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  1. Caliane

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

    yeah, I'll repeat my thoughts here. no thanks to patton oswald. The bad cgi ice spikes are lame. could have just froze shit, without the retarded unrealistic spikes all poking directly at people. this seems more action and blockbuster focused, not a horror story with comedy. they imply...
  2. Caliane

    Invincible

    I see here, also part of the problem is some fiction using "alternate timelines" and "other universe" as synonyms. and they aren't. yes, "alternate timelines" would have infinite existence if they could possibly exist. alternate universes don't need to be.
  3. Caliane

    Ghostbusters : Afterlife

    should have given it, its own thread. but anyway. I could do without patton oswald, and the horrible CGI ice spikes. this also seems to be implying people actually directly die from the ghost here. overall also seems too much action oriented.
  4. Caliane

    Invincible

    marvel claimed there was an infinite multiverse. I don't remember comic invincible ever claiming theirs was infinite. does the show say its infinate, or are you just assuming it works like marvels? DC's multiverse constantly changes... theres 52 universes. there's infinite. there's a...
  5. Caliane

    Invincible

    hrm. yeah. I thought I had discussed Donald a bit back in s1, but don't see any posts on it. yeah, it should get explained, its from the comics, and its not multiverse stuff.
  6. Caliane

    Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader (CRPG)

    maybe the dark elder is kept in a cage in a back room that the Rogue trader captain uses for relief.
  7. Caliane

    Night Swim (2024)

    pool/pond is a portal to another dimension is certainly something done before, and done well. but yeah, that trailer looks so bad. its so focused on the pool, instead of the family moving in, and the pool just being seemingly normal. the really goofy extended marco polo, goofy spooky...
  8. Caliane

    Castlevania

    generally well liked by people that don't read the comics. its hipster as fuuuuuck. you know where every character is a satirical deconstruction of the comic book version of that character. everything is ironic. everything is a joke. nothing is sincere. like what they've done with DnD, etc.
  9. Caliane

    The Boy and the Heron (2023)

    could have just said, "anime". but yeah, an issue with a number of Miyazaki's stuff. also paprika, and your name.
  10. Caliane

    The Marvels (2023)

    ww84 is not even as remotely bad as Black adam. ww84 has a couple good ideas here and there. it could be salvaged. plot is mostly ok. just needed to get rid of the rape, the terrible use of Cheetah, tighten up and make better use of being set in 84, make the whole wishing thing a bit...
  11. Caliane

    Retro Game of the Month March 2018: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation)

    yeah. if you die to drac, child Maria actually runs out and heals you. scroll card in sotn says 4 years later. officially its 5. 1792 for rondo, and 1797 for sotn. maria was 12, then 17. Edit: I realize the card says Richter VANISHED 4 years after the opening/Rondo. there is then time...
  12. Caliane

    Manor lords

    tldr "coming to pc game pass" April 26th 2024
  13. Caliane

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    mindhunter is an embellished true crime thriller. the story doesn't really "wrap up" because its based on reality. the history of the FBI and serial killers. its like narcos
  14. Caliane

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    sseth kindof shits on it pretty hard. I don't think I've ever seen him shit on something so much.
  15. Caliane

    Retro Game of the Month March 2018: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation)

    backdash is fastest way to run in SOTN. the three best SOTN style metroidvanias that I've played, (that aren't outright other castlevanias) are Bloodstained, Vigil:the longest night, and record of lodoss war:deedlit in wonderland. we've talked about it in the metroidvania? thread? or indie...
  16. Caliane

    ARK: Survival Ascended

    interesting. I couldn't get into ark, since I went to it pretty late. after Conan even. so dated graphics and controls were a bit much. looking at the "mixed" reviews. its ALL bitching about poor optimization. which is a pretty retarded thing to bitch about in EA. although, full...
  17. Caliane

    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    dang that trailer looked solid.
  18. Caliane

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    concessions versus less showtimes is an interesting question. In general, I've not seem much talk about showtimes per day and 3 hour movies. You'd think people would discuss that.
  19. Caliane

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    yeah, and I've said it before. theres LOTS of games like this. the entire genre of survival base builders of course. but one thing that really kills the enjoyment of them for me, is the homebase being totally lifeless and empty. the games that add that bit of settlement sim are so much...
  20. Caliane

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    jeez, shaping up to be a big dlc. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1184370/view/3717218046706419466?l=english 15 new classes/archetypes. part1 shaman: prophet of pestilence. Paladin: Tortured Crusader Cleric: Separatist Druid: Winter Child Cavalier: Ghost Rider Shifter: Weretouched...
  21. Caliane

