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I just remembered that Final Fantasy has World of Final Fantasy which is kind of like FF:Pokemon already and it's pretty decent.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Physical workouts can release various chemicals into your body which can help you feel better; especially if it's something you find pleasurable. However it actually MAKING you better is a different matter entirely. Think of it like eating a delicious cheeseburger that happens to have food poisoning. It might taste good and be delicious but there's a good chance you'll feel worse before long.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

If a cashier isn't doing well, should they go in to work/be punished? If they're vomiting but it might be food poisoning? Feeling a bit hot/cold but it might not be a fever? Headache? Bit of a runny nose/cough? Where is the line between 'I'm feeling a bit under the weather but can work' and 'go home'? Assuming you can't work anywhere else in the store for whatever reason.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Not a lifter but I do know a bit about health. If you're under the weather, be CAREFUL! While a sniffle probably won't kill you pushing your body when you're not well can have some very bad results. At the least it can make the illness last longer. If you must lift I'd suggest going for 'maintenance' only and try to work out enough to just ensure you won't slip/slip too much (though it sounds like you're on the recovery). However, ultimately, one of the best cures is simply rest and physical exertion is the opposite of that.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I wouldn't call it the best but it had some great stuff to be certain.

IMO, the best part was the bit where Goofy stated that he knows Max is growing up and living his own life and all he wanted was to just be part of it and get to spend a little bit of time with his son instead of being ignored and kept at a distance.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Kyuubi4269 posted...

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Romania or that region has never been represented in a game before

Crusader kings.

Age of Empires II
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

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Yes. ****ing yes! Would be better than throwing in someone stupid just to have another female leader or tiny nation no one's ever heard of before.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Which of these (hopefully never made) titles would you think would be the least sucky?

Sonic: DDR Mix: Dance along to all your favorite Sonic Songs as well as taking a journey beside Sonic where you'll have to run each and every step of the way with him. Hope you like spin-jumping! VR support optional.

Call of Duty: Hylian Warfare: Special Sellout and Betrayal Edition!

Mass Effect: Cooking: Ever wanted to make Krogan sushi? Asari Calamari? Now you can! Containing cooking recipes for Asari, Turian, Salarian, Krogan, Quarian, Volus, Elcor, and Hanar diets you can now cook your way across the galaxy.

Dragon Ball: Katamari: Vegeta. What does the scanner say about how many items he's rolled up? It's over 8000!

Pokemon Cloud/Lightning: Ever wanted to collect every single monster in the Final Fantasy universe in order to make them battle for prizes? Ever wanted to battle your favorite Final Fantasy characters such as Squall and Yuffie in glorified chicken fights? Well here you go! Do well enough and you can challenge the Elite Four and Champions Sephiroth and Kefka in a double-battle! Must buy both versions to complete the Monster Dex

Phoenix Emblem: Ace Attorney: The courtroom is heating up in Ylisse is heating up for Phoenix Wright with the new D.A. Robin! Will the guilty escape or is it Time to Tip the Scales... Of Justice! Now containing the option for Phoenix to S-support any of his female companions. And Pearl can transform into a dragon now.

Street Fighter: Azeroth Tour: Ryu vs. Arthas! Chun Li vs. Lorewalker Chen! M. Bison vs. Illidan! All your favorite Warcraft characters ready to throw down! Are you prepared?

Dead Space or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball!: Ever wanted to watch two Necromorphs prance around in bikini's while playing volleyball with copious amounts of jiggle physics?

Super Mario Warriors: Mario's been a Dancing Star, X-Com soldier, Doctor, and plenty of other things. So why not try to mix the fast action of fighting off thousands of enemies at once with the platforming skills of the legendary plumber?

Tales of Metal Gear!: Mixing the fast-paced and technical combo-focused combat of the Tales series with the stealth-based action of Metal Gear. Hope you love comedy-based skits involving Snake and Raiden!
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I actually feel that achievements are a great counter to cheatcodes. Want to play with invincibility in Dark Souls? You can! Go right ahead! Just don't expect to get any acknowledgement for it. If you want the achievement you need to beat the game legit!
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

If she's not interested in them, fine. I don't expect her to be nor anyone else. It would be stupid of me to do so. However, if she gets ANGRY over me playing them and tries to confiscate them, **** NO! I'm allowed to live my own life!
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Yes. I was spanked only once in my life. After that I made SURE to be an upstanding child.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

1: EA's CEO and marketing team that keeps making these dumb decisions dies from having their bowels explode out their anuses.
2: Sonic to be bought out by Nintendo so that good Sonic games can be made again.
3: No more censorship! If you *need* a censored version either put an 'uncensor' patch online or put in an option that can be toggled via parental password.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Smarkil posted...

Really though FFX deserves more credit.

Don't get me wrong. I like X, but in comparison to XIV...
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

In the most technical sense of the word it is 'gambling' so long as you consider a digital skin to be 'material good'. However there is a huge difference. Namely that these skins and lootboxes are not the focus or purpose of the game whereas other lootbox systems intentionally limit the players ability to play and progress simply for the sake of earning more cash. In FE heroes the baseline heroes are more than enough to beat the 'main story' and ample free summons are provided. A person can be reasonably expected to develop a strong team while still being f2p. Likewise, in overwatch a large amount of free boxes are given and contain nothing but cosmetic upgrades. Were this to change people would be furious and likely revolt in a similar manner to games which purposefully lock-off game changing content behind paywalls in both senses of the term (where it can be overcome with a large amount of grinding or where it simply can't be done).

