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I want to play this even though it is absolutely not my genre! But judging by the streams, this game has incredibly great humour and satire—especially if you know Ukrainian. This is not a comedy; this is the highest level of irony and deep meaning!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1643320/STALKER_2_Heart_of_Chornobyl/
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Хочу "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" солов'їною. Найказковіша мова, як на мене. Добра казка чи зла, а все одно буде особливий магічній присмак саме через мову.
#DragonAgeTheVeilguard

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A stupid idea and a vain hope to increase the replayability of a game by romance with only one character. People are polygamous, and there will soon be a mod for unlimited love. Should I wait for that or try the game? Not all ones will be desirable anyway.

#DragonAgeTheVeilguard

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I wonder, is there a video game in the world that can be played without third-party mods? One of the characters has a nasty voice, the camera is uncomfortable, the the character is ugly or dressed in bad taste... There are many variations.

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Baldur's Gate 3 is brilliant for its banter. The plot (if there is one) is simple and uncomplicated as a hamburger. But the humour and satire in the little incidental episodes, side quests, and background talks of NPCs is a masterpiece.

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It's funny. When I stupidly deleted the game saves while cleaning my PC's operating system (you have to do it attentively if you do it manually in the depths of the software) and started playing the game again, I realised how many tasty quests I missed. All for the best.

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Gale in BG3 is a cake. However! Seducing a shy virgin is an interesting and tasty gameplay move, but only if the process doesn't take too long. When the character rejects the first offer, it will arouse interest, but after the second rejection, the desire to continue this line will disappear. Gale's absolute loneliness has a solid basis in the plot, and it has the prospect of being with him forever. A very lifelike game.

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Seducing Gale is a special pleasure. He is so innocent and passionate that, for all the modesty of BG3, it is hotter than the most depraved PWP.

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I love the turn-based combat in BG3. It's like chess with role-playing. You don't feel like a monkey, mindlessly and quickly pressing buttons. You're a strategist. And you're always relaxed. In the middle of a battle, you can go and make yourself a coffee and think about how to position your heroes and how to choose combat spells. It's a game of the mind, not the fingers.

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Found a strange guide: "How to beat BG3 in half an hour".
Why?!
It's like taking a book and reading the first and last pages.
What's the point of a game if you're not immersed in a huge number of scenes and events over many hours and days?

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I've always hated jokes about blondes being stupid, but when the really stupid Shadowheart turns out to be a secret blonde, it's trolling at its 1000th level.

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When a bug in new drivers ruins a game you've spent hours playing, and you have to reinstall and start all over again, it's sad. But there is a plus: you take into account previous mistakes. For a good game, you need to add Oathbreaker (Paladin, if you want classics) to Bard, but never do Oathbreaker + Bard. Bard is the basis of good gameplay, and Oathbreaker (Paladin) is a useful addition to the dish.

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Gale in BSG3 is like a cat in the house: zero usefulness, zero brains, zero plot, but he is so cute that you don't want to let him out of the squad for a second, you buy him toys (armour + weapons) and pet him all the time (talks).

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It's strange, but with good hardware, the only lowest graphics settings "for the weakest PCs" produce the most pleasing picture to the eye. I prefer a soft image with subtle blurring, like in old movies.

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For some reason, video guides for Baldur's Gate 3 are always verbose, chaotic and meaningless. And it's not easy to find text ones (which are laconic, understandable and useful).

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I found the only SW game that had a clever ending: the hero broke the necks of everyone who wanted to make him/her their toy (Jedi, Sith, someone else), took the wunderwaffe for him(her)self, and flew away to enjoy his/her own independent adventures. This is one of three endings; to find it, you have to solve many puzzles and show diplomacy in ambiguous dialogues. I very like this. But the game has terribly inconvenient and unclear controls! I can't play. I'm sad and writing fanfic.

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BadGuy is always the pearl and the main bait of any work: book, movie, video game. But there is depressingly little of BadGuys. This character requires super-virtuosic skill and talent from the creators.

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I want a game by Star Wars where the hero looks at Jedi & Sith as the same pain in the ass who ruin the lives of ordinary people with their stupid and empty squabbles, and the hero uses the Dark & Light Force equally, according to their effectiveness in a particular situation.
If the hero makes the study of the Light & Dark Force a mandatory school subject (kids without abilities use the gadget) and declares the Orders of Jedi and Sith terrorist organizations, it will be ideal!

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It's strange, but there are very few games on the theme of "From rags to riches ( zero to hero)." Not a dull levelling of character, like in all RPGs, but a plot, a story that allows you to feel rising. A mediaeval disenfranchised peasant (captive, etc.) becomes a king or a god; a street urchin > a mafia boss; a courier > head of a corporation. There are endless variants, but where is the process alive, not mechanical, events with emotions, not buttons?

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It's interesting. I watched a lot of videos about how bad modern games are and how good ancient ones were, and then I read how many millions of $ and € the scolded games brought in 3–4 years after release, when gamers should have forgotten about them. It seems that I'm not the only one who likes casual gameplay, beautiful pictures, good plots in an open world, and relaxing play. And I'm glad that the devs give me a large choice of such works.

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