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Hi-Fi Rush

it's kyrie

Drake
Alex
Merchant
Soma

bg3

I am debating on starting a Surge run or playing Divinity 2 now

dragon
deez
nuts
lol

I notice this is not el fuerte

Thong

Skull
James

Hi-Fi Rush

Snake5555555555 posted...

Silent Hill Ascension lmao

allegedly

i have yet to see proof it is not a money laundering operation

usps is ass these days

...but that's close enough

Rhino
Vulture
Electro
Green Goblin

well it's not the sinister four

Bird

World of Horror

I mean he goes out of his way to say it's his personal stance not the company stance and that they had to have discussions when making Dissidia on how hard they wanted to lean into it (where they at least nodded to it by having Ultimecia use all of Rinoa's weapons).

And that Nomura adds shit in all the time.

It went from hard no to still possibly!

He's also walked back his statement that Ultimecia is not Rinoa.

It was always me, Laz, and Shart. Astarion was always the one to get the boot if I was hanging out with Jaheira or Karlach for a while.

tcaz2 posted...

I'm sad I killed "Us" at the beginning of the game after hearing they become a pet.
I didn't trust the thing and thought a Mind Flayer creature was obviously going to be evil so my character just smushed it :(

Thankfully the curiosity of character allowed me to pluck him out of there, they really are the best right from the jump.

"My friend and I are going to the helm!"

And when you find them/save them again, they shit talk the absolute and talk about how they are illusioning themselves to others as a kitty and how happy they are to see you again. Just the absolute best.

TotallyNotMI posted...

I kind of disliked Act 3? Baldur's Gate was too big and overwhelming for me, Lae'zel getting kidnapped by Orin made me prioritize taking down Orin, but then she was way more interesting than Gortash, so Gortash being the last one defeated before end-game just felt like a let down. I played the whole game as super pro-Emperor (yes, I fucked him) and super pro-Orpheus with Lae'zel so when all of a sudden I *had* to betray one of them I felt super gross.

Baldur's Gate itself was definitely overwhelming for me, but not necessarily in a bad way. Just a very time consuming way for me. Orin was definitely way more interesting, so I took her down last but also because I didn't care that she had Halsin (is it random who she takes?)

I was also pro both Emperor and Orpheus, but the Emperor's insistence to not even let me talk to Orpheus was the last straw. And considering how quickly he flipped the switch on us there, I'm wondering how much of the game was him gaslighting us. There was no way my character wasn't going to try and reason with Orpheus (who was surprisingly chill all things considered), but I did feel bad about it after the Emperor did spend all game shielding us.

The fact that Orpheus was even willing to go full squid for the team shows that at the very least the Emperor was misguided about him. I almost pulled the trigger on that too, but then took the bullet myself and Orpheus was all "ahhhhhh you got me, you were just testing my honor, good one." Which I actually was, kinda. But he said my name will live on in Gith legend, which is good enough for me.

Though Shadowheart did have to smuggle me out of the city because she said that even though my name should live on in legend there, everyone would definitely still try to kill me now that things went back to the status quo.

So who knows. I'm sure I made more of an impact on the Gith than in the Gate anyway.

I don't think my OCD collecting every vase and exploring every corner is conducive to coop play.

Though it would have been fun agonizing on some of these decisions though.

I'm torn because Zack is my favorite character in the 7verse so more Zack (and crew like Cissnei) is great, but I'm afraid of having to listen to this new Zack and ruining my perception of him.

unintended consequences

3. Astarion
A lot of this has to do with me loving having a rogue in the party - Double dagger double handbow destruction. Vampy was the setup man for the rest of us to knock down. As previously stated I enjoy a sarcastic run in my characters, so his dialogue was pretty solid throughout. I let him bite me once then told him just to eat enemies and to leave me out of it, which he was fine with. And his quest flows through the whole game, weaving with Raphael and everything, which I valued. I convinced him not to ascend, because you know he would become an insufferable prick at best and full evil at worst, but damn did I feel horrible when started burning up in the sun during the ending. The epilogue made me feel less bad though, he seems to be genuinely happy and free. Also god dammit if I have to hear "what I wouldn't give for a skeleton key" one more time my brother in selune YOU ARE THE SKELETON KEY.

