when it passed for like 2 years every story bounced between "how do we even do this? no ones ever done it" and "maybe we can just not do this because public opinion flipped immediately?'

the speedrun of divinity 2 is running a solo character for the dmg buff and telekinesis-throwing a 5000 pound chest from stealth at every enemy until the credits roll

on one hand it might be a sick game for freaks and psychos but on the other you can play as a skeleton that heals off poison and is immune to deathfog that is instant death lava to mortals and you can shove them into it

lmfao fuck this post got the combat dun dun dun dun in my head you cursed me!!!

even if you don't care that it's an environmental disaster, if you don't care that it is already replacing thousands of entry-level jobs, don't care that it's a huge bubble that will send us into a great depression any day now, we can all agree it just sucks

the game has so much fucking story. you are constantly, abruptly pulled into 2 hour cutscenes where nothing of value happens. 30 minute conversations where everyone takes turns going "the parade? hmm" "the parade could be trouble." "I guess it can't be helped.."

sorry friend, pls reach out anytime

his entire MO since the 1st admin has been "please pretty please will my legions kill this person that is a threat to my power" and it was instantly normalized

every small business ive worked for has been the classic "Boss rolls up in 300k sports car to tell everyone they can't do raises this year" but there's the 1/1000 chance of the benevolent boss that pays 2x market rate

it's the same sitch as a small business. you are trusting Some Guy instead of an executive board with running the place and they might be good at it or they might be a dumb asshole, either way the obvious solutions is protections for the worker/renter

lol you reminded me that diablo 2 speedrunners had a tool that basically gave them save states and they put out insane numbers like "we did this one room in outer cloister 9,873 times until this shaman dropped movespeed boots"

save states are very addictive because they give you tremendous power over the game, you can just re-do the last 10 seconds until everything goes perfectly. its how to suck the fun out of stuff like Dishonored

you know that number is inflated because of the tesla cult lol

once it clicked and I accepted it was a deeply unfair brutal game on purpose its some of the best RPG gaming ever. but it's a huge hill to get past lol

lmao Real. even narratively I kept expecting BG3 to throw a curveball and trick you into doing morally bad things w good intentions. nope you are the hero and choosing Benevolent always results in the good guy story