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[MrBrown]

Funnily enough, some people just made this: 

 

[kanisatha]

7 hours ago, MrBrown said:

Funnily enough, some people just made this: 

Loved this video. As a hardcore fan of the Realms, it was such a treat to see and hear from the great Ed Greenwood. 

[MrBrown]

 

[Spider]

On 11/8/2025 at 9:42 PM, LadyCrimson said:

Apparently, Titans Quest 2 has decided, since they released Act2, that it warranted an Early Access price hike - from $29.99 to $34.99.  Makes me guess when Act3 is added, it'll go up to $39.99.  Does that mean at full release it'll be $49.99?  I'm glad I bought it first thing, because while I'm interested to find out what it ends up as, I'm not that interested.  Price hikes in the middle of early access feels odd to me, but the times, I guess.  I haven't even played the early-access versions yet, outside of checking to see if it would run "ok" (it did).

They said this when the EA started, that'd the price would increase over the course of development.

[LadyCrimson]

9 hours ago, Spider said:

They said this when the EA started, that'd the price would increase over the course of development.

Ah. Well, I didn't read all their announcements or dev blogs or any such. I just knew it was being made/probably saw some "upcoming" videos, quick read the store page, and bought it on ea-release.    I still think it's a weird thing to utilize early-access for. I know "everyone" raises the price on full release, ofc.

[Malcador]

CODBLOPS 7 getting heat for AI use.  So the game's just the character on a bad acid trip ? 

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/us-congressman-calls-for-ai-regulations-after-call-of-duty-black-ops-7-debate/1100-6536263/

[Lexx]

Would be really dumb if THIS is what would cause any change.

Anyways - what exactly was made with AI? The dumb plot? I'm too lazy to look at the game for longer than a minute.

Edited 19 hours ago by Lexx

[Zoraptor]

Images, supposedly. Guess Gamespot wants you to click while ign just tells you straight out in the url/ headline.

It wouldn't be a surprise if the plot was AI slop as well, though maybe they just hired the writers from Amazon's Wheel of Time now that they're free.

[MrBrown]

Will Clair Obscur win half the categories, or just GotY?

[Wormerine]

I always thought GameAwards RPG category was a mess, but Fighting Games easily win the most nonsensical nominees.

2XKO - limited early access build, the game isn't even in 1.0. (and not first time they did it. Multiversus was nominated two years in the row, once for it's early release, and once for it's 1.0 launch )

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - a rerelease of 20+ years old games 

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection - another rerelease of 20-30 years old games.

Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage - newest rerelase, visual uplift and balance patch to 15 years old release of 20 years old game.

Fatal Fury City of the Wolves - the only 2025 full release and as such IMO the only game from the list which should be eligible. (2XKO might make it before the end of the year, but who knows). 

Edited 1 hour ago by Wormerine

[Wormerine]

4 hours ago, MrBrown said:

Will Clair Obscur win half the categories, or just GotY?

I would probably give Ben Star for Verso, Lorien Testard for OST, maybe best narrative, though if it is any good I would always pick something like Kingdom Come2 over it, due to linearity and uninteractivity of E33 story content. Probably best Independent game and best indie debiut. I would definitely not give it best Roleplaying game, on account of it not having roleplaying in it. Maybe best direction, probably GOTY.