Should Obsidian be trusted with Baldur's Gate 4?
>>3467980>It was better than Pillars.That is such a low bar that it doesn't mean anything.
>>3462574No, neither should be Larian or Owlcat.
>>3462574>should poopoo dev make more poopoo gameSure? Why not?
>>3462574They couldn't be trusted with BG3, why would they be trusted with BG4?
>>3469028>BG1 and 2 + TOBnobody played those boomer, bg3 is lit
I recently replayed Morrowind for the first time in a decade, and then finished Oblivion for the first time. I'm now going to finish Skyrim for the first time, and see how it stacks up, to contrast the strengths and weaknesses of all three, and consider how the series has progressed and regressed, without the cloud of nostalgia.Few houserules:>no potions or alchemy>no enchanting>no exploits or cheese>vendors sell at 4x and buy at 0.25x, unaffected by speech skill>fast travel only to towns I've already walked to, 50 gold a pop>light, minimalist modding, made a few small ones myselfGonna split up the game into three characters that do different factions, quests, and dungeons, to stay within the archetypes I want to play as, and avoid overleveling the game.>Breton cleric, atronach signMace, shield, and crossbow. Heavy armor and restoration/alteration. College and Dawnguard. Even split magicka/health/stamina.>Imperial paladin, lord sign.Greatsword, bow. Heavy armor and restoration. Main quest and Imperial Legion. Even split health/stamina.>Nord barbarian, lady sign.Battleaxe, light armor. Companions, Stormcloaks, then main quest and the Solstheim content. Pure health. No magic allowed, just facetanking with a giant pool of HP. Only healing available will be natural regen and eating buckets of stew. Going to be pretty metal.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Just went through the Soul Cairn, what a thoroughly obnoxious and not fun area that was. Reminded me a lot of the Oblivion gates. Was cool hearing the old Dunmer voice actor though, though I noticed an inconsistency in Jiub's story (he said someone paid a random skooma addict to murder a high up Redoran, why would someone do this when the Morag Tong exists, and he said a Morag Tong assassin killed his target first and then "called the guard to cover his tracks" but when you assassinate someone for the Morag Tong it's all above board and legal and you turn in your writ to the guard and then they're cool and everything's fine, there's no need to cover your tracks.Also, annoying as hell I'm forced to babysit Serana for this entire questline. Where's the "fuck you all, you're vampires, you're all gonna die" option for the Dawnguard?
Down in Blackreach now, really hate this place and the Falmer in general. Never explored the whole thing. Planning on coming back on another character with Ysgramor's battleaxe that does +20% damage to all elves and cleaning house.
>>3470771Be sure to fus ro dah the large orange orb
>>3470927I don't think I've ever gotten far enough in the main quest to learn fus ro dah, strange but true. Gonna wrap up the Dawnguard questline with this char and start a new one and finally kill some dragons and shit.
>>3470937Fus ro dah is great when you can literally btfo enemies off cliffs and whatnot, but the cooldown is too long, so I forget to use it regularly. Using the first word of the fire breath shout was great especially when you can line up enemies, and it can be used fairly often, once in a fight.And of course, a true nord carries the amulet of talos, and the blessing if available
With the recent interest in Fallout, I decided to pick up Fallout 3 again. I'm planning a Moira-centric run using the Craterside Enterprises mod, and I am wondering what NSFW mods would work best with it. I have heard of the Quo Vagis and Seducing Women mods, but I'm not big on the idea of banging anyone other than Moira.Would also appreciate advice on other recommended Fallout 3 mods.(And no, I am not doing a ToTW run, this is just Fallout 3 alone as Craterside Enterprises is not ToTW- compatible)
>>3468294No u>>3468255>>>/pol/
>>3463797Consider yourself lucky, at least you did not reach tranquality lane, and have not died of cringe.
>>3468255We're reaching new levels of making shit up to keep the narrative going.
>>3469305>no guys you're all wrong!>Akcshually Todd Howard is FINALLY having his great artistic awakening at age 54, right now!>come on now, did you not all see how BASED the new Fallout TV show is??>obviously the most impressive Televison show of all time, amirite? Todd can NOT stop winning!Thank you for narrating your phoney apologetic story to us sir, what a fantastic speech
>>3464697I'll simp for moira all day. Must protecc autist chick.
