Coelacanth

Depends on what you're counting as nowadays. Only two years ago we had both Alan Wake 2 and BG3 come out in the same year.

Every time a live service game flops, an angel gets her wings.

Sadly I think Yuki missed his window. I like him and think he probably earned a shot in that seat this season, but at this point Lindblad is coming up.

I had no idea this was a thing.

On top of that I've heard this particular game described as "9/10 combat trapped in a 3/10 game" which does not make me thrilled to suffer through a horrendous port.

This is poetry.

You never bet against Real Madrid in the CL. You just don't. Black magic is exists and this is proof.

I agree with this take. The crawler bots that mindlessly replicate Reddit content (but without the interactivity of the comment section) are terrible. This just makes it easier to share stuff on Lemmy for the people who still haven't fully left Reddit. It's still a human who has actively registered on Lemmy seeing content they want to share with others on here, only now having a tool to do so easier.

What exactly is the harm?

“Putting human remains on display is unethical, especially when no consent has been given,”

Wait, this is their issue? Not colonialism and displaying stolen goods, but the fact that Artemidorus didn't sign a form allowing his mummified body to be displayed at the British Museum and his 3000-year-old ghost might be offended?

Thankfully I have been forewarned, but yeah it's a shame. I still want to experience it as I've heard good things about the gameplay and the design of the hub city.

It had to be cut down during development, as I understand it, and then was just never followed up on. I've heard it described as two thirds of a great game, does that sound about right?

Edit: I'm guessing this was a joke reply that went over my head.

Finished Skald: Against the Black Priory, and it was a lovely experience overall. It's one of those games that knows exactly what it attempts to do, and is very good at limiting its scope and not biting off more than it can chew. I might have liked a bit more agency and player choice - it is very linear for an RPG - but I can see how that would have been a challenge for a small studio and could well have ended up hurting the quality of the experience. As is it's a very enjoyable ride, full of retro charm, nostalgic music and pretty pixel art but without retro clunk like memory limitations or poor controls and UX. I liked the story and found the writing solid, with a great gloomy atmosphere and some nice cosmic horror touches. The combat and character customization could have been a touch more elaborate, but at around 20 hours the game isn't long enough that it really becomes a problem.

I'd give it somewhere around an 8 to 8.5/10 and definitely recommend it, especially to anyone who enjoys retro RPGs. It's quite cheap too, even at full price.

Up next will be Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I was a little miffed that only the console versions got HDR, but I got the RenoDX mod working and the game looks beautiful. Only just started the tutorial mission though.

Another important factor to take into account is the fact that the krona was performing worse when the survey was carried out than it is now ‒ on Sunday, Bloomberg reported that the Swedish krona was the best performing of all 11 G10 currencies, the most traded currencies in the world.

Burying the lead a little bit there. Also worth noting that even then the opinion turned out to be a minority at 32%.