tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5539219900642096919..comments2024-03-28T14:39:04.452-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Knights of Legend: Who's the Monster?CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80735433397641886722015-03-17T00:13:56.486-04:002015-03-17T00:13:56.486-04:00I dunno. When shopping at Coles I don't get ki...I dunno. When shopping at Coles I don't get killed by a mimic.<br /><br />I think it's hard for someone to consider themselves 'evil' almost by definition. Given that it's a value judgment, and the best measure of a person's values is their behaviour, if a person does something, they almost always have a justification.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3091021309456704542015-03-16T23:34:35.800-04:002015-03-16T23:34:35.800-04:00I agree with UbAh (almost 2 years later because......I agree with UbAh (almost 2 years later because... just... because, I guess).<br /><br />Countless interviews with various serial killers (including mass murderers, suicide cult leaders and mentally disturbed madmen arrested on their shooting sprees) on their motives show that they all believe in their head that:<br />a) they are getting rid of a certain evil/unclean demographic (it's okay, I'm killing bad people/teen bullies/ladies of the night/noisy kids & etc.)<br />b) they are doing it for a higher religious purpose (i.e. God told them so, Satan told them NOT to do so, Santa Claus will give them a present next X'mas if they killed a hundred guys this year & etc.)<br />c) they are sending those people to a better place than Earth.<br /><br />The real world can be pretty terrifying. Makes NetHack a lot easier in comparison. At least I will know that shopkeep will only trade with me and not cut out my kidney as I lay in a seedy motel bathtub filled with ice.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58601370765275572892015-03-16T22:37:06.925-04:002015-03-16T22:37:06.925-04:00It's funny, as one of the other games played l...It's funny, as one of the other games played later throws in a surprise "You're the creator of evil" at the end, and it wasn't particularly satisfying. Though in that case there wasn't anything at all leading up to that revelation, even less than what you guys pulled out of this one.Quirkzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409671254311123117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58571268129112476002013-05-01T23:21:46.163-04:002013-05-01T23:21:46.163-04:00That does sound fascinating. If Irene is intereste...That does sound fascinating. If Irene is interested, I might check it out.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65571874072304274182013-05-01T23:20:41.228-04:002013-05-01T23:20:41.228-04:00I do see the point, especially now that I'm ex...I do see the point, especially now that I'm experiencing all the vagaries of the underdeveloped training system.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46127506059338269302013-04-25T11:28:26.924-04:002013-04-25T11:28:26.924-04:00In a rather (okay, COMPLETELY) odd console RPG pub...In a rather (okay, COMPLETELY) odd console RPG published in the last couple years called Nier, they do tackle this sort of issue. <br /><br />Apologies for spoilers, but as it's not on the list, nor is it going to be, I don't think it's a big deal.<br /><br />Nier is notable for several things. One is for having a protagonist that's fairly ugly. Another is the companion dressed up in lingerie who has a figure from a teenage boy's dreams, who also happens to be hermaphrodite. But the last, and most important to the discussion, is the fact that the game is intended to be finished multiple times.<br /><br />As you complete the game the first time, you get a glimpse into the world's bizarre hsitory, and your protagonist saves his daughter (and the world) from an ancient plan gone awry.<br /><br />But through the rest of your playthroughs, you actually start to see things from the side of the monsters, discovering in a Soylent Green-esque twist that they're actually people, and from their view you and your team are a bunch of genocidal maniacs.JPublicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62774363170950641542013-04-25T09:50:52.341-04:002013-04-25T09:50:52.341-04:00The choice typically offered in games is "ang...The choice typically offered in games is "angel" or "jerkface".<br /><br />Will you:<br /><br />A) Save her puppy.<br />B) Eat her puppy and tell her how delicious it was while pointing and laughing.<br /><br />You chose B)<br /><br />Carth says: "You know, that wasn't a very nice thing to do."Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6306206735771589842013-04-24T15:12:12.501-04:002013-04-24T15:12:12.501-04:00Ah well, I tried. Without being able to continuin...Ah well, I tried. Without being able to continuing leveling up for one weapon, you'll have trouble with later wilderness encounters, because monsters seem to increase in level as time progresses (or maybe as the player characters' level progress). That's when magic can be useful to make one-shot kills. The quest monsters, however, don't increase with time, so they don't get much harder.