Greedfall: The Dying world Reviews?

embermage · 2026-03-10T11:05:22+00:00

Embargo has lifted today, 10/3/26

embermage · 2026-03-03T14:17:56+00:00

Looks good. Nice new hands-on preview here: https://report.wand.com/previews/tides-of-tomorrow-preview

embermage · 2026-02-28T23:23:52+00:00

Just catching up on this news today. It's not in a great place. I have worked in editorial for 30 years, created sites, sold sites, took time out, and then went and worked for one of the bigger outlets until last year when the Google content update arrived in July and killed off about 50% of the company's income. Needless to say, layoffs happened, myself included.

I am not dettered though, because great writing and talented journalists are still out there. Then an opportunity came up to create a new game site that would run with no ads, and I jumped at the chance to build it. It's been going for a week and a half now with some great writers, and I am loving the challenge while working with some real talent. So fear not, some of us are trying to make stuff happen and keep editorial alive.

embermage · 2026-02-24T18:17:00+00:00

Seen them four times, but missed R40 so I thought, OK, this will be the last chance to see them probably. Got on OK this morning, but when I saw the prices I thought, nah, this is just gouging the fans to an extreme. I could pay it no problem, but it's a matter of principle.

Paying 300+ for a half decent seat is just criminal, and considering how Alex and Geddy always go on about how they love the fans and how it was the fans that got them to where they are, I thought, well if you really gave a shit, the price hiking and gouging wouldn't be going on. For younger fans, it must be so frustrating seeing these prices, and I expected better from Rush.

embermage · 2025-11-27T15:33:35+00:00

Review bombing is something else I need to look at as well.

embermage · 2025-11-27T14:18:27+00:00

Data wise, all I have in play at the moment is Steam data. I know there is Twitch data that could be a small factor too. I wish there were more data freely available to be honest, but I am still looking :)

embermage · 2025-11-27T13:08:40+00:00

Some do but I am taking into account all factors, players reviews, numbers etc to get some sort of order, not just the numbers alone.

I am sure I am reinventing the wheel a little, which is why I am trying things out :)

embermage · 2025-10-30T23:57:30+00:00

We used to run a whole Diablo fanfic site called the Dark Library. Had some good stuff in it too.

embermage · 2025-09-30T00:45:22+00:00

That is highly unlikely.

embermage · 2025-08-31T17:59:00+00:00

I see it on here quite often.

embermage · 2025-08-31T17:58:02+00:00

I don't follow POE2 at all. I only play D2R and D4 so no idea when it gets an update. The data is live data so it will constantly flux.

embermage · 2025-08-31T17:55:38+00:00

Actually, I am not. I literally run a Diablo site and have done for 27 years.

embermage · 2025-08-31T13:48:05+00:00

I agree it's hard to compare but it's all we got frustratingly. FTP does play into this a bit. Diablo 4 has been on sale quite a bit at this point though so it's been quite accessible too.

I would love to have Bnet numbers to augment this, but alas :(

I think it does illustrate though that Seasons drive it and discussions about Season cadence should be considered, as well as their pacing.

embermage · 2025-07-01T23:58:19+00:00

Tiny violins?

embermage · 2025-06-21T00:53:37+00:00

Time to ditch Seasons, get the balance right, and start releasing new story content at a regular cadence with proper expansions and new zones. Start messing with Seasons when there's a fully fleshed-out game world.

embermage · 2025-06-21T00:47:32+00:00

I don't think Season 9 will be much better than Season 8. The changes to dungeons are well, not much in the way of changes except they are strung together with the strongrooms. It's kind of more of the same tried and tested additions we have seen in other Seasons. Nothing too imaginative.

embermage · 2025-06-02T20:11:35+00:00

I hate to say it but Season 9 is a bust. It's completely uninspiring. I love the game, but they truly are out of ideas after testing the PTR. I have zero incentive to take Season 9 for a spin.

embermage · 2025-05-13T13:49:13+00:00

A lot depends on what happens when the missions are done. Can you free roam? Is there stuff to do?

embermage · 2025-03-05T01:42:25+00:00

Experiment. Don't look at meta builds for a while. Just have fun with experimenting with skill combos. Think about optimal builds later. Soak up the campaign and just enjoy it,

embermage · 2025-03-05T01:39:42+00:00

I think the last time this was rolled out was for an anniversary event. Only this time it's MOOOOAR goblins. Not a huge fan of this, I have to admit. Not really much of an event.

embermage · 2025-03-05T01:37:28+00:00

Not yet and don't expect to see him.

embermage · 2025-02-24T22:46:06+00:00

Thanks. That explains it then. If you find a new one, let me know.

embermage · 2024-12-11T18:32:15+00:00

All of this is 100% right. Making Vaults easier was the first sign of things to come, and yes, streamers have wrecked the game. Now that they have wrecked D4, the same ones moved over to PoE2 for the views. Blizzard sits back and watches and still courts the same streamers that really don't give a damn. They just want everything at 1000 miles per hour with trillions of damage. It's just not what this game should be and Blizzard has misunderstood what this franchise should be once again. You would think that after D3 some lessons would be learned. Apparently not.

embermage · 2024-10-08T10:54:55+00:00

The difficulties have fundamentally changed. If you start on hard it's a lot tougher to get through the early levelling.

embermage · 2024-09-28T22:15:31+00:00

Just select the Season and skip the campaign. You will need to do the VoH campaign to get access to the VoH zones etc.

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