I've heard Finland is on the up and up with clean cities.

Apparently the popo there are quite heavy-handed when it comes to littering and such.

I switched from Windows to Mint. Best thing I ever did for myself as It's extremely user friendly.

Is it the best choice for you? That depends on what you're looking for in Linux.

Personally I was just fed up with Microsoft and all the corporate shenanigans. But I'm too old and dumb to learn how to properly utilize Linux (not gonna kid myself on that front), and Mint has proven a great "Baby's First Linux" for me.

Don't worry, Men no is person.

I am an idiot. I didn't click to the next page after it suggested I make an account.

I just close down the launcher immediately.

I can certainly see we're keeping the reddit-tradition of being an angry little muppet at any given opportunity alive.

Yes, I asked a public forum for help about something I didn't know. And they came through for me, more so than I would have expected.

You can go back to being angry elsewhere now. Shoo...

Which is weird when you think about how dependent Bethesda is on the Modding Community.

The question is 'Do they want to keep throwing money at techs in the hope of forcing people to watch their ads?'

At best, people will keep finding ways to get around the ads and YT will have wasted a ton of money on nothing.

At worst, a bunch of people will abandon YT all together. And YT will have wasted a ton of money getting rid of them.

Both options seem self-defeating and wasteful.

Isn't the entire point of the newer versions of Windows just to force the engagement with applications you normally wouldn't use?

Thank you for the step-by-step. Steam can be a bit of a maze when you don't fiddle with these things so often. :)

Edit: Apparently it's " --skip-launcher" the extra dash matters XD

Yeh, but It's still EGS... So, do we care? Are.. are we caring about this?

Most likely satire, but when you buy a Cybertruck you are kinda going whole hog in telling the world you drive a Tesla.

And it's still fucking ugly.

Can't we do both?

Is Baldurs Gate 3 considered Woke? Why?

Is it the bear fucking? It's the bear fucking, isn't it?

Yeeees...

The game has only just gotten it's first patch and they wrote in the notes what other things could be expected in Patch 2.

It'll be polished off before you know it. Plus, I have a sneaking suspicion there's plans for a DLC. More content is likely to come.

That's a double edged blade, my friend.

You think they aren't interested in the film you like, but they might just have to be "noisy" and don't want an audience.

We all have our own principles.

Then you should know the content quality of their games have gone steadily down since Morrowind, as they have prioritized trend-chasing over, pretty much, everything else.

It culminated in 76's concept and I highly doubt they are done with it.

Yeah, but what EGS is doing isn't competition.

If they had stuck with being a cheaper alternativ for Indie Devs and maybe followed it up with even more favorable deals for using their Engine and being on their platform, I wouldn't have had a problem with them. It would have been a good strategy to compete with Valve.

Like GOG did with retro games. Tapping into something Valve didn't focus on.

But they didn't. It all came down to a shitty attempt at Storefront Exclusivity. And that isn't competition, that is just removing customer choice.

Gotta love Bethesda going all "You think you want it, but you really don't." Like Blizzard back in the days.

I have to admit, I find the entire thing immensely entertaining.

I don't think I have a lot to add to what was already said here.

But I will say that the Baldurs Gate series already had a pretty big following. It had an established fan-base, like Fallout. But unlike Fallout, Larian chose to stick with what people liked about the originals and expand upon that.

So there's another tiny reason to add to the collective.

As I understand it, Callisto Protocol was made by some of the OG Deadspace Devs.

And the entire concept revolves around filling the hole left by Deadspace as EA haven't shown much interest in any new installments.

But overall it came up short as it didn't seem to add anything particular interesting to the format.

From what I have gathered from various YouTubers, it's scratches the itch of Deadspace without being satisfying.

There's just too much nostalgia tied to DS and CPs story isn't interesting enough.

So it's both cute AND efficient? What an amazing creature.

Meh, there's a ton of songs written strictly from female perspectives or with a female audience in mind. From Peggy Lee to the Spice Girls and so on.

I feel like they apply as "Girl Songs".

Soma is definitely up there. It's slowburn and not jumpscares. But when that shit hit, it hit hard.

Compared to a lot of Triple-A games out there, it is polished.

It's a pretty big game with a lot of variations. And as i said; It just got it's first patch and more are coming.

