Chill Zone (The Tavetaan)

Here is an explaination of the dialogue icons for anyone like me who have trouble getting a general sense of them:

•Heart – Emotional. You’ll be more understanding and will avoid offending anyone (unless they hate emotions, keep that in mind).

•Gear – Logical. You’ll respond with your brain and consider only the information you have, understanding be damned.

•Round Squiggle – Casual. This can sometimes include a bit of humor, be it of the “ha-ha” variety or just a healthy dose of sarcasm. It’s not always sarcastic though, and can often just be a relaxed response.

•Square Squiggle – Professional. Often times the safest option, you’ll just respond in a respectful way that shows you’re serious about the mission at hand.

I looked it up and found this definition for each.

My baby

Note: tagged for size, not spoilers.

Mar 17, 2017 16:30:14 GMT majesticjazz said:

Mar 17, 2017 16:03:28 GMT shechinah said:

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Naw, I already have a PS4 so I will just buy the game on that and play for the time being. My current PC is not really a gaming PC, just an all-in-on Lenovo PC that I use for school/work. Sometime later this year I will build a 4K/60fps PC along with a Asus monitor that is capable of such output. 

Hell, even though I am getting the game next week, I still won't be able to play it because I am also buying the prequel/tie in novel and I HAVE to read that before diving into the game. 

That reminds me: while the Nexus Uprising is a prequel, I think the aftermath of the event it references is something some players may want to experience on their own in the game before experiencing the event itself in the book. It's a bit difficult to explain without going into spoilers but basically there's this sense of ambiguity to the whole thing that can lead you wondering about various perspectives and what actual happened.

I think a loose comparison would be the difference between Columbus and Midsomer Murders: in one you see the murder unfold by the hand of the culprit and in the other you don't and have only the clues including various perspectives to form an idea of the event that may turn out to be true, not or a mix of both. This is based on my impressions, of course, so I may be wrong but I thought I'd mention it. It's why I've decided to hold off on reading the book because I suspect the ambiguity may deliberately come into play.

Mar 17, 2017 22:29:56 GMT Nightlife said:

I think the 10 hour preview was a mistake with Early Access. Did you guys see the Forbes article on that point? Apparently this game is slow to take off "like ME1" so the beginning probably isn't showing much pizzazz or awesome story beats. 

I honestly didn't think there was anything wrong with the story's pace: most of the early game as seen in the early access was setting up the premise and tone of the game which I thought it did well. I thought the events flowed nicely together including the sidequest and even the fetch quests were well-integrated into the themes.

As for action? The prologue has this and it feels like it and the early game in general were building up to to story beats so, you know, said story beats would have impact. I don't see why those would be revealed in the early game. Most of this is about piquing people's interest, laying clues and introducing elements. Again, I thought it worked very well, at least, for me.