Downtown Khazan: The Restaurant At The End Of The Omniverse

[Ghost]

Today I bought a small bottle of rum. Mostly to test if it may be an exception to my tendency to hate hard liquer.

I've only tasted rum once, very briefly, and it was an accident. Kinda funny story, actually.

[Sharpandpointies]

If you hate it, my advice would be to spend the extra money and purchase a 12 year old Rum. Preferably Appleton or (my personal favourite) El Dorado.

I know it sounds snooty, but it isn't. Similarly to Scotch, there is a world of difference between the joe-average Rum and the quality, aged stuff, and unlike scotch, it's not THAT much more expensive. For example, the El Dorado runs ~$35 here, while the 'regular', un-aged rums go for about $25-$27.

I can't even sip regular rums, even when they're mixed with coke, but I'll sit with a small glass of straight El Dorado and enjoy the heck out of it.

[Ghost]

If you hate it, my advice would be to spend the extra money and purchase a 12 year old Rum. Preferably Appleton or (my personal favourite) El Dorado.

I know it sounds snooty, but it isn't. Similarly to Scotch, there is a world of difference between the joe-average Rum and the quality, aged stuff, and unlike scotch, it's not THAT much more expensive. For example, the El Dorado runs ~$35 here, while the 'regular', un-aged rums go for about $25-$27.

I can't even sip regular rums, even when they're mixed with coke, but I'll sit with a small glass of straight El Dorado and enjoy the heck out of it.

Looking at Systembolaget's website, apparently they carry El Dorado 15 years, but only in limited edition. It costs about four times what I payed for the rum I got today. oO

They also carry Appleton 12 years which is somewhat cheaper, though I think it has to be ordered in advanced or something.

Thing is, I'm not sure I want to spend a bunch of money on something I may not even find tolerable at all. I mean, if I try this cheaper brand an conclude that, yeah, I may be able to get used to it, I might try something fancier next time.

[Sharpandpointies]

Fair enough, and makes sense.

I wouldn't go for the 15 year old if you decide it's worth checking out something more expensive. I mean, it's really good, but the 12 actually has more FLAVOUR, though being not quite as smooth, and is a lot less expensive. Pity they don't have the 12.

The Appleton 12 year old is quite good, mind. It's just not my favourite rum.

The difference between properly aged hard liquor (of most kinds) and the regular stuff can be quite dramatic. :)

[FarBeyondC]

I started to play Drakengard again, realizing a couple of things right away.

If Drakengard was instead called "Kill Shit: The Game" it would be fitting. I mean, the first gameplay sequence is you versus around 1300-1500 (I can't remember the exact number) other people trying to get inside this castle where Caim's sister- who's allegedly a goddess- is held.

Ok, you didn't actually have to kill that many people; technically you only had to take out like 10. But who goes out of their way to make sure that they only attack and kill certain people (being forced to maneuver carefully both to avoid the blows of other enemies and to avoid killing the poor fools by accident)? Caim wouldn't- that's for certain.

The second thing I noticed is that I'm apparently the most bloodthirsty person ever; the only reason I stopped slaying people (at around 1208 or so), is because I literally ran out of time- and that's because I spent three or four minutes making sure I had the controls down. I haven't had so much amusement out of virtual mass life-ending since Shining Tears.

[Siriel]

I started to play Drakengard again, realizing a couple of things right away.

If Drakengard was instead called "Kill Shit: The Game" it would be fitting. I mean, the first gameplay sequence is you versus around 1300-1500 (I can't remember the exact number) other people trying to get inside this castle where Caim's sister- who's allegedly a goddess- is held.

Ok, you didn't actually have to kill that many people; technically you only had to take out like 10. But who goes out of their way to make sure that they only attack and kill certain people (being forced to maneuver carefully both to avoid the blows of other enemies and to avoid killing the poor fools by accident)? Caim wouldn't- that's for certain.

The second thing I noticed is that I'm apparently the most bloodthirsty person ever; the only reason I stopped slaying people (at around 1208 or so), is because I literally ran out of time- and that's because I spent three or four minutes making sure I had the controls down. I haven't had so much amusement out of virtual mass life-ending since Shining Tears.

Fortunately, as both other characters' comments and his appearance in the sequel indicate, staying there because there are still more empire soldiers to murder is totally in-character for Caim.

Yes, Drakengard is like the one game that acknowledge that the protagonist is both a mass murderer of absurd proportion, and that he's retardedly powerful despite being just a dude iwth a sword.
In the sequel, the most powerful human army in the world goes into full retreat because Caim showed up. In fact, the conflict of that game is pretty much:

Drakengard is great, is what I'm saying. Though it really needs a remake with better controls.