2. Shadowheart
"I can fix her." I did fix her, but damn it took a while. Battlewise, she was all buffs, heals, and scrolls but that was an integral part of things. She was also the keeper of Scratch, the best boy. Storywise I loved the pull of Shar and Selune and how she wove right into the story of the Nightsong and everything. Finding her parents was the worst part because I didn't know what the right choice was, so I solely put the burden on her and chose to kill/free them into Selune, but keep her own curse. Which, I do think was the right call but she was very (understandably) sad about it for a while. As far as companion quests, I think hers was the most well rounded and I connected with her overall character the most (which is why I romanced her). The internal struggle of base selunite against overwriting sharan was great. After fully becoming a mindflayer I thought we were done as a couple, and she definitely had reservations, but in the end she smuggled me out of the city and we got a nice cottage with a bunch of animals (and the Owlbear too!) so big wins all around. Except I had to use the last of my inspiration to resist the urge to eat her brain, so baby steps.

1. Lae'zel
Despite being all in on the Shadowheart train, Laezel was 100% the MVP of my personal story. She was everything the classic githyanki was supposed to be. Fighter first, servant of Vlaakith. Slowly, but surely, I broke her of that. Well hold up, fighter first stayed because damn she was my main damage dealer. Just crushing heads over and over and over, flying around like a banshee and action surging people to death. That never changed. But I changed her worldview about what githyanki culture had to be, and she eventually warmed to me. We banged it out once, then kept it platonic. I showed her how horrible gith culture really was and how Vlaakith was kinda a bitch and oh shit Orpheus is still alive we should check that out. She almost left the party like four times and Shadowheart almost killed her once, but we got there in the end. She completely flipped her worldview, but also went face first into the comet lore instead but we worked with it. I also forced her to stop seeing things in black or white with the mindflayers, only her and I ate brain worms since I convinced her it was our duty. Auto flight on her is busted. Also made her make friends with a sticky kitty. I'm convinced that's the only reason she didn't kill me in the end too.

The absolute best thing though is we took the githyanki egg from the creche early on and killed the person looking for it (and later refused to sell it in Act 3). It never left Laezel's inventory, as a reminder of the future being fought for. I was absolutely FLOORED in the epilogue when she brought up the egg, saying that it hatched and she named him "Xan" for freedom. And that "his destiny will be his to own to follow. Warrior, poet, explorer, scholar. His way will be the way of the Comet." I literally could not have scripted a better ending for my character, and made my sacrifice to become a Mindflayer and allow Orpheus to lead the githyanki all worth it.

0. Us
As soon as I started the game I felt like Rosa from Brooklyn 99. "I've only had Us for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself." I was mortified at the start of Act 1 when I couldn't find him and spent like my first 20 hours on a specific quest to find him and failing. I eventually moved on but then in Act 2 when I found him and he joined the party I was over the fucking moon. He was Laezel's permanent familiar, as part of her learning to chill the fuck out. Sticky Kitty!

MysteriousStan posted...

How much content do you think you missed?

I definitely tried to do everything I could, but there are lots of alternate paths I shut out by making other decisions. I played a mostly good, if not particularly pragmatic, custom character. From what I hear, playing as The Dark Urge and going more evil is basically an entirely different playthrough.

As such, I created a female Drow Dark Urge Bard last night to begin down that exact road some point soon (I still need a decompress).

junk_funk posted...

Who was your MVP party member, aside from yourself?

PARTY RANKING

N/A: Minthara
I didn't realize she was a possible companion until I killed her and she had underwear. "whoops"

9. Gale
This dick right here. I managed to help everyone else overcome their trauma, but despite me feeding him useful items and being like "hey remember how much you sucked before maybe don't do that again" and "this is definitely a tainted weave" he was just "i'm sad you don't trust me" and became a god of ambition anyway. And unsurprisingly become worse. Bench warmer. Also I showed interest in the Weave one time and he wouldn't stop trying to fuck me. At least Halsin took the hint.

8. Halsin
He, too, really wanted to fuck me. But he took the let down a lot easier. I enjoyed the whole quest surrounding him and shadowlands but he never came off my bench once he actually joined the party. In fact, he was kidnapped for most of Act 3 and I was... okay with that and didn't even see him for like 80 hours. He gave me a wooden duck though, so that was cool.

7. Minsc
The only character I was slightly familiar with before the game, because of Mercs. Big dummy with a miniature giant space hammer. I used him to get the achievement for multiclassing into every class. That was about it.

