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Good review by Mortismal Gaming:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8h64EYMoLF8&feature=share9

This guy specialises in reviewing CRPGs and his reviews are really good. Often he reviews games after 100% completing them


Recently I've discovered the joy of CRPGs, having previously only dabbled in them without spending any significant time on the genre. With Baldur's Gate 2 just around the corner, which I'm sure many of us are hyped for, I wanted to try a similar CRPG to get a feel for whether I'm going to want to play it. Enter DOS2; this game is made by Larian Studios, the same studio making BG2, and is an absolutely incredible game. From the graphics, which are stunning even 6 years on from release, to the combat which makes you think about your moves in a manner similar to how you might do in a game like chess, and best of all stories which are for the most part genuinely interesting. I frequently found myself surprised at events / characters / quests I found throughout the world, even small things like hearing someone screaming nearby then discovering they had been torn to pieces by voidwoken. I recently just finished Act I and just started Act II but wanted to share a bit of love for this game as it is an absolute masterpiece with a well deserved [95% positive rating with 144k reviews on steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/). ![gameplay](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8dfb64bd-cfa5-41e3-b4f3-f51d09c03dad.jpeg) Please share your experience with DOS2 and whether or not you have fully completed the game!
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I’ve only completed Act I and can’t believe Act II will be even bigger, there’s already so much to do in Act I. Are there only two acts in total? After DOS2 I plan on playing through Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous and then maybe Pillars of Eternity 2



Like I already said earlier, it would be better if no company was allowed to pay games publishers to block out publishing on their competitor consoles but Sony have already been using this dirty tactic for years.

MS said they are buying Activision Blizzard so Sony cannot block games from being released on their platform once again.

So to directly answer your question it is “ok” because it is a defence strategy to prevent Sony blocking them out of games. It is no worse than what Sony already do and at this point if they don’t use strategies like this then their platform risks fading into obscurity leaving Sony with a monopoly which is bad for consumers.


In the console market they are the underdog because their console has significantly less sales both in terms of units and game sales


Not exactly the same as what you suggested but I just tried using Steam Link with a Bluetooth controller and it worked surprisingly well. I’m wondering if I could get this working when outside my house using a private VPN server, sort of like my own home version of GeForce now


News about the merger being approved was being discussed on Beehaw and everyone was dogpiling on Microsoft saying they’re the devil for buying Activision Blizzard.

When I pointed out that Sony are also not innocent, as they regularly pay publishers to block release of games on Xbox, my comment was deleted.

At this stage Xbox is the underdog when compared to PlayStation and need a deal like this to not fall out of the market which would be a bad thing for everyone because it would mean less competition.

Of course it would be much better if no company was allowed to make exclusivity deals with publishers.


Are almost all mobile games bad?
Saw a game on Google Play that had great reviews (4.6k AVG with 77k reviews) so downloaded it thinking I finally might have found a good mobile game only to find it was trash like almost every mobile game I've ever tried. Is it me, am I the problem, or are virtually all mobile games terrible? ---- **Edit** Thanks for everyone's feedback and suggestions, I've been trying out some of your recommendations as well as trying out Steam Link to play my steam PC games
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Just wanted to bring some more well deserved attention to this awesome game! After playing too many city builder games I thought it'd be a long time before I got into another but after seeing the crazy high rating on steam (95% positive with more than 11k reviews) I decided to try it out and boy is it awesome. I've been hooked playing this game for the last couple weeks now, I'd love to hear Lemmy's thoughts on the game Official description: > A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors. ![Against the Storm](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eaee17c7-7519-429e-8af9-cea122e893cb.jpeg)
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Against the Storm

I thought I was sick of top down building games like this until I tried AtS and it has been a blast