Owlcat's writing is often really clusmy, but it's genuinely sweet how the redeemed succubus has a dream, but she's never had a dream before, so you go around town and ask peeps about their dreams, and she excitedly puts everything in her dream in the most obvious, simple way possible
You know what I think Rogue Trader and the Pathfinder owlcat games need?
A training dummy!
Like, just so you can attack it or cast spells at it and make sure the mechanics for your retraining ACTUALLY WORKS
You know what really drives me up the wall about strange new worlds’ take on the Gorn?
It’s a great Star Trek episode premise. Too bad they’re more interested in making IDF propaganda.
I like how Lois McMaster Bujold shows us that Miles is perfect for Ekaterine first not by having a scene with her, but instead by having him be the best dad to her son, Nikki.
It took me a while to pin down why Hologram Janeway bugs me so much. Basically, one of the major problems I have with Voyager is that the writing staff seemed to constantly not...know how to write the "first female captain" (despite it being VERY EASY, just WRITE A CAPTAIN, jesus christ)
I tried to give star trek prodigy another chance and this episode was, like...actively kind of bad? Predictable, cheap, and with a genuinely infuriating ending...
Time to work on AND THE THIRD BROUGHT FIRE - a post apocalyptic animist atomic powered steampunk novel! In a world where any sufficiently advanced machine produces a humanoid spirit, the British Empire rules under the eternal guidance of Lady Colossus after America was chastened by Lady Trinity!
I think Owlcat games have been getting better - I've never managed to get through the first act of Kingmaker, and while I've never beaten WOTR, I love Rogue Trader, so, I'm really excited to see what they work on next!
There's a point in WOTR where I just go, "oh come the fuck on" and it's usually when ACs hit...oh...45 and I just set the game to the easiest difficulty possible
Also, just for the record, Rapiers, Hand Crossbows, Violins, Studded Leather Armor, mass produced standardized glass flasks and vials, boots with a dedicated "right" and "left," the domino mask, and dozens of other things that they've included without a problem.
