Company of Heroes 2 is heavily invested in the ala carte model. The base game is basically multiplayer only with just a couple factions.

But yes, free.

I am seeing extremely granular soil types. That might sell it to me

It's so beautiful

I've seen a couple videos recently and they seem to have the multiplayer down pretty well for groups up to 12. Seems like with the right mods it would be worth playing. But in the meantime the niche has filled with things more like games without all the effort, like Interstellar Rift or Pulsar: Lost...

Am I crazy or are sharpened sticks and stones effectively the same tool with different durability?

Creepers are the best way to terraform, honestly. They can even be used to tunnel through lower strata of rock before you have a proper tool

Creeper World 4 is going to be amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8V4IcQ4iU

The Loot Box Question - Designing Ethical Lootboxes: I - Extra Credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uha5c7hJdA

The lists of under the radar games are always some of the best videos on SuperBunnyHop, but this list is something special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvJxRFeuYg

I can't say I've ever had to transfer items between platforms given that they reach all 256 blocks vertically, but that does seem pretty badass. Mostly it was easier in my head to transfer to a new platform to get up to a new, higher level than to rebuild that dropoff point higher. It also allowed ...

Platforms are an entirely viable vertical transport system. If you set it up right you can even manage a couple hundred feet using one set of platforms as sluice gates to transfer from one platform to another at the bottom of its own rope, which is one of the coolest things I ever made

I have returned home but apparently someone migrated my account for their own benefit during my hiatus. I am looking forward to starting a new world and stop worrying about things once the account has been recovered

Form follows function for me even into the endgame. Even my infernal library being a dark, flooded tower filled with rotting books and a single lens spotlighting the enchanter was a concession to spawning mechanics since I didn't want to risk blocking any magic by filling the room with torches

Why every game needs AI opponents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgc-p79L2cE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYjayrKRDs

I regret that it will be a few weeks before I get home and can dig into this build. I like the way steel has been pushed back and look forward to dying a dozen times or so on the way to it

It's more pure management juggler than sim title. Having to manage tasks with dwindling crew numbers due to injury can get frenetic but it's nothing like a simulation

This is why I love finding veins of dirt and gravel in caves. It means you get that much more wall exposed without needing to carve through stone

They have made massive improvements to loading lag and stuttering in the ghost leviathan update. In addition to making the game far more terrifying

If you liked Lexicon (aside from reading Max Barry's other excellent books) you may love Neal Stephenson. REAMDE reads like a grown up Ready Player One in a more realistic setting and Snow Crash is almost a definitive work of Cyberpunk speculation along with it's sort of sequel The Diamond Age. I al...

Stable ship date is August 10. Price will be increasing one month prior to the October 31st PC launch date so this seems like the best time to pull the trigger if you have been waiting.

https://trello.com/b/KbugnSRJ/subnautica-roadmap

Fuck the world!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyVh00baK8E

Sunless Sea review, and an explanation as to why Quinns has been my favorite reviewer of any medium since I came across him on Shut Up & Sit Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r6VtUW9504

I only use my other peripherals when the M&KB controls are bad, usually a case of a bad console port - for example the driving and flying controls in GTA5 are awful, so I switched to the 360 pad when I had to use a car/plane/helicopter/etc and switch back to my M&KB for on-foot. Since I use...

If they can track the positions of controllers, they can sell a sensor you can put on your throttle and joystick which will tell the software where to render a model of your controls. Assuming Logitech or Thrustmaster don't just cut out the middleman and sell a line of Vive/Oculus compatible setups ...

I've been using a $20 headset that holds my phone in a cartridge and straps it to my face for basic VR applications and movie viewing. Based on that experience I am very much looking forward to using VR for HOTAS games. Star Citizen and Elite in particular. The tech seems custom made for vehicle bas...