Wrath of the cringefinder compilation thread

[rusty_shackleford]

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[ironmask]

LoL. I thought this game was supposed to be made by chad slavs. Is wokeism finally infecting them now?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

"The Storyfag can never escape their destiny. First they merely wish for reactivity, they wish for choice and consequence... a noble stance. But then it begins to slip away and soon they wish for better writing, more dialogue bloat, long-winded purple prose and perhaps the worst of all this is requiring romanceable companions. Indeed, the Storyfag is a doomed creature for it is they that accept the decline of all things.

In contrast, this is why the Combatfag will always be the superior breed of gamer. They like their gaming pure, they want it unmolested, they care for what matters most in a game where the goal is to defeat the monster and win the scenario. The Combatfag will forever be there, playing and testing, theorizing and executing. The character generator to the Storyfag must be full of cosmetic options and facial sliders while the Combatfag demands gameplay-centric choices such as classes, attributes, traits or feats that have direct impact in the game itself.

The Storyfag game on its greatest day will be a mere single playthrough, but once the plot unwinds and twists are revealed that is all it will ever be. A good story, then put on the shelf to attract dust and cobwebs. The Combatfag game will be played, then replayed, for it is a game first and a tale as a distant second. It will be enjoyed for years to come, it will remain a fixture on your computer. When the night is long and full of nothing to do, it will forever be an attractive waste of time.

The Combatfag is a gamer and a pragmatist... a thinking man. The Storyfag is an impostor and emotionally driven... a retarded girl.

They cannot be compared."

-Gary Gygax, if he still lived.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

"The Storyfag can never escape their destiny. First they merely wish for reactivity, they wish for choice and consequence... a noble stance. But then it begins to slip away and soon they wish for better writing, more dialogue bloat, long-winded purple prose and perhaps the worst of all this is requiring romanceable companions. Indeed, the Storyfag is a doomed creature for it is they that accept the decline of all things.

In contrast, this is why the Combatfag will always be the superior breed of gamer. They like their gaming pure, they want it unmolested, they care for what matters most in a game where the goal is to defeat the monster and win the scenario. The Combatfag will forever be there, playing and testing, theorizing and executing. The character generator to the Storyfag must be full of cosmetic options and facial sliders while the Combatfag demands gameplay-centric choices such as classes, attributes, traits or feats that have direct impact in the game itself.

The Storyfag game on its greatest day will be a mere single playthrough, but once the plot unwinds and twists are revealed that is all it will ever be. A good story, then put on the shelf to attract dust and cobwebs. The Combatfag game will be played, then replayed, for it is a game first and a tale as a distant second. It will be enjoyed for years to come, it will remain a fixture on your computer. When the night is long and full of nothing to do, it will forever be an attractive waste of time.

The Combatfag is a gamer and a pragmatist... a thinking man. The Storyfag is an impostor and emotionally driven... a retarded girl.

They cannot be compared."

-Gary Gygax, if he still lived.

combatfags would happily play games that required them to be receiving anal sex while playing if they thought it had "good combat"

 

[Kruno]

combatfags would happily play games that required them to be receiving anal sex while playing if they thought it had "good combat"

This is 100% accurate!

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

combatfags would happily play games that required them to be receiving anal sex while playing if they thought it had "good combat"

Storyfag cares about story/writing.

Anti-POZZUH cares about story/writing.

Same motherfuckers from the same hood.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Lol.. not exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking about the porn games where combat was fucking but come to mention it... they probably cover that as well. And soon it leads to VR games and attachments. I think I mentioned that in a thread somewhere (due to a commercial popping up). [wireless computer sextoy programmed to cpu-waifu & VR headset.... yes one for the ladies or anal warriors is in the works.... fuck.. dude will probably make a shitload on that thing.]

Oh look one is on STEAM.


Or hook your game to

I guess youtube can have just about anything..

oh for fuck's sake... go figure. You wait... they'll be putting this shit in your rpgs.

Games haven't even begun to make one cringe. Romance options was just a further gateway....

A rabbit hole (how appropriate for japanese) that goes beyond hell. And people thought them tits in Wiz 5 was too much.

 

[Saravan]

"The Storyfag can never escape their destiny. First they merely wish for reactivity, they wish for choice and consequence... a noble stance. But then it begins to slip away and soon they wish for better writing, more dialogue bloat, long-winded purple prose and perhaps the worst of all this is requiring romanceable companions. Indeed, the Storyfag is a doomed creature for it is they that accept the decline of all things.

