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I own all the BG EE's but havent played any of them. Even though its my favorite RPG of all time (like another poster mentioned, I could never get my head around D&D 3.5) Ive only ever played it once. I save scum and click through all the dialog options in the first playthrough, so theres never a time I replay them for a different outcome. I guess Im just a game collector now lol.

Doesn't really matter what they called it. I know, and I'm fairly sure you know too, it's about silencing political dissent. We're talking about the same party that was led by Scott Morrison and (ab)used the federal police to silent news channels that didn't agree with them Government approved version of the ad released:

I think, I might drop few words about my experience with the Obsidian games, now that this "pandora's box" has been open KOTOR2: Awesome sequel to awesome game. I have mostly enjoyed it and tried to go the most "lighty" way possible. Unfortunately, at some point, I have completely lost myself in Pazzaak, and completely lost track of the story, so I have never finished this game up until the end, and up to this day, I am trying to avoid any spoilers on this board. Unfortunately sometimes with no success NWN2: Again awesome sequel to awesome game. I loved the game even more, than KOTOR2, and thankfully, without crack-like minigame, I was able to finish it . Twice. Once with Vanilla updates only, and once with both Expansion installed to try out some interesting Prestige Class gameplay. Of course, I have also played the expansions. MotB was very interesting and I loved where the story went. Unfortunately, my high level builds have been not optimal, so I struggled a lot with enemy immunities, which was the primary cause, why I have never finished it. SoZ on the other hand, was everything, what I wanted from 3.5E game, and breezed through it up until final dungeon in no time. For me, this is the best DnD game ever released, despite some of the flaws it had. Lastly Mysteries of Westgate, I know it was Ossian, but it would be shame to miss out on golden opportunity to complain again , how due to the stupid DRM decision Atari killed off not only all interest in this expansion, but also all chances to see more NWN2 expansions Alpha Protocol: My oh my. I have never thought, that I would be able to love a modern era RPG, and even in first person. IMHO, this game has shown, how it should be done. Unfortunately, very few studios have taken example out of it, which is sad Fallout NV: Not played it yet, due to being a long time Steam exclusive. Of course I already own it on GOG, but yeah... my backlog Dungeon Siege III: Same as above. With the difference, that I still do not own it, as it is not fully my cup of tea, but I promise, that if my backlog shrinks a little bit, I will definitely play it South Park TSoT: I want to play it, ... a lot. But no deal, until Ubi put's it DRM free on GOG. PoE1: Kickstarted it, played it a little bit, ended up under the Gallows Tree, and then waited until the final patch was released, started it over and finished the game with both expansions "in one breath". It was worth every single penny, I put into the Collector's Edition. The only downside were the backer NPC dialogues, which also stopped my playthrough the first time, as my OCD has taken control over me, and I just had to click on any dialogue Skyforge: Not my cup of tea. Pathfinder Adventures: I loved this one. It was my goto game during my business trips. I spent probably more hours on it, than on PoE1 and NWN2 combined. Unfortunately, it looked like it was not commercially successful project, as the game stopped being developed, despite Paizo releasing new tabletop adventures, which were never added to the iOS game Armored Warfare: Not my cup of tea. Tyranny: Not played it yet, as it took some time, before it was released by Paradox on GOG. I grabbed Gold Edition already, but as with Fallout, my backlog hurts PoE2: "Kickstarted" it, as soon as Paypal option have been opened. Got Collector's Edition and all DLCs as well. But I have decided as before to wait for the final patch to play it, and after that, whenever I pick a new game to play from my backlog, I pick something different, as Pirates are not my cup of tea, which makes it always a little bit lower priority than the other competitors. And yes, I know, it is a brilliant game, that's why I have the Collector's Edition Just be a little bit more patient, kay? The Outer Worlds: I always knew, I would love this game, but I wanted to wait for complete edition before buying it. Shortly, after it was released, before I was able to push the BUY button, I have received by lucky coincidence a Steam gift key, but with my Steam "hatred" I think, it would be just a waste of a useful code to activate it there, so I am humbly waiting for a person, who would be willing to barter it for a GOG key. Grounded and Pentiment: Unfortunately no GOG release yet, so I am playing a game of patience. I do not know if Grounded would be my cup of tea, but seeing some info about Pentiment, I already know, that I would enjoy it. So pretty please, with a cherry on top, dear good Microsoft and Obsidian guys, make GOG release happen. You would make one Slovak guy happy

Wasteland 2 may actually have more combat than W3. IIRC it's a lot easier to breeze through the trivial ones than in W3 though, so it feels like less. Stretch the common definition of post apocalyptic a bit and there's the Colony Ship RPG. Fits the bill otherwise (caveat: party size is dependent on the main character's stats/ traits).

