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Cake day: November 10th, 2023

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  • While true I don’t think these studios deaths are going to make that happen. I think what we are likely to see is other large studios start making those games. I’m betting Obsidian gets another crack at it.

    I’m actually more interested in what other studios would do anyways. Fallout 4 is less interesting than New Vegas and Fallout 3 was, while still being very good and fun, not as depth filled as the two before.

    I even still think Oblivion, while showing its smaller scale and less resources, was often more imaginative than Skyrim.



  • To be fair if the blockbuster superhits are actually good that would be fantastic. And focusing more on fewer titles could achieve that. As long as they aren’t just laying people off for the hell of it.

    I can’t think of a way this is good. Large titles are already happening and we’re already getting good games in them.

    I don’t think less small fish helps. It’s not creating some sort of brain drain to also make small titles. I suspect it’s your last sentence for a lot of people, just laying people off. Imagine making a killer title like Hi-Fi and then losing your job because a suit needs number go up.






  • You can grind for great rewards but they also are encouraging easy endeavors for a lot of points and any content is giving the 100% XP bonus which makes even questing feel nicer. There is a grind if you want true flame or one of the other 4 this-time-only items but that’s some people’s enjoyment.

    The only ball dropping imo is the PTS debacle but they are giving the affected all the items, like a years endeavors, and a ton of other stuff that seems fair to me.

    I think it can be hard for someone if they always feel the need to maximize anything they do, they probably just grind the whole time to earn millions of gold. I did a few grinds to get the loot high but doing dailies I had not tried yet has been fun since I get the 100%xp and an extra loot box for each.

    Obviously just my experience though.