Re: Mini-Grand 5101 [Round 1: RMS Titanic]
06-16-2011, 04:41 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Ixcalibur.
Bartleby turned away from Xander, preferring to look out across the dark blue ocean.
“Oh, do you know me?” Xander asked, I thought this was singleplayer…?
“Yeah.” Bartleby responded. “From before in that weird place that wasn’t really a place. I’m Bartleby, the one who ‘if he dies he just comes right back’.” His voice slightly sad as he recited the words of the disembodied voice that had spoke to them. Oh, thought Xander, an NPC. And quite an important one I guess if he was in the opening cinematic, not that that could really be called cinematic…
“I don’t want to fight you.” Bartleby said. “I don’t want to kill anyone; not to make them dead forever…” Why does every game do this? Nate idly wondered as Bartleby prattled on about death and the permanence of it. Why does every NPC you come across feel the need to recite their life history to you in excruciating detail? I must be able to skip it. What was the skip dialogue gesture again? “…What if he had family?” Bartleby continued. “How would they feel that he had ended before his time? How would they feel about me who ended him?” Nate clapped his hands together, doing little other than attracting attention to himself. Nope, I guess that wasn’t it. Fine I guess I’ll just listen to the backstory then. Geez. I’m making a note of that for my review. “…If someone had done that to someone I loved I would hate them, so I guess they must hate me…” What does this guy even want? Oh! I get it. He’s a recruitable party member. That’s what all this bitching is about. One of the bad guys troops, he realized what he was doing was wrong, or got sick of killing or whatever and now he can join my team. Nate critically appraised the mournful Flux. He doesn’t really look like he’d be able to hold his own in a fight, especially against that demon cyborg thing, but well I guess he’s better than nothing. Worst comes to worst I could just ditch him when I find a heavy weapons specialist.
“Well,” Nate began. “If you’re against killing, you should probably help me against the cyborg causing all these explosions; there won’t be anyone here left alive if we don’t stop him.”
Bartleby was silent for a little while, causing Nate to momentarily believe that the game had frozen. Then he responded.
“Yes.” He said. “Nobody else will die today, not if I can help it.”
Bartleby turned away from Xander, preferring to look out across the dark blue ocean.
“Oh, do you know me?” Xander asked, I thought this was singleplayer…?
“Yeah.” Bartleby responded. “From before in that weird place that wasn’t really a place. I’m Bartleby, the one who ‘if he dies he just comes right back’.” His voice slightly sad as he recited the words of the disembodied voice that had spoke to them. Oh, thought Xander, an NPC. And quite an important one I guess if he was in the opening cinematic, not that that could really be called cinematic…
“I don’t want to fight you.” Bartleby said. “I don’t want to kill anyone; not to make them dead forever…” Why does every game do this? Nate idly wondered as Bartleby prattled on about death and the permanence of it. Why does every NPC you come across feel the need to recite their life history to you in excruciating detail? I must be able to skip it. What was the skip dialogue gesture again? “…What if he had family?” Bartleby continued. “How would they feel that he had ended before his time? How would they feel about me who ended him?” Nate clapped his hands together, doing little other than attracting attention to himself. Nope, I guess that wasn’t it. Fine I guess I’ll just listen to the backstory then. Geez. I’m making a note of that for my review. “…If someone had done that to someone I loved I would hate them, so I guess they must hate me…” What does this guy even want? Oh! I get it. He’s a recruitable party member. That’s what all this bitching is about. One of the bad guys troops, he realized what he was doing was wrong, or got sick of killing or whatever and now he can join my team. Nate critically appraised the mournful Flux. He doesn’t really look like he’d be able to hold his own in a fight, especially against that demon cyborg thing, but well I guess he’s better than nothing. Worst comes to worst I could just ditch him when I find a heavy weapons specialist.
“Well,” Nate began. “If you’re against killing, you should probably help me against the cyborg causing all these explosions; there won’t be anyone here left alive if we don’t stop him.”
Bartleby was silent for a little while, causing Nate to momentarily believe that the game had frozen. Then he responded.
“Yes.” He said. “Nobody else will die today, not if I can help it.”
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