In most cases, acquisition seems to work out poorly for indie studios, but ND has certainly made good use of Sony’s resources while they’ve been there. I’m just glad I get to play their games finally.

Yeah, the pvp part kills it for me, too. If it was something like, “pve, but the map changes based on other players actions” (eg more guards at a place that just got hit, targeted defenses to recent tactics, etc), that would have been more interesting, imo.

For real. I hardly ever pay attention to AAA stuff at this point. Indie gaming has been good eating for a while now and only seems to be getting better.

If you remain fixated on the idea that your way to relax is gone, you’ll never be able to find a new way. Life changes, for good and bad. It’s on us to make the best of it.

Black Flag was/is such an enjoyable game. I always wanted the option to have an npc take the helm so I could head up to the crows nest and just chill out, watching the sea pass by and listening to the crew sing shanties while we sailed off to wherever. Still holding out some slim hope that some modder will randomly take up the task some day, hah, though it seems like the modding options for BF are very limited, judging by what’s available.

Unnecessarily long

Lol. “How dare you give me a comprehensive explanation of specifically what I asked about! Rude!” What is rude is being so shitty to someone that went out of their way to try and help you understand something, acting like it was a personal insult. How selfish and demanding of you.

So lying about looking into it. Got it.

And yet you say it’s cause of “gambling”. So you’re either lying about looking into it or lying about what you saw.

It’s literally not.

Maybe look into the game being discussed even a little before commenting on it.

It’s as much related to gambling as Balatro is.

As I remember, the liquification was more so part of the curse than the trials. The immense pain and risk of death is true either way, though.

And I don’t see any conflict with Ciri here. That would be her continuing to fight to make her own life, no? The destiny she’s running from isn’t about her being a witcher. More so the opposite, as I understand it.

Regarding the potions, I haven’t read the books, but the wiki alludes to “Children of Destiny” not needing the trials, of which Ciri is part of. Even if that’s not it, I don’t think a grown woman choosing to undergo the trials is comparable to forcing it on a child. Pretty badass, tbh.

I believe that’s called “Pay to Win” in gamer culture.

Nobody ever hurt a company or made them reconsider their decisions by giving them money, no matter how little it was.

Unless they’re actively losing money in their deal, they’re not gonna care if the sale comes immediately or years later. If Epic exclusive + late “hold outs” = $$$, they’re just gonna do that until the equation changes.

I’m not sure why you’re trying to convince me about it. I’m not the one deciding to sell out to Epic.

You care about downvotes?

Not my intention on your comment. More so commenting everyone else’s reaction to my comments pointing to the same thing.

Presumably they think the money they get from Epic is more than the money they’ll lose in sales

Congrats on getting the point.

I’m aware of what an actual boycott is.

In what way is it not? They get Epic’s money for exclusivity and know they’ll still get sales after it ends from people that “boycott” them for doing that.

Buying the game later doesn’t hurt them, it just reinforces the same behavior later.

If that was actually a concern, why would companies do it at all?

And? It’s still profit. If it weren’t, it wouldn’t be listed.

In what way does that matter outside of driving sales? Which people like op happily still gave them?

Yes, we should reward decisions we dislike. That’ll show 'em.

So they still got your money eventually. That’s a double win, in their eyes.

Hope you’re able to get through that at some point. There’re some banger 2d games. Terraria, of course. Stardew(ish) if the farm sim genre is your jam. Hollow Knight, which is in contention for my favorite game of all time. A huge number of great rogue-likes.

As much as I want the update, I respect their respect for their devs. Let crunch be a thing of the past.

He’s right, but not for the reason he thinks. AAAs continuing to prove indies are the best place to find interesting games.

Interesting. Thanks!

It’s not so much “built in” asit is just included by dev/pub request. Lots of games don’t: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

Are there other versions of connect or strands? I don’t mind not playing those, but having alternatives would be nice.

I have enough shit to go around.

Arguing a single point ≠ claiming to be “right all the time”. What’s your next condescending bit of “advice” that’s totally not a poorly disguised character attack?

Apologizing? For what?

Lol. The admonishment for “misusing” gamergate by citing horseshoe theory as if it’s in any way applicable is hilariously on point. Good luck with that “enlightened” centrism.

What does this even mean?

Its not about the inclusion of a character, but about how a specific scene with that character is handled.

You didn’t read my comment, did you? Like the part where I specifically mention that? I don’t care if the scene was shot on a camcorder for a student created after-school special on a PTA budget. Acting like that’s the problem instead of any of the reactionary bullshit to it is not the viewpoint of someone who truly cares about these populations. Where’s the “helpful” article about shitty hetero romance scenes in countless movies/shows/games and how we should do better there? Those don’t cause a blip. But this? This is a “problem”. Fuck that.

and doesn’t even use the games existing lore for transgender people but instead uses modern terminology.

This reads like those losers that rage about black people in The Witcher because it’s “noT hIStoRIcaLlY AccuRAtE”. Bemoaning “modern terminology” is so pointless. They’re also speaking modern languages through the majority of the game. Gonna write a Forbes “article” about that, too?

I just want to voice my opinion that not every article about video games needs to be shared/promoted, particularly gamergate-lite shit like this. “Only” whinging about how non-cis white male characters are included in games is hardly any better than the chuds bombing the game on metacritic.

I’d also argue this violates your own sub’s rule (rule 9), not because it’s about “political” genders, but for explicitly calling peoples’ existence “political messaging”.