Recent content by The Madman

Bought myself Galactic Civilizations 3 'Complete' and Tales of Berseria So far pretty happy with both. I'm not normally much into jrpg, but I wanted to get something story driven and I thought the premise of Berseria was neat. So far it... well to be honest it hasn't lived up to that cool...

Pyre - Although it looks a bit strange and is not my usual sort of game judging by what little promo material has been released, the game is being made by the same devs as Bastion and Transistor which alone is enough to get me excited. If nothing else it's guaranteed a great soundtrack and...

I love when rpg give me genuine opportunity to, y'know, roleplay in them. The problem is that very very few really do. Sure you can often make decisions like who lives or dies, between good and evil, who to 'romance' and whatnot but you're very rarely given opportunity to roleplay personality in...

It's not like it costs me anything to take a peek every once and a while for the sake of entertainment. Besides which, I like gaming forums and sadly they're a bit of a dying trend nowadays. Not many left that aren't dedicated to one specific niche topic or overrun with a particular fanbase...

Ambitious. If I'm honest, too ambitious. I don't believe a lot of that stuff will ever make it into the game, if in fact the final game is ever even delivered. It wouldn't be the first time a game with big ideas went out with a fizzle. Hell, it wouldn't even be the first time with this game for...

I haven't played them yet, but here are two games I've heard are very similar vibe-wise: 2064: Read Only Memories which even takes place in the same setting as Va11-Ha-11-a, and Open Sorcery, which seems tangentially similar and has intrigued me for some time now. Those aside and talking...

Sadly the more I hear about this game, the less excited about it I become. Also worth mentioning though that this isn't even the first time BG&E2 was announced with a neat cinematic at E3, anyone else remember this gem? So before I bother to actually get upset about anything, best to...

I watched it for the first time a few years back as well and even as someone who generally isn't into anime, I quite liked Ghost in the Shell. For one it's absolutely gorgeous, easily the most visually appealing animated movie I've ever seen, and two like you say it has a great sense of place...

I was gonna say just throw the Bastion and Transistor soundtrack on loop and you'd be good to go, but someone else beat me to the recommendation. Otherwise if you want some mellow background stuff, look up music by Chris Christodoulou. He did the soundtrack for Risk of Rain and Deadbolt and...

I've had a half-serious vendetta against cantrips in 5e ever since I put together a fun dungeon run and one of the players made a character for it we now affectionately call the Eldrich machine-gunner. ************ blew up a boss with rapid-fire Eldrich blasts after having engineered a character...

Consider me tentatively excited. I always loved the world and ambience of the previous Metro games so if they manage to carry that over to what seems like more of an open-world layout it has the potential to be amazing.

After all these years there's no Jade and Peyj? Some sort of major online component? Also calling it now, that's totally supposed to be Jade's mom at the end there seeing as this is some sort of prequel. No other reason they'd focus on her eyes like that, so if it was meant to be subtle...

In no particular order, because I'm indecisive like that, plus also cheating when it comes to franchises because everyone else is doing it... Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn Recently replayed this game and you know what? Even after the likes of Mass Effect, Witcher 3, Pillars of Eternity...

I am a simple man: I see a snooty elf being eaten by a T-Rex and I am happy. Also the idea of a 'Warhammer 2' is a lot easier to stomach so soon after the first game when you consider it more as an expansion than a true sequel. Intended to expand upon the base release with new locations and...

No thank you. As much as I absolutely love the original trilogy, even Deadly Shadows, this is one series that should just be left alone. Maybe an HD re-release or remaster or whatever they're calling them now of the original games would interest me, but even that's a pretty big maybe as I...