@Cacabunga
Helldivers 2 says hello.
Might be because older games are more widely available than they've been in the past. It's very easy to get access to a lot of great games that you probably never played before. And older games and rereleases are usually cheap.
It has Microstransactions, so must be the worst game ever.
Dragons Dogma 2 is also a masterpiece. So wr are eating good these days!
BG3 was actually designed around microtransactions. Game has gold, they could have sold that, but forgot to. Proof exist.
The game is designed exactly like that. But they threw in some useluss stuff anyway, stuff that would normally be a preorder bonus.
Unless you think buying 1 out of 11 available port crystals is a sign that they designed around it. Really need that 2 bucks from a tiny amount of players.
@CantThingOfAUsername
Tbf, nobody really complains about those guys. It's only an outrage if the game has performance issues on pc. People are willing to eat up a much worse as long as they like the game. Also, no one is talking about Helldivers 2 for some reason.
And if the current xbox gets Epic store, you will probably only be able to play games allready ported to xbox. Unless they have some magic software that can solve the porting issue.
This would also be kinda cool, because there would be more competetion on digital sales. But I think a lot of people dream of other things when they hear "Epic or Steam on xbox".
They would only be noteworthy if it was a new concept.
I get that people want to fight back, just a little weird that this is the hill we are going to die on out of all the possible hills in the gaming world.
They haven't done much that haven't been done constantly for the past 15 years. I Fail to see how this is suddenly a bridge too far. It was always stupid, but it's so common that it seems odd to be offended when a game like this shows up, where the mtx is totally useless and barely advertised. Meanwhile other games get away with having pop ups and dedidcated in-game menues filled with this stuff.
I feel like everyone started taking crazy pills.
I'm not sure better hardware is what we need. We keep moving forward, budgets increase exponentially while we are seeing diminishing returns in visuals. Performance seems to stay the same even when we double the hardware. Would be more reasonable to slow down and just use what we have and learn how to make the best of it for a moment. A pro probably won't lead to steady fps and all that, scope just increases leaving us where we started.
I don't think it would neccesarily mean that. If they raise prices too much, people will stop buying. They still need to deliver a good product. People will probably just migrate to nintendo or pc, or a new company will step up and fill the (very minimal) void left by xbox.
Designer talked about a couple of weeks ago. Maybe not a good reason, but he said he wanted people to feel the consequences of their actions. He wanted people to stick with their character when bad stuff happened instead of starting over.
But I don't think he thought it all the way through. At some point you would want to stary a new save after completing the game. But atleast you can delete your save and just do that
@anast
Did you hate Oblivion because of horse armor? Or did you just ignore the armor and play anyway? Lots of people did the latter.
@Anast What makes it bad?
I like the hardcore rpg mechanics, like the fact that combat is punishing and diffcult, making travelling non-trivial. I like that night time is super dangerous, making camping an important part of the experience. I also really enjoy how fun each vocation is to play.
I like the design of the open world. super dense with lots of secrets, reminds of Elden Ring in a lot of ways, there's interesting things to find all over the pl...
You could also just go to the npc that changes your appearance and get it done. Or if you are really desperate, delete your save and start over. this is one of those things that has turned into an issue because people like to complain.
@charlieboy
Jump through hoops? It's extremely easy to achieve all the things by just playing the damn game for like 30 minutes. This is how it worked in the first game as well.
You do know that most rpgs require you to find an npc to change your apperance, right?
And changing class, which is the most relevant thing, can be done super easily at every inn in the game for no cost. It's basic shit. The mtx is a total rip-off that gives you s...
On console you can just delete your save or change your character using easily obtainable in-game items. you can also change class anytime you want at an Inn, for free.
Best game of the year tbh. But of this, this youtuber stuff seems like a misguided idea.
Agreed. The amount of great games released each year is staggering and it's almost overwhelming and has been like this for quite a long time.
And Bioshock 2 is the besr Bioshock. Play System Shock 2 next! aif you haven't allready.