They’re trying to portray it as something that was done from the very beginning, as opposed to something they only pinned down in preparation for the 3rd game in the series. Nothing wrong with them getting through two games before writing out their bible, but that doesn’t make for a very compelling article.
“A lot of that was in my head until we were starting Inquisition and the writers got a little bit impatient with my memory or lack thereof, so they pinned me down and dragged the uber-plot out of me. I’d talked about it, I’d hinted at it, but never really spelled out how it all connected, so they dragged it out of me, we put it into a master lore doc, the secret lore, which we had to hide from most of the team.”
So, no they didn’t know the “deepest secrets” of the lore 20 years ago. One guy had vague notions in his head, and they only actually fleshed it out when they were working on Inquisition.
Just proves the AI is getting more human-like everyday. It’s finally shipping characters, and can probably write incestuous slash fics.
I was actually just thinking that if this episode were made today it would probably be doomscrolling social media instead of a game.
Yeah, Paris and Janeway’s children, all grown up.
Given the number of godlike beings, the prevalence of mental powers, and the fact that they’ve clearly stated that thought is the foundation of reality, it wouldn’t actually be that inconsistent to have a tarot deck in Star Trek that actually works.
One of the things that sets the original apart from a lot of other open world survival craft games is that it was designed to be a single-player experience. Hopefully they can make it work well for both solo and co-op, but that’s a tricky balance.
One thing I’d really like to see is for creatures to be able to damage structures, and to balance that by having defenses to protect those structures. Being able to throw together an invincible fortress in seconds made some of the dangerous areas a lot less threatening.
That’s not fair. Liches are smart and competent, and had to earn their position through hard work and dedication.
Also a big red flag that he wanted them to identify the owner or a manager, because that’s not fucking ominous when a cop is abusing his power and no longer wants to settle for a refund.
Sunscreen is probably less of a factor in this case. As I understand it, she has a skin condition that basically makes her avoid direct sunlight altogether.
Also pretty sure that creating a voter registration site that only appears to register voters in swing states (while gathering their data so you can follow up with only the ones you want to target) could also lead to criminal charges if the matter were to be pursued.
Hell, a suicide squad game that actually properly utilized the suicide squad could have been great.
Which valuation is reasonable depends entirely on whether or not it’s been cleaned.
Babylon 5 has a pretty weak pilot movie, a somewhat shaky first season, and then gradually becomes the greatest thing in human history.
Farscape is basically Guardians of the Galaxy if it were a show on sci-fi a decade earlier, with muppets. Mostly very fun, occasionally hits a lot harder than you’d expect.
TNG is the best at being Star Trek
DS9 is the best show in Star Trek
I expect it to be a buggy mess that has lots of potential and doesn’t deliver on half of what it seems like it should do. Then after a year or two it will finally be patched into being mostly stable and mods will have reached a point where it can mostly be turned into the game I actually want. However there will be a few creative decisions that I absolutely hate but which are so unnecessarily locked in that even mods can’t fix them, so I’ll have to just accept them as an irritant that I will do my best to ignore.
I really wish Star Trek was more consistent with its world building when it comes to stuff like this. There’s a variety of spaceborn life forms out there, but no larger ecosystem, and usually no lifecycle. I get that exploration and discovery means not having all the answers, but shit like the pitcher plant just doesn’t make sense. They are basically just monsters that exist outside the natural order of things. In fact, the many omnipotent beings in Star Trek are often the best explanation for how these things came to be, pretty much just “a wizard did it” but pretending that it’s still somehow sciencey if we don’t call it magic.
I like the idea that the galaxy could be populated by a complex web of gigafauna. I want to see pods of spacewhales navigating between worlds, filter feeding on gigantic space bugs, and evading ambush predators that phase in and out of reality. I want areas on the star chart that say “here there be dragons” because while we’re pretty sure there aren’t actual dragons, we know something dangerous is lurking there. I want to see spores from a silicon fungus that spread solar sails and infect neighboring worlds. And I want the show to remember that it exists instead of just being gone forever as soon as the credits roll.
President Pterry Pratchett please.