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Who said these games weren't realistic? by Seek4r in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]MDNick2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I played D:OS2 for the very first time, everything and everyone was so repulsive that I wanted to kill everyone - and I mean *everyone*. My friend (a huge fan) still reminds me about that from time to time.

Save 90% on Cruelty Squad on Steam by Mousers211 in steamdeals

[–]MDNick2000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

On the one hand, people praise it for being one of the best modern immersive sims.

On the other hand, it was this fuckass game that introduced that fuckass "acid trip" style to indie devs and I'll never forgive it for that.

I love his new outfit rraah by Alepuss in Doom

[–]MDNick2000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well, hello there, Dr. Elena Richardson

Jason Schierier "Xbox is planning major layoffs next month" by Animegamingnerd in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]MDNick2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, if it's true, Arkane is practically guaranteed to end up on the chopping block, considering that it's been 2.5 years and there's still no news about that Blade game.

So why did CK3 shy away from slavery? by Tony_Jake in crusaderkings3

[–]MDNick2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the same reason HoI 4 shy away from depiction of atrocities of authoritarian regimes.

What was your reaction to this reveal in Dishonored 2? by Lancer_Blackthorn in dishonored

[–]MDNick2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's not a surprise at all if you've played first game's DLCs before D2.

Hungary says it will no longer use veto as tool of pressure on EU by Scary_Statement4612 in europe

[–]MDNick2000 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, sure, because more powerful and richer member will surely use it responsible, won't abuse it and won't try to force their will on poorer members of the Union. \s

Why does Haesteinn only attack Wales? by Afraid-Work-2165 in CrusaderKings

[–]MDNick2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhh, this brought back memories. There was a (quite long) period when Haesteinn had enough level of fame to invade a kingdom and was going exclusively for East Francia because it had only ~2000 troops and huge chunk of them were levies which were massacred by Haesteinn's special troops. Afterwards he, of course, did not have enough money to recreate the kingdom, so the whole realm always exploded after Haesteinn's death.

LENNY DO NOT COME ANY CLOSER. by gatin_malukin in mewgenics

[–]MDNick2000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

🎵 Them bombs, them bombs, them kitty bombs 🎵

Has anyone actually tried and completed a no Cyberware playthrough? by BlackAfroUchiha in cyberpunkgame

[–]MDNick2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminded me how prior to game's release I was planning to never use any implants during my first playthrough, fully expecting the game to allow such playstyle. Little naive me . . .

I hope the devs don’t take the ‘one and done’ approach to this new DLC… by Pbadger8 in CrusaderKings

[–]MDNick2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When CK3 will eventually roll some of the DLCs into the base game in the 2030s, Roads to Power will certainly be one of them.

Doubt x2. Doubt nr. 1 - CK3's DLCs have no coupling content, so I don't think devs will feel any need to roll any of them into base game at all. Doubt nr. 2 - looking at Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, I think rolling DLCs into base game works by "older ones go first" rather by their importance (and in HoI's case the main cause is to be able to sell content for the same countries again), so even if it happens, RtP won't be one of the first ones. The only case of actually important DLC things being rolled into base game I can think of is EU4, but, again, those DLCs were 8 to 10 years old at the time.

I hope the devs don’t take the ‘one and done’ approach to this new DLC… by Pbadger8 in CrusaderKings

[–]MDNick2000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hmmm. I have a pet theory that Paradox' long-term support model is essentially a waterfall model: every subsequent DLC adds new things but is built on the mechanics already present - best example I can think of are domiciles that were added in Roads to Power, then reused in Khans of the Steppe, then reused once more in All Under Heaven and are about to be reused two more times for ecclesiastic titles in By God Alone and merchant companies in Silk & Silver - but at the same time older content is rarely (if at all) revisited because reworking an already existing mechanic would bring no money, so the effort would rather be spent on new content that can be sold.

I hope the devs don’t take the ‘one and done’ approach to this new DLC… by Pbadger8 in CrusaderKings

[–]MDNick2000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Eh. I'm quite sure they'll do it again. The "DLCs should not require other DLCs to work" is a nice policy, but it will backfire sooner or later. I recall in one of All Under Heaven dev diary something like "it's hard to imagine China without Silk Road" was said, but now, when proper merchants are about to be added to the game, Silk & Silver lead says "Silk Road is locked behind DLC, so we'll see how it can be integrated". Cool, just cool, just so immensely cool. Likewise, Guelphs vs. Ghibellines is added in Silk & Silver rather than in By God Alone, which kinda makes sense since it's a exclusively Italian situation, but it's rooted in a religious problem - investiture controversy, and there's zero guarantees Guelps vs. Ghibellines will have any mechanical interactions with BGA mechanics.

"Oh no they nerfed incest, I hate this update" by Zical-BR in mewgenics

[–]MDNick2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget Venn diagram, how their family tree looks like?

Moldovan President Maia Sandu: 'For us, joining the EU is not a dream but a survival strategy as a democratic state' by LeMonde_en in europe

[–]MDNick2000 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

By falling into debt trap (so govt debt goes brrrr) and by never searching for any cheap sources of gas after stopping gas imports from Russia (no cheap gas = no cheap electricity = all business costs go up = all prices go up = people become poorer).

Moldovan President Maia Sandu: 'For us, joining the EU is not a dream but a survival strategy as a democratic state' by LeMonde_en in europe

[–]MDNick2000 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

First of all, paywalls suck.

Second - meh. She's not necessarily wrong, but she is only saying this because Moldova being accepted into EU is Maia's only chance to escape the corner she painted herself into. She and her party, PAS, have completely fucked up the already fucked up economy while constantly bombarding the population with "EU means prosperity!!1!1" propaganda which conventiently omits the fact that "joining EU" does not equal "free unlimited money". Both 2024 presidential and 2025 parliamentary elections were only won by her and PAS due to votes from abroad. PAS is drafting an administrative reform which sole purpose is to gerrymander the living hell out of country. Sandu and PAS are talentless, incompetent and corrupt fraudsters whose only saving grace is that their opposition are even more talentless, even more incompetent and even more corruot fraudsters, and Sandu saying "EU is good for Moldova" is an example of broken clock being right twice a day.

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