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from the 400 of BG3 down to maybe 200 (still bigger than the 140 of DOS2)? Yeah, maybe, but brink of bankruptcy? not even close

A loss in 2022 is not the same thing as "verge of bankruptcy in 2022." It would be honest to walk that particular claim back, no?

yes, it was a bit of a gamble, but given that they basically broke even in 2022, the year before the release, they had the finances for...

Video game development is always a gamble. BG3 was probably one of the safer bets this decade, seeing how well received the early access...

Yes it is, for designing new games. And you haven't actually argued otherwise, you've just made an insulting comparison and an appeal...

I am skeptical that you believe this comparison. As @Umbran says, this is about understanding and conceptualizing mechanics and...

And that why modern art is considered universally better than the renaissance art and modern literature superior to Shakespeare. :unsure:

When art comes with "mechanics", then you'll have a point.

Yeah I feel like by making mental stats, especially INT (which was the biggest problem for race/species, too!) just part of your...

this was my thought as well. I think Wendy has had a good bit longer in the synth body than any of the others.

Life on earth is WEIRD, like weeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiird. There are so many insane creatures on just our planet. Quick Example, the...

Yeah it's also possible that "looking like an eye" is only one trick it can pull. That thing scares me a lot. More than the vampire...

Looks like CMON, the folks behind a LOT of boardgames, as well as the Zombicide RPG, Assassin's Creed RPG, Marvel Multiverse RPG Starter...

Older design was often or even typically not well-informed by actual understandings of how to design things to meet specific goals. It...

She does!