If it’s not just run speed, but reactions in general, it makes sense, because in previous games, your character moves like they’re in molasses.

They just find pesky bugs, that need to be fixed. No bugs, no need to fix stuff.

Re-subbed to WoW for a month, for the huge 20th Anniversary Event. Since I’ve played so much earlier in the year (another event and expansion launch), I’m not interested in continuing after the sub runs out. There are a few more achievements I’ll finish, but otherwise I’m kinda done.

FF14 is the only other MMO I’ve played, have like 650 hours on Steam, and I think I’m in the middle of the Stormblood campaign. It’s been a while since I played it, but some day I’ll make it to Endwalker.

As a certified Trails hater, I hope they make some major changes to the story, so it might be actually good.

The only one I know that might fit the bill (not really) is Pillars 1. When you’ve done a lot of the side content, you’ll be overleveled, and in the final act the game asks you if enemies should get scaled to your level, so there’s still a challenge. But that’s still optional and you’re not forced to do it.

Yeah, but for those people there’s the Easy Mode. Also, this “Head Start” mode isn’t doing much at the end, when you might need the help the most.

NVIDIA bad and all that, but people are running the overlay, Shadowplay, filters, and whatnot and are shocked, that their performance is lower.

Was about to be pissed, since I just re-played the game, but then I read the patch notes, and it really doesn’t do anything.

There’s already an Easy Mode, if you just want to cruise through the game. Also, I’m gonna be honest, if you’re just speeding through the cutscenes, why even play the game, that’s basically the main thing. Better watch the cutscenes on Youtube, so you don’t have to play through some of the terrible sequences.

I’m waiting for the remaster, that combines both games into one.

Neat, just played through the Palace of Ice DLC of the first game and look forward to the sequel.

The first game can be a bit janky at times, and the writing a bit iffy, but the combat was always fun.

I’m really looking forward to this. Also, just in time, since I re-played the first one last week.

Yes, that’s what I meant. I didn’t mean you could still buy them. Sorry, I probably should have clarified that in my first comment.

Is it? Steam does it all the time. Afaik they only completely remove games (meaning you they get removed from your account), when they break some TOS stuff.

As for Blizzard themselves (since this article is about Warcraft 1&2), they still offer downloads for old titles. I can just download Warcraft 3 or Diablo 2 right now, even though they’re remastered, and the old versions not for sale anymore.

Good for GOG, but I don’t think having games still available after they’re delisted is special. It would have been news if this didn’t happen.

Edit: I mean you can still download the games, if you’ve already bought them, not that you can still buy them.

Nice, thanks for the info. It has a few games I’m interested in, so I’ll get it.

Companies will find a way to apply this also to the rest of the world, citing some bogus reasons.

I struggled this year to find some proper nominees.

My favorite game this year isn’t on Steam, the World of Warcraft Pandaria Remix mode, which was some of the most fun I’ve had with WoW and gaming in general in a long time. The rest of WoW was also pretty good and the game just dominated almost half of this year for me.

Other games I really enjoyed were not from 2024, so I can’t nominate them for most cateegories. Baldurs Gate 3, Solasta, Lies of P, or the latest Doom re-releases.

I have watched a bunch of streams of 2024 releases though, so I managed to scrap some stuff together, although I’m not really happy with everything.

Nothing yet, maybe the Vampire Survivors Castlevania DLC. Otherwise probably nothing and wait for the Winter Sale.

The in-game shop, definitely, but out-of-game promos, I don’t know. Most of the stuff is US or China exclusive anyway, so you don’t know about them outside those countries.

I’d guess these kinds of promos are kind rare , and that’s the reason this one blew up so much. If WoW had something like this every few months, most people probably wouldn’t care anymore, and only those who want to collect everything will pay someone to get the codes.

Like I said, what’s the difference? You had Coca Cola promotions in the past, when the game was still “pure,” according to some. Why couldn’t people with money hoard those TCG codes back in the day? For me, it’s all the same.