Somehow I've always had Hotline Miami and Disco Elysium in the same quantum state where they were both the same game, some how. It's unentangled now, but wow.

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on May 10, 2024, 15:50:
Back in the day when Fallout games were about good plot, dialog, and tons of freedom.

It was amazing to see so many different solutions to quests and how the game would correct for you killing key people.

Fallout 3 they just make bullets bounce off key people, because how could they be expected to match game design from 10 years in the past with a massively higher budget?

I guess they blew the entire budget on making you constantly repair things?

I'm not a big fan of many Beth choices for Fallout, but I don't think what you're suggesting is reasonable criticism. Beth has amazing environmental freedoms, with usually mediocre to poor story and characters.

Holywhippet wrote on May 1, 2024, 17:14:
Great, well-executed D&D game? Well, BG3 was that eventually. I had to stop playing for a while twice while they fixed crash to desktop bugs though.

The best way to start making great games at Hasbro.is to fire a large portion of your D&D staff, outsourcing art to.AI and writing a puff piece about riding the coattails of a company.that worked hard on your IP and treated staff well.

Avus wrote on Apr 27, 2024, 15:51:
This thing happen because of Star Citizens (and their own $150 edition) - start of game prices for whale tier. ALL the player who paid $150 (Darkness edition) are part of the reason for this even more expensive edition.
Paid stupid price get stupid game.

I'm going to disagree, spending money on Star Citizen is a hobby for dreamers - not people expecting to play a finished game.

Spark debate? What discount price should you wait for, before you buy?

I think Chris really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with that "not even in beta" zinger. Maybe he said that intentionally knowing where development is. Perhaps my grandchildren will know for sure, only the most faithful will be bequeathed my account.

Must be ramping.up all that AI generated artwork and story and catching as many international tax credits as possible with *shake magic 8-ball* survival style gameplay!

I imagine a strike is doubtful, but generally speaking, the media conglomerates can go fuck themselves - they're making billions after margin, and can afford to pay better. They don't pay better because it costs less money to delay and fight back. The voice actors (in the context of gaming) deserve a fair spot at the table for whatever work they do. The music industry didn't tolerate sampling when it got popular, using technology to emulate someone's talent is worse.

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Mar 3, 2024, 12:55:
Yeah, just checked out the screen shots, Yeah I guess there some nice HD fingernails textures, no so sure that it's a must have, but then again I am not W0KE so I'll be blocking DSOG.COM on my router as well as uninstalling CP2077

What on earth are you talking about? It's incoherent.

Glad to hear it, Control was amazing.

That Borderlands article is written like.being in the worst version of Hotel California. It kept repeating and never ending. I closed it.

No one cares Cliff.

There are scant details of what the agreement entails, so I don't have anything to say. If it provides a framework that allows a voice actor to say in the parlance of a professional: "Fuck you, pay me." With the threat of losing access to SAG-AFTRA voice talent - then sure, it's great news. If it's a stick to threaten voice actors, then as someone who appreciates well-voiced and spoken lines, then I would say: "Fuck you, I won't pay." instead. I may have forgotten an l somewhere, maybe not.

“Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest. And like a forest, it’s easy to lose your way...to get lost...to forget where you came in.”

Jim wrote on Dec 5, 2023, 09:51:
not sure the hate against DA:O, I thought it was an amazing game. I still think about how it made me feel, the closeness of the campfire chats. The stories, the comradery. Morrigan, Leliana. I got my ass creamed the first time through, but then learned the mechanics. Sure, there were a lot of limitations on the environments. Most of the side missions used the same 2 or 3 maps, but it still was a great experience.

I really enjoyed DA:O, it was great. I also enjoyed DA:I. DA2, not so much.

Yakubs wrote on Nov 23, 2023, 12:17:
Sounds like the dude is in a bad mood.

I haven't seen any interview without him being dickish, main reason I haven't bought his books either. Dickishness.

I feel strangely satisfied that I haven't picked this up, considering the lukewarm post-launch hype I might be firmly on the discount GOTY train. Time will tell.

Very excited for Control 2, it was terrific. A decades new revisit to Max Payne, very much welcome to the OG bullet time creators.

I like the original titles and I really enjoy the Warhammer setting. I don't understand how fans think they can't have both considering the mechanics are mostly the same. That said, Hyenas, what a joke. Before pulling the plug they had a free steam weekend, I wasn't interested in it free.

I can only imagine the C suite at Creative Assembly got *tired* of being the king of their niche and decided that ignoring their paying fans and wanted some of this new action (and by new, we mean 8 years too late) and wasted $100 million in the process.

Their collective contempt for their fans isn't exactly shocking. Entrenched management drinking their own Kool aid and blaming everyone else for their failures.

As a backer, I watched about 10 minutes, and browsed the website and looked at the pictures. Good for them, looks neat. It's funny how long its taken, but the money was spent long ago. I've spent more on Warhammer in 3 years, and only have bins of plastic and few figures to show for it. And kickstarting boardgames, yikes.