[CP5670]

It's not exactly like that, remember that the one who says that of the Jedi is not exactly an uninterested party.
Also, light and dark are intrinsic to the force, many forget that the dark is supposed to be highly addictive and tends to mess with the emotional balance of a dark side user making more even more difficult to break the addiction.
It would be perhaps more realistic if the dark was sort of a one-way street and the light was more of a very narrow bridge that's easy to fall off from, which is also why you-know-who wanted to do what they wanted to do as whatever way a force user might choose they are not really free.

They justify the things she says about them with their own actions though. They view themselves as flawless, refusing to admit to their past mistakes in the war, and essentially turn on you after you rescue them because they think they know better than you. I also liked the idea that the Jedi and Sith are both overly reliant on the Force, to the point that it controls them instead of the other way around. The game should have had a "gray side" path, in keeping with the story's themes, but is basically designed for you to be completely light or dark.

[Det. Bullock]

It's not exactly like that, remember that the one who says that of the Jedi is not exactly an uninterested party.
Also, light and dark are intrinsic to the force, many forget that the dark is supposed to be highly addictive and tends to mess with the emotional balance of a dark side user making more even more difficult to break the addiction.
It would be perhaps more realistic if the dark was sort of a one-way street and the light was more of a very narrow bridge that's easy to fall off from, which is also why you-know-who wanted to do what they wanted to do as whatever way a force user might choose they are not really free.

They justify the things she says about them with their own actions though. They view themselves as flawless, refusing to admit to their past mistakes in the war, and essentially turn on you after you rescue them because they think they know better than you. I also liked the idea that the Jedi and Sith are both overly reliant on the Force, to the point that it controls them instead of the other way around. The game should have had a "gray side" path, in keeping with the story's themes, but is basically designed for you to be completely light or dark.

A gray path is impossible because of the addictive nature of the dark side, unless you count as gray the force users who just aren't officially affiliated with the Jedi order.
The implication that force users are controlled by the force was always there, technically speaking everyone in the SW is controleld by the force and the Jedi are the only ones who can sense is and somewhat use that control to their advantage in some way, or force it like the Sith do.
The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.

[The E]

The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.

In the context of speaking about KOTOR 2, this statement is hilarious (Chris Avellone wrote KOTOR 2 as a giant **** you to the simple light/dark duality from the original trilogy and KOTOR 1). The game is, in fact, a scathing critique of the mindset that believes things to be so rigid.

Interestingly, Lucas himself had one of the Jedi once say "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", which should tell you something.

[Det. Bullock]

The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.

In the context of speaking about KOTOR 2, this statement is hilarious (Chris Avellone wrote KOTOR 2 as a giant **** you to the simple light/dark duality from the original trilogy and KOTOR 1). The game is, in fact, a scathing critique of the mindset that believes things to be so rigid.

Interestingly, Lucas himself had one of the Jedi once say "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", which should tell you something.

I knew that, but that doesn't change how the Star Wars universe works in general, and even in the finished game the light side versions of the characters are still more stable than the dark side versions and all the characters that fall or are already part of the dark side are every kind of screwed up, Avellone just took the duality to the extreme consequences rather than contradicting it.

[NGTM-1R]

Yeah, for all the "scathing critique" it doesn't really hold up. The Jedi are rigid. Darth Nihilus and Darth Scion are monstrosities whose continued existence is a threat to anything that lives. I'm okay with rigid rules for the exceptionally powerful, I'd even say it's important that they have such rules because they are exceptionally powerful. Especially given the apparent alternative is the continual backstabbing and insanity of the majority of Sith.

If you told me that the message of KOTOR 2 was "The Force is a tool. It is an exceptionally powerful tool, and must be regulated carefully." then that would be at least an equally valid interpretation of the textual evidence, regardless of Avellone's original intent. His points about morality are subtle and well-made, but they do not equate to the reality of Force users presented in the game. That shows something markedly different.

[karajorma]

Playing Blood and Wine, the expansion for Witcher 3.

It doesn't really do anything new, there are a few new bells and whistles like the new mutation system. But **** it, Witcher 3 is the best RPG I've ever played. I'm happy to have days more of it to play.

 

More Witcher 3

Spoiler:

Got to Kaer Morhen to fight the Hunt. The instant the battle begun, the quest "Berengars sword: step one: talk to Vesemir" failed. I wonder, why. Surely nothing bad would happen to Vesemir, right?

