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Ashen. Founded the town. The first and so far the only character with facial details. Not a bad thing, but it is an interesting design decision. The second boss defeated, fast travel unlocked. These things can use ladders. Amiren, attempt #1. Amiren, attempt #2. Success.

This has to be the single worst 'January' of my life. Come on! It's my birthday on 27th. Can't even have a decent moment of peace in this godforsaken country. If this regime has showed anything to the world, it's that it isn't afraid of killing its own people, since 1700+ Iranians have died by the hands of our dear government in the past 3 months. So, in conclusion: dear Trump, the next time you are trying to avoid impeachment, try and put the spotlight on any country but Iran. These people are nuts...

It if makes you feel better the vast majority of people in North America who deal with Iranians on a regular basis have nothing but positive experiences with them. One of my best friends through high school was Persian and about the only thing he did that could be remotely construed as vaguely pro-Iran was him curling his lip at the depiction of Persians in <<300>> and even I shared that sentiment. In college I had an Iranian roommate (as in he had emigrated from Iran) and had spotted me watching a documentary on Ruhollah Khomeini and the Iran-Iraq War and said to me "Why are you watching something about that a**hole?", and while at parties he could go at length about how crooked the Pasdaran and the Basij were. Trump often accuses other countries of "not sending their best and brightest" to the US, but in the case of the Iranians this simply wasn't true; I was at my cousin's Computer Science graduation at UCLA and you would go through several minutes hearing nothing but Persian last-names.

He's super pro-China and defends everything they do and as GD said, he doesn't really participate in discussions. He just rants and leaves with no conversations to be had. Bruce, just support Taiwan and Hong Kong and also boycott Mulan

Hmmm. About that... Yeah.

@Katphood I am not envious of your situation. Stay safe. I wouldn't worry about an outright war. It's not going to happen. But that does not preclude other bad times.

I for one wish we didn't spend that kind of money outside of the coutnry because we need it ourselves. Too many people dealing with poverty because of this issue. The main problem here are Russia and China. You always have to aske yourself: 'where do the hardliners get their support?' China is exchanging oil for chinese products right now(no money or $ involved) with the Iranian government. So long as they have the Iranian regime covered, this ordeal is going to continue. But perhaps the horrifying fact here is that both China and Russia would even benefit more if Iran went to a war with the U.S. That would be the end of both Iran and the U.S, considering how much they could both lose while China and Russia get the upper hand.

I just now noticed this Amazon customer product question + replies. Which for some reason made me chuckle. Love the internet.

Summarized on reddit: "US kills Soleimani after Iranian-backed militias try to pull off Benghazi 2.0. Iran's response? (1) January 7: During the funeral for Soleimani, in the midst of burning American flags and speakers touting the impending destruction of the United States of America, a panic-driven stampede kills 56 people and injures 200 in Kerman. (2) January 8: Iran's "hell on Earth" response against the U.S. (Operation Martyr Soleimani) is ultimately a very mild airstrike against U.S. bases with no casualties. Even radical Iranians are left confused at the extremely tepid "retaliation." The Ayatollah's threat of Washington in flames winds up being the most anti-climactic moment in world history since the end of Kill Bill Volume 2. (3) January 8: After Rouhani condemned the U.S. for its downing of Iran Air Flight 655 on January 6, Iran goes oopsie daisy and shoots down a plane - Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 - killing 176 people, 147 of whom were Iranians, in the process. (4) January 8: After the airplane goes down, Iran gets extra silly, immediately puts out a statement within 30 minutes of the crash that says, "It was a technical issue. Nothing to see here. Move along now" which immediately makes everyone twice as skeptical. (5) January 9: The U.S. ultimately responds by announcing even tougher economic sanctions against Iran...and Tehran doesn't respond, ending the 3 day brawl with an embarrassed Iran, 200+ dead Iranians, 0 killed by the U.S., and now Iran can no longer crow about Iran Air Flight 655 for another 3 decades without reminding their own citizens they killed 176 innocent people, mostly Iranians, due to a freak accident while trying to make a flex on the world stage." I, uh, guess Trump wins this one? Somewhat accidentally? Alright, I guess. Still bad to murder people in other people's airports, especially after asking them to come into talks with you, but this was an incredibly weak response. Maybe there's something to the "lunatic leader is intimidating" factor...

