My Review of KQ 2015 (spoilers)

[Numbers]

Yeah, Erica Reed's pretty cool. Some other female badasses in video games I admire include Samus Aran, Alyx Vance, Cortana, Cate Archer, Laura Croft and KQ4!Rosella. I'm sure there are others out there. That girl from Mirror's Edge, maybe? I haven't actually played that game.

[GrahamRocks!]

*nods in agreement* Elsa Von Spielburg too.

[Bludshot]

Why did Nintendo make a Peach game where she cries her way to victory when they could've used SSB Peach who will bludgeon opponents with a golf club?

[Numbers]

Why did Nintendo make a Peach game where she cries her way to victory when they could've used SSB Peach who will bludgeon opponents with a golf club?

Well, GrahamRocks? What do you have to say about this one?

[GrahamRocks!]

*holds up hands in surrender* Hey, to be fair here, I never said I liked that game! I've never played it! For all I know it could have, say, an interesting premise but absolutely terrible gameplay or story or whatever.

And I never said I liked her in the main games. Just that the RPGs do a better job at giving her an actual personality.

[Numbers]

That's fair.

Oh, and I almost forgot: female Commander Shepard.

[GrahamRocks!]

Female Dragonborn. Lucina. Sully (not the guy from Cognition, another Sully). Serana.

[Bludshot]

*holds up hands in surrender* Hey, to be fair here, I never said I liked that game! I've never played it! For all I know it could have, say, an interesting premise but absolutely terrible gameplay or story or whatever.

And I never said I liked her in the main games. Just that the RPGs do a better job at giving her an actual personality.

Oh for sure she is great in the RPG stuff.

[GrahamRocks!]

I hope I don't jinx things by saying this, but... I highly doubt that the next chapter could be worse for you. No first chapter is going to be an immediate success, and there's only one way to go once you hit potential rock bottom and that's up.

Right?

[Numbers]

I don't know, for some people TSL got worse as it went along. I know I wasn't a big fan of episode four. To get into spoiler territory...

Spoiler (mouse over to reveal):

That damn hedge maze bogged everything down whenever I had to go back into it. The Isle of the Sacred Mountain had potential, but the limited animation that TSL's engine had was especially obvious with the Winged Ones having only one or two animations whenever you had a conversation with them, and the voice acting was...not the best. In my mind, the Winged Ones are supposed to sound mighty and elitist when they talk, not petulant and whiny. I was not invested in Prince Cocteau's plight at all. The Pandora's Box puzzle is a pain in the ass regardless of the difficulty you pick; choosing between easy and normal in that puzzle is like saying, "Do I hate myself, or do I despise myself?" The final battle with Shadrack is a lot of fun if you know what you're doing, but until then, it can be unfairly difficult and ruthless. Not helped by the many bugs in it, and again, the limited animation, where Shadrack appears to be standing on a flat surface when he is supposed to be floating above the water.

"Say hello to my army, and welcome to my game!"

*army promptly disappears and never comes up again*

[GrahamRocks!]

Spoiler (mouse over to reveal):

Well, I agree with you about the hedge maze, but I disagree on the Pandora's Box puzzle. I'm probably the one person who liked that puzzle. I somewhat agree about the Shadrack fight, but mostly on the animation side. Graham, why are you pointing so much? Your dialogue and acting are fine, but...

But anyway, I was technically talking about KQ2015. But I guess you could apply it to TSL too. *shrugs*

[Numbers]

I was aware you were talking about KQ2015, I was just applying it to TSL.

[GrahamRocks!]

*nods*