Personally I consider the whole notion of gambling as a moral plight to be stupid since it, effectively, removes anything with any element of random chance involved.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Nightengale posted...

Flyingpirate posted...

I'm confused by the 1's. We have it hella great here. Objectively among the top.

It's generally Americans who are blinded by their nationalism and don't actually have any knowledge of the country. Globally, we aren't met with so much contempt, but Americans have contempt for everyone who isn't them, pretty much.

Nah. It's just trolls, people who are just gonna vote 1's no matter what, and people sick of hearing how much better Canada is. I know multiple Canadian's IRL and I like the nation.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Cacciato posted...

Smarkil posted...

why are you treating playstationv like he's not a foot worshipping troll?

Cause I don't know who he is and, thusly, have no clue how trolly he is.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Now that I'm back from work...

SJW is a term for a person who holds a certain series of viewpoints. Said viewpoints tend to come from a social communistic stance in which the equality of outcome is stressed but only for certain specific people groups. It holds that certain groups of people come from an inherent position of power based on such factors such as race, gender, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and so-forth and the people within said positions of power must be forced to relinquish said 'privileges' bestowed upon them in favor of the people groups considered 'oppressed' by the movement. This typically applies to gays, PoC, women, non-christians (and frequently jews), and the like as being 'oppressed' while a straight, white, christian, male is considered to be holding of immense privilege (asians being a close second) and part of an all-encompassing patriarchal government. Such relinquishment of privilege, while often encouraged to be voluntary, is permitted to be forceful. So long as it's done in the name of helping the 'oppressed' it is acceptable.

Quite frequently this is accomplished through such things as replacing male characters in media with SJW-approved characters (homosexual or at least bi, PoC, liberal as hell, and usually female), encouraging 'non-traditional beauty' (since it is 'defined by the patriarchy') via such things as small breasts, fat women, and a very distinct hair-cut in which one side of the head is shaved to a buzz (almost always dyed), presenting 'traditional' characters in negative, if outright antagonistic, roles, and similar such things. This is different from merely having, say, a fat lesbian protagonist in that it's done specifically to push an ideological agenda and, thusly, said characters are often distinctly flat if not outright sue-ish. They are almost always right or justified in their actions regardless of the situation, any straight white men are presented as effectively being racist rednecks or obtrusive at best until they become 'enlightened' (if that ever happens) to said female protagonists way of thinking, and if the hero MUST be a straight, white, man they will often espouse openly viewpoints in favor of SJW topics and their various traits will be presented as purely negatives (womenizing and treating women as objects, unable to understand racial issues, questioning of religious beliefs to the point it's more a wonder that they're retained instead of dismissed).

How does this get represented in games? Typically a game would do such things as make male and female leads unattractive (at least if white) if not outright impossible to play as if a game allows for custom characters. Antagonists will specifically hold viewpoints detrimental to SJW points even if it makes no sense given the context of the game. Mentions of how positive and good the 'progress' (which is almost always pro-liberal instead of pro-conservative) is will be brought up while anything conservative will be presented in an entirely negative and 'barbaric' light. The antagonists will likely have their wealth as something inherent to them and be uncharitable asses who gladly steal bread from starving orphans as opposed to the 'heroic' liberal heroine who gladly forces sharing on all, and so-forth.

Now, H:ZD... is NOT a SJW game. It is true that it's female protagonist is non-traditionally beautiful, the tribe worships a female deity, and so-forth. However the main characters appearance and attire seem to be heavily based on the nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes and is fitting and reasonable for her occupation. It can even be stated that she IS beautiful given the context of her world. The beliefs held by the tribes reflect the various cultures that they are based off of and are not unreasonable at all given the world. Right from the get-go we see a religious spat between two female elders regarding the MC without being hamfisted or negative to the beliefs presented. This is just a few examples. It's not a 'SJW game', plain and simple.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

PlayStationV posted...

Andromicus posted...

PlayStationV posted...

Horizon Zero Dawn is a sjw game

What does that mean exactly

it's an anti-beautiful woman game

Not quite.

'SJW', or Social Justice Warrior, is a term used to refer to a person who follows a specific set of politics in a certain manner. While 'Social Communism' tends to be a decent description, it takes more time than my short time before work to get involved in. However, some hallmarks of a SJW game...

'Empowered' female lead whom is often a Mary Sue and cannot be challenged/if challenged is proven right while her opponents dismissed her as a woman.

'Non-traditional beauty' or basically women whom are flat-chested and ugly, likely fat (even if it makes no sense), being treated as desirable.

'White Devil' in which any white person, especially straight men, is near-inherently wrong, detrimental, or discriminatory at the least in comparison to the more socially progressive protags.

Homosexuallity everywhere. Please note, this doesn't mean a gay MC (of necessity) but, rather, everyone either being entirely encouraging of it and partaking except for the antagonists whom tend to be close-minded and hateful in their views, or everyone hating homosexuallity to irrational levels while the homosexuals in the game are presented in a near-always positive or heroic light.

