• abraxas@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I mean, that’s what we ALL do when we play an epic-length game. But if you’re not into epic-length games, that’s cool

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      11 months ago

      I disagree. A lot of epic tales grab you in the opening. In fact that’s a bit of a cornerstone of writing, grab them early. If there’s nothing for me to like in the first two hours of something, why should I assume it’s going to get better?

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        11 months ago

        Fair enough. Don’t read the Wheel of Time then (or any Epic Fantasy, if we’re being honest) :)

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          11 months ago

          I haven’t read those books, but is there really nothing interesting in them in the first few chapters? No breaks from the norm, nothing to grab you and keep you invested? Tbf epic fantasy, yeah, not my genre but it seems so foreign to me, having it be THAT slow of a burn.