What did you do today in any other game out there

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Everyone!!

I don't know the games by Studio, other than that one studio I absolutely want to avoid, Dogenzaka Lab. They are full of rape and incest and just poorly written all around. I think the only reason people give good reviews is A. They don't read it as rape because its all fantasy and some fans even like their digital BF to lock them up B. It's very pretty artwork. 

I lurve'd Oathbreaker because it fullfilled my half elven baby fantasy I'd forgotten I'd had until I played it like a month ago. There are 4 chapters released of Season 2 at this point, but I think the author has decided 8-12 episodes, and I'd rather play them all at once. I did play 2 chapters to get some resolution, and that is where I got my elf baby. at the rate she releases, I believed it's every 2 months? I think it's going to take most of 2021 to make the entire second season. I got no complaints- faster than Dragon Age at this point   I've heard of Assension but haven't tried and I've never heard of Cardinal Cross, Ill look that one up.

These are my top 10 of the almost 100 VNs I've read/attempted to read. (I'll include where I got them from and their cost right now)

• Mystic Messenger (phone only). Free to play, but I ended up paying money because I wanted to support them and read faster by the 6th time I played it. But the speed is honestly not that bad, the first few times I read it I was totally fine.
• Cinderella Phenomenon (PC, Steam) FREE
  
• Akash: Path of the Five (PC,Steam) 30% off right now for $14, really well done. Full voice acting, and its good voice acting. Original Music too.
  
• Changeling (PC, Ichio and Steam) 50% off right now for $10
• Royal Alchemist (PC, Steam) 10% off right now for $18
  
• Animal Lover (PC, Ichio and Steam) $10 on steam right now.
• Arcade Spirits (PC, Ichio and Steam) 50% off right now for $10
• Ebon Light (PC, Ichio) Name your own price. I went out of my way to give them $20 after I'd played it, because that's how much I enjoyed it. 
• Love Ritual (PC, Steam) 80% off for $2.39 right now on Steam
• Oathbreaker I and II (PC window browser) Free, as you know
  
  

Mystic messenger, Cinderella Phenomenon, Animal Lover made me cry at very sad moments in the game. Arcade Spirits (you can play either gender) really got me to feel as disappointed and frustrated as the main character but that also meant I was emotionally connected enough to feel the relief and joy at the good events. Changeling had great lore and I was on the edge of my seat for the climax. If you liked Carver from Dragon Age 2, you're welcome, because this game comes with your own annoying twin brother who almost seems like he's out to make you fail. But just like Warden Carver, reconnection is possible and so satisfying. Love Ritual had me just floored by the reveal, really well done, but I only liked one of the LIs of the two available. Royal Alchemist (play either gender), Ebon Light, and Oathbreaker are just solidly done. Oathbreaker is incomplete, so it's hard for me to put it higher on my list until its finished. 

Luka was kind of fun, though. Or at least had his priorities straight - vengeance first, random dude second.
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On the topic of good VNs:

I guess, I like choices in VNs and the ability to poke stuff with a blade, sometimes (in the slice-of-life VNs) figuratively. Though, I am not fond of mandatory romance (i.e. "romance" the NPC or get a bad ending).
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Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. I've completed the main game and the expansion, the Heart of Winter. It was decent, I suppose, but dungeon-crawlers are not exactly my genre.
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Divinity: Original Sin II. I decided to give it another shot. This time with the barrelmancy build, which should remove 2 things I strongly dislike in this game - painfully slow combat (now everything dies in 1 hit) and colour-coded equipment (that is to say, trash still drops abundantly, but I can safely ignore it). So far so good.

Cyberpunk was shortlived XD

Waiting for the next Gen upgraded version update?

I've been playing through the visual novel Oathbreaker by RinmaruGames and it's just *chef's kiss*

it's amazing, the story is great, characters likeable (even some of the villains)
and...my MC has an adorable half-elf kid since the second season

Today I finished two games I played and enjoyed again. First, Mass effect 2, with my canon Johanna Shepard, several months after M1. She has tonight ended the threat of the collectors, now alone in her chamber into the Normandy, while looking at a picture of her boyfriend Kaidan, remaining loyal, a quality that is part of her core personality. Her background :



Year 2172. An old random military report written a long time ago by a random Alliance officer.
Name: Shepard.
First name: Johanna.
Place of birth: Grozny
Identity: Daughter of a young woman without resources, a prostitute with mixed origins ( it is assumed she came from Georgia ) who illegally immigrated to Poland, poor nation of Earth, and a young man known for his vices, a deserter soldier of the Alliance who fled in this country, met and abused that young lady, abandoned her with a child in her belly. Presumed dead on the street after the birth of her child, with grief and despair, without any decent medical care according to the reports and indifferent testimonies. No relatives known. Johanna Shepard never once met a member of her family, alone.

Nationality, localization: Inhabitant of Earth, living in eastern Europa,the child never got any polish papers and never was aknowledged as polish, rejected by the polish administration, if not the local population, probably seen as an invasive immigrant cockroach, stateless. Speaking polish, french, and english, mostly thanks to the multicultural megalopolis gathering a lot of ethnicities and in which she lived and grew up all these years, where it is the common language. Mostly Caucasian, a mix of Ukrainian, Armenian and Turkmen origins, which explains her very olive skin, her striking blue eyes and her black hair as dark as night. 8% of her genetics also comes from North Africa, indeterminated.

