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Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard: Best Character Class and Faction

JohntheRaptor

I hear this has the ME3 priming-detonating mechanic so it's disappointing to know there are no hybrid classes. This feels like DA2 all over again.

Also had the idea of a close range mage that nobody ever really does in RPGs. Imagine a mage that fights like an assassin but fires off magic in their combos.

Re: Mini Review: MechWarrior 5: Clans (PS5) - An Obsolete Model

JohntheRaptor

The appeal of Mechwarrior was always the slow lumbering combat. It felt weighty and realistic like they should be. I always wanted this to be the prime mecha series for that reason. I say this as a long term fan of AC.

This is a short and what seems to be an out of touch review from a reviewer I've not noticed before. Is he new? The reviewer is getting ragged on in the comments section too by people who know the series better

Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona Director Katsura Hashino Is Already Grinding Out a New JRPG

JohntheRaptor

These guys do great gameplay but I've never found the general dialogue to be good. Every game they do, the writing is so dull - loaded with exposition and patronising helpers that repeat themselves. Except for Louis in Metaphor. Probably my favourite antagonist in JRPGs.

Metaphor has a really fleshed out encyclopaedia. A dev only does something like that if they intend to make a franchise. There will absolutely be more games in this world. I just hope it deviates even further from the Persona formula because I've burnt out on that years ago.

Re: TV Show Review: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Globetrotting Animated Adventure Edges Lara's Arc Forward

JohntheRaptor

Lara isn't as vulnerable as people say in the reboot games. If you play well she's a total badass in Rise, taking out groups of men like a sharpshooting Ninja. She's not whiney either. I mean at one point she was about to be shot down as an outsider and then said she understood their decision. Even though I'd be less understanding.

Literally all she's missing is the dual pistols. Which is a shame.