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Lyng (30372980)

This is pretty much how I feel. I really want Artifact to work out, because the core game is so good. Tried to get Into LoR but its just not for me.

Lyng (30321331)

What a horrible story. I feel so bad for him. What an absolute nightmare. I hope her career is over.

Lyng (30146979)

Yeah they should probably change that quest.

Lyng (30149530)

Well that doesn’t really mean the genre is bad though? I find FPS like Doom extremely tedious but that doesn’t mean the games, let alone the genre is outright bad?

Lyng (30146968)

Huh? What makes it a bad genre?

Lyng (30101723)

Alot of personal emotion goes into grading a game. Obviously given enough time some grades will seem odd, but at the time the game would of felt like a 10 to the writer. Animal Crossing being this positive game about togetherness and helping each other, coming out in a time where a virus is driving us apart, will have some influence on grades for some critics. A grade is, ultimately, how we feel about a game and not some objective scale.

Lyng (30101870)

So anyone saying good thing about the Xbox is a shill but it’s different with those who praise the PS? This thread along with any other about these new consoles is embarrassing. And don’t even try to claim it’s only one side of the fan base. Any kind of console warrior is cringe as fuck. They are plastic toys! Fucking cool plastic toys with fucking awsome Hardware in them. But ultimately a toy. Stop caring about who “wins”! Games are going to look, sound and feel amazing and mind blowing on both. Let’s celebrate these new consoles instead of making this an excuse to behave like spoiled children.

Lyng (29949311)

What? Denmark’s lock down is based around the rapid spread of the virus in Denmark. While they are not what the chairman of sundhedsstyrelsen (who btw a mere month ago claimed this virus would never reach Europe) they are a government decision based around the rapid spread not only in Denmark, but especially in countries like Germany and Sweden who share borders with Denmark.

Lyng (29948859)

Which countries are on lock down because of politics?

Lyng (29894441)

Several posts on the first few pages. A mixture of "well crunch is needed to achieve this", and "well its much worse in other industries". There are enough. I dont need to find them for you. Read the thread.

Lyng (29894221)

hehe no. Like I said Last of Us is one of the best games I have ever played. ND produces state of the art games. But that doesnt change the fact that the way they go about it in regards to how they use their workers is wrong and bad.

Lyng (29894513)

Yeah the whole stealing of facebook pictures and lying about a womens hospitilization is quite frankly terrible. And that would probably be enough to believe none of his words if not for Jasons article backing up the underlying issue. It seems Rockstar have changed after Jasons focus on them, and we can only hope ND does the same.

Lyng (29893710)

Because everyone knows boycotts dont work. I am not talking about boycotts. And you know it. People will shit hard on EA yet play the newest FIfa /COD etc. But ND is some kind of sacred fucking cow, where even the slightest mention of their management being bad leads to a swath of people running to their defense. (And yes The Last of Us is one of the best games I have ever played)

Lyng (29893747)

So did Jason make up his article as well?

Lyng (29893186)

Because its fair. He should word it better, but in all this she is calling out his specific use of words, at the same time never engaging the deeper issue. If what he said is not true why not dispute that? Why get hung up on what word is used?

Lyng (29893202)

Bingo

Lyng (29893488)

I am here saying that him stating the truth, albeit like an asshole, obviously would make them pissed. At the same time people are so busy trying to use his use of words to poof away the idea that the management in ND is trash. Him being an idiot about how he conveis the message doesnt simply remove any thruth from his statements. And unsurprisingly this thread has gotten so hung up with trying to discredit him that we are back to my original statement in this thread: If this was Blizzard, Bethesda or EA none of these people would be fishing for ways to make his evil words go away.

Lyng (29893016)

The only thing I read he called them very talented? Obviously they are not going to be as effective as seasoned devs. It’s not a dig it’s simple facts.

Lyng (29894366)

Yeah. It very much depens on the countries labor laws, and even within the EU they vary a lot.

Lyng (29892556)

No it doesnt. Anyone who has even the slightest experience with larger corporations knows that the approach of signing a ton of inexperienced contractors leads to extra work, crunch and mistakes. Obviously one of said inexperienced devs is going to get pissed being called kids, but having inexperienced devs feels like working with kids. Before this job I worked in a rather high position in car development for one of the biggest aluminum production companies in the world and we created and developed designs for BMW, Porshe, Lamborghini etc. At some point management decided to, instead of treating the experienced workers and devs properly to simply replace them with new hungry talent. These new workers and devs where talented and wanted to prove to the world that they rocked. But experience matters a great deal more than people here seem to think. I was in charge of logistics for our biggest customer BMW, and working with these new developers was like working with kids just coming from school because they had no fucking clue how the business works, and obviously that added mistakes, and work time and crunch for everyone fixing their mistakes. Thats what I get out of his tweets.

Lyng (29856873)

If this thread had been about Blizzard / Bethesda or EA we wouldn’t see this insane amount of corporate shills.

Lyng (29826739)

In Denmark all public employees who have been sent home for the next two weeks are being compensated by the state. For private companies it depends on the company. If you are part of the union you will get compensated by them.

Lyng (29826764)

Outer Worlds is the very definition of a 7/10 game. It’s completely fine but does nothing new, the story is fine. The graphics are mediocre, soundtrack is forgettable. Voice acting is good and Pavarti is a fantastic character, while the rest of characters are forgettable. 7/10

Lyng (29826905)

So because you have an objective with the thread he is not allowed to disagree with the premise?

Lyng (29815394)

Yeah I think it’s the best way to handle this situation. It’s here, might as well try to prevent it from exploding.

Lyng (29815273)

If this has already been posted I am sorry, but my country (Denmark) is effectively closing down. From Friday and two weeks forth all schools, public offices (apart from health) will be closed down. All clubs, unions, religions etc are advices to not hold meetings and meeting held with above 100 people is strictly forbidden. All private companies are advices to sent their workers home to work from home.

Lyng (29760016)

This is where I am at as well. I dont really see Sony's silence doing anything for or against Xbox. If anything it has just made the sony fans more thirsty (which this thread proves). But Gamepass has really changed the game in the gaming circles I frequent, which consist primarily of PC gamers. Having the ability to simply go from your xbox to the pc and continue playing combined with the insane value you get from gamepass is a big pro for Xbox. I dont see anyone who is currently exclusive on the PS4 switching over next gen though. The silence doesnt change that. Especially given the amazing line-up of first party titles Sony have this year.

Lyng (29761659)

Europa Universalis IV. After the first few hundred hours you will begin to grasp the game :b

Lyng (29666591)

Its not the same. Final Fantasy VII exists. Final Fantasy VII Remake heavily implies something it isn’t, namely a FF VII remake. It’s only a remake of a part of FF VII. Avengers Infinity War was the whole movie Avengers Infinity War. Simply calling it Final Fantasy VII Remake: Midgaard would be sufficient.

Lyng (29537822)

Nvidia gave dev’s the option to remove their games. If they had not done that I doubt we would be in this situation. Publishers/developers should never have a say in what pc hardware I play my games on. If they want that they should not release their game on PC.

Lyng (29463405)

The dumb thing is even if you wanted to protect Goldberg because of the Saudis, there where different ways to do it that wouldnt hurt Bray. Have Brock loose to Ricochet, setting up Ricochet vs Drew at Mania (which would be killer). Then have a frustrated Brock attack Fiend during his match with Goldberg. Protecting Goldberg, while keeping the title on Fiend and setting up Beast vs Fiend for Mania.

Lyng (29465480)

Well call that an added bonus :b

Lyng (29306104)

Plenty of games have had me close to tears, but only Lost Odyssey made me break down and cry. Anyone who played the game will know the scene. Edit: yep that’s the one lol

Lyng (29157376)

this is the weird thing. And I feel none of the others have quite managed to capture that.

Lyng (29158756)

Spot a City fan...

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Lyng (28789940)

Okay. You know full well that the other poster was talking about Xbox 1st party exclusives.

Lyng (28789653)

yes it does?

Lyng (28789678)

Which one didnt?

Lyng (28529585)

My man.gif

Lyng (28522506)

Absolutely. it’s a fantastic follow up to Kotor 2. And they really dare to do some crazy shit with the universe, especially in the expansions.

Lyng (28418440)

absolutely not. It paints him as an absolute monster. You are forced to work with him because of Ciri, but you can absolutely condemn him. I played Geralt as a “good” guy and had the option to smack him in the face when he reveals his abuse.

Lyng (28302477)

word of warning: P5 is very homophobic at times.

Lyng (28167015)

yeah our owner who is also responsible for the design and formatting insists that we keep the same design as we used back 10 years ago. It’s an ongoing debate

Lyng (28087880)

huh?

Lyng (28084438)

So ehm...this game blew me away. From a fantastic take on turn based combat, to a mind blowing soundtrack, to the great non linear story telling. Anyways here is my review. Its in danish but TLDR: I fecking love this game

Lyng (28069011)

damn that sucks :( I hope you find a new place asap

Lyng (27968044)

first of all thanks I will take that as a compliment. Being 35 I rarely get those comments anymore :b And yes while my daughter is fairly young I recognized the way he looks at Ciri. It’s not of a sexual nature but a caring and protective nature, which rings true for a father and daughter regardless of age.

Lyng (27939762)

Is the original creator Slavic? What origin mythology is it build around? The way you are pissing all over Poland in your posts is quite frankly fucking deplorable.

Lyng (27939352)

Wtf? None of the interactions between Geralt and Ciri are of a flirtatious nature. Hell being a dad myself I think they nail the father / daughter relation pretty damn well.

Lyng (27912068)

Yeah true enough. Apparently garbage sells.

