Being Vampire, I suspect that there’s a pattern of very dark, and potentially offensive material that one of the suits at Paradox has become aware of and ordered cut out of the game. Like someone just realized what V:tM is all about and went, “We can’t release this as a game, we’ll be flayed alive! Make it 30%…

And the magic. Being able to drop a flaming skull into the enemy’s battle line really helps battles from just turning into a slog of guys beating on each other.

Well, there are vampires in this game, so the chances of sucking in this game was always pretty high.

Yes. So they have a year to fix a disaster, which means the chances of it sucking are decreasing

The chances this game is going to suck just increased significantly.

Honestly, after playing the Warhammer fantasy series, no historical ones will ever hold up for me again. I’ll always miss my monstrous units.

honestly just waiting for TW: Warhammer 3. everything els in the interim is just meat for the grinder while creative assembly figures out their shit so everything is perfect for that one game. its easily been the best of the total war series.

I hope this goes badly for Epic. 

Just like Epic has the right to split it 88/12, Apple has the right to split it 70/30. Apple also doesn’t have a majority of the market, they have one ecosystem. Nobody buys an iphone expecting access to the google play store for apps.

I’d say that their paid exclusivity model is draconian. And how is it really an…

So your argument is that the Nintendo Store, the XBox Live Marketplace, and the PlayStation Store should all have on-platform competitors that don’t charge 30%? Because that’s what all three do. And Epic isn’t suing them for their cuts.

Apple built the mall. They provide the electricity, security guards, food court, merry-go-round, and all the other things that people come to see for all the business that want to use their services to make money. All they ask for is a cut of what you make and Epic knew how much that cut was when they moved in.  And…

...except they launched the same lawsuit against Google, when they have a store for Android, when Google removed them from the Play Store shortly after Apple did. So it’s all about “we want to use your store but keep all the money.”

The fact that Epic is playing this as some sort of injustice to be overthrown and not just Capitalism Working As Intended (which isn’t to say that Capitalism itself isn’t an injustice that needs to be overthrown) is pretty laughable.

I mean, yeah 30% is a lot for small studios/games....
BUUuuut here’s the thing: You pay that amount to get your shit put on THEE biggest stages in the world (Apple and Google stores). Saying “oh noes we gotta pay 30%” is only talking about half of the equation. The 30% is a premium for getting your product widely…

This is legit all just one cynical & theatrical ploy to mobilize a bunch of pre-pubescent children with their parents credit cards to practice cancel-culture against Apple on their behalf, because they have 0 legal ground to push back on this. The whole lawyering up thing is an empty vessel. I don’t get to sue my…

“Trying to create this weird public discourse and use your arguably easily-influenced fan base to try and get what you want is...I mean, it’s on brand but it’s really gross.”

just like trump’s trade tarrifs, as long as trump voters are crippled by their own volition because they’re too stupid to vote for their own self interests this is absolutely hilarious. i have empathy for everyone who is affected by this despite not voting trump because they didn’t ask for any of this but i know some…

I absolutely hate that I’m standing up for Apple here but...ya.  They are right here.  Their policies apply to everything and everyone equally, it’s not like they’re singling out Epic. And if they do it FOR Epic, they’ll have to do it for everyone.  And I....also kind of can’t blame them for not wanting to allow just…

The whole 1984 angle and having all of this response prepared in advance really put a sour taste in my mouth. Trying to create this weird public discourse and use your arguably easily-influenced fan base to try and get what you want is...I mean, it’s on brand but it’s really gross. The extremely public and…

So, there’s this scene in The Two Towers where the orcs begin murdering each other over whether to eat the Hobbits alive or bring them to Saruman, who will torture them to death.