Ironik

Dunno who told you that, but it's simply wrong. The plot is simple and straightforward and exceedingly easy to comprehend for anyone who has two brains cells to rub together. Simple doesn't mean bad, however.

Also, it actually takes the original premise of "programs" as people and follows it to its logical conclusion, with parallels to current technology

This is so wrong on so many levels it makes me wonder if whoever told you this hooey saw the film at all.

The disc scene was AWESOME. It was beyond awesome, in fact. Especially when you realize what actually happened and how that manifests at the end of the film.

Maybe the dolts who told you about the film weren't bright enough to understand what actually happened. Of course, if they'd actually seen the original film and had paid attention to the opening scenes of this one, they would've known.

What!? Since when?

An earlier post in this thread essentially said, "Sturgeon was an optimist." It's true.

This is a good non-specific bit of text. Thumbs up.

This, on the other hand, doesn't work any better than Michelle's original one. "Glance around" presumes eyes. (Yes, annoying, I know. But we're trying to cover all the bases.) The whole "whispering voices" is evocative and a nice bit of scene-setting, but again it presumes hearing. I actually have a sightless character and I'm sure someone has a deaf character out there. Tiny minority? Certainly. Still.

I think this one goes even farther in that it presumes motivation as well as physical abilities. "Justice" is probably just nebulous enough to apply to heroes and vigilantes and mean something different for each, but what if they care not for justice and are a true anti-hero? I have a psychotic anti-hero who simply enjoys the killing of bad guys and does it under the guise of a hero because it's legally-sanctioned murder.

Yes, I have outliers, but I've made so many alts that I'm going to hit every concept sooner or later.

Very good point. It does seem farm-like, now that you say that. The only thing I enjoy about it is dragging snowmen to be killed by Tuatha.

Or just station a PPD cop there with drone-level powers.

Too small to read. That could say anything. Ergo, I win.

I mentioned that earlier in the thread -- I really wish there were alternate ways to beat an encounter rather than just standing there and having a slugfest. I specifically mentioned dropping the cave on top of the Honoree because that would be terrifically cool. Make it so there's some sequence of events you have to perform to make it something of a challenge other than hitting the "I Win" button. Other games have mini-puzzles players solve to bypass safes or locked doors as an alternate method to just blowing the thing off its hinges. A recent one I saw involved what is essentially an 8-piece game of Concentration where you have to match up items under a timer.

It seems like the logical outgrowth of the branching storylines we've been getting lately.

This would be the exact definition of "luck." I assume "10 seconds" is hyperbole because you can't even attack twice in that amount of time, and unless you've got a pocket nuke that's ACTUALLY A NUKE, then this didn't happen. It physically can't.

Thank Christ.

That's a tall order, best filled by consulting Paragon Wiki. Accept no substitutes.

Sure. He can line up to get his hero license right behind Stevie Wonder at the DMV. There are a couple basic assumptions your character must fulfill in order to be allowed out into the world, and this silly construct you're making up (at this point I don't believe for a second you have a character like this, nevermind a robot toon) wouldn't make it in the door, let alone get a license.

I do. I'm arguing against your silly premise. That's what the internet is FOR.

I'm not telling you anything. I'm saying your nonsensical argument is silly. Explain to me how your character determines right from wrong, up from down, black from white, good guy from bad guy?

How does he decide what to do, who to hit, who to help? That exact same intelligence is what he would use to determine other things about his world. Not just good guys from bad guys, but whether it's hot enough somewhere to melt him or cold enough to turn his metal hide frangible. No one in City Hall would give such a dummy -- in both senses of the word -- a hero license. You could never be sure he wouldn't crush a kid just because.

If your robot can't determine basic things about the world based on whatever evidence is at hand, how does he navigate? How did he earn his hero license? Your argument that your robot is a metal Helen Keller who lives in some sort of permanent sensory deprivation is a BS argument that you're making just to argue. Of course your robot somehow manages to navigate the world and of course he is capable of making informed, intelligent decisions, because otherwise you're talking about a mindless bulldozer, and no one is going to call a bulldozer for help.

If your character is aware of the outside world at all, it should be able to determine the temperature. Perhaps it can only *guess* based on visual evidence and can make mistakes, but otherwise you're playing a non-sentient pet rock... which is a pretty ridiculous assertion, if so, and you'll be doing simply to score points, not from something you really do.

I have a living statue -- cleverly named Hero Statue -- who can't feel temperature, but when he sees people shivering or fanning themselves, he can tell that it's either cold or hot. If he sees ice in Frostfire's lair, he knows it's cold. He certainly CAN'T feel chilled. The fact that I have characters like that is precisely WHY I'm so good at ignoring vast portions of the text in this game without even blinking.

So you are saying there is one way -- and one way only -- for someone to determine whether or not a place is cold? Yeah, that's what we call "silly."

Your robot has no skin, hence no nerves, but it doesn't have an exterior thermometer? Some sort of thermistor censor it can use on items in its vicinity? Infrared detector? A portable thermocouple? An onboard pyrometer? It doesn't have eyes? How stupidly built is your robot? It's a product of Chevrolet, isn't it?

As I pointed out in the other thread on this, there's no reason why it has to be "sterile." It can be just a dramatic as what's used in the game currently. Naturally I was mocked by those who disagree. Well, whatevs. I gave it a go.

I would contest that "95%" number. The "run your hand through your hair" thing doesn't just ignore robots and the like, but also bald people and those wearing hats, cowls and full-head masks.

Not being able to feel cold doesn't change the fact that it's cold. "Cold" is a physical state that alters the way the world works, so it helps to be aware of that in some way. If not direct temperature sensing then visually or whatever area-sensing utility the machine has.

Damn, where the hell were you when I was fighting this exact thing last month? I was all alone, surrounded by people who think one size fits all.

Yes. That's Michael Sheen, and there's nothing he can't do. Easily one of the best actors working today, probably one of the best of all time. You may recall him as Lucian in Underworld, or Tony Blair in, well, a lot of things, or David Frost in Frost/Nixon, or as Nero....