Hell, I semi-fetishize the idea of Paladins (mostly because Cecil Harvey was my first major RPG hero with a real story), but I don't go around being a merciless soldier of God, smiting heretics. Also, I didn't play the Paladin in Diablo 2 because he was black, I played him because he was a fucking Paladin. The way ethnicities are being fetishized now makes me think I could never go back to that.
It's boring. The only positives critics can agree on is Ray Stevenson (RIP) and that Hayden Christenson and the Young Ahsoka girl were far more believable in acting and choreography for a single episode than the main goddamn character for the whole series.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
https://patriots.win/p/17r9pBcslR/scott-adams-curse-strikes-libshi/c/
LOOK AT THAT POST!
There's a degree you have to accept that the main story will be forced on you, and in Cyberpunk's case, it's the chip. Now the real "choices matter" bullshit is morality. I believe that's something that has come up with Baldur's Gate 3 players. You want to absolutely loathe certain NPCs that enter your camp without permission, some even trying to kill others in your camp, and no matter how you feel about it, the game won't let you reject them.
However, you'd still have the chip generally on hand
V put the chip in because it was the only way to protect it from rapid degeneration. Dying while having it in is what activated Silverhand. Without that chip, fat nigga kills V after the heist, no revival. Say what you want about the story, you're probably right, but don't skimp out on important facts.
I'd absolutely love to blast some Dvorak all day in the parking lot of my hypothetical store!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=89jOPAGJq-M&pp=ygURZHZvcmFrIHN5bXBob255IDk%3D
Former Prince Charles had a new Bond novel commissioned for when he'd take the throne. The villain characters were literally described as-
This was the thread we had on it.-
https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/17r9RpyMHG/remember-that-woke-new-bond-book/