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« Beginner-friendly » for someone that played cRpgs for 25 years is a slap in the face.

I was there when Witcher 1 came out.
I was there where you had to call CDPR hotline to request BG1 in English, not Polish.
I was there living through the jank of Vampire: Bloodlines.
I was there playing Planescape Torment at a time of release.

Fuck you. Fuck you and your pathetic casuals that will never buy your game yet you are all chasing Skyrim without understanding what made it great.

I had to fucking learn D&D rules for BG3 - it was worth it, because no matter how obtuse the calculations the writing will still be miles ahead than the sterilised crap you are pumping to attract casuals that will never buy your game. Fuck you, I have 40 past years of RPGs to play through, all better than the crap you put out.

It's crazy that these companies think we don't have options. I have hundreds of games in my backlog. I could literally never buy another game the rest of my life and STILL have plenty of games to play. We don't need their AAA slop, we're good.

I saw GManLive's review for Avowed and holy shit man the game isn't even finished or looks like it isn't. It's apparently missing basic features from your standard WRPG. The world looks static with hardly any player interaction.

 

[Gorgon]

I think BioWare is blessed with the legacy branding. EA doesn’t want to shut it down because it’ll look bad.

I think that happens in general. Bethesda, Obsidian, and several others get a lot of slack based on past glories, and it takes a string of dissapointing games for people to finally admit that their past glory days are over. No studio is immune to that.

 

[SJRB]

Let’s wait a week before calling Avowed a success, buddy.

 

[RespawnX]

« Beginner-friendly » for someone that played cRpgs for 25 years is a slap in the face.

I was there when Witcher 1 came out.
I was there where you had to call CDPR hotline to request BG1 in English, not Polish.
I was there living through the jank of Vampire: Bloodlines.
I was there playing Planescape Torment at a time of release.

Fuck you. Fuck you and your pathetic casuals that will never buy your game yet you are all chasing Skyrim without understanding what made it great.

I had to fucking learn D&D rules for BG3 - it was worth it, because no matter how obtuse the calculations the writing will still be miles ahead than the sterilised crap you are pumping to attract casuals that will never buy your game. Fuck you, I have 40 past years of RPGs to play through, all better than the crap you put out.