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It must be so horrible for Sawyer and the other creative people at Obs right now. The two new IPs that they created with a lot of their passion and vision and talent and effort they have been ordered to kill/scrap/shelve (along with all other passion projects they may have been working on), and then they're ordered to all work on just one project that is an IP that belongs to someone else and over which thy won't have full creative control. I have to wonder if some of these people, including Sawyer himself, are contemplating just walking away from it all in disgust.

I was actually looking forward to Avowed, or any other new game in the Pillers IP. But I'm not that interested in the Fallout franchise, so for me this is a huge blow. Obsidian is pretty much dead to me now as a studio whose games I look forward to. 😞

That's a huge blow to me, as I have never cared for the genre of RPG that the Fallout games fall into. So, without another game in the fantasy genre/Pillers IP, Obsidian becomes yet another irrelevant studio to me. 😞

Wasn't the whole point of Obsidian agreeing to join MS about security for the company and its people? They may as well have stayed indie.

But this also means that the game developers and publishers aren't solely to blame for where we are today. The gaming public bears a good proportion of the blame as well. People these days, generally, have ridiculously unrealistic expectations and demands, are very entitled, and are intolerantly opinionated (as in, everything should be what I want and not what someone else wants, or else ...!).

It is concerning that no one has bothered to respond.

I'm still around. In fact, this forum is the only game developer forum I still frequent.

So I finally got around to viewing several gameplay YouTube streams of Starfield, and determined that it is way too much a shooter game with its combat for me to be able to handle. Even worse, the ship combat is also very shooter-ish. Now I'm wondering if this is also going to be the case with The Outer Worlds 2. Does TOW2 also feature very shooter-style combat? Is its combat accessible for someone like me who's never ever played a shooter game and has no interest in shooter games?

The only thing that would make a BG1&2 remake exciting and attractive to me is the one thing they can't/won't do to those games, which is ditch 2e mechanics. Without that, I just don't see the point.

Maybe that's because the kitty is the guy's summoned familiar! 😸

Thanks you guys!!

As much as I loved TW3, I'll end up passing on this DLC. I have the the first two DLCs but I quit playing in the middle of the first DLC because I couldn't get past the boss in that quest with the burning mansion/estate. That combat proved too difficult and frustrating for me even on the lowest settings. I need a mod that allows for insta-kills of enemies so I can proceed with my game.

Perhaps I'll wait until the DLC is released and then decide.

Yes, this I agree with you. I also don't care for DnD mechanics, for me because I find that it relies too much on random chance and does not give the player's character creation and advancement choices the centrality they deserve in how characters function. And also interestingly, my favorite DnD character has always been the dual-wielding fighter/rogue multiclass. 😀 Solasta is okay. I played and then replayed it once, and got my money's worth from it (including the expansion). But I doubt I'll want to replay it again. Hopefully, Solasta II will be significantly improved, especially in its character development and roleplaying aspects.

My concern with this game is bugs, polish, and balance issues, as these are what typically get ironed out in patches delivered during the first several months after a game's release. And we don't have that with this game. 😟

Personally for you, sure. But I have no doubt whatsoever that BG3 being the huge financial success it was has everything to do with it being a DnD game (plus carrying the Baldur's Gate name). DnD is huge these days, and most casual gamers like playing games with familiar systems and mechanics.

Yeah, same for me. I always keep my Tdap vaccince up-to-date because I do a lot of gardening and constantly get scratches and bruises, especially now as I get older.

I removed Greedfall 2 from my Steam wishlist after Spiders was shut down by Nacon.

Just began playing Black Geyser: Courier of Darkness. Definitely very old-school, which I like very much. Poor graphics and character models are obviously a weak point of the game, which may turn off some contemporary gamers. But for me, I can live with it in exchange for all the positives of an old-school cRPG. Just finished the tutorial first chapter and am now in the second chapter. More details to follow as I progress. Any thoughts from those of you who've already finished the game?

Love Phil Collins and his drums riffs. This is one of his best. He was finally inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame recently.

Finished BG3 and started on Civ 5. Still my favorite Civ game. Need a break from cRPGs after hundreds of hours slogging through BG3. 😛

Unfortunately, they need to be available on network/cable for me to watch. That's why I thought of giving Marshals a go, but then I saw some reviews which say essentially the same things you all are saying. 😞

Just backed it.

An interesting idea. I personally would prefer a more laid-back city-building sandbox type of game. Survival games tend to stress me out too much.

Any of you fans of Yellowstone? If so, what're your thoughts on the new Marshals spin-off?