Recent content by Mr. Shadows

Finishing the game has never been a problem in the past so I cringed when Ed Beach start talking as if it were... that the first red flag that I saw when VII was being introduced. In the process of "fixing" this imaginary problem they've added a rubber-banding mechanism that takes control away...

I'm following this thread because the new era system (along with civ switching) was the big change that convinced me I didn't want to play Civ VII. I'm still watching but after reading this it sounds worse than I had feared.

I've been playing Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and I've been having a blast with it. This is the best video adaptation of Dungeons and Dragons (best video game RPG) I've ever played. It isn't quite perfect but then again it doesn't have the bland smoothness of so many AAA titles. If I do a...

I'm sad to say I gave it a ZERO. I suppose I could change my mind since the game hasn't even been released but Firaxis seems to have completely lost the plot.

I don't care how cool the game looks, I'm not getting in the back of the van with Denuvo. That's how you end up on a milk carton.

Don't tell me how many cities I can have. I'm watching this mechanic closely, if it's too restrictive it's going to be a problem.

The historical theme of the game has always been at the core of its enduring appeal. It's a game that we play for fun but it also serves as the starting point for serious reading for a lot of us. Beyond that it seems almost disingenuous to point out that a video game can't express 6,000+ years...

If your builder strategy were strong your game would also be strong. Anyway, they took that toy away from us, what did they replace it with?

The fact that we're now debating how to best use builders just supports that there's a lot of skill involved in using them. It's a telling point.

You improve luxuries and strategic resources, trigger eurekas and harvest forests and resources to quickly build troops, settlers or districts. You also harvest food resources so you can grow big enough to build another district... all before feudalism. They create a lot of meaningful choices...

Of course it's too soon to say but they've taken a lot away from the player by eliminating builders, city management and limiting the number of cities we can build. That was a huge part of the game and they'd better have something spectacular to make up for the loss.

I enjoyed her in GoT as well as Sandman, and she sounds fantastic in the trailers. I'm also excited about the soundtrack. This game is going to look and sound fantastic.

It's too early to make a decision like that, but I never played Humankind specifically because changing civs is such an asinine idea. If they wanted to simulate moving through time they should have had us change leaders rather than civs. It's put a real damper on my enthusiasm, and after getting...

The limit on cities was Civ V's biggest weakness, and I was thrilled when I realized I was free to expand in VI. City limits are no fun.

I'm trying to stay open-minded but this sounds like a terrible idea.