Since so few people read articles it should probably be said that he was looking to beef up support from [Graham types] whom he needed rather than doing it as a direct Wag the Dog type distraction*. That was perhaps balanced by the extremely liberal definition of 'imminent threat' that was used- which turns out to be 'might do something unspecified at some equally unspecified point in the future'- and which actually seem to have annoyed some other R senators. Trump's claims of multiple embassies being targeted is pretty clearly a load of old bollocks. 2nd one has been known for a while as he was initially and briefly reported as having been killed, but then it got rather swamped by Soleimani being targeted. There was even a suggestion that Soleimani was only targeted because their first target was missed. And in further unsurprising news Pompeo says that the US won't leave Iraq even if told to. *The rumour I'd heard previous was that Pompeo pushed hard to hit Soleimani, and Trump wanted to give him a win to stop him resigning. Could very easily be a combination of both.

My party is currently my Cipher, Aloth, Edér, Durance, Zahua and Maneha So he is having his chance now

Greetings fellow spacers, Patch 1.2 has been released! The next time you log onto The Outer Worlds you should be prompted to update your game. This patch is available for players on all platforms and is required in order to fix specific issues within the game. Changes/fixes that are included in this patch are as follows: Top Community Requests: Updated the "Large Text Mode" setting to apply to Examinables Added "Chromatic Aberration" setting to all platforms Added "Controller Aiming Sensitivity" setting to all platforms Added "Head Bobbing" setting to all platforms Added "Field of View" setting to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms Fixed weapons unholstering when interacting with the environment Fixed additional cases of companion quests being marked as Botched incorrectly Audio: Fixed multiple characters from talking over each other when the player dies Fixed audio cutting out when scrolling on the map Fixed NPCs continuing to have dialog after they have died Companions: Fixed some of Felix's belongings appearing on the Unreliable even when he wasn't recruited Fixed Vicar Max being available as a companion even if he was killed in Edgewater Fixed consumable durations not being affected by Max's "Tuned In" Perk and the "Beverage Service Technician" Aptitude Fixed enemies not always animating correctly when hit by Max's companion ability Fixed companion Perks being reset when the player respecs Added a notification for when companions gain Perks from quests Fixed companions calling the player's attacks ineffective, even if they were dealing appropriate damage Fixed lit areas of companions' armor being unlit after they were knocked out Fixed companion outlines not appearing after changing their armor Design: Fixed the "Battle Hardened" Perk not stacking correctly with the Inspiration 40 Skill unlock Fixed the Determination 100 Skill Unlock not applying to both companions Fixed the "Precision" Perk not applying to companions in some cases Fixed the Determination 40 Skill unlock not applying to both companions in some cases Fixed the SuperNova Hunger debuff not applying in certain situations Fixed description text for the Ambidextrine status effect Fixed duration for the Ambidextrine status effect Fixed the "Steady Hand" Perk stacking incorrectly Fixed non-drug consumables not stacking correctly Fixed automechanicals being susceptible to the Poison debuff Fixed the Burn status effect from Mantipillar attacks lasting forever in some cases Fixed the "Bleed" and "Sugary Drink" status effects not working with one another Fixed the "Leader" status effect missing a description when applied to a companion Fixed the Inspiration 80 skill unlock stacking incorrectly Fixed the "Caffeine Drink" status effect not applying when the "Permanent Concussion" Flaw was active Fixed the effects of the "Robophobia" Flaw not clearing in certain conditions Fixed "Pack Mule" Perks not applying while on the Unreliable Fixed the "Revenge" Perk not increasing damage Fixed misleading text in the description of Thinking Cap-let items Fixed "Adelaide's Gardening Shears" not applying the Bleed effect on targets Fixed the Prismatic Hammer not benefiting from several melee Skills and Perks Fixed the Prismatic Hammer not benefiting from Critical Hits Increased damage of Handguns Quests: Fixed "A Family Matter" not updating properly if Tucker Needham was killed in Stellar Bay Fixed "The Amateur Alchemist" not progressing if the player intimidated Vaughn Fixed an optional objective in "BOLT With His Name" being blocked if the player exited a terminal at a specific point Fixed "Comes Now the Power" not updating properly if the Deserters returned to Edgewater under specific conditions Fixed "The Doom That Came To Roseway" being blocked if Anton left Roseway before getting his research back Fixed "Friendship's Due" not updating correctly if the player spoke to Harlow without meeting specific requirements Fixed "Friendship's Due" not updating correctly if the player killed Trask before speaking to Harlow Fixed "Solution Vital" not updating properly if Captain Irion's medical automechanical was killed Fixed