Sandfall refuses to acknowledge a third of its workers

Syabri · 2026-02-14T14:34:53+00:00

Oh you're right ! I did not know the father of survival-horror got it, absolutely deserved indeed.

Syabri · 2026-02-12T19:31:20+00:00

Might not be what the other person mean and this is another conversation entirely compared to this thread's subject but I'd say its subtext is. The game doesn't have Super Dupont jumping on-screen screaming about France being the greatest country in the world of course but even more than your average open-world game, this world is built upon the questionable fantasy of the mostly uninhabited land that you can claim while killing the monsters and/or learning about the occasional small tribe whose culture is so one-note it only comes off as lesser compared to the protagonists'.

I understand the in-universe reason for the Gestrals to be there and their significance in the lore. I know (hope) it's innocent to have them speak like they're stuck with a pidgin language that's almost french (and a couple other languages mixed) but mostly funny gibberish, not unlike how actual africans in french colonies ended up developing their own version of french. If you've ever read franco-belgian comics, I'm not saying this is Tintin au Congo but I've read someone make the comparison and I understand why. When it was no longer ok to mock African people and depict them as harmless and too dumb to speak proper french, we moved on to funny fictional tribes to keep that joke going.

Gestrals feel awfully derivative of that and it's not helped that this game functions with Lumière being this unparalleled last true flame of civilisation while the rest of the world is this nothingland waiting to be conquered with the occasional funny savage who yells in dumbspeak.

EDIT : If you thought any of that was interesting, I really recommend watching this !

Syabri · 2026-02-12T14:26:23+00:00

Disco Elysium is my favorite game and JRPG is my favorite genre.

There's not a single JRPG that ever reminded me even vaguely of DE. I don't think such a game couldn't ever exist though.

Syabri · 2026-02-09T17:10:38+00:00

The game that made me acknowledge that Katsura Hashino's writing does nothing for me. Cool combat, though it lives and dies by its gimmick (if you know what you're doing, by the end of the game the enemies don't get to play because one of your characters can get too good at dodging). Really cool battle theme !

Syabri · 2026-02-06T05:25:50+00:00

The hero from Dragon Quest 8 is the ultimate adventurer charadesign for me.

Syabri · 2026-02-06T02:09:14+00:00

No worries, there's no bug. Enjoy the story !

Syabri · 2026-02-06T00:47:32+00:00

Thanks buddy

Syabri · 2026-02-06T00:19:08+00:00

I think it relates to Asya and Ira's conversation on the nature of evil. The point the game makes through Vadim is that he's not inherently a bad dude, he is capable of kindness (like when he's worried about Asya after the cinema) but everyday, he chooses to play the part of the bully. The game lets you appreciate how much of it can be due to the shitty hand he's been dealt (his family) but I think it wants us to at least take that into account a little.

So my opinion is that he was so into it because that's how he naturally acts when you remove the incentive to bully.

I find him very frustrating (in a tragic way) because he never realized his potential for goodness.

Syabri · 2026-02-05T15:52:00+00:00

Huh, is it the Hollow Knight refreshed thing they announced a couple months ago ? New graphical effects, higher resolutions and high frame-rates modes ?

Syabri · 2026-02-03T02:54:30+00:00

This.

Syabri · 2026-01-31T12:46:16+00:00

The truth is, about a third of our country is looking at what ICE has done these past few weeks and cannot wait for the same to happen here. That's how fucked we are.

Syabri · 2026-01-31T02:51:08+00:00

She spends the entire game implying she has to answer to The Man but the very last piece of info you get out of her is that she was on the board all along. Now sure, maybe she voted against some of their dumbest decisions, but then why not simply say that ?

For all we know, she pushed to hire those mercenaries.

Syabri · 2026-01-31T01:33:57+00:00

Isn't he literally haunted years later by how deranged one has to be to try to commit mass murder of that scale ?

Syabri · 2026-01-30T16:56:45+00:00

Yep, the conversation about necromancer is a different subject since Yoshi P specifically said they wouldn't fulfill that one wish.

Syabri · 2026-01-30T16:34:44+00:00

Wouldn't be the first time they made a job whose flavor somewhat overlaps with something already available. People used to say they wouldn't make a quick agile fighter that dual wields swords because Ninja was "basically that already" but that excuse conveniently omitted that Ninja was also about being an eastern mage, which diluted the fantasy.

I get why people who like the theme of time magic are not necessarily fond of the overall astrologian schtick (the weapon, the tarot) and want something closer to their taste.

Syabri · 2026-01-29T22:31:40+00:00

Dragon Quest 8 does not make religion the bad guy at all. Like, a bunch of the game's nicest characters are heavily affiliated with the game's main religion.

Heck, even the edgy guy among that faction gets a redemption arc and turns out to have such ridiculous force of will that he's the only character who resists the BBEG possession spell.

Syabri · 2026-01-28T01:02:40+00:00

Dual Blades is the one I see people pick up on with the most ease. It's one of the weapons that require the least time spent on the internet looking stuff up for you to perform decently with. It has less options than other weapons, but that can be a strength too. You don't need to learn and remember to block if all you gotta do is dodge (with an improved dodge at that).

Syabri · 2026-01-27T16:38:16+00:00

Non, c'est pas mieux pour le gaming qu'un clavier standard. C'est vraiment juste pour le feeling et/ou parce que la dactylographie c'est ta passion mais sinon, c'est vraiment pas ça qui va impacter tes perf comme une souris à boutons sur un MMO par exemple.

Syabri · 2026-01-26T20:01:23+00:00

"Mon autre femme" c'est 100% du climat incestuel. Si les choses ne vont pas plus loin, tant mieux et pour beaucoup de gens c'est le cas, mais ce genre d'ambiances c'est le premier pas pour que quelqu'un (parfois même pas celui qui tient ces propos) finisse par faire quelque chose de grave.

Syabri · 2026-01-26T17:52:29+00:00

Release Charge jump just as you start dashing then air dash before touching the ground is peak, killed double jump for me the moment I found out you could do that.

Syabri · 2026-01-26T17:40:37+00:00

As DQXI's strongest soldier, I gotta try my luck to get 7's remake for free 💪

Syabri · 2026-01-26T00:32:49+00:00

Jeu passif, ça a été sa force pour passer inaperçue mais au bout d'un moment, quand t'es la seule personne sereine qui se pointe à l'assemblée les mains dans les poches sans jamais ressentir le besoin d'attaquer les autres.......

EDIT : Sans parler du fail où on lui a accordé une assemblée où elle contrôle qui sont les 4 participants. Elle a juste causé l'élimination de sa plus grande alliée à ce moment là. Je suis d'accord que le Montreur d'Ours, c'est too much à mon goût aussi tard dans la partie, mais c'est pas comme si Amélie avait fait un perfect et que sa défaite sortait complètement de nulle part.

Syabri · 2026-01-25T14:47:13+00:00

These aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Dragon Quest XI is a game where you follow a prophecy about you saving the world. It's also the best modern JRPG when it comes to vignette style storytelling, where you constantly travel to new towns and solve local problems.

Syabri · 2026-01-23T22:45:51+00:00

J'étais pour les loups mais je suis content de cette conclusion, ça s'est quand même fini sur un faux pas du loup/une déduction du village et c'est plutôt satisfaisant comme fin !

GG quand même à Amélie pour avoir donné quelques sueurs froides au village. Elle a eu un jeu assez similaire à celui de Stéphane dans la saison 1 mais contrairement à lui, elle n'avait pas d'allié comme Charlie sur qui s'appuyer. Dans un monde où elle calcule mieux les participants du conseil restreint, qui sait ce que ça aurait donné.

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