There's plenty more, but work calls. However, H:ZD is NOT a SJW game, even if the facts can be made to make it seem like one. But, in a nutshell, imagine a game made by the most annoying hyper-leftist who never got told that they were ever wrong and outright applauded for everything that they ever did; except by people holding conservative viewpoints.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

It was kind of expected. Nintendo put out both Odyssey and BotW and there were no major western releases. H:ZD may be a good game that could be argued to be worth deserving the chance to compete but it's simply outnumbered.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Yea. It is. You really don't realize how much it is until you've lived somewhere that doesn't have it.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

acesxhigh posted...

kislev posted...

People forget they advertised Awakening a whole lot more,i didnt even know what Fire Emblem was before Awakening

I knew since I played Melee. saw FE7 at the store and I was like "OMG it's Roy!" Took me until the end of Lyn Mode to figure out that it wasn't Roy.

Is it weird then that I knew it wasn't Roy despite having only known about the series from Smash prior to picking it up as well?

Also, I really hate Lyn. The character herself isn't too bad but her fanboy cult is irritating as heck. Especially since they're the same people who gladly accuse me of being a waifu-lover for liking Awakening/Fates before demanding, like, six different versions of her in FEHeroes. Brave Lyn hasn't helped either.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Personally I love 14, but I wanted to keep that out of the OP. It's music is really well made.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Ignoring the quality of the game itself obviously, just focusing on the quality of the music. Which one do you think has the best overall?
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

LinkPizza posted...

A lot of people say because of Smash.

I doubt it considering Melee came out around the time of FE7 and Brawl didn't help 10 or the re-releases too much.

TallTamryu posted...

Because of "waifus" whichever one started to add that. :/

Oh please. 'waifu's' have been in the series ever since the start (just look at Lyn in the west) and there is no way that the marriage mechanic (which came before Awakening mind you) managed to save it THIS much. Not to mention plenty of other games offer 'waifu's' yet are nowhere near as roaring.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I mean, FE's 7-10 and the re-releases, while not selling terrible, weren't anywhere near as big as what happened with Awakening and the series has been pretty roaring ever since. What changed to make it jump up so much?

My theory is that the JRPG market has died down a lot resulting in a mini-drought that FE:A struck at just the right time to take advantage of. Plus the design made it perfect for portable gaming and it didn't need the complicated/lengthy story that something like FF typically brings. Modes like casual/phoenix made it so that you could put it down for a month and then pick it back up, make a mistake, and not have the game punish you for not playing it constantly making it further ideal for the market.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I haven't seen Bojack but I can tell you that they're entirely different genre's and, thusly, are a bad idea to compare. Comparing The Simpsons and CSI is a terrible idea since they're meant for entirely different audiences after all.

That said...

The main reason people gush over it so much is because it manages to strike a balance, most of the time, between so many delicate aspects of story-telling. The group can act like kids at time yet also are put in situations where they have to not only act mature but grow up. The action and fighting is very solid and good and not 'power-level' based (made especially clear in Korra) making it more like something from a martial arts movie as opposed to cheesy animated fighting. The world itself is very defined and feels both organic and alive (I especially liked the pun where Aang tells them about the Earth King's bear and they keep trying to figure out what mix of two animals it is only for Aang to tell them 'it's just a bear' to their surprise.) There are plenty of more reasons.

Let me cut right to the heart of the issue though. Fans ruin everything. I remember back when people were campaigning so hard for Shantae on the Smash Bros. boards that I ended up refusing to play her games. I was ticked at her because of how her fanbase acted. Eventually I, begrudgingly, played her games and, while they weren't anywhere near as good as the gushers made them out to be, they were very fun and nice and I'm now a fan. Fans will often gladly make something out to seem unreasonably perfect and it's irritating as heck especially since the product can almost never live up to the hype simply because of how much the hype is. Imagine having never seen Star Wars except for the Rei one's and then having someone tell you about how much better the originals were and how these are trash by comparison. Even if they were right wouldn't you eventually come to resent the opinion simply because of the fan gush and, when you watched the OT, do you think it could possibly live up to the pedestal they placed it on?
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Not everyone has a smart phone. Not having to keep one on-hand to utilize the TV is a very good thing especially if it could be unusable otherwise. Physical buttons are boss compared to touchscreen ones. All good reasons as to why to get a remote.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I don't recall saying anything about how you couldn't have your own opinion. I like the games that I like and not all of them are rated highly. I don't need to sit down and look at multiple reviews to know that something like Ninety Nine Nights is not exactly batting high nor that a game I hate, GTA:V, is doing well. However...

The thing about opinions is that they are, in no way, deserving of being right. I can have the opinion that the world is flat, that the government is controlled by lizard people, and that I can transform into a giant purple octopus that can fire lasers out of its eyes and take over the world and the only thing stopping me is that I'm too lazy to do so. That doesn't make those opinions right or does it mean someone else MUST respect those opinions and hold them in the same regard and standing as the opinions of 'it's round, no it's not ruled by lizard people, and you're just lazy and have no octopus super-powers'. Even in something a bit more subjective you can't just flaunt around an opinion and, when people point out flaws, problems, biases, and so-forth in it, get defensive and go 'YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM HAVING MY OWN OPINION!'. You're free to say that The Emoji Movie is better than Spirited Away and, hey, it's a movie and art is, technically, subjective. But when someone points out how this is a terrible opinion to hold and doing so pretty much invalidates the vast majority of opinions you can hold, especially if you can't provide any qualifiers or even a grounded reason, and you're defense is 'YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM HAVING MY OWN OPINIONS!' You've gone from being an informed and reasonable individual whom may actually have an opinion with justification and grounds to being that dumb-ass teen who is in to anarchy, rebelling against their parents, listening to crappy emo music, talking about how the world is nothing but darkness and pain, etc... all because your parents put a curfew on you... because you're 13.

