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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    Well, I agree it shouldn't be ignored. I just think it's not likely to influence the major AAA publishers into doing something out of their comfort zone, because it's not a good bet for them financially. Which is, of course, part of the problem. Anyway, the main takeaway for BG3 -- from a...
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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    Actually you are correct and I'm wrong. I mixed up my Call of Doodoos. Vanguard came in at like 12m sold, but that number is not official. Modern Warfare came in at 30m units sold. But that's actually even worse because that game was in development for 3 years. That's a pretty great rate of...
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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    The other thing to remember about BG3 is that they started on it in 2017. That's six years of development, at least. I'm guessing only slightly here, but I'd wager that companies of Owlcat's size do not have the luxury of working on a game for six years -- and indeed, it seems like they move...
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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    I fucking love Yakuza games, they are over the top Japanese soap operas with street fighting. Though the combat in Like a Dragon was way too fucking easy.
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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    I was thinking about this as well. It's like nobody has any confidence in their vision for anything they are making. They all think "Oh shit, now we have to compete with Baldur's Gate 3?!?!". No, you don't. You can't. Nobody can, that's the point. BG3 was lightning in a bottle, like...
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    Owlcat's next game is an AAA title that will need full voice acting to compete with BG3

    The idea of anyone making "The Next Baldur's Gate 3" is ridiculous. It's symptomatic of the recency bias that infects the modern game business. There will not be another "Baldur's Gate 3" because that game was a unique mix of timing, opportunity, budget, and marketing savvy. It is the type of...
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    Starfield - Epic Shit Takes from Bethestards

    In conversations about Starfield I have frequently referenced Elite, because that is currently the only game that gets spaceflight "correct" in my opinion. That level of detail and complexity is likely too much for your average Bethesda-enjoyer, but they certainly could have learned a few...
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    Starfield - Epic Shit Takes from Bethestards

    Looks interesting, but I don't play Early Access games. Elite still scratches the "fly around in space" itch for me.
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    Starfield - Epic Shit Takes from Bethestards

    Also, which version of Skyrim? I would be very surprised if Starfield had more players than all of the versions of Skyrim put together. I would bet that Skyrim blows Starfield out of the water both all time and concurrent player count highs.
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    Starfield - Epic Shit Takes from Bethestards

    Okay. I appreciate it, dudes!
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    Starfield - Epic Shit Takes from Bethestards

    Is this game worth getting, at all? Serious question, from someone who loved Morrowind and legitimately had a good time in Skyrim, at least for a while.
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    Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - turn-based Warhammer 40k RPG from Owlcat Games

    I got maybe 10 hours into this and stopped because of bugs but also a general feeling of . . . incompleteness? Steam says the last time I played was January 5th, which feels right. I will get back to it eventually. Maybe. I guess.
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    Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

    IMO, Embracer's issue was waiting for Saudi money to come through that never came through. They went on a buying spree they couldn't pay for, and when the check they were anticipating didn't clear, they realized they were, to use the expression with no offense to my Scandinavian friends, way...
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    Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

    This is correct. 80% of these jobs being axed are ancillary/tangential that have little to do with game development. These are esports, marketing, PR, influencer, and corporate jobs. The actual dev jobs are the fallout of projects being canceled. For example, a large number of "Service Games"...
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    Layoffs at ZA/UM, unannounced game cancelled

    Thus should end all communist endeavors.

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