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The 'Loads of orcs' fits in with Warhammer, certainly, but I can't find anything about SotHR being unfinished (to the extent that it was unwinnable, anyway).

Near as I could tell the problem was with a specific mission, but not one that gated the only way to win the game. Might have blocked off a story branch of some sort, but at the least there were other available win conditions. Help to pinpoint the exact mission it was, but my effort gave out before I got that far.

First one looks like shadow of the horned rat, actually. Old warhammer game, PC release, around '95. GOG rereleased in a couple years ago. Apparently one of the missions fits that description to a T, though I've had enough trouble pinpointing which one it is I no longer care enough to keep looking

Sure. Is .pdf, first hit on Google for query "unreported crimes" sans quotes. Looks like a U.S. based thing from some years back, but it's just one example among very many. Like said, the stuff's basically ubiquitous, which is understandable considering any report on criminal activity that wasn't considering and/or accounting for it would be blatantly misrepresentative of the situation it was reporting on.

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Spoiler: About Lynels (click to show/hide)

Do they all drop the same stuff? I've only fought one so far and he dropped a tri-shot bow that lets me one-shot guardians if I use mech arrows. The stats on all the stuff he dropped is kinda garbage though.

Still not especially far in the game, only beat one of the dungeons so far.

Do have to wonder, anyone noticed a streamer/vid maker that's notably good at the game? Picking stuff up quickly, taking to the combat system well, not missing much, that sort of thing. Longer the better, to the extent it's possible. If someone knows where there's someone that's rapidly became damn good at the game and has like 12+ hours of footage, it'd be amazing to hear about. One I've been watching over the last (ryu... something, I think. Haven't paid attention to their name. Has like twenty+ hours split between four vids, so far, on yt) day or two is both about out of footage for me and only somewhat above the minimum limits of my competence tolerance. Tends to figure things out quick enough (sometimes with chat help), but there's still stuff that's forgotten or painful to watch and pretty regularly.

Or at least that the evidence hasn't been gathered yet. Key difference vis a vis religious faith vs the more mundane stuff is in that point. The former can't have evidence (particularly of the sort that can't be explained otherwise) of a communicable sort gathered for it, the latter can. Faith in a bridge staying up is tested by crossing it, usually. Can't really test most religious faith claims without dying, and that causes a wee titch of trouble reporting the results of the test, heh. Target that ain't supernatural can be checked, one that is can't be (or it wouldn't actually be supernatural), more or less. Still faith in a sense either way, but rather different sorts.

Anyway, thing is lack of belief isn't an affirmative belief in and of itself, however much certain brands of bible thumpers say otherwise. You don't need anything to not believe in a god, you just don't believe. No faith involved one way or the other 'cause there's nothing involved to begin with.

Ah... evolution isn't clear about what you ought to do. At all. The system is entirely descriptive. Doesn't say anything about what to do, just what's going on.

Unfortunately yes. There's always room for the good ol' evil deceiver or its equivalent to be stuck somewhere in things. Solipsism always wins if you're not going to do what you should and tell it to bugger off once you reach whatever point of absurdity is appropriate to the particular discussion. Generally we just roll with less than whole knowledge states and get along pretty alright.

Though yeah, a nontheist doesn't require much faith, if any. Certainly significantly less than most/all more metaphysically burdened positions to have on theism, and what faith they do require is mostly not of the religious sort. Usually if someone's saying otherwise they're trying to hoodwink you one way or another, heh.

Materialism or evolution can totally tell you what you ought to do, though. Sorta'. There's optimal or necessary paths to achieve whatever goal you're aiming at that can be decided on (with whatever degree of functional effectiveness) using principles that aren't in violation of either sort of thing. They're not exactly able to tell you what you ought to do on their own, though. They're not prescriptive systems, though certain strains of materialism might be. Can't even tell you what's practical, tbh. Just what is.

That said, nothing can establish an ought without there being a goal to ought towards. Religions tend to presuppose whatever their goal is (heaven, escaping resurrection, whatever) is the one being aimed for, but that doesn't give them particularly special grounds on that front. Anything that provides a framework for effectively accomplishing a goal can tell you an ought, to one extent or another.