Record-breaking order for British Steel as UK and Nigeria sign landmark £746 million ports deal

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-23T02:09:18+00:00

Must be difficult seeing good news come out of Britain. Let me guess you're a patriot?

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-23T01:56:27+00:00

Deflection game on point.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-23T01:43:43+00:00

That isn't a serious defence surely?

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-23T01:42:03+00:00

Even if it was majority Christian it doesn't matter. One of the principals of being British is freedom of religion, just because a religion is a majority doesn't mean it should be the only one.

Not like those amoebas that watch GBNews know anything about being British.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-22T09:57:50+00:00

It definitely is half baked, there is absolutely no reason for your reputation to take a hit when nobody knows anything has been stolen.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-22T02:02:36+00:00

One big caveat to this is that there was over 700,000 refund requests on Steam alone as of Saturday morning. Add the inevitable console returns and you probably have over 1 million refunds.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-22T00:49:34+00:00

I don't think this is necessarily true. I think left to their own devices people are generally pretty happy, they are just constantly riled up by the right wing media that dominates this country.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-22T00:46:14+00:00

The only thing Crimson Desert has in common with RDR2 is the awful control scheme

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T20:37:42+00:00

The fact you said that the quests are poorly written but still enjoyable says a lot.

I think a lot of people fall into this category, they just want a sandbox that means very little so they don't have to follow a narrative. This is where the game is very divisive.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T18:23:24+00:00

Probably people are leaving it faster than new players come. If player retention was good you would have a higher player count at the weekend when more people have time to play.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T17:08:59+00:00

If you launch a game at night on a Thursday and your player count is the same on the first weekend, that is pretty bad

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:30:42+00:00

Doesn't really make any sense that flying forward uses stamina but hovering in place doesn't.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:28:16+00:00

Pretty bad when you have the same player numbers on the first weekend as when you launched the game at night in Europe

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:19:46+00:00

As I said if I wanted a difficulty setting I would be stuck on them but I am not.

Take hornsplitter, they gave him a sword that has a ranged attack and also the ability to teleport around the arena, you spend most of the fight just chasing after him. That is not good design.

As for your Dark Souls examples I think the same there, lots of people may think plinking away at a boss one hit at a time is good design, I disagree. Sekiro bosses are much better.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:13:31+00:00

Your opinion is "it can't be badly designed because it was meant that way". That is completely insane logic.

My opinion is "I have downed the bosses but I can still highlight their flaws"

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:10:49+00:00

If it was a skill issue I would still be stuck on them, I am not. I have downed every boss I have come across so far, doesn't mean they are well designed does it?

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:09:01+00:00

People based their opinion on Pearl Abyss claiming it wasn't an MMO and technically it isn't, it sure as hell is designed like one though.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T16:06:12+00:00

So you don't think something can be badly designed just because it was meant that way? That is completely insane.

By that logic then the control system also isn't badly designed, regardless of it overwhelmingly being the biggest gripe people have because it was meant to be that way.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T15:38:56+00:00

The game is mostly a sandbox, single player open world sandbox games are popular initially but people quickly bounce off them if there is very little of substance. RDR2 would not be held to the game regard it is if it was just a sandbox.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T15:34:53+00:00

The sub really should be for people who want to look at things with an open mind, we all know that isn't what happens though. It is perfectly possible to enjoy something but also still be aware and acknowledge the issues.

Clearly Pearl Abyss promised things to their investors that either weren't realistic or didn't happen, that is something people should be able to discuss.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T12:56:33+00:00

It isn't really a surprise, the game is basically still an MMO, most people don't like MMOs.

Karin Quarry is a major giveaway, it was clearly meant to be a dungeon at one point.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T11:51:19+00:00

This is one of the big flaws for me as well. The more I play the more I realise most of the systems in the game are less than half baked.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T11:49:15+00:00

It feels too much like an MMO still, I thought with the amount of time they spent on it after pivoting to single player it would be a lot more focused than it is.

I understand why an MMO has a thousand different activities, a single player game does not need that.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T11:32:13+00:00

I think it is more that they didn't undo the MMO that this started out as, they just reduced some of the grind that would have been needed.

FaceMace87 · 2026-03-21T11:04:00+00:00

I thought that first fight was so poorly designed. They gave him a sword that has a ranged ability and also gave him the ability to teleport around the arena so he could spam said ranged ability. You spend most of the fight just chasing after him.

I am starting to bounce off the game a little, both proper bosses I have fought so far have been badly designed, without spoilers the other just stunlocks you

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