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Well, go add those games to the Dreamlist and vote, lads! VOTE!!!
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Please also vote for No One Lives Forever, I need it 
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Literally the first game(s) I went for, only to find out my wishlist votes from way back had already transferred 
I almost feel like GOG started this whole thing literally to try to push the NOLF deadlock forward 
(I would kindly ask people to upvote Arma 2, Chameleon (2005), and Vietcong for me )
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They finally added fireflies again after they were removed a few years back
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Ooh, that’s great news for Playstation fans on PC! Especially since they’re making a PSN account optional for these games!
I’ve read that a lot of PC people are annoyed by the account requirement especially for these single-player games. Reviews on Steam are a little… shaky with it.
Starting with tomorrow’s release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for PC, we’re working to add more benefits to playing with an account for PlayStation Network. The Last of Us Part II Remastered (coming April 3, 2025), in addition to God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, will all soon be adding in-game content unlocks for PlayStation Network account users.
An account for PlayStation Network will become optional for these titles on PC.
And it seems like they’re offering early unlock cosmetics and stuff as incentives to play on PC.
Also this probably confirms an update to the PS5 version of TLOU 2 since that Intergalactic Jacket cosmetic is new.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2:
Early unlock suits: the Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit and the Miles Morales 2099 SuitGod of War Ragnarok:
Gain access to the Armor of the Black Bear set for Kratos at the first Lost Items chest in the Realm Between Realms (previously only accessible in a New Game+ run) and a resource bundle (500 Hacksilver and 250 XP)The Last of Us Part II Remastered:
+50 points to activate bonus features and unlock extras
Jordan’s Jacket from Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet as a skin for EllieHorizon Zero Dawn Remastered:
Gain access to Nora Valiant outfit
YAYYY finally Worlds Part 2 for No Man’s Sky!! Cool that they’re adding a whole new planet type – Gas Giants ooooh. Plus a whole new lighting system and water reflections, cool cool.
Hello Games has been really good at implementing all this stuff into VR, so even if this new patch is a bit wonky with that version, they’ll iron out the kinks over time.
I still like going back to NMS – especially now that I have VR – just to roam around and look at all the pretty stuff hehe.
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Very reassuring, EA…
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Since Dragon Age Veilguard was a flop, they might have to scrap a lot of the work they did on ME5 and start from scratch.
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Ah yes because pulling stunts like that worked out so well for Veilguard.
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I don’t think it’s the “stunt” itself that was the problem so much as how they decided to utilize the stunt. Although I’m judging based on the reviews I’ve seen.
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Devs should really take notes from games such as BG3 if they want to make a good RPG. You hear me, Todd!?
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They clearly can’t handle late stage changes so it is better that they just do what they can. Anything else is like rescuing a drowning person, they just drag you under and kill you as well. Very few studios pull off even the slightest changes in late development so imagine starting all over near the end.
Take a look at the long list of gaming flops. Take a shot every time you see them change story or design or gameplay direction late in development. That or it is because of a stupid executive decision coming down from on high. Bioware are not god at mitigating either scenario and in a lot of ways they never have been even before their glut of less than stellar titles.
Game development isn’t as simple as banging on a keyboard and then the game is done. It is very hard work done over man manhours by many different people with various specialisations.
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We should all remember that Veilguard was first developed as a live service game 
At least they dropped that early on or the game would have ended worse than it is now when it comes to sales and number of players.
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I dunno. I think a lot of what people consider to be so bad about Veilguard was the result of making such a radical decision. I know it certain is the reason why the story is so bad especially for the first few hours.
You go from a live-service game where you need very little in what you would consider a story to suddenly having to develop a fully formed story with characters and the like. And then everybody writing it changes it like you change your fucking pants and do so even some months before the game goes gold.
Peak clusterfuck conditions. It seems a lot of the Bioware magic is actually stated for destruction spells.
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ME “5” keep in mind is meant to be a continuation of some kind of the original trilogy.
Given the reception of Veilguard, I’d say let the series rest since the chances of them making a good game is already a tall order.
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Sadly Bioware lost their most talented writers long ago. Unless they can somehow bring them back or hire high profile ones from sucessful games like BG, I not sure there’s a reason to be too enthusiastic about ME5 or any other future project.
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I mean Casey Hudson who manned the ME Trilogy and KOTOR came back albeit briefly. But beyond that everything from that era of BioWare ceases to exist.
I haven’t played DA Inquisition, but just from what I know about DA as a series it’s been largely a mixed bag of a series.
So my only knowledge of BioWare is between KOTOR and the ME Trilogy since ME Andromeda failed to capture me when I attempted to play it.
There isn’t, all we have to go off of is a teaser that is a few years old now, and how they’re gonna canonize one of the controversial endings of ME3’s Directors Cut..
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controversially i actually liked veilguard for what it was - just to have a dragon age game after 10 years was unthinkable - but they really need to study the fuck out of what went wrong if they want ME5 to be good. the pieces are all there
and it goes without saying but i’m incredibly tired of meddling executives getting their hands all over a project and making developers take the fall when it ends up being bad. creative vision is important! just get the creators of ME1 in a room together and let them make whatever they want. it will work!!!
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Considering how poor Andromeda was, ME5 basically has to be perfect which with EA’s recent track record I’m not holding out much hope. I loved the original trilogy but the ending of 3 left a sour taste in my mouth.
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