Psychological profile: Shepard's IQ is measured at 130, well above average but hardly genius level. Surprinsingly high for a young woman who has lived in such terrible conditions which maybe against all odds could have stimulated it in a way.

Orphan since her birth (in an orphanage until she fled at 13 years), she learned to survive in a very hostile environment, with only one education : the street. Despite a lack of obvious knowledge - She unsurprisingly knows very little of basic human and alien history-, she has a very developped intelligence and maturity. It could be interesting to provide an additional school curriculum to fill her lack of culture. Also not to mention an impressive and natural discipline deeply rooted in her. It is not forbidden to believe that her serious participation for years among very dangerous gangs, - as she reluctantly admitted -, could be somewhat responsible of that. She thinks very quickly, reacts quickly to orders, and she has an extraordinary capacity to adapt to her environment and to exceptional changes.

A veil of hardness and impassiveness crosses her face, she learned for sure to hide her emotions, a very good thing. Very motivated, more than any other among the news recruits, the army is obviously the only thing that allows her to prove her value, her only source of good and well being, her only family. She will do everything to succeed. Rigorous, attentive, and focused, a huge potential for a successful career. As astonishing as it is, after already three months of harsh training she never flenched, never cried. It is obvious that she has experienced things that hardened her shell, nothing seems to scare her.

Optimal notes with the assault rifle, excellent sniper ratings, and a very bold use of the shotgun. Her extras activities, to strengthen herself, such as fighting sports, also plays in her favor. Perceived as a sure value, trustworthy, admired by her mates. She possesses a certain talent for command.

If, as I anticipate, in the remaining three months of the military basic training program of the Alliance, she was to become first in her promotion with the same impressive results and impeccable attitude at the final tests, I would recommend her without hesitation to the rank of corporal.
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I'll wait for M3, apparently, there is a new mass effect trilogy coming in march 2021.  Finished also my playthrough with Jenny the Survivor !


A total nerd, that can handle anything with a computer and electronics, medicine, and incidentally a handgun, when necessary. Kind, generous, although often bitter and ironic with a dark humor, she was not made for this brutal world, she will no choice but to harden herself over time. That doesn't mean she's going to let the world burn even more. She has done everything to make it less sinister. I used the mod that removes the kid's story. It's better without honestly !

And finally in Skyim, my Redguard, has finally joined the stormcloak as a mercenary, followed by his loyal huscarl, Lydia.

Why the Stormcloak ? The Empire without any justification, without any need, decided to cut off his head simply because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. No justice, no trial. No hesitation. No more legitimate rules to follow. The order is artificial. That seems simple, but it is in small details that you can realize how the empire is crumbling, totally corrupted and useless, totally submitted to the Thalmor. With the Stormcloak, even if they are not very warm and welcoming with foreigners, we might have hope for brutal changes. 

So I just had to share this picture of this amazingly lovely lady that was a quest giver for me in Legion. I could totally take whatever she was saying seriously...

Was going to wai tuntil after I'd don eAssasin's Creed befoe rI started on Immortals thoug hnow I'm kind of tempted t ojump into Immortals first so I can give it a go before the DLC' s come out for it as they might end up cloggin gm ySSD up too much for my other games. Then move t oAssasin's Creed afterwards. So I'm thinking Immortals wil come next after Halo. Currently playing the second mission of Halo 1 atm though so still got a fair bit to go yet. Especia;ll ygiven I still have 2,3, ODST and 4 still to do

Today I got totally fucked by Mordheim: City of the Damned.

I spent an hour an a half playing Act II-III of the Skaven campaign, which is a big old story mission in a palace that's pretty difficult (there are 10 of these missions per warband). I was trying to figure out how to get to the demon on the balcony to kill it as it wouldn't jump down. Turns out, after playing the entire map, there was no way up there. She was supposed to jump down and was bugged.

No worries tho! You can shoot her!

Yeah, my 3 ranged guys were all out of action.

I had to abandon the mission, causing every guy in my squad to be considered out of action and therefore have a roll for injuries. One lost an eye and is essentially useless. One became so dumb he wouldn't be playable unless in combat, and I had to fire him. One of the guys I've had since the start simply died.

I am so unbelievably pissed. If they died and were injured thru my stupidity, which has happened many times, then fine. I take it on the chin. But to die because there was literally no other choice than to abandon the mission, because of bug, with a warband I've spent 90 hours working on, is hideous.

If this was a physical game I'd be tempted to throw it out the fucking window.

Origins and Oddysey. I don't have Valhalla at least not yet. I ma yget it later but tha tlargely depensd omn how well I get on with the first 2. I kno wthey're both quite big and long but I'm ready for that.  Though now I'm on th e4th mission so I' mmoving on a bit with Halo. Either wqay I'm perpping fo rm yfirst run in with the Flood on this run. Not my favourite enemy due t otheir sheer numbers but st5il quiet a challenge