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Can we take off the hype goggles for a moment?

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Can we take off the hype goggles for a moment?

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Djiini
06.15.2015 , 02:54 AM | #51
Quote: Originally Posted by t-darko View Post
So you been thinking for a good part of a year and a half that we need something new, something new is announced and you've already decided it is bad . . . Don't wanna spoil it for you, but;

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In fairness to him, the characters do sound cliche. However, better sounding cliche and being well written than sounding okay and being clichely written (as in the actual movies).

And yeah, it's a minor complaint. I mean, a lot of people say Vitiate is a Mary Sue but most of us love him?

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Leklor
06.15.2015 , 04:20 AM | #52
Quote: Originally Posted by Djiini View Post
In fairness to him, the characters do sound cliche. However, better sounding cliche and being well written than sounding okay and being clichely written (as in the actual movies).

And yeah, it's a minor complaint. I mean, a lot of people say Vitiate is a Mary Sue but most of us love him?
The worst, in terms of cliché, is HK-55. Why is he repeating "Meatbag" again and again? It was a specific quirk HK-47 developed to annoy Darth Malak. Neither the HK-50 series nor HK-51 series used it (I believe the player owned 51 uses "Undesirables" and "Organic troublemakers"). That's without mentionning the dubious origin of said 55.
I also have a gripe with Valkorian since he really doesn't seem to be Vitiate (His quote mentions "The Empire of Zakuul") and yet it's also an Immortal Emperor.
For the rest, Arcann just sounds stupid and a generic bad-guy and the "prodigy" seems to be a rip-off of Jack/Subject Zero from Mass Effect 2.
The rest of the cast, excluding Lana whom we already know, sounds interresting.
Of course, if it is really what is coming and it's actually well written, then I can see it being good but then they need to punch the guy who wrote that HK-55 quote in the face because he can't do it properly.

Oh and the disclaimer for the Epic Story Boost is wrong. It lists levels 1 to 50. The boosts ends at 55. One more thing that makes all of it seems weird.

And I don't remember hearing about new class stories in the several events held recently. It could of course be a surprise but the writing budget would skyrocket for an expansion that is supposed to be free.

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Aries_cz
06.15.2015 , 05:07 AM | #53
Quote: Originally Posted by Tsillah View Post
I think with ME we got great companions in each installment. To me the worst disappointment when it comes to companions was Dragon Age: Inquisition. I really couldn't make much of a connection with any of them except Varric...and well he wasn't new.

But yeh no matter what BW announces somebody will upset and such is life. I am looking forward to where this is going myself.
How can you dislike The Iron Bull? Or Dorian? However, we are a bit short on likable female companions (Cassandra is <disgusted grunt> Cassandra, Vivenne is a b*atch and Sera is weird). It is not that they are badly written, they are written with great care, but their personalities are not as easily likable as with male characters.
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TheSeventhJedi
06.15.2015 , 05:45 AM | #54
Quote: Originally Posted by Leklor View Post
The worst, in terms of cliché, is HK-55. Why is he repeating "Meatbag" again and again? It was a specific quirk HK-47 developed to annoy Darth Malak. Neither the HK-50 series nor HK-51 series used it (I believe the player owned 51 uses "Undesirables" and "Organic troublemakers"). That's without mentionning the dubious origin of said 55.
I also have a gripe with Valkorian since he really doesn't seem to be Vitiate (His quote mentions "The Empire of Zakuul") and yet it's also an Immortal Emperor.
For the rest, Arcann just sounds stupid and a generic bad-guy and the "prodigy" seems to be a rip-off of Jack/Subject Zero from Mass Effect 2.
The rest of the cast, excluding Lana whom we already know, sounds interresting.
Of course, if it is really what is coming and it's actually well written, then I can see it being good but then they need to punch the guy who wrote that HK-55 quote in the face because he can't do it properly.

Oh and the disclaimer for the Epic Story Boost is wrong. It lists levels 1 to 50. The boosts ends at 55. One more thing that makes all of it seems weird.

And I don't remember hearing about new class stories in the several events held recently. It could of course be a surprise but the writing budget would skyrocket for an expansion that is supposed to be free.
Maybe HK-55 IS HK-47! I mean, he's been blown up enough, maybe his memory core or something got transplanted.
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Leklor
06.15.2015 , 06:01 AM | #55
Quote: Originally Posted by TheSeventhJedi View Post
Maybe HK-55 IS HK-47! I mean, he's been blown up enough, maybe his memory core or something got transplanted.
It'd be cheap but if it's well done, I'll roll with it.

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Kulyok
06.15.2015 , 06:21 AM | #56
Quote: Originally Posted by Leklor View Post
It'd be cheap but if it's well done, I'll roll with it.
I'd be over the moon if it happens. HK-51 was great, but... just not the same.
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Aumvaar
06.15.2015 , 07:22 AM | #57
Quote: Originally Posted by Jduensing View Post
I feel like even if the morality of star wars is as basic black and white as possible, the characters within it don't have to be so rehashed it's a joke.
That's a fair point, & since I haven't looked at anything about the new companions, I can't comment.

I will say that most of the companions I've encountered in the game so far have been "interesting" even if I profoundly dislike them. In fact, that I profoundly dislike them makes them even a bit more interesting; they feel a bit more "human" as a result. I'd be disappointed if that aspect feels like it's gone away for whatever reason.
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mmmbuddah
06.15.2015 , 07:28 AM | #58
I just hope to the stars we aren't stuck holding the empires hand again. I am sick of this Star Hugs nonsense.
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Danery
06.15.2015 , 08:01 AM | #59
Quote: Originally Posted by Senrie View Post
Woke myself and can't get back to sleep with how worried I am about this story.
If worry about a story in a video game has you to the point that you cant sleep, perhaps you need to step away from your monitor. Its a video game. That is just ridiculous
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Aumvaar
06.15.2015 , 08:08 AM | #60
Quote: Originally Posted by Danery View Post
If worry about a story in a video game has you to the point that you cant sleep, perhaps you need to step away from your monitor. Its a video game. That is just ridiculous
Quoted to reiterate & reinforce truthiness.
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