Lexx

Man, that show could have been so good, but it tanked really hard soon after the first season. It pissed me off so much back then.

I get the bot check every time I want to visit the forum. Truth told, it kinda made me visit less often, because I really hate having to wait those additional seconds in an active tab every single time. :x

Finished Armored Core NG++ now as well. Unlocked all 3 endings. The last few missions for sure were quite a bit harder, but nothing that dual miniguns and face-spam can't solve. NG+++ now, but guess that's it, since there shouldn't be any more changes now. So sad.

Played through Armored Core 6 in NG+. Boy did they nerf some of the boss fights. I still remember how some of them really manhandled me over and over and over and over again. Now it's like I'm breezing through half of it.

This one is funny. You are telling me that a guy who is a game developer, who has multiple git repos based on id games (idTech4 stuff? idTech5 engine recreation? Quake4Doom? QuakeRTX? Quake Wars source reconstruction?), bought a vintage computer which just so happened to have an old, long lost alpha demo of a canned Quake 4 expansion on it? Right, we're having 32°C here right now, and I believe it's snowing. :D

lol I just got a notification because I've set a reminder for this post. Mark my words. If the war drags on, expect Ukraine to be fighting to hold on to Kiev by July or August '26. Guess that didn't work out so well.

so what did they do now that is worse than what russia did, I'm not keeping up with the news anymore

Kavinsky is dead. Rip. Was rewatching Drive just a few days ago 😢

But that doesn't mean 250 million players bought something? I think it's more that Skyrim is still selling even today and people keep rebuying it.

The engine is incredibly easy to use and very powerful. Just because Bethsoft can't make good games, doesn't mean the engine is garbage. If the next Fallout game runs on Unreal Engine, it will be forgotten a few months after release. A new Fallout in the style of BG3 also crossed my mind, but IMO this is extremely unlikely. I also doubt they are given 5 years to develop the game. If it's going to be anything like in the past, we're probably seeing something in 2 years, max.

FNV is extremely popular. I'd say Obsidian just have to copy that, but in new, and it can't really go wrong. Real question is, will they build the whole game from scratch, or will they use the Fo4 engine and assets in a similar way as they used Fo3 for FNV. Personally I would prefer if they use Bethsofts engine at least. I swear, the moddability is the reason why their games are still popular, and it's why neither Avowed, nor Outer Worlds had any big long–term buzz going. Allow people to do big changes to your game in a more or less easy way and they will look past certain flaws in it. If the game is fun to play / will capture the audience AND is easy to make mods for, you win.

Don't know if I would have loved a Fallout game by Larian, but it sure as hell would have had nice turn based combat, so there's that at least...

Releasing a new Fallout every 2 years would be terrible too, though.

Just a few hours ago I've read someone claimed "Avowed 2 is too far ahead to be canceled" and now there's news that it is canceled. lol. https://www.thegamer.com/xbox-obsidian-new-fallout-game-cancelled-avowed-sequel/ Also, they are probably trying to pacify the people with claiming a new Fallout game by Obsidian has been green-lit. At this point, who knows what's true.