All Activity

The Talos Principle 2 I cannot fathom how the team that made The Talos Principle made this. The puzzles were fine, everything else, from the story to visuals, was fairly horrible.

I think this was a microsoft cloud error and can probably be marked as solved. I started a new single player game, but was unable to save progress, I tried but nothing happened. I exited the game, got told about the exit save, when I went back in to load the exit save it too wasn't there. I then turned off the internet, restarted the game and all my Single Player save games were there. I have since exported them all to ensure I have a back-up, re-started the internet (a few hours later) and went back into the online game and again all my saves were there. There were discussions on downdetector about issues with Microsoft Live/Xbox services so I think it was linked to that. Weirdly I am still seeing only 3 days playtime, so something may be a little off or that actually means 72 hours.

Not much point in building a base perimeter if they just spawn right next to you. Please increase the spawn distance so they are coming to the base, not inside the walls.

One good thing about the Westminster system, can end up with coalition governments especially with PR. Perhaps unstable though

Romances in video games, and especially RPGs, is a very shallow and silly thing. I have absolutely no use for the utterly contrived system that is romances in my RPGs. That said, if including romances doesn't cost the developer too much, and it serves to sell the game to a whole bunch of people who otherwise would not have bought the game (which in itself says a lot to me about those people), then I am all for it. RPG developers should do whatever it takes to make it possible for niche RPGs to continue to be made, even if that means including in those games pointless and silly systems. BG3 is a great example of this. It is full of utterly ridiculous, pointless, and shallow systems that should never have been included in that game. But Larian correctly judged that including those systems in their game would help boost sales, and they were right about that.

Hi all, I have Gamepass Ultimate and have been playing grounded for several years. I was playing it yesterday and everything was fine, I came to load it today and all my save games are gone, all the game is showing me in the load screen is a Shared world save from November 25. I am logged into the correct account in the xbox app, and the xbox app is telling me I have only played the game for 3 days which is just plainly wrong as I have been playing it for hundreds of hours (and have the achievements/trophies to back this up). In the C:\Users\<MY USER DATA>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Maine_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\0009B0C30C30E75F_0000000000000000000000007D7CFB3C I see 120 folders detailing folders going back to Sept 25 (when I changed my PC). I have tried all the basic troubleshooting (logging out and into the Microsoft account for example, rebooting the PC, starting the game with no internet (where NO saves are shown to me)), all to no avail. I have not verified game files as this mentioned save files that have not been back up may be lost. Anything I can check or have I lost everything? Please feel free to ask for further info, I wasn't sure what to include. Thanks in advance!

Sentimental Value was good. Very good even. Would be a dark horse to win the oscars if more people saw it. I just noticed the same director made Thelma, which I really liked and probably even fewer people have seen.

I want to have this debate around "does voting matter " because it comes up often in many countries that have free and fair elections including South Africa where we have high levels of voting apathy and low levels of voter turnout compared to previous elections And lets use the US as an example because that's most of the focus on this thread But I just want to clarify that our foundational view is the same and the reason you need to vote in any Democracy Do you think there is a difference between the Dems and the GOP around many policies and also a difference in the presidential candidate around geopolitics? This might seem like an obvious answer and you would assume the response is " yes, of course" But many people believe it doesn't matter who wins US elections, the parties will act in the same way end of the day around policy outcomes and geopolitics but its done surreptitiously I obviously believe there are clear differences around the 2 parties Yes they have some common views but several stark ideological differences and what policies they will implement or try to implement This is the same as almost all Democracies where you find leadership change through free and fair elections

What if ant hills had living honey jars inside them? Grounded 2 should add honeypot ants to certain ant hill chambers. In real life, honeypot ants (genus Myrmecocystus) have special workers called repletes that hang from the ceiling and store nectar in their swollen abdomens like living food tanks. It would be incredible to see that underground in-game. Mechanic idea: Honeypot ants hang from chamber ceilings. Wearing full Ant Armor lets you safely harvest a small amount of nectar. Killing one gives a larger amount. They take a long time to respawn. Killing could trigger soldier aggression. It adds a renewable nectar source, risk/reward gameplay, and amazing visual potential for glowing underground chambers.

Almost operatic in presentation.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/21/politics/trump-greenland-hospital-boat The general status of confusion about this is pretty funny

Obsidian seriously has got to start putting romance options in their RPGs. And the secret one in Avowed definitely doesn't count.

Easier said than done. Neither of the existing parties wants competition, so they aren't going to change the funding system to allow more parties. The solution has to be mathematical: change the voting system to a non-pluralistic approach. Allowing people to vote for more than one candidate captures more information about the voters intent, and encourages non-extreme candidates. This approach has been tested in two states thus far (Alaska and Maine) and more cities are turning to this method.

First minor thing. Every time I load up and go to start my shared multiplayer world a message comes up saying that it can’t access the world essentially. I go to main menu and force quit, restart it works every time. This is the ONLY issue I’ve had with this game and it’s very minor, but I’m sure it would be great if it was know as I imagine I’m not the only one. Also, I’m sure methods of travel are highly discussed as the world is large but I thought maybe something along the lines of a candy wrapper hang glider or mini plane etc. would be very interesting and cool to incorporate. this is definitely my favorite game right now and it’s very hard to put down. I absolutely love the concept and idea behind this game. Can’t wait to see what is to come!