[Sharpandpointies]

I'm not a huge fan of killing sprees in games, but there's a scene in Bioware's Jade Empire where, commanding the formidable (and drunken) Black Whirlwind and his twin axes, you battle against a giant Jade Golem while hordes of soldiers spawn around you. It's possible to avoid the golem while running around massacring these poor sods, and every ten or so you kill an announcer booms out something like 'Killing spree!' and then 'Awesome!', and then 'Amazing!' etc.

I didn't go nearly as high as you; at about 120 or so the Announcer bellowed out 'Just Kill the Damn Golem Already!', and my resulting laughter almost got me killed. I figured that was enough.

[Siriel]

I'm not a huge fan of killing sprees in games, but there's a scene in Bioware's Jade Empire where, commanding the formidable (and drunken) Black Whirlwind and his twin axes, you battle against a giant Jade Golem while hordes of soldiers spawn around you. It's possible to avoid the golem while running around massacring these poor sods, and every ten or so you kill an announcer booms out something like 'Killing spree!' and then 'Awesome!', and then 'Amazing!' etc.

I didn't go nearly as high as you; at about 120 or so the Announcer bellowed out 'Just Kill the Damn Golem Already!', and my resulting laughter almost got me killed. I figured that was enough.

Different sort of games.:)

Drakengard pretty much requires you have a body count in the five digits by the end. It's a Dynasty Warriors-style game.


But yes, that part of Jade Empire was hilarious. And awesome.

[Omegalith]

Yeah, for all it's faults Drakengard fully acknowledges that the main character is a mute guy with a sword who takes down a continent-spanning evil Empire by going from one battlefield to the next and systematically slaughtering entire legions of warriors.

And I mean sure, he has a Dragon, but he mostly just uses it to move around faster.

[Ghost]

Yeah, for all it's faults Drakengard fully acknowledges that the main character is a mute guy with a sword who takes down a continent-spanning evil Empire by going from one battlefield to the next and systematically slaughtering entire legions of warriors.

And I mean sure, he has a Dragon, but he mostly just uses it to move around faster.

Sounds like he'd fit right into the Malazan books, then.

[Sharpandpointies]

Different sort of games.:)

Drakengard pretty much requires you have a body count in the five digits by the end. It's a Dynasty Warriors-style game.

Gotcha. Not so much my style, though I understand the appeal. :)

But yes, that part of Jade Empire was hilarious. And awesome.

I wish they'd make JE II already. :( Might help them make up for this Mass Effect thing.

[Siriel]

Yeah, for all it's faults Drakengard fully acknowledges that the main character is a mute guy with a sword who takes down a continent-spanning evil Empire by going from one battlefield to the next and systematically slaughtering entire legions of warriors.

And I mean sure, he has a Dragon, but he mostly just uses it to move around faster.

It kinda says something that in the second game, when you need to take down Angelus (the dragon with whom Caim has a lifelink), killing Caim instead is not even brought up as an option.
...Then again, I guess even Nowe figured it out after the first two times they confronted Caim.

[KingofPie]

I wish they'd make JE II already.

Seconded .

[FarBeyondC]

Though it really needs a remake with better controls.

Agreed. Or at least better camera angle control.

I'm not a huge fan of killing sprees in games, but there's a scene in Bioware's Jade Empire where, commanding the formidable (and drunken) Black Whirlwind and his twin axes, you battle against a giant Jade Golem while hordes of soldiers spawn around you. It's possible to avoid the golem while running around massacring these poor sods, and every ten or so you kill an announcer booms out something like 'Killing spree!' and then 'Awesome!', and then 'Amazing!' etc.

I didn't go nearly as high as you; at about 120 or so the Announcer bellowed out 'Just Kill the Damn Golem Already!', and my resulting laughter almost got me killed. I figured that was enough.

I want to play that. The problem is that it looks like either Steam or an Xbox family console is required, making it a no-go.

Yeah, for all it's faults Drakengard fully acknowledges that the main character is a mute guy with a sword who takes down a continent-spanning evil Empire by going from one battlefield to the next and systematically slaughtering entire legions of warriors.

And I mean sure, he has a Dragon, but he mostly just uses it to move around faster.

Hey, the dragon is also used to murder things that the main character can't get to.

Gotcha. Not so much my style, though I understand the appeal. :)

I only play these type of games when I'm feeling inspired by a particular Static-X song.

It kinda says something that in the second game, when you need to take down Angelus (the dragon with whom Caim has a lifelink), killing Caim instead is not even brought up as an option.
...Then again, I guess even Nowe figured it out after the first two times they confronted Caim.

When a dying guy can destroy a 1000+ group of soldiers, and gets stronger from there, it'd take a pretty dumb person to not realize that messing with him is a bad idea.

[Miburohunter929]

Gotcha. Not so much my style, though I understand the appeal. :)



I wish they'd make JE II already. :( Might help them make up for this Mass Effect thing.

JE II will be an MMO like SWTOR III.

Deal with it!