I’m on the fence. Visually the bowtie seems more flattering because it draws attention to the head, but I also get the argument about the necktie filling empty space and being able to flap around. Opinions in this post seem somewhat polarized too, so depending on the effort required to implement it I might suggest giving the player the option to choose either.

The corridor was only physical. Bioshock’s appeal was not where the player could go, but how the player overcomes the obstacles along the way.

Before Bioware there was Origin Systems: Ultima, Wing Commander, System Shock, BioForge…

“BuT eNgAgEmEnt WeNt Up!”

ARPG: Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn.

Also consider the survivors/bullet hell kinds of games: Vampire Survivors, Soulstone Survivors, etc.

Doesn’t matter to the D-Link bean counters. Either case is a non-sale to them. Never mind that they tank whatever is left of their already terrible reputation, all they care about is immediate shareholder revenue generation, and spending money maintaining software for older hardware is a loss to them.

Don’t skip the dialogue, even if you use subtitles and are a fast reader. It sometimes switches from one sentence at a time to whole chunks of dialogue and action getting skipped. Plus, the voice acting is superb, and the physical reactions of characters can convey a lot of emotion.

Apart from White Orchard, you shouldn’t need to complete all side quests in your area before moving on. Particularly with witcher gear, it’s sometimes expected to need to come back at a later time when you’re more powerful.

Others may disagree, but I don’t bother dismantling gear and weapons. I find it simpler to just sell things and buy materials I need from vendors.

If I had a nickel for every time in the past week I saw an article about a courier game I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much, but it’s odd that it happened twice.

It was a very linear story, too.

Only 2. But you’ll be shocked at how many losses the team had in the last 5 years!

They’ve been shitty for a long time, with a history of refusing RMA, damaging items during RMA, selling clearly damaged/used items as new, etc. This is just another turd on the pile.

CIV:BE sort of scratches the SMAC itch.

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The malware is delivered through a fake Google Chrome update that is shown while using the web browser.

and the article makes it pretty clear after that that the user is tricked into installing the fake apk.

For me Hyperion ended up giving me the closest out of the box experience to what I wanted.

Some of the classic RTS games perhaps, like C&C or Starcraft? They tend to be story driven and the most stats you tend to care about are “do I have enough resources” and “do I have enough units?”

The game takes a while to warm up the plot. It picks up with the Baron quests, and the big emotional parts come out full steam towards the last third of the story.

If you manage to finish it, replay it with different choices. Some of the character reactions can be really endearing, others can be terribly heartbreaking.

Both expansions also have excellent stories, one with a Faustian plot, the other with dark stories in a fairy tale veneer.

I would suggest you try to make it as far as the botchling quest. If you still don’t care for it after that then I’ll concede that it’s not your style of game.

The Witcher 3 has some really emotional scenes, and an immersive soundtrack.

No one mentioned Noober from Baldur’s Gate yet…

They can go the Minecraft route and allow players to self host servers, plus a subscription option for online servers.

Or ed25519-sk.