Warlockracy - Potatozone game reviewer, has good Fallout 2 and Morrowind mod reviews, why is there no discussion about him?

wtfNeedSignUp said:
Late but remembered it exists and watched it. I do agree that BG3 is mercifully short in text dump, though on the other hand the plot is pretty paper thin including the character quests. It is always interesting to watch what you can do in the game, though that is mostly contained to act 1 and 2, while 3 doesn't really change that much with what you chose. As the sort of people who try to get the best result, it's weird to see someone stick to fucking up things and keeping with it, and not really going into a specific path. I don't really think BG3 will save RPGs, but it was an alright experience and maybe a sign for games getting better after the microtransaction hell has been saturated to burst.
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The only way to play bg3 is not to save scum imo
 
I think it's kind of amusing how the original Fallout games have spawned the great debate as to what is a good RPG. Also I was thinking about this and had a thought.
Japanese games seem to be more geared toward children, simply by their more repetitive nature and simple stories. I was searching for agreement, on Reddit (yes I know this is retarded but it difficult to find other such places of discussion these days Gamefaqs hasn't been updated since 2013),
And those counts do nothing but sing the praises of glorious Nipon

There's nothing wrong with making RPGs that are easier for kids, in fact FFX might be one of my favorite games of all time. But these deluded simpletons need to realize Jap games do not possess the more nuanced qualities of say a Iosh Sawyer or Chis Avolonne game
 
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Lt. H. DuBois said:
There's nothing wrong with making RPGs that are easier for kids, in fact FFX might be one of my favorite games of all time. But these deluded simpletons need to realize Jap games do not possess the more nuanced qualities of say a Iosh Sawyer or Chis Avolonne game
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Chris Avolonne is about as nuanced as D&D campaign book.
 
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The tired cat said:
I mean, Tyranny was good, but I just feel the guy isn't as great of a writer as people sell him. I feel, for him to deliver good material, you REALLY need to cut out lots of pointless stuff he wishes to shove into a game.
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That's fair enough, I was just pulling Sawyer and Avellone out the back of my head as some of the best Western vidya game writers. I can't recall too many others at the moment


I listened to an interview with Sawyer nit too long ago on Pentiment. I feel he was REALLY inspired by Disco Elysium but refuses to admit it. Pentiment was interesting but not really worth all the praise it gets. Doesn't touch Disco with a 12 foot pole in my view
 
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Foltest said:
New review on OG Fallout.
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I really liked it. Though maybe primarily it's for shitting on EC "wanting every RPG to be Mass Effect" and the entire industry being faggots, which ruined an entire generation of the genre (not to mentjon EC are the general case of people too bad for the industry lecturing on how to make good games).

It reminded me of the debate of what is an Immersive Sim (which the answer is basically "A game liked by Reddit". Personally I'll go with the mechanic side of the debate, RPG need at the very least have a high focus on building characters. You can have an RPG built entirely on combat, but not on dialogue
 
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Hmmm. What makes an RPG or an Immersive Sim is kind of an open ended question, like how deep is a puddle. You recognize systems that belong to it and you can pick it out of a crowd against other genres but when comparing two different games, it's like comparing two different apples at that stage.

But what makes it for me are probably 3 things. System, Story and Immersion.
With System, there's been a revival of brutal hard RPG systems in Underrail, Vince games and Pathfinder. These offer more depth and I find myself kinda bored with the combat of BG3 for instance because it just doesn't have the nuance of Pathfinder. If I don't get my ass handed to me because I didn't buff with protection spells and look up the difference between invisibility and concealment, then it's like I'm playing on Easy.
Story does matter in an RPG damn it. Not just because of the interesting characters and themes you encounter but it gives you a reason to be a murder hobo and string you along.
The Immersion angle is an interesting one because it comes from two places. The first is a silent self insert character, these would be your Pathfinder, Baldur's Gate, Jade Empire sort. The game has to allow choices that are typically good or bad but it does give alot of freedom as to how you insert as a character. Wrath of Rightous for example has about 6 main paths, Angel, Azata, Aeon, Trickster, Lich and Demon. With Gold Dragon, Swam and Devil being Chapter 5 late game paths. There's something for everyone here and the choices and companions reflect that.
The second part is playing an established character. Shepard, Mike Thornton, Geralt for example. They have a personality and character arc, you're just along for the ride, controlling their actions and whispering on their shoulder. There's always going to be that wall as you control the character, because the writer wants to take them in a specific direction, so you'll never really be at a level of immersion that a silent character can allow.

I think I just described the difference between Method and Character acting.

I do have to agree with New Vegas mods missing the point of New Vegas itself though. The Mojave in NV is as much a character as the factions are but every mod like the Frontier seems to obsess over Courier 6 being the messiah like character, just like the Todd Fallouts.
 
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Lt. H. DuBois said:
Dr. Rockzo. I like cocaine. I feel like your average RPG enthusiast has not experienced the highs and lows of blow
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Then they need to find their local dealer and get a free sample. Your DAO, Baldur's Gate, or Neverwinter. Then you move them onto the punishing meta drugs that fuck their life over like Pathfinder or vince games. Once you taste the pain of a badly optimized build being rejected by the meta, only to overcome it with either a build used in a guide or buy sheer luck a build that works like a glass canon. There's no better rush than that.
 
