Oh cool, time for Bethesda to put out a modfucking patch three days before they release?

Guardians of the Galaxy. The combat could have been a bit better, but otherwise it was fantastic. Better than any of the movies except the end of 2.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

It’s one of those games I love but haven’t actually finished because I always want to try a new character. Pushing myself to stick with one to the end this time. I got the season pass 2, and there’s a recent DLC that sounds like the local equivalent of Mass Effect 3’s Citadel DLC.

DS3 and Elden ring do magic best of the Fromsoft game IMO. An MP pool works much better in an action game than the Vancian “casts per rest” of the earlier games.

That’s a fair assessment. There are a ridiculous number of classes and subclasses each with their own quirks. And that’s without getting into multiclassing or Wrath’s mythic path system. I’ve definitely spent 20+ minutes leveling up before.

Do you like JRPGs? Yakuza: Like a Dragon is fairly recent and has a sequel (that I haven’t gotten to play yet). The story is NOT your typical RPG fare, it’s a modern drama about an ex-gangster trying to get back on his feet after prison (it gets emotional, I cried). But the combat is a classic turn-based RPG and it’s fun, stylish, and just barely complex enough to stay engaging.

The graphics are much simpler than BG3, but Owlcat has done some fantastic work with their Pathfinder games.

Wrath of the Righteous is much more polished and expanded than Kingmaker, but they’re both great. They both have the option to play in turn-based like BG3, or real time with pause like the old BG games.

Children deserve better movies than this soulless green-screened cash grab.

They also deserve better games than Minecraft IMO, but that’s a different conversation.

I mean, Star Wars is three connected but distinct trilogies numbered 1-9. Same deal?

Twisted Metal: Black II please. Or even one that’s a little more of a dark comedy like TM2. I just know I hated everything after Black. (Why the fuck were we racing instead of fighting sometimes?!)

I haven’t gotten to try it yet, but I hear Dread Delusion has a lot of Morrowind’s visual style and weirdness, if not quite the same gameplay.

Both the fans must be thrilled.

Weak. I just fell in love with Slay the Spire. Hope this doesn’t cause massive problems for the sequel.

I don’t know Humble Games’ involvement, only that their logo is in the opening.

Gathering materials does suck, yeah. Rarely an activity I enjoy in any game.

I can respect the opinion of wanting to skip the social parts, that’s definitely not for everyone.

Some of them I really like though, like Nico’s always doing these side-eyed references to movies without actually naming them (Pulp Fiction, The Room, etc.)

I’m hooked on Marvel’s Midnight Suns right now. It’s a little bit XCOM, a little bit Persona, and some deckbuilding on top. Some exploration and light puzzles in the hub area between missions if you like, mostly for the friendship/lore/cosmetic stuff. Got it free from Epic last month, but I’d say it’s at least worth $25 or so if you find a sale.

Edit: Also Nico Minoru is a possible party member, and I fucking love Runaways.

Well they had better take the time to do some unnecessary karaoke scenes. Live action “24-hour Cinderella” or I’m out.

This is utter hogshit, but also seems relatively easy to work around. “I am legally forbidden from sharing my opinions on the quality of Marvel Rivals.” is a pretty clear and succinct review that technically flies under their legal fuckery.

Just picked up Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins. Maybe 6 hours in… Never heard of it when it came out. It seems like a pretty great fusion of Nioh minus the stances, and one of the more actiony FFs so far. The story is… there. It seems to be heavily based on FF1 so far, so I’m not expecting much. The rest of the game is fun and batshit crazy enough to make up for it.

So I found out after I posted this that there’s a demo, and 40 minutes in I already like Valvotorez more than Laharl, and at least on par with Adell. Seems like I’ll finish the demo to eb sure, and probably pick it up.

It wasn’t necessarily a badly-designed feature, I’m just bitter because I sucked.

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Yakuza 0. Sorry, emotional and compelling main story, you’re gonna have to wait. I need to make Majima’s hostess club the top in Sotenbori.

People woefully underappreciate my big tiddy Gith girlfriend.

I dunno how they’re going to justify fighting things in fantasy Mesoamerica that are stronger than the literal incarnation of despair, but I guess we’ll see.

Please , for the love of God, Vagrant Story and Parasite Eve II.

Oh neat, so the chaos chambers are like random dungeons? That sounds cool.

If the DLC is not only meh, but also detrimental to the endgame experience/replayability then I’ll probably just get the base game.