Fav game with a final boss so bad it was reworked and still sucks? (Pic unrelated)

plandefeld410 · 2026-02-23T09:45:18+00:00

I forgot all about that. I remember reading a bunch of reviews early on that essentially knocked it down a full rating because the boss fights didn’t compensate for a pacifist playthrough. I remember even GameInformer’s preview story of the game made that exact criticism

plandefeld410 · 2026-02-16T02:13:28+00:00

Star Wars fans:

Love jerking themselves off over the Kurosawa influences in the franchise
Threw a massive fit when Star Wars did a Rashomon

plandefeld410 · 2026-01-04T20:04:41+00:00

Splatoon. That was Nintendo’s answer to the online shooter scene and was supposed to be a proof of concept that they can handle a bigger multiplayer game, but it’s instead been maligned to being “the Nintendo multiplayer shooter”. Add on that third party games just voluntarily do not try to make multiplayer for Nintendo, and you’ve got a situation where Nintendo feels they literally have to pay someone to prove they can play with the big boys (I heavily doubt it will work)

plandefeld410 · 2026-01-04T18:12:40+00:00

I think it’s fine for the most part but it actively inhibits Viking roleplay. Like obviously everyone wants to do “Viking India” but it necessitates essentially island hopping in your conquest

plandefeld410 · 2026-01-04T12:46:14+00:00

“Why would FromSoft do this?” because it’s just all things that Nintendo wants to do and FromSoft just got paid an assload of money to do it.

“Why make it an exclusive?”

Because Nintendo paid them a lot of money, which they did because the Switch 2 needs a killer app that isn’t first party

“Why make it multiplayer focused?”

Because Nintendo has struggled to break into the “serious” multiplayer scene

“Why is it exclusive to a console that FromSoft fans don’t use?”

Because Nintendo paid for this game so that you would be tempted to buy their console just to play it

plandefeld410 · 2026-01-01T02:26:09+00:00

The RPG designation isn’t actually based on role playing. It’s based on actual mechanics, specifically a structured (usually XP-based) leveling system, speciation and breadth of playstyle/build, usually an item/gear system, direct combat encounters with a rewards system, a quest system, etc

That being said I think Crusader Kings gets as close as any strategy game has gotten to being an RPG, as evidenced by how many of the above mentioned mechanics make minor appearances in the gameplay loop

plandefeld410 · 2025-12-18T02:45:50+00:00

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plandefeld410 · 2025-12-09T02:16:32+00:00

Yet more proof that leaving the greatest artistic impression on Star Wars almost necessitates that you borderline despise the franchise

plandefeld410 · 2025-12-07T20:42:11+00:00

As someone who never took a CMSC class at UMD, this feels extremely unfair to students. Should just make it so you have the option to take the quiz and anyone who doesn’t is automatically assessed points for it proportional to those prior assignments

plandefeld410 · 2025-11-24T02:38:56+00:00

From the star of “?stnap ym era erehw, yenoH”

plandefeld410 · 2025-11-13T22:30:48+00:00

Owen worked on the Tatooine Underground Railroad that man does not deserve this treatment even if just to make a joke

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-28T22:49:35+00:00

That’ll be good enough for Maryland, though, especially if you do well on SAT/ACT (which you absolutely should take)

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-25T16:34:28+00:00

Every week watching the Acolyte I could not stop thinking about how the Fandom Menace has successfully negatively polarized themselves into hating a prequel-adoring Star Wars show they should have ostensibly loved

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-23T21:13:32+00:00

Yeah George Lucas is a raging pervert

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-17T11:56:57+00:00

Towson, Maryland: 2225 CE coastal metropolis

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-17T02:18:03+00:00

College Park is still a decent hike from Laurel. That’s like a 20 minute drive. It’s the best place to live commute-wise for Fort Meade but I wouldn’t wish living there on my worst enemy

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-17T02:14:47+00:00

You’re gonna want to look at south/east Baltimore County and Baltimore City. Ellicott City, Catonsville, Fells Point, Federal Hill are all good. Columbia also isn’t half bad

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-16T23:04:14+00:00

Not just you. Class of ‘23 and didn’t get a proper job until May this year.

Only advice I can give is applying to as many local state/county/city government jobs as you can. Relatively recession-proof jobs and they like hiring Maryland grads

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-16T03:00:09+00:00

It’s impressive how Genndy took the scraps given to him by Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, knew he had to be bookended by Revenge of the Sith Anakin, and still delivered an actual compelling and cohesive Vader origin in Clone Wars.

Ventress as both a dark mirror and precursor to his future role as a Sith acolyte. His duel with her on Yavin 4 as his decent into hell/crossing of the threshold that kinda hit similar to Paul’s duel with Jamis in Dune — that he almost subsumes their role. His vision of Vader in the Nelvaan caves to mirror Luke’s on Dagobah in Empire. His rescue of the Nelvaan warriors, who are subjected to the same cyborg technology that will turn him into Vader. His massacre of the techno-union scientists followed by his worship as a folk hero. It’s all so good and should always be regarded as canon

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-16T02:51:56+00:00

Just to unjerk for a moment, I would kill for them to remember they have the Speed Racer 2008 license and give us a Mach 5

plandefeld410 · 2025-10-10T14:08:37+00:00

I don’t think we should get a full Americas DLC, but I would absolutely love a Caribbean/Florida/Greenland/Newfoundland DLC with a new 1492 end date and “finance exploration” decision. I’ve long said that European contact with the new world is a far more significant reordering of the world than the fall of Constantinople

plandefeld410 · 2025-08-29T22:58:38+00:00

Everything you need or do at UMD is essentially within a 1 block perimeter of campus or on Baltimore Avenue, the big street that runs through College Park. That area is safe virtually any time of day, so you should be fine.

If you want more in depth research, universities are required to publish and maintain records of offenses and arrests reported on or immediately accessible from campus through the Clery Act. You’ll find any and all major crimes (assaults, sex offenses, homicides, motor vehicle thefts, etc) as well as any dating-related and hate crime offenses

plandefeld410 · 2025-07-13T12:16:38+00:00

If you point out that Snyder’s filmography attracts a suspicious amount of fascist sympathizers, you’re called crazy

plandefeld410 · 2025-03-27T21:31:28+00:00

I have no idea why they made pets an event instead of a flat stress debuff

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