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Quoting: KimyrielleMassive spoilers in there. I mean it.

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- Because the ending invalidated every single choice you made in the game. No matter what you did, it's in the end all pointless. Nothing you ever did in the game mattered.

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Chloe says it did.

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Yes, right -before- Max rolled back time. The two weeks she spent with Max got erased from history a moment later, remember? She died in the bathroom. She did NOT spend any time reconnecting to her old friend and never grew as a person. The entire game DIDN'T HAPPEN.

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Quoting: iplaygameswearingatux

Quoting: dubigrasuChrist people, would you just stop giving away that the ending is bad?
While not entirely a spoiler, every-time I think about starting the game I know is gonna end bad like a weight standing above my head...enough already.

The ending is actually quite good. No idea why some people don't like it. And the game itself is a great experience. I played through the entire game even after watching the ending on YouTube. Just start playing already!

Massive spoilers in there. I mean it.

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- Because you know at least after the beginning of chapter 3 how it's going to end. It's glaringly obvious after "fate" prevents you from saving the dad.
- Because "trying to change the flow of time is futile" is the exact same theme we have seen in at least 10,000 other time travel stories already. It's used so often in this kind of stories that even the word "trope" doesn't do it justice anymore.
- Because the ending invalidated every single choice you made in the game. No matter what you did, it's in the end all pointless. Nothing you ever did in the game mattered. It gets all rolled back and you are -literally- left off where you started. If Max would have just squashed the butterfly in the bathroom, the situation would have been -exactly- the same. Even the psycho guy is getting arrested without her interference.
- And don't get me started about the "evil" alternative, which is so laughably out of character for Max that's not even funny.

As I said, I loved the game. But the ending was just horrible, unoriginal writing.

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Does the DLC also enhance existing mass transit options? Like the subway, which is pretty lackluster in vanilla?

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I totally loved this game (except for the ending, which is mindblowlingly bad), and I would absolutely buy the next one, if it's on Linux. Will it? I mean, I know the first once is, but Rise of the Tomb Raider hasn't been ported either, despite it's predecessor was.

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At least that's a solid reason. They still seem to be at least open to support Linux in the future, which is good.

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I don't like first-person games, but seeing Vulkan pick up some steam is awesome news! :)

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Ancient Rome is one of my most favorite periods in history. I was hoping to see the two Total War games set there on Linux one day!

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Selling the studio doesn't mean they are selling the Hitman IP, no?

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Quoting: DisharmonicThis should be fun if utterly unrealistic. Seems like it will be Tropico on Mars

Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: GuestHaemimont Games are the developers of the Tropico series and Victor Vran.
I’m afraid I won’t enjoy it much if it is similar to Paradox games or Tropico 5.

I skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.

Oh common, this isn't the 90s, female characters are quite common in games these days. Maybe it's not a 50/50 split but there are certainly a lot of games out there.

Funnily enough, female lead characters appear more often in Indie productions, but in all quite honesty, I am not sure where you saw the progress in mainstream games. I didn't. I still need less than the fingers on my hands to name pretty much all AAA games I can't think of lead by truly iconic girl characters: Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Mirror's Edge, Blood Rayne, Remember Me and Life is Strange. There are a few JPRGs with female leads, too. That's about it. This is nowhere near 50%. It's not even 25%. I don't really think we're in double-digit percentage figures of representation yet. Whenever mainstream industry makes a game with a premade character, it's still almost universally a guy. Compared to the mid 80s, there was some progress in terms of the number of games with premade characters overall decreasing and more games offering choices. Shepard can be a girl now, if you want. That's the one positive development I saw. But as far as premades go, there was barely any change. The industry at large is still one of the most sexist on the planet. It was only a few years ago when the developer of Remember Me got shown the door by pretty much all larger publishers, because nobody wanted to publish a game with a female lead. 'nuff said.

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Anyone tried Elder Scrolls Online with the newer releases?

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