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 Chloyster [she/her]   ( @chloyster@beehaw.org ) M to Gaming · 1 year ago

The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?

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The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?

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 Chloyster [she/her]   ( @chloyster@beehaw.org ) M to Gaming · 1 year ago
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Why is it that in a role-playing game where the stakes are usually 'the end of the world', the end of the world always …
  •  perishthethought   ( @perishthethought@lemm.ee ) 
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    Does the Outer Wilds solution count?

    •  coyotino [he/him]   ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) 
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      Time sensitive but you can start the time line over at any point?

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        True and you can do that as many times as you like. But to really get to the ending, you are racing against the clock.

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          !To be honest, I kind of wish they just hadn’t bothered with portraying the ending. They set up such cool lore, and I didn’t really need the avant-garde film at the end. A cut to credits would’ve been fine.!<

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