In contrast, this is why the Combatfag will always be the superior breed of gamer. They like their gaming pure, they want it unmolested, they care for what matters most in a game where the goal is to defeat the monster and win the scenario. The Combatfag will forever be there, playing and testing, theorizing and executing. The character generator to the Storyfag must be full of cosmetic options and facial sliders while the Combatfag demands gameplay-centric choices such as classes, attributes, traits or feats that have direct impact in the game itself.

The Storyfag game on its greatest day will be a mere single playthrough, but once the plot unwinds and twists are revealed that is all it will ever be. A good story, then put on the shelf to attract dust and cobwebs. The Combatfag game will be played, then replayed, for it is a game first and a tale as a distant second. It will be enjoyed for years to come, it will remain a fixture on your computer. When the night is long and full of nothing to do, it will forever be an attractive waste of time.

The Combatfag is a gamer and a pragmatist... a thinking man. The Storyfag is an impostor and emotionally driven... a retarded girl.

They cannot be compared."

-Gary Gygax, if he still lived.

Sorry but this sounds like coping to me. A good CRPG is well-rounded. Without at least a baseline of interesting writing/story the encounters lose meaning and the context of the combat eventually becomes boring, especially in a game that is chock-full of encounters. Solasta would be rated higher if combat is all that mattered, it may not have had that many difficult encounters but the combat was the only thing carrying that game.

 

[Reinhardt]

Solasta would be rated higher if

it was not

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

A good CRPG is well-rounded.

A CRPG story should be one that gives motivation to go kick the shit out of monsters. It's an excuse, ultimately, but a good excuse. A motivation, but the greater driving force should be in the combat and character customization.

I was once a storyfag too, believe it or not. I loved the story, I would sit there, Saravan, my little penis in my hand, stroking it furiously for a charge as Aerie informed me of her mutilation in tender detail. Then the older I became the more I realized that I hate reading and I hate listening and I especially hate having to care for what I say to advance my reputation with factions or companions. I do all that shit here, I do it IRL, I don't want to do it in these gaddamn vidya games. What I've always liked to do is kill shit and take their treasure, I always liked composing parties, I especially like a good dungeon.

Most CRPGs today have their story get in the way of this. Wrath of the Righteous is unfortunately this way. The story should be one of the most simple backdrops to go and own some bitches, throw in some alternate ways of play narratively such as taking evil paths and such, that's it. However, because I quite enjoy 3.5 and I enjoy a good RTwP romp I can block out the bullshit and have fun with the good shit.

The problem here are the absolute degenerates who are storyfags-in-denial. While anyone sensible can laugh and poke fun at the goofy SJW shit, it is the people who go on like these aspects are such a detriment to their existence they must make it known every single day. If I had come out of a coma, I'd have guessed they were viciously ass raped by a gang of black transsexuals.

These people, like the classical storyfag, are not GAMERS. They are the same mold as the screeching whore complaining about the lack of diversity, only on the opposite side of the Chess board in their queer minds.

Embrace combatfaggery. Let's play some Chainmail.

 

[Raghar]

I looked at user reviews and found this

Beginning is fantastic- you are just some person who is swept up in the events of the crusade, city is burning, people are screaming...good stuff.
Couple of hours later and I am a sole commander of the crusade well on my path to godhood (angelhood?) totally the most super special guy in the world who wields holy sword and is treated as if somehow Saladin had a baby with god-emperor of mankind... I mean...I get it, rpgs are power fantasy but...at least make me work for it.

Yea... That's a problem.

 

[Commissar Draco]

I looked at user reviews and found this

Beginning is fantastic- you are just some person who is swept up in the events of the crusade, city is burning, people are screaming...good stuff.
Couple of hours later and I am a sole commander of the crusade well on my path to godhood (angelhood?) totally the most super special guy in the world who wields holy sword and is treated as if somehow Saladin had a baby with god-emperor of mankind... I mean...I get it, rpgs are power fantasy but...at least make me work for it.

Yea... That's a problem.

Is this so bad? Cuckmaker had decent start, you were homeless hobo adventurer promised to get lowest noble title and ownership over the village... only cause you were only one on spot and obviously expendable too and you had to literally fight for your future barony tooth and nail too. The dialogues in first game might be strange in places like this beardless dwarf encounter but then I coped its the minimum the developers had to put to appease Pazio and sell the game to western degenerates but given what happened to CD Project Red I should not be surprised the Muscovites seems to be as liberast as Warszawa dwellers are.

Add the bugs (Cuckmaker was playable only one year after release) and Crusade mechanics which are even more tedius than Kingdom mechanics in first game and the game falls from will demo it later to the do not touch with a stick.

Shame was hoping to play some Crusader RPG but still have Encased when it will be fixed and Trutograd so not big deal.

 

[DeepOcean]

A CRPG story should be one that gives motivation to go kick the shit out of monsters. It's an excuse, ultimately, but a good excuse. A motivation, but the greater driving force should be in the combat and character customization.

