Bryy

Banhammer Bammer +1 Banhammer +3 Banhammer of Frost

For the last time: Paradox is distributing. There's a reason why Obsidian said 'partnership'.

How so? Don't you know that buying distribution services from publisher means that you also sell you soul, your kids soul and you have to give all rights to any material and immaterial things that you possess, addition to that you also become eternal slave of said publisher. And you don't get any benefits for yourself from this deal. You're scaring the fish away.

The transparency has been great. While I myself would have like something a bit more comprehensive (and yet clearer) like DFA's documentaries, beggers cannot be choosers.

How so?

Oh, I have no doubt that Paradox will absolutely kill it.

Beware the Ideas of March. Soooo many Banhammers in this game...

Oy vey...

Now I want a fan video where a Druid just goes insane and starts goring people due to the turn based BS the party is setting up. Set it to the Harlem Shake as well as Everyday I'm Shuffling.

No one was... You said you were uneasy about the partnership with Paradox because of how Paradox has handled DLC in their games. The only reason to be uneasy about such a thing is if you think that Paradox would have some influence on the DLC creation for Eternity. You are correct in your statement. However do we really need to go over the differences between 'influence' and 'forcing'? They are marketing. Come on, dude. Is it really that important that there be a Big Bad for you to rally against?

A cover mechanic does not make something Gears of War.

Oh, Wodan. Do your wacky gun-loving hijinks know no end?

I hear Dr. Ray is the new bad guy on Once Upon A Time.

DLC is one the thing that has me a little uneasy about the partnership with Paradox. Only because they have taken to the nickel and diming DLC marketing/additional content strategy for some of their titles in the last couple of years (which has diminished my opinion of them), notably in their Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings franchises. Another strike against Paradox is that they also forced some of their Crusader Kings 2 customers to go to Steam, something they had previously assured their fan base would not happen (something that greatly diminished my opinion of them). I very much hope Obsidian doesn't go that route. On the bright side: I now hope to see commercials of the quality we saw for Crusader Kings 2. Paradox is just marketing. The people that ship the physical goods have as much say in content as a mailroom clerk for Countrywide does on home loans. Let's not start the "someone is forcing Obsidian to make DLC" talk.

Just to clarify: the backer portraits are only for those backers?

GDC officially does not start until tomorrow. EDIT: Wait I was wrong.

Did BioWare's skin turn green upon touching money? Did they cackle?

... n.... no? Where did I ever say that? I... I said the exact opposite of that. Is Obama rounding citizens up and having them executed in concentration camps? Is he locking foreign tourists up because he suspects them of being gay? Is he refusing food, water, and basic quality of life materials to his citizens? Is he personally overseeing every horrendous crime in America?

I live right next to SFO. The pure volume of planes constantly going in and out puts things in perspective.

Yeah, all of the backer-made content was very smart. You can see it emulated in the Darkest Dunegeon KS.

I don't need to. The statement that money inherently is always bad is in itself a fallacy.

One of the articles concerning the Paradox deal said $4.5m.

March 31st, everyone! It is upon us!

I'll jump in with my two cents and expand upon this. Handsome Jack wasn't just a guy out to make a fortune and screw the little guy. I love how they circumvented the modern trap of villain writing in which the villain actually has a really good idea but otherwise acts like a complete and utter degenerate in order to bring about utopia. Too many writers want a mindbogglingly terrible bad guy, but also want him to have a motivation that you completely sympathize (and sometimes empathize) with. This is why Avatar's bad guy was such a breath of fresh air. Because everything he was saying was the truth. Jake was dooming humanity by thwarting their terraforming efforts. It made complete sense to destroy the natives Hometree, and to even try to kill Jake. Heck, he even gives Jake three separate tries before taking military action. At the end of the film, he even pops open his mech's helmet because he knows that even if he kills Jake, he's still failed at his mission; he wants to suffocate, because to him, failure is death. He was not the stereotypical villain because he was not the villain. He was just a guy doing his job. He wasn't crazy. He wasn't power-hungry. He was just a guy. Handsome Jack also subverts the stereotypical horrible villain with good intentions trope by being so arrogant that he thought he actually was doing the right thing by killing everyone. He actually thought that by simply doing what he wanted, that made him the good guy. What does he do after Angel betrays him? He can't comprehend it. His mental walls literally stop him from going that far. What happens when Angel is dying and yet telling him what a horrible person he is? He can't comprehend it. He was so involved in his own greed and his own sense of self-worth that he began to see people as things rather than people; and he didn't even know it was happening until he could no longer understand what was happening. Go back and listen to the tones in Jack's voice as he calls you out. That's not mockery. That's him genuinely trying to talk to you. When he kills Roland, he doesn't get how that is the same thing as Angel being dead. He doesn't understand that your loss is the same as his loss. He expects you to think of yourself as the bad guy. He says this more than once to you, as if it is some universal fact. That is what made Jack a great villain.

Actually read the article. And the total number was $4.5m? They really got that much from PayPal? I guess I should not be so surprised.