Category Archives: Rant

5 minutes with a console port

Posted on July 12, 2021 by SynCaine

Monster Hunter something something 2 has a free demo on Steam, so I decided to try it out of sheer curiosity, not having played a JRPG since the Playstation 2 days. Right off the bat the demo feels like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 5 Comments

Sandbox vs the beach

Posted on October 14, 2020 by SynCaine

Sandbox titles have typically appealed to me more than on-rails experiences, in large part because experiencing something that happens due to multiple factors coming together is more exciting than seeing something scripted happen to you and everyone else playing the … Continue reading →

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The Necromunda AI can’t play the game, early Crusader King 3 thoughts

Posted on September 21, 2020 by SynCaine

Point blank the Necromunda AI can’t play some of the maps/objectives in the game. It gets confused, sits in a corner, and basically just doesn’t fight back. This pretty much ruins the game, as facing the AI is the only … Continue reading →

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How to enforce everyone staying isolated for a few months in just one easy step

Posted on March 18, 2020 by SynCaine

Release Mount and Blade: Bannerlord early you cowards! 12 more days? 12! That’s just not responsible in a time when people need reasons to stay away from others. PS: Covid-19 is serious and you should stay home and avoid contact … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount and Blade: Warband, Rant | 4 Comments

I paid to skip the fun parts of this game and now I’m mad the game isn’t fun!

Posted on March 13, 2020 by SynCaine

A few gameplay observations for Mighty Party, and then some commentary on the business model. For gameplay, our guild is finishing up our first Turf War, which is the guild-based PvP event. Basically how this works is there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Inquisition Clan, Mighty Party, Rant, RMT | 3 Comments

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – The combat system is awful

Posted on February 28, 2020 by SynCaine

I have a longer post brewing about Kingdom Come: Deliverance (KC:D), but I needed to get this out today because its infuriating, and also because we might all be quarantined from the Coronavirus by Monday (but don’t worry, Pence will … Continue reading →

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Reason one million one why Steam gets my money

Posted on February 15, 2020 by SynCaine

Downloading Pathfinder:Kingmaker (29gig) off Steam : 5 minutes Downloading Kingdom Come: Deliverance (66gig) off Xbox Game Pass PC : I don’t know, will update this post in the morning when hopefully the download is done chugging along at the 2006 … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

CU and Crowfall – So many years and so little to show for it

Posted on February 11, 2020 by SynCaine

I haven’t done a 2020 predictions post. I should, and most likely will ‘soon’. Today I want to talk about two games that have been a feature of said prediction posts for… 7 years? Crowfall and Camelot Unchained. Two Kickstarter … Continue reading →

Posted in Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, Kickstarter, Rant | 1 Comment

New Blizzard should rename themselves Daybreak 2.0

Posted on November 22, 2019 by SynCaine

The story of New Blizzard screwing with WoW Classic continues, but first a recap. New Blizzard starts with a comically low number of services for Classic prior to name reservation, which meant that any planning guilds did prior to this … Continue reading →

Posted in PvP, Rant, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Old Blizzard teaching New Blizzard the same old tricks

Posted on November 7, 2019 by SynCaine

There are two ways to take the news that New Blizzard is finally learning from Old Blizzard about how to make an MMO. On the one hand, maybe it gives you hope that New Blizzard can turn Retail around and … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments