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I’ve tried playing this game multiple times, but just got bored too quickly. The characters are all unlikeable in their own way and the game often goes out of its way to create conflict between them so you have to pick a side and gain/lose relationship points with the respective party member.


It’s relevant enough for PC Gamer to be writing about it, so someone must’ve been asking.

This “dead genre” has been steadily receiving games the whole time it’s been out of the zeitgeist. And it’s popular enough that they were willing to remake one of the greats as well as its sequel. Things aren’t dead just because you personally don’t like it.


Jim Curry, a writer and marketing manager on Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and the Gex series…

What a legacy to leave behind! I hope he was aware of the resurgent interest in the Legacy of Kain universe before he died.



NWN is a game I deeply love despite its many flaws. It’s great to see that others are keeping it alive and kicking!


The links all go to the OldUnreal site, so I guess Epic has just left it up to the community to keep their legacy alive. Not necessarily a bad thing, but hopefully they send some of their Fortnite fortunes over to the maintainers.


I loved the first Kathy Rain so I’m super excited for this! The other game from the same developer, Whispers of a Machine, was also quite good.


I really liked this game. Felt like the perfect length for making one introspective about death.



It seems like the AAA publishers don’t know what to do with that type of mid-budget game that was the staple of the 2000s generation.

Spend a bit of money (not crazy much), make something fun with a bit of originality, and just put it out for sale. No complex monetisation strategy or pipeline to funnel people to subscriptions. We give you money, you give us game.


I’ve played 5 of the Layton games and I agree that the crossover game is the best one!


I’ve selected “performance” in the PS5 settings, but I’ve experienced several AAA games ignoring it and having their own graphics setting that defaults to “fancy graphics” mode.

3/4 of players want performance, but publishers don’t care.


I agree. We can celebrate what makes the PC platform great without turning it into a competition.



That’s a very valid point, albeit incredibly disappointing. Mechanisms to block tracking should be built into the operating system, but I also realise that it would probably be impossible to accurately implement.

“Ask app not to track” is accurate to what you’re choosing, I just hate that we’ve gotten to this point.


I loathe the wording that’s been normalised around tracking. The options for the upcoming dialog are “Allow” or “Ask app not to track”.

Why the fuck do I need to ask, as if the app is free to deny my humble request not to be spied upon? The whole tracking industry is awash with weasel words and vagueness in an effort to have us make ill-informed decisions.

Fucking parasites.


I haven’t had a gaming-capable PC for about a decade and I’m very happy with my PS5 (and the PS4 before it). Sony bringing exclusives to PC don’t feel like the end times as it’s just a way for them to make more money.

I’m genuinely glad that PC players will get to experience some of the great games that have been on the PS5 in the last few years.


I know that the world has changed and these kinds of big conferences aren’t really viable (or necessary) anymore, but my younger self who always wished to go to E3 at some point is sad.


I recently played through Weird West and absolutely loved it. Makes a lot of sense to learn that it was made by former Arkane Austin people.


With all the money they’ll save from shutting down all the smaller studios they can just go out and buy more.


Ironically if the developers band together and start another studio they would probably have Microsoft knocking on their door with an acquisition offer in a few years.


But how else can they guarantee infinite growth to their shareholders? Won’t someone please think of the poor shareholders???


I wonder if regulators will bring this up the next time Microsoft wants to buy another publisher. They fought tooth-and-nail to buy Activision Blizzard and like a child that got a new toy they’re throwing out the old ones.