Solasta should be on there instead of BG3 imo, a much better 5e adaption... oh well

Armengar wrote on Oct 25, 2020, 04:38:
That and serifs should be banned.

Well, just try playing the original Dragon Age nowadays... ;p I was actually shocked that it didn't scale the font.. like AT ALL... at 1440p it's.. an interesting experience. At 4k you are definitely gonna need a zoom function

Slick wrote on Oct 25, 2020, 02:11:

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 25, 2020, 01:52:
I was gonna give it a try, but then it asked me to install Chrome

Because that's just what I want, a game I can only play on 1 browser.. lmao

Oh the humanity...

Will someone please think of the children?...

I'd hate to see your response in every single console exclusive thread Last I checked Chrome is free, The demo is free, and using Stadia in this instance is free, and a new Xbox/Playstation is $400 USD

All that is true. Except it's a demo I don't give a dangabbit about so if they make me jump through more than 1 hoop (click play) then they failed. And they failed.

Ps.: It does not work on Edge either

I was gonna give it a try, but then it asked me to install Chrome

Because that's just what I want, a game I can only play on 1 browser.. lmao

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 23, 2020, 11:35:
New skill trees for all characters, including significant balance changes, behind a paywall? GG, asshats.

Whenever I read things like this, I am tempted to remind everyone this is... 2K (the actual worst publisher on the planet) doing this.

I actually like the story in this new map... you can decide and do your own solutions to a lot of the quests, lots of choices lots of interactions and a COMPLEX as all hell escalation if you want to PUSH towards the research. Word of advice - don't pick small islands or you will suffer ;p

Just unlocked all the Anno 1800 rewards too I find that.. pretty nice ^^

I already get my dose of narrative horror whenever I switch on the news in the morning.....

J wrote on Oct 18, 2020, 10:01:
Okay, could someone clarify?

wtf_man replied stating that there's privacy apps and regedit.

Then, later on, MeanJim talks of settings which can turn it off, which jacobvandy and Zanderat1 confirm.

Are the options clear in the settings? Why do privacy apps need to alter something that's in the settings?

Because 90% of people are computer illiterate ... probably more than that...

More options for player char is more better in my book....

RogueSix wrote on Oct 17, 2020, 13:05:

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 17, 2020, 11:29:
... and this is what happens when a total noob dev has to manhandle UE5 - not an easy engine to work with...

It's Unreal 4. Unreal engine 5 is still in development at Epic with a preview version scheduled for spring 2021 and the 5.0 release should happen in late 2021. Games that are originally based on Unreal 5 (developed on UE5 from scratch) will obviously not come out for quite a while but the current version 4.25 of UE has a migration upgrade path to Unreal 5 so we will at least see some upgrade versions in 2022. Fully original UE5 AAA games probably won't be out before 2024.

You are absolutely correct.. was mixing up the engine versions Still an incredibly ugly game for UE4, which can do SO MUCH more than this. Also no underwater explosions, no torpedoes, everything is wrong about this new Aquanox imo.. the originals are better in some ways... and in others.. not so much. ^^

Ending locked behind a 10€ paywall
1080p resolution lock even if you run at 4k (meaning you get downscaled and can count the pixels, enjoy!)
no 21:9 support
no fov slider

Yep, it's a THQ Nordic game alright, and this is what happens when a total noob dev has to manhandle UE5 - not an easy engine to work with...

Dev wrote on Oct 16, 2020, 22:41:
White hats have been trying to reach ubisoft for a YEAR with no response?!
Wow, next thing we'll hear is how important security is to them.

Depends on which branch of Ubisoft .. or if we are talking about a STUDIO of Ubisoft... Ubisoft is huge.. and what they got seems to be more from the anti-cheat development branch if anything. Ie. nothing of value. Crytek on the other hand was apparently hacked super hard, complete with encryption trojan.

Speaking of this store, I just recently discovered one of the dumbest things about it you can possible imagine...