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Rockzo said:
With System, there's been a revival of brutal hard RPG systems in Underrail, Vince games and Pathfinder
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i love all three of these

Word has it that Vince's studio is shutting down because Colony Ship didn't sell enough. Saddens me. I've heard some complaints but Colony Ship really scratches the itch Age of Decadence did without having the same qualities that dragged it down (All those so-called important choices really changing nothing when Colony Ship's alliances actually do change things and feel important). Combat with guns took a bit of getting used to, but I found my murderhobo/talker hybrid build.
Rockzo said:
Then they need to find their local dealer and get a free sample. Your DAO, Baldur's Gate, or Neverwinter. Then you move them onto the punishing meta drugs that fuck their life over like Pathfinder or vince games. Once you taste the pain of a badly optimized build being rejected by the meta, only to overcome it with either a build used in a guide or buy sheer luck a build that works like a glass canon. There's no better rush than that.
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You're goddamn right. Underrail, AoD/CS, and WotR are what'd I point to as the best modern RPGs.
 
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Few years ago or so I got introduced to this blockhead through his Morrowind videos which had little to no politics in it. Checking his other videos raised a few red flags which made me look at his Twitter and find out that he is just another Russian butthurt dissident type. I did find more info on him way back, but I genuinely didn't know that he is also a rich kid until today. But I do remember checking RWA stream just to ask them about Kirill and one of the hosts sucked the air loudly and paused for a second before saying "Yeah that might a topic for another day".

As for his reviews, the stuff I seen so far seemed like either recycled opinions from the Russian community that said Russian community had talked over a million times over or just shit you already know if you're into that type of games. There is a good reason why his Morrowind and Fallout videos are of better quality, since he just uses talking points that circulated a lot before, but might be not as known to the Westerners. There is also a good reason why when it comes to Fallout he blatantly misses a lot of US specific context, since it is something that is rarely ever discussed by Russians. I am genuinely unsure why we even have an appreciation threat on this hopeless faggot and not someone like MrEdders123 (Perhaps it's something I should do today)
 
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ratnoid said:
Checking his other videos raised a few red flags which made me look at his Twitter and find out that he is just another Russian butthurt dissident type.
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Gawd, dont remind me of this chucklefucks Twitter, Ive never seen a bigger tool possible.
 
ratnoid said:
Few years ago or so I got introduced to this blockhead through his Morrowind videos which had little to no politics in it. Checking his other videos raised a few red flags which made me look at his Twitter and find out that he is just another Russian butthurt dissident type. I did find more info on him way back, but I genuinely didn't know that he is also a rich kid until today. But I do remember checking RWA stream just to ask them about Kirill and one of the hosts sucked the air loudly and paused for a second before saying "Yeah that might a topic for another day".

As for his reviews, the stuff I seen so far seemed like either recycled opinions from the Russian community that said Russian community had talked over a million times over or just shit you already know if you're into that type of games. There is a good reason why his Morrowind and Fallout videos are of better quality, since he just uses talking points that circulated a lot before, but might be not as known to the Westerners. There is also a good reason why when it comes to Fallout he blatantly misses a lot of US specific context, since it is something that is rarely ever discussed by Russians. I am genuinely unsure why we even have an appreciation threat on this hopeless faggot and not someone like MrEdders123 (Perhaps it's something I should do today)
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The constant whinging about putin at every opportunity makes it difficult to listen to some videos.
But his review of Planet Alcatraz was a genuinly interesting delve into schizo Russian politics.
As a non Russian I have always had a laugh at how they keep pretending to be fighting racists while being incredibly racist
 
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Übertroon said:
The constant whinging about putin at every opportunity makes it difficult to listen to some videos.
But his review of Planet Alcatraz was a genuinly interesting delve into schizo Russian politics.
As a non Russian I have always had a laugh at how they keep pretending to be fighting racists while being incredibly racist
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Was it really interesting? He just rambled about Goblin's shitpost of a game and tried to spin it like it's some reflection on the state of Russian politics. He calls his country a mess after speaking of a time when folks thought that Chechens kidnap tourists which emerged after a very bloody war in Chechnya and the Chechen gangs (among other criminals) actually kidnapping people in the 90s for human trafficking and/or to extort money out of their families. Kirill should be flipping burgers with his IQ, not teaching non Russians history and politics of his country.
 
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ratnoid said:
Was it really interesting? He just rambled about Goblin's shitpost of a game and tried to spin it like it's some reflection on the state of Russian politics. He calls his country a mess after speaking of a time when folks thought that Chechens kidnap tourists which emerged after a very bloody war in Chechnya and the Chechen gangs (among other criminals) actually kidnapping people in the 90s for human trafficking and/or to extort money out of their families. Kirill should be flipping burgers with his IQ, not teaching non Russians history and politics of his country.
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I mean, lets be real this chucklefuck isnt any different from typical Russian lefty. Long as he can shit on his country, by selling them BS how Russians are these untillegent-racists and etc while going how hes a "good" Russian and suck up to the West, they'll believe any BS he sells.
 
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Was it really interesting? He just rambled about Goblin's shitpost of a game and tried to spin it like it's some reflection on the state of Russian politics. He calls his country a mess after speaking of a time when folks thought that Chechens kidnap tourists which emerged after a very bloody war in Chechnya and the Chechen gangs (among other criminals) actually kidnapping people in the 90s for human trafficking and/or to extort money out of their families. Kirill should be flipping burgers with his IQ, not teaching non Russians history and politics of his country.
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Was a reason why I called it schizo politics and not actual politics. It's the same weird mentality where you've got Russians writing novels where they use time travel to win every war, beating space nazis, allying with the nazis, beating alien dinosaur nazis.
I don't think most non russians knew there existed a game where Imperial space russians have to fight weird russian stereotypes of other races, homosexuals... and the nazis.
 
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