Lyng (27906253)

Funny enough the most successfull Star Wars trading card game is Star Wars Destiny which has dice in it...so I guess he was on to something

Lyng (27912399)

yeah even today Wotc continue to often make baffling decisions.

Lyng (27906553)

Seems pretty crazy yeah. Good for him though. Always great to see good people following their dreams.

Lyng (27904138)

But again what you two describe are opinions. Whenever fun is used in any kind of factual statement it rubs me the wrong way. To some people chess is fun, to others monopoly is. There is nothing remotely factual about what different people perceive as fun. For me the Artifact randomness presented me with a new tactical puzzle for the next turn. That was more fun to me than getting mana screwed or having a card randomly win you the game. Still that doesnt mean I can say that Artifacts rng is objectively more fun. Its an opinion and as such makes little sense presented as fact.

Lyng (27904414)

But thats all about what sells the most. By that logic monopoly is the most fun and by the logic of the video best board game ever designed, simply because a ton of people find it fun? If we end up in a place where we criticize games for not appealing enough to the masses we will soon loose any kind of interesting development in game design. The reason we have a ton of fantastic and deep board games today is because there where designers who dared to challenge what was perceived as "fun" such as roll and move etc.

Lyng (27892506)

Id argue the writing in Disco Elysium alone is just as genre defining then anything last year had. I am curious which two games from last year you think did anything remarkable that would change the genre they are in.

Lyng (27898728)

I dont understand this part of the video. The idea that the rng in Hearthstone or magic is objectively more "fun" is downright silly to me. Surely that is a highly subjective thing. The only objective comment to be made is the one Garfield makes. Also the idea that he doesnt understand fun makes no sense when he has designed a game like Bunny kingdoms which is a ton of fun, and that is a game he has designed completely on his own. He also had alot of creative freedom on Keyforge which he designed for Fantasy Flight Games. That game is a massive success and was designed around the same time he designed Artifact, a fact that this video never adresses or even mentions. There are a bit too many opinions that Nerdslayer tries to twist as facts in this video to be honest.

Lyng (27877047)

I never felt Faeria was obtuse. It’s much like a game such as Twilight Struggle. When you first play it it might seem obtuse, but when you dig in you will realize that the complexity makes sense in conjunction with the rest of the design.

Lyng (27876426)

faeria is, much like Artifact, a fantastic card game. And both where much cheaper to be competitive in than magic and hearthstone. But for some reason the players got hung up on entry fees and the fact that these where long, complex and non-mobile games meant the hearthstone casual players checked out right away.

Lyng (27698527)

I must admit I love this format. It gives a nice overview of the year in games and the individual staff members views, which in turn adds more weight to their discussions during the award part.

Lyng (27672934)

You clearly know nothing about Henry Cavill than. He is very much a gamer

Lyng (27627870)

wow you fucking suck. To the Op. Deliver that letter as Well as the poisoning story to the police. Honestly if someone poisoned my dog I would be at the police right away. Don’t go physical, you never know if someone sick enough to poison a dog might pull a knife on you. Let the police handle it, or get a good lawyer and sue their sorry ass.

Lyng (27603673)

Huh?

Lyng (27586321)

That is almost one to one the feeling I had after the first game. Try the base game without any of the campaign bullshit a few more times and I am sure you will uncover the euro gem that is actually hiding behind all the nonsense :)

Lyng (27578035)

Here is my review of Maracaibo. Its in danish but the english translation will be released on Boardgamegeek early next year. I though you might be curious about my rating so here it is.

Lyng (27586263)

Its one of his best movies to be honest. Fantastic acting. Great Tarantino-esque dialog. And especially the ending was so amazing and a beautiful love letter to Sharon Tate. On top of that it is a fascinating journey into Tarantino's own mind and the struggle between having affection for the old but understanding why it needs to change.

Lyng (27549031)

I kind of agree with that.

Lyng (27537749)

christmas is called jul i danish so it fits :p

Lyng (27538431)

I see that combo a lot in regular ranked mode. Its almost impossible to kill. And super annoying.

Lyng (27500364)

Yeah pretty much. As much as I didnt like TLJ, at least RJ wanted to say something with the movie and had ideas of his own. It was a significantly more interesting movie then TFA.

Lyng (27500271)

A danish reviewer called it "JJ listened to the angry Star Wars fans and made a hollow and bad copy of Return of the Jedi"... I havent seen it myself so cannot comment on whether this is true or not, but felt it was a interesting comment, given how boring and safe TFA was. (And no I dont really think TLJ was a particularly good either)

Lyng (27462080)

Given his premise Auto Chess should probably have been on there. Great video though.

Lyng (27455900)

That game is soooo good. Best party game in...perhaps ever.

Lyng (27458772)

Yeah its such a gem. Currently in the running as our Game of the Year.

Lyng (27430974)

yep thankfully you can ignore it. My issues with it is that the writing is very bad, as in makes Pirates of the Caribbean look amazing bad. And on top of that it just makes the setup more fiddly without adding any real gameplay depth. The mechanics are also completely separated from the theme, which makes the campaign part even less engaging. But the core game, without the campaign, is great. It is a satisfying puzzle, where you are constantly juggling your cards, movements and ship upgrades to squeeze out the most points. As a engine building game with multi use cards it works really well.

Lyng (27418121)

Next week I am writing my review for Maracaibo. The translations for Tapestry and Maracaibo will be posted later this month or early next year. Impressions of Maracaibo: Very solid core game. Campaign is a huge miss.

Lyng (27372906)

So we just received a review copy today. I will make sure to get it played so we can get it in the game of the year discussions. The review will be in danish and wont be finished before january, but I will make sure to post a TLDR in english and our rating in here if you guys are interested.

Lyng (27301205)

As much as I love AoE 2 it’s such a weird jack-of-all trades to me. It has the civilization developing thing and feels very much like a super light city builder at times, and then the combat on top of all that. Personally I prefer Rise of Nations for that kind of “mix”. If I want pure tactical combat rts I tend to prefer the company of heroes games. And if I want city building I prefer the Anno series. Oh and for those who hate the hyper focus on apm there is Northgaard which is absolutely fantastic. All that having been said AoE 2 DE is a great game that gives me a nice nostalgic feeling.

Lyng (27301330)

the AI in FM is heaps better and also the scouting in FM is in a league of its own, to the point where actual professional managers use it as a tool. Especially with the improvements in this years version Football manager is a management sim that is unrivaled in quality.

Lyng (27279631)

yup the devs really seem like they want to make this game great and that they know it wasn’t.

Lyng (27279274)

pretty much. Its weird to hear people flaming a dev for not abandoning their failed game. Anthem is quite a bad game but some of the hate and Schadenfreude, on Era, over its failure is weird.

Lyng (27279576)

yeah hard agree with you. Origins is vastly better than the two other games in the series, both in story and combat.

Lyng (27279531)

Metacritic of 92 is not underrated at all. Keep in mind it had performance issues. I love Bloodborne and would rate it a 10/10, but given the issues with performance and the, somewhat, obtuse storytelling I don’t think it’s unfair that it ended up at 92.

Lyng (27170528)

The ending in Persona 5. I loved the game and it was easily going to be my game of the year that year, but then the ending came along. And while that ending was somewhat in line with the rest of the series, it didnt fit the overall theme and message of the rest of the game and completely ruined the depth of the "evil" characters and their motivations. It destroyed the game for me.

Lyng (27168983)

absolutely and my predictions earlier are, like everyone else right now, guesswork. We won’t know how the subscription landscape turns out before all factors are fully in play. I still think it’s a better move from Microsoft to go for the pc crowd instead of trying to sway the hardcore PlayStation fans.

Lyng (27168026)

Pretty much this. It’s quite recent that they have begun actively targeting the pc players.

Lyng (27167923)

they have a large amount of subscribers already and it’s steadily growing.

Lyng (27145705)

the guy I quoted compared them so it was to answer him. I agree they are different things. If you notice I don’t reference ps+ further down in the reply. But yes you are right :)

Lyng (27152337)

yeah several of them bounced hard of the outer worlds. And I get that to be honest. The writing is kind of juvenile and the combat is very bland. It’s a good game but not great.

Lyng (27145503)

psNow and ps+ are terrible compared to game pass. Sony will probably sell more hardware than ms but unless they drastically change their lineup on psNow, MS will own the subscription market. Also cross saves between pc and Xbox combined with the value of game pass will sell more Xbox consoles then Era in general wants to admit. I also feel that the developers Microsoft has brought in house lately are, for a large part, PC darlings. It seems instead of trying to gain ground on the console exclusive market, they are targeting the pc players, which might prove a smart move. Personally I am going PC, Xbox and Switch at home next gen.

Lyng (27129991)

it fits the game remarkably well. I hated the name until I played the game. I love the name now. DE is a storytelling and writing masterpiece.

Lyng (27097357)

On Pc 2019 has been fantastic.

Lyng (27050448)

Nah they just need to add a knockout ranked mode.

Lyng (26994182)

What old board games did you enjoy?

Lyng (26989865)

I think Paul is dearly missed. He was a excellent counterpoint to Quins and their work together was fantastic. It feels like the balance left when Paul left.

Lyng (26989646)

Yeah its a much better game. Sadly I have heard several critics unironically calling the writing in Disco Elysium bad/childish while at the same time praising the writing in Outer worlds....baffles the mind.

Lyng (26991812)

Well they even claimed it allowed for you to be racist and was neutral about racism, so clearly anything slightly deeper than Pepper Pig would be flying over their heads... I am not going to name names though. If people are consuming their stuff they would already have heard it :) Its rare that I feel like yelling at my headphones but this was very close hehe.