If you have DLC for a game (say Troy) and you have it installed, you can click on the ... and see it. But if you do NOT have the game installed, you can NOT see what DLC you own for it, nowhere except when the store tells you that you own it on the actual store pages. But if you want to know what you own DLC wise .. well you can't unless you install the game first.

Which idiot designed this to work this way?

A working search! Will wonders never cease?
Apparently not <3

Netherlands had first death by reinfection.... immunity eh?

MattyC wrote on Oct 13, 2020, 00:46:

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 12, 2020, 22:30:
The first Outer Worlds was abysmally average, bad writing, horrible faction systems, and on-the-nose gamexplaining whenever you did anything, and best of all, if you then DID that something it had zero consequences. And oh yeah, the shooting wasn't horrible. Why this gets a sequel is beyond me...

And if someone is confused and hasn't played it.. check this

I would be more hyped about news of a Tetris remake than this.

I actually replayed Fallout 2 after recently and my god is Outer Worlds bad if you start to look back.

Oh, no worries, everyone is wrong sometime. I mean not as wrong as you, obviously. You are a special kind of super wrong. A wrongness that is palpable, one that causes every babe to weep at your approach, every woman to cry out, "Dear God!! What is that wrong thing?!?" etc, but I mean no one is perfect...

Snarky reply aside, did you forget the 2nd half of your post where you explain why you think any decision in the game has consequences beyond vending machine prices and why the writing is supposed to be good when the corporations and companions in this game are portrayed so absolutely stupidly that no sane living being would ever join them or want to be near them?

Nah mate, I am glad to be wrong in your point of view. To me this is the 2nd worst RPG Obsidian has made. ^^

When you make 1 hour 20 minute of video content, and in all that time there is not a single time or date when it releases.. you know you fucked up

The first Outer Worlds was abysmally average, bad writing, horrible faction systems, and on-the-nose gamexplaining whenever you did anything, and best of all, if you then DID that something it had zero consequences. And oh yeah, the shooting wasn't horrible. Why this gets a sequel is beyond me...

And if someone is confused and hasn't played it.. check this

I would be more hyped about news of a Tetris remake than this.

I actually replayed Fallout 2 after recently and my god is Outer Worlds bad if you start to look back.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Oct 10, 2020, 12:12:

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 10, 2020, 11:49:

Exactly I will give them benefit of doubt since this is the earliest early access.. who knows where it stands in a year from now. Also the encounter that Ars guy is talking about can be completely avoided (and the game fully expects this) if you snipe the mind flayer from a distance before you get into his psychic range.. which made it a funny read even to someone who hasn't played the game but just watched some streams.

That said, if I were DM I would not introduce a party of new players to any DnD game by putting them anywhere NEAR a mindflayer, not something you wanna encounter unless you are level 9+

I've been trying to avoid spoilers, but yes, BG3 is going to be the Mindflayer BG, apparently. You're right, they normally aren't low level encounters, but something tells me it'll be all mindflayers, all the time, in BG3, aside from the occasional dragon, for big bosses.

That reminds me though, in BG2, there are 2 major MF encounters where your PC potentially slaughters dozens of innocent/mind controlled people, although I might try to sneak through with high level thieves and just kill the MFs/Elder Brains and see if they can all be rescued, now that I think about it. When I get to that point in my BG1EE/BG2EE playthrough, sneaking it will be. I vaguely recall being able to save some of them, but some are hostile 100%? I forget.

Yeah by the way this is super early encounter, you can potentially see it at level 1 and no, that's not a typo. But it has like.. 4 HP and if you are observant (the streamer I was watching was) you can kill it with any spell or bow with no trouble. And afterwards the mind control fades, does so as well in BG2 How saved those dudes in BG2 are is another matter, since they are, you know, in the UNDERDARK inside an MD hive with no way out.

As I said, I liked what I was seeing. Not the writing, that is always iffy with Larian, but maybe we don't see the whole picture on that yet. What I do not like is the voice actors for main chars, I like NONE of them. There is no gruffy warrior, funny jester bard, no character to any of these voice characters.. that sucks, and that is not something that will likely change.