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Those of you playing or following probably already know this, but the first major patch released yesterday, fixing over 1000 bugs, balancing, and flow issues. It's a fairly large patch coming in at almost 2.5 GB. Full patch notes from Larian's site...

This is how I see it as well, it's just not getting to play Starfield 6 days early. The story DLC/expansion will easily be between $20-$30 (USD), which I would buy anyway. The digital artbook will be nice, because I don't think they are offering a physical version. And the soundtrack should...

Preloads available 8/30, and a chart of the global release dates for both early access and main launch day: Being able to play Starfield in 6 days instead of 12 is awfully tempting. (The graphic was taken from this PCG article)...

I was just thinking that this week. There have been more game releases (and soon to be released) that I'm interested in released this year than in any year in recent memory. For me it was, Palace of Ice DLC for Solasta, System Shock Remake, Jaggaed Alliance 3 (which I won't even get to this...

Yes, sadly, I am following all the Bioware articles, which tend to be mostly about either someone resigning or layoffs. The one that you linked just feels like corporate babble to me, whether it's Bioware management or EA management, or both. How can they claim to be focused on Dreadwolf when...

A couple more recent Starfield articles. We're getting a bit more information now that we're close to release. I'm really liking how Bethesda is handling the marketing for Starfield, by gradually giving out a bit more information, rather than the marketing blitz that we sometimes see. It...

That's one of the really nice features in the game. Rather than pick through all the bodies and containers, the Scavengers do it for you. I still look for magical items and potions, but let them take their cut from the rest. I still make more gold that if I tried to do it all myself. Yeah...

I've experienced that as well, and personally it feels lie a technical bug (minor, but a bug). Because sometimes I can single click on a character's portrait to select them, other times I have to click multiple times, so it's very inconsistent. I've gotten so I mostly use the F1-F4 keys to...

I'm excited to hear that as well, as I like to ease into a massive RPG like Starfield, spending time in character creation as well as learning all the new systems. And I imagine that there are going to be quite a few new systems to learn, as this is Bethesda' first foray into outer space. I...

A few more from Baldur's Gate 3:

Lo and behold, after making that post, then playing BG3 fora few hours I actually came across a timed quest. Figures. The entire quest wasn't timed, but when you get to a certain point the clock starts ticking. I have no idea how long you have, but if you go do something else, you fail...

There aren't any timed quests, or a need to rush and do certain things, as you can pretty much go your own pace and do things in whatever order you want. There was one quest I was doing, but the combat was way over my character level (my party was level 3, most enemies were level 5), so I had...

Does this mean that you're actually going to play Starfield?!:) I though from other comments you've made that you disliked Bethesda games.

It got the highest rating for a major game release than I've seen in a long time. It's definitely looks like the Game of the Year, as I don't see any other game release that comes close. As much as I'm still looking forward to Starfield, BG3 is just so complex and massive that I don't see...

The different ruleset was definitely one reason. Also, the fact that your party in BG2 didn't discover the Underdark until much later in the game, whereas in BG3 it's in Act 1. Your party members in BG2, are much higher in level as a result, leading to higher level enemies. The level cap in...