Dr. Chartrand attacking the player after she agrees to help them Fixed issues with manti-creature spawning during Nyoka's companion quest if the player left the area and returned in the middle of the fight Settings: Fixed the "Look Up" and "Look Down" keybindings being swapped Added "Foliage" graphics setting for PC platform Added "Enable Cinematic Kill Camera" setting UI: Fixed player response nodes being numbered when using a gamepad Updated Vendor UI to show carry weight and encumbrance limit Updated item tooltips to better indicate Pristine items Added item sorting options to the Companion and Workbench screens Added SuperNova survival meters to the Consumables screen Fixed the companion damage bonus from the Inspiration skill not appearing correctly in the UI Fixed two-handed melee weapons not showing the correct DPS value Fixed plus signs appearing next to Skills that cannot directly gain points Fixed quest objectives disappearing from the Quest Tracker after certain quest updates Fixed the "Sublight Sniper Rifle" unique Dead-Eye not being marked as unique Fixed the Vendor screen from becoming misaligned when selling many items at once Fixed the effects of the "Paranoid" Flaw not displaying correctly Fixed encumbrance limit not updating correctly when applying a Backpack armor mod Fixed certain lootable NPC corpses not highlighting correctly Fixed the "Compare" option incorrectly being available on the Companion screen Fixed the effects of the "Adrena-Time Crash" debuff not displaying correctly Fixed Adreno not being automatically equipped to the Emergency Medical Inhaler Fixed the "Leader" status effect missing from the player Updated description of "Field of View" setting and moved it to the Graphics screen Fixed a missing button icon in the Quick Melee tutorial General: Fixed a crash involving mind-controlled enemies Fixed a soft lock when trying to interact with the Meditative Aid after attacking the hermit Updated description of "Everybody Likes Me" and "Destroyer of Worlds" Achievements/Trophies to reduce confusion Fixed the player's weapon becoming invisible when trying to attack while using the inhaler with the weapon holstered Fixed facial animations not playing in certain conditions Fixed NPCs continuing to climb beyond the end of a ladder on the Unreliable if the player started a conversation while they were climbing Fixed not being able to open the Ledger if the player has unspent Skill points and two NPCs are conversing Fixed Raptidon Collosi being able to knock targets hundreds of meters Fixed Julius Moreau missing voice-over on a line of dialog Fixed not being able to hit enemies with ranged weapons from point-blank range Fixed various issues when trying to fire a ranged weapon and use quick-melee simultaneously Fixed modded Flamethrowers being able to damage targets through walls Fixed Raptidon Matriarch being invulnerable to Flamethrower damage during certain animations Fixed beam weapons being able to lock on to underground targets Fixed the reload animation playing too fast when exiting Tactical Time Dilation Fixed a missing collision issue in Amber Heights Fixed a spot in the Byzantium Tunnels that allowed the player to fall out of the map Fixed not unlocking the Cascadia landing pad fast travel point in certain circumstances Fixed collision issue in Edgewater junkyard Fixed grass showing through the floor in Fallbrook Fixed low-resolution blood textures in Labyrinth Fixed a temporary asset being visible in Monarch Fixed collision issues in Monarch Fixed flickering geometry in Stellar Bay Fixed rare cases of characters falling through the world as it was loading Fixed "Hemlock's Eyepatch" unique item being weightless Fixed rare instances of player response options not being available after loading a save Fixed an issue resulting in duplicate items appearing Fixed consumable durations not updating correctly after saving and loading Updated credits to correct a title, added two focus tester names, and added a developer that was uncredited Fixed instances of missing text when playing in non-English languages Fixed German localization issues Fixed Japanese localization issues Fixed various text errors To continue to report issues you come across and to share suggestions for the game, please visit the Technical Support forums for The Outer Worlds and search to see if a fellow player has already made a thread about it to help reduce duplicate threads. 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You know, this would be a perfectly reasonable approach and one that I would applaud, if only you did not, at the same time, make very strongly-worded arguments based on what you call your "intuition" and which you yourself admit have no data whatsoever to back them up. So you're playing game of contradiction here, or trying to play with two sets of cards at the same time (however you want to put it), and you've been strangely unwilling to own up to it -- while at the same time reacting to others with blatant and unfounded arrogance. So you don't look good in this, if I may be so bold as to point it out to you. It is entirely possible that other people have a scientific background as well. Perhaps they even work at important scientific institutions and so forth. But they don't feel that waving that card does anybody any favors.

