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  1. GOG.com

    The decline of GOG is extremely disappointing. Their website used to be like an old-school gaming magazine. I used to visit it every weekend and at least scanned through every single release article. The descriptions were well-written and informative. Moreover, GOG didn't sell any junk. All...

  2. Honest Opinion on Half-Life 2

    I didn't like HL2 all that much originally. Didn't bother to play Episodes when they came out. The game was (and still is) overhyped. I've replayed it after finishing HL: Alyx and finally played the episodes. I enjoyed it much more the second time around. Valve did an excellent job constructing...

  3. Development Info Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Dev Diary #6: Mission Scripting And Ink

    Nothing I've read in that article makes me want to play the game when it comes out. Quite the opposite. Ink looks like a hilariously bad choice for an RPG. Dialogs in RPGs shouldn't be just trees of text.

  4. Best Artificial Intelligence Tools to assist in Unreal Engine Development for Indie Titles

    On the lower end of the game market, this will result in the influx of cheap garbage designed by people with no talents of any kind. People who previously couldn't release a game, because they were lazy and incompetent might now cobble some awful thing together and even push it to Steam, hoping...

  5. Jagged Alliance 3 from Haemimont Games

    I don't even think that's the most OP build he can have. You can put points into melee perks and give him a sharpened combat knife. Then he can kill several people without spending a single AP. His starting kit is also very good. He is pretty expensive, though. ... I don't recommend trying...

  6. Best Artificial Intelligence Tools to assist in Unreal Engine Development for Indie Titles

    "Something like this", i.e. crude 3d from 2d images was possible for at least 20 years: https://youtu.be/pUoBSC3uoeo?t=5535 They even reference the researcher on whose work it's based on: https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/ The research dates back to 1999.

  7. The Digital Antiquarian on Final Fantasy VII and the JRPG genre

    You make it sound like the problems I've pointed out are merely a result of the author disliking FF7. To me, these problems seem more fundamental. I'm willing to bet there are deficiencies in his general approach to writing about the medium. It's just that when he stumbles upon some interesting...

  8. The Digital Antiquarian on Final Fantasy VII and the JRPG genre

    Three tweets worth of observation diluted in three lengthy, poorly written and self-aggrandizing articles. The first two are typical "context dumps", i.e. a bunch semi-related factoids someone dug up on the internet and glued together to form a narrative. The pretense is that these factoids are...

  9. SOMA (Frictional Games)

    This would make sense for a game where the most interesting aspects were firmly rooted in horror. I never felt SOMA is such a game. Exploration and reconstruction were the most interesting parts there (at least for me, but also, it seems, for most players). Horror elements were benefitting the...

  10. Current RTS games that have good co-op?

    Looks interesting. How is the AI? Also, Steam says it requires some external account. It is annoying to register?

  11. Current RTS games that have good co-op?

    Are there any? By current I mean something not much older than the last 5 years. By co-op I mean players vs AI. Bonus points if the game has decent single-player campaign as well, but I gues that's a secondary consideration. More bonus points if there are many sides or races to play, so that...

  12. Game News Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire: Phantom Liberty Special

    I should be a part of the target audience for this thing, but I can't muster any more enthusiasm for it than for the original game. What I would expect: - Unique gameplay that is based on being in a large metropolitan area. - Heavy emphasis on engineering, software and cyberspace. - Some...

  13. Jagged Alliance 3 from Haemimont Games

    Finished it a few days ago. "Best game in recent memory" pretty much sums it up. I hope it will get even better with patches and I look forward to replaying it sometime in the future.

  14. Jagged Alliance 3 from Haemimont Games

    I wouldn't say ARs are useless. They are conditionally good. A character with high marksmanship, appropriate perks and FN FAL can do some serious damage. However, sniper rifles are consistent, safe, don't require high marksmanship and save you ammo. Essentially, they are the default weapon in...

  15. Jagged Alliance 3 from Haemimont Games

    The game is pretty good overall. Some of the worst things that have been there initially are now patched. Worst aspects of the game: - AI. Especially for allied forces (militia and NPCs that sometimes fight on your side). - Scripted scenes that sometimes (not often, thankfully) force you into a...

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