Mamoulian War

Well, in United States you can not freely say Happy Christmas in the open, someone might sue you. It's Happy Holidays for everyone... Also my country has banned the use of foreign languages in some cases, which was thankfully removed... For example if you could talk Slovak and any other language, and ended up in hospital, you were not allowed to talk in that other language with the stuff even if the staff was talking that language. You had to talk Slovak, because hospitals are public places and you were allowed to engage the staff only in official language. Thankfully most of the people dumped on this law... Some countries have ridiculous laws, you can't do anything about that...

Well, to bad no one ever made a list of persecution against Muslim minority... I bet some of the "free western countries" would be on that list on top ranks as well... My note was more alongside, that not every muslim is retarded **** running around with Kalashnikov and bomb belts as many of the "civilized westerners" love to point out. All countries have their own culture, and we have to accept it. How would you like, if someone would be so powerful, that he decided to bring their political view to your country and change your government with bombs?

Well, do you know how many Syrian passports have been "liberated" Mafia, which organizes on Balkan the illegal movement of refugees? Getting your hands on Syrian Passport is in this day as easy as getting your hands on cookies...

Well, looks like you never visited Indonesia, Malaysia or Maldives. Visiting these countries, would tell you much more about how Islam really is, compared to Fox News...

Well, people are somehow forgetting, that one of the biggest terrorist actions in Europe in last decade was made by white straight male...

https://www.gog.com/news/release_x_series Finally the X games released on GOG. With 75% discount!

Yeah noticed that, thinking about finally getting Grimrock II or Dead State Remastered.

Haha, Hyperdimension Neptunia arrived on GOG :-P

Of course the people responsible should be able to get most of the bonuses, but this whole issue is ad I see it more of a problem of the people willing to slave off without trying to form unions, which could bring them much better bonuses and work conditions, than problem of ridiculous VA demands. All people which are included in the development should get much bigger cuts from publishers, if the product is successful. It works in almost all other fields of business, I do not see a reason, why it should not work in gaming as well.

I got my first hit of gaming with JRPGs on the Sega Saturn in the mid 90s, and it amazes me how little that particular sub-genre changed in twenty years. It used to feel so cool and original, but now not so much. Compared to most WRPGs nowadays, the Japanese at least try to bring something new into gameplay for each new game. The story is mostly the same old cliche for each series, but at least they do not try to emulate each other and every developer holds to their own formula. In the west all AAA are now trying to be the next "Skyrim"...

Well, I have already 2 PS4 games at home, but still no console :-P I still have such a big backlog on PC and PS3, that I'll probably wait for the slim version before shelling out ducats :-P

Which is the second one?

Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Second Chapter released on GOG for the few jRPG fans here. The first chapter is on 50% sale now. http://www.gog.com/news/release_legend_of_heroes_trails_in_the_sky_second_chapter

You have something against Transylvania expansion of CK2?

More real DnD goodness on GOG: Ravenlofts, Dark Suns and Krynns in digital premiere up for grabs!!! http://www.gog.com/news/release_dungeons_dragons_ravenloft_dark_sun_krynn_series

I don't understand what you are really arguing here? I mean yeah there are other companies that depend on a publisher, but nowadays they are usually owned by said publisher and even if they weren't it would still mean they are in trouble if they don't have the next project lined up before their current one finishes. Obsidian was in dire straights (almost bankrupt) before PoE got KSed. With PoE they were able to forestall that. Now if they don't have the cash to fund the next PoE installment they are in deep **** again, until they KS again (and then it depends if people will even fund). If they have enough cash to fund PoE2 they can try to KS another game and secure their foreseeable future. Pretty easy to see the difference there. I guess the better thing to argue would be what you consider a successful business model. You are forgetting, that Obsidz have signed deal with Paizo, so I would not see KS for PoE as being in deep **** for them. Myself, I would rather see PoE2 on kickstarter, than being publisher / self-funded.

No. To be more verbose, if you pay full price for a game, which is advertising microtransactions, you are showing the publisher positive acceptance of the trend, and make them more likely to put that crap into all of their releases. If you like the game, just wait for dropped price, you will still play it, but show to the publisher with your wallet, that you do not agree with this plague of the industry. Maybe now it does not affect the gameplay (which is bull**** imo), but it will soon enough affect everyones enjoyment unless they pay loads of money into it...

I had exactly the same feelings, when I started Dark Souls for the first time

I started yesterday to play Tales of Graces f on my PS3 on moderate difficulty. Launched New Game Plus and decided to try to get some more Trophies. It seems to me the game is little bit easier than I remember :-P

Glad to hear it. To have enough time for a proper release is one of the most rare things man can have in this field. I can't wait for the final release and I hope so much for a non Steam-only PC release. Hope I will see it one day :-P

That's pretty easy hurdle to overcome :-P

I would bet that the marketing of this game is fully under the power of Paizo.

When you are offline, you can't buy their "insurance" subscription :-P

Or stop buying games from publishers which are pulling this stunts. It's actually easier, the older you get. I am buying nowadays only indie and japanese games, and I still have such a big backlog, that I don't need to think about Wallet Raider or similar games :-P

Thank you for your answer, Now it makes all sense. I have found few hours ago an article, which says, that you can "Unlock" Catalunya, when you own some/all of the provinces with Catalan culture as France for example, and let them revolt. And that you never get the country, when you own the provinces as Aragon or later Spain. In that case, the chance for spawning Catalan or Aragon rebels should be 50/50 %. cheers.