u/herpes_for_free

So I think I'm around 25% of the main story, just got into the Keepers and about to take the oath.

But despite the mod/game's beautiful world and awesome systems...

How you get stronger is pure bullshit and the most non-immersive thing in the game.

Like seriously, I need to buy books to get better at a skill? I understand the in-game explanation but some things are best figured out on your own and I absolutely do not like this skill system.

I much prefer Skyrim's basic ass skill system that levels up your skills the more you do them because at the very least, it's immersive and true to life. When you do something repeatedly, you become better.

But buying books to spam them and get better at a skill just seems so out of place in Enderal where everything else is immersive. Like there's a freaking bank lmao, and then titular deeds, freaking shares of a business. Like sure, they're extremely basic but it's there and I use the financial system all the time.

I genuinely think that a system where you level up a skill by repeatedly doing it, but the caveat is that there are certain blockades, maybe like at level 25, 50, 75, where you get a quest in whatever skill that is and you finish that quest to progress further. I think it's a more immersive option than what Enderal is implementing right now.

Is it just me or does anyone else think the same? Maybe someone can explain to me why it's a good system.

Nonetheless, onto another Enderal session 🫡

Honestly I came in not expecting much, still got the generic dumb character moments but it had some cool scenes as well.

I think the biggest compliment I could give the movie is the claustrophobic theme it gives off. Imagine being stuck in a building with hundreds of zombies around you that can communicate with each other.

Now, the bad parts, i.e., dumb moments.

1. How the male lead died; I could not believe that is how he died after all the cool, albeit generic male lead trope, shit he did in terms of fighting scenes. Seriously, how does one die from a reverse knife stab that... you were holding straight. It could be that he was shocked because he saw her sister in zombie form... but how the fuck did her sister get that knife so quick and stab him with it? Just genuinely a dumb way that he dies like that.

2. Predictable and generic tropes. Seriously? Family man at the start going to save another scared person in the first 20 minutes of the movie and then giving us a bit of hope that he lives but gets caught at the last moment? This shit can be seen from miles away lol.

3. If the antagonist can communicate with the zombies... why not just interrupt him whenever he tries to do so? Even better, find some duct tape somewhere then cover his ears so he genuinely does not know where he is. And why the fuck did the policeman handcuff him like that? Isn't the standard way to handcuff them in reverse so he literally cannot do anything with ease. Why even handcuff him with his hands in front of him lol.

4. It breaks its own rules. How the hell does him getting bitten by the first zombie ceo supposed to make him control the zombies? The hierarchy is wrong but again, let's move past that. How in the ever living whatever does the zombies 'reset' at the end there? If there is still a link between him and the zombies, shouldn't that have been reset as well? It's just not logical in any way or form. Disregarding the illogical "ant mill" scenario, am I really supposed to believe that's the first time it happens in the entire movie? What a coincidence. Look at how these zombies fuck up during the beginning of the movie, how did they not make an "ant mill" during any of those scenes?

5. That scene at the experimental lab of the antagonist was so dumb lol. You literally have seen the zombie monkeys trying to break the damn glass and all the people did is... stand around waiting for what, exactly, to happen? Shouldn't you all just... get the fuck out? How did not even ONE single police officer not get bitten by ultra fast and nimble monkeys that are hard to shoot at lol? Seriously what the fuck? This might be the most illogical thing to happen in the movie.

6. Apparently they turned off the POV cameras of the soldiers because they have no knowledge of what happened when they all got infected... isn't it it more smart to just... continue to monitor the soldiers progression via POV cameras instead of relying on phone communication? Where the fuck are the walkie talkies that should be standard procedure? Why rely on phone communication at all 😂

Man, there's more illogical shit that happens but this really is another generic zombie movie that you have to turn your brain off to somewhat enjoy.

I genuinely did enjoy the movie though. The claustrophobic mall room scenes were awesome and very intense.

7/10. Watch it but turn your brain off.

Worth it or nah? Grind too hard/long in MyCareer? I'm tinking if its worth it to spend my money and time to a game that's going to get shut down a year and a half from now 😂

What the fuck is wrong with this guy? Literally pump fakes ALL THE TIME. Either resulting in a clank or a turnover. JUST SHOOT THE THREE. SHEPPARD CANT EVEN TOUCH YOU.

Not to mention how lost he gets on defense and in general being a cone. Then low iq too.

It's disorganized. Power levels aren't explained properly from the start. Seventh Prince came in and the book read as if he faced the two peak Void Returning kings of the other species like he was stronger than both. Then later on after 400 chapters, he's like at the peak of Spirit Trove only about to break through Void Returning by then lol.

Not to mention how disorganized and poorly explained the cultivation is. What the fuck is 1,000 dao shattering something something in the Void Returning stage? What is void soil? What even is the heavenly dao in this novel during the Spirit Trove stage. It's so poorly explained and written quickly all over that all you can do is shut your brain off and just move on.

Not to mention the dumbest measurements. Inconsistent writing of superhuman people moving in meters when they can move as fast as light. I'm currently at chapter 950+ something and this is literally what was stated, vaguely because I can't copy and paste directly on my phone:

"His red robe/cloak covered the entire imperial region/city. Once he saw Grand Emperor Swordsage fuck him up for a bit, he moved 30 meters. Then he moved 300 meters, then 3000 meters."

Genuinely if he's written as if he's this massive behemoth, how the fuck can I visualize them moving 30 meters?

What I hate more is how disorganized Xu Qing's powers are. It's like he picks up a new power every fucking arc and I'm not saying that's bad, but how the fuck do you just pick up Golden Crow imperial technique then just make it a fucking weapon and never doing anything with it again? I thought the trope with Golden Crows were deadly with heat, why the fuck is it a weapon? Then his violet moon power that's supposed to have the power of... did Er Gen forgot? What the fuck is the violet moon's authority even is other than being a base form power boost. I genuinely think he forgot because I remember reading about the violet moon's power and yet it seemingly just came of as just a power boost later on.

And honestly, despite all the cool schemes and fuckall with the other characters in this novel like the Empress/Bai Xiazhou/Captain, when the MC just takes a backseat and doesn't even fight/does one fucking move because he's boosted by others and STILL GETS benefits, is what I'm frustrated about.