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Oh, come on! It wasn't that bad. I actually liked DA2. The repetitious areas thing was very annoying, yes, but the game overall was okay--good, even. The story was interesting as were most of the companion characters.

The reason I passed on this game as well was, again, the first-person combat. But is there a lot of combat in the game? Because if it is much more a puzzles and exploration game, then I should and would reconsider passing on it.

A woman speaking with that slow Southern drawl, especially from around Georgia, is a huge turn-on for me. 😀

Great blog. A very interesting and fun read!! And your gaming interests very closely mirror my own! After RPGs, it's strategy games and builder/management games for me as well.

Oh, I did not know this. I just looked it up ... and yes, this is definitely a deal-breaker for me. I require saving (mostly) anytime anywhere. Thanks for pointing this out!

Well, I wouldn't say I'm not good with combat in any game. I'm very comfortable with combat in the classic cRPGs, be it RTwP or TB. It's first-person action combat that is a problem for me. Even having it be third-person makes a big positive difference (i.e. Witcher-style). In first person, all I end up doing is mashing the keyboard wildly and never hitting with my sword while getting clobbered by the other guy, because the perspective makes it very difficult for me to figure out what's happening.

So about KCD2, for those of you playing it, exactly how difficult is combat? I love everything else about this game, but have chosen to pass on it entirely because I am extremely leery of its "challenging action combat," especially in first-person. And the reason I am leery is because I totally suck at that kind of combat, and constantly getting my ass kicked and having to keep reloading will surely aggravate me and kill my interest in the game. I would love to hear your thoughts.

A couple of sobering articles about NATO and Russia and Ukraine: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/nato-war-with-russia/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/russia-ammunition-ukraine/

As there is still no word on this from @Obsidian, I'll repeat here what I've said in other similar threads about this game: will TOW2 have a third-person option like Avowed? Because not having it is a deal-breaker for me.

Sadly, I've come to this same conclusion myself with respect to the big/AAA studios.

In which case they'll be getting neither from me. I also will hold off to get it cheaper later. Nowadays I find myself willing to pay full price only for games I like from small indie developers.

Here's hoping 2025 is a good year for everyone. Happy New Year!

Except that Disney is (ostensibly) an American company. So, why China's rules?

Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season, everyone!

What happened to the December blog?

Again, it would be nice if someone from Obsidian cared to come here and tell us this very basic bit of information about the game, whether it will have a third-person option. Seems to me this is so basic to the game that it ought to be something mentioned in all the PR releases and on the game's Steam page.

Here's the trailer for Solasta II. I'm stoked for this game

I'm on the fence about playing as Ciri, but the trailer looks good to me. I agree that story-wise, how do they square the ending of TW3 with this?

Again, as it was with Avowed, I have to wait on an announcement about whether this game will have a third-person option.

I'm replaying Dragon Age: Origins after a very long time. It's going great so far, though after a lot of aggravation initially just to get the game to run. I first tried running my Steam version, which would launch some sort of "Configuration Utility" which immediately kept crashing. No matter all the tricks I found online I could not get it to run. So that was a waste of $4 buying the game on Steam. Then I tried running my original copy of the game in the EA App. That worked, but it crashed constantly if I used a graphics setting higher than the default setting, or if I used any mods involving graphics/cut scenes upgrades. But once I fixed all that, and only limited myself to a handful of gameplay mods, it's been running fine. But clearly there is a reason why there are so many mods out there for the game. The game has so many small issues that simply would not be tolerated in a contemporary game. So I have to wonder why EA hasn't moved to create an enhanced/remastered version of all three older DA games like what they've done with Mass Effect Legendary Edition. That I would surely pay for.

The concept of the show is good, but I don't like the main actress - find her a bit annoying. Still, I have so very few shows I like so I'll keep watching.

Actually, there is an application for AI that is extremely beneficial for someone like me who is hearing impaired. AI is hugely improving the performance of captioning systems.

Yeah, I saw that article too. But to note, in the first article they are citing a source within EA who leaked that info, and several other articles at that time claimed EA was actively hunting down that leaker as they were super angry that that info had got out.

There is this, re. DA:V sales: https://thatparkplace.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-rumored-to-have-sold-less-than-star-wars-outlaws/

So I finally completed my run through the old Baldur's Gate games: BG1, SoD, BG2:SoA and ToB. I did a very thorough completionist run through them, doing all side quests and all companion quests, and even all the Unfinished Business mod restored quests. And on account of a mod, I even got to do all of the stronghold questlines, some of which I had never done before. As I'd mentioned previously, although I'd replayed these games many times in the distant past, this was my first playthrough since the EEs were released. As such I'm glad I did this, because I feel very certain this was my final time playing those games, the simple reason being that I just cannot stand playing 2e ADnD rules and mechanics anymore. The story and the characters still stand the test of time, and I don't mind the dated graphics but I cannot abide the gawd-awful 2e system, and so with a certain amount of sadness I've uninstalled all the Infinity Engine games from my Steam library.