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Is Shatterpoint still a “live” game? I’ve been very absorbed in The Old World, so I haven’t paid attention. I only see Legion on the shelves of my flgs’s. I think if elections proved anything, it’s that people don’t give a damn what actors and influencers say. In fact, I think rich celebrities might have hurt Kamala more than helped. People are sick of the rich and famous telling them what’s good for them, even when they’re correct. Certainly there’s a cult around Trump, but I also believe there are millions saying screw it. The government and economy are both set up to protect the rich. They know neither party will truly do anything to fix the real problems (wealth gap, Medicare for all, social programs that would benefit working class families, etc). I’ve definitely seen the opinion online of “Yeah, I don’t like him, but my life is not going to improve under either party, so I voted for the candidate that will make the lives of the mainstream media and establishment politicians worse as well”. I think it’s short sighted, but I also understand wanting to tear it all down. and I’m not downplaying the cult, at all. Just seeing that there’s a significant portion that would like to see Morning Joe, Mitch McConnell and Pelosi hanging from the same tree with signs that say “The Economy is Great” around their necks even though it’s to their own detriment. The morning after the election, Mourning Joe was “shocked” that inflation is real and butter was expensive. Like they don’t understand that “The economy is great” comes with the caveat “if you’re rich”. It’s like the whole “Joe Biden is cogent! In fact he’s the most cogent he’s ever been!” Just before the debate. And I’m not arguing Trump won’t make it all worse, but spite is a powerful emotion. I think there was a lot of spite in this election. Cut off your nose kinda nonsense.

Agreed. I loved him as Kurn, and I loved Kurn and Worf together. RIP

Go fuck yourself. It’s clear the DNC isn’t going to change. You want to live in LaLa Land, go ahead. The DNC takeaway behind the scenes will be “A Woman can’t win the presidency”, and publicly it will be “America railed against woke”. the DNC is not moving left.

You’re analysis is that the DNC will move left? I’m shocked you believe the DNC is capable of the kind of reflection you’re describing. The DNC will blame the electorate once again, without ever asking why they didn’t turn out, and possibly move further right. I’m really not shocked at the win, but I’m stunned by the how big of a win. Truly, I’m very sorry that the women and vulnerable people of the US now have even more to worry about. This outcome is disgraceful.

Bread and butter issues are literally always the first concern. How bad am I being ripped off? When it gets bad, people rage incoherently against the government.

dude, smoke some pot and go to bed. Hysterics don’t help you in any way. as @Jason said, if you’re truly feeling this way call 988. Immediately. Problem is she is loosing margins in previously strong Biden districts in swing states, while Trump is gaining. It’s only a few points each way, but it erases Biden tight wins fairly quickly.

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? Nobody I’ve seen has called it, CNN is talking about Trump gains there

lol if you want, this is by far the worst dialogue I’ve ever seen in a modernAAA game , and there’s dozens of examples. Case in point. The writer has to stress that there really is some good here. Which, sure. It’s beautiful , even if it doesn’t look or feel like DA. RPG’s need good scripts. Rebirth/Remake aren’t perfect games, but the writing is great, cast is incredible, the characters are charming. Same for FFXVI, which is no more RPG that DAV, but has fantastic dialogue and voice acting. Even much lower budget games like Tales of Arise and Metaphor have far better character writing and dialogue. I can’t think of a AAA script worse than this during this generation. I’ve never seen a game where the characters are nothing more than their “snowflake status”, as Bacon put it, and the voiceover direction is atrocious. BG3 is full of representation done right. The “snowflake status” is definitely a part of the character’s, but it’s never focused on, it’s just who they are.

After watching more video, I’m glad I didn’t jump in. the “HR in the room” comments really hit. And so much feels incredibly performative and out of place.

He isn’t trying to sell DA, he’s trying to build hype for ME. He has nothing to do with Veilguard. I think it’s fair for fans to be worried after seeing what “New BioWare” did to the art style of a beloved series. Inquisition definitely veered away from DA:O and DA:2, but honestly, Veilguard just looks nothing like those games. No part of what I’ve seen says “Dragon Age” to me. If you showed it to me blind, there is no way I would have guessed this to be a BioWare game. Maybe photorealistic is the wrong word, but it’s good to hear they are aiming for realism graphically. The previous games did the same, the technology just wasn’t there yet.

The game was well underway when Sony bought them, and the team spoke quite a bit on how Sony believed in them and let them make the game they wanted. Of course a few at the top of the studio made all the decisions. Games can’t be designed by committee. And again, regardless of publisher, this team would still be dead. Firewalk is as tainted as concord. You can change the name, but every article about them would still say, “XYZ, Formerly known as Firewalk Studios, maker of massive flop Concord.”

Well, it really depends if dialogue matters to you, or if a complete lack of RPG elements and flat, spongy combat that is a mix of GoW and WoW is a sticking point for you. Or if the clean, frictionless fantasy world and party dynamics are your thing. For me, I’ve been wary since the day they showed the Qunari, the best design of any race in the series, changing it to the most generic and dull fantasy race BioWare has ever made.

Gamers are weird. we constantly see screaming about publishers not leaving dev teams cook and create the game they want. Sony spends hundreds of millions to allow Firewalk build the game THEY want to make. The game is mediocre with awful art style and characters. Nobody buys the game Firewalk wanted to make. It’s probably the biggest flop in gaming history. Gamers: Sony is the devil! How dare they let a companies future be determined by the success or failure of the game the team chose to make! No team would have survived this in tact under any publisher in the world.

Least shocking this year.