Opinions worth respecting are earned, not rightful. Reasoning, justification, evidence, and grounds have to be given to earn such an opinion. In the case of DA:I if you were to argue that, say, the various zones, with one or two exceptions, actually contain a sizable chunk of content and provide examples, then you can have an opinion worth respecting. As opposed to... that.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Mead posted...

The plot of the games doesnt end up mattering a whole lot, and DA:I is much better than this board would have you believe.

Inquisition had a lot of problems. Things like open environments with collectables that existed for the sake of collecting them, a mission table that could be rendered irrelevant super-fast, the lack of healing magic and reliance on potions (which wouldn't even be stockpiled), and the sheer underwhelming companion options (I forget that people like that mage girl exist).

That's the thing about DA:I and it's ultimate problem. It's not that good things don't exist in the game, it's that it's constantly mired by stupid choices that nullify the good things. Big and open environments? Sounds good... until you realize it's basically just empty space, checklists, and pointlessness. Like ME1's planet exploring except that's the entire game. Attempting to make it so a healing mage isn't found on basically every team? Now we're in a situation where a mage who can place up barriers is a near-requirement because the party needs to rely on a limited number of potions and being able to midgitate that with a barrier is a godsend on potion supplies. It keeps on going and going like that.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Cacciato posted...

Is Inquisition worth playing at all if Ive never played any of the other games?

Not really. At the least you'll likely be confused as to a decent bit of terminology and backstory. Having no idea who characters like Hawke are and what their contribution signifies, or doesn't, or what Darkspawn are, what the fade is, and so-forth. I'm not saying you can't do it. Just that I would suggest playing at least Origins first.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Yes, but only the first time through. DA:O is, obviously, the start point and a lot of the world is explained, fleshed out, and dealt with in it. DA:II, sadly, contains multiple plot elements within it that come up in DA:I. However, once you've done one playthrough of those two, you can use the keep to make the save files for import. Since you can't do a direct import (which will really suck if the keep gets taken down) replaying O and II holds no point for the purposes of DA:I.

That said... DA:O: 8/10
DA:O:A: 7/10
DA:II: 6/10 (You can actually spot the EXACT moment Bioware went from 'company that makes great games' to 'crap' in it. The end of act 1 when you find the statue and, if you brought your sibling, they get tainted. Seriously. It's the EXACT moment!
DA:I: 4/10 A bit too many RL politics, way too much pointless world exploring, too little... anything else.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

argonautweakend posted...

what are you a fan of parkway drive or somethin' guy

Nah. He lived on Driveway Park in the City of Townsville.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

GameReviews posted...

Unbridled9 posted...

ANH > RotJ > ESB > R1 > FA > RotS > AotC > PM.

Yea. I didn't like Empire. I'm evil. We all know this. Anyways, I liked A New Hope for obvious reasons and RotJ featured the conclusion along with some pretty decent action scenes. Empire was decent (Hoth was fun and the battle in Bespin was cool) but I really hated the downer ending. I think a lot of people have come to believe, stupidly, that 'downer ending' = 'good story'. R1 was pretty much just a dumb action flick. I kinda wish that had just been it. A group of people not necessarily part of the rebellion fighting against the Empire. FA was... a thing. I mean, it was a retrend of ANH and I feel like Rei was too sue-ish and it had a bit too much going on plot-wise and so-forth, but it also wasn't bad by any means. I think the best way to describe it is like a fly banging his head against glass trying to reach a delicious pastery where the glass is stuff like Rei's sudden skill with the force. RotS felt like a Star Wars movie, AotC was a sci-fi action flick with Star Wars on it (and I think they made it soley to make EU stuff), and PM...

Well...

It had ideas.

I can see your opinion, but one of the things you need to realize about the downer ending to Empire is, movies NEVER ended like that back then. It was a bold move and it was like the ultimate exclamation point at the end of a great movie. This movie pretty much created / popularized the downer ending.

Well sure. I'm not an expert in movies of that time so I can't really say, but I'm willing to accept that. It doesn't, however, explain why people have come to equate it with a story being 'good' especially if it has moral 'ambiguity' (I.E. A bunch of space-nazi's who just so happen to run puppy orphanages because Space Hitler likes dogs, or Space Jesus offering peace, love, and salvation to all... except the Glarblonians. Because fuck the Glarbonians.). Obviously a downer ending can be GOOD (It's Chinatown.) but the seeming automatic association between 'downer' and 'good' is stupid.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

ANH > RotJ > ESB > R1 > FA > RotS > AotC > PM.

