Interesting. It gave me pause, because I kinda saw GTA IV as a step back from what I wanted/expected from the series. It’s very gray and realistic. Gone are the random weapon pickups and powerups, kill frenzies and rampages (actually those were removed in SA but you know what I mean). Obviously the graphics were a huge step up. The way you could fly through the windshield and the drunk physics were top notch, and I ended up enjoying the story and the gameplay. It’s not a bad game, or a bad GTA by any means. Still, I’d would sooner replay VC or SA than IV.

I liked how GTA V brought back some of the stuff. It’s not as arcadey as the old 3D games, but it’s more colourful, both in design and the characters. And the mechanic of switching between 3 protagonists works remarkably well and makes it stand out.

Damn. I’d love to see Dark Forces 5: Jedi Knight 4: Jedi Outcast 3: Jedi Academy 2

Wait, a new Jedi Outcast sequel is in the works?!

Are you singling out VC and SA? o.0

The series in question didn’t really disappoint me since it started almost 30 years ago. When it moved to 3D it was pretty mindblowing - a lot of games stumbled when they attempted that, but this series was better than ever.

And the upcoming game is returning to a setting that was my favourite in the series, so yeah. I’m excited to play it.

Not gonna pay for it, but definitely looking forward to playing it at some point. Whatever you think about the developer, I don’t see them messing it up too much.

You stopped reading too soon:

Unfortunately, comets would affect the Earth’s temperature in another way. In addition to dust and water, they contain a small amount of CO2, which would be released into the atmosphere as the comet melted. This CO2 would change Earth’s radiation balance

So it’s Valve’s fault for just going with it, seems to me.

I need to reinstall the VR version and do a run like that.

While Skyrim probably has the same issues you ran into with Fallout/other TES games, it’s quite viable to roleplay the game without doing the main quest without the game feeling empty.

I did one “playthrough” as an Orc blacksmith, with the goal being maxing out the smithing skill and crafting a dragonbone armour to present to a chieftan of one of the orc strongholds in order to join. I started out hunting deer and making leather stuff to gen enough money for food and board, working my way up, eventually venturing into dwemer ruins to gather metal. I did a handful of quests if they felt doable for a non-heroic regular dude and ran if I got into too much danger.

Strict pacifism wasn’t my goal, I was just playing as a non-heroic normal person, but I’m sure you could do something similar. You just need to abandon the main quest and set your own goal.

Sh! Don’t ruin this for this dude’s daughter!

I just wait.

People don’t have problems with SKG. They have problems with reading and/or comprehending its goals.

In my experience about half the posts about it (since the start) have some dummy saying it’s unreasonable for devs to support games forever.

I wouldn’t call it safe. The required margin is unknown and the initiative could still dip under 1 mil.

Additional signatures could still help. If you know somebody who can and hasn’t signed yet, ask them to.

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Wasn’t the money saved a negative number? And that then went to NHS? Technically true!

Hell yeah! It’s way too hot even for those.

The fuck is with the clickbait title? For shame, OP

Edit: Thanks for changing it.

OK, Santa.

These days you’re lucky if there’s even one person writing it.

How can you write hunter2 as a four digit pin?!