#thewickedgrace

god yes, I remember the shit this game was getting even before it was launched and then, people refused to play it because it explores a topic of colonialism - Greedfall has some flaws but this definitely isn't one of them

Some people really learned the word "coded" and now just swing it around like a bat huh

legit felt like a seamstress sewing clothes out of flour sacks during great depression while I made mine lol

okay that is extremely accurate and hilarious lmao

I'm wheezing, please make more theories

Honestly, sometimes low chaos options are so....meh, I feel about this similarly to how I felt about Lady Boyle's abduction ( part that made me reconsider low chaos clean hands run)

Yeah Lady Boyle’s one was pretty bad, like it was so bad Harvey had to retcon it on Twitter (and in The Corroded Man I think). While I understand the initial thought behind it, take away from Jindosh the one thing he values more than his life and on top of that with his own machine - the ruined by his own creation kind of trope, it’s executed in a very Bad way. 

Especially since most of the things surrounding Jindosh are very comic relief-like compared to the overall tone of the game. As if the game wants you to be happy for lobotomizing him. I mean from Emily’s kill animation is kicking him in the privates, the way you shut his mouth close when you lay him on the chair (because you know he “Talks A Lot”) and then the way he is handled after being lobotomized (especially if you saw the spoilery news paper in the Royal Conservatory stream). It just says “point and laugh at the smartass guy who is not so smart now ahahah” and thats...Bad. 

I just generally hate the “technology is evil” most video games pull because it’s generally neither good nor evil. It’s sort of like the Outsider’s mark, whatever you use it for determines if it’s good or evil. We kind of discussed it in that Tales of Dunwall and Esmond Roseburrows story which was a good approach on how sometimes in the wrong hands, progress can be evil. But not like Sokolov wasn’t the prime asshole that weaponized the military and had his technology used for killing a lot of civilians. Sokolov and Jindosh both have that same blood on their hands. There are exceptions of course, but the Clockwork soldiers are no more evil than the city guards. Not to mention Jindosh has created good things too, The Clockwork Mansion and the Silvergraph are both inventions that aren’t weapons and they are pretty amazing, however the game looks at the Mansion as some monstrosity, I mean as an architect I would love if something like this could exist. 

honestly I can't imagine playing it with my non-sylvari alts, this way it just feels more personal

same. it adds so many levels, esp the interaction with sylvari npcs. and the living world season 2 story with the pale tree and caithe makes it feel so incredibly personal and important. as a sylvari fan i feel so catered to it’s great

Was it "All for one" by any chance?