Yea. I didn't like Empire. I'm evil. We all know this. Anyways, I liked A New Hope for obvious reasons and RotJ featured the conclusion along with some pretty decent action scenes. Empire was decent (Hoth was fun and the battle in Bespin was cool) but I really hated the downer ending. I think a lot of people have come to believe, stupidly, that 'downer ending' = 'good story'. R1 was pretty much just a dumb action flick. I kinda wish that had just been it. A group of people not necessarily part of the rebellion fighting against the Empire. FA was... a thing. I mean, it was a retrend of ANH and I feel like Rei was too sue-ish and it had a bit too much going on plot-wise and so-forth, but it also wasn't bad by any means. I think the best way to describe it is like a fly banging his head against glass trying to reach a delicious pastery where the glass is stuff like Rei's sudden skill with the force. RotS felt like a Star Wars movie, AotC was a sci-fi action flick with Star Wars on it (and I think they made it soley to make EU stuff), and PM...

Well...

It had ideas.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Sure. Especially since it's an alternate timeline. Girl-me would probably have put effort into staying healthy since her life could amount to more than sitting in front of a computer all day.

Well...

I mean, if she was married/in a relationship/etc than no. I would be disappointed if she agreed as well. But I'm assuming that this isn't an issue given the nature of the question.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Veedrock- posted...

Revelation34 posted...

It's easy to get around that.

That's my point.

That's kind of the whole point of this topic. With a few exceptions most of the choices on that list were actually pretty easy (or could be made pretty easy). Like the Geth vs. Quarians. If you're romancing Tali it's almost certain you'll choose the quarians simply because your lover is one.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

JamesOwnzMaz posted...

Too many of the choices didn't matter in the end.

Like the Racini.. ok so we kill them... oh they are just "cloned" in 3 aww.

Well... Ignoring their little cameo in 2...

In 3, if you free the queen, it matters. The one you freed will remain loyal to you while the one the reapers made will help at first before going berserk and costing war resources.

So it DOES matter in a very minor way.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

I mean, really...

10) The council; duh. Especially if you're going paragon over renegade it's a pretty easy choice to make. Even putting aside if you're gunning for a certain build it's pretty clear that humanity is meant to be the cavalry to save the day so it's pretty clear what the 'correct' choice is.

9) Samara. If you're going Paragon this is a no-brainer. If you're going neutral or Ren this is STILL a no-brainer. Morinth has shown herself to be a purely predatory force willing to consume and destroy whatever she fancies and toss aside whatever she doesn't. She's clearly a sociopath and likely psychotic and willing to betray others for her own gain. For comparison Samara has sworn an oath to serve and follow you. The ONLY way Morinth is on the radar is if you're going flat-out EVIL and are worried Samara will turn on you; but even then it's questionable if Morinth wouldn't turn on you regardless.

8) You nuts? IT'S CERBERUS! Sure, they're not as evil as they seemed to be (at least that's what the IM wants you to think), but it's clear that they're also seedy and shady at BEST! Now you're just gonna let them have the run of the place? Maybe if it was the council or alliance but not Cerberus.

7) This really comes down to if you have the paragon/renegade points or not. Only way it's really a 'choice' is if you opt to kill him when you could have saved him.

6) Sure. Fair enough.

5) Quarians. You nuts? Tali has been your ally since day 1. The geth have been your enemy since the get-go. Sure, Legion isn't evil and the geth you fought aren't 'true geth'; but at best you're dooming one of your closest allies entire species to die for the sake of a species of which you haven't seen the 'true' members of aside from one.

4) Okay. This one is a bit of a toughy; but the game DOES try its best to say that curing it is the 'right choice'.

3) Not really. If you pay attention, do your loyalties, and make sure your ship is upgraded you can breeze through this. The ONLY thing that keeps catching me is remembering that Miranda can't handle the final walk despite being tailor-made to be the best.

2) Choose your favorite color. Though, to be fair, the game DOES hint that green is the right answer. I would LIKE to think that the 'Shep is indoctrinated' theory was in play; but remember... that takes actual writing talent.

1) Love Interest > Whichever one you're using in your team > Whichever one you hate the least. If you're romancing Ashley or Kaiden, yea, obvious. If one of them is a key member of your team, obvious. If you find one hateful and don't mind/like the other, still obvious. Pretty much the only way this isn't easy is if you didn't romance either (Liara or no-one), either use both or neither, and somehow like both equally. Sure, if you're going to min-max ME3 Kaiden has a SLIGHT lead, but if you made this choice before ME3 existed... yea. Easy.

Bonus: Rachnai Queen: This is, admittedly, an ACTUAL good choice since you don't know the potential outcomes and if it's good or bad. But, if you played ME3, you know that sparing her is the right choice.

Zaeed: Dude. If you had listened, we could have gotten him without risking innocents. Easy choice.

First councilor: Why the hell would you pick Udina.

Project Overlord: A good choice, but I need to ask why you think it might be good to let him keep his brother?

Geth: Okay. THIS one is actually pretty difficult! Only reason I pick a certain way now is because I know the ME3 outcome.

Monestry: Okay. Decent.

Thane; Yea... This one is easy too.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

miki_sauvester posted...

If you're gonna start doing individual territories of every country, this series is gonna be reeallllyyyy long.