6. Wyll
He's fine. But the party had only room for one Warlock, and lmao was my pact waaaaaaaay better. My Old God just gave me powers and sometimes gave me some boons (like in the creche machine) and they only really wanted to see how much shit I get myself into and watch. He eventually became the Blade of Avernus and broke his pact with Mizora, so he and Karlach ended up back in the hells, which I found cute. A little Batman and Robin duo slaying demons. Also he was mad at me for a while because I may have slept with Mizora. Worth it.

5. Karlach
This is the character I wish I had spent more time with the most. Every single word out of her mouth is great and she was a joy to have around. I prioritized fixing (but not really) her engine and gave her a hug when she cooled off, but she was like the beefy older sister of the group. I never really learned Barbarian though, so she didn't see much of the battlefield. And I was scared she would burn us all down again like after we first saved her. I convinced her not to just die and head back to the hells with compatriot Wyll to try and find a real solution to her engine. They seem to be making progress and having a blast while doing it, so I'm glad we got to that point.

4. Jaheira
Every word out of her mouth is also great, and we just shit talked the fuck out of each other. The first time I was a sarcastic prick to her and got the "Jaheira approves" prompt, I was sold. She's seen some things and it shows. Her kids are just like her, so there will be a whole new generation of sass. I took her around the city for a while, just to get her perspective on things, which was a huge honor for me

In the trailer there was a few shots of the buster sword blocking the iconic Sephiroth drop so they're at least giving out false hope right now.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6efdc540.jpg

belts and belts and belts and

Baldur's Gate 3

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/eb8b017a.jpg

, Dalton

GlaDOS
Zelos

A little in the first few hours until I got a real grasp on all of the mechanics. Then I just learned to let things ride (once I was out of inspiration).

The only other abuse of systems I used was by the end of the game I was creating full on IEDs. Backpacks just stuffed with various bombs, fireworks, and runepowder. Chuck one deep and watch the mushroom cloud. Thinking about it, I may have been a terrorist. Freedom fighter, more like.

*Eventual full game spoilers in here*

Initially I was going to make this a playthrough topic, but as soon as I started I quickly realized that I didn't want to do anything else besides play this game. I had never played a BG game before nor delved deeper than a surface level into DnD, so almost everything going in was new to me. I did a bit of research into world/race lore, but otherwise stayed spoiler free. I decided that if I was going to commit to a whole ass campaign, I was going to go full ass roleplay mode on this thing from the jump.

So for my adventure I became Xazrael, a Githyanki who had been abandoned by his creche after eschewing the martial teachings of his race and their war with the Mindflayers. Instead he focused on consuming any and all knowledge of the Astral Plane, Faerun, and beyond. This led to him initially becoming a Sage, spending countless hours reading books and tomes and scrolls and whatever scraps of parchment he could pull from behind bookcases. But no matter how much knowledge was consumed it was never going to be enough. And that's when he started to hear the whispers from a place beyond the fabric of reality itself... making a pact with the Great Old One and becoming a warlock in order to have a taste of knowledge that so very few get to experience. And all was well until he woke up on a Nautiloid, dragged back into the very war he thought he left behind.

From there, ask me anything about my adventure! There's way too much that happened it write it all down at once. To give you an idea though, how we started:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0809df64.jpg

How it progressed:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b0982657.jpg

How it ended:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/75601a4e.jpg

How it really ended:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f4e3f340.jpg

Xenomorph
Jasmine
Ariel
Nala

Resident Evil 4

Tchia
Hi-Fi Rush

KateMarsh posted...

Can we legit just wipe him from both the Board 8 Wiki and GMUN's site?

I vote yes

Capcom

it's mahvel baby

World of Horror
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Alexandra Roivas (Eternal Darkness)
James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2)
The Merchant (Resident Evil 4)
Waluigi (Mario Tennis)

hope he gets a stew goin up there

Pikachu
Eevee
Meowth
BEEDRILL

yeah I said it, been on every single one of teams since day 1 screw your objectiveness

Alan Wake II

since it doesn't deserve this kind of beatdown

wrestler

Pizza Tower
The second match is the finals, I need to think. Or just abstain maybe.

DomaDragoon posted...

but it's just too new at 25+ years for this old coot).

editor's note: teddy was put onto mt rushmore 16 years after he left the presidency