Lyng (26980727)

I had a similar experience with the mafia game SUSD hyped to the high heavens. When I finally got it to the table it was a fiddly mess of a design with way to many complexities, while at the same time being very loose (ruleswise) and often the game would end in rule discussions rather than actual game.

Lyng (26842897)

So Knockout mode completely killed Battlegrounds for me!

Lyng (26913487)

Fortnite and Dota Auto Chess

Lyng (26918588)

I love it when first post just nails it

Lyng (26812373)

Yeah Joel is a good dude. And thats what I love about his approach to this very delicate subject. Its not just a white mans version of the native american struggles, but instead he aims to tell the real story.

Lyng (26810405)

Thats a weird excuse when the other auto battlers are free and great too, yet somehow dont have this kind of shenanigans in them.

Lyng (26810477)

Great write up. When I talked to Tony the other day I had the choice to review this or Tank Duel. After reading this I am sad I chose Tank Duel :P Oh and sidenote: The designer of Navajo Wars (and Comancheria) Joel Toppen is a pretty great guy as well.

Lyng (26798877)

You are paying and getting an advantage. What else would you call it?

Lyng (26796660)

No that would be Half Life 3

Lyng (26797151)

Its essentially a form of pay to win and its quite frankly disgusting.

Lyng (26705199)

Ranked duo and turbo mode is really cool! But man they need to do something about the Underlords.

Lyng (26714819)

Yeah that would definately make them better. Also add more Underlords Volvo!!! Having only two is simply not enough.

Lyng (26705093)

My one big issue with this game is the carousel. The fact that you cannot mouse over and see what heroes they are is just dumb.

Lyng (26680058)

I really enjoyed the choice of freedom in Outer Worlds, but I have a ton of issues with it: the humor didn’t land for me and felt like we where laughing at the people being abused by the companies. The skill system was bland. Apart from Pavarti and Sam the followers just annoyed me. And it was just way to easy, even on hard. That having been said it’s still better than Fallout 4 imo.

Lyng (26572831)

Yeah the only digital card game that truly got draft right is Magic Online.

Lyng (26572726)

So I went back to Hearthstone today after extensive Runeterra play this weekend and man its not even close. LoR takes a massive dump all over Hearthstone in every single aspect. The mana system is better, its more balanced already, the turn structure is leagues above, the monetization is much better, spells work more interestingly. There is actual player interaction on each turn!

Lyng (26570523)

I am so happy to finally be able to share my SpaceCorp review with you guys. As some of you might know I was completely gone from game reviewing due to my wife having a severe depression and other family issues. My wife is much better now, and in the future I will actually solely be reviewing board games for Joypad.dk, and leave the video games to the other guys. Let me know what you think of the review. The next review I will be doing is Maracaibo from Alexander Pfister and after that Tapestry.

Lyng (26525591)

One of the best ways to illustrate how insanely moronic the console wars is, is to look at how desperately some people scramble to find anything negative to say about a product like Gamepass. The whole “bu...buh...but think about the deeeevs!!!” schtick is quite transparent.

Lyng (26498805)

Have to say this game is a treat. Not sure I like the pick 3 cards at a time in draft but other than that this game rocks. Its like the perfect marriage of all other CCG's with a much better payment model. Sad for my wife though who has had streams running for about 40 hours by now, between the last and this beta and still no drop :(

Lyng (26447340)

Well....I will go with you as far as the best content of Destiny 2 (Forsaken) was largely created by Activision owned support studios and shadowkeep is utter shite compared to Forsaken. That having been said I dont think Activision is the answer to a better Destiny (or any game really) in the future.

Lyng (26432512)

Been playing all day. Done with it by now. To much imbalance between heroes and the fact that you get to choose between 3 instead of two if you buy 30 of the new packs is disgusting. And positioning matters abit, but its still almost entirely rng where things hit and that can and will often cost you a match. Much like Hearthstone is a super simplified version of magic, this is a super simplified auto battler. If you want quick fun without complexity this is very good for that. If you want a deep auto battler stick to Underlords or TFT.

Lyng (26406403)

It can easily be adjusted and its beta. That having been said it is something they need to adress because YES it is an issue if choice of hero can decide as much as it does right now. In TFT and Underlords position matters more and there are more synergies and wiggle room, and you have economy you can use and items. Battlegrounds has far fewer decisions to make and the heroes matter alot more to your wins than underlords do in underlords.

Lyng (26406947)

Yeah thats another problem for me. Having to get 30 packs to get the choice. Having the choice of three instead of two is a huge difference when only two thirds of the heroes are in a good spot as you put it, and putting that choice between either playing a game you dont like or paying up for something that then is worthless to you is just a crummy design. I still think its a good game btw, there are just some issues they need to address during the beta.

Lyng (26405191)

One massive issue is the balance difference between heroes.

Lyng (26395817)

This is good fun. Played two matches, got second place twice. I really like the pace of the matches. This is a nice, very simple and very fast autobattler. It’s similar enough to give that nice fuzzy warm auto battler feel, while also being different enough to warrant playing alongside one of the other more complex autobattlers.

Lyng (26249369)

Yeah glacial is and was very strong. When I go glacial as base I allways end up in top 3

Lyng (26244703)

Its neither. Disney+ is delivering the Mandalorian which is likely the most expensive tv show ever. Sony is not delivering things like that day one, but seemingly later down the line. In any case the gaming landscape is very different from movies and thus needs its own approach. Microsoft’s approach is smart for a company that has catching up to do. Sony is taking the smart approach given their market position and usual first party sales figures. Both companies are doing the right thing based on their unique market positions.

Lyng (26123956)

I completely agree

Lyng (26113769)

As a Dane who grew up learning about “our” mythology I know quite a bit about it. Two things: 1) The Sylvanas comment was meant as a joke and a slight dig at Blizzard. 2) GoW version of Norse mythology is very far from actual Norse mythology. Edit: it’s true it’s closer than a lot of other versions but still takes quite a few liberties. (Which is fine)

Lyng (26112825)

With how She is beeing portraied lately Sylvanas would probably destroy him.

Lyng (26063131)

Yeah same here. Having brawl only on wednesdays hurt it alot for me. At the same time Riot are completely changing the landscape of monetization in card games with their upcomming game and Wotc really need to step up there game if they dont want Arena bleed players.

Lyng (25715824)

So this where I avatar quote isn’t it?

Lyng (25690238)

Damn those personal attacks on Gregg are disgusting...

Lyng (25665320)

Amazing to hear! Really happy for you

Lyng (25576148)

I wonder if there are some draw shenanigans going on. Built a Teemo deck and had 42 mushrooms in his deck while he had 20 cards left. Yet repeatedly he would only draw 1 or 2 at most on his turn. This has happened in several games now, making me wonder if there if the draw is not actually rng.

Lyng (25541199)

No we wont mate. We will rely on Kasper and then get a 93 minute random goal :b

Lyng (25530196)

When you make a draft game where there is one meta that is pretty much the only thing that works you will end up with a game where the winners get bored and those experimenting get destroyed. If you want a in depth take on why Underlords is actually failing listen to the latest Arena Athletes podcast, where a MTG pro who made top 100 lords in Underlords explains the issues.

Lyng (25530562)

So I got a surprise package yesterday which turned out to be Tapestry. Apparently Jamie wanted me to review it. Due to family and health issues I have been on a hiatus from any games writing, but I will begin doing board game reviews again. Expect my Tapestry review to be done mid November.

Lyng (25532257)

Not a video game but this is the closest to the “feel” of the books:

Lyng (25459047)

Man a "wow such luck" emote would be so nice. Just lost a BO3 traditional draft match to the most umost utter cunt I have met since leaving Hearthstone. Not only did the idiot rope everytime a card went against him, he ended winning with the most disgusting combo of topdicks and foot / witch only to end the game with an Oops emote. And then the second match I ended up mana screwed despite keeping 3 mana in hand and having a 18 land deck. Man I wish limited in Arena wasnt so silly.

Lyng (25437510)

Good on St. Pauli for firing Sahin after his stupid Pro genocide Instagram post.

Lyng (25439383)

Yup agree 100%

Lyng (25416322)

Well they where going of having tried the combat which was a ton of fun, and with Biowares history of great stories (and Destiny 2 having an utterly shite one) I can see why there was hope. In the end the loot system was a joke, the skill system was flawed, the campaign to short and open ended, not to mention the million upon million of bugs and utterly baffling design decisions, and Anthem sadly ended up being a very bad game. Destiny 2 apart from Forsaken is simply utterly mediocre, which is still vastly better than its competitors sadly.

Lyng (25403648)

Having ties is very mild way of putting it. The amount of influence the chinese government puts on its companies is very different than purely capitalist countries. I know what a social democracy is since I live in one, and very much enjoy it. I would never want Denmark to become communist instead. Edit: I should probably say that I have relatives who where imprisoned and tortured in the east german communist regime, and thus that obviously paints the way I view those kinds of regimes. That having been said I dont believe a capitalist society is good or let alone better just to be clear.

Lyng (25400629)

All successful companies are either owned by the state or, in cases like Huawei and Lenovo have extremely close ties with the government. So in that aspect China is very much still communist.

Lyng (25389584)

My daughter is four and my son 18 months. You will have plenty of time to play games. That having been said, babies are amazing and will give you more joy than any game ever could. :)

Lyng (25386003)

Having the ability to cast bombs and still have mana for counters on your opponents turn is insanely strong right now.

Lyng (25378962)

So many decks with wilderness reclamation. Ugh... I had a feeling that would happen when you have a set with shit mana.

Lyng (25386209)

It wasn't as necessary to play before because you had plenty of mana is what I mean.

Lyng (25351014)

Lock is simply a variance on Counter / disgard mechanics. If anything I find it far less rage inducing since you dont loose your cards entirely.

