Having said that I have concerns about your fixation on women - Irish women in your case - and "chads" - as its terminology I have seen elsewhere. Normally here I may keep taking the piss with you but in this case I am going to encourage you to discuss these things with someone more qualified to work with you.
Was away making my millions, so only seeing this now. Actually, Hiefer, I have an unusually vivid memory, especially for the quirkier characters I encounter (anywhere) – it may be a long time ago now, but I definitely remember it was your good self who was boasting about whipping up an army of ‘chads’ to play BG3. Some multiplayer thing? I didn’t actually go through your entire post history – or any of it, in fact – but are you saying if I did, I wouldn’t find a reference to that comment?
I found it highly amusing at the time, and even had to google the whole ‘chad’ thing – it could be years back, but I remember pretty much everything that amuses me.
It was 100% yourself – I never forget. You were trying to muster up a posy of other ‘chads’ at the time to play BG3. And it was you who used that verbiage.
Your inference that I see a psychologist – ‘someone more qualified to work with you’ – signals to me that your claim about ‘I don't really get offended by anything much’ doesn’t hold much weight, because that’s quite a loaded remark, unless it’s a ‘cultural’ thing and ‘go see a shrink’ is just ‘shooting the shit’ over in Texas (it isn’t over here).
I’ll admit I’m ‘fixated’ on women because I’m straight, but my reply to your comment was the only time – I believe – I mentioned the gender in the entire discourse, and that was because of your history of assuming you’re a chad from your past remarks: aka – ladykiller: isn’t that the definition of the word? Or does it also mean...and are you perhaps…?
Anyway, you do indeed sound very salty about a great many things, but IMO just ignoring people that you don’t click with makes for a smoother ride in internet-land than trying to insult/trip them up.
To get back on topic: I have multiple times praised several aspects of BG3. I have never said I ‘hate’ the game. However, I find the story-telling so completely tame and predictable that it’s not for me.
The sort of story-telling that I do admire has more bite to it: a touch of cheekiness, a pinch of controversy, the right level of mockery of modern-day horseshit. The Sopranos, as I mentioned many times before, or The Wire. I never suggested the game should have these characteristics – but even as fantasy, it’s quite lame overall. The Absolute thing. And all the other clichés.
AOE2 might not be Hemmingway, but the campaign design is perfect – the back-stabbing an so on is always a delight. It was really a surprise to me: beautiful artwork, challenging AI, and level design that is pure genius.
I would also say Binding of Isaac was quite a treat in its own way. I hate that rogue-like genre, but I was astounded by the ingenuity of the game. Again, ingenious design in terms of replay-ability/randomness. The artwork was wonderfully wretched: dank and shitty (most of the characters were even made of shit), and thoroughly horrible assets in the most inventive possible ways.