Still, with the way things are going, we will soon have Drag queens leading armies on cRPGs, sorry dude, the combat can be as wonderful as it can be but I'm out of playing as a Drag Queen SnM slave just to have some decent combat. This whole combatfag thing only works when the writing is basic, neutral and to the point, the moment the developers start wasting your time with endless garbage they call writing, you cant just pretend they arent wasting your time and the boredom you are feeling is just your imagination.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

The gripe is this: you got four people sitting around and talking shit about the latest CRPG.

Person 1: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 2: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 3: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 4: "This is a fucking travesty, an absolute joke, a terrible reflection of the times. We're all going to die. We're being bred out of existence. What is happening. Why is this happening. This is disgusting, I'm going to vomit, this is what the industry is? This is all just" he continues rambling on

Person 1, 2, 3: "Yeah, it's dumb."

Person 4: continues going on their tirade

Later that evening Person 1 is jerking off to Eastern Euro erotic models when they get a text from Person 4

Person 4: "LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SHIT. LOOK. LOOK AT THE WRITING. LOOK AT IT. WHAT IS THIS?" continues ranting and raving

This continues throughout god knows how long. Person 4 never shuts the fuck up. Person 1, 2 and 3 begin to think he's a bit of an insufferable bitch kinda like the gay stuff he's losing hair follicles over.

In the end you have Person 1, 2 and 3 who see the gay, mock the gay, but move on from the gay. Then you got Person 4 who becomes so entrenched in this gay shadow war they annoy you as much as the actual gay shit.

Don't become Person 4. Don't work yourself into a shoot.

 

[Darth Canoli]

A CRPG story should be one that gives motivation to go kick the shit out of monsters. It's an excuse, ultimately, but a good excuse. A motivation, but the greater driving force should be in the combat and character customization.

A good RPG should do that but a great RPG should put you in a position where you can't avoid it, either you fight or you flee like a coward.

For example, you're a retired soldier working as a lumberjack, a bunch of thugs try to mug you on your way home, you can't really escape.
War is coming, villagers take refuge behind the walls of the nearby castle which is soon surrounded and then, the events continue to drag you toward a fate you didn't chose.

Sandboxes are nice and all, but games with a good narrative and great battle encounters would be nice from time to time...

And i'm not saying the above is, it's just events you can't chose not to deal with.

 

[DeepOcean]

Dunno, this "Random dude from forum I sometimes read is as annoying as people who want to have beardless tranny dwarves with hormone issues on all cRPGs and are actually hired to write them." seems like a strange point of view. It is like the last violinist on the titanic being annoyed that people arent enjoying it is going down.

"Shut up with the screaming, those people are as annoying as the iceberg, lets stop for a moment and look for the beautiful sky, this iceberg thing is a thing you can totally ignore..."

 

[LannTheStupid]

It is like the last violinist on the titanic being annoyed that people arent enjoying it is going down.

However, he is right. If we are dying anyway (SJW scam is unstoppable so far) we might as well look at nicer things before death.

 

[Ontopoly]

The gripe is this: you got four people sitting around and talking shit about the latest CRPG.

Person 1: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 2: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 3: "Lol that looks gay." makes funny joke

Person 4: "This is a fucking travesty, an absolute joke, a terrible reflection of the times. We're all going to die. We're being bred out of existence. What is happening. Why is this happening. This is disgusting, I'm going to vomit, this is what the industry is? This is all just" he continues rambling on

Person 1, 2, 3: "Yeah, it's dumb."

Person 4: continues going on their tirade

Later that evening Person 1 is jerking off to Eastern Euro erotic models when they get a text from Person 4

Person 4: "LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SHIT. LOOK. LOOK AT THE WRITING. LOOK AT IT. WHAT IS THIS?" continues ranting and raving

This continues throughout god knows how long. Person 4 never shuts the fuck up. Person 1, 2 and 3 begin to think he's a bit of an insufferable bitch kinda like the gay stuff he's losing hair follicles over.

In the end you have Person 1, 2 and 3 who see the gay, mock the gay, but move on from the gay. Then you got Person 4 who becomes so entrenched in this gay shadow war they annoy you as much as the actual gay shit.

Don't become Person 4. Don't work yourself into a shoot.

Then you find a website called rpgcodex, post a bit, and start to realize that they are all person 4.

It's true though. Normal people will say it's not great and move on to enjoy the other wise good game while terminally online GD users wont shut the fuck up about it.

 

[Atchodas]

It is like the last violinist on the titanic being annoyed that people arent enjoying it is going down.

However, he is right. If we are dying anyway (SJW scam is unstoppable so far) we might as well look at nicer things before death.

