I mean when she tried to score progressive points by talking about the FBI raid in terms of the black and brown community was definitely at least as tone deaf as that lol.

She also depicts herself as basically being scammed by Rick Singer. But in what way is Singer a “con-man?” Huffman knowingly paid for a service and Singer provided it. If I pay a criminal to do something and he does it, I’m not a victim.

Yeah, I don’t understand any of the thinking here. You had unlimited money. Why didn’t you 1) get her tutors? 2) Get her an SAT prep course? 3) Pay for her to go to an excellent private school that would have prepared her for college? 4) Let her go to a state school or a community college until she was ready?

I think there’s one more aspect. It wasn’t really for their daughter, it was for themselves. If they didn’t get into a prestigious school they felt it was a failure on their behalf. That others would think less of them in their fucked up circle. 

“It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future,” said Huffman. “And so it was sort of like my daughter’s future, which meant I had to break the law.”

It’s all ridiculous, but I think there’s some genuine insight here into how the wealthy view the world.

>But there is no logical reason for her to be a Paladin, even with 5E’s loosy goosy half assed requirements.

She’s a Vengeance Paladin.

As you say, it makes logical sense and none of the dialogue would have to change. I’m glad they did this. Only being able to recruit her by being evil when it still makes sense the other way, in its own way feels like a game that implements invisible walls instead of creative level design. It’s the right move in my…

Yeah I went from BG3 to it and then from it to Cyberpunk 2.0 and its just doesn’t compare to either

Honesly if it were ugly it may be more fun.  Its just boring

man when i read there are only like 8 variables in the ng+ i laughed and laughed and laughed

You’re perfectly entitled to like your boring game. By all means, have fun

I’d argue the response is more “You are mistaken. You do not know what FUN is. We here at Bethesda know what FUN is. So you are wrong and your complaint is invalid.”

Right. The collective aneurism from the general public and press coming to terms with the obvious is astounding. Take the same product, remove the Bethesda name and absurd hype, and it would’ve been forgotten and dismissed within a month.

Because the game is derivative, repetitive, ugly, and boring?

“Your game’s boring? Well, try playing the exact same campaign except this time with a shotgun that does 25% more damage!”

Hoping someone from Bethesda pops in here to tell you that your opinion is wrong. 

I don’t think the response is even “Well we think it’s super fun.” so much as “Oh, you’re probably just playing it the wrong way.”

Such an unbelievably bad look from them. Not that Bethesda has many good looks, but man. What on earth do they imagine is the value of responding to reviews saying “I dont think this game is fun” with “Well we think its super fun. Maybe the most fun, so, nyeh. -Bethesda”. Genuinely feels like Todd Howard’s massively…