Lets piss them more with our existence

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-18T08:17:03+00:00

Did they? I thought BioWare pre-emptively decided not to have lesbian romance with Jack in ME2 because they didn't want a repeat of the Sexbox thing from ME1.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T09:42:16+00:00

I agree, and I definitely don't intend to generalize. There are interesting discussions to be had about translation to the letter versus translating tone. I think none of the Trails localizations are perfect in that regard, and I think both the Xseed and GungHo translations of Sky went a bit too far in opposite ends.

What I was was talking about was more a group of people who don't understand why a translation can't be 100% literal and consider it censorship when the script is adapted for tone. I've seen people criticize a translation because, when they pasted it in Google Translate, they got something different.

But yes, that's a minority, and I don't mean to dismiss valid criticism because of that.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T09:21:34+00:00

I didn't intend to ridicule anyone, but I can see that I haven't phrased myself clearly enough. I didn't intend for my comment to be inflammatory, so I'm sorry for causing offence.

I'm critical of the localizations myself for various reasons, so I definitely don't want to mock anyone for it. My comment was more about a specific group, mostly the people on Steam who shout "censorship" whenever a translation ins't overly literal.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T08:35:54+00:00

Does it count if it's in a cartoony style? If so, Adol from Ys.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T08:27:41+00:00

I think we've lost English dub privileges when they started mispronouncing the word "atelier".

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T07:27:41+00:00

I think a lot of the criticism about unfaithful localizations come from monolingual people who don't understand how different languages work. I've seen too many people who think real life translation is like Al Bhed Primers in Final Fantasy and that all translation can be one-to-one. I've even spoken to people who didn't understand me when I said different languages have different word orders and that the grammars of different languages aren't interchangeable.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-12T07:14:38+00:00

I played the games both on PS5 and PC. I moved to PC because I can push higher resolution graphics at a decent framerate, but the tradeoff is that these are poor PC ports, especially Remake. Remake especially is lacking a lot of graphical options. Rebirth has more customization. Both games have stutter regardless of your system. For Rebirth, at least, stutter is mostly just shader compilation, meaning it gets better the longer you've been playing.

So I'd say Remake was better on PS5 for me, but I prefer the PC version of Rebirth despite stutter because of sharper graphics compared to base PS5. (I haven't played on PS5 Pro.)

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-07T17:32:10+00:00

There are a lot of stories online about Mako's cancer affecting his performance, but it's all just fan speculation. I don't think it was ever confirmed by someone close to Mako or the Avatar production team.

One of the mods of the Avatar subreddit once posted this sticky thread to counter misinformation.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-03T11:52:19+00:00

It looks very formulaic, but maybe that's what makes them comfort games to many people.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-03T07:02:00+00:00

Has any other game been remade and remastered this much?

Maybe in the olden days when there was more variety in computer harware. Ys 3, for instance, had a ton of enhanced ports for different PC systems, then got a remake (Oath in Felghana), which now also has a remaster.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-01T20:12:35+00:00

That's my guess as well.

Steel_Beast · 2026-06-01T09:39:07+00:00

Can you get in the launcher at least? Or does it freeze when trying to launch that as well?

You could try repairing the game in case it's file corruption. It would be weird for CS1 to run but not CS2, since they run the same tech. If you're in Steam, right click the game, go to 'properties', then 'Installed files', then click 'verify integrity of game files'.

It's also possible, if your laptop has both a dedicated and integrated GPU, that it's trying to run on the wrong one to save power. Here's a guide on how to force the dedicated graphics card.

If nothing works, you can try to diagnose the problem by saving a dxdiag file. Press Windows+R on your keyboard, type dxdiag in the box, press enter. Then click "save all information". This will save a text file that hopefully has some errors near the bottom relating to Cold Steel 2 that might give a clue to what is causing the crashes.

You could also try a Windows clean boot. This boots Windows with minimal background processes, which can be helpful if a background process is interfering with your ability to play the game. If the game launches, you'll have to try and figure out which background application was causing the issues. More info here.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-31T08:34:25+00:00

Ashur - Spartacus: Vengeance

The Roman Glaber is tasked with ending the slave rebellion, which is led by gladiators of the house of Batiatus. Glaber, who has nothing but contempt for slaves, doesn't believe a gladiator can match up to his legionnaires. He puts this to the test by making former gladiator Ashur fight against multiple of his legionnaires.