<br />Btw, I'm sure you've encountered Binderaks. The weapons they drop may be useful...<br />I'm the same person registered as "Unknown" who posted about the sheathing and bows, btw. I couldn't get the log-in right, and lost what I typed too :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76589027611111134762013-04-23T20:08:24.697-04:002013-04-23T20:08:24.697-04:00I appreciate the thought, but you didn't succe...I appreciate the thought, but you didn't successfully convince me. Using a hex editor is pretty much uber-cheating in my book. If the game doesn't support leveling in certain weapons, that's bad game design, but I feel like I have to just live with it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20172309750940837052013-04-20T22:42:43.161-04:002013-04-20T22:42:43.161-04:00Hi CRPG addict. I want to entice you to try cheat...Hi CRPG addict. I want to entice you to try cheating a little. Cheating is warranted here because you can't increase your weapons skills beyond a certain point, and can't be trained by the Amazon trainer and Rhunholland. This walkthru for KoL has extensive descriptions on how to hack the game data:<br />http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564748-knights-of-legend/faqs/41039<br />It's worth experimenting for one of the weapons skills, at least, such as the Greatsword for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10623091541341445282013-04-19T00:34:24.869-04:002013-04-19T00:34:24.869-04:00The real world sucks: Look at this week. There has...The real world sucks: Look at this week. There has been a bombing in Boston, an explosion in Texas, and then a shooting at MIT (also Boston). Sometimes you want to escape to a world where you can do something to make the world suck less, and not only that, KNOW you are making the world suck less. <br /><br />And then people are going "Wouldn't it be great if we pulled a fast one on them, and showed at the end of the game that you are the bad guy?"<br />I'm sick of all these modern games going "Heroes are boring. Lets me EVERYTHING gritty and amoral" <br /><br />Fuck it, let me be a goddamn knight in shining armour. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24961625867956920862013-04-18T18:04:05.318-04:002013-04-18T18:04:05.318-04:00TL;DR:
Real peoples motives are scary and complic...TL;DR:<br /><br />Real peoples motives are scary and complicated, and scary complicated. Games help us process this.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59200400681602307962013-04-18T18:02:20.021-04:002013-04-18T18:02:20.021-04:00This brings up something I find fascinating about ...This brings up something I find fascinating about human nature and the entertainment/escapes we prefer.<br /><br />All evidence suggest that no one thinks they themselves are evil, they always think they are doing the right thing in the circumstance. Yet we tend to gravitate to stories (games, books, and movies) that have clear good and evil so there is no feeling of guilt for rooting that the good guys kill the bad guys or at least not feeling all that bad when the bad guys die.<br /><br />I think this is the same thing that allows people to make divisions in their minds between "us" and "them" once someone stops being an us and starts being a them it becomes easy to stop empathizing and rationalizing actions against them that you would never do to one of us. This is the phenomena that propaganda attempts to exploit, so do hate preachers, political parties, and old school military indoctrination.<br /><br />I think this simple trick of the mind is what causes such things as mob mentality, crazed sports fans committing violence they would never otherwise contemplate, and other cases of people having lapses of character and doing acts that nothing in their history suggest they would do. Looking at peoples bad behavior on the internet is probably also due to difficulty being able to connect and making everyone online one step away from being a them.<br /><br />I also am developing a theory that it is this combined with an inability to connect with others so everyone else is identified as a "them" that explains psychopathic and sociopathic (same thing we just have two words for it depending on how we want to feel about the subject of the word) behavior.<br /><br />Now this is not me suggesting that this mental division of people always leads to negative behavior. It is this division that helps us identify with family and take necessary measures to protect them. We may indeed be wired to need these divisions to simplify things enough to be able to make choices instead of being paralyzed by the fear of hurting others.<br /><br />The important thing is to recognize when your mind is making these divisions and keep it in check. I think us wanting our stories to be simple and fill the need of this good and evil fantasy can help us process the complications of real life and make choices that are not based on us vs them thinking.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83460548726243742782013-04-18T12:29:08.012-04:002013-04-18T12:29:08.012-04:00It is still a sucker punch of an ending. It is still a sucker punch of an ending. