Ah, that makes way more sense. I’m in the same boat, I’d totally buy this if I didn’t need an account at any Meta service to use it (I’d even pay a bit more for it). But since it does, I just pretend the product doesn’t exist.

And as a native English speaker, I totally agree, English is hard.

The trick is, I’m not in the games industry, mostly because of this nonsense. I’m a software developer, so I have a wider range of jobs I can apply for.

If the games industry was more employee fee friendly, I’d probably work in it. But it’s not, so I don’t.

Yeah, I’ll get it if reviews look good, but I’m not bullish on that.

I had to force myself to finish GTA V because I kept coming back hoping there was more to it since everyone kept saying how good it was. Once I finished it, I felt relieved because I’d no longer have that nagging FOMO and finally uninstalled it. I haven’t had the desire to play since, and it’s my least favorite GTA. I actually played GTA IV after GTA V as a palette freshener, and GTA SA is still my favorite.

So if they’re making something more like V than IV and SA, I’m probably not going to bother. I hope it’s unlike any of them and goes in an interesting new direction, but I’m not holding out hope.

Then my application wouldn’t be on the table.

I need at least two days remote to get anything done. If they can’t offer that, I can’t offer my application.

Exactly. The main part where they’d benefit from being in an office is initial planning, story boarding, etc. That should’ve happened a long time ago, and right now they should be fixing bugs and performance issues, fine-tuning art, etc. That doesn’t require direct 1:1 collaboration, and generally benefits from an asynchronous process where QA reports issues and the individuals fix them.

Idk, I think it would be cool if they made a completely separate, shorter campaign on the same engine for those who don’t want to play through the whole campaign again, but still want to mess around in the engine. I think it would be really cool to have a few, small story DLC to hold people over until the next game releases.

If this is accurate, you need one of the following:

• Facebook account
• Instagram account
• Meta account

So, six of one and half a dozen of the other.

Same. It looks super interesting, but I haven’t finished anything similar in the past, so I don’t think I’d finish BG3. Some games still waiting for me:

• RDR2 - loved RDR, but RDR2 is just way too long
• The Witcher 3 - haven’t even started; I tried the prior games, which are shorter, but still haven’t finished any of them (loved the short stories though)
• The Elder Scrolls - never finished Morrowind or Skyrim, despite having lots of hours in each

So yeah, I just don’t finish long RPGs. I like shorter ones, but I just lose interest around 30-40 hours in.

It is, but it’s not just $200, it’s $200 and a Meta account. I’m not making a Meta account, so I’m not buying this.

If it was usable w/o a Meta account, I’d probably get it.

Wait, I don’t get it. Your comment implies you are locked in to the Meta ecosystem, so wouldn’t this be a fantastic option for you?

I’m not interested because it requires a Meta account, which I’m unwilling to create.

Yup, can confirm. I’ll often start out assuming I’ll have 1-2 hours, but about 10-15 min in, I need to handle stuff (kid is sick, wife needs IT help, etc). It’s fantastic. :)

Or it’ll be similar scope, but just have a lot of dwarves.

That really depends on what you’re looking for. In general, I find shorter games to respect my time more. So here’s my process:

1. collect some recommendations (here, reddit, game reviewers, etc)
2. look up time to beat on How Long to Beat, and add to wishlist if it seems reasonable (e.g. <10 hours for a puzzle game or platformer, 10-20 for an action/story game, etc)
3. buy games when I run out based on reviews on the games in my wishlist

Some examples:

• Little Nightmares, INSIDE, Darq, and A Juggler’s Tale - 2D puzzle-platformers at <5 hours each
• Ori and the Blind Forest, Blue Fire, and Headlander - metroidvanias at 5-10 hours
• Manifold Garden, Return of the Obra Dinn, Portal/Portal 2 - puzzle games a- 5-10 hours

Some longer games are also great, and I mostly look for lack of grinding, ability to save whenever, and praise for the story, such as:

• Yakuza series - can play in 5-10 min increments, but reserve an hour for boss fights (super long and high quality cutscenes)
• Ys series - older games are short (1&2), later games are longer, and saves aren’t super frequent (about 15-20 min between save points), but I think the gameplay and story are worthwhile; favorites are Ys 1 (really old), Ys Origin (11-ish hours per play-through, 3 play throughs needed, but each is satisfying); grinding is quite rare for a JRPG

I find that the more I avoid the super popular AAA games, the happier I am with my limited playtime.

And maybe a note that some mitigations are in place.

Cool, another thing to not install.

Yup, hopefully this makes that smoother.

We have three accounts linked: mine, SO, kids (they share one). I occasionally gift games to my SO and kids accounts, and each time I need to login to their accounts to accept/add the gift key or whatever. I go through this nonsense so my kids, SO, and I can play different games at the same time, but the kids can still only play one at a time (hasn’t been a problem so far).

I have three kids and haven’t made individual accounts because it’s annoying enough as it is to manage three, but if this makes it easier, I’ll probably get them their own accounts.

Exclusives don’t exist to make money by themselves, they exist to make the platform more attractive. The real goal is the 30% cut they get from game sales on their platform.

So if people didn’t buy PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo games, Sony and Microsoft probably wouldn’t invest nearly as much into their gaming divisions, and Nintendo would probably turn into what Sega is today.

Well, there is if you want to play exclusives legally.

Thinking outside the box, I love it! Here’s a massive bonus don’t forget to grab your golden parachute on the way out.