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Did anyone say 'more like Whoopsi' yet? Freaking gotter.

OK screw it I'll install this and be v. mad at you all when I don't enjoy it

I heard Phoenix Point was not very good so even though I own it (I backed it on Fig or whatever) I haven't played it. So I doubt the DLC will change my mind.

My current run that I'm trying to actually finish the game with has reached the part of the game where often when I get into combat the game crawls to a halt, so that's fun

Yeah, and Sawyer mentioned some of the other more successful games from the same period, so I agree with you that it can't be entirely down to the top down perspective, nor to the party.

Ooof. Yeah that looks like it. An extremely disheartening post.

Hmmm maybe it wasn't Something Awful that Sawyer said that on. Here's basically All The Stuff He's Said Since POE2 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3856099&userid=17931&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Notable entries that are kinda about 'that stuff I mentioned'. "This is one of the causes for me being burned out on directing these games. I don't write things to be contrarian or subversive, but nor do I really have any particular interest in conforming to the way in which fantasy stories are most commonly told. You don't fight Eothas in a boss battle at the end of the game because the focus of the story was always on figuring out what he was doing and dealing with implacable gods. If I had wanted it to be sUbVeRsIvE, I would have set the player up for a fight and pulled the rug out from under them. I knew that some players might expect to fight Eothas, but what would the right course have been? To decide that the story isn't really about dealing with implacable gods, but actually about beating the **** out of them? That you should fight some other manifestation of Eothas for no particular reason? Telling the player explicitly that he can't be defeated (which we strongly suggested, but players habitually ignore anyway)? I don't think I'm particularly clever or novel. I don't make these choices in an effort to wow/stun people with my radical takes. The stories I help develop focus on exploring ideas more than they focus on big confrontations. At times, that can be against genre conventions, but I'm not doing it to blow your ****in' mind, man. In the case of Deadfire, it just didn't feel appropriate to fight Eothas. Maybe that was just the wrong story to tell or I set up to be told in a poor manner. " "And to put this all in perspective, the first game sold pretty well. The second game cratered on release and slowly picked up steam, finally becoming profitable in early 2020 (IIRC). Both games reviewed very well. Whether you think it's justified or not, they are the most (professionally) highly-rated Obsidian games to date. Professional reviews of the game were strong and it still sold poorly, both compared to the first title and compared to our competitors. Frankly, PF:Kingmaker, DOS2, and BG3 are all wildly outperforming Deadfire. I've said this before, but if we ever revisit the Pillars universe in this "style" of game, I think it will mean re-examining our approach. If the conclusion is to that we need to change the formula and the format significantly, it draws into question why we would even go back to the series. " Neither of those were quite what I was thinking of, so maybe it was in his tumblr

I don't have much sympathy for other white people whose takeaway from the news that people of colour and other minorities have been disadvantaged by the history of their country is 'man I'm tired of hearing this.' As many people of colour have said, (not me, I'm white!) 'You may be tired of hearing it, but I guarantee we're more tired of living it.' Also, in many cases developed nations have directly contributed to wrecking developed nations and causing situations people want to flee from, so no, I wouldn't take that as evidence we've 'done something right.'

While we may sometimes not like it, the bottom line is games need to make money. PoE2 didn't do that, or at least didn't do that well enough to justify a third. Also, Sawyer said something about being a little bit burned out. Would have to find the full comment, might've been on Something Awful.

Hmm I suppose that's possible or maybe - and hear me out - maybe there isn't really any evidence of Disney sanitising any franchise that wasn't already pretty child friendly. Before they acquired Star Wars, there were bumbling droids, fuzzy teddy bears, a pratfalling gungan and the closest thing there was to graphic violence was someone's arm getting cut off, conveniently by a weapon that prevents blood sprays. With Rogue One, Mandolorian and Boba Fett, Disney's version of Star Wars has been probs less 'sanitised' than it ever was. Before they acquired Marvel, the least sanitised aspect of the MCU was probably the fact that they hired Joss Whedon. Post Disney acquisition we got Helstrom which, while apparently not very good, seems to be, again, about the least 'sanitised' MCU thing we've seen. The idea of Disney being some company that will slap mouse ears on every property and dial it down to a 'g' rating is a bogeyman invented by people who want to be mad at things.

