Quoting: Alm888the "City of Difficulties" would be "Трудностеград" (sounds as awful as it implies to be!). I wonder, who would like to live in a town with such a name :S:

Sounds like an interesting idea for a point & click adventure game, maybe. :D

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: TheSHEEEPOr, if that fails, block people for disagreeing with them. Yet another thing I'd never do.

Have you considered that maybe they block you because they find you annoying, not because they disagree with you? How is blocking a source of irritation a negative thing, if that's all you are to them?

But why am I annoying to them? It's not like I go around just randomly insulting people in the worst manners.
I annoy them because I disagree with them, won't back down from my views (or pretend to) prefer honest and direct words instead of buttering up or keeping my mouth shut if I disagree with anyone and call them out on their shenanigans.

Finally, because all of the above mentioned was directed at them instead of with them.
I'd bet my other kidney that if I showed 100% the same kind of tone and behavior and everything else - but actually agreed with them on whatever the topic, they would not have taken even closely that much of an issue with it.
Just look at all the jabs thrown at "gamers" in the posts - none of which were any better or worse than mine.
And none of which caused any ruckus. Huh. I wonder why. As if it was easier to fling sh't at someone who ain't flinging back.

Quoting: tuubiYour smarter-than-thou attitude and talk of bubbles might hold some merit if these people weren't simply blocking some random dude with an abrasive manner on a forum. It just does not matter. They have better things to do. It's like walking away from an obnoxious loudmouth in a pub. He/she doesn't necessarily deserve an audience.

Eh, the majority of things I comment on an article is on-topic and not related to any poster. As it was in this thread, before the usual subjects got oh-so-attacked by my small remark calling out their "online people mean!" whining. And then things went from there, because, as I said, I do not back down from discussions. Even if they are completely off-topic.
Which does make me feel bad and hence I'll stop after this post. I don't like derailing threads due to the mess it causes.

Seriously, though, if you cannot even take the odd minor punch, what are you doing talking to people on the internet?
Offense is always taken, never given.

Quoting: tuubiNow, if they were getting all their news exclusively from sources they happen to agree with, that would be an actual problem.

That's pretty much a given with people like that. People who block others on one platform for whatever minor reasons like "this guy wronged me!", will do it on all platforms and media until all they find "annoying" are gone and only opinions and voices they like remain.
Of course, it is always excused with "not worth my time" - the easy way out if you run out of arguments or never had any to begin with.

Besides, if you think only news bubbles are a problem and not opinion bubbles, then you are very much mistaken. One is just the next "level" of the other.

Quoting: EikeThe tone of "everybody who thinks or feel differently is stupid". The tone that tells people that someone will not even consider to reconsider.

You take issue with your own tone?
Did you block yourself, too?...

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It IS quite brillant.
Except for the Interloper chapter - wow, that was probably the most massive break of pace I've seen in a game like that.
Game goes from lots of action, shooting, dodging missiles, jumping and the occasional puzzle to...
Gigantic, long-reaching levels with lots of walking, lots of waiting (on slow-moving conveyor belts, among other things), lots of simple-yet-annoying puzzles and extremely little in the way of action.
Almost made me quit the game - just completely threw me out of the experience. And when you look around, lots of people quite strongly dislike that one chapter.

But except for that one blooper, the game is a great experience. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes FPS games.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle@sheep guy

You are quite a hypocrite here, because you seem to have quite a negative reaction whenever you are called out for being an asshole.

Nah, man. I really don't care in the slightest what random internet people think of me.
I am merely calling people out on their weak-mindedness and hypocrisy and showing them that not everyone agrees with their attempts at establishing the only "proper" way of thinking by lumping everyone who disagrees them in with whatever group is currently "the enemy", in this case "gamers".
What I also do is correct people when I think they are wrong - which is a normal in a discussion, I would think?

I also fail to understand how having a negative reaction to being called something (which again, I don't, call me whatever you want) would make me a hypocrite. I'd be a hypocrite if I blocked you for calling me an asshole.

Quoting: rustybroomhandleMaybe YOU need the safe space where you can be an asshole without being challenged.

I welcome every single challenge and never back away from a discussion (well, except if its been going on for ages and I grow tired of it). Quite in contrast to other people who just love to block those they disagree with or whose directness they cannot handle.

Quoting: rustybroomhandleWhen people disagree with you, you call them weak minded and whatever the hell else...

I have not called a single person weak-minded for disagreeing with me. That is something I'd never do.
I call people weak-minded if they are weak-minded. And quite a few people are - often those who then go ahead and demand people censor themselves or hold back to protect their feelings. Another thing I would never do.
Or, if that fails, block people for disagreeing with them. Yet another thing I'd never do.