Going through the campaign in Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 with a friend. I've been waiting for a tactical spaceship game with co-op since Starfleet Command 2. I'm finding a disturbing lack of over-the-top voice acting for a 40k product, so far. Gameplay wise it's entertaining enough, but I'm still learning the ropes.

Bruce do not waste your time. He won't respond. And yes, that guy is a flat out racist.

"Meant?" That argument doesn't fly, and for a very simple reason. You have to metagame (i.e. read spoilers) before you can know that the southern entrance to Gorecci Street is a lot safer. To the extent that anything in a computer game is "meant", you are certainly not "meant" to metagame, you are "meant" to figure out stuff on your own. The digsite battle was very difficult for me. It was only after finishing the game that I learned that it's not mandatory: if you sneak into the caverns and find the guy whose research you're looking for, you can bypass the entire battle. I'm very happy that I didn't know about that when actually playing the game.

You shouldn't beat dwarves in general. Dwarf battering is not a practice tolerated by obsidianites.

Just a minor complaint : toughened fury is listed as 25% chances in the patch change list, but is only 20% in both in-game description and in the patch file. Not that it makes a big difference, the change is still very good. I suppose there won't be any further changes anyway. Can anyone confirm ? Boeroer ?

Shadow was probably the first Steam game I ever bothered to refund. It should be noted this isn't because I thought it "sucked" - per usual, I'm not willing to judge based on less than 2 hrs. But early on it felt focused more on flash than gameplay, I didn't like the controls, jumping/other mechanics (felt inconsistent), or the gameplay camera. I even disliked the main menu. Anyway I decided it wasn't even a "maybe one rainy day" so I refunded. I was also a big fan of the original TR series but every game or reboot beyond the original series I've liked less and less - Shadow was the first one I tried since maybe ... (looks up a list) ... Anniversary, I think.

I played a prospector. Can't beat a dwarf with a funny hat and a pipe.

Zaimos Curi Race: Island Amauna Class: Rogue Culture: the Living Lands Background: Scientist Zaimos Curi started out a small time thief who was not the most cruel and uncaring thief but did what was necessary to make a living. He was relatively intelligent and good with picking locks and looking into the mechanism of booby traps and disarming them. He was also clever and brought a rationale approach to matters. He became a friend and lover of another Amauna named Saebat Holai but she was not a thief and was instead a scientist studying the relationship between plants and animals and the soul magic of animancy. She wasn’t to any degree awakened or sensitive to soul magic but rather she was collaborating by writing correspondence and reading/research to other scientists or animancers and studying to find any animancy relationship to conventional categorizing and physiological biology of animal, plant, and mushroom organisms including mystical beasts. Zaimos found he had a knack for science in particular building apparatus using his mechanics skill and he also pitched in to contemplate matters of reading research findings and case studies. And finally research demands money and materials including rare reagents and as a thief he could contribute there as well. Eventually his love died of a sickness and rather than try to continue her project in the Living Lands he elected to travel to Dyrwood Caravan and restart his life there. He is wounded from his loss of his love and still is neither cruel or uncaring but also not the most benevolent and honest and is more self centered on becoming powerful and wealthy and falls in with the Doemenels but again he is really not cruel and not at all sadistic. ——————————————————- Stats so far (assuming I remember correctly and don’t make error): Rogue Level 10 Might 17, Constitution 10, Dexterity 12, Perception 16, Intellect 13, Resolve 10 Skills: Stealth 1, Athletics 1, Lore 2, Survival 1, Mechanics (everything else) Back row Gun switching fighter and after 2 guns are shot off then can switch to one handed (two melee slots options so can hit through immunities) of vulnerable targets but try to avoid being targeted himself. A glass cannon type. 4 total weapon slots. 1: Blinding Strike 2: One Handed Style 3: Dirty Fighting 4: Vicious Fighting 5: Escape 6: Quick Switch 7: Crippling Strike 8: Arms Bearer 9: Withering Strike 10: Weapon Focus Ruffian Plan for future?: 11: Deathblows (a full party helps enemies have multiple status afflictions)? 12: Shadowing Beyond? 13: Smoke Cloud? 14: Backstab? 15: Feign Death? 16: Enigma’s Charm? Marksman or Gallants? Defensive talent?

