The original GoW game was a very classic, literal Greek Tragedy, and it felt very fitting. I genuinely think the first GoW game is a very good bit of storytelling, in regards to violence, rage, revenge, etc. It's broadly sweeping, uses the greek gods in their roles as avatars for human virtues and vices, and is appropriately cathartic, while also being...well...tragic. GoW 2/3 just dove head first into the gore porn and almost farce level of silliness with things, and, for me at least, started to turn my enjoyment of the franchise. By GoW3, I was actively sick of playing Kratos. I wasn't enjoying his continued, blind charge into utter destruction, even when the evidence of his path was so clearly put in front of him. This might shock you, but I personally don't enjoy being forced to play psychopaths without any agency in making them NOT be psychopaths. So by the end, I was frankly glad it was over, and it left a sour taste in my mouth for the entire brand.
I'm not super deep into the SW lore or anything, but the way I always read it is that the Empire are Human Supremacist Racists, so they're fine with Humans of any sort, but it's the aliens they discriminate againest(Thrawn gets somewhat of a pass because he looked at their finger paintings and beat them all at strip poker and wouldn't give them their clothes back until they let him in as an admiral). Basically, Fantastic Racism, or as the TVtrope page summarizes it as
Oh I agree, they are a more speciesist than skin tone racist. But the reality is, the way they first showed that, in the OT, was to have the Empire be all Whitey. Because you know, they were Space Nazis, and the Nazis had a pretty distinct trait they felt was important. What I find funny about the whole thing, is how far in other direction they went with it. From the real world angle. I don't really care about the in-universe rationale for it. Bottom line is EA and the dev team, populated the bigoted, racist faction with, almost exclusively, representatives from the various human races, that have been the victims, of said bigotry and racism. Under the guise of diversity, representation and inclusion in gaming. I mean the Asian Imperial guy, is even gay, talking about his husband in a casual conversation. I just find it funny, given how the people who would actually look at the imperial mandate and think "yes...that is a valid policy to live by" would be furious by the way it's being presented. Asian woman is my commanding officer?! A GAY Asian guy is my copilot?!? Multiple black WOMEN working along side me?!? Rabble rabble rabble. I just, find it amusing on a personal level.
It is a little wierd. There are only 2 things I can think of to justify it(and I don't know if either are correct).
I honestly doubt EA put that much thought into it. I think it was just "put non-whites in there so they don't grill us for not being inclusive" Fans will back fill in-universe reasons for it, like they always do with EVERY detail in star wars, like why Luke had a green saber in RotJ, instead of simply just letting it be a different color. NOOOO...it MUST have a REASON. IN UNIVERSE. Don't worry that it's simply because "blue saber against blue sky in desert looked horrible in post, so they changed it to contrast more easily with the background" Nope. it's because Padawans are given blue sabers, and true Knights, graduate to a green saber. Like fucking martial arts belts.
Yes, back in the mid 70s, it was not easy to get a job in hollywood if you weren't white. And as for aliens, I suspect it's mostly due to the quality of prosthetics and makeup back then, looking fairly like shit. Which is why when you did see the aliens, it was in dark rooms, like the cantina, with ambient lighting of various colors to help mask bad makeup/masks. And for short periods of time before an edit would cut to another shot.
You don't know true edge-lord edginess until you've seen or played Dead to Rights: Retribution.
Oh wow I vaguely recall that game. I remember enjoying the doggo mechanics a bit, but I think, like that first clip, that was a rental for me, and I never finished it.
Dead to Rights...what a waste of a possible franchise. The only good game is the original back on XBOX/PS2/GC. DTR II while technically having better gameplay, is just a straight up arcade shooter that's a prequel for no reason, and has no plot. No one talks about the horrible PSP game. That reboot I just showed you: We're talking about one of the most...blatant....Gears....clone....ever....made! Namco really missed the fucking point of the first game and is one of the many AAA developers that missed point of Gears of War and/or COD, and made something no one wanted nor asked for.
I STRONGLY suggest you check out a YT video explaining how it works. Basically, the traits on the weapon being sacrificed, will go onto the primary item. They have these symbols next to the various effects, and if you put traits with the same symbol, you get a synergy bonus, that makes the independent traits slightly more effective (boosting a +10% effect to +13% for example). There is a limit to the number of traits the weapons can have, based on a few factors, and I think you can only ever synergize 3 trait symbols on any given weapon? So the other set of 2 (i think the max is 5 traits), you would want to use some other trait symbol. It's more complicated than that of course, but yeah, go watch a video on it. Quick tip, the items that have the +weapon fusion XP, you should level those up BEFORE you sacrifice them. The higher their level when you fuse them with something else, the more benefit you gain from the fusion XP.
*highfive* MY MAN!! She was my favorite for the majority of the game, until a specific thing related to one of the other characters happens later on, making that one my favorite. But yes, Urbosa's lightning dance of death was SOOOO fun to play.
Yes and Yes to your two questions. Her baseline skill set, with the sheika slate is....not my favorite, by far. But, well, you played BOTW, I think you can guess what happens later on related to her, that might make her go from Awkward Ineffectual Princess to Princess of Power ( I mean she IS a bearer of a Triforce afterall). Once that happens....she became my new personal fave. She definitively replaced Urbosa as my #1, though Urbosa is a very strong #2.
