Mamoulian War

Goal nr. 3/2026 May 4, 23:00 – Having no mood for games in the last 6 weeks, I stumbled upon Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 on sale at GOG, and decided to find out if easygoing game like this one, will bring back that lost mood. And I think it was a good choice. As the three previous games in the series, it was again chill experience, although a little bit shorter. After a little bit over 5 hours, I have already found the main villain and unlocked all achievements in the game. This part of the series went back again to the way, how the materials and quests have been handled in the second part. Some busywork was still present when getting closer to the game finale, but the grind as experienced in the third game completely disappeared.

Yes I could, that is correct, but to me it is kind of hassle to do it. And it will become more of a hassle, as the time goes on, as I still prefer playing on my PS4 and PS3 consoles. And I am still buying once in a while new games for them. But yes, that is an issue which I could solve if I had mood and time for that. But, as we all have experienced last few years, it looks like that the world is slowly burning down, and being dependent on outside source to be able to access what I have purchased during another man made crisis, is IMHO not the smartest thing to do. For now it is still OK, but imagine, if people beyond the big pond will elect another MAGA muppet into the office in 2028, and the relationship between the USA and EU deteriorate even more. In worst case economic scenario, this could mean, that for US companies it would be extremely problematic to provide their services in EU. And all of the biggest players in providing these services, are based in USA, including SONY. In such a scenario it would be much more problematic to adhere to 30 day activation period. That being said, the chance of all of that gloom and doom happening is pretty slim (at least for now), but this risk is currently much higher than 15-20 years ago, when Valve, Sony and MS went full steam ahead on transition to "fully digital future."

My consoles were not connected online for last three months 🤷‍♂️ And my PC for month and half 🤷‍♂️ The issue is, that in the last 15 years, I was more often online than Playstation services 😄

Really no clue. I have three games on steam. On GOG, I do not have that kind of issue 🤷‍♂️

If there is still anyone, who missed this news, Sony added new DRM to PS4 and PS5 to newly purchased digital games. Seems like “license” for new digital games is valid only for 30 days. And I have already seen someone claiming with screenshot included, that the issue is also affecting new PS3 digital purchases. If this is the case, I would not be surprised, if this would also affect Vita as well.

Yeah, it was not the best place to post, but I have moved it to correct one. Just in case, I am replying to you to, so the notification pops up, and it will be easier for you to find your thread again. 🙂

Aaaand more Square Enix goodness on GOG. 4 SaGa titles. https://www.gog.com/en/promo/saga_launch

Point and click horror up for grabs on GOG. https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_whispering_valley

Doom Eternal finaly on GOG 🤤 https://www.gog.com/en/news/doom_eternal_is_now_available_on_gog

I have not played it yet, but from what I understand, it is possible to make a "tank" build as well, if players has to much issues with parry and dodge QTEs.

Seems like memory shortages might be a history for a while. Micron's stock is nosediving. as it looks like OpenAI overpromised in their deal, and in my region we got price reduction of 30% at the biggest retailers in last two days. Do you have similar experiences around the world?

Well, for me personally, it's very easy to decide, what am I going to do. Especially with the crazy out of touch prices of RAM and GPUs. I'll stay with my AMD CPU and GPU, which I have purchased in 2021 and keep purchasing awesome games I've never played on GOG 🤷‍♂️ And there are other options as well for other people to chose as well, to avoid AI slop and still have enough fun within their budget. The console emulation is also getting better each day, and in my country it is legal to make a backup copy of software you purchased on any platform of your choice 😊

The lightning in most of the shown scenes, completely changes the tone of the scene after enslopification. The worst offender though is that school kid from Harry Potter, who looks 40+ after the touch of DLSS5. For now, it might be offered as an option which can be turned off, but look at what happened with raytraycing. There are already some games built around it from grounds up, and you cannot turn it off. Which in the end, makes these games inaccessible to some people, which are not able to afford last gen GPUs... And this slop needs two of them to run. Note: as one guy on Ars Technica noted, what you see in the video, is the best of the best screens produced by DLSS, which have been handpicked by the marketing gurus of Nvidia, and they still look like a cheap Instagram filter, which fails to keep the tone of the scene as creative director intended 🤷‍♂️

Nslopia 🤷‍♂️

I have the latest Win 10 version, and it is the same as yours, so you should be safe.

I have finished Lyria part of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tale. So far, I am enjoying it. Some of the puzzles are pretty challenging, and some of them can be still won even if I messed up some moves ☺️ Story is interesting and already had few plot twists. I hope after I finish this, I'll find some guide, which will say, what would happen, if I choose different options 😄

NetEase continues with their cutting spree... I am so pissed now

Strange decision in the wake of super expensive hardware period. Seems like Sony did not get hint from their Japan experiment, that PS5 started to sell much better only after they lowered the price to affordable level 🤷‍♂️

Netflix removed their bid for WB. It looks like only Paramount is now in play. Would this be better for the future of WB gaming studio, or not?

Looks like at least one Grand Wizard did not figured it out 🤷‍♂️

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, which are waging proxy war against each other in Yemen and Sudan just announced, that they are joinining together military operations of Israel and USA against Iran.

He pretty much predicted this day very accurately a week ago, all based on weather patterns and Lunar phase in the context of history of similar strikes.

Yeah, I find it logical, unfortunatelly it is very skewed in Euro countries, as some, like Slovakia, Bulgaria or Croatia, still have to pay same prices as in Germany or Netherlands. Despite income being 2-3x lower based on profession.

Not sure where to link it, so hopefully this is the right place for it, but the guy which got everything right about Maduro has another prediction.

French publisher Nacon files for insolvency (they own devs like Spiders [Greedfall]) https://www.vgchartz.com/article/467121/nacon-files-for-insolvency-as-it-assesses-all-possible-solutions/