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Game of the Year Edition | Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] the_gmg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

How does this compare to Kingmaker?

I spite finished that and the experience definitely soured me on other Owlcat games.

Arkane's founder left because Bethesda 'did not want to do the kind of games that we wanted to make', and that's how it ended up with Redfall in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] the_gmg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

He sold the company in 2010! Big searching for the guy who did this energy here.

Feargus Urquhart on The Outer Worlds II: "Development is going really well; I'm really impressed with the team. We have people on this project that just get it and worked on the first game. [...] in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] the_gmg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I quit playing partway in.

Imo writing was a major weakness. They were going for the sardonic Fallout-y tone, but didn't get there. The humor wasn't funny, and the writers didn't appear to really have anything to say about humanity or capitalism - the themes the story was supposedly about.

This was definitely not helped by having every conversation be an extreme super close up with the npcs starting deadeyed straight in to the camera.

Combat was pretty meh. It has the worst weapon upgrade system I have ever seen. The player just pays money to make the number go up. Then in the next planet over, everyone has "pistol II" or "rifle II" which does way more damage anyway. I guess if one was being extremely generous, this could be interpreted as a gaming meta commentary but the game doesn't earn this.

Overall, it just kinda felt like they were operating off of a "fallout in space" checklist, which made everything feel generic and boring.

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail rises to a mixed reception in its opening weekend, though I don't think the sky's falling just yet in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] the_gmg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'm like a third or a little more of the way through so far. I like the new South / Mesoamerican themed areas which look great with the graphics update. The music is excellent as always

The pacing is exactly the same as the previous expansions, so no surprises there.

Part of me still hopes that they will go full voice acting at some point but they haven't actually said that.

Overall I'm finding it pretty good so far and meeting my expectations especially considering the guidance from the devs.