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  1. rhinohelix

    AssHat 2023 Voting round 2!!

    Araysar vs. Dicktrickle- If Big A wants a vote, he gets it. Lightning Lord Rue vs. frenzied wombat- + FW, not voting against LLR. Bandwagon vs. Ambiturner- + BW and Ambi, neither/nor vote. Lanx vs. Blazin- Sacrifice vote for someone who won't make it out of next round, not voting against Blazin...
  2. rhinohelix

    AssHat 2023 Voting Round 1

    Block Element is better than Ze Goggles. It does indeed do something.
  3. rhinohelix

    AssHat 2023 Voting Round 1

    If I had a reason to vote for you, I voted for you; If I had a reason to vote against you (i.e. not an asshat) I didn't vote for you. If I didn't have a reason, I voted for the person in the left hand column. Sometimes I remember disagreeing with you, sometimes I remember you disagreeing with...
  4. rhinohelix

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    I thought I was the only one; Destiny 2 did a bunch of great things but I loved launch Destiny so much. Then the GAAS weighed them down and they Soap Operaed the shit out of the lore. Lightfall is some embarrassing non-Bungie shit from the company that did Halo, Myth, Oni, Marathon, etc.
  5. rhinohelix

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    Taking a break from Starfield after hitting max narrative stupidity and came back to this for because some RL friends are still playing. Its improved in a number of areas, seasonal story isn't bad, XP is better, S2 powers aren't bad, horse, et al. They aren't nerfing builds flat everywhere...
  6. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I watched the YouTube for all the Unique Universes. It's like they read my comment about Marvel What If's (stop) and said, "Hell nah! We can do a WAY shittier version of that." And then they did. They had 10 months/7 Years to polish design the game, No one thought to do this for initial...
  7. rhinohelix

    Marvel Heroes 20xx

    I am going to take a look at the Discord and maybe install from Steam this weekend.
  8. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Naomi is ok until Season 3 and then OMG WTF GET OUT AND DIE WHY DON'T YOU. Posting a picture of two of my favorite girl bosses who aren't really girl bosses but are girls who are bosses from the Expanse. Drummer is also amazing:
  9. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Note: I haven't done this quest myself. I have been told by a RL friend who chose CF that now the UC Sysdef are hostile in random encounters and that's it. Nothing else he noticed in the rest of the game; UC Vanguard is an entirely different faction, No one on Jameson cares, although it would...
  10. rhinohelix

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    " I have looked through a thousand turds and this one smells the best! It's the least shitty turd of the bunch! Now let me equip it! <A thousand turds rain down from the sky> Bloody hell!" Agree with everyone saying until they get rid of 50-60% of the affixes, improve loot overall but...
  11. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    This might have been a good final DLC "Temple of the Creators" or something but to have it be the MSQ of the first game of a new IP is the dumbest thing of which I can think. It's far more stupid than becoming the head of every guild or whatever the narrative belief stretchers were in the Elder...
  12. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    You're thinking about the game. Think instead about what it does to the world. Forget about creating bases or relationships or building status with factions for anything for future content, it kills your character in THAT UNIVERSE FOREVER. YOU'RE DEAD. In fact, from your perspective, IT KILLS...
  13. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I haven't finished the main quest but I have thoughts, having finally spoiled it for myself after 200+ hours of playing the game: So NG+ mechanic effectively kills the Starfield Universe narratively. It should have been an option, something tucked off to the side in a hidden quest that you...
  14. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I have had a thing where I with the new AMD drivers and the new Starfield update patch I not only have to delete the Pipeline.cache but also have to clear the DX cache or I start getting random crashes to desktop, without any kind of driver timeout/ windows event viewer/Game log recording the...
  15. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    The only time I have died outside space combat at level 4 when level 14 bounty hunters showed up as part of the Wanted trait (hence my wanting to redo traits, I wasn't ready to do space combat and was getting those missions every 5-10 jumps) was recently on a quest on a level 55 planet "Project...
  16. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    That's a good point. I haven't done any console commands except to try to redo the character creation to reset the Traits after playing for 7-8 levels; I didn't want to start over. I didn't get any of the traits I wanted, it just killed the one I had already picked /shrug. One of the main...
  17. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    It's Skyrim but different, with different worlds rather than one continuous world and a bunch of different environments and conditions and low gravity and creatures and if a team in Sweden could make it two years, they would have done so already. The game is fun but has tons of issues and is...
  18. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Just to be clear, because the headline of the article isn't , the Sarah Voice actress is on the right looking like exactly Andreja and the Andreja Voice actress is on the Left, looking so much like Sarah. Also, the Andreja voice actress is American. Now I wish to reverse my choices. Sarah...
  19. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    This was something I thought as well early on: Mass Effect did a much better job of presenting a large space-faring but we are seeing the tension between Skyrim-in-space "Open World" and Mass Effect very clear closed zones. The conceit, however, is just to accept that there is more there; The...
  20. rhinohelix

