So back when I first played Majesty as a kid, I actually looked up a guide for the some of the end game scenarios. I was able to clear all the “advanced” scenarios and some of the expert scenarios, but I was making seemingly zero progress on several of the expert campaign maps.

This was with knowing the game mechanics and “OP” approaches relatively well. The game does have a more exploratory approach to balance that isn’t immediately clear and is mandatory for harder maps.

The approach to beating some of the expert maps was extremely convoluted. Basically a fully structured build order and a lot of luck on top. I am not sure how the author of the guide even discovered the solutions. For most of the expert campaign maps that was I stuck with, I wasn’t able to find alternative approaches. Even to this day I am curious if there are viable alternative approaches.

I also agree that there is a lot of variety and fun to the scenarios. They are very different and a spin to the core gameplay formula (much more so than many classical RTSs from that period).

It really does flip the script on the standard RTS formula and allows for a completely different play-style than most RTS games.

But to be fair, many of the mid to late game campaign maps do require extensive micromanagement.

It’s still very playable even today. The HD version has support for modern resolutions and modding (the scene is relatively active for a somewhat niche game from 2000).

Sure, but they tend to be low-end mini PCs with older CPUs, very weak iGPUs, a tiny SSD and something along the line of 8 GB RAM.

That’s not the end of the world.

I am a huge supporter of FOSS, whenever possible I use FOSS applications on both desktop and mobile. But indie games is actually one area where it would make sense to have proprietary engine and art (albeit maybe for a period of say 10 years for the engine and a somewhat longer period for art).

By definition, a competitive fee/rate is controlled by the market, not by a single entity that set a rate ~20+ years ago.

This is not matter of punishing anyone, but recognizing reality; massive network effects, immense switching costs and lack of market driven rate setting.

I am honestly a little bit in shock how people are willing to do volunteer PR for Valve.

They are an American technology, they can’t escape the culture of corruption and criminality that dominates their region.

That’s true. I’ve gotten pushback for criticizing Valve and there is a lot to criticize.

They might be better in some way than other US tech companies, but that’s doesn’t mean much.

Not everyone has loyalty to Valve or any company.

Sure, I am not saying trust him, it’s more like a morbid curiousity thing.

I am curious if that would be possible.

Generally speaking economic strategy games (tycoon, city-builder, business sims) are a bad fit for the roguelike model; the “core” fans of the genre generally towards enjoying complexity and deep simulation and strategy development.

That being said, Against the Storm was able to make an excellent roguelike fantasy city-builder, so perhaps a tycoon game would work too.

Correct.

That’s not the same thing as what you are claiming (that I wish bad things for those Americans who oppose the current regime).

I don’t believe this is happening any more in the main sub-reddit community.

It is a mischaracterization! What have I said that makes it seems to you that I support the US oligarchic regime and wish the worst to those Americans that oppose it?

That’s simply not true!

That’s a mischaracterization. Trust me, it brings me no joy to see the US become a chauvinist, criminal oligarch regime. It’s a disaster to be honest.

That being said, you do not want to send money to a regime that wishes you harm and is composed of criminals. Nor is it unreasonable to make an assumption that the dominance of criminal elements is permanent and American civil service will get permanently debased and hollowed out.

Mind you, this sort of outcome is not surprising and a foreigner living in the US could notice the foundations of such an outcome a decade before Trump.

I was curious about this game, but I don’t do early access / paid alphas for MMOs. There were many warning signs over the years; sales of Star Citizen style expensive JPEGs, the CEOs deep involvement in MLM and the decision to temporarily pivot to a BF game.

If what is being reported is true, the CEO is indeed a full on scammer and liar.

The funny thing is the main victims of the Intrepid CEO were other MLM hot shots (one of them sounds like he barely knows how to use a computer, let alone MMORPG gaming).

Cool art style and I really the sci-fi noir aesthetic.

I wish them luck (I genuinely do), but the existence of such people doesn’t change that the US will almost certainly remain commited to crime, corruption, chauvinism and demagoguery in the coming decades.

From my experience this is not purely a US far right issue. As I mentioned in my reply, much of the centre right might oppose the current administration, but they are still opposed to anti-crime reform (if not supporting crime out-right).

Why is that important?

As someone who has lived in the US for several years (and who still talks to close friends from there), I think it is reasonable to make an assumption that in the next ~20-30 years there won’t any change with respect to support for (and dominance of) crime, corruption, authoritarianism and demagoguery in the US.

Yhe US centre right party leadership is too corrupt, but also have no experience (or even theoretical interest) with anti-corruption/crime reforms. The party base is too well off (by relative global standards) to ever risk rocking the boat and getting serious about crime, not to mention a non-minuscule percentage of the US centre right voting base (similar to a large proportion of the far right), look up to criminals and oppose improvements to governance.

In that context, it is reasonable to drop US purchases whenever possible.

People pay for Discord Nitro?