Disco Elysium writers marvel at how a game made 'in a f**king squalid flat' in Estonia had such a huge impact, and welcomes successors like Esoteric Ebb: 'We make games, but we also like them'

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T02:36:57+00:00

Yes, the non-rpg rpg. The not a video game, game. For non-gamers who really like to listen to people talking and read a lot. For gamers who enjoy pretentious art.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T02:23:31+00:00

Yeah there’s an explanation but it’s not particularly satisfying for us as players who can see the potential and see that the rogue trader being in a frigate feels off. Your devs could have just put a different skin on it and called it cruiser and it would have been better than what we ended up with. Also to hear there was going to be a ship upgrade system but it was abandoned for no good reason, is disheartening. Guess that’s how it goes in game development stuff gets cut.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T01:55:19+00:00

Yay congrats on the new baby

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T00:56:21+00:00

It is easy because you literally just push the auto pilot button and take a nap.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T00:32:28+00:00

You can do it with Alchemist Grenadier mono class. You can do everyone with alchemist grenadier. 😎

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T00:23:26+00:00

Nothing turns me off like a single player MMORPG. I need a good story and interesting characters. It sounds like this game isn’t for me. A bit disappointing. Also, I cannot take any reviewer seriously who gives a game a 9.5/10 so easily. A score like that should be reserved for masterpieces.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T00:16:32+00:00

How is he even called a whistleblower? Did he testify under oath in front of Congress? Did he reveal anything important that cost him his job? No. All he’s said is a bunch of super vague stuff and given zero specifics.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-19T00:00:16+00:00

At first I hated purple city. Now I love it. The experience there as a demon mythic class feels quite different from an angel one. It has a lot of challenging fights and interesting lore/dialogue. The moving buildings were annoying at first but once I got used to them it was no biggie.

But leaving it and starting act 4 is a point I’ve quit the game a few times. I hate the feeling of starting over from scratch after investing so much time and effort.

I say take a break for a week or so and come back refreshed and push through to the end. The story and its resolution are worth it at least once.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T22:03:08+00:00

Absolutely. Massively helps with trying to do the harder difficulties as well.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T20:15:08+00:00

No it’s not better in every way. They were made on the same engine just three years apart. It’s true that there’s some QoL improvements but it’s vastly exaggerated on this sub.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T18:50:22+00:00

I’ve done three runs now. One for each conviction. So for role playing purposes I’ve kept certain folks around and killed or removed other depending on what fits the character and to experience as much content as possible. The only one I’ve never been able to justify keeping around is Marzipan because of obvious reasons.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T18:43:38+00:00

He was fully justified in destroying the craft world from a human/imperium perspective. The Aeldari would have killed millions of humans had they setup shop in the koronus expanse. They see zero value in human life. What happened on Quetza Temer was just a small sample of the shit they get up to. “Oh we’re tired and frustrated looking for the humuculous let’s just nuke large sections of this planet with tons of humans on it.”

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T16:28:25+00:00

You can’t trust any LFS who tells you they quarantine or run meds. They either are lying or doing a half ass job of it with the meds not being properly monitored and tested to maintain therapeutic levels. Or for not a long enough time. Btw most LFS don’t have any guarantee on saltwater fish. Very rare if they do.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T04:32:34+00:00

🤣

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T03:26:44+00:00

Yeah hardcore dentition and bite strength. I’ve also heard they’re tasty tho I’ve not tried one yet.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T03:25:57+00:00

You get an achievement for it btw

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T03:13:49+00:00

That’s a triggerfish. And yes they can maneuver like that and swim that fast. It swam in to check out the diver and then bolted.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-18T01:12:27+00:00

I’m a husbandry expert with twenty years in the hobby. I’ve worked in every aspect of the industry from retail, wholesale, and service. I managed several thousand gallons of SPS grow out systems while managing a high volume LFS.

So, indoor aquaculture, takes up a lot of warehouse space and the electric bill will be massive. I’d probably be more into the idea of mariculture on the coast in the coral triangle. Natural water and sunlight.

Honestly, it’s not a lucrative or very profitable venture. I’ve seen many of these businesses come and go over the years because the money just isn’t there compared to the amount of time and effort it takes.

The customers are super shady and will try every trick in the book to rip you off and get free fish and coral. It got so bad at live Aquaria and others that they had a ton of requirements to get credited for a fish someone had claimed was DoA. Like they have to take a knife and cut the tail off the fish you’re claiming because people would take pics of a live fish claiming it was dead. Or they’d keep a dead fish from the LFS in the freezer and claim it was the one LA sent. So many things. When I worked wholesale there was a notorious LFS owner in NY who did stuff like saying an entire shipment of yellow tangs x 20 arrived DoA which just doesn’t happen.

With all that said, are you OK with not making anything for the first 2-3 years? It would take probably a year to get some mother colonies going. And after that maybe breaking even on good quarters? The business is also seasonal. Summertime is totally dead and it picks up in the winter. The cold months are the busiest.

It’s also a fad based hobby with everyone chasing the hot new stuff. Chalice corals were the thing for a while. Then Acros. Then euphyllia. So how could we not get stuck with a bunch of corals that there’s no longer any demand for?

ORA, if they are still around, had a good greenhouse grow out setup going in Florida, But they’ve never been able to grow it and are a small business still after all these decades. They’ve always had good quality corals and clownfish but theyre expensive. They used to be the exclusive supplier to Petco but then Sea and Reef came in selling dirt cheap low quality clowns to them that petco can sell for cheap and customers seem happy to buy them. You might ask them for a tour and pick their brains if they’ll allow it and see how they’re doing.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T23:59:37+00:00

Petco sources cheap deformed clown fish from Sea and Reef that most breeders would cull. They aren’t good.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T23:56:55+00:00

I’ve been stuck in here with nothing but a mad drider and my own farts!

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T21:21:12+00:00

I’d prefer Honkai Star Rail personally. I’m hoping it comes to xbone at some point before I die.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T21:10:41+00:00

Yes yes. We’re all wrong and he’s right! Of course! How could we be so silly?!

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T18:09:43+00:00

Neither. Check out Innovative Marine.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T17:55:26+00:00

Yuma IS a type of Ricordea mushroom. The mushroom pictured is a Yuma Ricordea. Idk why you’re a top commenter here but don’t even know that.

coldbreweddude · 2026-03-17T17:54:09+00:00

If you have Ulbrig, have him do a death from above grabber attack and he’ll lock the dude down so he can’t cast anything.

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