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83966611618001410332013-04-17T08:09:50.183-04:002013-04-17T08:09:50.183-04:00In that case you wouldn't necessarily be evil ...In that case you wouldn't necessarily be evil more than suckers who fell for the manipulations of evil people. I guess that is to close to reality as most people who do evil in the world have been convinced that they are doing good. UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29621673263939286092013-04-16T18:10:24.906-04:002013-04-16T18:10:24.906-04:00Because making us evil makes me want to stab you. ...Because making us evil makes me want to stab you. I been trying to play a good party the whole game, making up things in my head about how evil the bandits are, etc, and then DUDE, you are EVIL! HAHAHAHA and you didn't even know it? BAWAWAWAWA makes me want to find you and kick you in the balls. Repeatedly. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37908065368604379642013-04-16T08:03:23.913-04:002013-04-16T08:03:23.913-04:00Depends on the language. Which sounds like a cop-...Depends on the language. Which sounds like a cop-out but its true, the ' is different in Arabic than from Khoisan than from Hawaiian than from Macedonian. <br /><br />But for fantasy languages where they just throw em in there, because it looks cool, without actually explaining the sound or even thinking about how it would sounds, then boing is a fitting response to that kind of silliness.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32520909694461165322013-04-16T02:56:50.176-04:002013-04-16T02:56:50.176-04:00Actually, I'm pretty sure there is a way to pr...Actually, I'm pretty sure there is a way to pronounce apostrophe. I don't know what it is, but I recall reading it. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35838109896425502242013-04-15T17:25:46.546-04:002013-04-15T17:25:46.546-04:00Heh I was thinking about that racism and going to ...Heh I was thinking about that racism and going to reply that the monsters are being wiped out for asking for equal treatment among all races, genders, and as in the case of your brigands, sexuality. Not that there is anything wrong with that (How old and tired is that meme? Forgive me.).UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3081871336715136392013-04-14T15:50:13.030-04:002013-04-14T15:50:13.030-04:00I think I stopped reading at about the eight book....I think I stopped reading at about the eight book. I had grown increasingly tired of the slow tempo and the (as I recally it) one or two types of female characters in the series. That said, I partially stopped because I simply didn't have the next in the series and at that point couldn't be bothered to pick up the next one.<br /><br />I don't want to be too harsh on the series though. I had a lot of fun along the way as well, and I hugely enjoyed the first one.AnvilOfDOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219444266821777155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83430033719413721302013-04-13T17:22:08.116-04:002013-04-13T17:22:08.116-04:00Why do designers go for the boring ending that has...Why do designers go for the boring ending that has been done a million times instead of one like the "evil" twist suggested here. Seems like Starflight is the rare game of this or any period with a cool Twilight Zone type twist. Blacbraunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73072795736544522132013-04-13T00:23:29.670-04:002013-04-13T00:23:29.670-04:00For me, there were undoubtedly moments of tedium i...For me, there were undoubtedly moments of tedium in WoT, but I stuck with it, and I thought Brandon Sanderson's first two books after taking over were a joy. Unfortunately, the final book (just published in January) left me feeling flat. The writing was great, but I felt that the plot threads of the previous 13 books were leading up to some major twists and a jaw-dropping finale, and nothing like that happened.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51218639378328038482013-04-12T21:06:51.532-04:002013-04-12T21:06:51.532-04:00I've tried to read that series 3 times and nev...I've tried to read that series 3 times and never got past the second book. Obviously, it doesn't appeal to everyone.<br /><br />I also have read 6 of the first 7 books in Chet's favorite series, Malazan: The Book of the Fallen, only to get totally bogged down early in book 8. The early books, though, are incredible (even the first one, which no one who reads the series should skip over).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26624845209997196102013-04-12T09:36:16.316-04:002013-04-12T09:36:16.316-04:00Yes, orderly retreat to switch to missile weapons ...Yes, orderly retreat to switch to missile weapons is better. IIRC, orcs and goblins behave the same way.Clarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17488871871166757469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89181958817025269372013-04-12T03:05:46.267-04:002013-04-12T03:05:46.267-04:00Haha, that's exactly how I felt, bansheeHaha, that's exactly how I felt, bansheeAnvilOfDOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219444266821777155noreply@blogger.com