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What opinion do you have that you think is your most controversial about gaming? Mine is probably that politics in my games is fine if it’s done honestly and openly.

What items/abilities/followers do you like to get as early as you can in a Skyrim playthrough? For me: Dawnbreaker Sanguine Rose Forsworn armor from Forsworn Conspiracy quest Ice Form Clear Skies Arvak Any dog Mjoll

Sunlight sets off my migraines. And drains the world of ambiance.

Same! But more IRL than in video games for some reason.

Aside from subscribing to updates from vendors, does anyone have any tips for keeping up with console restocking?

No, but they were those kinds of people. Destroying property is terrible parenting. The message it sends is, "You and the things you care about are not safe. And oh, by the way--this kind of behaviour is okay, so feel free to do it to others."

When playing someone less skilled than you, do you go easy on them or not? If it is a friend, I usually will reduce my skill to just slightly better than theirs to try and help them learn without frustrating them.

Do you usually find yourself more into the main quest line in an open world game, or the side quests? I almost always seem to find the side quests more interesting.

@Withywarlock and I both dislike Skyrim's gray color palette, and feel it is a significant detractor. Anyone else also get fatigued with all that gray?

I keep trying to do the RDR Undead Nightmare challenge where you kill 5 burning undead in 1 dead eye meter, and for the life of me, I can’t do it. I’ve been trying bait/holy water/dynamite, and it often looks like I get 5, and then I don’t. Anyone have any tips?

I think it is a huge graphical leap forward over Oblivion, but maybe (for me) not an aesthetic one. As you said, it is very gray. Using Clear Skies a lot helps with this, but the palette is actually bleaker than Fallout's in some respects =D I think the biggest strides they made were in making proper mountain/stone textures, and cool weather systems.

I like that Ace Attorney line! And YES, the repetition of the ladder line was so annoying. I almost started over to pick a new character voice just to get her to stop saying it hahah. But I guess it wore me down. So, to cope with my annoyance, I started saying it.

rofl. I swear I have said half of these exact same things myself so many times. Yes. I also can dig puzzle games. But it's like ... I hit a puzzle in DA or Skyrim or whatever, and I'm like "This isn't what I signed up for!" It massively disrupts the flow. I want to be stomping bad guys, not trying to get to them.

Like this nonsense:

Almost every puzzle in Dragon Age games ever.

What to you are the most fun weapons in any games you have played? For example, I will never tire of the explosive red mist from the Blunderbuss in RDR: Undead Nightmare.

Do you prefer playing characters who get you out of your own head/are nothing like you, or those that maybe feel more like you than your everyday person?

I hear lots of people say games are for entertainment only, and should not be used to comment on current events, etc. I think games are just a medium of communication like books, movies, or music, and can be used to inform, entertain, persuade, criticize, train, serve as art, extend human experience, or any other purpose. I like devs to be honest about their purpose, but beyond that, I want them to do what is authentic to them. Does anyone else share this view?

What games are best for pure escapism from your daily life?

When I play games with any resource scarcity, my best items often go unused forever because I am saving them for later. Anyone else do this?

I often forget that I even have shouts in Skyrim, aside from using Clear Skies a lot to get rid of the clouds. Does anyone else forget to shout?

How long do you search for hard-to-find quest items in games before you give up and check the internet?

What do you think/do to keep frustration and rage-quitting at bay? Usually just going in with low expectations (i.e. “this is a Bethesda game; it will inevitably glitch”) works for me.

The inverse of my other thread. Is there a game ending that is lauded by most that you can’t stand?

Is there a game ending you love that other people seem to hate? BioShock Infinite seems to fall into this category for me.