Posted March 06, 2015
The end is nigh. Giveaway is closing and winners will be chosen as soon as I edit my OP (That means there is still time to participate, not a lot but still. Everything after my next post will not be taken into the contest)
Just a little feedback and my personal take on bad guys in videogames You know way too uch bad guys !
And yes (any) Street of rage is quite the badass reference. Even the cops are.
QC: - As an 'awesome but really hard bad guys' I'll recommend you Space Pirates And Zombies and more specifically - the Bounty Hunters - they always have the best gear and are near impossible to dealt with, except when you go to their base in the region and earn their respect by fighting in bloody arena battles (no spoilers - it's explained the first time you met them). Oh yes I have SPAZ on S̶t̶a̶r̶d̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶ ̶ ̶I̶m̶p̶u̶l̶s̶e̶ GameStop, I didn't finish it nor play it for a long while (we obviously know why)
leon30: Darth Malak. So long as you aren't trying to usurp him he won't kill you. In fact he will push you to be stronger, better, faster, more powerful than you can ever imagine. I know I should have kept my home-made Daft Punk gear.
RoloTony: My sister has a friend whose friend is Ghaleon from Lunar 1. Without spoiling anything here, I'll say the game explores his motivations and the way he views the world with remarkable depth. Interesting. I love games thought through.
A Dune game that doesn't ring a bell ? I have to look into that.
On the other hand you are the first person describing me The Cat Lady in a way that really interest me.
advancedhero: You see a dragon.
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Anyway, thanks everyone for participating. As I hinted earlier, I always pay a particular attention to Dark Elves in videogames. I am not the kind of person to dismiss a game -or even a whole world/setting/background- because it uses generic drunk_dwarves, goody_goofy_elves, or puny_humans. However, I pay a particular attention where Dark Elves are involved.
I usually find that Dark Elves have the most original twist/characteristics between the whole lot of humanoïds. In Age Of Wonders (or Master of magic to be fair) they have the expected pale, bleamish look paired with a lightning affinity that conveys quite easily enough their sorcerish vibe.
In Blizzard's world, they have this disgusting, concupiscent (not sure of the translation here) role that really prevents me from getting even slightly interested in anything Warcrafty 3+. In Pratchett's worlds, there just Elves : not high nor dark or anything. Just plain Elves, but nasty in the most glorious way.
In my opinion dark elves (or should I just say 'bad' elves ) really gather a lot of details and originality because there is no 'standards' (Tolkien's version of 'bad elves' is, quite surprisingly, the most original ... and I don't think anyone really had enough inspiration to do something on the same level).
So in the end, I gave a lot of opinions about many Dark Elves I *met*, but the most impressive are those from Morrowind.
In Morrowind, the Dark Elves (Dunmer) are a mixbag of lowlives. The worst of them (well ... most of them in fact) are either religious fanatics, evil sorcerers or thugs involved in drugs/slaves trafficking. In short, they're the kind of guys you soon start to despise (they dislike all strangers to begin with so it's fair to hate their guts). However, the more you wander in Morrowind, the more you meet good (read 'not-bad') ones, then you start to learn their rich mythology/history and discover their well organized societies, you even meet whole villages of peaceful ones living in harmony with nature in the most remote places. And in the end, it quite feels good to learn to appreciate guys that everything told you to hate from the get go.
Admitedly, it also feeels great to terrorize those annoying buggers on every occasion until the end of time.
Just a little feedback and my personal take on bad guys in videogames You know way too uch bad guys !
And yes (any) Street of rage is quite the badass reference. Even the cops are.
A Dune game that doesn't ring a bell ? I have to look into that.
On the other hand you are the first person describing me The Cat Lady in a way that really interest me.
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|....D.........@..=######
|.......................|
|__________|
Anyway, thanks everyone for participating. As I hinted earlier, I always pay a particular attention to Dark Elves in videogames. I am not the kind of person to dismiss a game -or even a whole world/setting/background- because it uses generic drunk_dwarves, goody_goofy_elves, or puny_humans. However, I pay a particular attention where Dark Elves are involved.
I usually find that Dark Elves have the most original twist/characteristics between the whole lot of humanoïds. In Age Of Wonders (or Master of magic to be fair) they have the expected pale, bleamish look paired with a lightning affinity that conveys quite easily enough their sorcerish vibe.
In Blizzard's world, they have this disgusting, concupiscent (not sure of the translation here) role that really prevents me from getting even slightly interested in anything Warcrafty 3+. In Pratchett's worlds, there just Elves : not high nor dark or anything. Just plain Elves, but nasty in the most glorious way.
In my opinion dark elves (or should I just say 'bad' elves ) really gather a lot of details and originality because there is no 'standards' (Tolkien's version of 'bad elves' is, quite surprisingly, the most original ... and I don't think anyone really had enough inspiration to do something on the same level).
So in the end, I gave a lot of opinions about many Dark Elves I *met*, but the most impressive are those from Morrowind.
In Morrowind, the Dark Elves (Dunmer) are a mixbag of lowlives. The worst of them (well ... most of them in fact) are either religious fanatics, evil sorcerers or thugs involved in drugs/slaves trafficking. In short, they're the kind of guys you soon start to despise (they dislike all strangers to begin with so it's fair to hate their guts). However, the more you wander in Morrowind, the more you meet good (read 'not-bad') ones, then you start to learn their rich mythology/history and discover their well organized societies, you even meet whole villages of peaceful ones living in harmony with nature in the most remote places. And in the end, it quite feels good to learn to appreciate guys that everything told you to hate from the get go.
Admitedly, it also feeels great to terrorize those annoying buggers on every occasion until the end of time.
Post edited March 06, 2015 by Potzato
