themoken

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[–] themoken@startrek.website 18 points 3 months ago

I bounced off Stalker 2 at launch because of bugs, but revisited earlier this year and had a ton of fun with the 90% of the game that is open world scavenging, stealth and combat. The only thing that sucks are some of the boss fights.

Nothing takes me out of being a sneaky, resourceful Stalker more than being forced to drop into an arena, or have a door magically lock behind me, and not being able to advance the story without either beating some bullet sponge or reloading a save from an hour before to change my load out/get more ammo etc and redo it.

I wish they would take more of a Deus Ex approach, where you can action hero your way through if you want, but with some clever/thorough playing you could significantly nerf the boss fights. The game even pretends to do this, but ultimately your choices have no bearing on the bosses.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'll check this out, love Ro Laren / Michelle Forbes...

However this site had a "duel" between Spock and Porthos for best crew member and it just made me laugh. The legendary first officer of the original Enterprise that saved Earth countless times or a cheese loving dog famous for causing diplomatic incidents by pissing on sacred trees... Tough one.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago

Haha, I have the same feeling for opposite reasons. I grew up in a warmer environment but kept my feet against the cool exterior wall my bed was next to. Now I have to have my feet uncovered and a fan on just to feel comfortable and tucked in sheets feel like I'm trapped.

Being human, eh?

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have enjoyed it so far. Horror and comedy is tough to mix but this show has gotten me spooked a couple of times and gotten me to laugh my ass off a few times too. Nice balance.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All I know is that Sisko, Bashir, and O'Brien all identify Section 31 as non-Starfleet assholes that need to be stopped at all costs. Discovery has Pike practically saluting Section 31 genocidal Empress Georgiou and revering the black badges in a way I'll never forgive it for.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 14 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I think DS9 did Section 31 right, as the bad guys to be foiled, as anathema to Starfleet's ideals, but yeah every other show seems to miss the point.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 12 points 4 months ago

Enterprise established it as a result of Klingons experimenting with human augment DNA and it getting out of hand. It probably didn't need to be addressed in universe, but I thought it was a fun retcon.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 17 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Ugh, Discovery just made no sense in a million ways. My (least) favorite is how Control was sentient AI like a century before Data was a thing, or even M-5. That and every time Section 31 was acknowledged as Starfleet black ops instead of a rogue agency of assholes.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

I don't think it's misleading, you just have to know that "KDE Linux" is a distro, not the DE. If anything, poor choice on the devs for choosing such an overloaded name.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

And despite the photo Andrew Scott will not be playing him.

Interest went from maybe to fuck no in one sentence.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago

I rewatched it a few years back and honestly 6-7 are okay. Not brilliant but not terrible. In fact, I sort of stumbled into S8 and was (re-) disappointed in how precipitous the drop was.

Then again, like any rewatch, it ends when you stop giving a shit, haha.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

I'd watch Keith David in anything.

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