It completely passed me by. This is literally the first I’m hearing of it

he’s calling for a specific rate of new expansions to keep players coming back, not crunching for “endless” growth

This annoys me. It’s pure semantics.

Lol, I’m not sure I’d describe it as anime, but I understand what you mean. Personally I quite like the aesthetic of it. It makes them feel just the right amount of fake to me that I won’t feel bad deleting the pool ladder. I can totally see how it would bug you though. Hopefully it’ll be easy to mod out, or at least turn down.

I still have hope for Paralives

Have a look at Paralives

YES

Are you kidding me!? I gave up on a playthrough on Monday because I couldn’t beat the Nihilanth. There’s a bug that CTDs during his final phase! I might give this a crack