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This #N7Day is a sad one for all Mass Effect fans. So we want to reminisce about what Mass Effect and many other BioWare games meant to us and how they inspired us.
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I dunno anymore, man. Just say you overvalue conventional game design and leave it at that. Crimson Desert is one of the most technically ambitious games we’ve seen in the last decade, but because it isn’t another linear narrative RPG with the illusion of freedom, it just keeps getting underrated. The technical wizardry that goes into making a game this mechanically massive is insane. You don’t have to like every part of it, but surely the sheer ambition deserves some recognition? I get it though…award season is coming up and I can already hear the excuses for why Crimson Desert won't get the recognition it deserves. It’s frustrating…😔 We spend so much time talking about wanting developers to innovate and take risks, but then we turn around and reward the same safe, conventional AAA games over and over and over and over. Crimson Desert isn’t perfect, but I’d much rather see developers attempt something genuinely ambitious and occasionally fall short than just keep making the same games we’ve been playing for the last 15 years. I don’t think that’s a hot take at all…
After six hours with the beefy Charting the Unknown DLC, it seems to add even more to Crimson Desert’s buffet-style approach while doing little to improve existing systems. Our review so far: bit.ly/3UBkZyy
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Phantom Blade Zero has sold over 4 million copies in just 72 hours!🔥 Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support!
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Psychological warfare on all fronts.
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Niggas have done such a great job at building a reputation of being soft as baby shit that Japan hesitates using them in media for fear of receiving complaints. I, for one, don’t blame them
El autor de manga Shoushou Kurihara, creador de "Uramiya Honpo", reveló que una de las razones por las que casi no aparecen personajes negros en el manga es el miedo de las editoriales a recibir quejas por discriminación si se les retrata como villanos. El dibujante recordó que hace años tuvo que cambiar a última hora a un antagonista negro por uno blanco para evitar problemas. Kurihara cuestionó lo que considera un doble rasero: que los villanos blancos no provoquen las mismas quejas. Aquella experiencia cambió su manera de trabajar y, desde entonces, casi no incluye personajes negros en sus historias para evitar nuevas polémicas.
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We hit 1M, more free rewards unlocked! Wishlist Dark Heresy and help us reach 1.25M next

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NTE has a lot of potential, I've been playing since day one and have been enjoying myself more than in other gachas. The devs aren't afraid to try new things and are very ambitious. The scale of Hethereau is insane, makes me excited to see what a 2.0 update looks like
NTE released 6 months ago ! Are you guys still playing, or did you drop it ? Drop your Reviews below
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I don't understand why folks keep acting like we should be upset at these studios shutting down. Where I come from, if you're bad at your job, you get fired. Bioware has been bad at their job for 10+ years. The Bioware that made some of the greatest RPGs has LONG expired
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Rant incoming: This right here is the reason why most black people can't or won't evolve. Because they have such a hard time disassociating from the worst element within their own community. Ghetto/hood culture is the bane of the black community's existence and any reasonable black person with standards would agree that pookies, ray-rays, niggas, thugs, baby mamma's, hoodrats and welfare queens are what should be excised from not only the black community, but from the world in general. But for what reason do so many black people feel the need to maintain some form of attachment to what is essentially cultural cancer? Arrogant ties to history is my best guess. No matter how obviously degenerate black culture becomes, they will find a way to cosign its existence because "romanticized racism" is somehow far worse. This game, Hood Warfare, is parody. You don't need to be black or have a degree in black culture to make fun of something that anybody with eyes and ears can discern themselves by simply being exposed to it. These same people enjoy all types of media made by blacks, whites, jews, asians, it doesn't matter. But NOW, THIS TIME all the sudden there's an issue with how this particular piece of media came to be? Not a single nigga had a problem with GTA6's representation of hood culture in the opening cut-scene showcased weeks ago. And I'm positive that the majority of people at Rockstar working on GTA6 aren't black themselves or have some arbitrary "pass" to mock or parody black culture. The irony here is that black people mirror the meme about how women are never clear or direct on whether or not something okay until AFTER it has happened under dubious circumstances. Which contributes to a certain brand of "fatigue"😏 that has been making the rounds online recently. Oh so X is acceptable here but isn't over here? "Sure! Eminem can say nigga because he's cool but Trump can't because he's racist!... Even though we have established that no white person shouldn't ever be allowed to say it ever?" as an example. It doesn't make any sense. And then, of course, there are black people like myself who don't immediately acquiesce to this faux outrage. I, and those like me, catch hell because apparently not submitting to the victim narrative as a black makes me a race traitor or "coon". This game doesn't bother me. In fact, I find it quite humourous. Because in my eyes it does not represent what would I consider "black culture". The type of black culture that I would want to represent would get shut down by black people funnily enough. This game does however, bother these guys because they still foolishly cling to and legitimize the cancer that does irreparable damage to the black community. Which of course leads me to question their competence in regard to the "betterment" of the black community. Do they have any at all in my honest opinion? None whatsoever. Cry about racism all you want. This fake moral grandstanding will just ensure that the community you claim to want to uplift will remain left behind.