It is being patched. There are still numerous minor bugs (like rumours not clearing out of quest log) but overall it is playable and enjoyable. There seems to be at least at times importance to the order in which you do things. You are given options on how to do things. The system works, but some class choices seem complicated for the sake of being complicated. Some things have been hit with the nerf bat. I think the current verdict is, if you have waited this long, might as well wait another month for the big patch. Writing wise? Jae is annoying as feth. Don't feth up and get even near her fething romance. It doesn't fething belong in 40k. Fething Jae should Not be in 40k. If we wanted annoying as feth smuggling scoundrels we'd watch star wars. Though what sort of war dat sposed ter be? A propa waaaaagh is not just wun, too, tree lettarz. A propa waaaaaagh has lotz of lettaz. Lotz of Boyz and lotz of dakka. Neva enuff dakka. Star Waaaaagh would be a good name.

Unfortunately, from what I know of @kanisatha he is particular enough, that finding something that would fit right into his preferences is tricky. I think Fallout: New Vegas is one of the better RPGs in recent memory so I would recommend it. It is based on Bethesda engine so you can play in third person, and you do have companions but like in Skyrim, you can't control them. Wasteland 2&3 are good, but they are turn based and combat heavy, and I don't think k. will like that (even I was a bit bored by frequency of combat encounters in W3: I played W2 too long ago to remember). Fallout1&2 are classics and must be recommended. I wish they would get a nice remaster to make UI less horrific, and add some quality of life features. Again, like New Vegas it is a single character control and turn-based, and quite clunky at times. How is Owlcat's new Warhammer RPG? I didnt play it, and didn't see much discussion about it.

Uh, the tiny fonts are the worst. Basically end up cross eyed after any extended reading. Thank good for ebook readers.

I am a little ahead of you. GEoD is about as dry as I recall. Guess the super tiny font isn't helping

you're way too excited about Obsidian games, the perfect Obsidian fan that's not a bad thing

I have been lucky and received a code for copy of Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition. Unfortunately for the Steam. That's why I have not redeemed it yet, and would like to ask, if there might be any person here, who still did not play this game, nor owns it yet, but is thinking about purchasing it, now or in the future, which would be willing to barter my Steam gift key for a GOG gift key. The game is currently 60% off at GOG. https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_outer_worlds_spacers_choice_edition Feel free to PM me. Thank you for consideration

Shouldn't be surprised hat trivia would be interesting, but I was

Btw, I have no idea whether there was much discussion about this here at the time, and I have no desire to re-ignite it if there was, but it has to be said that some of the writing on this one was just ghastly. I did play it once, though, and it was enjoyable enough despite all the flaws in the writing department.

Thanks. Yeah you are correct in your assessment. It is indeed tricky to find games I will like outside of my many strong preferences. I am trying to broaden my preferences, but the problem is I keep finding out that I'd rather just replay an old game that I liked than play a new game that is so-so to me.

Thanks. All these, and other similar games, I have and have played (repeatedly).

It's a Dragon's Dogma 2 review. Edit: Here's another one: Along with the link in case it doesn't embed properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQQO4C1veeI

In UK English, it's unequivocally not "Doon" and can be either dju:n or dʒu:n, the latter essentially being a homophone with June. In North American English, it can be either "Doon" or dju:n. Bear in mind that this pertains to the language as it's described in written sources, and as everyone knows, by the time language gets described in written sources, it has already changed.

Or - if you plan to use Clarity of Agony anyways I would try to upgrade to Enlightened Agony and cast that right after Frenzy before Rooting Pain even has a chance to proc. You will not become smart because it cancels the confusion - but you will get +1 wound. And the rest of Clarity will work as usual (helping to reduce the curse duration and the duration of Hylea's Talons should you have picked those). If you go with INT resistance/immunity instead (Devil of Caroc, food etc.) you will not get a wound from frenzy's confusion and not trigger Crucible of Suffering - and that's a bit of synergy not happening... which makes me sad. Of course any other source of INT inspiration on the char (like a Priest Pryer for the Mind or so) could also be used. But since a FF might want to pick Clarity of Agony anyways... And Rooting Pain + Blood Storm or Spirit Frenzy is quite convenient to have for sure.

It has ups and downs. It runs more into Season 5 of Rebels as it pulls back most of that crew in one form or another. And you do get a fairly nice performance from Thrawn, but not until the last couple of episodes of the season. Edit: Also, Ray Stevenson has a standout performance in it as it goes. Which since it's his final performance, adds a certain emotion to watching it.

