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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • I’m not a fan of it. I think live service games generally comes with battle passes, which are essentially preordering DLCs. DLCs that have not been announced, with no details and nothing else. They also often offer some exp bonus or in game items. I think this has an impact on how the game is balanced. The bonuses can’t be game breaking so they have to nerf the base game experience to make it “valuable”.

    I think it can be done well if the base game is free. Dota 2 and csgo are good examples of it because the bonuses that come with battle passes are mostly cosmetic, and they help the support game development. If the base game is £60, then the company can fuck off. I prefer standalone games with expansion packs being released at a later time. Being able to play offline is also great, even though I am rarely without Internet access.




  • I failed my first few rolls, resulting in me missing out on a party member… I didn’t even know until I reached act 2. Then I lost another party member due to missing some dice rolls. Then I ran into a huge mess due to a bug, where some enemies were not waiting for their turn. They straight up ran into the battle, and ganked an important npc; resulting in a really really bad result (affected one of the companion quests I wanted to see to the end). I blame the bug for that result so I save scummed that. I have no regrets though since the game forced that problem on me.