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So people won’t complain that game has no content, while not visiting majority of of games locations. That way player either has to engage with the faction or explore for the hull. I believe you can buy the hull itself in the undead isle. I,don’t think steam stores old builds, like gog does.

As I don't have access to backer beta, my viewpoint is not very indepth. I don't worry about diversity and stuff like that - I assume, that kind of content in the beta is as barebone as possible. There seem to be a lot of balance problems, with some skills requiring serious attention, if not a redesign. I am not convinced there is underlying issue with core systems just yet - but major balancing needs to take place. A lot of things feel like they are a placeholder right now. Destroying weapons seem to be a sure way of disabling enemies/your soldiers. That needs to change, either by making the "destruction" less permanent, or making it more difficult to destroy a weapon. From what I understand, they locked content and put everything together fairly recently. Now they have time until December to polish, squish bugs, balance and iterate. I still remain positive.

I like what I see in Solasta. I threw a modest pledge and will see how it will turn out. So far I have been lucky with crowdfunding.

Still looks quite promising. So far world map is more static then I wish it would be. Hopefully there are still stuff missing.

EDIT. Wrong thread

I never owned a console. I can’t think of a Microsoft game which I would want to play, while there are quite a few games on Sony and Nintendo platforms which I would be happy to dip into. Just recently was finally able to play The Journey via Epic. Lovely little title. When it comes to games, Microsoft’s record isn’t great. Let’s just hope their recent purchases show an intent to change.

I do like a lot of added feature. In previous build I struggled to find reason to use it. With new features, I started using it as default, as it makes sorting, tagging and searching for game much easier. I really like being able to save seperate settings for different lists, be it all games, or installed games, or game from particular platform.

Less then a month to go! Can’t wait https://youtu.be/8PHL026ULe4

Corrected. Sorry, it has been 3 months since I played PoE. Things become blurry.

Oh, you don't need to remind me of it. My first year at the university, and first money earned. I bought collectors edition of Dragon Age. I was greeted with a merchant in my camp bugging me to buy a crappy DLC, in a game desperately starving for a quality side content (or quality content in general, after opening chapter). I have been more cynical ever since. But as other mentioned, it is Privite Division who is publishing Outer Worlds, not Microsoft. Not that 2K is more trustworthy, then Microsoft, but if publisher will have negative influence on OW it will be on 2K.

I doubt Microsoft had any influence on the project - the buyout happened deep into OW development. New projects might reflect their influence but not this one. OW is still done under Privite Division umbrella - afterall it was 2K who sold their Privite Division games to Epic. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-20-epic-games-store-line-up-expands-with-private-division-more-ubisoft-titles-and-quantic-dream-exclusives OW looks great. Luckily, it doesn't seem I will have new PC in time for it's release, so I will patiently wait for a wider store release.

Yeah, it can happen. Fighter's "bash" "knockdown" ability should allow your wizard to disengage safely. There are also quick spells which can give you protection before you attempt to move away. Don't be afraid to take a disengagement attack to the face - you should be able to survive it.

I struggle to understand you. As the player character leads conversations, when you have a group selected he will be the one to come closer and initiate the conversation. If your main is a squishy character, you can initiate conversations using other party members, by manually picking whom you want to approach the enemy. Otherwise you will get... cakes?

After you complete first wing (be it library or the prison) and enter back into the hall a story even occurs. There should be something above the fountain you can interact with. Afterwards the doors will open.

It’s been a while, and I might be getting confused in Deadfire systems, but I am pretty sure it works like that: you can only cast spells which you currently have in your Grimoires, or you mastered them (per encounter casts on later levels). Each Grimoires can hold up to 4 spells per level. You can remove them and replace them with other “learned” spells whenever you wish. You learn spells by finding new Grimoires and writing the spell down (costs money). Once you learned them, you can put it into any Grimoires you wish. You can have more then one Grimoires on you: just add additional Grimoires you want to have at your disposal into quite item slots. Switching between Grimoires takes couple seconds: amount of casts per rest remains the same on each Grimoire.

I did not!

I do love the smart camera. The trick was to get used to pausing before picking something up, so I don't misclick, but it is still much less hassle then manually following the party at all times. Especially with "follow the mouse" moving around has been much more natural. And if I need to get to the other side of the map I can actually follow the party without a hassle.

Another step against lootboxes: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-09-11-dcms-recommends-uk-government-regulates-loot-boxes-under-the-gambling-act

It certainly happens. I personally remember this particural situation which brought my attention to G2As nature: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-26-it-looks-like-ubisoft-is-going-after-third-party-key-sellers

The thing is G2A hurts developers. Epic games annoys customers. People find it difficult to care for something that doesn't affect them directly.

So you are unwilling to spend money to buy a game you want to play on Epic and you are unwilling to wait to spend your money on the game you want to play on steam, but you are happy to buy multiple copies of a game you don’t want to play? Now on to your illustration. Before Epic deal was announced OW was never ever on sale. It’s more, that you hoped to go to your favourite cinema for a movie, but months before release it was announced it won’t be coming to it for quite a while. As to the rest. Epic doesn’t make your gaming experience worse on Windows. It’s bare bone and clunky, but games run alright. You might disapprove of this cinemas business practises, their world wide chain isn’t well adjusted to different regions, it doesn’t have many expected facilities and doesn’t offer popcorn... but the watching experience is same as everywhere else). You can also just pick up XBOX game pass, and play through the game. i find it hilarious that you find buying from G2A a more moral path then buying from Epic. Only one of them does actual, proven damage to gaming industry.

Thumbs up for ”O Brother, Where Art Thou” meme

I meant Deadfire's opening, I remember it being a common complain, though one specific one which stuck in my mind was BunnyHop. https://youtu.be/QqNaj04lCE4 I must say, I was puzzled somewhat by his review, as someone who loved PoE1, he should be at least somewhat invested in PoE2 story. And he complains about how difficult to understand writing can be, while showing an except from the conversation where that is used for comedic effect. Complains about being expected what a beiwac is, while showing and praising PoE1 intro, which explains what beiwac is. At some points I felt it might have been a high level sarcasm which is just beyond my comprehension. But no, it seems that the critique was genuine. There are also some false information in there, which is disappointing, considering how into research SBH tends to be.

That is true, though one would need to buy the game first to know that. However, I have seen complaints in reviews on how indulged in its own lore the opening of the game is, and how difficult it is to care. Changing it simple, in theory, but difficult to pull off: The hook, storyline and setting used need to be relatable, engaging and intriguing without any knowledge of PoE required. That's what they attempted in Deadfire, though I feel that without being in Caed Nua, and experiencing Eothas attack it is difficult to care. I feel it would be a much better opening, if instead "tutorial island" of Port Maje, Player would start in the keep, experience being the ruler and the attack. This is were player could learn all the necessary skills, before moving on to Deadfire, and recruiting Eder and Aloth might be much less artificial.