Then you legitimately don’t give a shit.

A bunch of regular people... whose careers are incredibly unlikely to face significant change whether you buy the game or not. Sales will influence a studio’s decision on whether or not their next game should be a HP game, NOT on whether or not to make another game. They’re a game studio - as long as they exist, they…

HP is at the very least a currently tainted property because the person who overwhelmingly benefits from HP’s ongoing merchandising is JK herself, who actively contributes to anti-trans activity both through her influence as a public figure and, more importantly, economically.

When I see stuff like that, I just HAVE to assume that the original budget for the CGI was much, much higher and would have entailed something far more interesting.

Honestly, I think a huge part of this is that humanity, in having a brief period of time where written communication was overwhelmingly not the norm, has essentially forgotten that writing is never guaranteed to be private and that you should think carefully about what you put to paper.

I find W3's approach to be refreshing, tbh. It’s the kind of system that rewards you the more you invest into it BUT it also offers digestible options that are also going to be just fine on lower difficulties.

I knew nothing about Ixion before this, but I sure am intrigued now

Agreed. I’m not even a huge Skyrim fan - never finished the main story, or the civil war. Just some of the guilds.

Paint by numbers is still superior to AI art, because the original artist still designed it with a perspective.

Another thing not considered is that many costs now are way down. Digital distribution has massively increased potential revenue for a studio (and that’s even larger when it’s a first party title, and the publishing and distribution are in house).

Just like the others, I came here to say the same thing. I really don’t understand this website’s stance - I know each author is allowed their own opinion, but I just thought that if you cared about developers and the health of the industry, you understand that large games cost much more to create than they ever have,…

Various thoughts.

Processing the feeling like we’re living in an ever-worsening dystopia

Yeah, this is the ultimate problem I have. There’s zero nuance used in the “a sequel means selling out” stance.

Now that’s just not fair at all.

Honestly, I do find this a very odd take. I haven’t played Pyre, but I did find Bastion, Transistor, and Hades to all play very differently once adjusted for being in the same general roguelike subgenre?

My favorite thing about when people attack woke reviewers is that it legitimately doesn’t matter.

Honestly, I know many adults who will happily wear novelty socks as long as the socks in question don’t suck (as in, both look good and feel good).

But we can be cognizant about how the repercussions may be worse for him on account of his race.

Yeah. I spent $20 on it, had a fun couple months.... and now I think I’m more or less done with it. Because the season turnaround is just way too fast for $10.