{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Monday, 28-Dec-15 03:53:25 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4053237","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"The weebest insect on the Bionis\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> I'm a huge fan of traditional sci-fi literature and media, but that also means I tend to be a lot more critical of sci-fi works because I have a lot of experience in the genre. I know the writing wasn't great in the first one either, but I like how the first one sort of openly embraced its camp and was in many ways self aware of its absurdity. Self-awareness like that is a fine line to walk so  whether it's successful in this one is up to time. Gameplay's been solid so far though, kind of like the first one but with more guns instead of swords. It's give or take the same system though."}