It’s a free to play game, is anyone really surprised they intend to add microtransactions?

I recommend reading the source rather than blog spam: https://insider-gaming.com/ea-adds-microtransactions-to-skates-closed-alpha/

Again, I’m not saying Linux is bad or even at fault for these issues, but these issues exist and I it’s valid that some people don’t wanna deal with it.

You don’t know that these things issues exist because you’ve never tried it.

You even admit at times you’re too lazy to even set these things up.

If you have a highly customised setup you need to accept some responsibility for it and not expect others to test it for you.

I guess the kind of innovation they’re hoping to see from ubisoft is a WWII game from the axis perspective.

Then why do you want to see it broken up? Monopoly seemed a pretty reasonable assumption.

Steam is hardly a monopoly.

There are plenty of successfully competing stores. The only real thing Steam has going for it is network effect that every gamer has an account therefore it’s decent for socialising, but even that is being challenged by Discord and a multitude of others.

GamePass is probably the closest we’re seeing to a potential monopoly. The purchase of activation should never have been permitted.

Bevy is damn impressive. I can understand why it’s not suitable for large projects yet but for anyone tinkering or projects willing to adapt to a rapidly iterate ecosystem is well worth a look.

operational issue

Why be so vague? That’s only ever going to frustrate people.

The game itself is cheaper than that. I suspect they chose to pay for a deluxe edition

Oh, OK that’s actually a bit more interesting. Does the combat system mean you can then invade their settlement and/or fight to control resources? If there were diplomacy mechanics as well it might interest me but I’m not overly interested in competitive mechanics in a city builder. I’d rather just relax and build an awesome community.

What is the clock deadline you’re racing against? That’s a very strange mechanic for a city builder.

From the trailer it looks really great but I’m very reluctant to purchase anything in early access

I decided to not even bother with a significant number of mods because they just seemed mind numbingly confusing to set up.

I’m not complaining, I’m just wondering if I’m missing some trick or something.

I think you made the right choice here.

There’s no quality control in modding communities so I’d say the effort the developer puts into the install instructions is going to be a reasonable indicator of the quality of the mod itself.

Personally I think nobody gives a fuck about your profile while you’re alive so why does it suddenly have significance when you’re dead.

Grief is a horrible process that we all go through. Cultural norms are to simply ignore it, suppress it and pretend we’ve moved on.

The digital age preserves a far greater record of our lives than ever before. I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing.

I still recall all the complaints when Origin was first released. People simply don’t like change

Does it still revolve around building roads or can cities finally thrive with alternative transport?