No spoilers
Butch:
I'm at a rink. It's at home mocking me.
Is it awesome?
Loothound:
Not gonna lie, pretty good so far. Character creation isn't quite as amazing as I was imagining, but certainly good enough for a lot of customization. Some of the interface is a little confusing, and there are a lot of really interesting options, like you can have two different colored eyes or be piebald.
I went with cleric. It's nice to be in charge of your own healing. I definitely will need a thief, though.
Butch:
As someone who will always have wonderful memories of playing a priest, I endorse this choice. Man or woman? Race?
I'm going to install this afternoon after I take Junior to work. Kid sees me open it it'll risk kid a) stealing the goodies and b) SPOILING as that kid can't stop talking about games.
How big is the install? Like, four million gigs?
Feminina:
I did not play, so I found the whole thing wildly overhyped.
However, though deeply disappointed in the game experience, I am extremely pleased with all the extras. Stickers! Poster! Three-disc soundtrack! Definitely worth the cost.
Butch:
Yeah, that's the swag I know Junior will be eyeing.
Now now, we paid the extra for the discs. We are traditionalists.
For the discs. And the anticipation.
Fucking hockey. I want to play.
Kid stole the stickers. I had a feeling kid would.
Feminina:
Kids! What a bunch of jerks.
I need to hide mine. Although our kids aren't as interested in stickers as they used to be, and obviously will not be playing this game anytime soon (everything on the rating label would be fine with me, except for 'strong language'…I will NOT have coarse language used in this house!), so they may be safe.
Butch:
Heaven forbid they hear strong language! I would never fucking swear in this house! And I KNOW the high school and hockey leagues my kids go to are strong language free!
On that though, should I make sure I'm home alone when making my character, if you know what I mean?
Loothound:
Eh. Other than picking your body type and genitals (fully rendered!), it's pretty basic stuff. The models are less realistic than Cyberpunk's.
Feminina:
DIS. A. POINT. MENT.
Just kidding. I'm actually NOT particularly obsessive about character creation, so simpler is fine with me.
Butch:
Less realistic but still nekkid, yes?
Femmy's going to do the disappointment thing until we're done with this, isn't she?
Feminina:
YES.
YES I AM.
Butch:
I'm off to install! Huzzah!
Mine says an hour and 45 minutes!
Grumble.
Loothound:
It will probably be faster than that. Ours was.
You also get to design a sidekick companion, although I think I screwed mine up unless they make the sidekick be the same class as the player. I don't really need another cleric, but oh well.
Feminina:
I mean, another cleric doesn't really HURT.
Unless the clerics start hurting people. Which they almost certainly will.
Loothound:
Heck, that's why I keep them around.
Feminina:
A good flame strike can be a wonderful thing.
Loothound:
Yes it is. It's one of the few genuinely badass cleric spells, and so much tidier than a fireball. Not the same BOOM factor, of course.
Butch:
Wait, a sidekick? Is this some divinity kind of thing?
It's still installing. Your PS5 is newer. My hard drive is probably fragmented as shit.
Ah, man, I missed you had to change the disc.
Grumble.
And Looty's playing. Sigh.
Loothound:
Just gathering some party members. Just picked up my thief.
Butch:
And I have to go get kids.
Life is unfair.
What's with the sidekick? A party member you have to have?
Loothound:
I'm still not super clear on that, exactly. It had me make another character, and I think she is my first companion. The combat is actually run in rounds, so it's a lot easier to keep track of things.
Okay, is it strange that I'm curious what dragonborn genitals look like? All the other races are probably pretty obvious, but…
Butch:
Not strange at all.
[slowly backs away]
Loothound:
You loaded yet there, Butchie?
The combat gameplay actually reminds me a lot of X-Com, which is a good thing. The menus are WAY different, though. There is a lot of stuff that you can do, spread out over 4-5 action wheels. There's an actual dice rolling animation that comes up when you have a skill check to make. It really helps the tabletop feel, and is a nice touch. Having recently started using D&D Beyond for my Wednesday group, I can't help but note some of the similarities. But it's all a good thing.
Plus, the looting. Good. I had been looking for a shovel for something, and when I finally looted one I was so happy. Regular, victory loot to be sure, but also a fair amount of open world gathering/finding things. Feels like Diablo 3 in that particular respect.
Turns out that watching your party run around naked is pretty funny. They have jiggle physics for dicks now. There's that representation you keep talking about, Feminina. Equal opportunity jiggle.
Feminina:
Disappointment…fading!
Loothound:
Yeah, you get quite the view. I didn't check out the full extent of character creation options, but all of the genital options seemed to be very light on the pubic hair. I wonder if that varies by race. I mean, did they program in full-on freedom bush for dwarves? I mean, it'd make sense.
Oh…my…god. You know how some flavors of gnome have elaborately styled facial hair as one of their quirks. You don't suppose…
Feminina:
I'm now disappointed that you didn't spend more time investigating this.
Loothound:
What, I'm gonna eat all the snacks before anyone even shows up for the party? Others can make their own discoveries. I'm just trying to decide which mystery I have to solve first, dwarf junk or dragonborn junk. Brillo pad or belt?
Butch:
As someone who identifies with gnomes, some things I will keep to myself. I will just say it takes me a while to get ready in the morning.
Installed, but had to go take kid to trumpet. Then hockey. I shall explore various nudity options tomorrow.
I want to play this so much.
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