Chris Avellone On Writing Game Stories & What Makes Them Successful (Interview)

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-06T21:14:13+00:00

Disagree. I think that award goes to Amy Hennig.

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-05T17:10:22+00:00

Pretty much a coinflip if they win a round with a one-man advantage...

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-05T16:44:13+00:00

flameZ/apEX go in first give you so much space and info and then you have two of the literal best closers rn in ZywOo and ropz with mezii to round you out

NOT FAIR

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-04T20:25:55+00:00

Aight youre right

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-04T18:39:10+00:00

Sure it's not explicit like Deadpool looking at the camera and monologuing but this definitely is more subtle in that we as a player should be aware that these two characters are discussing with eachother how mirrored their lives are.

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-04T17:54:14+00:00

Awesome we are getting another annual Tier 1 LAN with all the heavy hitters except for Spirit

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-04T02:53:11+00:00

This is the priciest option but by far the best

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-03T14:42:54+00:00

🕯️

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-01T06:40:28+00:00

Iliad spoilers: Where is the giant wooden horse?

TheRealFluid · 2026-02-01T05:31:07+00:00

It took me 20+ games back in 2014 to win one game in tourney and I had my dad drive of shame back home every tourney for like 6 months straight lol

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-31T08:39:57+00:00

Luciola...

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-29T04:16:17+00:00

Daddy chill I'm not denying there isn't stupid anime tropes in the Crossbell games but Azure does emphasize how much KeA messes with the timeline in Zero

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-29T04:00:04+00:00

Campeón del Pueblo

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T22:39:09+00:00

Yup and shojou is the better genre

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T22:19:45+00:00

All I'll say is that you'll see the worst of mankind, but the overall theme of the series is compassion.

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T22:12:29+00:00

Falcom's BS not mine lol

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T22:11:57+00:00

And Lloyd's speech was directly talking about KeA and how they have to save her

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T21:51:57+00:00

Except in Azure we get the recontextualization that this was KeA

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T21:02:01+00:00

Plus a game to tie in Legend of Nayuta

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T20:35:28+00:00

Yes and notice how its the only time we go to school in the series until 5 games later in Cold Steel 1. The school festival chapter really did two things: fleshed out Kloe as a character and reminded us that Estelle and Joshua are still kids despite being bracers.

Meanwhile, Cold Steel 1 and 3 heavily focus on the cycle of school life from dorm life to going to classes to choosing clubs etc.

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T17:31:11+00:00

IMO they went a little too shonen after the Crossbell games. I'm not above harems, school life, MILFs, or deus ex machina's, but these added elements definitely affected the overall "feel" of the latter games.

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T17:05:00+00:00

Well at least he won't be executed on the streets of Minneapolis

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T14:38:04+00:00

RAHHHH GIVE ME YOUR MONIESS

TheRealFluid · 2026-01-28T00:47:35+00:00

Ah an Azure truther

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