This is a false choice. I'm not arguing that a game can be balanced to satisfy everyone. In fact, I think the Sisyphean goal of trying to satisfy everyone is what has created games with an explosion … (View Post)

Yeah, and it's always worth adding the perspective of other countries' politics. Certainly there are far-right agitators in other countries with similar views to US Republicans, but the denial on COV… (View Post)

Yeah, one thing to clarify from above, but also ties into the subsequent points here. I'm not saying every CRPG has to have timers. But timers help create an interesting challenge in a game with rest… (View Post)

I'm gonna pipe up against optional toggles. It's actually one of the things that I liked about the Original Sin games. They were designed with very few difficulty settings. And ultimately felt like s… (View Post)

Can see some Kingmaker influence there in the addition of boosting skill check rolls and adding a camping resource. Definitely good mechanics to copy, imo. (View Post)