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[Flying Dice]

What the fuck is this game doing with these sexy violins

This may be the first time I've ever seen 'quality' directly associated with teh sekret club The Secret World.

[Flying Dice]

What the fuck is this game doing with these sexy violins

This may be the first time I've ever seen 'quality' directly associated with teh sekret club The Secret World.

I was considering picking it up when it went on sale, since it's apparently got some neat quests and lots of Cthulhu things. I'm a sucker for Cthulhu things. Is it really bad?

Conceptually it's great, it's got some neat stuff in it, but there's a lot of archaic shit and dullness, and last I heard it was fairly buggy as well. Part of the problem is that they went the distance to make the story deep and involved, but... ultimately it's an MMO, so your character doesn't actually interact much with the story, and nothing you do is really meaningful.

[MaximumZero]

Just like any other Lovecraft Mythos game.

[Loud Whispers]

What the fuck is this game doing with these sexy violins

This may be the first time I've ever seen 'quality' directly associated with teh sekret club The Secret World.

I was considering picking it up when it went on sale, since it's apparently got some neat quests and lots of Cthulhu things. I'm a sucker for Cthulhu things. Is it really bad?

Conceptually it's great, it's got some neat stuff in it, but there's a lot of archaic shit and dullness, and last I heard it was fairly buggy as well. Part of the problem is that they went the distance to make the story deep and involved, but... ultimately it's an MMO, so your character doesn't actually interact much with the story, and nothing you do is really meaningful.

Ross from Freeman's mind put it great where he said it was an excellent single player game handcuffed to an MMO

[Sirus]

Okay, so after all that Prequel talk the other day, I decided to check it out one more time to see if it got any better.

...holy crap has it really been two years since I last read this?

...things are...actually not going too horribly? For now. I'm sure it will all go to crap for Katia again soon.

[Bauglir]

Okay, so after all that Prequel talk the other day, I decided to check it out one more time to see if it got any better.

...holy crap has it really been two years since I last read this?

...things are...actually not going too horribly? For now. I'm sure it will all go to crap for Katia again soon.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm not entirely sure. If I had to put my money on anything, it's that the comic is coming to an end soon. Overcoming the drinking thing is a major turning point in her development, and since then she's been getting consistently better at coming out okay from situations that would have earlier resulted in completely giving up. Part of what made Prequel so hard to read earlier, at least for me, is the degree to which she was unable to deal with the ridiculous bullshit the setting hurled her way. Even if her actual situation isn't too much better now, she seems to have gotten stronger, which to me feels like a signal that her arc will be starting to close relatively soon - at Prequel's update speed, probably a couple of years.

I could, of course, be wrong. Perhaps she succumbs to vampirism from the bite and falls off the wagon, as depressed alcoholics often do, only now with a need for blood instead of alcohol. Or something. Or maybe I'm simply reading too much into it and the story's end won't correspond with this particular part of her development - maybe it's a precursor to resolving her dream thing or something.

EDIT: Huh, apparently the writer and artist of Johnny Wander have been a couple this entire time and I never noticed? Good for them, though.

[Sirus]

Okay, so after all that Prequel talk the other day, I decided to check it out one more time to see if it got any better.

...holy crap has it really been two years since I last read this?

...things are...actually not going too horribly? For now. I'm sure it will all go to crap for Katia again soon.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm not entirely sure. If I had to put my money on anything, it's that the comic is coming to an end soon. Overcoming the drinking thing is a major turning point in her development, and since then she's been getting consistently better at coming out okay from situations that would have earlier resulted in completely giving up. Part of what made Prequel so hard to read earlier, at least for me, is the degree to which she was unable to deal with the ridiculous bullshit the setting hurled her way. Even if her actual situation isn't too much better now, she seems to have gotten stronger, which to me feels like a signal that her arc will be starting to close relatively soon - at Prequel's update speed, probably a couple of years.

I could, of course, be wrong. Perhaps she succumbs to vampirism from the bite and falls off the wagon, as depressed alcoholics often do, only now with a need for blood instead of alcohol. Or something. Or maybe I'm simply reading too much into it and the story's end won't correspond with this particular part of her development - maybe it's a precursor to resolving her dream thing or something.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

As long as her story ends without descending into utter despair, I'd probably be okay with it. I really, really hope that a new leaf is being turned here however, now that she's got enchanted items, new clothing, she's becoming far more proficient with her magic, etc.

Of course, knowing the author's previous cruelty I would not be surprised if she somehow ends up even worse than before this day started. Disappointed all over again, but not surprised

Welp, all caught up now. Guess I'll check back in a few months.

[EnigmaticHat]

What the fuck is this game doing with these sexy violins

This may be the first time I've ever seen 'quality' directly associated with teh sekret club The Secret World.

I was considering picking it up when it went on sale, since it's apparently got some neat quests and lots of Cthulhu things. I'm a sucker for Cthulhu things. Is it really bad?

Conceptually it's great, it's got some neat stuff in it, but there's a lot of archaic shit and dullness, and last I heard it was fairly buggy as well. Part of the problem is that they went the distance to make the story deep and involved, but... ultimately it's an MMO, so your character doesn't actually interact much with the story, and nothing you do is really meaningful.

Ross from Freeman's mind put it great where he said it was an excellent single player game handcuffed to an MMO

Like the KOTOR sequel I'm never going to play

[IcyTea31]

I donated blood. According to the pamphlet, I might just have saved up to three lives (or one unlife).

[TD1]

I don't do well with needles. I think I nearly passed out when I was getting my meningitis vaccine. Irrational, I know (been told so a lot) but there you have it. In light of that, I don't think I'll be saving lives using that method any time soon.

[Descan]

I'm still an unrepentant faggot, so Canada Blood Services won't take my taint.

_{I'm a little peeved about it, can you tell?}

[timferius]

I'm still an unrepentant faggot, so Canada Blood Services won't take my taint.

_{I'm a little peeved about it, can you tell?}

Ugh, sometimes I wonder about our country...

[Bouchart]

I donated blood. According to the pamphlet, I might just have saved up to three lives (or one unlife).

Whose blood did you donate?

[TD1]

I'm still an unrepentant faggot, so Canada Blood Services won't take my taint.

_{I'm a little peeved about it, can you tell?}

Ugh, sometimes I wonder about our country...

Haven't heard of this. Is it to do with the increased probability of sexually transmitted diseases? Only reason I can see to differentiate between blood.

[Helgoland]

Yeah, it is - it's the same in Germany. It's just harm reduction, not homophobic per se.