    Controller Thread - for PC and/or console

    yeah. after having a few reused xbox controllers fail on me. I just got a PowerA Enhanced wired xbox one controller. (out of date, its a powerA wired xbox series x/s controller now) since 2019. no complaints.
  22. Caliane

    Castlevania

    Maria is 12 in Rondo of blood. 17 in Symphony of the night, and 18 in Nocturne.
  23. Caliane

    Mind Over Magic (by the makers of Oxygen Not Included)

    Klei is publishing this, not developing it. Dev is sparkypants. known for the blockbuster free to play digital CCG TES: legends. there was a demo for this a while back. back in july during summerfest. It showed promise for sure.
  24. Caliane

    Cities Skylines II

    that was always the concern. They added all these systems. and cityplannerplays guy specifically noted all the teaser vids were DEVOID of traffic. I will say, we do seem to be at that point of generational upgrades. Like I said with starfield, couldn't play it. my 1070/i5 6600 no longer can...
  25. Caliane

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Mauler was playing this yesterday. Amusingly, I think this is just 100% an art design problem. The game from what I could tell was an old school 3d platformer. like spyro, banjo-kazoioie, 3d donkey kongs. games that all used a very cartoony style.. this is totally a borderlands contour...
  26. Caliane

    Industrial Annihilation

    Interesting. I have always found Factorio to be a bit boring, and not engaging enough. Riftbreaker is way more fun like that.
  27. Caliane

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    harder diff might be hard to do with bg3. saying this without playing it... however.. 5e itself is more narrative built, not a tactical system. 3.5e/pathfinder can be built to be harder, and more tactical easier. Additionally, the smaller party size. which may seem like it would...
  28. Caliane

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    obviously, the line between optimum play and being a problem player can be fine. slow is not being a dick. Taking 10 summon spells, and summoning 16 wolves in every fight to overwhelm the enemies action econ is. there is a point where you as the player know the enemy has 1 attack per turn...
  29. Caliane

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    yeah, to be clear when I say exploiting action econ is a dick move/metagaming, I mean specifically in tabletop, where you have a living DM sitting there trying to design good encounters on the fly. and, actively trying to exploit action econ is just making their job harder on purpose. you are...
  30. Caliane

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    "Action economy" can refer to the entire scope of player actions versus enemy actions. Quality of an action, and raw amount. Its creation, and its most common use is as stated, raw number of actions per round however. (I feel like people are saying this, but dancing around the key point)...
  31. Caliane

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    I don't know how anyone could say Midnight mass isn't offensive to Christians. Muslim cop is super great guy, calls the Christians racist. Zero pushback on it. The Priest is a giant hypocrite, who completely undermines his faith. The main practitioners and "faithful" of the church are all dog...
  32. Caliane

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    I mean, yeah. the fall of the house of usher is a short story from Edger allen poe. not a supernatural horror story. I think I might just outright skip this one. I do like supernatural horror more. And Flanagans political and religious opinions are getting dumber and dumber, taking over his...
  33. Caliane

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    ooph.
  34. Caliane

    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    Yeah. its weird, theres multiple listings. not all free on prime video. that prime vid link, takes you to the version I watched. to say more on it. probably not a must see outside the contexts of halloween movie. but its a very solid entry into these halloween haunt movies.. you don't...
  35. Caliane

    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    + 1 on Haunt on prime. pretty solid.
  36. Caliane

    The Netflix Thread

    Trying to keep scott pilgrim going probably won't work. its a seminal growing up comic/movie. it was specific to that time period and those young adults. its like FLCL, etc.
  37. Caliane

    Totally Killer (2023)

    this is out on prime. about half way atm. its ok, to pretty decent. it is still one of those "totally 80's movie" as created by millennials and gen z'ers that have no idea what the 80's was actually like. but I've seen worse offenders. only one woke retard note so far. school mascot in...
  38. Caliane

    Desktop Computers

    that seems like a huge deal. anyone try these prebuilts? any issues with swapping out that vid card? take that $300 discount, and get a rtx 4060 at least? which is the current version of that card.. or something else entirely...
  39. Caliane

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    I ran out of steam on my second playthrough at the end of act 4. still have not played inevitable excess dlc, through the ashes dlc. the game is so long. 512 hours between first and second unfinished playthroughs. (turnbased.) The "treasure of the midnight isles" dlc is a real slog in the...
  40. Caliane

    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    which version? did we have this discussion here? the original theatrical release was not as GREEN as the blueray.