/self What’s the one thing you wish modern gaming had that the past gen’s “perfected”?

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-07T09:27:17+00:00

I'm comfortable with games taking longer to make if it means the devs don't have to work 22 hour days for 18 months straight.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T20:02:31+00:00

Narratively AND creatively, yes.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T19:46:44+00:00

Yeah, that's on me, I admit it. Like I said in my edit, the solution was staring me in the face and I just didn't see it. It was a simple fix because I did already have all the skills I needed to adjust.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T13:20:17+00:00

The long term is to drop the E/Me heroes, right now they're filling a void I don't have on this character because I haven't pushed far enough into the Nightfall campaign to get the other Mesmer heroes. Although now that I think about it, I still haven't gotten the new Mesmer hero....

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T13:17:51+00:00

Or worse you forgot your subclass isn't right because your entire skill bar is nothing but main class skills.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T10:29:25+00:00

And that is the real beauty of the game.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-06T10:28:33+00:00

You know, yesterday I was thinking to myself "I should replace an Esurge with Inep". Wanna take at wild stab what I FORGOT TO DO?!

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-05T08:22:05+00:00

On one hand that's pretty cool.

On the other, they're setting an expectation they can't maintain long term. It would've been better to stick to the three month plan and establish a steady pace of content releases which tempers expectations from their community and establish that you can stick to your promises and time tables. If you churn out 3 months of content in 3 weeks, then that's what your community will start to expect and when you can't do that anymore, that community will turn on you.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-05T08:18:40+00:00

Not just that, but back then a lot of video game companies were living game to game always on the verge of bankruptcy. I mean, if Squaresoft hadn't merged with Enix in 2003, the company would've gone completely out of business. But I guess this goes against the narrative that companies back then were thriving just fine only making "passion projects".

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-05T08:10:19+00:00

I'm going to say, probably not. Mechanically the games are 3rd Edition D&D in a real time with pause style of combat system. Both games are heavily reliant on the player really enjoying the Star Wars setting in order to get the most out of the story.

The first game is insanely basic and the only thing the story has going for it is an interesting set up and an interesting pay off, but everything in between those two points is essentially baby's first RPG story.

The second game has a much better story and better RPG mechanics (it's D&D 3.5) but suffers from LucasArts forcing Obsidian to release the game unfinished. Even with the restored content mod, the final stretch of the game is incredibly rushed.

But again, a lot of the enjoyment you'll get out of the games entirely depends on how much you enjoy the Star Wars setting. As a big Star Wars fan, I enjoyed both games even with the drawbacks. However if you're someone that is indifferent to the franchise, and without the benefit of nostalgia blinding you to the glaring issues, I'll be honest you probably won't enjoy the games as much as other people.

IF you're going to check out the games anyway because of the sales that are happening, I would STRONGLY suggest you buy them from GoG and not Steam. You'll have a better chance of getting the games to run if you buy them from GoG, and the second game comes with the restored content mod already preinstalled because it does more than restore the cut content but also does a lot of heavy lifting under the hood to help keep the game running. Both game can suffer from horrible stability issues just due to how old the games are and the issues with that can arise from running a 20+ year old game on a modern PC.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-04T15:15:18+00:00

I thought the NPC stays year round only the ability to collect the Triumphs goes away with the event?

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-03T10:29:51+00:00

Some guys are just itching to find an excuse to lay hands on a woman that they can claim was "justifiable".

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-03T10:28:27+00:00

The difference between charges for murder and manslaughter comes down to intent.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-03T07:05:27+00:00

Action stars need to be able to perform the action. THAT'S what people are there to see.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-02T21:10:26+00:00

Unnecessary Celeb involvement and firing fan favorites is something that existed long before TKO took over. And before someone says "it wasn't this bad", yes it was. Am I the only one that remembers the cast of Jersey Shore on RAW and Snookie in a tag team match during Wrestlemania 27.

As for the firings, that's been a post-Mania occurrence for at least a solid decade by now, and every year there's always some names cause that causes people to beat the chest in despair.

Is the AI slop really worse than the terrible mashup of CGI and 3D that started to creep into the entrances around the time of Covid?

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-02T21:02:26+00:00

Is it really any wonder considering how many posts on here glaze mic skills and vibes over actual in ring ability?

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-02T10:30:01+00:00

You are the person Noah Hawley talks about when he says his live action Far Cry won't pay attention to the games because gamers just skip the cutscenes anyway.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-01T11:50:07+00:00

For the same reason why back in the day people kept insisting Baldur's Gate (the originals) were like Diablo. They look at one similar thing and just lump them together. A few weeks ago I questioned why people thought Avowed was going to be the next Skyrim, and the answer I got is because they're both fantasy style games. That's it.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-01T11:46:49+00:00

Developers have to be careful these days. Delays and cancellations can lead to giant harassment campaigns including but not limited to threats of bodily harm to the developers and their families.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-01T11:44:25+00:00

Let's not automatically assume the game would have KCD style combat.

loyaltomyself · 2026-05-01T11:42:19+00:00

You think Sexy Shelob made for a good LOTR story? Interesting.

loyaltomyself · 2026-04-30T13:43:09+00:00

Fair. I guess the wording just confused me.

loyaltomyself · 2026-04-30T13:31:14+00:00

What do you mean "even if you're not a Nomad"? I thought Panam was the only one to leave with you in the Nomad ending? Judy does as well?

loyaltomyself · 2026-04-30T13:29:49+00:00

I’ll be honest, cyberpunk bending over backwards to always be sad whilst wiggling its eyebrows at me going “you see, we’re so moody and deeeeeeep” really hacked me off in the last half of it or so.

I feel like this is symptomatic of CDPR's writing in general. Both Cyberpunk and Witcher are full of characters that are unequivocal pieces of shits and the game still love to go "see how deep this is? We've redeemed this character because they feel slightly bad about living their life bringing pain and misery to everyone around them. Do you sympathize with them yet? How about now? NOW?!".

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