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Gryphon
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Apr-17-24, 04:02 PM (EST) |
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"fundamentally unsatisfying"
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12+ years later, I remain impressed (in a grumpy way) that the writers of Skyrim structured the civil war plotline in such a perfectly unsatisfactory way. You can't stay the hell out of it, and neither side is any damn good. You can either back the jackbooted imperialist toadies sniveling under the thumbs of the elven SS, or Viking Mussolini and his gang of boneheaded racist thugs setting fire to their own house because they don't like the HOA-imposed siding choices. Nobody deserves to win, and there is no New Vegas-style "no gods, no masters" option. Whomever you back, it leaves a bad taste, and either way the Nazi Elves ultimately win. "But it's realistic," said Bethesda's people when called out about it, as though that were some sort of laudable priority in a game where the player character can yell loud enough to ragdoll an NPC halfway to Vvardenfell. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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