I think Colony Ship is going to nab 2023
There are games that are very demanding and equally unforgiving; yet manage to retain your interest due to exceptional flow, pacing and atmosphere. Something of the addictive, keeping you hooked.
There have been games almost half as demanding on the player that failed (folks abandoning early or midway through) because the carrot just wasn't strong enough to overcome what would be inhibiting for most i guess?
In ITS' both their previous games? Just instinct, maybe totally wrong here, but you got that whiff of 'heavily systemic' right off the bat. It overshadowed the carrot so kept people away or made them disinterested. If the same 'feel' is there in CS? I've a feeling it will need to stand firmly in the first category to reach that high an acclaim.
As to D:OS 2, missed opportunity to be honest. Some idiotic decisions regarding armor and turns, sure, but bitching aside they weren't exactly detrimental to the experience, the local 'monocled' parade notwithstanding.
The writing and tone however? Coupled with inane quest fillers just to fill up the map? And compared to BG3, lol, even
that writing was incline ^^
Will be amusing to see the kind of posters that
do vote for BG3 next year. In many ways, it will prove a point or two i've been making, much to certain people's annoyance.