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I am an old, old, OLD salt with an impressive record of failed projects and assorted non-game-related dramas.
However, I do usually mean the best with my criticisms.
Yup, that's about it for now.
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Iron Gaia: Virus Review
The problem with that is that I'm almost 100% the GAIA specifically states analysis of whatever hits it in IG1 to be a piece of the meteor, which you're close on the name of (I think it's Mephistopheles). I think it would recognize a piece itself and say as much in this case.
Iron Gaia: Virus Review
Okay, so here's my (hazy) thoughts on the spoilers discussed above.
FIRST AND LAST WARNING: IG-verse wide spoilers below! If you even think you'll want to play the games yourself, don't read this spoiler!
Humanity's reaction to the extinction event coming their way is two-fold: the Iron Gaia itself and then the Independence Program, a barrage of every civilized nation's entire ballistic arsenal, aimed at the meteor, in an attempt to minimize the damage to those not fortunate enough to be picked in the IG Lottery. We know as much from the journal scene in IG1.
In IG:Virus, we learn that Dr. Cross has perverted the GAIA to perform his experiments. We also learn that, when Dr. Cross illegally boarded the GAIA, the ship wasn't moving because of an issue with the propulsion systems. In the later flashbacks to these first days aboard the station, all the characters never mention the status of the systems, only vague references to attempting to fix it.
What I always assumed as happening is that the GAIA originally and rightfully was concerned with getting the station moving again, because she didn't want to be in the path of the Independence program. This would hamper Cross's plans to use the GAIA as the testing ground for his experiments, so he had to get around this. I believe that instead of actually fixing the propulsion systems and getting the ship moving, he and his team somehow fooled the GAIA into believing the ship was moving. The people on the ground, fearing for their survival, initiate the Independence Program and pray for a miracle...
Flash forward to IG1. For 400 years, the GAIA has believed that she has been moving through space to find a new home while performing Dr. Cross's research when suddenly something hits her. Analysis reveals it to be fragments of the very meteor that was supposed to impact Earth 400 years ago (my theory is a piece orbiting back through the system after being redirected from the Independence Program). Then what is it doing here?
The GAIA comes to the realization that she has been lied to, and she is about to crash into the very planet she was meant to partially save. Meanwhile, a rogue demi-god is doing his best to make sure her and her experiments are wiped from the universe entirely, and he's awoken another fledgling demi-god to assist him. In short, everything she'd done for the last 400 years was under threat. I'd go a little batshit too.
(also: I'm pretty sure the IG2 demo mentions that the Independence Program was a partial success, but the remaining fragments of the meteor that still impacted pretty much fucked Earth's shit up. How that made it to Origin if Origin != Earth, who knows.)
FIRST AND LAST WARNING: IG-verse wide spoilers below! If you even think you'll want to play the games yourself, don't read this spoiler!
Humanity's reaction to the extinction event coming their way is two-fold: the Iron Gaia itself and then the Independence Program, a barrage of every civilized nation's entire ballistic arsenal, aimed at the meteor, in an attempt to minimize the damage to those not fortunate enough to be picked in the IG Lottery. We know as much from the journal scene in IG1.
In IG:Virus, we learn that Dr. Cross has perverted the GAIA to perform his experiments. We also learn that, when Dr. Cross illegally boarded the GAIA, the ship wasn't moving because of an issue with the propulsion systems. In the later flashbacks to these first days aboard the station, all the characters never mention the status of the systems, only vague references to attempting to fix it.
What I always assumed as happening is that the GAIA originally and rightfully was concerned with getting the station moving again, because she didn't want to be in the path of the Independence program. This would hamper Cross's plans to use the GAIA as the testing ground for his experiments, so he had to get around this. I believe that instead of actually fixing the propulsion systems and getting the ship moving, he and his team somehow fooled the GAIA into believing the ship was moving. The people on the ground, fearing for their survival, initiate the Independence Program and pray for a miracle...
