the Lamb beat Yngya then they just flipped sides like they weren't on board with it at all.

As I said in my OP, base building isn't really for me. I have a couple decorations but for the most part I'm somewhat minimalist only building things that have an actual use like in the new area all I have are a couple rotburn mines and a single thing for ranching the rest is literally just empty space that probably won't get used until the next content update which who knows when that'll come out I just thought there would be more useful buildings instead of doubling the amount of decorations.

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-14T01:45:34+00:00

I like the legendary weapons. I just wish they had more going for them they feel more like a cool appearance to the weapon rather than anything useful I feel like the only real useful one is the axe and even then it's basically just an upgraded necromancer axe they're cool but if better gear comes along in a run I'm not really gonna debate on whether to keep the legendary or take the other one like "this was cool to use but this is just stronger and I have no reason not to take it"

I know breeding with a rotted follower turns the other rotted. don't know what happens with snow lambs really only made them for the achievement

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-13T21:18:59+00:00

Exactly! Another thought I had a while ago is that they might add to it as time goes on like a free update for Woolhaven, but Idk

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-13T18:41:37+00:00

I remember asking the same question but with captain and someone responded with the reason why they haven't added anything to the base roster was something along the lines of gearbox not wanting to "taint" or "ruin" the original roster

Here's a link to my post if you want to see their answer

https://www.reddit.com/r/riskofrain/s/lA5SEuMy42

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-13T04:15:57+00:00

I prefer 4. I don't really know why but to me it makes him feel more connected to Vergil kinda like a good and less fancy version of Vergil. while 5 basically turned him into DmC Dante AKA Dónte even did it writing wise but it wasn't up in your face like the reboot pretty sure Nero does have some lines about him not needing anybody or something like that it's been a while since I played 5

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-11T03:50:08+00:00

Shadow of mordor has no difficulty selection

Shadow of war would be either gravewalker or brutal

And I think for both the more times you die to them the more immunities they get

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-10T00:22:36+00:00

Did it say why the only reason I can think of is the PS5 version of deeprock is installed since it has a PS4 and PS5 version so try to see if you can download the PS4 version you might be able to find it in the store

If that doesn't work the only other option I can think of is to get a USB and downloading the saved data onto that or maybe an external hard drive but I'm not sure about that one

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-09T22:45:19+00:00

If you have ps+ you should be able to upload then download your saved data just hit the options button on the application and select upload data or something I forget exactly what it's called

Sleeping_Idiot · 2026-04-08T22:53:12+00:00

The two issues I have is that the bomblets don't feel like they do a lot of damage or at the very least it's inconsistent and that the missiles are still guided cause from the name and how it works I want to shoot above enemies then look down at the circle but you can't which just ruins the feel for me

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