https://www.salon.com/2020/01/10/trump-privately-admits-he-killed-soleimani-under-pressure-from-upcoming-impeachment-trial-report/amp PS I haven't looked into this much but that's crazy, but believable and not really unexpected, if true. Also https://amp.businessinsider.com/trump-tried-failed-kill-another-iran-official-same-day-soleimani-2020-1

I have arrived some time ago into White March expansion of the Pillars of Eternity. The expansion is little bit harder than anticipated, but still doable First I have saved the Village of Stalwart from big bad Ogres and then, I have run around and tried to get as many quests I could, today I have entered the Russetwood and I almost get wiped out, thankfully I survived with my main character with probably 10 health or so . So far I am satisfied with the expansion

I would prefer it if you made a new thread! Thank you for asking!

I've seen this topic some time ago and it looks like Penetrating Shot affects some cipher's powers and wizard's spells. I will test if this is still valid. Probably only a part of it. If Crackling Bolt is affected by Penetrating Shot it's shame that Iconic Projection isn't. I guess it's because fixed damage vs 25% DR.

Dogs Prefer to Poo Along a North-South Axis " Researchers have found that dogs use Earth’s magnetic fields to align their bowel and bladder movements - and they prefer to relieve themselves along a north-south axis. In fact, canines will actively avoid going to the bathroom in an east-west direction, the study found. "

Pillar of Faith? Interesting! Those spells all do single target dmg only so I guess it's maybe not worth it if you don't want to take it for your weapon anyway. But good to know. If there was an AoE spell that accidentially worked with Vulnerable Attack - that would be really neat.

You mean because we won't follow your line of argumentation but keep challenging it with... reason? Sounds a bit like You can ask Gromnir why Josh left the forums. I can assure you our civil style of discussion was not the case. I'm pretty sure Josh could easily handle the forum in its current form. His departure had other reasons than simply not agreeing.

Iranian army: Goes out of way to not kill any Amerikans even while attacking them.... yet blows up a civilian plane full of everyone BUT Amerikans. Like I said befoire, the biggest threat to Iranian civilians is Iran gov't. If this is true. IF.

This headline is just priceless: https://genesiustimes.com/democrats-sue-iran-over-right-to-use-death-to-america-as-2020-campaign-slogan/

I actually finished Pathfinder on dec 29.

A big thumbs up to the devs for including Tomb Raider 2 Lara with my beloved blue tank top and khaki shorts (also available is the bomber jacket outfit): And also Angel of Darkness Lara: The character model even appears in cutscenes: Her facial expression doesn't change nor do her lips move with the OG models, which is super hilarious at first, but after the novelty wears off it just makes the cutscenes kind of creepy and awkward. I'll switch to a Nu Lara model to play through the campaign then switch to OG Lara once I'm done and just cleaning up challenge tombs, collectibles, challenges, etc. I'm still hoping I can get the classic blue tank top and khaki shorts outfit for Nu Lara, either as an unlock in the game or via a mod.

First off, in general, in most developed or developing countries, successive generations are more numerically literate than previous generations. Second off, the kids are alright. Third, doesn't explain why games like P:K do well. If anything, like I brought up in another thread, Deadfire is better than PoE1 here because so much more of the system is rationalized, there's less murk, there's a slower pace to combat, and encounters are less trashy and you have less party members to worry about. So this can't explain a massive sales drop. I think if we want to go down this route, it's not the numeracy, but the fact that (as has been mentioned by some developer--possibly JE Sawyer) that RTSes aren't nearly as prevalent these days as back in the late 90s/early 2000s, so people just aren't used to the style of gameplay that RTwP is, and the context that it lives in makes less sense. But even here it doesn't explain a drop-off from a million+ sales, I think it only serves to explain why it's hard to grow your audience or find a new, less nostalgia-focused audience and therefore makes the case that RTwP is a niche genre now.

and that makes me sad

I also don't appreciate Full VO. For me it adds nothing to a game. I couldn't care less if it's all voiced or not. Honestly it's more likely that I get annoyed because the VO is messing with me reading the text. I like reading text. And books. Full VO in RPGs with lots of text is like reading a book while listening to the audiobook at the same time.

