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Yeah, I am kinda confused why it exists - it didn't feel like they really had a take or an idea. The big pitch of "connecting tissue between BG1&2" seems to be slapped on top of a rather irrelevant adventure at the very end. The structure also just felt so very off. A very different game than Infinity Engines ones. I will definitely not include it in any of my future BG playthroughs.

I would love for Obsidian to do a Shadowrun game.

youtube algorithm recommended me this video [spoilers if you didn't finish either of the titles]: First of all I have to praise the youtuber (who doesn't seem to produce that much) on a pretty engaging and concise (in spite of its length) script. While I don't agree with everything said (combat gameplay system are pretty much discarded as not great, and I think there is a lot to praise there as well), I think it is a decent rundown of PoE1 main strengths as an RPG (as well as a bit of obvious criticism of BG3).

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Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi rush IP has been resurrected after being unceremoniously put down by Microsoft. This is thanks to Kafton, a Korean company, who acquired the defunct studio and its big profile IP. We will see if the spell cast was True Resurrection, or just Raise Dead. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/pubg-owner-krafton-have-acquired-tango-gameworks-and-the-hi-fi-rush-ip

Considering the reception, and how long it was shelved - I doubt it.

Allegedly Borderlands movie sucks very hard. I am shocked, shocked. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/borderlands

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/obsidian-entertainments-xbox-rpg-avowed-is-delayed-to-2025-heres-the-new-release-date Feb 18, 2025. Originally planned to release in November, alas it was moved allegiedly to avoid busy November for GamePass.

I was more thinking in terms Ghouls. And not refering to the Ghoul, but rather

Not quite gaming, but I finished the Fallout TV show. It's good! Way, way better than I expected. I was quite surprised how tight the script is, with good set ups and pay offs. I wish violence was used with a bit more purpose - as it is, it just style, and as such I numbed myself to it rather quickly, but am weary to recommed the show to some folks that I know might enjoy it otherwise. As for the future - there is perhaps an overarching consipracy thingy going on, that I am not a fan off. I fear the interesting potential of the wasteland (Fallout's wasteland, not The Wasteland) can get lost if there is a big, bad pulling the strings of the ENTIRE WORLD! I also feel like some lore might not be matching up, but frankly it's been so long since I played a fallout, and I skipped couple recent titles, so who knows (not me!).

And for 99.99% of the playerbase prob neither is Avowed Well, will be curious to see what Gamepass will release in November.

Ok, now that looks much, much better than the awful thing they released a long long time ago. I still want to see more of how they are handling individual systems, but the combat seems more representative of the original game (do I spy awkward two handed stabbing with a short sword for unskilled fighter?) At the very least they renewed my interest.

Well there are far more games coming with each year. If that's the reason, than it is an ok one, especially if devs can find the use of the extra time (Hey, Obsidian, if the game is finished in November, I am more than happy to test it for you :-P). And being part of Game Pass lineup, it should important for XBOX to utilise it properly. Releasing Avowed in the crowded pre-christmas did seem like a risky choice. Or maybe XBOX is happy with it's 2024 and needs to pad out 2025 Maybe they got a word that Silksong is dropping before the end of 2024 and know better than to compete

Could be good, could be bad. lol I wouldn’t say no to Lost Vikings 3 or Rock n Roll Racing2 . King employees moving there suggest to me possibility of mobile spin-offs of more popular IPs, which just doesn’t sound appealing to me. Eh, we will see.

You can ride Torren now, apparently! I wonder how it plays now - it felt to me like it should be a torrent fight, with all the long running, and potential jumping over ranged attacks.

It seems people warmed up a lot to Cyberpunk. In my personal opinion the 2.0 update made it a much, much better game. I think it makes for a fine narrative shooter. Though, it wouldn't made into my list of favourite anything, and definitely not as an RPG.

Dang, I have such fond memories of CoH1. I am still meaning to getting around to playing the sequels. At least CoH2 was supposed to be good. Ha! I remember people not being happy how it negatively represented Russia. I wonder how it would be received in the current climate. I don’t think Relic is working on Space Marine2. From what I can find the sequel is made by Saber Interactive. I don’t know if there is any overlap in devs.

That’s true with controller as well - that’s a hard lesson everyone has to learn to survive Dark Souls2. Especially when fighting groups, locking on can be detrimental. With controller, however, you tend to target with left stick, rather than right. (Though funnily enough DS2 was quite crap in the regard due to using directional movement, rather than analog 360. What a weird, sloppy title it was). The only thing specific to elden ring that I can remember, were complaints about camera while riding Torrent - the camera auto adjust to the direction you are heading, so you need to keep holding the direction to keep looking that way. Perfectly natural with a pad, but I can see it being really tedious with m&k.

Investigation into what? Does Japan have a law against historical inaccuracies and loose adaptations? Shake in fear, Hollywood.

I don’t think we will see sentient aliens. That would open a can of worms and move Outer World toward different kind of space fiction.

I did play, but frankly I don’t remember much. Yes, first Shadowrun had a “tech demo”’feel” to it. Dragonfall was pretty light on plot - it was quite like opening of BG2 - you have intro, and overarching goal to gather money to progress main story and you do self-contained side missions to do it, and main story progresses in small revelations along the way. I felt that Dragonfall did world building best, and I really liked the cast of the companions (especially with extra content from Director’s Cut).

yeah, same here. I thought Dragonfall was brilliant, but I just found myself bored by Hong Kong. I felt the pacing was really off.

I have signed up for Gamepass when Outer Worlds came out and remain a subscriber until recently. It is great offer if one is interested in many titles. Play at least one game per month and you are getting a whole lot for each of your bucks. Honestly, my favourite part was trying those small, indie games that I would be hesitant to buy outright. Or trying out those games that I was curious about (like Starfield) but knew I won’t spend with them more than a couple of hours. But yeah, it is not a substitute for buying a game that I am very much into.

That’s some really wide bracket you are using to put those two games in the same basket. Otherwise, I am with you. The game looks better and better with each showing, and I am looking forward to