Lyng (25322629)

Yeah it’s a real treasure easily in my top 10 of the year.

Lyng (25317226)

It did but hitlers Germany didn’t implode, they lost the war. Their brainwashing was highly effective and kept most Germans, not only in check, but actively supporting the Reich.

Lyng (25317564)

true and eventually these things will collapse. but propaganda, high economic influence and fear is a powerful cocktail.

Lyng (25316714)

People doubting statewide brainwashing need to read up on history. Stalins USSR, Eastern Germany before the wall fell, hitlers nazi Germany. Rwanda. Serbia. All used propaganda and brainwashing to make neighbors kill each other and blindly follow the oppressive government.

Lyng (25304662)

Okay so I have the weirdest issue. I have a iPhone X, IPad 2018 and Apple tv. All have os13 and use the same Apple ID and account. So I decided to do the free trial and downloading and playing the games on the IPhone works perfect, and they even get downloaded simultaneously on the Apple TV, however when I launch them there I just get sent to the “try for free now” screen, and if I press that button I get a “you are already subscribed. The same happens when I try do download the directly on the Apple TV. Anyone else had this?

Lyng (25298006)

Yeah they clearly don’t dare bite the hand that feeds them. Disappointing. Kibler on the other hand

Lyng (25291197)

Yup. Very disappointed in Taliesen and Eviatel as I fully expected them of all people to comment on this.

Lyng (25283344)

Yup which incidentally makes Blizzard look even worse.

Lyng (25284461)

Fuck Thijs then. I have unsubbed my wow subscription and I will not review any more Blizzard products let alone play them at all as long as Blizzard keep this stance.

Lyng (25267236)

So my wife and me and a couple we are close friends with have begun playing Artifact together. Its actually a ton of fun to do draft tournaments together. Its like cubedrafting magic, except we can do it online and only had to pay the cost of Artifact. Highly recommend it.

Lyng (25267335)

Ah yeah sorry about that. I did consider if this would disappoint some people, but we have been enjoying the game this way so much that I really wanted to share it with fellow Artifact lovers.

Lyng (25250558)

Disgraceful. I hope they walk this back. If not I hope everyone boycuts them.

Lyng (25249399)

Brass Birmingham is very good at two. Very different from regular Brass that sucked at two.

Lyng (25249219)

Personally I enjoy Bo3 standard. Especially as long as draft is versus bots and thus kinda broken.

Lyng (25249372)

No the question was stated as F2p system. And in that context is silly to pull in Dota 2. If you look strictly at cosmetics you can actually get the rare drop here and there in dota. Also with Dota you have to take the steam market into consideration. If you want to compare what you can get for a few cents compared to what things will cost you in Apex, Dota is actually much cheaper. Comparing the two games as a whole package you get a very different picture then the one you where trying to paint.

Lyng (25249245)

Well the question you quoted asked if there was a worse f2p system than Apex and you named Dota.

Lyng (25249203)

In Dota all heroes are free to use. Even with a meager 8 heroes in Apex, two of them are locked behind pay/grind wall.

Lyng (25217540)

Yup same here

Lyng (25207019)

We really need a way to report cunts that pull the plug resulting in a draw. Just had this happen again against some dimir mill player who, of course, couldnt handle being outplayed.

Lyng (25206165)

I dont think how many people care about Bo3 is relevant in this context. The issue is that magic is more or less designed around sideboarding.

Lyng (25201245)

To many good players would reach 11 wins with BO3. This was always meant as a lottery. Which in the end hurts the game because it makes matches toxic.

Lyng (25194529)

Yeah its still to early to tell. Golos seems to be the strongest deck right now. I am running a version with Agents of Treachery instead of the Giants. But I have a feeling mono red will become insane once it gets completely figured out. Thorbrand is just a nuts card and I have a feeling we will eventually see a version that just kills you too fast to react to.

Lyng (25193343)

I was on a fantastic winning streak until I ran into dimir mill. This is why we need a "why dont you go fuck yourself" emote :p And then after that a Bolos / Chandra awakened deck. Man I hate chandra inferno. Such a bullshit card. And all the rares I got where garbage xD

Lyng (25134972)

Yeah this needs to be fixed. Has happened to me quite a few times by now. Very infuriating.

Lyng (25120857)

I am really curious to what actually happened to PES. It seems weird to remove a game about the biggest sport in the world and then later have a month with a game about a niche sport, if the reason for removing PES was backlash.

Lyng (25104522)

So what is your most hated card in magic? Mine is Chandra Awakened inferno. It feels epicly bad to loose to because of how stupid the plus 2 abillity is. It makes her incredible hard to kill and gives you a overpowered clock to play against. Either you have an imidiate answer or you just loose the game. Its just a dumb card. And add in cards like Thorbrand and it becomes even more insane. But she is far from overpowered with her cost. She just feels bad to loose to.

Lyng (25106941)

Yeah she is a fair card. Like I said for me personally the Death by 1000 cuts really gets to me. Yeah I get why simic flash would be annoying as a whole :)

Lyng (25068915)

Killing opponents with Cauldron Familiar and Witches oven just never truly get old.

Lyng (25050765)

You are still limited. Afterall there are no three color lands. Also I dont mind shocklands as you have to pay for having more colors. The issue comes when playing more than two colors is simply not worth it because the game is over to quick. Interesting card games are about interaction. The more you limit creativity from players and options in deck construction the less interactive it gets. Edit: I just want people to not be forced into certain colors. Whether that is going to be the case is obviously to early to tell, I am just abit worried.

Lyng (25048502)

Why not?

Lyng (25052871)

But If they restrict mana too much you end up with just play the best mono this pr that with their best cards which is even more limited. Like I said its to early to judge, but simply being forced Into mono decks isnt fun. Edit: How are people finding M20 and Eldraine limited so far? I really haven’t played much limited before the rotation but am thoroughly enjoying it right now. Going Ranked draft into Traditional draft into standard and back again, gives a nice change of pace and keeps every game feeling fresh.

Lyng (25053156)

No no this will always be a subjective topic of course :) and I agree about mana during invasion being to good by the way.

Lyng (25055421)

Exp share was half the experience. This is even distribution. It’s completely different.

Lyng (25030925)

I think esper control is dead in this current meta. Which is pretty damn sad to me. Edit: The issue is I spent all my wildcards on building esper because its pretty much the only deck I enjoy, but wotc nuked it with their idiotic "we need shit mana now" stance, while at the same time making green (vomit) and black have insane tempo.

Lyng (25029412)

The only deck i have lost to with it was mono red cavalcafe. Simic food was almost free wins. Just need to hard mulligan for Doom Foretold I will say however that simic flash seems to strong right now. I even have the deck but refuse to rank with it simply because it kinda feels bad to play. Simply not playing the game is just not fun for me. I feel the same about mill.

Lyng (25032035)

To clarify I enjoy mono black. But mono green was already strong before rotation and now its even more insane. Even in two Color setups green shines. Gruul, Golgari, Simic are all at the very top. Ah yes you Can do alot of fun stof with boros, and several very different kind of token decks.

Lyng (25000961)

What rank are you playing at? What is your decklist? What decks are you primarily facing? Let us help you :)

Lyng (25002095)

Have you tried Faeria?

Lyng (24997815)

I think lands can be interesting if you add mechanics to them, which they have done this time around. Sadly most of the mechanics are shite and the fact that any "not-complete-shit" land is a rare is an issue, especially in a set like Eldraine where lands are kinda bad. I think Netrunner and Mythgard are probably the best implementations of resource systems while Hearthstone is probably the worst given its limiting nature. That having been said I still think the times where lands are the determining factor of your win/loss is very limited.

Lyng (24954784)

I mean...you are not wrong

Lyng (24954017)

So Bryan Gotliebs Dance of the manse/doom foretold deck is insane. Played it in the “play any deck event” and it wrecks everything I have faced. Sadly lack rare wildcards for the lands

Lyng (24930653)

Yeah it’s pretty busted. All decks I met in my sealed run where, at the very least, splashing green which says it all.

Lyng (24923583)

Probably going to stick to limited until I finish all shocklands and fabled passage. Esper control seems impossible to get to work without.

Lyng (24920768)

Henge is one of the best bombs in the set for limited so I am not surprised.

Lyng (24900617)

I never gave two shits about Magic Lore, so that’s probably why this doesn’t bother me. I do however love the artwork and the talented artists that do the card art, and I enjoy how they have been playing with old fairy tales in this set. To me this is one of the most interesting and fresh recent sets from a artwork perspective.

Lyng (24901899)

Yup those are boring. However these to me are absolutely fantastic, and draw you into their world and say a million things while letting the imagination run wild.

Lyng (24883373)

Bingo. This is really the correct answer.

Lyng (24880904)

Just had the worst experience ever in my time in magic. Playing my own version of esper control against that gates deck that everyone seems to run these days. Completely outplayed my opponent get my dominaria to 8 when he topdecks a agent of treachery and thus gets to ultimate my planeswalker and win the game despite being completely out of the game. That dude should really play the lottery today.

Lyng (24847245)

Yeah this sounds fun. My favorite magic creature is Thief of Sanity so this is my jam!