Best way to stop it is not paying your money for SJW infested garbage. You are part of the problem.

 

[LannTheStupid]

Best way to stop it is not paying your money for SJW infested garbage. You are part of the problem.

Yes, I am. And I will continue to be while "SJW infested garbage" is one of the best CRPG in 20 years.

If alt-right have neither money nor creativity then they should die out.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

"Shut up with the screaming, those people are as annoying as the iceberg, lets stop for a moment and look for the beautiful sky, this iceberg thing is a thing you can totally ignore..."

Except this is less like inevitable doom and more like "both of you should stfu." It's the people who go into thinking they're on the Titanic that are as much as little bitches as the tranny bitches because they both share a histrionic need to whip niggas up into a frenzy. Two intolerable personalities on opposing ends locked in a who-can-scream-louder contest when some of us just wanna play some goddamn 3.5 NAMSAYIN?

 

[Anonona]

Except this is less like inevitable doom and more like "both of you should stfu." It's the people who go into thinking they're on the Titanic that are as much as little bitches as the tranny bitches because they both share a histrionic need to whip niggas up into a frenzy. Two intolerable personalities on opposing ends locked in a who-can-scream-louder contest when some of us just wanna play some goddamn 3.5 NAMSAYIN?

The problem with the "just ignore it, bro" stance is that sooner or later, it will get worse. Sure, you can ignore the story and setting being sacrificed for the PC gods, is all about the gameplay. But eventually, one way or other it will end up fucking up other things. Let's take for example an Jrpg that was censored a way back and what it could mean for future games: Xenoblade Chronicles X. So, regardless of what you think of the game, when it was brought to the west the character creator was censored, taking out the option to adjust female breast size for fear of players making little girls and dressing them in revealing clothes. While you may agree with the sentiment and at the time it was only a cosmetic thing, since then more game companies have taking this approach to hearth and designed their games to appeal the so called "modern sensibilities". Now imagine they announce Dragon's Dogma 2. You may be aware that in the leaked archives of Capcom there was a section to appeal to modern sensibilities when designing characters and games. Which means that DD2 then have to follow those guidelines and this could mean that you cannot make small or young looking characters anymore to avoid controversy. And consequently, the Weight/Height system gets fucked and taken out. And if they are willing to compromise for that, then they will compromise in other areas. Sure this is just speculation for my part, but you know is quite a real possibility.

Furthermore, it signals what audience you are aiming the game to. Sure, WoTR's plot is shit, but you can ignore it. But what kind of audience will be into all the stupid LGTB and SWJ shit? I don't think it will be you or any other in the codex who enjoy RPGs and crunchy systems like PF e1. No, it would be the average consumer, the journalists and midwits that play games for their story and romances. And I hope it doesn't come to pass, but that could easily mean that if the opportunity arise, Owlcat could make the choice to change to PF e2 to reach "wider audiences". We have seen it constantly. It starts like this, you can ignore it, but sooner or later it gets worse. Same shit with DnD and BG. Regardless of how anyone feels about 5e the only reason it is in is because is the most popular right now, and many of its features are made for wider audiences. And about SWJ content and shit like that, I'm sure there will be quite a lot, perhaps even rivaling (or straight up surpassing) WoTR. Now even more seeing as PF WoTR has done pretty well and Larian still have time to get "inspiration" from the competition.

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Generic-Giant-Spider why do you feel the need to paint everyone as frothing at the mouth enraged when they don't want a tranny's mooseknuckles shoved in their face? If you like the game and can tolerate the faggotry then great for you, buddy. But don't start coping and trying to convince everyone to play it anyway "cause it's really good guys". Apparently not everyone is as starved for RPG combat as you are.

Some people on the Codex are so desperate to defend any halfway decent game that comes out even if said game is both inferior to older games in its genre and full of tranny shit. I guess that's just how it is when you're a crusty old faggot and you've already played those older games several times. As for me, I'm glad to be playing all the old shit for the first time so I don't have to try and convince myself to like massively inferior, shitty games that are "good for what they are" because they're "doing what no other modern game is doing!"

 

[Gay-Lussac]

Is this game Russia's greatest achievement since the Holodomor? Why are the local ruskies so rabid about it like it's a matter of national pride? Lann the retard got super mad because he fell for my bait with copy pasted Steam reviews and I see other comrades sperging all over these threads. From being a superpower to this, what the fuck...

As an aside, I don't care what side of the political spectrum you fall on, the writing showcased in this thread is as infantile and amateurish as it gets. Also is it really necessary to pander to furries, is that the level we're at now? Fucking animals is wrong. Unless it's Lola Bunny from the original Space Jam.