That sucks. The first game was a bit of an under appreciated gem and was a nice change of pace from the usual Ubisoft fare. 

Nah, this is a backlash that has been a long time coming. People are tired of half baked, full priced games loaded with micro transactions and day 1 patches that are as big as the game itself that are still a mess after said patch.   The only thing I’d say is in most cases the ire should be directed toward the pubs…

Don’t announce it early. This is another mistake dev/pubs make constantly.

It is kind of hard to tell in those screenshots. I don’t have BG3 yet, but I do have an Steam Deck and frequent the Steam Deck Subreddit and I’ve seen multiple people say it gives you a blurry image compared to just leaving it off.

Depends. If I’m playing older PC games, classic systems via emulators, or low demand indie type games (e.g. Dave the Diver) I can get 3+ hours of playtime. It’s mostly the newer games that really drain the battery.

What a load of bullshit. The dichotomy between their generally great first party games and the horseshit with just about everything else they do is truly frustrating as a consumer.  I swing between loving them and wanting to write them off forever constantly.

“Slim”

Do they though? The game sold over 15 million copies and made over a billion dollars. It’s a short-ish game with no co-op, no MP, no live components, no major sales, and no DLC released or even announced.  So I’m not sure the short tail says anything about the quality.  

if that were the case you would expect it’s player count to be higher especially considering the game has over 100 hours of gameplay.

I just did the same! This article gave me the itch to play some Wipeout so I set it up on my Steam Deck. Runs great. Wipeout holds up perfectly well today especially with some upscaling. A lot of PS1 era games haven’t aged nearly as well.  I’d pay money for a collection of Wipeout remakes or a new game.  

But the point of the article is that it’s kind of silly and not fun to fail at such mundane things. And in either of the above scenarios neither would mean the task couldn’t still be completed. A startled dog would likely settle down and you don’t just stop going somewhere because you tripped. The game, unlike D&D…

You do at a rate higher than 5% of your steps?  Interesting.

SNES era? Pffft.  Newb.

Post seems like a good guy and a genuine fan. Of the select few that could afford to drop this much on a single card it likely couldn’t have gone to a better collector.

I feel like this is the inherent risk of the ghost kitchen concept. The quality is going to vary wildly because the places preparing the food are going to vary wildly. And some of the items may be in a given restaurant’s wheelhouse and other items may not be.

I’m similar. The past couple of generations I’ve told myself I’m done with Nintendo consoles. Because at the end I wind up with a handful of 1st party titles and nothing else. I spend most of my time gaming elsewhere.

He can drop a unique butcher knife.  Also, if you beat him on World Tier IV you get a butcher knife trophy for your mount. 

I use my internal storage for Steam/PC games and have my SD card loaded with emulated games.  The Steam Deck is such a great emulation machine.

I get that.  There’s an OCD factor.  Do you still feel that if it isn’t marked?  Like Elden Ring for example?  I feel like these massive games should always have the option to hide side quests.

I get the complaints about too much clutter, but IMO most of the complaints about length are nonsensical. There is nearly always a clearly defined main quest line. I generally start by doing a bunch of side quests along the way and then when I feel like the game might be starting to drag I barrel down main quest…