Lyng (24779063)

I have been having alot of fun and quite decent success with a red/white cavalcade deck. in fact my winrate with this is much higher than the mono red version. This is actually not strictly a aggro deck but more of a OTK-ish deck. Dont expect to reach mythic with it, but if you guys have the cards give it a shot and let me hear your thoughts. 4 Cavalcade of Calamity (RNA) 95 9 Plains (ANA) 61 4 Haazda Marshal (GRN) 13 4 Healer's Hawk (GRN) 14 2 Temple of Triumph (M20) 257 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (WAR) 137 4 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame (M20) 126 3 Scampering Scorcher (M20) 158 3 Skyknight Vanguard (M20) 218 4 Scorch Spitter (M20) 159 12 Mountain (ANA) 64 4 Light Up the Stage (RNA) 107 1 Chandra's Regulator (M20) 131 1 Sacred Foundry (GRN) 254 4 Chandra's Spitfire (M20) 132

Lyng (24783222)

Bernardo Silva is a racist aswell Edit: didn’t see Beefy had already posted. Disgusting behavior. Wonder if Pep will be forced to react.

Lyng (24747526)

haha good point! Might aswell start the bluffs before the game even begins.

Lyng (24746687)

So ended up reaching 100. Really like the sleeve, even if I hardly ever play red decks.

Lyng (24709790)

Very cool that they are considering cube draft at some point.

Lyng (24629838)

Its a great chance. Makes the event not feel bad to play.

Lyng (24599942)

Yeah this event should only be played if you dont like your gold. Had my second loss to an opponent who got three "gain control of creatures" in a row. disgusting Played the event twice now. 4 straight losses strickly because my opponent got bombs and I got duds. Yeah this event is not for me. This will be for people who like the crossroads event in hearthstone.

Lyng (24571749)

This is event has almost completely taken my will to play magic arena away. Loosing on the second game feels horrible and you are more or less forced to grind this to have any chance of completing the battlepass. Definately not buying the next battlepass, and I have a feeling several players wont. Like the Professor said about the paper brawl packs not including codes for arena, WotC just seem completely unable to make business decisions that make long term sense.

Lyng (24570201)

Any game where optimization/improvement of stats is a core part of gameplay, more statistical information will almost always be better. They should be optional though.

Lyng (24474492)

It was the best part about Artifact. You could even do phantom draft with your friends.

Lyng (24455066)

I have been getting consistent wins (currently 20 - 1 W/L) with this simic flash deck. Have met every tier 1 deck and it can and often will beat every one of them. Key is to counter their key cards, and then let the wolfs be your brigade until they run out of creatures and answers.¨Its also quite cheap to build. 4 Spectral Sailor (M20) 76 11 Island (ANA) 57 4 Brineborn Cutthroat (M20) 50 1 Faerie Duelist (RNA) 39 4 Nightpack Ambusher (M20) 185 8 Forest (ANA) 60 4 Frilled Mystic (RNA) 174 2 Essence Capture (RNA) 37 2 Quench (RNA) 48 2 Negate (M20) 69 2 Sinister Sabotage (GRN) 54 3 Convolute (M20) 55 1 Temple of Mystery (M20) 255 4 Unsummon (M20) 78 4 Thornwood Falls (M20) 258 4 Growth Spiral (RNA) 178

Lyng (24383793)

Yeah and the odd loss here and there will really sting. Its very much a Wotc way of doing a thing in arena. I dont know what happened lately but the client was so fantastic early on.

Lyng (24291313)

Yes it is absolutely becoming ONE of the best.

Lyng (24239889)

Even if it’s true to the original artwork I have to say it’s very off putting.

Lyng (24241042)

I cant get enough brawl. This is the first of the free events where I just keep playing and playing. Havent touched standard since this event came out.

Lyng (24219153)

The sacrifice deck can pretty easily counter it. They seem fairly balanced.

Lyng (24216746)

Yeah I agree. It would be so cool if Brawl was something we could always play. Really enjoying this event.

Lyng (24219567)

Actually havent met the band ramp deck yet

Lyng (24207459)

I will just recommend people listen to the latest Three Moves Ahead podcast episode where they discuss the characters and story of Fire Emblem Three Houses, and why it works so well compared to games like Persona 5 and Fates.

Lyng (24195379)

I am thoroughly enjoying playing a hunter. Stutter stepping, actually using arrows and keeping your pet happy makes it so much more of a rpg experience.

Lyng (24195428)

Wingspan is a great game. I feel it got severely underrated by a lot of critics who simply wrote it off as having no decisions, which couldn’t be further from the truth. If you are interested, the English translation of my review can be found here:

Lyng (5980846)

Thats exactly how I feel about the first one, and the second one is probably my favourite movie of all time. The only sad thing about Blade Runner 2049 is the villain. Jared Leto was a last minute call, originally the part was made for, and was to be played by David Bowie. Sadly he passed away. Imagine Wallace portrayed by Bowie! Also its easily the best movie of 2017.

Lyng (5986992)

Watch enemy if the other two are to simple for your taste.

Lyng (5987042)

Yup that was my exact thought when it was first revealed to me. :(

Lyng (24129270)

For Switch and PC it has been very good. Heck we even got a new genre in 2019

Lyng (24083409)

Yeah saw that too. Seems like Pyrewood undeads are a great bunch :)

Lyng (24058561)

Funny enough the only downright unfriendly / hostile person I have met so far was a dwarf passing through the undead area. It could be fun if it was possible to find out the average amount of toxic people per race.

Lyng (24055795)

Weird I am on that server at the undead areas have been full of great chat and friendly people?

Lyng (23966458)

Fuck him. But man she is brave and awesome. I hope she gets some kind of justice.

Lyng (23966029)

Very reasonable imho

Lyng (23938607)

Knight of the Ebon Legion is not just good its broken. The cost to value ratio is of the charts. If it was a 1/1 then it would maybe be balanced. But as its stands now its insane. Especially with the current tools to keep it alive and get it back. And I enjoy competitive BO3 very much. Having issues with a decks balance doesnt mean you cannot enjoy competitive.

Lyng (23938024)

People just playing standard vampires and winning in the event because that deck is beyond broken.

Lyng (23914330)

Imagine OG with Conan or Fallon instead of that women hater Ninja. They are so naturally likable

Lyng (23912353)

Best team ever!

Lyng (23911892)

It is indeed. Personally I love them. Been a fan of Notail for many years and I really love OG’s playstyle. But yeah it’s different strokes for different people obviously.

Lyng (23911667)

What do you not like about OG? Being Danish I am obviously biased to love them.

Lyng (23907921)

I do. Jan and Jeff are so enjoyable to listen to and I personally think they all have great chemistry. I really like East too but Dan and Bakalar somehow really grind my gears and I can’t really listen to them in to large portions. Really miss Drew and Austin though.

Lyng (23666032)

I might be done with standard until rotation. Sick and tired of vampires.

Lyng (23655709)

Who ever thought printing Knight of the Ebon Legion was a good idea needs to get fired.

Lyng (23604284)

If you guys want some extremely high quality magic content on Youtube, I highly recommend the channel Rhystic Studies. He doesnt really show decks or talk about meta, but instead does in depth documentary style videos on various aspects of Magic.

Lyng (23558691)

The best wrestling is storytelling told in the matches. Season 1 and 2 where NJPW and AEW whereas season three feels like WWE: lots of talk and tits but no cohesion... Edit: before people go nuts this was meant in jest mostly. I do believe the first seasons where better, but still a lot of great acting.

Lyng (23545967)

5 episodes in so far and this season is easily the worst for me. It feels so aimless and all about cramming in as much ass and tits as possible. While the show always has been about the characters, the overall wrestling theme glued it together. This seasons doesn’t seem to have an overall theme and thus feels aimless and disjointed. Still a lot of great acting to be found though.

Lyng (23512715)

Bad/clunky controls Overly restrictive / linear ways to complete quests ie. getting failstates for not doing a mission exactly like the dev envisioned. Loli characters P2w micro transactions

Lyng (23322952)

Oh I think maybe said it in a weird way. What I meant is that as long as it is behind 18+ I dont see the issue with streamers showing skin.

Lyng (23322743)

But 18+ should just be 18+. The whole boobies are dangerous line of thinking seems...weird.

Lyng (23322261)

I think there is a difference between showing boobs and hardcore porn. :) That having been said I do agree the rules a clearly written and it seems the women who actually stream on mixer are happy with how things are there, which should always be the main focus.

Lyng (23322046)

While I agree that clearly defined rules are better than the ambiguous mess that is Twitch, I honestly don’t understand why people can’t just wear whatever they want or nothing if they want on a 18+ stream?

Lyng (23272079)

What deck are you playing?

Lyng (23272166)

Wow so much white aggro on ladder. /vomit

Lyng (23269721)

I love the new patch. The loosing changes are super interesting. And of course fighting on the same board is something I have wanted for the longest time.

Lyng (23242139)

BG's combat really hasnt aged well in my opinion and I vastly prefer DA:O's. Other than that its hard to disagree.

Lyng (23071564)

but I feel those roll changes dont really come into play until its too late?

Lyng (23069774)

I feel the loosing streak changes are ruining the game for me. It vastly increases how early game rng affects your overall game.

Lyng (23031489)

Well played Sir

Lyng (23019343)

So this game seems to have devolved into primordials the race game...

Lyng (22961932)

Just fyi before someone does the same mistake as me. Dont activate a twitch prime sub in hopes of getting a free boros deck. Even though the banner on Arena says its redeemable until July 25, that only goes for people who got the code of their prime sub before June 25. The offer is not available any more.

Lyng (22773376)

That would be a silly move. BO3 ranked is one of the major things that makes this game superior to something like Hearthstone

Lyng (22740312)

In Auto chess certain synergies (like mages) where almost an auto loss against some creeps. I agree that they nerfed them to much in Underlords but in DAC they where to hard. I think TFT has struck a nice balance there.

Lyng (22642041)

I agree with every single point you made there man!

Lyng (22498403)

Just had the dream:

Lyng (22499325)

Yeah was looking for the RNG loves me emote

Lyng (22488949)

Cant wait for the battlepass. They really need something beyond a ladder to grind for. TFT is doing great work in that aspect.