It took Bethesda about 12 years before they got around to fixing the "Games for Windows Live" thing in Fallout 3. Which literally made the game unplayable. That was a problem.

I'm sure they'll get Wyll fixed for you, if he hasn't already been in this patch.

But now I'm intrigued... If you don't think you're setting the bar high, what games are you comparing BG3 to that were that bug free at launch?

Indeed. But I have no intention of linking anything up with Twitch, or any other streaming service for that matter.

I just want the games I buy to launch when I press play. No sign-ups, no extra launchers popping up. Just the game I bought, that's all. :)

It was only one for me, Baldur's Gate 3.

So yeah, very much a matter of opinion.

It's all a matter of personal taste. But yeah, Beth's best games are definitely in the past.

Just from a quick search about the case, it seems to hold very little water.

Hell, it's already been dismissed once.

Add into it that a game can offer much of the same as a movie and given that it's an interactive experience, you're not just cheering on the hero, you are the hero.

And the social experience was risky before, but with smartphones being so prevalent, it has skewed the chances heavily towards a negative experience.

We wouldn't have any games with the stardards you're suggesting. I think you'd be hard pressed to live up to them yourself, if I'm being honest.

No product is without it's faults and flaws.

I'm sorry you happend to be one of the people that got that bug.

If it's as big a deal for you as it sound like, I'd recommend getting a refund. It's as simple as that.

Do what, exactly? It's the same story all over the world, including China and USA.

It takes a lot to make people actively rebel. And then what do you do afterwards? Very few normal people wants to rule a country and they sure as shit don't want risk dying or worse in the attempt.

I'm just saying that you're unlikely to see the Russians do it before you do it yourselves.

At the risk of sounding like a cynical bastard, I'm gonna address some of your points.

Just let me start off with: If you enjoy the games, great. More power to you.

The lack of depth isn't just reserved to the RPG mechanics. The story, the dialog, the characters... everything is lacking in depth. All the "Environmental Story Telling" in the world can't make up for the neglected writing.

And everything that has been added isn't new by any stretch of the imagination. It's all borrowed from other current franchises, then half-assed and shoveled in by Bethesda. The loot system being one of the few things that actually works as intended.

Pac-Man is old as balls and I haven't seen anyone trying to pass it off as something new. Hell, even The Legend of Zelda series still follow the exact same premise of the very first game on the NES. The sequels get bigger, smoother and more beautiful. But it's still the same game at it's core, because it actually works.

Next point: All games launch buggy. Yep, and it has become a bit of a meme with Bethesda for a reason. Their newest games still have the same game-breaking bugs in them as Morrowind did. Some have even gotten worse. The modding community are literally fixing the same stuff, every title. Which is amazing, as Beth keeps updating their crappy Engine, but at no point in 21 years did they take the time to iron this shit out.

I do agree that we shouldn't be shitting on a game before it comes out. But it's not like people have zero idea what they are in for. From what has been shown, Starfield just looks like Fallout 4 with a fresh coat of paint. And there is a bit of a track-record to back most of the assumptions up.

As i said: If you like the road they have been taking with their games and you enjoy them. Keep enjoying them.

I think there's just a general sense of disappointment from a lot of old players. And it builds up fast in the echo-chambers of the internet and can come off as aggressive even when it wasn't the intention. And it works both ways. Dear lord, have I met some angry people defending games, simply because they can't fathom the idea that they might just like playing a 'bad game.'

It's the circle of public gaming forums.

I don't know about "better". It looks different.

But then again, I think the original looks fine and that there's no need for a remake. It's just a way to milk suckers for more cash.

"Look at the shiny! Don't you want the shiny?"

Weird, I don't remember it that way at all.

Janets career wasn't doing too well before the boob reveal. And the stunt seemed highly planned as a way to create a bit of buzz.

It just didn't turn out the way they wanted.

Buuut that's just how I remember it. Very typical Hollywood shenanigans.

Thanks for making me feel slightly better about it. ;)

Yep, all those arguments about Bethesda sucking at everything. The response used to be that they're really good at environmental storytelling. But this is what it amounted to... Bathroom Skeletons in funny poses.

And you didn't even have to click on my shitty post as it already had (SOLVED) in the title

A solid first step. Sadly, I don't think it will bring back any semblance the old Blizzard.

I think it's damaged beyond repair.