Phil Owen's discussions

I like both of them. Read more

Yeah, pretty much all the seasons of on those channels up on much cheaper subs netflix or Prime before new seasons air, so it's basically just a matter of whether you care about waiting. And like a Hannibal season pass is $30 for 13 episodes. Read more

I would appreciate it if you did. If the entire thing could be argued and summed up in a few sentences I wouldn't have written the rest of it. Read more

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Despite all my reservations I'm still gonna play the shit out of DAI, and heaven help my productivity whenever the Keep goes public. But yeah I agree with all of that. One of the big pluses on DA2 for me was that combat was minimized, dungeons were short, much more emphasis on conversation and hanging out than we… Read more

I mean it's case by case. I don't think big-ass game worlds are bad by definition. I think Red Dead rdemption is the best Rockstar game. I've greatly enjoyed wandering around Skyrim, particularly in the snow and icy parts in the north. But I also think devs sometimes make huge worlds only because it's an item on a… Read more

The problem is just that devs usually start there. They decide to make a huge open world thing and then go from there. That way of looking at things is why game stories are so often subpar; they make stories and also gameplay and then smash them together. Read more

That's the other thing about these big open world exploration things I didn't discuss: they're always so full of content that the majority of players stop playing before they finish much of anything. It's a "make more shit than most people will ever want" kind of policy and that really sucks. Read more

yeah, the ocarina of time there in the middle Read more

see, I like where your head is at, but you bring up Bethesda games as counter and I have no issue with them. It's people chasing them and thinking about doing a game Bethesda's way will lead to success. Read more

me too Read more

Nightcrawler would say this is dangerous. Read more

It's not that I don't like open worlds. It's I have four Elder Scrolls games installed on my PC right now. Not to mention 800 open world Ubisoft games. Read more

Maybe it's trying to emulate shitty 1930s craftmanship. Read more

after zooming in super close just now, i disagree Read more

It's possible. Read more

I think I see what you see, but it comes and goes to my eyes. Read more

damn, that wasn't even a grammar thing, just a typo. Meant "the." Anyway, thanks! Read more

things can be cute and silly and also ugly Read more

yep pc gaming is dead. sorry bruh. Read more