Lyng (22488927)

Again never said it was the correct way. Simply said it was how we would act given the Thailand circumstances. For some reason that riles you lot up a great deal...

Lyng (22487725)

The fans absolutely. And in rivalries yes. But not when the team is vastly inferior. Obviously a Liverpool vs United match is going to get heated. But if United beat Swindon town fc 13 - 0 you are not going to see any over the top celebrations. Also even Liverpool United or Tottenham vs Arsenal are quite civilized matches now. It was insane in the 90's but not anymore. And there is a difference in gloating over a rival and someone not even in the same league. You really have to not have played any kind of sport yourselve to not be able to grasp that.

Lyng (22489280)

Haha whatever man. Enjoy the bbq mate :)

Lyng (22487762)

You refused to read huh? Everyone celebrates and should. But you rarely if ever see European teams celebrate past the 4-0 against lower league teams. The reason I mention denmark is that we would not even be able to beat andorra with multiple digits. And Janteloven is a very ingraned part of our lifestyle. If you are humiliating a clearly inferiour opponent after a win your are going to get your own fans pissed at you.

Lyng (22486820)

Did I say it was wrong? I said it’s a difference in sports culture. Which is also why the reaction to it is polar opposite between Americans and the rest of the soccer world.

Lyng (22487091)

No I am talking about the way they celebrated after the 4th goal compared to the US players.

Lyng (22486668)

The only relevant one to the given scenario was Germany destroying Brazil. The Germans chose to not humiliate the other team further, the Americans didn’t. It’s a culture thing.

Lyng (22487439)

Oh for fucks sake its right here in the thread. The comparrison with the germans win against brazil. I would love to find examples of danish teams but quite frankly we rarely win so that would be difficult. I could list every single NFL match where every single touch down is celebrated in the most insane ways. Yes you will get insane celebrations in euro football all the time, but not once a team is down by more than 4 goals, especially if that team is from the lower leagues. In Denmark we have the concept of Janteloven. If you are truly interested in the difference go look that up. I think you will find that to be in stark contrast to the "American Dream" way of life. And to really underline it since its apparently difficult to understand: I love the passion the americans show. Its just weird to see against clearly inferior teams when that is not something we are used to here.

Lyng (22487222)

Haha oh dear. I am Danish thank you very much. I am not salty. If you would read my comments I have said several times I thought the tea thing was funny and cool. And yes I find it weird to be celebrating like mad after even the seventh goal against a team severely under your level. But that doesnt mean I think it is wrong, but it is very much a thing you see with US athletes, that they celebrate every little victory to the fullest, wheras europeans tend to be more reserved when a team is utterly defeated. Its simply a difference in culture. Why that pisses some of you of so much is beyond me?

Lyng (22486015)

I guess it’s a culture thing. No need to discuss it further

Lyng (22489434)

Gaara is also streaming it now. Seems interesting

Lyng (22476176)

Oh damn thought it would be a Superhumman appreciation thread

Lyng (22476211)

They are one of the most scoring nations in World Cup history... for a men’s game that 7-1 was insane, especially given that Brazil was one the favorites to win the wc.

Lyng (22482887)

It is simply a personal preference. I dont see any reason to wildly celebrate goals once your are past 4 or 5-0. The game is won already. No need to dunk further on the loosing team.

Lyng (22475814)

A bit difficult to find out sinde the US mens team never win...

Lyng (22476133)

The top World Cup scorer of all time is German...

Lyng (22475946)

I know. But you cant hand out a free goal like that and not expect me to take the shot ;).. To answer Your question its pretty much the same. The players who do these tend to be loved by their fans and hated by the opposition. It’s rare to see behavior like that from the Thailand game in men’s matches. Especially on the EC and WC stage.

Lyng (22474003)

The Tea sipping thing was alot of fun. The stupid overhyped celebrations against Thailand after completely destroying them was pretty bad form. That having been said I hope someone saves this thread for when the next time the US mens team gets destroyed and the opponents celebrate by building a wall.

Lyng (22448296)

OneBillion code works

Lyng (22442677)

The thing is if they had added Detroit they would give choice. Now they are forcing a change upon their customers. And even if the majority (or at least the US playerbase) prefers this change, doing this swap on the day of the new titles and not a few days in advance to allow customers to cancel / not resub to the service based on the offering is a restriction of choice in my view.

Lyng (22441151)

Yeah Fox just keep doing disgusting and dumb shit. Also good on Lianne for not dragging all of the US for the shit Fox pull. Edit: And as usual Rio is being a proper class act. Focusing on the positives

Lyng (22439438)

Lyng (22441130)

Oh absolutely and I was laughing hard at the Tea jab from Morgan. I was merely trying to make some sense of the english outrage.

Lyng (22439364)

I think the reason British fans are so frustrated by the Tea thing and the general American behavior is that it’s just not something you do in soccer. Usually you celebrate your win, no need for this petty teasing of the other team. And people who do act petty like a Mourinho or a Suarez are widely hated And then you add the whole Us vs Europe angle on top and it’s going to end in a mess.

Lyng (22429478)

Of course it is. If they added the game on top of the other two it would be a fantastic service. If they simply gave the choice between the two that would be great too. Simply listening to outrage from one part of your consumers and then, on the day of doing a swap and thus shitting on the other part of your consumers isn’t great costumer service. Surely even you must be able to grasp that.

Lyng (22430252)

True but when several people start adding “oh and your a writer, Michael Jordan.gif” and stuff like that to their comments it gets grating. I am sorry for that last part. You are right of course.

Lyng (22429690)

What is the difference? Genuine question as English is not my native language

Lyng (22418836)

Man if this is solely due to backlash they have set a dangerous precedent. Also this way of handling it is about as anti consumer as it gets. Either simply add Detroit on top of the other two or let people choose.

Lyng (22417176)

How is that in any Way awsome? All the people looking forward to PES are getting fucked over

Lyng (22407720)

Yeah the item rng in TFT is so rampant that it completely negates any kind of tactical thinking in that game. That anyone would prefer that over Underlords is beyond me. Then again there are people who genuinly enjoy playing Monopoly so I guess I shouldnt be surprised.

Lyng (22407682)

Fate of Nexus is such a dumb card. They should really ban it from Arena. Forcing your opponent to watch you play with yourselv for half an hour until you find your wincon is plain bad design.

Lyng (22379929)

Your only Dead in the water by turn two of your a inexperienced player. As someone who has played upwards of 500 games of Race I see this all the time with new players. Often they will look for combos in the hand and hold on to cards or explore because they think they need to. Race is (much like Lehmanns new game Res Arcana) a game about efficient use of your hand. It’s not about working towards a super engine, but much more about micro engines. Roll on the other hand is a more forgiving system and almost bloated version, and imo a strictly worse game.

Lyng (22378603)

Ahhh

Lyng (22378367)

Why doesnt Mortify work on gideon when its the opponents turn and he is a creature? He is clearly labeled as such when on the battlefield.

Lyng (22366465)

Is it just me or is Omniknight beyond broken right now? Almost unkillable.

Lyng (22363092)

Yeah I fell victim to this:b

Lyng (22355743)

Yes but in Underlords you are assured to get items after each neutral round, and the positioning matters a ton.

Lyng (22351923)

That’s what every “card” drafting game feels like until you grasp the finer details.

Lyng (22355452)

Spent all my gold and gems on Omniescence draft. Got insanely unlucky in all 6 matches....feelsbadman

Lyng (22298177)

Yeah item stacking combined with the insane drop rng is a real problem. The “floaty” unit movement also is an issue because it makes it harder to rearrange your units based on movement pattern. Also the UI is very bad. It takes to many clicks/mouse overs to get the information needed. I do love the match times, draft and the fact that battles happen on a shared board. But I do think Underlords is a straight up better game design.

Lyng (22301040)

I am sure it will. Both Valve and Riot seem to be all in on these games. I honestly hope both games get a healthy amount of players.

Lyng (22298228)

That very much depends on the comp you are going for. Some comps need you to hit certain level thresholds faster and others need you to have stronger units but fewer levels (ie scrapping inventors) Especially after the recent balance patch use of economy and positioning matters a ton more and is highly dependent on what comps/items/auras you have. The depth of this game once you go below the immediate surface is quite impressive.

Lyng (22290393)

Yeah I have to agree, MtGA is a very generous game

Lyng (22269125)

The more I play all three the more I realise I prefer Underlords. The only thing I really miss from TFT is that the fights happen on a shared board.

Lyng (22260651)

Man I love Traditional Ranked. Knowing what you are up against after that initial match and adjusting / side boarding accordingly leads to some very satisfying games.

Lyng (22261615)

nwm I am a blind idiot xD

Lyng (22261494)

Rito should really have released this in NA and EU at the same time.

Lyng (22247911)

Lost Odyssey is the best “Final Fantasy” since IX

Lyng (22247599)

Yeah both games have their strenghts. While being able to combine items in TFT adds depth, the rng of the item system makes it completely inferior to Underlords. The draft in TFT is very cool though.

Lyng (22237931)

PES 2019 is a great title!

Lyng (22226429)

It’s very good!

Lyng (22209755)

Yes? Why do you think he is so successful in Hollywood. If he had acted like a petty cunt (ie Seth) he wouldn’t have been making millions of dollars on movies and tv.

Lyng (22207690)

Say what you want about Cena but you will never catch him loosing his temper and acting unprofessional

Lyng (22165934)

I am meeting nothing but rogues on ladder. All of them do nothing but go face. What a sad piece of trash blizzard have reduced my favourite class to...

