Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

(Dangit, now I want to mod another playthrough. lol)

That's why I don't want to do another playthrough anytime soon. Having to redo everything for the Skyrim Anniversary. Ugh.. I never updated the game, so my old setup is still fine, but I don't want to not play it with Anniversary next time. So it's a bit of a conundrum. Eventually during some more FFXIV downtime I'll probably get around to it.

[RobynDaBank]

I am a 2021 Skyrim baby, though I didn't touch the greedy "Anniversary Edition", just the original was what I played. It's a freaking wondrous game and I played it vanilla. Daedra quest chains were amazing - I was siding with the outcome that gave me their untarnished relic for the achievement so it led to some quite "evil" decisions. My life for Molag Bal.

[Thaciscokidd]

Its a PS store leak but this and Digimon Survive might just sate my hunger for new trpg games.

[RyuDragnier]

Its a PS store leak but this and Digimon Survive might just sate my hunger for new trpg games.

Please be true. Triangle Strategy got me in the mood for old TRPGs again. Also, if there's a straight port of FFT, please include FFTA and FFTA2 into it, I loved those games (even though I hated the laws). Seriously, you're not allowed to use certain races at certain times? What is this nonsensical bigotry!? LET ME USE MY FULL BANGAA TEAM!

[TheMightyMollusk]

Its a PS store leak but this and Digimon Survive might just sate my hunger for new trpg games.

Is there an actual release date for Digimon Survive yet? It's been getting delayed for a while now.

[Thaciscokidd]

Is there an actual release date for Digimon Survive yet? It's been getting delayed for a while now.

July 29, 2022. Supposedly there's and final English trailer coming out soon.


For the Bilingual(or Trilingual in some cases) here is the Japanese Trailer

[Larirawiel]

Asmongold's Diablo Immortal review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsO886aEQw

Here he is very calm and objective. I am curious, whether the game will be a success or not. If yes, more Pay2win games could appear.


Cheers

[SturmChurro]

Asmongold's Diablo Immortal review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsO886aEQw

Here he is very calm and objective. I am curious, whether the game will be a success or not. If yes, more Pay2win games could appear.


Cheers

Pay to win becoming more mainstream outside of mobile? Yeah, I think it will only get worse. Pay to win becoming mainstream on PC/console games will probably be what players will have to deal with through the 2020s.. I see it only getting worse from here until laws are put in place in countries like the US, and more in EU. It's being shown more and more that people are willing to accept it, and that just means everyone will start copying these models going forward. Just like how every game has to have season passes and everything now.

[Vahlnir]

Pay to win becoming more mainstream outside of mobile? Yeah, I think it will only get worse. Pay to win becoming mainstream on PC/console games will probably be what players will have to deal with through the 2020s.. I see it only getting worse from here until laws are put in place in countries like the US, and more in EU. It's being shown more and more that people are willing to accept it, and that just means everyone will start copying these models going forward. Just like how every game has to have season passes and everything now.

The only positive thing at the moment is that Diablo Immortal put that practice right into the spotlight and the criticism on full blast. It probably won't amount to much, but at least a few more people are aware of this sort of thing now and can see how predatory it can really be if left unchecked. Blizzard did this shamelessly, though I was not surprised. Very little that they do surprises me anymore. But even this was a new low for them. It forced them to come out and say "GUYS, CHILL. Diablo 4 will only have cosmetic items on its cash shop!" I don't believe them at all, but you can tell they are being hammered when they have to come out and make a statement. Their usual reaction is to hide until the problem goes away.

[SturmChurro]

The only positive thing at the moment is that Diablo Immortal put that practice right into the spotlight and the criticism on full blast. It probably won't amount to much, but at least a few more people are aware of this sort of thing now and can see how predatory it can really be if left unchecked. Blizzard did this shamelessly, though I was not surprised. Very little that they do surprises me anymore. But even this was a new low for them. It forced them to come out and say "GUYS, CHILL. Diablo 4 will only have cosmetic items on its cash shop!" I don't believe them at all, but you can tell they are being hammered when they have to come out and make a statement. Their usual reaction is to hide until the problem goes away.

They didn't say that actually. They said it would be "anchored around" cosmetic items. I don't keep super up to date with Blizzard news, but I did see a bit of Asmongold going over this. Like he said, "anchored around" isn't an exclusionary statement. The backlash from Diablo Immortal has put Blizzard on blast, but people are still playing it, and still paying large amounts of money for it. From what I've heard, it is quite highly rated on mobile as well.