Jump to content

CoryHolmes

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3584

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by CoryHolmes

  1. CoryHolmes
    I've decided what I artwork I want in the book. What's your choice?
  2. CoryHolmes
  3. CoryHolmes
    I'm still incredibly salty over that. I would've bought every single mini they produced, but PB just had to frakk it all up. I've refused to buy any other PB product since. Scummy douchbags, the lot of them!
  4. CoryHolmes
    Yeah, what he said!
  5. CoryHolmes
    Much like Silverbolt and the under-jet chunk of robot...
  6. CoryHolmes
    Yeah, what Seto said. To add my own $0.02CAD, Palladium's games had much more background and worldbuilding material, even if they had to invent some of it. One of the things I really appreciate about the 2nd Ed game is the breakdown it gave to the various Zentradi castes: Run-of-the-mill Warrior caste? Very little development, 'alpha-male' mentality, and only expected to live a few weeks to months in combat conditions. The Warlord caste, like Khyron and Azonia? A bit more developed, a bit better thinkers, but easily swayed by powerful emotions like teenagers and adolescents. High Command, like Breetai? Exceedingly well-developed, trained, educated, and expected to lead their fleets for decades or more. One of the passages that really stuck with me was in the Reconstruction-Era, where the Zentradi are having difficulty assimilating. "In the end, the Zentradi on Earth have a difficult road ahead of them. The strongest will persevere and find some measure of peace and co-existence on this strange planet of humans. The weak, the bitter, and the violent will return to their warrior ways and become rebels, hunted by humans and assimilated Zentradi alike. Ultimately, these rebels will meet the same end as generations of their race, to die and be forgotten on the vast fields of war." There's similar worldbuilding for the Masters book, going into the various nation-states of the fractured Earth and how they all have to work together to supply the ASC. Some with men, some with material, and some with money. It's entirely possible to have a squad with members from otherwise competing nation-states. I didn't see anything like that in SMGs version, instead it seemed more of a "here's how to play, make your own story" kind of deal.
  7. CoryHolmes
    Yup. Little things like that really added to the world without taking pages of dialog.
  8. CoryHolmes
    😁 I just hope it's a fun game that adds more to the setting. The Macross Era had some future characters writing essays about the events, one from Nova Satori. I always enjoyed that part of the Jack McKinney novels, too.
  9. CoryHolmes
    I'm willing to pay more for a GOOD Punch/Counterpunch toy. The $100 Price tag for James/Bond doesn't exactly instill a great amount of hope for me.
  10. CoryHolmes
    I'm not like that, though. I want good engineering solutions to the transformers question. Like the Dinobots, for example. Ever since MP-08 introduced the 'tail folds into the boots' gimmick, most if not all 3P and Masterpiece dinos went that route. It was great the first time, but I want something new and original. Same thing with the upcoming James/Bond from X-Transbots. Punch is my absolute favourite transformer and I want to better engineering than just "flip visor, twist shoulder pads, bend knees the other way".
  11. CoryHolmes
    After seeing those new 3P combiners with no extra parts, the hands and feet and whatnot are contained within the limbs, I refuse to even consider anything else. Most Menasor's are the worst, with the limbs basically being shin and arm pads.
  12. CoryHolmes
    The mini rules are a distillation of the last 30ish years of Palladium's system. It helps that the system was originally meant to ape Battletech. But the PnP version isn't very quick or clean at all. Combat takes forever, and the rules for non-combat activity aren't that great. But I've been playing with them since TMNT & Other Strangeness came out, so I'm used to them for better or worse.
  13. CoryHolmes
    PB or SMG mechanics? I think I'm just so used to PB that it seems natural.
  14. CoryHolmes
    Hah! Fortunately I enjoyed the books for both the game AND the line-art 😁
  15. CoryHolmes
    Ugh, Kickstarter Got turned off it from my last experience, also Robotech-related, but some of the bonuses they're offering are almost too good to pass up
  16. CoryHolmes
    And with most of the rules in the first book, this would help bulk it up without shipping two skinny books. Lookin' atchu there, Palladium
  17. CoryHolmes
    Ooooooh. I didn't treat myself for my birthday, so this seems like a good thing to splurge on 😁
  18. CoryHolmes
    If I've said it before, I'll say it again: I'll never not be impressed with your ability to take wacky drawings, extrapolate them into 3D shapes, and then a bit of work here and a touch of stuff there and BAM physical parts in hand. I work with people who do that on the reg and it always blows my mind.
  19. CoryHolmes
    Phooey. At this scale, about how big would a person be?
  20. CoryHolmes
    I meant for transporting from place to place. But I guess it doesn't make much sense, even if IT would be cool.
  21. CoryHolmes
    That's the spirit! You get a spot on the marketing team!
  22. CoryHolmes
    Meh, if they can make and sell lightsabers as toys, they can make and sell Crys-knives as toys.
  23. CoryHolmes
    How about a Crys-knife? Or a weirding module?
  24. CoryHolmes
    I know I'm probably going to regret this, but how much would it cost to get some in-scale Battloid mode figures? Even at a minimum of detail, I think it'd be a great sight for the interior of the cargo pod to be lined with Battloid Alphas 😁
  25. CoryHolmes
    Agree on the favs. My own Robotech tastes are contaminated by my love for the RPGs, but Southern Cross and New Gen are my favourite eras to play in.
×
×
  • Create New...