Lyng (22176943)

The balance changes very much changed the meta

Lyng (22167440)

He should probably let Becky write his tweets.

Lyng (22087858)

Søg efter Valve og vælg så steam mobile klienten. Vælg derefter valve og så vil du se Underlords. Af en eller anden årsag kan man ikke søge Dota Underlords direkte.

Lyng (22062104)

WambOwned is spot on. YOu really need to try both. They both have great strenghts.

Lyng (22065961)

How dare you!!!!

Lyng (22055858)

Dark Souls 3 is very beginner friendly

Lyng (22042885)

Yes they are publishing it. I think Tencent will be making it. From what I understand Drodo is not involved in development of the EPIC store one. They simply sold the rights.

Lyng (22043330)

Weird...I have heard Drodo only sold rights to an exact copy and that they would be focused on the mobile version.

Lyng (22035230)

Definitely this was made from a mobile and then converted. Basically because it’s easier to program that way. Going Pc First and then changing it down to mobile is way harder. Graphics wise the units have more fidelity in Underlords currently. I expect the graphics to be improved in TFT though, especially unit animations are effing bad in TFT right now. I definitely agree that TFT will probably win the stream war simply because LoL is so massive. Tournament wise I don’t know. I really don’t watch any Riot tournaments so I couldn’t say. I think it’s safe to say the big looser will be Epics product though.

Lyng (22036278)

Tencent basically bought the rights to Drodos Auto Chess pc version. I have played a ton of Dota 2 back in the day and a lot of Hots. But will keep playing both Underlords and TFT. Both games have their unique strengths that appeal to me.

Lyng (22033267)

That video was made before the new UI was patched though?

Lyng (22026628)

Underlords new PC UI is great. Very easy to navigate while having a perfect size for pc.

Lyng (22033049)

That’s not really what you originally said. You said it looks like a mobile game. And that TFT’s UI is cleaner. Whatever is ugly is highly personal. But saying that the new Underlords UI looks like a mobile game is weird. In fact with the big hero selection pictures and the stocky washed out heroes I would say currently TFT’s pc UI would be more mobile friendly. Are you not thinking of the old Underlords UI?

Lyng (22028106)

Did he have mages?

Lyng (22023175)

Which is fine, but having a way to track progress would still be better. Hence why FFXIV's commendation system works so well.

Lyng (22021938)

How is it that there is no ability to progress how far you are from level 3 honor in LoL? Currently trying to get there to be able to get in and try TFT, and getting quite a few recommendations but still at level 2 and there is no way to see your progress. Baffling design.

Lyng (22022223)

Ahh okay. Well Ill just have to wait then :) (I might still keep on playing more LoL though, havent really dabbled in that before)

Lyng (22022233)

Oh no no he doesnt dislike TFT. He actually likes all 3, but simply prefers Underlords. I will probably end up playing both.

Lyng (22020794)

Savjz is different. If money is all he cared about he wouldn’t have quit Hearthstone.

Lyng (22020831)

Also I hope Valve learned their lesson with Artifact. The average streamer is a fickle beast. Make a good product and the streamers will have to go where their audience is.

Lyng (22009775)

Well Savjz just openly stated on his stream that he prefers Underlords to TFT.

Lyng (21938534)

So far they support the app very well. But yes the game wouldnt function without the app. Another great coop game that doesnt require an app is Mechs vs Minions. Its a funny take on programming games and made by Riot.

Lyng (21937020)

It is. It’s excellent with two

Lyng (21938557)

That is true of course. I should have specified that :) One very important thing FFXIV has going for itself though is the commendation system. That alone helps a great deal in keeping toxicity away from dungeon runs and raids. I have yet to be yelled at or flamed in any dungeon, and I main a healer. The community in FF is fantastic for the most part. And as someone who hates running dungeons in wow with randos, FF is a whole different level of community. I love meeting new random people in dungeons in FF because people are friendly and want to succeed together (and want to earn those sweet sweet commendations)

Lyng (21936812)

And up to level 50 you can already do dungeons with a grand company squadron

Lyng (21931969)

Tiny Towns yay or nay?? (how is the solo and two player?)

Lyng (21901932)

The change to control and items make a huge difference. Its a much better game already

Lyng (21900949)

So they removed the league of legends outline and remade the UI. Its perfect now.

Lyng (21888104)

What a fucking stupid comment.

Lyng (21888168)

He is a great investigative journalist!

Lyng (21851433)

What a gorgeous game!

Lyng (21851417)

I caved. And glad I did. I vastly prefer this already. Love the items system. Much less rng.

Lyng (21785518)

If they take inspiration from the world building and storytelling then awesome. I just hope they stay clear of the control and mission design. RDR2 was a beautiful story but a bad video game.

Lyng (21725279)

I don’t think Valve are that dumb. They see the bad PR Epic is getting. Also kudos to Microsoft for being the very opposite of Epic

Lyng (21623623)

I love Keanu

Lyng (21568370)

You should try in the the boardgame hangout here on resetera I am sure all the folks in there would be happy to assist you.

Lyng (21579490)

She fell over when clearing the ball. And the the spain player ran straight into her leg. What was she supposed to do? Cut off her foot? Must be extremely frustrating conceiding a pen and a second yellow for simply clearling the ball and falling backwards in the process.

Lyng (21578005)

LOL how? She shot the Ball away. That Spanish player ran into her foot. This is one of the worst VAR crimes to date

Lyng (21578099)

Yup. Disaster of a penalty

Lyng (21565997)

Except your point was that it needs to change. And believe me a little twitter complaining is a very mild reaction. I would rather it didn’t evolve into as harsh treatment of leaks as is the case in other industries.

Lyng (21565167)

No there are very different ways to “punish” papers/sites/employees who leak these products.

Lyng (21564780)

It’s pretty much exactly their job

Lyng (21564842)

That is every industry though. How a consumer product is revealed has massive implications. If you think the game industry is secretive try looking into the automotive industry.

Lyng (21564747)

Of course leaks aren’t spoilers. But obviously it can be frustrating for a developer to see the thing they had planned to unveil a specific way get leaked on a website. Leaks are great for websites but can of course somewhat lessen the “pop” a developer controlled reveal would get.

Lyng (21549407)

I think the one thing I would love in Autochess is the ability to see what opponent you will face next round. This would make positioning more important and allow better players to beat lesser players

Lyng (21507030)

How do we influence what pieces get a rebalance when we have the pass?

Lyng (21317856)

Fantastic pricepoint for the battlepass

Lyng (21308934)

Having grinded all day...one win away from ranking floor...loose at midnight to a bomb warrior who has the most insane rng. All my spells from the hero hitting my hero. This game reeks of Activision at times

Lyng (21297085)

Usually about 48 hours until its resolved.

Lyng (21081941)

Its almost ironic reading a recommendation for Wheel of time in the context of the GoT ending being a rushed disappointment, as many WoT fans view Brandon’s Sandersons WoT ending as being rushed and disappointing. Personal recommendations would be the Kingkiller Chronicles or the Gentlemen Bastards trilogy

Lyng (20995332)

when are they going to kill hunters? shits so dumb

Lyng (20990474)

It’s amazing. Go watch it

Lyng (20985607)

Disgusting. Glad I cancelled my sub. Wwe should be banned here, and honestly any kind of pro US military commenting should be gone aswell.

Lyng (20985893)

Ah sorry. Didn’t notice.

Lyng (20967839)

Pretty much. Felt bittersweet to me. Yeah this season was rushed and Dany's turn felt rushed aswell in the way it was executed, but the actual ending makes perferct sense for the rest of the show.

Lyng (20917317)

Have you played FF14? Nowadays you are pressing a log more buttons in FF14 then in wow and even just leveling requires more movement in FF than WoW, and with the recent increase in GDC in WoW that is also no longer an issue. Wow could easily run on console today.

Lyng (20891025)

It’s so weird seeing people focus on the poly/cheating thing. Who cares if he cheated? That just means he is a scumbag but that’s still very much none of our business. The focus should really be on the pedophile actions. I really hope he ends in jail. Disgusting creep

Lyng (20825773)

Some people are abit to attached to Dany...

Lyng (20827929)

Yeah it was indeed tongue in cheek :) That having been said reducing the dota art to budget Blizzard feels to reductive to me.

Lyng (20661533)

To be fair Warcraft is just a Warhammer bootleg...

Lyng (20573726)

This episode really felt rushed. It’s clear the writers just wanted to finish the show.

Lyng (20554864)

Mansions of Madness 2nd Ed app :)

Lyng (20509711)

Okay. I will make sure to keep my eyes open for that then :) thanks

Lyng (20509041)

Will this hit retail? I somehow missed the information on this game and it looks fantastic

Lyng (20504661)

Hehe yeah it’s insane.

Lyng (20491410)

How on earth they thought dazzle was balanced is beyond me

Lyng (9099199)

If this is indeed a Lovecraft game then I hope there is no combat. Looks amazing so far.

Lyng (20463756)

Both are absolute masterpieces but Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time.

Lyng (20438854)

The thing is the app really fixes any rules issues. It has a great and simple flow due the app.

Lyng (20434521)

They might like it. It’s now my wife’s favorite game

Lyng (20413472)

So two level 2 zeus and a level 3 razor going of is not enough to kill a effing bear and a tree.. seems balanced....

Lyng (20401051)

So save bet is trolls. They where insane before but now they have Dazzle aswell who is like a autopick regardless of setup.

Lyng (20247087)

Which one is better. And why?

Lyng (20242262)

The campaign pretty much is the tutorial. Anno was never about a political statement. At least not the games set in the past. They could have done more with it here, but at least they don’t make light of some of the issues back then. Anno 1800 is arguably the best city builder ever made. It’s a beautiful marriage of Anno 1404 and 2070. I usually never comment on other reviews but 7/10 for this game is madness.

