caseofthematts

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[–] caseofthematts -2 points 1 year ago

You can go back on reddit and look. Calling it revisionist is a bit of a stretch. The temperature on this game was very much mid to uninterested. Sure there were people who were excited, but it wasn't a majority at all.

[–] caseofthematts 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This cements two things for me. The first is that I hate the wording of things in 5e, especially it being called a Bonus Action. I think that specific phrase confuses people.

The second is that this is much easier in Pathfinder 2e. You can cast any spells as long as you have the actions for it using your 3 action turn. Cantrips are usually one action, and greater spells usually range from two to three actions. Simplifies this confusing mess quite easily.

[–] caseofthematts 1 points 1 year ago

It's really a shame, I loved their Sam & Max. Their Monkey Island was a lot of fun, as well.

[–] caseofthematts 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, what killed it was them taking on too many high profile licenses at the same time and trying to juggle high workload and high demand with short turn around. Pair that with the fact that they change and work on things between episode releases, too.

[–] caseofthematts 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Think about it this way: what's the purpose of the players choosing between North and West if the outcome is exactly the same, whether they know this or not? Are they just arbitrarily choosing between the two paths, or do they have information that gives positives and negatives to either path? Doing the former is just a choice for the sake of it. It serves no purpose. In the latter, it's now less of something to fill and waste time, and it's now a decision on the players' part on whether they want to travel safely or dangerously, or whatever the differences are between the routes.

[–] caseofthematts 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Quantum ogre is more about the intent and removing actual choice from players. Good prep does away with making player choice irrelevant.

I'm assuming in your question, the first situation would have the "preplanned" fight be wherever the players decide to go since we're discussing the QO. The difference between your two methods is in the latter, you're making up the creature or combat on the spot by reacting to what the players have done. In the first, it didn't matter what the players did. You were going to do it anyway, so why even give them a choice?

[–] caseofthematts 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've just recently said that on Lemmy - I said to a friend I wanted a game where you broke down and scrapped star wars ships, and they pointed me towards this game. It was recently on sale so I picked it up. It's been an absolute blast and exactly what I was looking for (though I still wish I could do it with SW ships). I also agree about the shift timer, so thankfully there's an option for that.

[–] caseofthematts 12 points 1 year ago

No, they're right. Everyone was talking about it when it came out. It's also the first Supergiant Games game and really put them on the map.

[–] caseofthematts 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My only suggestion would be to take your time and take breaks between them to play other games. They're great, but they're all very similar. An easy recipe for burnout.

[–] caseofthematts 3 points 1 year ago

I also just got it on sale. I told a friend my dream game was a sim where you scrap and dismantle different Star Wars ships and vessels - they pointed me towards this game right during the sale. It's been a lot of fun!

[–] caseofthematts 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's still early morning for me, so I apologise for my words and thoughts being muddled.

I just meant the direct reason they removed it wasn't because it was broken. They would have removed any game that was being mass refunded. But yes, the reason people were refunding was because it was broken.

[–] caseofthematts 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, but Sony didn't decide to take it down because it was broken. Only because people were refunding. Bit pedantic, but I see a lot of revisionist history going on in this thread and just wanted it to be clear.

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