Do I? Seems like very run of the mill sarcasm to me.

Ah yes, the highly sanitised Disney, the company that brought us such family friendly films as The Last Duel, in which two men fight to the death because one of them raped the wife of the other. Extremely sanitised.

I mean, it'd probs be fine tbh. But Microsoft doesn't strike me as a company on the brink of being sold.

Well, there will be games that scratch that itch, such as Disco Elysium. J.E Sawyer's recently announced/leaked whatever medieval monk detective game will probs be similar. The thing is, you seem to be railing against the games that explicitly are not designed to be the game you want, for not going against their design to accommodate someone who wants to play a completely different game. Seems like mental energy best saved for wishing for more games that you do actually want. (Sidenote: also check out Gamedec if you haven't yet.)

I totally forgot crusade stats existed, so I was confused by that conversation for a bit. I tried a game at core difficulty and it was going fine (ish) and then I got to Leper's whatsit and suddenly it sucked.

We can't all be the ones who read 120 pages of something from a different country for fun

Basically what Sawyer is saying is that they would need to figure out exactly why PoE2 didn't do well whereas other isometric games (I believe he mentions Pathfinder and Divinity: Original Sin) did. They can't just put out PoE3 with no changes and expect it to do better than PoE2.

Ah, I assumed that it would be relatively uncontroversial amongst most people here that the USA was founded in racism and that there is still a great deal of systemic and unconscious racism, (as well as overt and incidental racism) but more fool me I guess, turns out we're not all on the same page. Hey here's some real statistic evidence of systemic racism https://www.thinkstatistically.com/post/is-there-evidence-of-systemic-racism-in-the-u-s Not sure if you genuinely think any of your counterpoints have any value? They really don't. Seriously, one of your examples of evidence that the USA can't possibly have systemic racism, is that people are fleeing to the USA as opposed to freaking CHINA? While we're at it, why not ask why they don't migrate to North Korea?

Ah, so it is bad to teach about systemic inequality because of the measures people might take to address it?

I've read bits of it but dang it is long. I have noticed that while it may refer to 'Critical Race Theory', it seems to also reference discrimination experienced by women. In any case, what is the specific nature of the objection people have to this being taught?

Does anyone have any resources about the CRT thing? I've only seen brief snippets about it which have given me the impression that anyone opposed to it is either misinformed, or one of those 'You know who talks about race? RACISTS!' idiots who think that acknowledging the racist history of the USA and the flow on effects this has had is somehow a bad thing.

With this purchase, Obsidian is not going bankrupt and having to lay off a bunch more staff. The Microsoft acquisition of Obsidian isn't the reason Obsidian aren't currently looking to make PoE3. JE Sawyer has been relatively open that in his opinion there is likely not a high chance of a PoE3 at this stage simply because PoE2 wasn't nearly as successful as they'd hoped. https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/669770197986590720/hi-josh-hope-youre-doing-great-world-of-eora

Elan of the Houndhearts is the worst. Every time I restart I like him less. What a self righteous jackass. He is probably my least favourite character.

Sure, the chance of any one specific person spreading the virus is relatively remote, but we don't make exceptions for the rest of the population that want to travel.

Well let's look at a few aspects of the context. Djokavic claimed to have gotten a positive test on 16 December. He also ticked 'no' on the question 'Have you travelled or will you travel in the 14 days prior to your flight to Australia?' Despite Serbia's rules requiring 14 days of isolation: On 17 December he attended a ceremony unveiling a stamp in his honour (he claims that he hadn't yet seen the positive result at this point) On 18 December he attended an interview and photoshoot in Belgrade (he admits that he had seen the positive test result but decided to go anyway because he'd made a commitment) On 25 December he was pictured on the streets of Belgrade. (This was after a 22 December negative test, but within the 14 days in which he claimed not to have travelled.) Meanwhile, we've got people who have been in a detention centre for up to 12 years for the crime of fleeing persecution or war or whatever. Yes, I think our Government is unfair, but crucially, NOT TO DJOKAVIC. Not even one iota. He is a lying, manipulative jerk, I'm glad he's getting kicked out. Don't waste your sympathy on Djokavic, there are more deserving recipients.