We were just looking for post-apocalyptic games, not fantasy. Also he has played BG as far as I know

The only Obsidian game that I've finished is Neverwinter Nights 2 (and Mask of the Betrayer). The controls and movement in the NWN games are a royal pain in the butt and I never thought the transition from isometric gameplay a la Baldur's Gate really served it well, but I did quite like MotB even so...the base campaign was alright. I put like ten hours into New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity both, didn't really care for either of them - otherwise, I haven't tried anything else. I was vaguely interested in trying Grounded and Tyranny at some point, but I'm pretty bad at playing games these days. Though I registered in like 2008 for some reason that I don't remember, I only became more active here on the Obsidian forums when Pillars of Eternity was kickstarted back in 2012, I'm pretty sure. When Josh Sawyer started releasing the little video diaries that explained various things about how the game design/development was going was unfortunately when I kind of started to check out of the whole Pillars of Eternity experience, which was probably for the best because I ended up really not liking the game pretty much at all once it was released.

Ah, you're right. And if you were going with Spirit Frenzy you'd stagger yourself, too. So, if you want to go with rooting pain and spirit frenzy (for even more FORT debuffing) you'd need to mitigate confusion with DoC breastplate, drugs or food. Or you could skip Rooting Pain and go with Blood Frenzy/Blood Storm. I think the latter would be better, for faster wound regeneration and healing as well as the nice raw DoT from Blood Frenzy/Blood Storm. Do you agree, @Boeroer?

Alpha Protocol is probably one of my most replayed games ever. Even back then when it was released, I played through it at least 7 times in a row.

I passed this Space Marine living under a bridge on my way to work the other day... https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-proud/hoping-to-lift-spirits-of-passers-by-homeless-san-jose-artist-creates-elaborate-wearable-suits-of-armor/3486632/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_BAYBrand&fbclid=IwAR3sJ2iXJsjx__gpKmnV2TbY3ithzjO5iyfqI7CmTYqJwYL68y2CVEpHAiY

There's hope yet for Limbo of the Lost!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/228280/Baldurs_Gate_Enhanced_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/257350/Baldurs_Gate_II_Enhanced_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/385970/Baldurs_Gate_Siege_of_Dragonspear/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/321800/Icewind_Dale_Enhanced_Edition/ All have been updated for modern PC's.

Atom RPG, Atom: Trudograd and Encased came to my mind as first picks.

So excluding the following games which I have either not played or not bothered to finish. Grounded - DNP Pentiment - DNF Dungeon Siege 3 - DNP The Outer Worlds - DNF New Vegas - DNF Pathfinder Adventures - DNP Armored Warfare - DNP Skyforge - DNP These are my top 3 Obs games with honorable mention to Tyranny KOTOR2 Deadfire Alpha Protocol

Added to my hoard

Biggest Obsidian release of the decade!

I think its a new addition, but Alpha Protocol is available on Gog: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alpha_protocol

Okay your requirements make it harder for a recommendation because Metro and STALKER are FPS and Fallout 1&2 are isometric but not party based. You can have 1-2 companions but its not like BG or PoE Maybe Wasteland fits that requirement but I havent played them so I cant comment Wormie or Mamie or someone else may have suggestions ? @Wormerine @Mamoulian War any thoughts for post-Apocalyptic games that are "party-based;no first-person perspective; melee combat just as viable and effective as shooting from afar"

The cat looks so baked.

I dropped it after the ogre in tutorial

Ok, fair enough. I don't have this myself but I see where you're coming from and it's a valid point. (I never set out to memorize stuff, but my memory happens to work in such a way that I can quote more literature by heart that anyone would ever want to listen to -- not all of it correctly, mind you, so it's not as if my memory is eidetic.)

Character actor M. Emmet Walsh

A German channel I follow recently released a video about the dark sides of YouTube, and oh boy, does that get weird. Weird, and really disturbing. On YouTube, once you take a wrong turn, it seems like all the supposedly friendly family community rules fall off a cliff. While videos get demonetized or deleted for what YouTube considers bad words, it looks like there are loop holes the size of Mount Everest. There's a channel called Lilly, operated by the Only Fans model LillySlim. It has 5 videos and 25k subscribers, but her most popular video has, so far, generated over 875,000 views. It is supposedly a brazilian waxing tutorial, except there is absolutely no waxing going on. She does have a cheap razor and uses it for hair removal, but the point of the video, which features four minutes of full frontal nudity under a shower, seems to be two-fold: it is an ad for her Only Fans and it caters to a shaving kink that seems to have an immense amount of playlists on YouTube (if you are into that, well, just search YouTube for brazilian waxing tutorial). The channel is almost two months old, so if YouTube had any issue with it, it would have been removed by now. Oh, and in case that needs to be said, the results are very much not suitable for work. Well, but these videos are at least gated behind age checks and there are consenting adults involved and they are just at odds with the image Google is trying to project on YouTube. There's also a channel of a (now) seventh grade girl with 15000 subscribers who posts videos about her life, gymnastics and, uhm, swim wear and leotard try on hauls. The swim wear videos have views in the hundreds and hundreds of thousands, while every other video has views more in line with her subscriber count. Just for the record, it is not just a fluke that happened once because a young girl posted some seemingly innocent content because she is into gymnastics and showed off her leotards. There is no way her parents are not the driving force behind those. Gee.

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