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    I think I said this very thing on the cusp of release; when the debate was raging about the play testing and balance and longevity of the game, I said we should play it as long as it is fun and stop when it isn't. What became clear was Blizzard design efforts to make the game take longer, have...
  21. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    1st Cav outfit you can take from the Mercs in the Freestar Ranger questline has 5% reload and 25 Phys Def., Also looks great.
  22. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    [Insert National Lampoon's Vacation joke about Asteroids] I was going to Simulator my way to Piloting rank 4 tonight but I get its those bounties/Ranger targets unlucky night instead. We did this earlier in the thread so not to repeat myself: It's not so much about having gay options in...
  23. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    No respec, which I think they justify because there is no level cap. Fake Edit: I see you and others found this out already. The only good thing about using the Lodge is it lets me work on my weight lifting challenge by loading up resources and then sprinting back to the Lodge super over burdened.
  24. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I had this a similar-ish experience in "Deserted Science Facility/Lab": Robots say humans are not welcome and they are going to attack/terminate. I think, "well, ok, if you are going aggro, no time like the present." I kill them all. Andreja gets SUPER pissed and aggressive, wants to leave, I...
  25. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    The "git gud" part is learning the UI, which re-uses the tap/long press combos controls intended for limited buttons on controllers remapped directly on PC, for actions we haven't needed before in a Bethesda game. It's been a long time since I have seen a game so divisive in its reception, with...
  26. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I just had a shocking/jump scare moment on a Constellation member personal story quest:
  27. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The 4Chan reminds me a little of the Greg Bear sequel to the "Forge of God", "Anvil of Stars" Spoilers for the Forge of God in the summary for Anvil of Stars: Both of these books are great, short for 2023 reads (less than 500 pages) Anvil came out in 1992. Summary:
  28. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I get what you are saying about Ender's Game but I always read the tone and the ending as a soldier's regret, rather than Progressive/liberal/SJW/Marxist one. I was young when I read it and have never revisited it, so that may have been my 14 year old interpretation. Cool personal thing about...
  29. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I hadn't heard this but Ut mentioned that spaceflight had been redone; perhaps that is why there aren't those things, which are pretty common in Eve Online (which one would expect, given its entirely ship driven). Perhaps they just decided to hold off on the Ship stuff for an expansion and...
  30. rhinohelix

    90s songs that were OK the first time, but gave you cancer after they were played nonstop for months

    I just skimmed the thread but the big allure of "Fast Car" in the late 80's was the killer bass line; we used it to test out our 12" and 15" subs and amps. I still remember not how the music sounded (although really who can forget) but the sound it caused the metal in the doors and trunks of...
  31. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Yeah, my mental issues. My reading comprehension issues. Nothing you wrote bears anything but a passing semblance to what I wrote but I get it, man. Who has time to read? YOU'RE ANGRY. About what, I am not sure. ELDEN RING TOTALLY NEW AND NOT LIKE OTHER SOULSBORNE GAMES. Got you, bro...
  32. rhinohelix

    Cyberpunk 2077

    This sounds like it will be an entirely new experience when Phantom Liberty hits, and I am down for it. Its been a long time since I have played; On the PS5, I was right at the end before the long wait and Johnny made his choice to not make a choice; I am going to start a brand new game on the...
  33. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    My biggest surprise and chaffing comes from the Oblivion? skill system; I much preferred the Skyrim system of getting experience by doing/using skills, and when you got 10 skill points you leveled. With that system, if you want to level your stealth, you used sneak; your two handed weapons, you...
  34. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Yeah, my inability to communicate, because I didn't think I need to write a dissertation to convey the point that DIGITAL FOUNDRY was trying to make. The point is that it isn't "boring and generic" at least in my estimation. HERE'S THE STRAWMAN. "At least there's more of it" No, that isn't...
  35. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    That's not my argument at all so don't strawman me here. It's their *design language*; its a BGS game, its going to share a lot of features and design choices with their previous games. Why wouldn't it? They have made some of the most popular games of all time. It's not low effort, its their...
  36. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    The DF guys made this point: Whereas Skyrim or Fallout were limited to a single Kingdom or type of terrain, this has a bunch of different environments. In no way can you classify this as "low effort" FFS: It's a Bethesda game, with all of benefits and limitations that come with their design...
  37. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Its the way its presented, it very much comes off to me as Trans allegory, even though its not directly presented that way literally verbatim in the game. Here is a rundown showing Az's rant in context with the proper timeline and the dialogue as he experienced it from his stream. "Pronouns"...
  38. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I admittedly haven't played the quest but if you watch the clip, the way it is presented, it is completely playing into the Trans experience. There is little room left for any other interpretation. Well, the galaxy is mapped out but I get what you are trying to say, and making players do...
  39. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    That's not really what the rant is about at all, "just pronouns" but congrats for being completely 2023 about it, you missed the bit about the encounter in the game about Trans allegory ("I'm a female clone of a man" really? That just makes you a female.) and about they have two different walks...