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If something like that happens, we would report it. This is why I noted in this piece that the number of gold coins challenges weirdly increased in my time with it, but I don’t know if it was random or if they are fine-tuning it in response to how people are reacting to it. Read more

It really depends on the game. Some games have plenty built into them that the average gamer will never see, especially when games are massive. I think it’s also fairly common knowledge that many people never finish games. I was looking at this last night - only 33% of people beat Shadow of Mordor on Steam, and that… Read more

You have to be lucky for it to help or make your specific situation easier. If I’m getting destroyed by a specific orc that does curse damage and the loot box happens to give me a legendary orc who panics when hit with curse damage, it’s not going to make the game easier for me. It’s probably worth just scanning your… Read more

Ha! Yes, it does feel weird in that context. I was trying to picture this like ... what would an orc market look like? I would believe orcs would be down to sell their services, but to Talion specifically? It seems hard to imagine. Read more

I don’t actually think this will milk money out of much of anyone. As I mentioned in the article, the game straight up gifts you a bunch of those premiere boxes / orcs, to the degree that I started ignoring them. While the internet rages about the principle of a thing, in practice, the system is relatively generous… Read more

So, you fight all orcs no matter what you want to do with them. If you want to recruit, you get them to low health and then you “dominate” them. You can’t dominate any orc beyond your level, so you end up having to kill some. Sometimes, you accidentally kill them. If you want them to become stronger, you can send them… Read more

There are two types of loot boxes, golden and silver. Silver you can buy with in-game currency, which I found to be plentiful but I also had an easy time with the game, so I was collecting that currency pretty regularly. Gold boxes are more unclear - I did win one through an in-game thing, and the version the… Read more

There are missions that challenge you to kill without being spotted, and any missions where another character is involved will have you babying their health a little bit. Re: stealth, it’s kind of silly....you can practically walk up to an orc without having them see you, and with upgrades, that only becomes more… Read more

LOL. Yeah, this time around the generator has way more to play with. I don’t think I saw any name repeats. I did see some weapon / ability and attire repeats, but not a big deal. Read more

The game won’t allow me to use the share feature until it is actually out. This is also why I didn’t share more pictures of my great orcs. Don’t worry, though, I’ll do a post rounding up good orcs next week, when y’all can also play it! Read more

That’s a great question. I’ve played more of Bloodborne than any Dark Souls, but it does the same thing - in that specific case, I think a large part of the appeal of the game is the mystery of what is going on...a lot of it is psychological, trying to make sense of what you’re seeing. It’s less that the delivery… Read more

It’s a visual novel. You click on dialogue, and you can also click on stuff to inspect it closer. Read more

I actually think writing stuff down can be a detriment to certain discussions. Stuff can be screencapped or quoted out of context, for example, and easily made to sound horrible when you don’t know, oh, that was said with a laugh, that wasn’t serious, the tone was x. Even just thinking of a headline gives me a… Read more

Yeah and I mean - we definitely do not say writers can’t accurately capture something outside of their experience. But, you do notice some differences, and they are fun to examine. Read more

To be fair I have seen some people discuss their responsibility as channels and all that, though it’s all channel-specific / I can see why larger channels might be concerned with how this affects everyone else. Read more

Yeah, this keeps coming back up - but actually, in this specific case, it’s “me.” It still sounds weird, tho! Read more

Sure. We actually read part of your comment on the last episode on this show! Read more

Probably for the same reason some people seek out personalities instead of just watching uncommentated gameplay: people like feeling a connection to someone, or having the content feel more personal. Read more

Yes! The music is great in this one, too. Read more