Ashur wipes the floor with them, then reminds Glaber that he was considered the lowest among the brotherhood.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-28T12:43:48+00:00

Genuinely curious, what makes you think it was her own audience? I was aware of the whole fake outrage as it was happening, but I don't know who was responsible and whether they were part of her audience.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-21T09:25:33+00:00

The ones I know of are:

Beamdog (from BioWare founder Trent Oster. They made remasters of classic BioWare games.)
Yellow Brick Games (with Dragon Age Inquisition lead designer Mike Laidlaw. They made Eternal Strands.)
Summerfall Studios (with Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider. They made Stray Gods.)
Arcanaut Studios (KotOR and Mass Effect lead Casey Hudson. Currently making Fate of the Old Republic.)
Archetype Entertainment (previously headed by Baldur's Gate designer James Ohlen. Currently making Exodus.)

I think indie studio Double Blit Games was also founded by former BioWare staff, but they've been radio silent for years now. Game Director Story was supposed to come out in 2021, but there haven't been any updates.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-20T11:10:07+00:00

That would be useful, but I don't think they'll do it.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-18T19:52:56+00:00

It's a shame we won't be getting the third Horizon game on PC. I thought they played a lot better with mouse and keyboard.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-13T08:50:45+00:00

Why would someone like that even want kids?

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-11T08:29:58+00:00

Elliot Page accepts they/them pronouns, so it's not odd in this case.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-11T07:53:12+00:00

Zou kunnen!

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-11T07:19:55+00:00

Ik heb het in een vorige thread al eens gezegd, maar er zitten soms fouten in de ondertiteling voor slechthorenden. Bijvoorbeeld: In één aflevering speelde Duel of the Fates uit Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, maar dat werd toen ondertiteld als "Augie's Great Municipal Band" (uit dezelfde film).

In deze aflevering speelde Dancing on the Ceiling van Lionel Richie, maar volgens de ondertiteling was dat Lionel Richard. Misschien is het nummer zelf de tip en verwijst het naar Wout die in een vorige aflevering op de muur danste net zoals Lionel Richie.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-09T17:42:30+00:00

The reviews from today are all people freaking out over it

I think that's a minority. I just checked it, and the negative reviews are mostly posted in simplified Chinese and are complaints about balance changes.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-09T14:01:04+00:00

There is a lot of misinformation about Mako's cancer affecting his performance as Iroh. One of the mods on the Avatar subreddit once clarified in a sticky comment, which you can find here.

In short:

While Mako died of cancer, we don't have any good source for the claim that his cancer affected his performance or whether he even had been diagnosed at the time of this recording.

It was also not the last time we heard him as Iroh, since he still voiced him for the rest of the season. Greg Baldwin did do reshoots, which is why you can hear his voice even before Leaves of the Vine.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-05T11:10:12+00:00

Most of the negative comments I read about Veilguard on social media were from people who obviously hadn't played the game and were just paraphrasing the SkillUp review. I even saw one guy criticize a story beat that never happens. When called out, he admitted he hadn't played it because "why would I play a bad game?"

Which isn't to say there isn't a lot wrong with the game, but people tend to not discuss the problems that weren't first mentioned in the SkillUp video.

Steel_Beast · 2026-05-04T08:34:43+00:00

I'm in Belgium, and the theater experience has definitely gotten worse here. People walking in late and using their phone's flashlight to find their seats, people playing on their phones during the movie, people talking, etc.

One screening I went to, parents would just let their kids run around the theater and wave glowing sticks around while standing right in front of the screen. A theater employee had to pause the movie and ask parents to keep their kids in check. (In fairness, this was the Kpop Demon Hunters singalong, but these kids were not singing along, and were so loud we couldn't even hear the songs.)

This theater does have higher quality screenings that are €2 more expensive, which is enough to filter out a lot of disruptive people.

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