There is a reaper that is destroying all the ships attacking it. Any sort strategy that isn’t focused on destroying it could mean dooming the galaxy. Shepard sacrificing the alliance fleets to help the destiny ascension escape has him put the lives of three politicians above the lives of the entire galaxy. And it’s supposed to be a paragon option. Saving a few of elites is the good boy option. So dumb. The choices in mass effect make nonsense. Just like curing the genocide all because you care about making your friend happy rather than making sure the galaxy wont be engaged in a war to stop the krogan after the reapers are dealt with.
>>3460166>>3461668>>3461819>"Holy crap! Vigil's data file worked, I can't believe it! We have full access to all of the Citadel's systems!">"NORMANDY TO THE CITADEL! NORMANDY TO THE CITADEL! Please tell me that's you Commander!">"You were expecting somebody else?">"We caught that distress call! I'm sitting here in the Andura Sector with the entire Arcturus fleet! We can save the Ascension! Just unlock the relays around the Citadel and we'll send the cavalry in!">"Are you really willing to sacrafice Human lives to save the Council, Shepard!?">"Damnit! This is bigger than Humanity! The Sovereign is a threat to every fucking organic species in the Galaxy!!">"The Council must be sacraficed for the greater good!! Don't waste your reinforcements, hold them back until the Citadel arms open up! Then use the Human fleet to attack the Soveriegn!">"Christ! I have a pretty difficult choice to make fast here!">"What's the order, Commander, move in now to save the Ascension? Or hold back...?">"Joker, open a communications channel with the Destiny Ascension now! Ask them how many Volus are on board!">"What? Uh, okay.... Commander their pilot is informing me that they have over 300 Volus VIPs on the Ascension right n..">"Hold off, Joker! We're not sacrficing Human lives to save the Council! Keep our ships back until they can get a shot on Soveriegn!"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3446503>The choices in mass effect make nonsenseThey do, though. That's called "conformism". It's a good boy trait.> in a war to stop the krogan after the reapers are dealt withConsider what happened to the japanese after WW2. How long until they become the raiding pirates of old again? We still don't know, can we know it about the krogan?
Do the upgrades in Mass Effect 2 do anything at all? I have all the heavy skin weaves + shield upgrade and I still get absolutely perforated by random mercs and droids. This shit feels bugged compared to ME1 where better armor gave you noticeably higher health.
Almost making me want to reinstall. Not 2 and 3, though. That was just fanfiction.
>>3468225The ME2 upgrades work just fine
I heard a schizo theory a very long time ago that every Final Fantasy is actually meant to be satirical, and since then it's stuck with me so much that I can't help but feel like there's some truth to it. Please tell me I'm not alone here.
>>34706231 and 4? Run it down for me.
>>3467349The dev lore I’ve heard is that sakaguchi intended for final fantasy to be his last game before retiring but it was so successful that the execs ordered a sequel. He was checked out so he phoned in FFII not intending for it to be successful, but it ended up being another hit. Each time a sequel was ordered the team (under sakaguchi’s guidance) would make it more absurd than the previous installment. This culminated with FFIV in which the party travels to the moon on a flying whale. If it’s is true then I’d guess they probably realized they had something special and decided for take it seriously around FFVI or VII.
>>34706681 as a satirical take on Ultima4 is a satirical take on the previous 3 entries That's the Qest RD I can give you.
ITT: people who don't know what satire is
>>3470795Satire is when I say I want to fuck your mom, but the audience knows I'm lying because she's a hambeast
I recently finished this game and wanted to talk about it. I thought the combo system was neat, and everyone sharing a single mana pool for casting adds a nice amount of depth to the combat. I also really like the way gems and OOParts allow for a wide variety of builds.Anyway, what's your favorite route and why? For me it's Janice's because of the epic battle against the Self-Eaters at the end. God bless those brave meatshield decoys.
>>3469890Saying this to Janice is very justified. She has a thong up her ass at all times and probably gets very sweaty from her fights. She's gonna get drippy dirty ass juice all over that chair.
>>3469898Anon stop youre making me wish I was her seatAnd i dont say shit like that lightly or often
>Replaying Lavie's route for fun>Get curious about Love Grand Magic, if it even exists>Turns out it makes you invincibleI wonder if there's anyone who beat the final boss of her route by using it instead of the intended way.
