memes are a meme
Unfortunately I have to agree about lighter stuff. Hardcore games are dying, and it looks like it makes no sense making them when stuff like that sells so much more than AoD, Underrail and other cool games. And most likely, we won't be making hard games anymore, it doesn't pay off.
Please tell me about being edgy again, I crave to learn more.
I looove this game, seriously
I already finished it 3 times on the perfect path and can't get enough.
It's my GOTY 2015. And 2016. And 2014 because why not.
And the soundtrack
So the most brofisted person on Codex loves this game so much... I think I need to find a place where real grognards gather, Codex seems to just be false advertising...
Depends what one's ideal is. My ideal is Fallout: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure. Won't find anything like it.KOTC was nothing like the Goldbox games, though, so it's kind of moot. It's a different rule system, a different perspective, a completely different dimension of skills and abilities (only a few of which are copies of older ones) and carefully designed encounters - versus the kind of rudimentary encounter design of the Goldbox era. It's apples and oranges.
You see, here is the paradoxical thing: the more hardcore you try to be by limiting yourself to only the most monocle pre 2004 RPGs the less qualified you are to talk about the genre since you are so out of touch with it. You're missing all the great new RPGs coming from Japan, you are missing the hardcore dungeon crawlers that you have always dreamed of, you are missing all of it because you don't even acknowledge it exists. It's almost sad. All the games you have always waited for and you don't know about them. Almost hilarious! Real grognards stay informed and go where the good games are, irrespective of what label they have attached to them or the country they are from.
RPG Codex... is hipsters.
While you're stuck playing Undertale.
Damn bro... that sucks.
The sad thing is that you actually wouldn't know half-decent taste if it punched you in the face. You like these old games but you're no good at really seeing why they were good - or why recreating inferior carbon copies of them is less than desirable. It's kind of pathetic, really. You think you're so hardcore and old-school, like some teenager in school worried about what his peers think about him. The older you get the more you realize that you shouldn't really give a shit about what others think. This whole thing is the same as with Dark Souls; it's the epitome of trying too hard.
To extend an olive branch, I can't even really blame you. If I hadn't played the game on release I'd be right up there with the peanut gallery, crying havoc about how disgusting SJWs are invading fair Codexia, purely because of the fanbase. Hell, the game even has a reputation for 'memes' -- and there is not a single meme in the entire game. (Okay, that's not true: there is exactly one that I could find.)
It's like when you guys try to play Dark Souls and are all like "lol controller what a piece of shit." Don't you see? This is exactly like being a fan of classical music going to a concert featuring Freddy Mercury and complaining that there's no full orchestra and the conductor is nowhere to be seen. You're missing out on good things because of stupid preconceptions. I can't blame you since nobody is immune to it.
But I know what I can do: enjoy the infinite fountain of butthurt this thread is.
