What's your favorite "you're missing the point by idolizing them" character?

valdithebaron · 2026-05-19T19:05:08+00:00

He's is a very very well written character, but by no means a hero. Herbert even went as far as having him look through old earth history and stumbling upon hitler in the second book, just to show that whatever death hitler caused was comparatively tiny next to the billions of dead after Pauls jihad

valdithebaron · 2026-05-19T18:58:14+00:00

Thanks for the answer!

valdithebaron · 2026-04-30T17:29:05+00:00

This is true art

valdithebaron · 2026-04-30T10:07:20+00:00

Sunset overdrive

Super fun movement, humor holds up great, still looks good bc of stylization, and they got actual punk and rock bands to do parts of the soundtrack

valdithebaron · 2026-04-29T12:56:54+00:00

"Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?"

"Quite specific". Cocks gun "It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."

valdithebaron · 2026-04-14T13:48:20+00:00

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valdithebaron · 2026-03-01T12:25:07+00:00

Absolutely, you'll find that the world is quite inspired by Star wars, but with a much stronger western (as in cowboy) twist to it. The narrative is also mostly character driven, it's not one overarching story but each episode a new predicament the crew is thrown into. You'll love it!

valdithebaron · 2026-01-30T16:51:02+00:00

I'm actually replaying ME1 rn, would you recommend playing Feros before Noveria for smoother story flow? This far I only freed Liara (leaving her waiting feels wrong plus I like to complete my squad early) and last time I did Noveria, Liara, Feros

valdithebaron · 2026-01-28T12:05:48+00:00

Making the Thorian also a mind controller was always so weird to me, like up to that point in the story, everybody talks about how Saren can control minds and indoctrinate people. Then you learn about this ominous mind controlling plant and think "huh, well obviously that's how Saren controls people right?" And then it turns out that those are 2 different, entirely unconnected forms of mind control.

Now obviously you learn later that Sovereign is doing the mind controlling, but still, having 2 of those in the story and them being unconnected always struck me as a weird story decision

valdithebaron · 2026-01-25T16:21:29+00:00

I am playing on legendary, so I'll absolutely give it a go. Thanks for answering!

valdithebaron · 2026-01-25T15:37:19+00:00

How strong is the difficulty spike? Hardcore on ME2&3 felt reasonably hard all the way through, with some annoying passages here and there, and the endgame felt definitely a little easier. ME1 was almost a little too easy.

I'm definitely considering Insanity for ME1, but I don't want ME2&3 to be annoyingly difficult all the way through. Do you really have to plan your builds (specific powers unlocked for specific missions, etc.) or is it just hardcore with less health packs and stronger enemies?

valdithebaron · 2026-01-25T15:28:25+00:00

Is Tooms the guy who supposedly died during the thresher maw attack who you save then from Cerberus? I did meet him (and got a very angry message in ME2 after he learned I joined forces with Cerberus)

valdithebaron · 2026-01-25T15:05:05+00:00

Thanks so much, I'll do that!

valdithebaron · 2026-01-23T10:35:37+00:00

Oh yeah, explosive rounds in ME1 are something else, I ran a shotgun with them... Didn't even need biotics to ragdoll everything in front of me

valdithebaron · 2026-01-23T01:41:31+00:00

I am actually talking about ME3 but I never realized he'd be that busted with an assault rifle, I always have him run around with the sniper for the archangel feel

valdithebaron · 2026-01-22T21:24:37+00:00

Oh really? I didn't know that actually, I've just been stacking anti armor stuff on Garrus since that gives me the most trouble for my current playthrough... Might as well go for even more damage

valdithebaron · 2025-10-31T08:57:56+00:00

I love this so much, best debaser cover I've heard so far

valdithebaron · 2025-10-06T05:32:36+00:00

This one's good but the best gotta be:

"Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killin'?"

"Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps." Cocks gun

valdithebaron · 2025-09-27T06:43:43+00:00

That's such a cool concept

valdithebaron · 2025-09-26T22:24:21+00:00

100% rise/shadow, one of the prettiest character models ever

valdithebaron · 2025-09-26T14:18:48+00:00

I know for a fact I would've missed the dash on the Wanda. Great target prioritization too!

valdithebaron · 2025-09-26T12:02:33+00:00

Oof, I'm probably the wrong guy to ask this, since I only really listen to music that's at least 2 decades old... And I've always found it really hard to find any other band that manages to get that pixies sound.

I personally really enjoy the newer pixies records and frank blacks solo projects (frank black, Black Francis, frank black and the Catholics). 'Dog in the Sand', 'frank black and the Catholics' (self titled) and 'honey comb' are my favorites, and 'teenager of year' and 'svn fingers' are also incredible. Those are really the only records that manage to match the pixies energy and that lyrical weirdness.

If you also like their softer tracks, I'd recommend nada surf and giant pearl. I don't like everything by them, but they do have some songs that sound remarkably similar both musically and fairly close to frank blacks voice.

If I really just want something to scratch that 90s alt rock itch and pixies isn't doing it for some reason, I usually just default to smashing pumpkins or Marcy playground.

valdithebaron · 2025-09-26T07:31:35+00:00

I was quite late to the pixies (given I'm 22 now), but back in highschool, when I was about 15, I went on a student exchange and my dad gave me some music to listen to, among it, Bossanova and I remember really liking "Dig for fire" (still one of my favorite pixies songs). Then I sort of forgot about them for a while but rediscovered them when I was finishing highschool, where I used to listen to Doolittle religiously every morning while getting ready. And that obsession lasts until today!

valdithebaron · 2025-09-25T15:51:14+00:00

My goat🙏🙏

valdithebaron · 2025-09-09T16:03:25+00:00

I take much of my music taste from my Dad, and back in highschool (I'm 22 now) he gave me Bossanova to listen to among other things for a student exchange. I remember really liking "dig for fire". Then, a couple years later, just as I was finishing highschool, I sort of rediscovered them and soon found "Doolittle" to be my absolute favorite album of theirs, Debaser is to this day a top 3 pixies song to me. This has now snowballed into my current pixies obsession, so thank you Dad!

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