I'm surprised Ubisoft is in the running. Not like they're in the best financial position themselves.

Also, the last time we had Arkane/ Ubisoft we got Dark Messiah out of it.

I saw that Elder Scrolls title reveal vid yesterday or whenever it was, since YT algo. popped it up in my feed like an hour after they uploaded it - utter hilarity. It's not even a very good video (visually).

Bethesda thinking a title reveal was going to induce some kind of massive enthusiasm/momentum at this point. Even more hilarity. I'd wager they're hoping for 2028 but it'll end up being 2030. Either that or the next vid will be "Title Change Reveal!"

I wonder how they will screw it up this time.

Online coop only ?

Pillars of Eternity – Pillars of Eternity and Deadfire: C...

Greetings Watchers, The PC Controller Support Public Test for Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is now live! You can now play the whole of either game with a controller, from ch

"Deadfire’s Turn-Based Mode has also been reworked with the improvements we made for Pillars of Eternity’s Turn-Based Mode: turns now follow each character’s speed, combat is more lethal, and swapping weapons or drinking potions no longer costs your action. You can now switch Turn-Based Mode on or off during a playthrough, and the update brings a long list of fixes across combat, quests, audio, and the interface."

Just as I was doing my dialog interface mod. :D Guess it's time to replay the game.

17 hours ago, Lexx said:

Pillars of Eternity – Pillars of Eternity and Deadfire: C...

Greetings Watchers, The PC Controller Support Public Test for Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is now live! You can now play the whole of either game with a controller, from ch

"Deadfire’s Turn-Based Mode has also been reworked with the improvements we made for Pillars of Eternity’s Turn-Based Mode: turns now follow each character’s speed, combat is more lethal, and swapping weapons or drinking potions no longer costs your action. You can now switch Turn-Based Mode on or off during a playthrough, and the update brings a long list of fixes across combat, quests, audio, and the interface."

Just as I was doing my dialog interface mod. :D Guess it's time to replay the game.

AND a controller support. Awesome, thank you Obs.

GOG Galaxy will be coming to Linux soon 🥹

3 hours ago, Malcador said:

I was laughing when it got to Civ 7. A lot of justifications and ways to say it's not us that were wrong it's the fans. They kind of put all the blame on shifting leaders/civs between ages, but from what I read (haven't played the game) people were disappointed with how basic the game got, a lot of the systems they deemed as "not working" were probably still enriching the gameplay. I cannot say that streamlining the gameplay would ever enter my mind when designing a Civ sequel. As always the biggest issue with Civ is the endgame and that was something they needed to work on and improve, ie. how to make the endgame not be boring, instead of just saying "hey, you won, but you can still keep playing".

5 hours ago, Sarex said:

I was laughing when it got to Civ 7. A lot of justifications and ways to say it's not us that were wrong it's the fans. They kind of put all the blame on shifting leaders/civs between ages, but from what I read (haven't played the game) people were disappointed with how basic the game got, a lot of the systems they deemed as "not working" were probably still enriching the gameplay. I cannot say that streamlining the gameplay would ever enter my mind when designing a Civ sequel. As always the biggest issue with Civ is the endgame and that was something they needed to work on and improve, ie. how to make the endgame not be boring, instead of just saying "hey, you won, but you can still keep playing".

I admit I bailed once they got to Civ 5

7 hours ago, Malcador said:

I admit I bailed once they got to Civ 5

I like 5 and 6 well enough. They did the right thing getting rid of stacking. The video also helped me remember that the first Civ game I played was 3, I don't think I ever won a game of it.

Civ 3 is what got me started too. Then I skipped 4 and played (and still play) 5. Skipped 6, and now waiting to see if 7 gets to the point of being worth playing.

6 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

Civ 3 is what got me started too. Then I skipped 4 and played (and still play) 5. Skipped 6, and now waiting to see if 7 gets to the point of being worth playing.

You didn't like the districts?

13 hours ago, Sarex said:

I like 5 and 6 well enough. They did the right thing getting rid of stacking. The video also helped me remember that the first Civ game I played was 3, I don't think I ever won a game of it.

Played 5 a good bit, but didn't really catch me as much as 4 or 2 did. Haven't really touched 6 or 7, although I do own 6 due to a give away

33 minutes ago, Malcador said:

Played 5 a good bit, but didn't really catch me as much as 4 or 2 did. Haven't really touched 6 or 7, although I do own 6 due to a give away

I like Civ 6. Probably the one I put the most time in. They added so many features that inflate the playtime, but end game is still very much crap. The only thing I didn't like about it was the art shift. I guess I also dislike that I couldn't stack all the wonders in one city, but it did add some diversity to the game.

The only good civ was civ without the numbers :P

18 hours ago, Sarex said:

You didn't like the districts?

That's exactly what I didn't like. And still don't in games like Humankind for example.

I also need for the game to give me a pacifist sandbox option built into the game where I can just build my empire without any military conquest in either direction. And this is why the end-game doesn't matter to me, because I never go all the way to the end part of the game anyway. I quit when I get tired of building up my empire any further.