A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
19th July 2024
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You dig down through a layer only to find more layers beneath it.
Act 3 exemplifies this.
It’s the tying-off chapter, I like to think.
She’s my only spellcaster.
I killed all the others; I can’t give her away.
But not before the game’s ever-mounting pile of choice and consequence wobbled a bit.
Characters started behaving strangely.
The leader approached me again and demanded I hand over Shadowheart.
It was as if we’d never spoken - maybe they took too many bumps on the head.
But what do we expect from a game with such reactivity and choice?
I shudder to think what the flow-chart of decisions and their branching outcomes looks like.
I bet Larian designers still have nightmares about it.
It’s deeply satisfying but it’s slow.
By contrast, Armored Core 6 is like dancing.
Missions can blow by in a minute or two.
I’m having a wonderful time.
