Eh I dunno, I got bored of it before I finished the story or explored the other half of the map. Feels like a bit of a failing there. 30 hours would be fine if it was a fully contained experience.

Hogwarts is fun for about 30 hours roleplaying as a wizard, as a casual potter fan. I got really bored of it after that and never finished the game. At its core it really is very generic, it’s really propped up by the IP. That’s not to say it’s bad by any means but its not got the depth of Zelda.

Maybe they should release it on other consoles then.

Yeah all very good points there. They stars have aligned well for them here, and they deserve all the success.

I still think it’s impressive and unexpected though. Divinity never broke 100k players even which I assume is the second highest cRPG player count.

For a game to go over 5x bigger on Steam than any other game of its genre? Thats impressive.

I’m pleasantly surprised how many people are playing this game. I figured that DnD although popular, was still kinda a niche. Yet this is topping Steam charts which is great to see. Hopefully it means more of this quality to come, there is obviously a big market for it.

I can’t wait to get home and get stuck in!

I’d be curious to know that too but I can’t find any info on it. I mean it must surely be a contender because other huge releases typically have preload.

I mean there is no perfect option there really, you’re gonna piss people off either way. I would say though locking people from playing a full price AAA game they paid for is probably more controversial than not being able to provide a preload.

It starts pretty gentle and has plenty of tooltips.

Ultimately as well like if you’re in combat it’s turn based, if you don’t mind tabbing out to look things up every now and then I don’t think you will run into too many problems.

Probably wouldn’t hurt to watch a 5-10 minute D&D gameplay overview on youtube before though just so you know what to expect.

Really loving Sync. I would be happy if I had to use it forever, but I will swap to Boost if that ever comes out because I’m just more familiar with it.

The early access was only a very small portion of the game

Those options are nowhere near the level of polish of Sync.

Nobody HAS to use it. Ultimately if you want a choice of premium apps there has to be some incentive for a developer, or multiple in some cases, to basically go full time to develop it. Talented devs don’t usually work for years on end for no pay, and I would be surprised if donations ever become significant enough to compare.

Yeah but remaking an even older game means all new models, all new textures, reworking audio etc. Thats basically a whole new game at that point its tons of work.

Remake a 10 year old game? You can upscale some textures, rework a few models, rework the lighting and add some tweaks and it refreshes it to the point where its more palletable to current gen gamers without needing insane dev time.

I honestly don’t mind it myself, I like that the games get a little extended shelf life. If the price is low enough then I’m down for it.

I mean its one of the most loved in the series and its feeling a bit dated. It will sell and make money.

I’m not mad, not like its taking away from new AC games since there is still Mirage on the way.

Haha I did the same. That muscle memory tapping that icon too hard to shift.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards_2x.png