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Jan. 1st, 2016 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethI listened to the first of the Big Finish Pathfinder audio adventures.
I got it free with a subscription, to see if I liked them.
It felt like it was 90% fight scene and 10% drinking at the inn. You know what's not interesting on the radio? Fight scenes.
Also they did to a few things to try and make the characters have actual personalities, but they were busy doing silly voices and making sure everyone knew what species they are and also fighting. Fighting styles can be very distinctive, but not by the squishy sound effects they make.
Also, RPG magic on audio? Is someone shouting magic words and something we're not quite clear on happening.
It's an interesting try, but I'm fairly sure whatever they were aiming for they did not succeed.
But now I know that without spending money on it.
Also it's leaving me wondering what I'd be looking for from a fantasy series. Which is tricky. Which leaves me pretty forgiving on this story, even if it was the kind of fight fight pub I got bored of in tabletop form long since.
Don't know what I was expecting really.
Also, note to self, I need lighter headphones like woah. Wearing them makes my neck hurt and the top of my head. That's no use.
So that's today's thrilling adventure.
Tomorrow, who knows? I have a dozen Doctor Who audios just waiting for me.
I got it free with a subscription, to see if I liked them.
It felt like it was 90% fight scene and 10% drinking at the inn. You know what's not interesting on the radio? Fight scenes.
Also they did to a few things to try and make the characters have actual personalities, but they were busy doing silly voices and making sure everyone knew what species they are and also fighting. Fighting styles can be very distinctive, but not by the squishy sound effects they make.
Also, RPG magic on audio? Is someone shouting magic words and something we're not quite clear on happening.
It's an interesting try, but I'm fairly sure whatever they were aiming for they did not succeed.
But now I know that without spending money on it.
Also it's leaving me wondering what I'd be looking for from a fantasy series. Which is tricky. Which leaves me pretty forgiving on this story, even if it was the kind of fight fight pub I got bored of in tabletop form long since.
Don't know what I was expecting really.
Also, note to self, I need lighter headphones like woah. Wearing them makes my neck hurt and the top of my head. That's no use.
So that's today's thrilling adventure.
Tomorrow, who knows? I have a dozen Doctor Who audios just waiting for me.
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Date: 2016-01-01 11:44 pm (UTC)(One big warning for real-world stuff related to it - the original artist was sacked after being arrested for domestic violence, and there are whispers that he may still get royalties from the later issues that he wasn't involved in, so you might not want to spend money on it for that reason.)