I haven’t stated my position. Yes, I think our democratic processes could be better in many countries.

I also understand the reality that there is no simple 'one system" solution that is just going to miraculously fix everything.

The downvotes say it all. No one in favour of it here seems able to have an honest discussion.

If you are genuinely unable to see that any political system, no matter how great in theory, doesn’t translate that simply into reality because of human behaviour, then you’ve got some reading and thinking to do.

The attitude towards communism here comes across like a cult. Present facts or a reasonable point of discussion, you get shouted down/strawmanned, othered, etc.

Ironically, the very behaviour that stops things like communism working in reality.

Of course they haven’t, and while I’m happy to be proved wrong, I’m sure they’re all enjoying the benefits of living in a democratic country while cosplaying communists.

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You’d think the bad publicity alone would be enough to destroy any chance of election. You’d think.

My money is on Neverwinter 3

Yep. Depends on the RPG and what you want to play to some extent - Baldurs Gate 3 shows just how good a well-written “traditional” branching narrative RPG can be for example.

When it comes to sandbox RPGs, I totally agree. Or at the very least keep the main story optional.

Have you played Kenshi? It does that really well I think.

Hahah yes exactly. I know Beth isn’t highly regarded for writing/narrative but it makes Skyrim look like Shakespeare.

I actually thought Skyrim’s environmental storytelling was pretty good to be fair.

And yeah I think you called it with “lazy”. As a writer myself I actually found it almost offensive how utterly dogshit and low effort it was from a company that has the resources to do so much better.

I wasn’t expecting anything groundbreaking to be honest, and I was fine with that. And yet, it still underdelivered.

The opening section where some hotshot explorer just GIVES you his organisation’s only ship and robot has to be the most idiotic and unbelievable moment in gaming narrative history (at least in my experience).

“Ok… Maybe it gets better.” I thought. It didn’t.

Most of the quests are just fucking awful and nonsensical - “Oh hi, I’m a top scientist for MAST, we have access to all the latest cutting edge technonology. Oh, apart from WiFi. Sorry can you go and pick up my sensors I placed nearby because I’m fucking lazy? Thanks.” Honestly, I had no words for this one, and it wasn’t the only one. Just laughably dogshit.

I had some good fun initially exploring and the ship customisation was cool, and I even enjoyed the space combat for a while, but the whole game feels like it was made 20 years ago.

That’s quite an accomplishment in a way I suppose.

I don’t think even modding can save it.