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Even if MS allows Obsidian to do its own thing for some time at least, there still is high probability of caging new games in their abomination of the store. And I wouldn't even be able to pirate them, because sorry, Obs, but I love my Win7 moar than I love you.

I sank some hours into "Divinity: OS". I kind of like combat system even if I suck at it and appreciate goofball things like kettle helmets and cat marriages, but methinks that they could do better than hire the Pegleg Performers to write the story and do the acting.

Not sure why you want to waste your wits debating this specimen again, Boeroer. Just let it feel vindicated because, as it thinks, the sole reason that Obsidian went down is because they failed to match its very restrictive ("Baldurz Gate 2 is perfection!!!!1!") personal set of expectations; for its types it's always "did not cater to me to the last letter = objectively bad" and any attempt to have a rational discussion is doomed beforehand. Maybe then it'll stop posting the same thing again and again. ...bleh, who am I kidding. No cure for obsession this unhealthy.

Eh, I'm pretty sure bazoopa is the Next Iteration (does its accounts get banned or does it simply like to start over (and over and over again)? Just curious), so it's safe to disregard its opinions about, well, everything.

Here's my own daydream: Obsidian splits into teams, one team keeps mass producing generic fantasy cookie cutter "Skyrim-like" AAAs for profit so that another team be free to make original, inspired things of their dreams.

Play as a Corpse Eater and find out. I only found out two things: 1. Gibs are inedible; 2. Your party gives you dirty looks if in the middle of a battle you decide to have a lunch break while they're busy murdering dudes. Kind of ruins the appetite.

Technically you couldn't sell it if you wanted to, its price is 0. So think about it as...a donation to the merchant. I'm sure the lady who sells pets would totally appreciate the gesture.

I would prefer to believe the problem is indeed in (non-existent) marketing rather than target audience's majority being so ultra-conservative that they would only buy generic fantasyland stuff -- you know, vaguely English countryside, Scottish dwarves, snooty elves, D&D rules and similar banalities. Because you can improve marketing. As for the OP, I'm not sure he's not some sort of halfway decent parody.

Pah, 'tis boring. Post pics when you start working in bordello

Interesting. I started a new game after being away a while, and where previously I got Tekehu's dialog very quickly after hitting +1, now I'm at +2, finished the first part of the quest with the watershapers and Delver's Row, and still not a peep Since I was away a while, not up to date on patch notes, did they change it that much? Yeah, made a new character as well and things seem to have changed - Serafen's and Eder's +1 and Aloth's -1 triggered as fast as usual, Tekehu's +1 dialogue never happened yet. Here's hoping it's not bugged, since I don't recall any patch notes regarding that.

Me, I'm still in Tyranny. Did you know that there are at least 6 no-name Iron Walkers with unique dialogue in Disfavored camp? And that you can rat out one of them to another for loitering and being a creepy stalker? And that if you visit Bastard City without a reason to go there you can still find things to do such as insert yourself in court's hearings? Sigh. This is my last Obsidian game. I don't have no more unplayed ones. What I am going to do.

Oi, guys, discussing Satoshi Kon and no mention of Paprika and Paranoia Agent? Those were my most Philip K. D†ck (ahahaha, censorship!!!) experiences outside of, well, the writer himself.

Did Avellone piss off every bartender in his neighbourhood and has no other way to drunkenly vent but on the codex? I'm not going to like the stuff he wrote any less just because he is being silly on the 'net, but seriously -- dude. 'tis embarrassing. Anyway. Justin Bell, if you're still reading here sometimes -- thank you for the music! That main theme of "Tyranny"...

Ah, if you mean what I think you mean, then F†CK no. He had a really cool arc, with proper beginning, end and even lasting impact on the world, and it's finished perfectly and perfectly finished. Resurrection gimmick is daft enough even for a good writer to make it work, and -- judging by recent content -- they don't even have writers that use common sense any longer.

Anyone up for karaoke?

...surely you do not mean the Tukata Sith girl from the Sith starter planet?

Eh, I dunno. Never was into that stupid "Blue glowstick gud red glowstick baaaaad now lets fight forevah!!!!" false conflict. I'll still click on someone's referral for a sub week, although I still have some unused code from years ago I never bothered to redeem because there is nothing to do.

It's been some time since I read the books but sorcerers tweak their looks too, only if sorceresses aim to look hot and seductive, dudes (at least those who want to meddle in politics) go for impressive and dependable, what means looking like well-preserved fortyish-fiftyish.

Every King book is scarier than its movie version, even the better ones like "Misery" or "Shawshank redemption". "Shining" is plenty creepy, but completely on its own right, since it's adaptation pretty much only in name.

Finished Tyranny, instantly going for the second playthrough. Hoo boy what a setting. Loved everything except the combat (and even that became tolerable when I learned to tailor spells more or less properly). Voices of Nerat shot to the top of my NPC hall of fame instantly. Also, now I kind of want to make a Watcher cipher/maybe trickster, maybe Nalpazca who's shady and cruel and name him Voices of Berath.

Yet another doomed attempt to translate Stephen King's brand of horror to cinema. Well, here's hoping it's not completely terrible.

Eh. Corporations are slow and lumbering monstrosities; when did EA buy Bioware, 2007? And they're not yet completely dead. So we possibly have another 10 years (and a good game or two made during them) before annihil...pardon, assimilation. And if gaming industry keeps developing as laboriously, some other studio gotta fill the vacuum left after Obsidian's demise.

I don't know why Microsoft would want to buy a company that makes PRGs... The sad part about not having editors actually edit. Corporations do not think like people. They think like Lovecraftian monstrosities from alien dimensions that they are. "Hey EA Bob, we here bought a RPG-making company that's famous for writing and character interaction. What do you think we should do with it?" "Why EA Chad, set it to make always online shoot'n'looter with no story or character interaction! Obviously, duh!"

No Ron Perlman, no Guillermo del Toro, no me watching that weaksauce "reboot". Phhhhbt. While IMDB'ing that thing I also found out there's apparently "Good omens" film with what seems to be decent cast? Not sure if I'm cautiously optimistic or tentatively pessimistic.

Well, I do disagree with the Riddler about BG series significance in PC gaming (they are very significant), but I would agree about them being way overrated -- especially the story, which is really not that good. To be on topic, I don't believe the game is going to be blatant cash grab -- more likely just another product in the long line of reboots, reimaginings, sequels, prequels and suchlike results of creativity bankruptcy that is currently endemic to most of entertainment industry. I'll still buy it, because I don't have BG-coloured nostalgia glasses and won't be let down, but I'll wait for at least 50% discount.