This was a really helpful post, thanks for the write up. its exactly the information I was looking for, I'm looking forward to trying these builds out The trickster subclass does look great, thanks you replying! Looks like a really strong option, also from a dps contribution side

Bloody hell Obsidian sucks fat donkey D at patching bugs... still a thing in 2026.

I remember that tactical RTwP game, but not in detail. Shadows Something? MIO, a pretty and infuriating precision platformer I parry-climbed that shaft and there was only a penalty modifer. The general experience in the late-game. Tactical Breach Wizards I put on green outfits for a mission in a desert because I did not know that it would be a desert. Laugh Track Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Banquet for Fools The Knightling It might look like a gate, but it is, in fact, a wall.

so the age verification thing turn out to be massive data collection scam as one would expect and it all leaked as one would expect

Not bad, considering half the crap I listen to I'm in no place to judge. Really awakens the latent urge to be a jihadi in every man.

Hi all, I am starting mi first playthrough in this game as a bow Ranger on PoTD dificulty and would like to try making my own builds for MC and companions. I would just like some advice on what talents and abilities are good, some that are must take and so on... What companion build should I go for, like should I build Eder as a tank, off tank or maybe DPS (what is the best role to build each companion). Maybe some team comp which is good for a Ranger. And of course any tips and trick on mechanics of the game, synergies are greatly appriciated. I know I am asking a lot but any help would be also greatly appriciated. THANK YOU all in advance. P.S. Sorry for my bad English.

The combination Unbroken/Wizard is especially fun imo if you are able to cast Ryngrim's Repulsing Visage and Ryngrim's Evervating Terror*. Illusionist covers that (sine both spells are Illusions), but the Enchanter subclass will make you lose access to all Illusions spells, including both Ryngrim spells. Besides that there are also several Illusion spells which provide nice defense bonuses. So I personally would not pick Enchanter. Illusionist would be cool with me, but honestly I would rather pick the Bloodmage subclass because the combination of Constant Recovery and later Unbeding with Blood Sacrifice (get back spells, pay with health) is pretty neat. You cannot use the Empower mechanic then, but in my experience players new to Deadfire forget about Empower anyway (or don't forget about it but try to save its uses for the perfect time - which seldomly comes because you have no meta knowledge yet). ;) Your attributes could be pretty balanced. I woudn't go below 10 with any and put a focus on INT, PER and RES. PER mostly because if you play with official companions, most of them have not very high PER - and PER is what determines whether you discover traps and secrets in Deadfire (NOT Mechanics like in PoE - in Deadfire Mechanics is only for opening doors and containers and disarming traps). INT for your spells and RES for more dialogue options and higher deflection as well as shorter hostile effects on you. If you pick a Bloodmage there's benefit in picking the human race - because you can regain spells with health (Blood Sacrifice) you might get bloodied in the process. You can use that to unlock the human "Fighting Spirit" passive (higher accuracy, more damage output). If you pick Illusionist it's not that important which race you pick imo. There's a cool and rel. early large shield for a Battlemage spoiler: name of item which scales some of its defensive enchantments with Athletics (active skill) and Metaphysics (passive skill). It's best to skill those two from the beginning if you plan to use that shield. But you could also retrain with some money when you find it and decide to use it. )* the reason is that both spells terrify enemies. And terrified enemies will crouch down and move around randomly, potentially triggering free disengagement attacks (if you had engaged them in the first place). The Unbroken has paritculary strong disengagment attacks to that's a nice synergy.

The mere act of casting votes is certainly not of itself a good thing. If there's no real choice it simply acts to grant legitimacy which hasn't actually been earned, which is of course why a lot of authoritarian countries still hold elections. If you look at the last US Presidential election, which Trump won handily, the proportions were: Harris ~31% Trump ~32% Didn't Vote ~36% ie ~2/3 of people in the US didn't vote for its President, and more than 1/3 either didn't like either candidate enough to vote for them nor dislike a candidate enough to vote against them. Not exactly healthy. (Really, the Roman Republic model was an awful one to choose if you wanted proper (little d) democracy since it started breaking down as soon as Rome stopped being a regional power; and along similar lines as you see in the US. Probably better than Athenian Big D Democracy at least though; nothing quite as unique in history as stampeding voters into voting to execute all your- victorious- admirals, rejecting peace and then losing the war spectacularly a year later)

You say all this but make Outer Worlds first person even though it gives me motion sickness!

So how would you suggest political leadership gets decided in any country? Or are you only talking about the USA?

Wizard subclasses are fine if you look ahead and see what spells you're locked out of. You can always cover locked spells thru a companion/adventurer. But if Illusionist is what you wanted, a trickster Rogue for multiclass gets several Illusion spells for free that cost Guile to cast and you have all the base Rogue abilities that can debuff enemies. It's only a 10% downgrade in sneak atk dmg compared to no subclass. Rogue and Fighter both have options to displace themselves/enemies/allies and between Fighter stances and Rogue passives, you can contribute dps easily. Skills are gonna be whatever you prefer. Athletics is a cheap heal option, Arcana if you want to use scrolls to get more of the battlemage vibe. Explosives can be nice on a Fighter because they get buffed by the hit conversion bonus they get so soon.