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Hard West2 demo - I am impressed. Much, much higher production value. Opening is quite a set piece. Combat seems rather similar to what I remember of HW1, but it’s fast paced now, heavily rewarding aggressive play and chaining moves through “Bravado” system (restoring all action points upon killing an enemy). Some pleasantly surprising storybook moments and world map.

She was. You can run across her very early as she is chased by Flaming Fist. She calls out to you for help in BG2 because she knows you.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/actor-david-warner-baldurs-gate-2s-antagonist-jon-irenicus-has-died-aged-80 David Warner, voice of Jon Irenicus from BG2 has passes away.

There are no romances in BG1. in BG2

Into the Breach on my iPad. The wait was worth it, as it is again an excellent port. I guess I will keep my Netflix subscription for a while.

Good riddance - the DLCs were incredibly overpriced, and the BioWare points were a pain in the arse. Too bad I bought them all couple years back.

For me Ubi games lack “meat” - their games are extremely repetitive and core gameplay loop is just too shallow to make those enjoyable to me. They are pretty but the glamour disappears after a session or two. The closest I came to enjoying a modern Ubi game was FarCry3 - shooting was enjoyable enough and it wasn’t padded that badly - I still started to get bored with it halfway through. I didn’t bother trying AssCreed reboots as while they shake things up a little bit, they seemed to add stuff I tend to hate, like grindy power progression in an action game.

Huh, new DLC map for Hitman3 will be free - that’s unexpected and welcome after how stingy H3 has been with content:

A pre-EarlyAccess footage of a new game from Prison Architect folks. Gosh, such a strong nostalgia with this update. Looks like FTL on steroids.

I feel rather sour about the game - mainly because I spend a decent time playing it in EA and it felt like the game stopped developing months into early access. The core gameplay is still fun, but I felt like the game didn’t become any more fun in a year+ that passed since I last played it. Some hazards were added, but none really adding anything meaningful. I am one of the people who dislike the addition of the story - I liked the tone of the game far better without it. It’s a bit too “on the nose” and intrusive. It’s also criminal how often game forces you to sit through mandatory VO - strange choice as one would think that radio chat in missions, would be a more obvious way of dropping the exposition. The mission you described is the only part in the game where gameplay and story intersects. still, dissecting ships is still as fun as it was when the game entered early access.

It's not about being dramatic, it's about matching the intended audience's reading comprehension.

Tutu mod, I believe - at least that's what I have been using back in a day. Honestly it was a better update to BG1 then enhanced edition, as while it allowed players to take advantage of BG2 advancements (like new classes, dualwielding etc) it also allowed for more faithful recreation of BG1. If we find a way to solve an issue with UI being too small let me know. As flawed as they are I mostly stick to Enhanced Editions these days

I know what you mean. I hope it will be like Prey - game That didn’t look very good to me, only to end up as one of my favs. It is a coop shooter, though…

That looks…. neat? Like a poor man’s Mario. As long as it’s controls are half decent, it could be a fun time.

I saw a game which might interest you: Dome Keeper. I saw it in SkillUps indy list. It's a tower defence title - while it's not my cup of tea, it might be yours.

But it’s nothing like MEs unless you refer to the mess that were Mako driving from ME1 - which is not exactly a flattering comparison.

Which considering that OW2 is a major patch to OW1 is not very surprising. Blizz vowed a while back that Ow1 multi will be always compatible with OW2 - with game going free to play, I couldn't imagine it being any other way. Which also brings a question, why call it OW2 if there will be no distinction between the two.

Hold on to your buttcheeks: Into the Breach get a free Advanced Edition upgrade on July 19th and comes to IOS & Andoid. It will be free for all Netflix subscribers https://subsetgames.com/itb_ae.html Edit: for a time being the only way to access ItB on mobile will be through Netflix subscription. There will be no standalone purchase for a time being.

Faithless! StarCitizen will be like Starfield, but good. Finally, Starfield 5 will have a decent competition.

Yes, of course. That’s what Yahtzee calls “Bioware face”. That’s pretty much a standard in any large game attempting “cinematic” look, without focus/budget to pull it off. Bioware had it (maybe with exception of MEs), Bethesda has it, now Larian has it.

Stalker2 got an update during todays XBOX's extended showase (otherwiseit was devs talking more about projects shown two days ago - nothing that stand out to me). There is this potentially upsetting dev diary: And what I think is an opening cutscene: On steam game is listed for Decemeber 2023 release.

Not much to discuss. CGI trailer from a studio I am unfamiliar with. If it is supposed to launch within 12 months it would be nice to see something more specific, though I know strategy games aren't lookers. Which reminds me, I have Humankind installed since it launched and I am yet to play it...

NO! SIZE DOESN'T MATTER! IT'S HOW YOU USE IT!

Those two very well summarize my feelings on the matter: In my opinion, in Elder Scrolls 3, 5 and Fallout3 (those are games I played) Bethesda wasn't able to create a game space worth exploring. I can't imagine how they can create multiple planets, not to mention 1000 that wouldn't bore me after an evening or two. I have played some overly big games - like Elite Dangerous, or recently (and currently on a halt) Elden Ring... but those games were fun to play. Starfield looks very janky, and this is some of the clunkiest dogfighting I have seen.