Not every individual territory, though I do plan to include some like Tibet. I do feel like AS is separate enough from the U.S. to merit its own entry though as opposed to, say, Puerto Rico. If you have a territory you REALLY feel needs an entry, feel free to say so.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Every day I'll try to get a new poll up in which we rate all the nations of the world on a scale of 1-10. I'll have the results posted below as well. It will be tackled in alphabetical order from A-Z. A 10 is 'I love and adore this nation' and a 1 is basically 'horrific hellhole of a nation'. Some basic facts below.

Name (official): Territory of American Samoa (unincorporated Territory)
Population: 54,194
Capitol: Pago Pago
Official Language: English, Samoan
Government: Territorial presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader: Donald Trump
Motto: "Samoa, Let God Be First."
GDP: $711,000,000
GDP per capita: $13,000
Currency: United States Dollar
National Sport: Rugby

Fun Fact: American Samoa has such a wide diversity of fish, that if you were to dive around the reefs once a week, in theory you could see a new fish species every dive for 18 years.

Prior nations (in order of score)

Albania: 3.86 (36 votes)
Algeria: 3.76 (37 votes)
Afghanistan: 2.74 (53 votes)
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Every day I'll try to get a new poll up in which we rate all the nations of the world on a scale of 1-10. I'll have the results posted below as well. It will be tackled in alphabetical order from A-Z. A 10 is 'I love and adore this nation' and a 1 is basically 'horrific hellhole of a nation'. Some basic facts below.

Name (official): Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria
Population: 40,400,000
Capitol: Algiers
Official Language: Arabic, Berber
Government: Unitary semi-presidential people's republic
Current Leader: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Motto: "By the people and for the people."
GDP: $173,947,000,000
GDP per capita: $4,187
Currency: Dinar
National Sport: Soccer

Fun Fact: Algeria claimed itself an independent nation from France on July 3rd and was recognized on July 5th; meaning it almost shares the same birthday as the U.S.A.

Prior nations (in order of score)

Albania: 3.86 (36 votes)
Afghanistan: 2.74 (53 votes)
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

In the 1950's Zelda is a simple housewife who busies herself with simple house-wifey things such as cooking and cleaning. She has taken on a day-job as a cleaner and spends her time cleaning toilets until, one day, she unwittingly pulls out a golden triangle with bits of weird design on it. Upon taking hold of this the kindly family whom she was cleaning the house of will suddenly transform into monsters and proceed to attack her. She will fend them off with a plunger. Successfully. The house will be suddenly lifted off the ground by a tornado and land her in the middle of a giant forest among a gathering of Kokori. The great fairy Navi will then reveal to Zelda that, if she collects the other two pieces of the triforce, she will be able to return home. Agreeing Zelda, armed only with the plunger, will head off.

Before long she will, by sheer coincidence, stumble upon a black man with red hair whom calls himself 'Nondor'. He will tell her about the location of the second piece which is within the Water Temple. Zelda will quickly head off only for Nondor to say he cannot follow her into the temple. The temple will be filled to the brim with vicious turtle-like monsters and large-headed monsters with fangs that Zelda will bypass via stepping on their heads and rushing through pipes to find the inner sanctum of the temple. Once in the center of the water temple lava will appear everywhere as a giant turtle with spikes on its shell will drop down. It will break her plunger. In a panic she will grab a sword being held by a nearby skeleton and proceed to stab the dragon in the mouth killing it and obtaining the second piece.

Upon leaving Nondor will compliment her and tell her where the third piece is only to be brushed aside. A group of generic baddies will then attack the group and Zelda, showing off her new bravado, will use the sword to easily defeat all of them. Upon arriving at the third temple Nandor will, again, leave her. This third temple will be proclaimed to be deadly, a test of wit, and most certainly to kill her. The puzzle will consist of a riddle a ten-year old could solve easily and the 'deadly' monster will be slain by her with minimal effort, likely via using an item she found in the dungeon.

When she claims the third piece, however, Nondor will appear beside her, sucker-punch her out, and take all three pieces. It will be only THEN that Navi will reveal that Nondor is actually Ganondorf who is evil and will destroy Hyrule but has already begun to invade Earth.

Zelda will be transported back to 1950's Hollywood where tanks, planes, and everything are proving utterly ineffective against the sticks and shields of Ganondorf's troops. Zelda will proceed to steal a plane and fly up to battle Ganon who will, of course, be located by the Hollywood sign. She will crash the plane into him for no effect before proceeding to fight him one-on-one. He will appear to win at first and even knock her down before turning his back at which point Zelda's sword will be revealed to be the Master Sword. She will proceed to stab him in the back and Ganon will fall over, dead. The military will proceed to cover up that a woman saved them and, instead, proclaim that Zelda's husband Larry 'Link' was the hero while Zelda returns to cleaning toilets. About the only good thing that will happen is a one-frame shot of Tingle getting smooshed by Ganon.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Okay. Here's another one...

Edward Cullen is young normal highschool teenager in the California suburbs whom happens to have the ability to sense strange and supernatural things in the world around him. However no one ever believes him and he can't really 'see' the things so much as sense them. Said things have become more and more frequent of late. However, one day on his way home from school with his friends 'Olivia' and 'Juan' the trio are sucked into a magical vortex and dropped in the middle of feudal Japan. They are instantly caught up in a battle between two warring samurai clans (which ones will never be specified) only to be saved at the last second by a third clan called the 'Death Gods'. This clan deals in hunting down ancient demons attracted to the dying.

