Lilura's Blog: An Ongoing Codexian Obsession

[Latro]

I'm sorry Lilura, I love IE games, but I can't get over the fact that you think the IWD games would have been improved by tying them up with one of the most cringeworthy emo mary-sue fantasy characters ever.

You've got some generally damn solid taste and opinions, so this was a bit awkward. Unless you meant that it'd have been a shitty idea but it'd have sold more copies, in which case I'd have to sadly agree.

Imagine how popular Icewind Dale would have been if it was an adventure based around Drizzt and his party (Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis). Especially if it was written by RAS himself.

that's not really an endorsement, just speculation

 

[aweigh]

She likes BG and pretends to abhor storytelling. Seems like IWD should be her favourite IE game.

Recognizing what storytelling is in video games is not the same thing as hating storytelling. You can like games with great gameplay but also love one that prioritizes other things.

 

[Thunar]

Scorpia didn't like combat crawls, the only things they really have in common are crankiness and gender.

Yeah, she also didn't like BG, Goldbox and Darklands... I'm not saying that they have the same opinions, just that they're both unhealthily focused on what an RPG should look like to the point of ignoring what makes anything slightly different great. It's kind of sad really.

 

[Latro]

Scorpia didn't like combat crawls, the only things they really have in common are crankiness and gender.

Yeah, she also didn't like BG, Goldbox and Darklands... I'm not saying that they have the same opinions, just that they're both unhealthily focused on what an RPG should look like to the point of ignoring what makes anything slightly different great. It's kind of sad really.

*looks at disco elysium*

nah, the concern is warranted

 

[octavius]

I'm sorry Lilura, I love IE games, but I can't get over the fact that you think the IWD games would have been improved by tying them up with one of the most cringeworthy emo mary-sue fantasy characters ever.

You've got some generally damn solid taste and opinions, so this was a bit awkward. Unless you meant that it'd have been a shitty idea but it'd have sold more copies, in which case I'd have to sadly agree.

Imagine how popular Icewind Dale would have been if it was an adventure based around Drizzt and his party (Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis). Especially if it was written by RAS himself.

that's not really an endorsement, just speculation

But she also wrote:

The Icewind Dale Trilogy is a good read; I recommend reading it if you haven't already.

Salvatore is a good writer

This is the opposite of monocled taste. I can only hope Lilura is talking from nostalgia and that she was a teenager when reading the books and/or it was the first Fantasy she ever read.
I've only read the first one - The Crystal Shard - and found it barely above fan fiction level. But probably OK as "baby's first Fantasy book".

Anyway, I suspect a game with Drizzt&co would also have been much costlier to make and have been a poorer game overall.

 

[Viata]

I've only read the first one - The Crystal Shard -

Were you able to finish that? I tried because some friends told me it was nice + it was D&D, but couldn't finish it.

 

[octavius]

I've only read the first one - The Crystal Shard -

Were you able to finish that? I tried because some friends told me it was nice + it was D&D, but couldn't finish it.

Yes, in order to write an authorative review.

 

[Viata]

I've only read the first one - The Crystal Shard -

Were you able to finish that? I tried because some friends told me it was nice + it was D&D, but couldn't finish it.

Yes, in order to write an authorative review.

Thank you for your sacrifice.

 

[Lilura]

I guess that's what Scorpia's blog would have looked like if she didn't disappear at the end of the 20th century.

I don't deserve to be mentioned alongside Scorpia.

Spoiler

I'm much better.

On RAS (since Octavius didn't quote the full passage):

I have an annoucement to make as well -- scratch that.

 

[Latro]

Good luck and thanks for all the butthurt!

 

[Lilura]

Logging out...

 

[anvi]

I'm going to leave the 'Dex forever after today, in order to concentrate on writing my blog.

Can't you do both? Also I'm gonna play JA2 soon, wanna come to my place and play?

 

[Viata]

Thus, my engagement with other gamers is over.

Enjoy your freedom!

 

[The_Mask]

[...] my engagement with other gamers is over.

Blocking like more than 200 people is called "engagement". Keeping the profile private is called "engagement".

LOL

Enjoy the echo chamber. <3

 

[Roguey]

What if I find the writing in the IE games and Salvatore terribly lacking? :\

 

[Nano]

No! Lilura don't leave us

 

[Farewell young Prince into the night]

Who wants to be the new Lilura? I would nominate myself but I'm too kind-hearted, genuine and modest.

 

[Grauken]

Edit: I guess that's what Scorpia's blog would have looked like if she didn't disappear at the end of the 20th century.

Scorpia didn't like combat crawls, the only things they really have in common are crankiness and gender.

What games did Scorpia actually like? I only ever heard about her when it was about disliking this or that game

 

[Latro]

I would nominate myself but I'm too kind-hearted, genuine and modest.

too boring

 

[Thunar]

Edit: I guess that's what Scorpia's blog would have looked like if she didn't disappear at the end of the 20th century.

Scorpia didn't like combat crawls, the only things they really have in common are crankiness and gender.

What games did Scorpia actually like? I only ever heard about her when it was about disliking this or that game

Eye of the beholder, Might and Magic (some of them, she didn't like 1 and 2), Ultima, that's what I remember off the top. She liked puzzles, some story and anything that looked like "real time" blobber combat. None of the games she liked were bad, she just had very reductive criticism towards any game that wasn't puzzle heavy or was too linear. Funny when considering that a lot of the games she criticized for being linear were actually pinnacles of non linearity.
She didn't like anything that had tactical combat.

 

[Grauken]

Wow, she had terrible taste

 

[Curious_Tongue]

in order to concentrate on writing my blog.

Lol

 

[Catacombs]

See you in a few days.

 

[octavius]

2020 is the worst year ever. First we lose Neal Peart, Christopher Tolkien, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones and Kirk Douglas.
And now Lilura.

 

[Alphons]

2020 is the worst year ever. First we lose Neal Peart, Christopher Tolkien, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones and Kirk Douglas.
And now Lilura.

You forgot Qassem Suleimani. Other than that I agree.