rian_frostdrake

There are things with real world analogs and things without them. I cant talk about darth maul's using the force in episode 1, because its not something that has a real world analog, i can talk about his staff style and unarmed strikes(which are awesome) because he drew them form existing martial arts styles(yes its a lightsaber, but he used it like a staff). thats the difference.

the hulk is just straight up fantasy, ironman's armor is fantasy, but archery exists. one could likely say the same with black widow because she uses guns and martial arts, which we can compare with real styles. Heck, to be technical, i liked how in thor he didnt use a particularly disciplined fighting style, but used something closer to professional wrestling, and it made sense for his personality and build.

I'm rian frostdrake, and this is my favorite suggestion on the citadel.

also, confirmation about new story in the shard makes me happy. It was heavily hinted at, but to see it outright stated is always nice

Its not actualy irony. He said they added some sense of different mythology in the game to show new threats, he never said they were exclusive elements, he also said they are continuously telling the story of praetoria till cole is defeated. cole is not yet defeated as of the events of issue 22, and as such it has a praetorian element, but one that is not the primary mover of the action, . which part is irony exactly?

Well, sloth of the titans is supposed to be coming out...eventually.

One guess would be that coh-verse is like "american Gods" where followers of specific divines carry versions of them with them where they settle and they become independent entities. Its unlikely there are too many worshipers of mot still around, but descendants of cannanites who still arent big on dying could still have brought him.

Well, part of the answer is simply that this is an mmo, and an older style one too, in everquest the giant rats coudl keep popping up long after the players should have eradicated any sustainable breeding population of them, but it worked because it was a video game, in coh lore apparently a significant portion of disaffected young people are either members of a street gang, drug addicts that turned into monsters, posessed or part of a hostile group of elemental mutants, Its a mmo standard but it gets silly once you have cleared out hellions for a few hours street sweeping...even if we accept a porous legal system, how the heck are there so many? the answer is, its a video game, and limits exist in presentation, maybe phasing will help later on, it did make atlas a bit more sane (you can actually clean areas up now) but overall, part of the fault is the medium, an mmo has to keep enemies spawning for other players so you fight an unending battle against inexhaustable numbers.

There is a second problem though, and that is how stories tend to flow here, there is a large conflict that affects out heroes, we fight through it and eventually overcome it. that works from an individual narriative point of view, if you stick with that you beat(likely solo if you chose) SPOILERS..



the leader of the rikti, countess crew, vanessa devore, the envoy of shadows, lots of plauseable copies of nemesis, some of malta's leaders, the rogues gallery of possible supers from mayhems/tips, if you get lucky in a safeguard, one of recluse's big four or even himself, in ssa4 all of recluse's b team and one of his lieutenants, just about everyone in the beginning of mender remiels arc, and sorta-incarnate, a slightly sedated hero 1, and coming tomorrow, a major divine of death. we win..a lot, and if i had added tf, raid or large group content, it gets nuttier, but from a story perspective, mmos stink at reflecting victories, they only can reflect the conflict, even after befriending the cabal, they still take pot-shots at me, the supposedly crippled legacy of war (after the rwz story) still can field a force to meet liberty server's mothership raids every few days, despite insane casualties that would clear out entire country's militaries.

we dont see the bright new day, we just have to take the mission text saying how great we did. Again, i blame mmos for being a horrible game type more than i blame coh's narrative, it simply strains against the constraints of the medium.

Ya know what? Heres a realsitic rundown of what they have. an 8 year old game in a genre where it has achieved a middling sized population relative to the one game nobody shuts up about and in a sub-genre that has had the other 2 games fail hard. its graphically dated and the positives, customization, community, accessability to people who dont like the usual mmo tropes are all niche positives, it also has a necrotic pvp system, no "hardcore" raiding and a more relaxed crafting system, all negatives to the standard mmo player.

I love coh, been here continuously since june 04 and subbed at least 2 years from now. but i understand the lay of the land, and i understand that marketing has to have a projected return for significant financial investments. so yeah, maybe there are a few things that the peanut gallery can say could have been done better, but a realistic look at the lay of the land shows that there are fewer realistic options to market. I try to do the word of mouth thing a much as i can, because i can tailor what i say to the person im talking to, but a broad based marketing push to a public that wants cartoonish elves and space samurai, I can appreciate the difficulty.

I have seen a lot of GREAT games get overlooked, okami, beyond good and evil, psychonauts,ico all amazing, all had middling sales, and people blame marketing, but you know what, sometimes, its just gamers(and people in general), large populations tastes regress to the lowest common denominator, and marketing cant fix that.

not to go off topic, but have you tried rayman origins? its multiplat, but i have it for the wii and am enjoying it, and it is deliciously co-op multiplayer. also am really looking forward to last story as well, now all we need is pandora's tower.

honestly, i think trying to dodge a big release is a pointless game. like i said, since august with deus ex h.r., there has been some major console rpg or action rpg release every single month, outside of january, and im probably forgetting something there. and after this month there is xenoblade next month and dragon dogma. im still chugging on dark souls(ceaseless discharge is a jerk), still chugging on amalur, heck, looking forward to playing the sky pirates expansion for two worlds, but havent even gotten to dl that, and still not through the dlc for me2, so i dont see myself diving right into me3 just out of sheer reality. and bethesda released the creation kit for skyrim and i already saw 5 mods i gotta have...

there is no neutral release time for coh, but i have been playing coh for nearly 8 years now and am subscribed till war witch gets a restraining order on me, so its not a big deal.

worse these days really,with huge games and accessable modding, Morrowind is still a viable option..now add the fact that 4 other bethesda games are out with active modding communities that update the game..and a good rpgish has hit every single month since september (minus january) and will be coming out till at least may (dragon dogma) and now a mmo issue...oy. wanna buy a recently barely used gym membership?

dude, i still aint done with amalur :P