The Death Gods will take in the trio and give them some training. 'Olivia' will discover she is good at healing magic while Edward will, in the period of one week, manage to train hard enough to surpass not only all the trainee's but also the standard Death Gods and even his trainer. However he will be, somehow, bested by the 'best' student in the class, Renji, causing all the other students to mockingly nickname Edward 'Ichigo'.

This whole time 'Ichigo' will constantly utilize modern slang while his friend 'Juan' creates modern inventions causing the clan to nickname him 'Sado'. Sado will first manage to create *insert modern food like hamburger or hotdog here* but receive only neutral receptions before being ostracised for not being 'Japanese enough' despite doing absolutely nothing to earn the ire of the Death Gods besides make said food item. Sado will then proceed to create several 'cool' inventions that fail for one reason or another culminating in the creation of a motorcycle off-screen.

However the motorcycle will be sabatoged by a jealous Renji who is intent on winning Olivia for himself and thinks that sabotaging Sado will make Ichigo look bad. This will succeed despite said sabotage being insanely obvious and flying against every code of honor, rule, and bit of common sense resulting in Ichigo and Sado being kicked out of the clan.

News will suddenly arrive that the Death Gods greatest warrior, Kenpachi, has been slain in combat against a rival clan known as 'the Hollows' whom summon demons to fight by their side making them near impossible. The Hollows will then attack and destroy the Death Gods en-masse since the Death Gods cannot see their demons and, thusly, can't fight back. The Hollows will kidnap Olivia and it is only when Ichigo and Sado return that a dying Renji will tell them the truth. Ichigo will then ride off on the ad-hoc motorcycle to assault the Hollows with his ability to see them, mentioned just once at the beginning of the movie, letting him fight back against the Hollows and kill them with ease upstaging all the Death Gods until he fights the Hollows leader: Grimjaw (misspelled of course). Grimjaw will proceed to floor Ichigo by employing the dishonorable tactic of 'dodging slightly to the left' rendering Ichigo helpless instantly. It will only be after remembering hearing about an ancient and mystical art called 'Bankai' which no Death God has ever achieved that Ichigo will attempt such a thing here. He will, of course, pull it off flawlessly and defeat Grimjaw just in time for the time-warp thingy to return and transport the three back to the present. Upon returning they will catch sight of an old Japanese painting depicting their victory being sold by a reincarnated Renji + one unimportant side character that we were supposed to care about.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

JOExHIGASHI posted...

I'm surprised none of his movie ideas involve transporting to ancient Japan where everybody speaks modern day English and even know idioms and slang phrases unique to America.

Ive only done two so far. I can do another when I get home. Also its fine to change things for a broader audience and different culture; but a lot of these are half-assed and lazy cop-outs.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

As for Naruto...

Nate 'Naruto' Johnson will be an average kid living in New York city. He will likely have just moved to New York with his dying mother and absent, work-a-haulic, father. He will struggle to fit in at his new school where kids will constantly beat him up and mock him except for the smartest girl in school 'Sally' and the quiet girl 'Hinata'. One day after getting beaten up he will stumble across a store of ancient chinese (not Japanese. Because Hollywood.) mysticism in which the store owner will give him a scroll because he can sense some great evil or the like coming and it can only be stopped if Nate trains in the ancient art of the 'Hokage'. Nate will take the scroll home and study the ancient art of chakra but be utterly confused by it despite it being laid out in terms so simple an eight-year-old could understand it. He will attempt to use this chakra in order to beat up the school bully 'Sasuke' (pronouced Sa-Suke, because Hollywood.) only to fail miserably.

He will, dejectedly, give up right as the ancient fox demon starts to appear, likely infecting whatever two comic relief antagonists are around with ancient power. They will proceed to go on a rampage and it will be up to Nate to stop them despite not being able to do the smallest thing with it. During the conflict he will unlock the power to call upon the shadow clone technique which will, somehow, be enough to defeat the stock villains. Their CGI will be so obvious and fake that the Conan movies will look more realistic. At this point the bully Sasuke will be revealed to know how to use Chakra and the demon will convince him to attack and kill Naruto (likely with little to no presuasion needed) however Naruto will proceed to defeat him and Sasuke will not attempt to pursue.

The fox demon will arrive and take both 'Sally' and Hinata hostage. 'Sally' will likely have been previously established as capable with chakra and possibly tried to help Nate out but will be rendered entirely helpless here, likely via being grabbed in the standard female disarmament area (upper arm), despite having probably flipped a dumpster without a thought earlier. This will all take place in some NYC landmark area as well, likely the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, or Central Park. Because there is nowhere else in New York City of course. Nate will fight back against the fox demon but be entirely helpless until Sasuke returns, having undergone a change of heart off-screen, to save the day and fight back. Despite this the two will still fail until Nate attempts the Rasengan (a move which he likely tried earlier but couldn't get even the smallest bit from) which will defeat the fox demon sealing him inside of Nate's belly, all while likely tearing up the NYC streets and destroying a landmark entirely.

Also...

Depending on the preference of the writer the NYC cops will either be helpful, complete idiots, or outright obstructive.

The man who sold the scroll will NOT be any of Naruto's teachers at any point in the series or, if so, the guy from the very first episode (because, let's face it, they only watched 15 minutes of episode 1).