I'd block people for harassing me, stalking me or stuff like that - but that hasn't really happened yet.

Quoting: rustybroomhandleAnyway, I had you blocked for a reason.

Q.E.D.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: EikeWhen comments get just too sheepish, it's time to block. Time is too valuable for such nonsense.

Like clockwork. As fragile as an old fortune cookie.
Those of weak mind will always opt to create a bubble to pretend everyone agrees with them instead of facing the opposition...

1. Those with an inflated ego (like children) always think everybody should be required to listen to their bullshit, and every platform should be made available for them just because they have an opinion.
2. The one with the loudest voice is rarely the one with the strongest mind.
3. Social media platforms are sources of noise, not sources of information. Blocking random internet pests has no downsides.

1. Haven't met a single person who thought anything along those lines, but sure, go ahead. You can move your goalposts wherever you want.
2. Agreed. The one who is able to endure opposition without needing "safe spaces" has the strongest mind.
3. Things that are not agreeable = bullshit, everyone who disagress = internet pest. To those with a weak mind, anyway. And thus, the bubble is born, far away from reality. "I do not agree with this, therefore it is nonsense". I do consider giving people the ability to live in a bubble a serious downside as it removes the need to be able to live with dissenting voices. I also consider it a large part of the ever-increasing gap and growing intelorance between people of different viewpoints - instead of dealing with each other, many people just opt to block the other side.
That might give short-term relief, and is super easy to do, but I honestly think it is harmful long-term.

But what do I know? I guess I'm just an internet pest.

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Excellent!
I just hope they find a way to make further character growth interesting. After all, you are going to play a character that was basically maxed out from the previous game.

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Quoting: EikeWhen comments get just too sheepish, it's time to block. Time is too valuable for such nonsense.

Like clockwork. As fragile as an old fortune cookie.
Those of weak mind will always opt to create a bubble to pretend everyone agrees with them instead of facing the opposition...

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Quoting: LinasI really don't get this RGB trend. All the blinking lights is a distraction and totally breaks the immersion. But better support is always welcome, because it means that I can turn the blinking lights off. :D

Blinking is annoying while you are playing, indeed.
It does look nice during some idle or waiting time, but that's about it.

Programmable colors are fairly useful, though.
Especially if you game properly: In a somewhat darkened room (why do you think cinemas are dark?). Hard to see any keys without at least backlight.
Some games come with the hotkeys highlighted for your keyboard already (though that usually only works on Windows).

Personally, I have disabled all animations and just have WASD, F, J, F5, F9 and ß (German keyboard) highlighted in a different color than the rest.
Though I got the keyboard because it is so wonderfully silent while being mechanical and easy to clean (finding that combination was a nightmare). RGB was just a bonus (though it probably was what made it so expensive...).

Also... lots of people with "someone was mean to me on the internet! ;("-syndrome in this thread. Cute.
But, yes, let it all out. Very relieving, isn't it?

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Quoting: Sojiro84I want to shoot stuff, not play a fake Super Mario...

Git gud.
Sorry, I had to.

But that platforming is probably the biggest criticism of the game by most people - and indeed, wtf is that doing in a Doom game?!

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Quoting: psyminI agree with the above posters.

I'd like it to be F2P and there should be a mobile app (not that I'd use the mobile app). The Underlords app is quite functional, but also not quite "right" (text is way too small).

Artifact is a great game. Monetization killed it.

For CCGs a great bit of the fun is *trading* the collected cards.

That wasn't an element of the last one. I sure hope it is an element of this one.

I think you are throwing CCGs and TCGs together here.
CCG = Collectible Card Game, TCG = Trading ...
Every TCG might be a CCG, but not the other way around. There is no "need" for a CCG to have trading.
The majority of digital CCGs have no element of trading.

Quoting: psyminIf cards are only available as drops I think it will suffer from (or maybe benefit from) a gameplay issue that MMOs have IMO. More hours of play means you'll have an advantage, regardless of how good you are. New players would have to grind in order to play the real game with their friends.

Not quite. If there are enough players and if the matchmaking is good, new players will be pitted against other players with similar "low-tier" decks.
And as you advance in ranks, your deck grows higher-tier.

I'd just hope that there is some kind of smurfing prevention.
One of the most annoying aspects of some digital CCGs is ranking up and being regularly faced with decks consisting of only the rarest of cards. Sometimes, that is due to whales, but it seems that won't be possible in Artifact.

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