>>3470730it's an absolute lifesaver if you are replaying her route multiple times for reasons like playtestingtakes a little bit of finagling on when to pop it and to not get interrupted by thunder balls fucking up the gauge but boy is it better than doing it normally
>>3470730If I'm going that route with the fight I just go for wind instead. The Love gem's only level 5 in her route and doesn't reach level 6 until after that fight in the hidden route, so you only get to flex it there on a replay after full clearing the game.You should try Despair Great Magic too while you're at it.
The series exploded even in normie sphere and there's a lot of expectations on the franchise.NEW GAME WHEN MICROSOFT?
>>3467634That was one of the least retarded things he did. Maximus almost feels like he was written to be an idiot:>Fucks up his power armor>Fucks it up again by destroying the radio even when it fails to achieve anything>Instantly goes to crush his squire even though he just was buddy-buddy with him and he didn't say that he was against him, only that the BoS wouldn't like his explanation>Almost kills an entire community by stealing the power core>Beats up and possibly kills an innocent guard because he is too rash and can't listen>Instantly breaks under peer pressure and rats out Lucy to the BoS>Fails to learn from previous rash fuck-ups and frees the big bad, almost gets skull crushed in returnI'm not even a chud (I didn't mind black elves in LotR), but this guy is a fucking moron.
>>3466749>can some enlightened soul please explain it to me in layman terms?Sequel bait.
>>3468892I don't get why that's bad. Why must everyone black character on tv be white on the inside. Why can't you just have a dumb black military guy. I actually like his character for being that. Just a selfish retard who can't think 2 moves ahead. That's an accurate representation of a good part of the population.
>>3469374you make a good point, most people probably exaggerate how smart or successful they would be under pressure, like they would never make a mistake, and it's easy for us in hindsight to say "what a retard" when he does something stupid, which he does A LOT in this show, like his entire character is fucking up and it's weird... but still, it's like he lacks even the basics of being "normal", like he's borderline retarded/autistic. our society is cursed.
>>3469412It's Fallout. He's clearly a Low INT/CHA, high END/LUC
A thread to discuss our investments, political decisions and suffering of human children.
>>3467939>Missed the easily missable party member>Lost the tank lady, thought it was scriptedI am really thinking about doing it all over again but I'm really far in. Second visit to the hobbit kingdom to be exact
>>3468114If it makes you feel any better, neither are are all that good in battle (though the Elf does help in a bunch of wars and some quests).
>>3467694Genuinely one of my favorite games, not because it's the best game ever made, but because I think it's the closest game to the ideal dream game people always warn you not to make when you first open rpg maker.Balia best girl btw.
>>3470768>Robin in the bottom tier >Altina isn't
>>3470786Robin is kind of an annoying asshole that doesn't have any interesting dynamics with the rest of the cast and is just there to keep Riala's seat warm as the mage of the operation.Also she is way too overtuned in combat and is legit the strongest party member to the point she makes a lot of the combat kinda boring, specially thanks to her absolutely disgusting synergy skill with Qum.Altina is an underdog that's only there to make Robin look better, so I want to root for her out of pure contrarianism.
Any game genre or series infographics?
>>3470521grandia 2 sucks ass
>>3470618in 2001-2004 was a good game.
>>3470613cool one, I never seen this one.
>>3470597this is out of date now
>>3470662The verbiage for 1 would slightly change, as would the platforms 1/2/3 are available on. Incredibly minor.
Fear and Hunger, Morrowind, Planscape Torment, Baldurs Gate.. any other RPGs with cool pantheons of deities?
>>3468509The only issue with Elden Ring as a pantheon is that all the other gods outside the Greater Will are so untouched in the story that you can't really talk about them as a pantheon.But it's basically Greek Mythos in terms of the exploits of the demigods and Zeus/Radagon cheating on/divorcing Hera/Rennala with mortals/Extremely Complex Masturbation.
>>3468190Why are you saying they’re gross and horrible like that’s a bad thing?
>>3468585i dont get it neither, thats the cool part. like Demiurge world
>>3468577The fact that they aren’t talked about is the cool part
>>3468634Yeah but that just means there's not much to say about them either.The mystery of them is cool, but we've got nothing but the mystery.
What are the earliest permanent party member deaths in RPGs, J or W? I was just playing Phantasy Star II and I figure there has to be some in games from before March 1989.
>>3470719I don't know what a W RPG is. LIke, Witcher 3 and Skyrim and Mass Effect? Barely RPGs?
