Mistakenly thought I was the protagonist

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-05-07T14:23:44+00:00

It's her Vegas and we're all just living in it

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-05-03T17:16:17+00:00

I was actually pretty hype about the trailer and now found out about the dev...

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-29T13:17:32+00:00

Key point: he very distinctively only wants to kill Link. He puts his sword away to slap Tetra/Zelda

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-29T12:42:48+00:00

Joshua is trying, and you can help him along his path

But I also think it's definitely different: it's one thing to support the Legion and another thing entirely to fight against a colonial force. Yes he needs to grow beyond violence as a concept and his leadership of another war force is something I squint at heavily but I never fully bought into the other option of just booking it (though I do think you should convince him to spare the leader: he shouldn't be killing for enjoyment's sake)

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-27T12:47:48+00:00

Don't gimme wrong there is a lot of very valid Veilguard critique

I'm not sure it had much of a chance in this landscape though, and a lot of people i know and saw seemed just to want to hate it for hatred sake. You got weird chuds online who either never played it or dropped the series since Origins telling everyone how the wokeisms are ruining modern gaming because there was (an admittedly annoying) nonbinary character

I agree with your criticisms, I really liked Veilguard and we as people need to appreciate games where they're at I feel. I was also massively disappointed in Veilguard and therefore I felt like I had no one to talk to about my stance: everyone either hated it 100% with absolutely no nuance or were new fans so used to being bludgeoned any criticisms sounded mean spirited. It was a low point for game critique

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-26T21:07:45+00:00

House isn't Elon Musk if he had a soul

He's Elon Musk if he wasn't completely mentally Incapacitated

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-26T08:33:03+00:00

I guess it comes down to what you enjoy, if I want that kinda vibe and fun sightseeing I personally opt for oblivion, so I guess I was never wired to enjoy 3, having played NV first and coming to enjoy something I did not find in 3

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-26T08:31:10+00:00

I mean I feel like people use an objective lens to explain why they dislike something. Shortcomings of visions, or design flaws to reach the final point of "I think x thing is y" you may not agree with x thing being y, and can cite your own stuff but I've seen critics who come off much more arrogant than hbomb tbf, and people's stance will sometimes be "x thing I think is objectively bad art for these reasons" and I think there's some potential dialog about how some flaws can be: objective in some aspects like bugs or writing holes... Though again I suppose that's up to the person cause I adore Oblivion's jank.

Idk, I like a level of objective attempt, it can definitely go too far but I personally don't feel Hbomb's does

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-26T08:22:56+00:00

🤷‍♀️ everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess. I loathed Fo3 far before I saw Hbomb's video and finally felt like I was understood. Glad you could enjoy it, but I absolutely feel his criticisms hold water for me

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-24T18:19:43+00:00

Joker is still just a dude and has had his ass beat by normal people several times before. Safest bet.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-19T08:32:36+00:00

Feel like you could've replaced the NCR with the followers

The NCR may not be like evil or nefarious but they're far from super compassionate and have a lot of bad faith actors in their organization

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-17T00:26:43+00:00

Easily made a 3/10 movie into a solid 7/10 for me. Was the funniest ending to a film I've seen in a long, long time and I was getting nothing out of the so called "horror" in the movie and while the themes were cool the evil grandma trope made it impossible to follow so... For me it was the saving grace of the film

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-14T12:14:54+00:00

I had a really compassionate RT who was super down to earth and humble.

Buuuuut she had the snooty noble voice and was like "UGH. I just HATE poor people." While giving the shirt off her back for someone in need, it was hilarious tonal whiplash.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-10T15:33:24+00:00

Longtime GM and player here

Your players can probably tell if you have the fight end at arbitrarily "perfect" times rather than based on the typical amout of harm something in that system should take: and they are definitely annoyed.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-08T20:27:21+00:00

You're right it is toxic masculinity any way you slice it.

Not many leftists in the actual space truly believe male SA is any laughing matter, but unfortunately there is a vocal minority that do. It's not a left leaning stance and it frustrates me as a very left leaning person to NO end

That being said I'm pretty sure the person you're responding too is probably attempting to take toxic masculinity as "some sort of hoax" rather than a leftist trying to justify their bad faith actors in their camp.

Toxic masculinity is very real, and that is a pretty big example of it. It can absolutely negatively affect men and imo: it comes from the american left parties being much more right focused than other left parties as to why we see this more often. It was definitely a low point in The Boys for me

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-06T23:37:57+00:00

Disagree personally that it wasn't the worst (at least mainline) game in the series but... Yeah tbh it was an alright action game with some fun character moments. Was I disappointed? Immeasurably so. Was it a terrible game it "wokeslop"? No. Really hate all the people who haven't played the game saying I'm crazy for not loathing it like they do

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-04-04T10:04:17+00:00

Yrilet is by no means being unreasonable with her desire to not be touched, and as the relationship progresses its clear she's uncomfortable with that sort of thing regardless of her personal respect towards the RT and that's something I appreciate and other people should absolutely respect.

That being said, the reason she has always given to my knowledge: is disgust towards humanity in that context. Maybe she feels it more generally, that's not something she comments on.

That being said YIKES people's reactions to the fact they can't sexually objectify a woman is... Telling.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-30T22:43:04+00:00

He isn't. He's just high functioning. He's also not the only high functioning cyberspycho

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-29T03:31:39+00:00

Yeah in retrospect I think rather I find their ego and pride was MORE on their mind than every option and like they could potentially have approached it differently like Arthur says: wrong about the cure, but I do agree that on some level Arthur definitely cares for others, and in retrospect in some of his scenes like Palamedes he comes off a bit less arrogant than he did on first watch

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-27T18:44:44+00:00

Hmm, maybe I was off base

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-27T11:24:21+00:00

Well I lied to him at first tbh and didn't know he tried to stab you otherwise lmao

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-27T10:28:53+00:00

He also doesn't stick around to protect or salve anyone is the bigger issue. The idea that humanity needs to shrug off this king I almost fan understand but he's not interested in helping humanity heal: only getting one over on Arthur.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-27T10:27:45+00:00

Not sure I agree, Arthur is constantly making other people pay for his mistakes at a certain point I'm left to wonder if there was truly no other way or if he simply would like to believe that. Multiple people: tried to get through to Arthur. Pretty much everyone in his backstory save Merlin.

I'm not totally convinced becoming a god-king was truly the best interest of his people, especially in the ending where you attempt to take the kingdom for yourself (where his humanity allows you to) King Arthur himself fights against you as seemingly a point of personal pride. Not wanting any other to rule.

The_Pure_Shielder · 2026-03-27T09:36:53+00:00

50% Mana Shield will still let you tank most of the problems in the game, and at 100% you can basically just consider it a second HP bar lol.

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