kurcatovium

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Final Stretch Towards Release - Skyblivion Development Diary⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Official Remaster is meh, so I hope this will be the "remaster" everyone wants.

  I'm also very much interested in Skywind. Even more than this one, as Morrowind is one of my favorite games of all times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what video game deserves to be in a museum?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing list. I personally would add couple games, that defined my "gaming hobby":
  - XCOM/UFO: Enemy Unknown - not sure how this fits in the list, but it was ground breaking for me: perfect blend of micro- and macro management, strategical decisions, tactical battles, what a great game and so much memories of it (and I'd put honorable mention of Jagged Alliance 1&2 here, 'cause they are very similar concept)
  - Civilization - genius idea, one of the 4X pioneers, easy to pick up, hard to master, and so much replay value; its overall depth is quite a feat, especially given it's from 1991, no wonder the franchise is still alive and well now
  - Fallout - esp. 1 & 2 might not be the best gameplay-wise, but their world building, characters and atmosphere are excellent... and everyone knows the legendary intro "War, war never changes..."
  - Planescape: Torment - similar to above, amazing world, unbelievable story, one of a kind game
  - Gothic - mainly 1&2 were simply awesome, there are no barriers (ahem), the world is your to explore, but it's deadly so you have to plan your progress, nothing is streamlined for you; I can't remember different game with such a vibe (other than piranha bytes later production)
  - VtM: Bloodlines - kind of similar to Deus Ex, but also taking from the table top; and in my book it has THE best atmosphere of all the games I've played
  - Witcher - this might be just European thing, but playing especially W1 felt kind of like folklore fairy tale from childhood turned into pretty grim adult game
  - Disco Elysium - this is probably the only "sort of new" game that I've played and which definitely deserves a place in the list, great characters, amazing story and writing

  there are plenty of others too, but my brain farts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what video game deserves to be in a museum?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, just bury that shit into desert... /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After laying off 9,000 employees , Microsoft records $27.2 billion profit in latest quarter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it weren't for you, they could do 27,20000000001 USD! Shame on you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've been developing my indie horror game Abaddon for the past 3 years now, and it's finally coming to Steam!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, makes sense. Even though it's definitely not my cup of tea. Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've been developing my indie horror game Abaddon for the past 3 years now, and it's finally coming to Steam!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I looks great, not going to lie.

  But...

  This is more of a general question. I don't get why people are attracted to horror games (or movies). As a working father and husband with couple non-gaming hobbies, my computer time is limited and I only get to gaming late(ish) in the evening before bed time. With all the shit that today world offers IRL, playing stressful horror game isn't something I'd want. I'd much rather relax play something with simple mechanics or with very simple premise behind it, like e.g. wolfenstein: nazis are bad, you are good, shoot all the nazis, the end. It's just... my mind can't comprehend this. Who plays these games?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPGs that are optionally pacifist?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe you can persuade boss of Arcanum (amazing game) to commit suicide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But man, it looked so promising... Well, probably time to look at Grim Dawn DLCs instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it time to cross it from my wishlist already?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For every such indie dev who can do this like it's nothing, I bet Ubisoft will find 1000 reasons why they can't...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pop it in your calendars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they won't. Because they already are there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He said it's secure, so it must be true!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Classic Ubishit...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly this. And it's kind of logical actually, when you go crazy like writing Larian "fuck this shit I hate the game, you can shove it up your ass" it's no surprise you're fed up with the game and don't want to have it anymore. It's like when you literally destroyed diskette/CD/DVD back then in a rage (or fighting addiction).