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The arrogance of this dude, lordy.

I heard there was a depressed frog in town so I went to play him guitar and then this happened and I probably laughed harder than at any other game all year

2024 turned me into an RPG sicko Now I’m playing Dragon Quest 3, help

An abundance of RPGs made 2024 a banner year for the genre. But *lots* of RPGs come out every year. What was special about this batch? Each game served a unique role in converting skeptics into genre devotees.

@pataloon.bsky.social so cool to see Threshold on Polygon!

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Embracing my Old Man era at the ripe age of 28

Okay but serious question who is flooding into America from Canada? They have all-dressed ruffles up there and it's pretty chill all things considered.

I don't know about you but even when my sleep is unfuckled I'm still on that caffeine drip because my chemical dependency might rebel if I'm not.

What's everyone's thoughts on Avowed? Obsidian has been on a roll lately, but Avowed was looking a little rough a few months back. The latest hands-on impressions seem very positive and have me feeling pretty optimistic. It also helps that I'm an RPG junkie.

Just curious what everyone else thinks!

And then BAM! Surprise meeting with under an hour left in the workday.

Entertaining myself at work with thoughts of Disco Elysium. I'm currently trying to internalize Hobocop irl.

Sunday morning Disco Elysium vibes with Kim Kitsuragi and Harry Du Bois

#discoelysium

That's what's really getting me, I love how messy they all are. I enjoyed Veilguard, but coming back to this reminds me of what I was missing. They're so great and terrible.

I hadn't played it in like a decade until I started a playthrough last night. I'm now nearly 8 hours deep and loving it so much. I'm glad it wasn't just nostalgia glasses making this game good for me.

Ya know what, Dragon Age 2 is severely underrated and I'm not afraid to say it.

Every time I eat spicy cup noodles I'm thankful for the scientific advancements we have made as a species.

If eating an entire block of aged cheddar is wrong then I don't wanna be right - sincerely, a large man with a mighty need for cheese.

A goblin with big round eyes and a hat decorated with fish skeleton and a bell on top. They have half stripy trousers and have a rusty sword.

It's this goblin

That's so cool! Where did you get it from?

Morrigan's original appearance in DAO. I can't help but look back on this and balk at the old graphics, but at the time I was *enamoured*.

The DAI version of Morrigan - so awesome.

I remember pleading with the artists: "If we put her in the Orlais plot, can we give her a dress?! PLEASE PLEASE" It almost didn't happen.

Some of the first art we put out for Morrigan. I remember seeing this and asking "why does she look so YOUNG?" - that's when I learned how parts of the team thought she was, like, 18. The idea persisted for some time.

CHARACTERS - DAY ONE: Morrigan

Morrigan began, waaaay back, as a bit of Morgan le Fey (hence the Dark Ritual) mixed with Delirium from Sandman. The Delirium elements subsided into more of a weird cadence of speech as my idea of Morrigan solidified - more cynical, wanting to connect but unable to. 🧵

No problem!

Wo Long is honestly a bit harder, but I found the combat to be super satisfying.
New GoW is fantastic! Definitely worth it especially now that they're on PC, they tell a great story.
I'd also recommend the Guardians of the Galaxy game from a few years ago which was super underrated.

3/3

Similar games that I really enjoyed are: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Jedi: Fallen Order, God of War 2018/Ragnarok, Sekiro, Nioh 2, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. I think these all are somewhat similar to Wukong, but excel in places where I found it to be lacking.

Sorry to type your ear off!

2/3

That being said, I think it has some wonderful art direction and that the animated interludes are delightful.

I think that the game feels like it stepped out of time from another generation and I wish it had more meat on its bones. I would have loved puzzles or platforming to spice things up

Your mileage may vary:

I found the combat to be quite tedious and often devolved into me popping my buffs and whacking as hard as I could to get through the encounter. I found the level design to be overly linear and samey. PS5 performance was poor. I was expecting a real story to be told.
Cont.

I'm torn on this. I feel like Sony is generally good to their first-party devs and they pump out the most consistently good titles out there. I'd love to see what From could do with Sony's backing. Bloodborne 2? 👀

However, I think it would be a shame to have their games locked to one platform.

YouTube video by Specter same as it ever was

Currently my entire mental state:
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I went into the game not certain who I'd romance, and before I got Emmrich I thought I'd be romanceless. But then I laid my eyes on him and the rest is history.

Ooooh the stress-eating is so bad. I still fight with that to this day. Nothing feels better in the moment than crushing a whole bag of Cheetos, then immediately regretting it.

Romance, you say? 👀

I'm really surprised to see that Dragons Dogma and Echoes of Wisdom didn't get a nod. I feel like both of those are significantly more interesting, adventurous games and were more warmly received by gaming media.