It all depends on your definition of "meaningful." I think Obsidian is a little lazy in relying on end-game slides too much instead of in-game reactivity (this criticism is leveled more significantly at The Outer Worlds), but there's a lot that can change a long the way, even if the ultimate result is the same. BTW (there may be more since I tend to do very similar things near the end-game), the biggest thing that I surprised myself into recently is: By the way, the latter part of that is another instance of me hating on full VO. It was very obvious that they voice actor(s) they re-obtained were recorded under different circumstances because those sequences sound very different than the rest of the interactions.

I remember it being somewhat inconsistent but as for now it works with scrolls, Thaos' Headdress too if you can flank first (+5ac +5%dmg) edit. arcanist balm it's another +2 arcana

The devs were really cool about it, but people saying the game is too short haven't played the game in my estimation. When I completed the end mission I had well over 60 hours in. I did complete all the side, faction and space missions prior to launching the final main mission, so that added to the time. I'm pretty sure the folks doing the speed runs are playing the game for many hours figuring out how to cut time off before they post an actual speed run. Even if somebody just did the main story missions I can't imagine it would be any less than 10-15 hours, and I'm talking a normal playthrough, not one where the goal is speed. This game is all about character interaction and reading all the comm selections before deciding on one, reading all the logs and reports on the terminals, taking in all the NPC conversations, etc. I guess people have to complain about everything these days, but to say this game is short doesn't make sense.

But as the developers pointed out how many times did the person have to play through to figure out how to optimize that route to be able to get to the point where he could do that? I think this game can be short or you can easily sink 50 hours into a play through. I did respect the developers reaction to watching that speed run.

Game is too short!

Second playthrough was 1 minutes shy of 58 hours. Skipped SubLight and science weapons entirely this time. Made a few decisions differently and got a different ending. Kudos to T&L for creating such a replayable game.

I have many, many problems with this game but I never felt like it was particularly short or anything. Of course, I didn't expect anything like NV or any other open world game because... well, they said that's not what it was going to be beforehand. Good length for a game as far as I'm concerned.

While I still enjoy Bethesda's RPGs, they aren't really all that complex and their base games are usually broken messes. They tend to rely heavily on community mod support to fix the issues in each game. Outer Worlds is more comparable to games like ME1 -- a team size that isn't too large and a game that is more focused in scope. In that regard, Outer Worlds fits with that level of time-to-complete, which for me was around 40 hours, and that was with doing everything and finding all unique items. If you choose to just rush the main story, then of course you'll be disappointed, hell, Fallout 3 can be beaten in just 15min if you really try. There's also the matter of replayability as choices can actually matter in Outer Worlds and the writing is significantly better than what goes into the Bethesda RPGs. I'm just waiting for a patch to fix a few things before I start a new run, but with bugs specifically, there's really not many. On the other hand, if this were to be Skyrim pre-update2, I would have already come across a myriad of issues (which I did back when I played Skyrim in that state). Though now that Outer Worlds is complete and released, a sequel / expansion should be easier as the bulk of what's needed is done -- the universe, lore, base-gameplay, and tone. Anything new would have that solid foundation to work off of, and they'll be going in with much better funding.

This was a better game than Skyrim and FO3/4 but not by very much. Honestly I'm a bit disappointed in Obsidian, but not surprised, this is what happens when you are beholden to some giant corporations to make your product a reality. Just look at the splash screens for a hint at some of the committee that had to be satisfied with every part of this game before they'd risk their release.

When you're tired of playing looking for Daddy you can switch to Skyrim with guns and start playing looking for the misplaced son. If Bethesda's Fallout 3 is what you consider good writing then rest my case.

Oh I'm sorry, did you not realize Outer Worlds is a giant fetch quest?

its an actual rpg learn

If you explore and do the side quests companion quests and group standing quests its defo not short. Im on over 40 hours and im still not done.