Pathfinder: Kingmaker is such a good game. I played through the entire thing right after I got it and it was lovely.

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Quoting: elmapulnobody asked for it story-wise, but gameplay-wise i'm pretty sure a lot of people asked for that...

Which indeed is why I said to make a spin-off. A+ for reading comprehension.
And if they don't want to make a spin-off they can make a new IP. Faerûn is a little bigger than the Sword Coast and Western Heartlands alone.
How about exploring the Shining Plains for a change? Moving from the Sword Coast to the Dragon Coast? Putzing about the Dalelands or the Vast? Chult? The Shaar?

And that's before even looking at the rest of Abeir-Toril or a non-Forgotten Realms setting. But even if you want to stick to the Sword Coast, no reason to making a sequel to the Bhaalspawn Saga when any writer worth their salt can come up with something different to do there.

In any case, if people want a gameplay sequel to Baldur's Gate, there are two problems.
1) It seems like Larian is gonna switch from good old 2E AD&D to D&D 5. I kinda checked out after the MMO-ization of the system so I'm not sure, but I doubt 5 is backwards compatible with 2.
2) Pathfinder Kingmaker and PoE already exist.

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Well, if they're gonna ruin the detail view I'll permanently switch to list view.

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Baldur's Gate 3?! BG3 already exists, and it's called Throne of Bhaal. There's no good way to continue the story, the mind flayers where not set up in any way to be a major threat, they are too low a challenge rating for a Bhaalspawn who embraced their heritage and became a deity, it makes no sense to continue their story, and nobody was asking for a third entry because the trilogy was complete!

Make it Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 3 if you really want to use the Baldur's Gate title, but don't just make a sequel for a finished story that isn't served by it.

This is like making a sequel to Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Nobody is asking for it, the story is complete, adding any more on to it wouldn't make any sense.

If you want to use the setting, just make a spin-off, don't just tack on an unnecessary sequel.

Oh, and boo google i guess.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhy is that disappointing?
I mean, I use like one KDE app. I expect when I click "install" in the software manager it pulls in like all of KDE, but who cares? My hard drive is partitioned, and nearly all of it is for /home because the actual system hardly takes up any room by comparison, and adding KDE stuff really makes hardly any difference and it's not like I have to manage the dependencies. So who cares?

I don't like GTK3 apps because the GTK file picker is tricky to configure when compared to the Qt one. I also don't like GTK's propensity for Client Side Decorations as it means apps don't look like they fit in with the rest of my desktop.

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Quoting: melkemindI see quite a few new mascots I don't recognize. Is there a cheat sheet for them?

This page [External Link] lists most, if not all, of them.

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Quoting: EikeThe Linux-powered Atari VCS is not changing design, core hardware or peripherials anymore and instead will be on the shelves next week. - Nobody, ever

Hey, you'll regret those words when it's finally released... in 2600.

See also: Star Citizen, Bannerlord.

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I don't like Artifact. The lanes concept makes the game feel too confusing and I don't like the end-of-turn shop mechanic. I played a bit of Yu-Gi-Oh back in the day, and I had a lot more fun with that than with Artifact. If they do go F2P I hope I get a refund, otherwise I would be rather miffed.

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Oh joy, considering what the P&P game has turned into in the intervening years there is a greater than 0 chanche this is gonna be a trainwreck. Ah well, may be fun to watch the fireworks when it crashes and burns.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoPractically every days Tim Sweeney is kicking Gabe Newell in the balls, and the fat guy doesn't even react because He lies on the floor almost passed out!

Tencent kicking Valve's ass? I think you need to re-check your numbers. While Epic did quickly rise to nearly the same total user count as Valve, it seems like most of that is Fortnite players. People are also starting to take note of their bad business practices (exclusives up the wazoo) and many are dissatisfied. Check the twitter announcement that Outworlds is gonna be an Epic exclusive the coming year. Seems like they're not gonna have many sales on PC until they can release on other platforms.

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