Shit thread, OP. Learn to ask a question that seeks a definite object.
>>3470723You don't know what a C RPG is either because it only means "computer RPG", as opposed to "tabletop".
>>3470725Sorry anon :(All I want are named pre-defined party members dying in RPGs
>>3470736No, as opposed to console games with RPG elements, action RPGs, SRPGs, jRPGs, and other hybrids. I'm hoping to slowly educate you kids about clarity in posting though.
>NCR's capital nuke 4 years before New Vegas>NCR remnants destroyed in last episode (based, fuck taxes)>The Blassed (Based + Blessed) Enclave still alive>according to Todd 'Kino-Troll' Howard all this is canonNew Vegas officially decanonised, can't wait for its remaster plus>trash everywhere, even in the inhabited places>ruin houses, even the ones with alive people in>skeletons everywhere, even in places with alive peopleTotal Bethesda Win.How this make you feel, Falloutbros?
>>3465261There are a lot of people who need the things they want to be relatable. They need it to show things from their own lives.
>>3470314WIth Fallout 3 you at least still had the West Coast as proven by New Vegas, but now they've just given the Force Awakens treatment to the whole setting
>>3465006have you considered that for most people, using grammatical features of the english language isn't some herculian feat and is in fact done subconciously?
>>3460822Todd's time in the chess club really paid off. He managed to frame all criticism of the show's asspulls as coming from canon worshipping grognards simply by dangling the carrot of the NCR as a polity still existing off screen. What's more he managed to recycle the plot "find daddy" plot of fallout 3 while depicting all male characters as buck broken and pussy whipped fools, a clear "fuck you" to the main viewing demographic. We didn't know how good we had it before hand. This is Todd's ultimate revenge for all the criticism lobbed at him.
>>3470479That'd explain why you started your sentence with a lower case letter.
Daggerchuds Rise Up!https://youtu.be/BahULQDXGas?si=0cTJXAwtiu8DojPQ
>>3467816>DREAMInto the trash it goes
>>3468073Morrowind is the best game in the series. Daggerfall is dogshit.
>>3469569Customized spells and verticality count for a lot imo. I wouldn't be swinging fron their nuts like zooms but they are features that always puzzled me that they didn't expand upon properly. Practicing jump skill goes a long way and this type of verticality vacated the fps environmet until you cp2077 put it back slightly. Vertical design is just harder but i think worthwhile in the feel of the scope. Still almost rather play a df vampire than any others with rooftop jumping and custom fireballs etc.
>>3470609Agree about verticality. That is a large part of why DN3D was my favorite FPS at the time. That and I bought a couple .wad CDs for it providing hundreds of custom made levels back when dial-up was awful and dling took forever.
>>3470687The one custom map of someone's apartment complex and the music was a MIDI of Robert Miles' "Children" and it was just called piano.mid
No custom made characters. RPGs that force you to play as a woman.
>>3469426She just wants pumpkin (runner)
>>3468840Undertale
>>3468840I wanted to give this game a try because of cool looking setting, but the sluggish combat really was drying my interest. I stopped shortly after reaching the third sphere. Maybe I should give it another go?
>>3470025install the skip time mod
Women aren't believable heroes, simple as. FemShep, female Courier, female Revan etc - all just men with tits.
2 and 2-2 over nyaaTH2 upcominghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1901620/Dungeon_Travelers_To_Heart_2_in_Another_World/
>>3468459Get lucky with Weak Stab lol. Try to focus on her since the adds are not as dangerous.
In Dungeon Travelers, I am curious how Ruri's natural skill Follow-Up Kick interacts with Fighter's Double Attack and Samurai's Triple Attack. Is it even worth putting any points into Double/Triple attack?
>>3470429in the PC/vita release of DT1 that passive also works with single hit moves like freeze slash, Ruri will get the best results with dark lord as a consequence. The double/triple passive skills aren't that superb, but Luco in 2-2 can get a respectable power boost from them because of her shadow.
>>3470470I had a feeling that Ruri would probably do better as a Dark Lord. Thank you for the info
>>3470470Barrage of course is still good on Kunoichi since normal attacks are better than scrolls for most of the game in terms of damage. And don't underestimate Kunoichi normal attacks since her AGI is so high that she can outdamage even Samurai and Dark Lord at various stages of the game.