Regarding Hood Warfare: You’re missing the point.
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Nioh and it’s not even remotely close
After playing Onimusha for days on end, I got to thinking; which game has the best combat?
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Wrath of the Righteous
What is the greatest RPG of our generation?
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These two images should be iconic. They tell the story. On the left: a young woman, who had been cheerful and happy, apparently on her way to visit a sick friend or relative. On the right: a degenerate black man, angry and volatile, 14 prior arrests, wandering around the streets, rambling nonsensically, violently assaulting any white woman he comes across. The two happen to cross paths and this is the aftermath. For years now, our laws and institutions have dedicated themselves to protecting, coddling, and indulging the person on the right, often at the immediate expense of the person on the left. It was decided that the person on the right must be free, must be comfortable, must be cared for and fed and clothed, literally no matter what the cost. A functional society organizes itself the opposite way. The priority is protecting the person on the left — the innocent woman (or child or man). The person on the right — the chronic, degenerate, dysfunctional criminal — is rightly seen as having no value to society, a net negative, and is thrown in a cage forever or simply executed. A functional society gives all the benefit, all the leeway, all the priority, to the person on left. But we don’t live in a functional society anymore.
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IYKYK: This man ruined Vanillware games for you. They have never been the same since Dragon’s Crown. Make his face known
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WHY DIDN'T THEY TALK ABOUT THIS FOR ESHMEL INSTEAD OF "*you* are the *real* protagonist of the story"
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The fact that anyone is surprised by any of this after the boxart released with the first trailer is hilarious. Holy larp
Meet the true protagonist of #FireEmblem Fortune's Weave. Will they face the forces of the demon god Balor on their own or travel in time with the aid of Fortuna to change the fate of Cai, Dietrich, Theodora, and Leda. Which path will you walk? #NintendoDirect
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Owlcat is literally the only company I trust to make Baldurs Gate 4
"We are a little bit masochistic" — Developers are running scared of Baldur's Gate 4, but Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader studio Owlcat would consider it a "great challenge." bit.ly/4vVroBa
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Do what you want with your money, but I can’t rationalize spending money on the game, expansion, story skip and job skip to experience LESS of the game’s offerings. And the part that’s talked about the LEAST. You’re already here, at least try and enjoy the story?
The FF14 team is considering a streamlined path or skip through Final Fantasy 14's story, as currently you're forced to go through the entire story to access the latest content.
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Unreal Engine expert Masahiko Nakamura praised NTE's technical design. → He said giving every character unique exploration abilities is impressive because it's extremely difficult to implement. Thread #NTE #Nevernesstoeverness
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This chick is doing irreparable damage to the reputation of (Asian) female drivers everywhere. Where y’all at!?
ExtraEmily nearly crashes on stream after talking to chat.
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I’m not lacking anything, you lack recognizing simple reality. There’s nothing wrong in acknowledging facts. Video games have always been a male hobby. That’s why most protagonists are males and are about achieving male fantasies I got blocked for pointing this out. Big surprise
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