Spoiler:

In Hearts of Stone there is a character who knows Vesemir and talks about his youth. I actually played through the game a second time to see if I could have a chat with Vesemir about her if I did her quest before The Battle of Kaer Morhen. The answer is yes, yes you can. They actually went to the trouble of adding new dialogue options in case you decided to do that even though there were actually plot based reasons they could use to justify Geralt not having that conversation.

That was the point I realised that not only is Witcher 3 one of the best RPGs I've ever played, but its going to become the standard I use for attention to detail in computer games

[Det. Bullock]

Phantasy Star for Sega Master System on Mega Drive with adapter
After the incident with the corrupted saves a few months ago I did a few tests by erasing the corrupt save slots, clean the contacts again and try to save a few times. It seems the battery isn't the problem, it was probably a bad contact that corrupted the SRAM data. So, as I'm not currently playing anything else on the console, I've decided to not remove the cartridge when turning off the console until I've finished the game.
I've finally completed my party, the only annoying thing is that while my party was more ore less level 14/15 when I was finally able to get to Noah relatively unscathed, Noah was still level 1 (which translates to having an extremely weak mage with only one spell) so I'll have to grind leeches on Motavia for a bit before moving on.

[Colonol Dekker]

Final fantasy 3

[headdie]

Playing a lot of
Card Hunter atm which is a tongue in cheek deck builder RPG, Armoured Warfare,  and some Hearthstone

[Det. Bullock]

Final fantasy 3

I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.

[StarSlayer]

A mix of Overwatch, Naval Action and World of Warships.

[Turambar]

Witcher 2 and Fortnite

Gotta do my Witcher 2 Iorveth/Saskia playthrough so i can jump into my official non ****ty ending playthrough of witcher 3

[Colonol Dekker]

Final fantasy 3

I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.

Original Snes.  Emulated on my psp but had the original. So eerie on the train playing stuff I remember playing way back when...

[Mammothtank]

Thanks guys. I followed your advice about Artorias and I kicked his ass. Now I'm up to Manus.

[0rph3u5]

Thanks guys. I followed your advice about Artorias and I kicked his ass. Now I'm up to Manus.

Magnus has a pretty wide moveset (if you count every of his spells as a single move) so you may have to run against him a lot until you have seen all the tells. His magic doesn't do magic damage and bypasses armour but there is an item that lets you block them anyway (Silver Amulet or something)

Did you find the trigger for the summon? (summon is located IN the boss room) - He is not all that helpful IMO (draws too little aggression from Magnus) but in a pinch he can tip the scales.

[Mammothtank]

Yeah. I dont have the Silver Amulet (Is that a ring or something?) and I rescued Sif and got the Magic Blocking shield. Sif does literally no damage to Manus for me and It took a couple of deaths to find his summon sign.

[Det. Bullock]

Final fantasy 3

I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.

Original Snes.  Emulated on my psp but had the original. So eerie on the train playing stuff I remember playing way back when...

I mean the original Final Fantasy III for NES, the one on the SNES was either IV, V or VI (I don't remember at the moment which one), because the original number III never came to the US until much later on other platforms.

[0rph3u5]

Yeah. I dont have the Silver Amulet (Is that a ring or something?)

It's a consumable with infinite uses. I had to look it up, but the Silver Pendant is hidden in Oolacile Township behind an illusionary wall - from the first bonfire travel down until you get the major bend before the a round tower (before the small planket bridge with the sorcerer on the otherside) right hand side you should see buildings that are not easily accessible (I don't where the route begins exactly, there might also be a shorter round), one of these buildings is a ruined square tower which does not appear to have any doors.

If you are online the message you need to find might be obscured by all the scribles from the people but there is a message reads "let there be light", if you stand on top of it and use a light spell/miracle a wall will disappear and let you in. There are enemies and a chest inside, the chest has the Silver Pendant.

[Mammothtank]

I wish I put some more points into Intelligence.

[karajorma]

Gotta do my Witcher 2 Iorveth/Saskia playthrough so i can jump into my official non ****ty ending playthrough of witcher 3

I'm planning to do the same thing but starting all the way back with Witcher 1.

Gotta finish Blood and Wine first of course.