They buried the lead with the ability to play as an unlanded mercenary; people have been asking for that since CK2 released!

It gets a lot less expensive when you spend 700+ hours in-game. CK2 is still my most played game, but CK3's catching up.

Right now, I'm playing my third playthrough of the Mass Effect games (first was the original release on PC years ago, then on PS3), since the Legendary edition was 6 bucks during the winter sale.

Also, Like A Dragon, because like heck was I going to pay Sony $80 to keep a few games and multiplayer after they raised the price of PS+.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: redneckdrow[...] to something not Ubuntu-based for a sane out-of-the-box Firefox

Just a reminder that Ubuntu-based does not automatically mean Snaps. Mint's native Firefox package is sane and up to date.

Yes, but Mint deliberately ignoring security updates and shipping packages years out of date irks me. It's why I switched to Arch on my desktop in '14.

Quoting: DorritUbuntu proper is very easy to de-snap too.
But to be honest most users don't care, or simply don't know, if they're using snaps/flatpacks or not.

Well, the last time I tried using the PPA and forcing the .deb for Firefox (disabling the snap entirely by pinning the package first) it still managed to reinstall itself and auto-update. That was the last straw! :angry:

Especially since it broke my profile when I copied it and edited profiles.ini as usual. Fortunately, that's why I keep backups.

An OS should not make assumptions about the competency of the user; that's one of the main reasons I ditched Windows! Anything that updates itself in the background, without asking for input, is tantamount to a benign rootkit.

The recent Tales & Tactics malicious update in Steam, thanks to their discord being compromised, is a good reason why updates should be checked before install. Admittedly, the devs fixed that pretty quickly, before the Winter update. Thank God I checked the forum when I couldn't find release notes at the time.

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I have to say, flatpak is painless compared to snaps. Snaps tend to have a noticeable impact on performance. I finally had to switch my aging laptop (RAM and storage are at a premium on that thing) to something not Ubuntu-based for a sane out-of-the-box Firefox (and yes, I do like Green Eggs and Ham):tongue: install.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: Purple Library GuyGotta say, when I first saw a piece of an episode of Digimon on TV my first thought was "Whoa, now there's a transparent ripoff of Pokemon!"
Not that I cared, or thought about whether it was actionable or anything, but that was what instantly came to mind.

I remember thinking the same thing when the Digimon virtual pet keychains first came along (they pre-dated the show by a couple of years, and had little to do with it except for some of the monsters and their evolutionary paths). But with that original context, it was also a lot clearer that they were taking the monster-collecting idea into a raising-focussed direction instead.

They still make them, too. I've got one of the modern ones on my desk at the moment, and it can even connect to the classic one I have, as well. :grin:

And I mean, something being a transparent ripoff doesn't necessarily make it bad. I quite enjoyed The Sword of Shannara even though it was clear to me from the start of reading it that it was a transparent and inferior ripoff of Lord of the Rings.

Apropos of nothing, I've still got a first edition of Sword of Shannara, both in hardback and paperback. I bought them at a flea-market for $1.50. Someone didn't know they were selling what was, at the time, a ~$50 collectible hardcover for peanuts.

I love the original trilogy. Everything after

Spoiler, click me

Walker Boh's death just seems downhill to me.

As the books go on, they seem to be leaning science-fantasy more than your bog-standard story. It gets way too dark later on. The fact that Shannara's world is 4000 AD post-apocalyptic Illinois is hilarious, though.

Menion Leah is still my favorite character. Keeping all the Ohmsfords straight is a nightmare.

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Somehow, people are forgetting:

Digimon
Monster Rancher (Both of these together with Pokémon make up the "Big Three" "mon" series.)
Devil Summoner - Shin Megami Tensei (The Ur example for a "mon" game. I hate SMT, but even I know that.)
Medabots
Spectrobes
Fighting Foodons (Am I the only one who remembers this show?:tongue:)
Telefang
Dragon Quest Monsters
Monster Hunter Stories

Many of these are huge franchises in their own right. Are we gonna call them ripoffs now too?:huh:

I love Pokémon and Nintendo, but I'm not blind. That said, one of 'em does look like Electvire with a nose.

People need to cool down. Sending the Palworld devs death threats? That's beyond insane.

Edit: Forgot the original three Makai Toushi Saga (AKA The Final Fantasy Legend) games.

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Quoting: officernice

Quoting: redneckdrowAfter watching Quill18 play this for three hours, I bit the bullet, despite my post-holiday budget being tight.

My name for the game:

Skymon: Personal Mining, Breath of the RimFactorio Saga :grin:

Ahhh good old Quill18. I guess I should go see how he's doing. ;)

What could possibly go wrong? :D

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Wait a darn minute, I thought ConcernedApe was a one-man show?

I highly doubt this guy has any right to use these assets. They've barely been modified.

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After watching Quill18 play this for three hours, I bit the bullet, despite my post-holiday budget being tight.

My name for the game:

Skymon: Personal Mining, Breath of the RimFactorio Saga :grin:

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If a shop sim/dungeon-crawler sounds like a fun concept to y'all, Recettear is one of my personal favorites. It helps that most of the characters are absolutely adorable.:wub:

Gameplay loop is buy items/find in dungeons → choose items for sale → haggle → sell for a decent profit → repay debt → don't wind up in a cardboard box → repeat. :dizzy:

Also, your creditor is a literal money fairy. In the story mode, you have 36 days to pay the debt off. If you lose, you can restart with most of your stuff intact. After beating the game, you can play endless mode without the debt. Or survival mode, if you hate yourself and like soul-crushing debt.

Also, I hate Euria [External Link].

It really is a warm-fuzzies type of ruthless tycoon game.

Capitalism, ho!:grin:

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Quoting: GuestWhat boggles my mind is how game reviews are: Baldurs Gate 3 sits at 97% and Rogue trader at 57%. Don't get me wrong, i love bg3 but Rogue trader is just the better game.

Sure, grimdark sci-fantasy parody-esque drivel without a single heroic figure (that wouldn't exist without D&D) beats one of the oldest and most detailed D&D settings with over 400 novels and 38 years of supplements.:tongue:

Is what I'd like to say, but being made by Owlcat, I dunno, you may be right.

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