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  • Yeah, like....what about Tomov's family? I get wanting to post this, but any Russians that see this will now know that if they get captured, their "assistance" will be put on the internet in full display for the world to see.

    Can any one see how that might be a problem?

  • There's been numerous articles that have come out in regards to how bad this is. The plastic in the roadways generates microplastics and nanoplastics that run off into the sides of the road and reach places that they wouldn't have otherwise. It's important to use plastic, but not if it's going to cause significant ecological damage over time.

  • Chwazi. It's an awesome little phone app for boardgaming groups. Everyone puts their fingers on the phone and after a second or two it circles in on who goes first. You can also use it to determine whose on which groups. We use several times during weekly game nights.

  • I'm not struggling. We never even really got stuck anywhere. I just hated the mechanics of the game. The enemy AI didn't play contextually to the situation and took advantage of things that it shouldn't known about.

    Also the fact that every enemy in the game had access to magic grenades and magic arrows didn't help....it just didn't make sense in some cases. It almost felt cheesy - if every single enemy has access to the same grenades and arrows, the fights no longer feel unique. It just becomes Level 2.2 in this weird magic chess game. Same enemies, just slightly harder...etc, etc, ad nauseum.

    Lastly, the other thing that bugs me....is there is pretty much no difference between any of their strategy games. It's the same BS system that's been rebranded and reflavored for the next story. We beat Divinity OS1, and I was really hoping for a better AI and better fight dynamics when they released OS2....boy was I let down when I discovered that it was exactly the same in pretty much every way that mattered.

  • If I just want a story, I'll go read a book. The strategy portion of this strategy RPG is just rough and it's all due to the AI. The game has ita moments, but the AI plays exactly like a vindictive DM that is willing to exploit every one of your weaknesses. I want a challenge, but I want it to be contextually accurate, not this weird chess-like sidepiece.

  • Don't get me wrong, I love a good strategy RPG. Loved the first Baldurs Gate games. Love Tactics Ogre games, played the original XCOM games, loved the Front Mission Franchise. The enemies made logical moves in that game, which is fine.

    Larian Games play more like someone whose playing chess. The actions of the individual units don't matter to that individual, but to the whole. It's like all of the immersion is broken by every fight because enemy units will do illogical things for that enemy character. Oh, your healing my disguised, undead character on your first turn? Oh yeah, that's logical. No one in this village knew my guy was undead, but because we get into a fight, you just immediately know?

    The enemy AI knows all of your weaknesses and exploits them. This isn't about difficulty of the game, it's about the bullshit mechanics of the game. Larian Studios gets lauded for making an amazing strategy RPG, and I agree that the RPG part is great....I just don't think that the Strategy portion of the equation is all that it's cracked out to be.

  • This is why the government keeps secrets from people...because people don't read or fully understand things before making potentially dangerous accusations/suggestions and do the whole "just asking questions bro" BS.

  • That's why I don't like Larian games. It's the same bullshit shtick that they used for both Divinity games. There's no nuance to the battles, it's just fighting against a vindictive DM that knows all of your weaknesses....and exploits the absolute fuck out of them. I hated it so much in Divinity OS2 that I couldn't even finish the game. It was painful having to slog through some of if the fights to the point that I just began dreading them.

  • [Knowledge Fight] #816: Tucker, The Man And His Twitter- Episode 1 🅴 #knowledgeFight https://podcastaddict.com/knowledge-fight/episode/159086829 via @PodcastAddict

    Check out the podcast. They go over Tuckers entire episode and break it down. Plus, it's just a fun listen.

    His other episodes defend white supremacy, support Robert F Kenney Jr., and his most recent one attacks trans people.