Lot of kind words being said here. Again, apologies if I messed up on your characters, it was a very rushed evening. But you can correct that with an epilogue! Please, retcon whatever feels needed.
Man, what a game. I agree with DH, this was a long one.
Well, I said my goodbyes in the main thread, let's go into everyone's favorite part of Godhood endings,
On a scale of least disappointing to most disappointing.
- THE ANGEL: Gotta say, really happy with this guy. He (keep forgetting if I assigned a gender) was a threat, he had a clear motive, he was scary at times, he died in a climatic battle. I feel kinda bad resorting to the high fantasy cliche of big colorful magic battle, but then again it would be hard resolving it in a film noir way. Which is why I feel bad for taking the easy route. Wow, even when I'm patting myself on the back, I stab myself.
- THE STRANGER: So, this ker-azy gal didn't do all that much in the end. Jules said it best; she's a vulture. I get the feeling the Stranger's got more to say, so who knows. Maybe she'll pop up again.
- JULES/THE GREEN EYED MAN: So, gotta admit, Jules is sort of a Mary Sue. He's an all-powerful god of chaos (who is quite good at planning despite that) in a cool-ass white trenchcoat with green-eyes and a sexy non-specific accent. I really liked Jules when this began, which probably bled through the writing. However, what saves him is how I slowly grew to kinda hate him. I've become a lot less of a fan of superpowered assholes who use big words all the time. So, I put him through the wringer. Now it's a fall from grace story on a godly scale. Nice save, me. Funfact, he and the Angel originally popped up in a superhero game on the forums, where he completely took over. The minor character Tom was also from this game. Extra funfact, my brother remarked that Jules and the Angel sounds like a rap duo.
- HADES 13: So, I invented these guys cos I was really sick of writing in the third-person and wanted to do something SCP-y. And now I realize, if I just had it be the New Athens Police Department files on the various gods, it would have worked just as well. Ultimately, the last post is the most satisfying characterization of Hades 13: they're a multiverse-spanning organization of elite troops who kill gods, and are really fucking boring. You'd have to be, to dissect the wonders of the world for a living. If I did it again, I'd make them the Stranger's shocktroopers and leave it at that. Cool name, though.
So... Apart from that, don't know what to say. I guess I'll say more if it pops up in my brain.
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Topic: The Age of Fire: A Modern Godhood Game (That's All, Folks) (Read 124348 times)