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You shouldn't be sad either. This isn't 2010, go play a hundred other turn-based tactical RPGs. Take popamole for what it is instead of expecting greatness from it ("b-b-but muh Avellone writing!").
I don't recall the word "geckling" used in any Fallout game.I thought it was a reference to Fallout's geckos?
Obsidian has always been popamole - high-quality popamole but still. Nobody expects some pixel-art autism from them, we only want them to remember the good old days of Sith Lords and New Vegas.You shouldn't be sad either. This isn't 2010, go play a hundred other turn-based tactical RPGs. Take popamole for what it is instead of expecting greatness from it ("b-b-but muh Avellone writing!").
You could call young geckos gecklings. You can also find geckos in caves (toxic caves north of Klamath in Fallout 2). Which is similar to trolls and [cave] denizens. So it could be a joke about internet trolls, basement dwellers and lizard people. They are all considered toxic, too. While this is very meta, I find it more plausible than a reference to some obscure game I never heard about.I don't recall the word "geckling" used in any Fallout game.
They made games with good writing in the 2000s. Now they don't. Why shouldn't anyone feel sad about that?You shouldn't be sad either.
I believe you are misremembering. I searched site:fallout.fandom.com which has all the dialogue files uploaded and there's not a single hit for "gecklings" or "geckling."You could call young geckos gecklings.
It's not me who is misremembering. It's you who is not understanding. So I am going to spell it out for you even more, since you're accusing me of having a bad memory: Fallout 2 has "Little gecko" and Fallout: New Vegas has "Young gecko". Little and young? Gecklings. It's not that complicated.I believe you are misremembering. I searched site:fallout.fandom.com which has all the dialogue files uploaded and there's not a single hit for "gecklings" or "geckling."
Occam's Razor suggests it's a Romancing SaGa reference rather than someone at Obsidian coming up with their own pet name for geckos.It's not me who is misremembering. It's you who is not understanding. So I am going to spell it out for you even more, since you're accusing me of having a bad memory: Fallout 2 has "Little gecko" and Fallout: New Vegas has "Young gecko". Little and young? Gecklings. It's not that complicated.I believe you are misremembering. I searched site:fallout.fandom.com which has all the dialogue files uploaded and there's not a single hit for "gecklings" or "geckling."
I may be wrong (as this is pure speculation on my part), but I don't see any better ideas explaining "trolls, denizens and gecklings" phrase.
Geckling is a term that goes back way back in the day ... I originally used it on the old IPLY boards pre-BIS fora to indicate that 'geeks' were cool ... not sure if it worked As a result of that conversation which I suspect is over 6 years old (? - perhaps some of the old school crowd might remember that conversation on the old tree style BB @ IPLY). Since then, I have used it unsparingly to liberate all Gecklings from the taint of geekiness Or so I stand staunchly in the eye-rolling of my partner!
Can't say I am surprised.Turns out we're both wrong
Sounds like bad grammar to me. Because the way I see it, this ought to had been "geeklings", not "gecklings" if "geeks" was the base word for the term. Unless I am missing something here.Just some old Interplay board meme.
Looks like it's formed more after goslings than ducklings.Sounds like bad grammar to me. Because the way I see it, this ought to had been "geeklings", not "gecklings" if "geeks" was the base word for the term. Unless I am missing something here.
Always has been.Discussing Obsidian is such a depressing affair these days.
I would argue their games still has good writing(relatively) because now days the standard has been lowered to the point of no going back.They made games with good writing in the 2000s. Now they don't. Why shouldn't anyone feel sad about that?You shouldn't be sad either.
RogueyAfter two big cancellations and unsure where to immediately turn to, Obsidian Entertainment attempts to take on crowdfunding with Project Eternity, the game that would become Pillars of Eternity. With finding it's funding from over 70,000 amazing fans, learn the stories of how this came to be as well as what it took to finish South Park: The Stick of Truth and tales about Pathfinder Adventures and Armored Warfare!
Ahahahahaha ahaha"I knew that we had made a good game" - Josh Sawyer on Pillars
What's the cope? 89 on metacritic, 8.3 user score, 87% positive user score on Steam.Ahahahahaha ahaha
Holy shit the copium.
The copium lies in the sales. Pathfinder games (Kingmaker and Righteous) have less positive score but much MUCH better sales.What's the cope? 89 on metacritic, 8.3 user score, 87% positive user score on Steam.Ahahahahaha ahaha
Holy shit the copium.
Kingmaker sales seem to be in the same ballpark with PoE.The copium lies in the sales. Pathfinder games (Kingmaker and Righteous) have less favorite score but much MUCH better sales.What's the cope? 89 on metacritic, 8.3 user score, 87% positive user score on Steam.Ahahahahaha ahaha
Holy shit the copium.
I'll die on the hill that it came down to marketing. PoE2 was marketed like a pirate game, I even skipped it at launch because of that, the Pathfinder games are clearly marketed as medieval fantasy.The copium lies in the sales. Pathfinder games (Kingmaker and Righteous) have less positive score but much MUCH better sales.