I have an anti-recommendation for Pathfinder Kingmaker.

They almost have a good RPG here but the combat is so frequent and the encounter design is just wack. The second to last dungeon is the worst I have ever experienced.

Normally I stop once I’m not feeling it. I’m not really sure why I pushed through here.

He sold the company in 2010! Big searching for the guy who did this energy here.

I’m personally playing on NA, but thank you for the helpful information!

It was smooth on primal, I only saw significant queues the first day or two.

I’m not sure I love the half broken DC travel system, though that is sort of a different issue.

I quit playing partway in.

Imo writing was a major weakness. They were going for the sardonic Fallout-y tone, but didn’t get there. The humor wasn’t funny, and the writers didn’t appear to really have anything to say about humanity or capitalism - the themes the story was supposedly about.

This was definitely not helped by having every conversation be an extreme super close up with the npcs starting deadeyed straight in to the camera.

Combat was pretty meh. It has the worst weapon upgrade system I have ever seen. The player just pays money to make the number go up. Then in the next planet over, everyone has “pistol II” or “rifle II” which does way more damage anyway. I guess if one was being extremely generous, this could be interpreted as a gaming meta commentary but the game doesn’t earn this.

Overall, it just kinda felt like they were operating off of a “fallout in space” checklist, which made everything feel generic and boring.

I’m like a third or a little more of the way through so far. I like the new South / Mesoamerican themed areas which look great with the graphics update. The music is excellent as always

The pacing is exactly the same as the previous expansions, so no surprises there.

Part of me still hopes that they will go full voice acting at some point but they haven’t actually said that.

Overall I’m finding it pretty good so far and meeting my expectations especially considering the guidance from the devs.

Yes, but poker themed. ‘Combat’ is a round of poker themed solitaire with a point target. This is followed by an opportunity to spend money to upgrade your deck with fancy cards or modifiers. The point targets are constantly increasing, so you need to keep upgrading to complete a run.

If you like Slay the Spire, I would definitely give Balatro a shot.

I literally read this while waiting for shaders to process on first run. Good timing and thanks!

For the record, Liftoff does actually have the communities on the bottom menu bar. I think i was confused because this is hidden when browsing a specific community. If one hits the back button / gesture, the menu appears again.

Overall, liftoff has a pretty decent amount of customization. Posts can be full cards, compact, or compact without thumbnails. A full width image is shown if the post is expanded.

Font size for the header, title, and body are separately adjustable. The ‘action bar’ (share, reply, vote, etc) does not appear to be resizable.

I was unable to find a way to browse a list of subscribed communities, which I generally find useful.

This definitely seems like a good start, I’ll definitely be following development.

So it does! Thanks!