Lyng (20189586)

The whole idea of SSR units and how out of what the hero pool is, is really killing my enjoyment. This game seriously needs proper game designers to fix the balance issues.

Lyng (20194788)

To be fair, if you slam a game for lacking character development you better make sure you have played through the story.

Lyng (20135963)

Unpopular opinion: Sami Zayn is extremely overrated

Lyng (12333334)

Oh yeah I meant the Dark Souls board game. I do hope the bloodborne board game will be better. Like you said in the edit there are better semi-coops out there, and the bloodborne IP is so fantastic that they could have done so much more with it.

Lyng (12332479)

It’s a very bland take that card game. Both the card and board game seem like a complete misuse of the IP.

Lyng (12325527)

I hope it’s better than the card game

Lyng (20085214)

Huh? Why??

Lyng (20081142)

They are awesome. I would love to see them live.

Lyng (20078886)

Knights of the old Republic is probably the best Star Wars story

Lyng (20052103)

If Punk comes back I don’t think it’s about money, but more him being able to stick it to the WWE in AEW.

Lyng (20044035)

I think Forgotten sons might be my least favorite faction in...forever

Lyng (19946658)

This year is going to be all about CDPR though.

Lyng (19925227)

Are they keeping Shayna on NxT because they want her on main along with Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir?

Lyng (19925341)

Have you played ranked in MTG Arena? Plenty of decks that run you over like token Druid.

Lyng (19925929)

Ah okay. Yeah don’t expect any less cheese there.

Lyng (19890105)

Currently playing through my review copy. Anno is back baby. This is an absolute masterpiece of a city builder

Lyng (19887827)

As a dane I grew up with subs, we never really had dubs of shows in other languages, so I have zero issues with it in games. I vastly prefer subs over dubs.

Lyng (19881092)

Nobody is shutting people up. Feel free to elaborate where the difficulty in a From game is flawed.

Lyng (19872177)

The melee combat in ES is bad. Hence the critizism. There is nothing bad about the difficulty in FROM games. If the games where unbalanced or unfair you could level that as a critique, but the issue is that they are extremely fair and welltuned to that it is possible to learn and beat the encounters. There are plenty of games that are difficult by being unfair, the From games are different.

Lyng (19870282)

Glitches are a flaw. A difficulty setting is not. There is also the question as to how you go about it. Saying you wish it had a easy mode is fine, starting to claim From has bad intentions or claim their design is bad without an easy mode is simply acting entitled.

Lyng (19864176)

I agree but once that criticism ends up getting repeated over and over and over again it turns into some entitled nonsense.

Lyng (19861581)

Great video by Jim. I couldn’t agree more. If From Soft doesn’t want to add an easy mode they should be allowed not too. It’s their design. At the same time if they decide to do one that’s perfectly fine too.

Lyng (19806535)

One of the better interviews with Cena. Felt more genuine and less "robotman" as he usual sounds.

Lyng (19769802)

Thijs currently on a massive winstreak with zero legendaries silence priest

Lyng (19734433)

They fucked up by enabling players to buy the items from Xur, and then blocking them instead of simply removing them and giving the players their shards back. Yes there is no reason to get angry about it but it’s still perfectly fine to call them out on this shit.

Lyng (19737437)

Yeah I have some worries when it comes to balance but need to play it a lot more before I can say for sure.

Lyng (19735445)

The “level up” mechanic is very cool

Lyng (19662452)

Just finished watching Wrestlemania. It was overall the best WM in a maybe 5 years. Personal high points: Kofi vs Bryan was fantastic. 4 way Tag Team Match was great. Brock loosing the belt Low points: Sarah Logan eliminating Asuka AJ vs Orton was really boring Main event was marred by bad timing and a botched finish. Disgusting points: Fuck Hogan Also abit surprised by the love Adam Cole vs Gargano is getting. It was obviously great wrestling but the storytelling felt weird. Him kicking out of a million finishers seemed cartoonish and felt like that was meant for Ciampa and they simply didn’t have time to change the match to fit vs Cole instead.

Lyng (19643779)

Huge props to GMT for cancelling Scramble for Africa. The games designers description made it sound like the typical euro “we treat colonialism like it was fun and games. After being called out, not only did they cancel it but made a very sincere apology where they lamented the fact they didn’t catch this before getting called out on the game.

Lyng (19587160)

Because noone is saying it would ruin the game for them that there was an easy mode. If From wants to add a easy mode thats great. But they have made it clear that they feel it would fragment their playerbase and is against the artistic design they aim to create with their games. Its really not that hard to see the difference.

Lyng (19578663)

The problem for me is that these demands pop up every time there is a new From game. It’s clear that for the developer it is important to keep with their intended core design. So much so that they are willing to “leave money on the table” to stay true to their desired artistic choice. Let them do that and vote with your wallet.

Lyng (19577102)

I guess we will just have to disagree. I have seen severely disabled people beating SOULS games so I dont think its too difficult.

Lyng (19577196)

Its pretty fucking rich to call someone having a different opinion than you arrogant simply for having a different opinion. Maybe its arrogant to want developer to create there games to cater to your specifik wishes? The difficulty is part of what gives the special feeling of souls games. The whole design is built around that feeling. Without that feeling its simply a different game.

Lyng (19577529)

My issue is that people are conflating difficulty with accessibility. FROM games dont require you to have insane twitchy skills (belive me I dont), they are difficult in that they ask you to learn you enemy and climb that mountain by learing and getting better, something everyone can learn. And that idea is baked into the very lore and story telling of the game, which is why simply making the game "easy" would completely change the game and actually ruin its design.

Lyng (19578045)

Because it alters the core design of the game. Its fundamentally a different game with those changes. Its like asking Twilight Struggle to be played with an open hand.

Lyng (19576649)

In the case of FROM games it has nothing to do with gatekeeping. It has everything to do with how difficulty is a core part of the game design. The experience goes hand in hand with the difficulty, something that people litterally cannot understand unless they have played the games.

Lyng (19576730)

How? Give it a change and you will find that the themes and lore go hand in hand with the core design as well.

Lyng (19533692)

Yup. People are mixing up difficulty with accessibility. Very much showcased in the thread that compares From games to Paradox games. Paradox games lacked accessibility due to convoluted ui design and lackluster tutorials. Something that they are clearly working on and have gotten better at with their releases after CKII. From games don’t have this problem. They are fairly straight forward, but difficult. The difficulty is very much a core part of what makes their designs so good. Trying to put “pressure” on From to alter their core design for the sake of easier difficulty (not accessibility) is a very bad. It’s akin to the crowd that want diceless combat in war games. It changes the core of the design so much that the experience is altered. Let the developer make the design they want.

Lyng (19527285)

Its always fine to do houserules. But they should never be a part of a review, especially if you do not inform your readers about it being a houserule.

Lyng (19492600)

They got called out for it on Twitter

Lyng (19397947)

They are called beefy trendsetter and scruffy romantic. You meet them several times.

Lyng (19380587)

There is also the issue of them praising it for encouraging the GM to ignore rules, despite the game rules explicitly stating that the GM is NOT allowed to ever break the rules.

Lyng (19341643)

Thanks for sharing the link. Fantastic written piece. Definately going to follow Rachels work in the future.

Lyng (19338694)

Finally the translation of my Wingspan review is done:

Lyng (19338906)

Destiny style system is also a ton of trash and a few “meta” weapons though. Why would they ever make borderlands with realistic graphics?? That’s like asking the Division to have anime graphics.

Lyng (19290908)

So if he was shoved down your throat shouldnt it also be hate Vince, not Roman?

Lyng (19293497)

Yeah I hope other japanese wrestlers see this and think twice before joining wwe.

Lyng (19293624)

Definately. AEW is looking so cool. I wonder if Gallows and Anderson are simply letting their contracts run out now and joining AEW aswell now.

Lyng (19288862)

I know I don’t post often in these threads but I just need to get this of my chest: FUUUUUUUUUUUCK WWE for how they treat Asuka

Lyng (19289073)

You need to hide the bait better mate ;)

Lyng (19268483)

Yup!

Lyng (19266119)

Yep. With how Artifact ended up radio silence was the worst way for Valve to react.

Lyng (19266403)

You can not account for rng, but you try to play around it. Take a player like Life Coach, the reason he is so good is because he plays every given scenario through his head and tries to determine the most optimal play, based on different outcomes. RNG in games like Artifact is something you try to play around, it is in fact an integral part of each turns tactical puzzle that you as a player have to try to solve. Sometimes you end up with no options, but like you said yourselve both of you where in vulnerable positions. If he had truly outplayed you he wouldnt loose that match. If you like card games but dont enjoy this amount of rng i highly suggest you try Twilight Struggle. It is insanely deep and complex and matches are quite long, but is one of the best game designs out there, and especially if you want to play a hand management style game but want as little rng as possible.

Lyng (19265974)

Auto Chess is so far from beginner friendly as you can get. New players don’t even know how to move a piece without reading internet guides.

Lyng (19266032)

You don’t loose a match because of one bad creep placement. If bad creep placement is enough you where already in a vulnerable position. Hearthstone has a ton of rng and is still a huge success. Every card game of this type has some form of rng.

Lyng (19264994)

I think Auto Chess pretty much has proved that not catering to non card/board game players is not what killed Artifact. If Artifact has gone with a Dota esque business model and let people earn cosmetics it would have been in a better spot. Auto Chess proves that people where indeed ready for something different. And Keyforge proves that the issue isn’t Garfield as a designer. Valve is to blame fully.

Lyng (19231056)

Underrated comment

Lyng (19192182)