The ramen shop will make an appearence but will either be a NYC food cart serving ramen or look extremely out of place... likely with chinese lettering or some of the stupidest japanese stereotypes possible to get away with in Hollywood.

There will be at least three celebrity guest-appearances, one of which will be a generic Michael Bay-esque female star (whom Naruto will transform into by accident in a comedy scene before likely turning into a plant or another cameo) and one who will be an actual fan of Naruto and despise the movie, regretting that it was ever made.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Yes.

Rather...

The American film industry is dumb as heck. They seem to think that anime stuff is basically a Nick direct-to-film movie. I mean, hell, for as horrible as the Avatar movie was, it was 10,000% more faithful to the source material than the Dragonball movie.

If Hollywood got their hands on the pokemon liscense it wouldn't be Pokemon, it would be about a young social outcast 'Ash' who is desperately trying to impress his childhood crush 'Misty' with his best friend and comedy relief 'Brock'. Ash's grandfather, 'Oak', would be some crazy old kook with a bunch of ancient stock asian stuff to seem mystical like jade dragons, gongs, and so-forth and talk about how a bunch of miniature statues contain the spirits of ancient warriors named 'Blurbasaur', 'Chalarmander', and 'Squatle' which Ash, of course, will totally ignore and write off as crazy-talk despite evidence to the contrary that Oak is telling the truth.

All the while Ash's attempts to woo Misty will horribly fail while the school alpha 'Gary' will invite Misty out to the upcoming prom/dance/similar social event. She will accept despite secretly being in love with Ash. Meanwhile fellow childhood friend 'Serena' whom always had an unrequited crush on Ash will attempt to make a move on him. Ash will attempt to impress Misty one to three more times, failing horribly each time yet in an endearing way while Brock provides cheap one-liners while hitting on the school nurse 'Joy' while principle 'Jenny' hounds him and tries to keep Ash and Brock in line.

Eventually the evil pokemon 'Mewtwo' will show up and attempt to steal the statues from Oak. The outcome is irrelevant as Oak will end up severely wounded and likely dying (don't worry, he won't ACTUALLY die as he'll show up right before the end credits on crutches or something) before Mewtwo unleashes the pokemon on the school transforming all the students into pokemon, including turning Misty into a 'Pikalchu'. Realizing his grandfather was telling the truth Ash and co will return home to obtain the three pokemon warrior thingies and unleash their powers to defeat the various students-turned-pokemon including Gary whom will either beg for Ash, Brock, and Serena (who will have had almost no lines up to this point, of course) to help him or, more likely, wreck havoc on the trio and school for no good reason what-so-ever beyond 'trying to steal my girl' despite having likely been transformed into a Nidoking. The final battle against Mewtwo will take place somewhere where it will seem epic for the trailer but will actually be quite lame as the group uses various skills and the like utilized in the first half of the movie, in the bits where they attempted to impress Misty but failed, to defeat him for good with no help from the Pokemon at all. After all is said and done Ash will either finally get his dance with Misty or, more likely, realize he was in love with Serena all along (she still will have the fewest lines out of the main cast and supporting cast will have more) and dance with her. Brock will finally get Joy to reciprocate, and whichever girl got stiffed will look on but try to be happy for Ash. Oh. And one final shot will show that Oak is okay. Then, as the credits roll, there will be a stinger for a sequel where Team Rocket shows up that, hopefully, will never be produced.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Mead posted...

Did you mean Alabama

No. Albania is it's own nation.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

Every day I'll try to get a new poll up in which we rate all the nations of the world on a scale of 1-10. I'll have the results posted below as well. It will be tackled in alphabetical order from A-Z. A 10 is 'I love and adore this nation' and a 1 is basically 'horrific hellhole of a nation'. Some basic facts below.

Name (official): Republic of Albania
Population: 2,876,600
Capitol: Tirana
Official Language: Albanian
Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Current Leader: Ilir Meta
Motto: "You Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian."
GDP: $12,876,000
GDP per capita: $4,470
Currency: Lek
National Sport: Soccer

Fun Fact: In 1995 a law was passed requiring citizens to pay taxes on traffic-lights in their home towns. The residents of Shkodra were taxed, just like all cities, but staged a protest. Their reason? Shkodra has no traffic lights.

Prior nations (in order of score)

Afghanistan: 2.74 (53 votes)
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

VeeVees posted...

if you need to use technically and quotes then they don't.

No. They do. All nations have a national religion, just like they have a national bird or tree (Oak for the U.S. if you're wondering). However, 'free religion' is a perfectly viable option for said national religion option. As opposed to christian, atheist, jewish, islam, and so-forth. I think it's technically possible to have two or three even though most obviously opt for one.

And yes, for the purposes of a national religion, atheism is considered to be one. Especially since some governments *coughchinaandnorthkoreacough* will rigidly oppose the influence of any other religion in the functions of their government.

Edit: Also, I should point out that the majority of nations do NOT have a specific national religion; though some of the ones that do are England, Norway, and Greenland. Some nations do not have a national religion but will have a populace that worships one religion in mass quantities while some have a national religion but do not enforce it. There is a big difference.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage

VeeVees posted...

any country with an official religion is instantly 1

Technically all countries have an 'official religion' or some variation on it. Many of the western worlds simply opt for 'free religion'.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage