Why the hell did they go for a "somewhat realistic" overall look for the game and then decided that the implementation of "shove" should be lifted straight from some Wil E. Coyote cartoon gag?
I think it’s just a generous application of “rule of cool”.
Curiously I just google the term to make sure it means what I remember it meaning, and I run by
This.
In my personal subjective opinion Larian fails to apply point 3:
Apply the Rule of Cool sparingly—that goes for the GM just as much as the players! Too much gonzo action will turn your A Song of Ice and Fire RPG into a Dragon Ball Z game faster than you can say “Super Saiyan.”
But at the same time they apply point 2 pretty well. Opening ship sequence is so unnecessarily ridiculous it does set “anything goes!” mood pretty well.
