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If I understand it correctly it was also a reason for not supporting OW1, as they were working on big singleplayer mode. To be fair, they claim that that work won't be entirely wasted and they will reuse some of it for events and story missions - which allegiadly are to be more substantial than archive missions from OW1. It only refers to a rather vague PvE mode with hero progression, unlockable skills etc - a big thing that's been hanging in front of the player base like a carrot on a stick. Story missions are set to come out as seasonal content.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/overwatch-2-has-dumped-plans-for-their-promised-pve-hero-mode

Yup. Combat got stale after a while, but loved the atmosphere and setting. Looking forward to Control2.

Send me you Switch, and you will have your time back.

Honestly, the pillow talk sounds awkwardly hilarious. If all of Starfield will be that entertaining, I will be pleasantly surprised.

Lamplighters League seem to got a lot of previews out - most of the gameplay videos seem sponsored so keep that in mind. A puiblic demo would be nicer Paradox. EDIT. Holy smokes, after two years of broken Baldur's Gate3, seeing a neutral enemy behave within turn based system at 36:53 feels mindblowing.

SILKSONG UPDATE! Not great news through - it slipped its unannounced 1st half of 2023 release, and now is scheduled to come out at some unspecified point later.

Seems like Bethesda’s sharp writing is still alive and well in Starfield https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-pillow-talk-will-make-me-swear-a-vow-of-space-celibacy

Everyone wants to be Masahiro Sakurai

What are the big boys of the genre? I can’t really think of a classic action adventure like that (combat + platforming + story + puzzles) in recent years. Kena Bridge of Spirits (indie), Arkham games but that’s about it.

I had no major issues when I played it. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

Lately it’s been a thing again. We have quite a few contenders for a worse PC port of the year. It’s so good for Jedi: Survivor that Redfall released right after . I don’t mind as long as they fix it - it makes waiting for a decent discount so much easier.

Indefinitely longer as E3 is not happening. XBOX showcase and Starfield in-depth dive should take place on June 11. Edit. Showcase confirmed https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-put-a-time-and-date-on-their-2023-not-e3-xbox-games-showcase

Is that Microsoft strategy to prove that they NEED Activision Blizzard to be competitive? It seems to be their first major stuble. Some thought Deathloop was a bit crap, but overall it's their most critically acclaimed title. Prey didn't do so well, but it seemed to grow into a cult classic. I will probably give it a go at some point, with it being on Gamepass, but after how poor the reception has been so far I am doubtful if it will maintain playerbase for long enough for me to join in. I don't think Arcane has rabbit fanbase that Bethesda did with Fallout76.

Ouch. First Deathloop, and now this? Not unexpected, but I still hoped they will pull off something.

I shall repeat it to myself every morning when looking at the mirror.

Looks sick

Interestingly UK seems mostly concerned about cloud gaming. Curious to see how will Microsoft fight this.

Played Plague Tale Requiem for a bit over 2 hours and decided to give it a rest. I didn't enjoy the original beyond the character work, and so far sequel didn't seem to change the formula in any meaningful way. Story events have been so contrives so far, that I am already not caring. Maybe sometime later I will be in more favourable mood.

Amazing. I had this issue pop up only recently. Until maybe two months ago, I had no issues with GOG Galaxy. I also can't connect my Steam account for some weeks now, which have been rather annoying.

Street Fighter 6 will have a demo of it's open world next week. I am curious to see what it is. Weak single player has been preventing me from getting into fighting games. I am curious if it will help in tutorializing the systems. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-can-try-street-fighter-6s-open-world-mode-in-next-weeks-demo

At least 130 hours. Like @Humanoid said, at this point it is not really worth jumping into EA at this point, though if you really, really want to play it, buing it early will grant you Digital Deluxe upgrade for free. As to game itself, it is complicated. It is less of a Baldur's Gate3 and more of a Divinity: Original Sin2 smashed with 5e D&D with a dash of influence of Dragon Age. So far the result seems rather conflicted. I enjoyed my time with BG3 more than I did D:OS2, but I also found it more frustrating - D:OS2 just wasn't my cup of tea, while BG3 very much could be but than it does something silly. At the very least it is shaping up to be easily the biggest budget proper RPG we ever got.

I hope they will do something fun for this one. After the blunder that was 3rd, the 4th was a drastic overcorrection and I found it a bit dull.

Finished Wasteland3, and it’s two DLCs. That’s a weird one. I feel I should like it more than I did. The set up is pretty great - easily understandable overarching objective, missions with a few possible outcomes and a lot of factions to befriend or piss off for variety of outcomes. Choices are regularly acknowledged, and the game has this rare feeling of making actual choices. Combat is fine. Not bad for an RPG, but nothing too interesting as a game system. Too bad I didn’t much care for the game. I think my issue comes with how shallow the world building is. I don’t think a variety of choices and outcomes matters, if I don’t have any strong feelings about the world and people who inhabit. Factions of Wasteland3 feel like concepts that has never been fully developed. Gangs have their particular quirks - some dress in hallowe’en monster masks, some as clowns, some to ritual sacrifices… I never felt there was an interesting characterisation behind them. And with every encounter in the game having some off-beat weird thing going on, nothing stand out as particularly interesting. I think that’s why I liked Steeltown DLC the best out of the whole package - characters motivations made sense, and setting was fairly relatable. DLC2 was pretty bad - ambitious, but bad. It mostly seems to try to squeeze a bit more juice out of combat, but the end result were lengthy, tedious gimmicky fights, that seemed to push the limits of what the game is technically capable of handling.