That shader is nice. I haven’t been on much lately due to my PS5 pad being borderline unplayable with stick drift. Annoying AF dying to laser traps and shit with it. New one on order.
Boring story over.
I kind of understood the 1586 speech. I live up in Northumberland, in the north, and some of those words are still in use, "Gan" for go, for example. There's a definite Scandinavian influence on that language in the clip.
You know, even if it launches there’s still the question over its longevity. How many MMOs have been released in recent years and how many have been shelved or have a population in the double digits?
Fair point. I just watched an interview with him and he has a totally normal accent so in the same way as they’re speaking period Japanese I’ll accept he’s speaking a 1600’s southern accent.
Enjoying the show so far but I do find myself trying to draw parallels to the 80s version and the book.
I quite liked they portrayed Blackthorne as clueless to land warfare, I don't recall that from previous material but it seemed reasonable.
My one stumbling block to really loving the show is...
They’ll presumably have documents going back hundreds of years with differing levels of grammar / speech styles. Just like trying to read Chaucer or Shakespeare.
Enjoying this so far. It’s less a story about Blackthorne and more one about Toranaga though, unlike the initial series.
Few scenes are missing that I recall. In the original he was in the prison a lot longer and learned the basics of Japanese from the mad priest.
It really is a damn near perfect game.
If I play it through again (re-installed it last night...) I might try a low weight build and see how the Blue Dancer Charm works for me. It's tough avoiding the usual Talisman combos though.
I mean, there’s always the Goldmask set. That’s on par with Wretch levels of coverage.
Quite high requirements to obtain that though, especially if you’re not Int/Fth build, and it’s easy to miss.
If you like pokey weapons then DRAGON KING'S CRAGBLADE is probably worth checking out. Most people think it's a fun weaponskill but I seemed to die a bunch trying to use it.
If you want a broken weapon on trash then the sword you can choose after the first clear is just insane with a Faith build. Next to useless on many bosses due to their high saves but you stand at the entrance in the Mohgwyn zone and just keep clearing and resetting you’ll cap your stats in short...
Took me years to actually finish the first book.
Part of the problem was it refers to things that aren't set up in the story. No new reader is going to have a concept of the Landsraad, Faufreluches, or Kanly.
I eventually did finish it but it didn't inspire me to read the next two novels at all.
My take from it was he was a barely functioning sociopath who assembled a team of geniuses to do all the scientific heavy lifting and took all the credit for their work. I’m sure that’s not the case but it’s how the movie seemed to portray him.
Was there a fast and easy way to kill those cat statues? You know the ones that spew fire or ice and jump in the air and smear you over the floor? I could kill them but they always cost me a bunch of flasks.
The map thing is potentially immersion breaking. I look at games like FFXIV where they have easily accessible maps and it trivialises the game where I’m moving between quest markers on the map. I don’t ever bother to learn a zone because once I’ve gained two levels I’m unlikely to ever go back...