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That's how it's presented; that he thrives on being contrary and irksome to the other princes and that he also happens, quite fortuitously, to be a true patriot but it just doesn't sit right with me because he didn't know anything about her. Men in positions of power don't remain there by...

Quill18 has a series going on this in English. quill18 - YouTube It just looks like an updated version of the other games which is a good thing for most I suspect.

Yes once she meets her new "mentor" everything just starts clicking for her again for not entirely valid reasons. Her patron in the war camps is an especially prime example as he doesn't want anything from her; it's almost like she enchanted him into believing that he actually is her uncle...

He was the representative of a group of beggars in Elantris and he had about one line of dialogue; it was just a cameo, he had no actual role in that novel, I'm not sure about the others. Also to anyone considering a read of Elantris I would say don't as it only serves as an example of how much...

I despise this argument in defense of bad writing in fiction. For a story to have any sort of quality and impact on the viewer/reader there needs to be some level of plausibility and continuity (within the context of the narrative) to a characters motivations and actions or else the story will...

The sword has no information pertaining to it within this series as far as I know, that said, some of his other books tie into his Cosmere universe and some characters make crossovers (Wit) and now this sword which is presumably from his other novel Warbreaker. Other references to crossovers...

Look forward to Canada; they have wolves too but y'know... they're DIRE.

Thieves don't get any ae, their main draw is that they can pretty much 1 shot almost anything with backstab if it's stunned first. Which is kind of a bummer as you end up only using 2 abilities for most of the game until you just get bored and start using the others for flavor. But yes it...

The fights are just easier and thus more boring. Anyway this has been a great experience so far apart from some of the more anal quick time events. I especially loved Canada and the underpants gnome bedroom fight, just hilarious, I wish more games would push things beyond the usual boring game...

Managed it on a thief with mug (stun) x2 then critical backstabs x2 the next turn to kill off two of the goons. Kenny's unicorn charge managed the 3rd one and beat up gore a bit. Damn that stun grenade though.

I am about 150 pages in to WoR and so far so good, no real complaints at all, I also liked the acknowledgements section; its refreshing to see a successful author with such an apparent appreciation for a good editing team. My only gripe so far are the damn "journal" quotes before each chapter...

It feels like you are in an episode and great fun so far. My only complaints are that there is no sell all button and you cant rebind any keys as I'd rather attack/block with the keyboard. I went with a black thief to see if Cartman would say anything about it, no dicethough he does mention...

I thought 12 Years was well made but shallow as it had nothing going for it but a bald play on the viewers emotions; that and nothing that was done was particularly original compared to prior depictions in other films with richer characters.

People have been streaming it on Twitch the past couple of days at any rate.

Don't avoid everything hes written based on Mistborn; I know most people seem to rave about it but he lost me at book 2 (read 3rd anyway, it got worse) in that series also for similar and other reasons. The Way of Kings, Steelheart and a few others are quite enjoyable reads.

They are relying on this Pam/coke thing beyond excessively at this point. She was far better in small doses when she could transition from bit character to badass as the need arose.

Kellhus is the villain because he's an insufferable character that dominates everyone and everything flawlessly. But he is also the hero because without him all of mankind would be devoured by those goblin things (forget what they are called) and their master. I really liked Achamian before...

I enjoy the building and management but my issue is the fact that you can play for several hundred game years and nothing really ever changes beyond scale; you start with a small village and end with that and several other satellite villages scattered around it. In all that time you achieve no...

That missing "and" enrages you?

I thought the quality dropped off a bit once the Black Company returned to their "homeland"; it felt like there were more books than there strictly needed to be and the story got a bit convoluted, but that largely depends on how you feel about the usage of magic and its influence on...

This emphatically. Things are so easy for him that he might as well have rolled out of bed one morning, broke wind, scratched himself and then noticed, out of the corner of his eye, the leaders of the world prostrating themselves before his feet with gifts and spread cheeks. He's a prime...

Judging by the first video this sounds very ambitious if they are actually serious about rendering that many players on a battlefield at the same time with those graphics. They would have to one up the Arma team and somehow ensure there aren't desyncing warhorses blinking in and out all over...

The Way of Kings is far better than Blood Song and has the upside of a book 2 available shortly.

I apologize for hating on your favorite book Grim.

I couldn't force myself to continue past book 4; the first 3 had their ups and downs but 4 is a poster child for bad fiction and I've heard that 5 is just as disappointing. I liked early Roland and Jake somewhat but the rest of the ka-tet made me skip paragraphs and ponder why I bothered to...

At least nearly every character who has abilities beyond the normal seems to consider shardblades to be tainted in some way, so the danger of that should hopefully be minor.

Hope that helps. I do hope that Kaladin doesn't become too overpowered in the next book(s), the only things that balanced him out were an imperfect control over his abilities and the horrible position he was trapped in previously. Szeth is basically the hand of God but hes balanced out by...

Just finished Justin Cronin's "The Passage" and it was... an abomination of filler, absurdity, and Deus ex Machina. This is the worst novel that I have read since Peter Bretts The Daylight War, a dubious accomplishment but one nonetheless; most bad books tend to start out with at least an...

Divine intervention and magic only bugs me when it's used to explain away or bring about events or circumstances that would otherwise require good storytelling and character interaction to pull off. It's a shortcut that too many authors in the genre use and the absence of which is what...

I am one of the few who falls in between I suppose as I played roughly to the halfway mark (its a pretty long game due to time spent in combat) then lost interest completely. I like tactical RPGs enough that it kept me playing longer than it would have otherwise despite its glaring pacing...

Read Blood Song and The Thousand Names recently, neither was anything more than average fantasy fare but Blood Song had a good intro/coming of age in the beginning (very Spartan) before the main characters "Blood Song" ability started to tingle every other paragraph. But as it usually seems to...

In my opinion, no, the system itself and Seedless were the only aspects of the series that held any merit for me. If you are well read in the genre I doubt you will find much else of distinction unless fictional economic situations and irrational yet ultimately pivotal character decisions...

Or when the front of his "mine" comes down bringing at most a few feet of loose earth to block the tunnel mouth and he lays down to die/be rescued for whatever reason.

On your turn you can move your cursor along the grid prior to moving, if that character will be in range to attack an enemy at that position then a little box will appear giving the amount of damage they can do from a direct HP attack near that enemies feet. Unfortunately this only works for...

I've beaten it twice now and can say that it has a lot going for it especially the artwork and general atmosphere crafted by the nature of the story. If you begin the game by role playing the character decisions you will have a lot of fun and will get invested in whats going on, also your...

Nope, until his predictable last minute tantrum discovery they were just a couple of guys digging around in a random dirt heap with nothing at all to show for it. Which made everyone's keen interest towards it throughout the episodes rather goofy.

It's like Deadwood had a somewhat dimwitted, predictable, feminist leaning child that sold its poorly conceived period soap opera to the Discovery channel.

Yes... I understand what they were trying to do with this on an intellectual level but I just could not connect with Phoenix's character well enough to really enjoy the experience. Besides, I found his average dullness vexing.

HAR! He would make a good replacement for the primary PoV at the wall... if only someone were actually dead.

What attracted me initially was the solid depiction of feudal political intrigue and maneuvering along with skillful writing and engagingly believable characters. Mr. Martin laid out a political framework, fleshed out some interesting characters and let the story flow, no bullshit; just...