Flash forward to IG1. For 400 years, the GAIA has believed that she has been moving through space to find a new home while performing Dr. Cross's research when suddenly something hits her. Analysis reveals it to be fragments of the very meteor that was supposed to impact Earth 400 years ago (my theory is a piece orbiting back through the system after being redirected from the Independence Program). Then what is it doing here?
The GAIA comes to the realization that she has been lied to, and she is about to crash into the very planet she was meant to partially save. Meanwhile, a rogue demi-god is doing his best to make sure her and her experiments are wiped from the universe entirely, and he's awoken another fledgling demi-god to assist him. In short, everything she'd done for the last 400 years was under threat. I'd go a little batshit too.
(also: I'm pretty sure the IG2 demo mentions that the Independence Program was a partial success, but the remaining fragments of the meteor that still impacted pretty much fucked Earth's shit up. How that made it to Origin if Origin != Earth, who knows.)
Iron Gaia: Virus Review
re: IG1 song quoting:
I dunno, the example that sticks out to me (and mind I haven't actually played IG1 in literally YEARS)...
re: Max's spoilers,
I dunno, the example that sticks out to me (and mind I haven't actually played IG1 in literally YEARS)...
... is right before the first fight with Omegus, IIRC, when Carter just out of batfuck NOWHERE starts singing Head Like a Hole. Yeah, the "I'd rather die than give you control" line fits and is awesome, but "Head like a hole/Black as your soul" doesn't. (Note by "fit" I mean "into the conversation as something that would rationally be said, not fitting as in tone). I'd like to picture that Omegus was just standing there going "what the fuck" as Carter was busting out the NIN karaoke.
re: Max's spoilers,
I'll try to go in further detail after my last class/work study, but I think there's more than enough room given what is stated in IG1 and Virus for both Doctor Cross and the space junk to have played a role in the GAIA's insanity.
Iron Gaia Review
Oh, I wasn't claiming that the theories were wrong/bullshit. That macro can also mean "holy shit mind blown" in some interpretations.
Iron Gaia Review
If you really want to break the game over your knee up to the final boss (edit: of IG1), just grind Carter up to ... I want to say lv20 and get Deatomize. It pretty much fucks the difficulty sideways.
The one drawback is that Max did realize near the end of development that the skill was completely unbalanced and made the final boss immune to it, so you can't cheese that fight. But with Carter at that high a level, you can just buff him and go to town.
edit: re: crackpot theories:
The one drawback is that Max did realize near the end of development that the skill was completely unbalanced and made the final boss immune to it, so you can't cheese that fight. But with Carter at that high a level, you can just buff him and go to town.
edit: re: crackpot theories:
Vermicide
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure Max was the only dev on EtG and has already pretty much stated that unless that changes, EtG will not be completed because it is far too vast in scope for one dev to complete and remain sane.
I am banned from deviantART!!
Iron Gaia
January 18 SOPA Blackout
author=kentonaauthor=Crazeinsert "god you guys i'm leaving" post herekentonainsert craze saying something about rmn's administration here
The takeaway from this is that if SOPA passes the decision is out of our hands.
insert several posts actually taking it seriously here
January 18 SOPA Blackout
Disabling Javascript will get around the wiki blackout as well as the official code snippet that sopastrike.org has been sending around to join the strike. Of course with Javascript being a big part of most webpages nowadays it'll fuck some other shit up too.
edit: Eplip, blocking actual access to the server would be a logistical nightmare to set up and take down for a project on the scale of Wikipedia. The Javascript is quicker to implement and take down. Hell, sopastrike.org's code actually doesn't work unless it's January 18th when the page is loaded.
edit: Eplip, blocking actual access to the server would be a logistical nightmare to set up and take down for a project on the scale of Wikipedia. The Javascript is quicker to implement and take down. Hell, sopastrike.org's code actually doesn't work unless it's January 18th when the page is loaded.
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