Recent content by Parmandur

Well, worth noting then that the MSRP for all 3 core books as of 2024 is $49.99... However, nothing else in life is priced based on average wages over time, but the value of the dollar. Different conversation...

Nope, that is an open world game like Skyrim.

They already made the rules available online for free? And I mean on Beyond, not the SRD.

I mean, it seems that they have, though? If the cost is what it is, and it is selling better than ever... It would be great if wages could un-stsgnate, but that is a different issue. RPG publishers selling the same product for the same relative amount, however, is reasonable, especially when...

Based on what I could find here, it works pretty well on PS5, Xbox Series X and S...yhough obviously not as well as with a good gaming PC rig. The Series S performance suggests a Switch 2 version may involve some serious cuts or work...but Cyberpunk 2077 already did that with fairly similar...

While that is true, the stagnation of wages is not really the game companies issue: if they make the same product, and charge the adjusted same price...that is a broader issue than the publisher.

Optimization is basically the reason consoles exist. It has always been possible to get hardware more powerful than current consoles, but software for PCs needs to account for countless thousands of possible hardware combinations, whereas developers for Nintendo or Sony have (generally...

I gather the Horizon games have that sort of open world gameplay, too.

Very explicit influence, yes.

It is a shame, since they really fit the bill of what you are looking for: like Skyrim with less build stuff, very minimal story (you can effectively ignore the story and play for hundreds of hours.

Well, yes, it is that...?

Nah, it isn't on Switch 2 yet, but I know it is in the zone of games you were mentioning.

It would be interesting, but I would have questions!

Not sure how necessary any of that is, from what I have seen, but it does have a story that one can follow or not.

I'd argue that the 2024core books are the most utilitarian set of core D&D books, in addition to being pretty.