Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191203005020

Forgot to reply yesterday, I'm getting old. Mentally at least. Depends I guess. If they can have a fall guy, they'll probably use them. Otherwise you probably will stop seeing it in the news the next day anywhere. Epstein probably fell in the first category, he already had an earlier conviction for like 6 months house arrest EXCEPT during work hours so he could work. Obviously he had very little money and he had to support himself somehow. A normal person would have gotten 20 years to life and probably raped/beaten to death in prison. Pretty sure they still didn't do anything to the people close to him who also facilitated/actually did the crime. Labour camps are always a bit of a touchy subject. It's Europe though, it's not like we have a Siberia/Alaska in our backpocket. I'm also not sure how the Scandinavian countries would react to foreign power's hard labour camps in their remote regions. Maybe Britain and France have some shithole island you can dump them on. Either way, if hard labour camps come back as a punishment, it'll probably be for us, "the peasants".

It's dystopian work to begin with, having to deal with customers who see you as an avatar of the company. Always being recorded, always having to please them. Make a few fuckups and your out and they'll have the evidence of all your calls.

Most games just use the Steam DRM, technically the client and the DRM aren't separate, as both are needed to both (Offline probably stores a ticket/token somewhere). Only good thing about Steam DRM is how easy it is to crack it, there's automated tools for it. Some are as easy as filling in some of the apps details and it should boot fine. I don't think Steam really focused on the DRM part. Probably more on the integration with the Steam client part. No real laws for pre-ordering either, in Sega's case you technically had the product for two weeks, so it was safe. Not sure if they actually did refund so their reputation wasn't destroyed. Japanese companies have only recently started dumping their games on PC, probably low porting costs (and it shows, with most ports having loads of issues) and new "expertise". I guess consoles are still doing good, so I doubt that's why. Just for more money. They still seem like they have no clue what they're doing though. At this point I prefer companies like XSEED to the original devs, ports had less issues it seemed. It's pretty much like your Ebays and YAs. Just with more traditional auctioneering goods. Like Jewelry and Automobilia (or just cars). Collectables in general seem really popular with traditional auctions. Most have games and electronics as well. Catawiki was popular because it seemed more accessible, but I heard they lost a huge amount of money during their first years. Ebay can't be beat I guess, it's essentially the same anyways and it's easier to sell on Ebay as well.

The ambition for the game was too great, it almost jeopardised the company according to TADA. I'm basing the finer points on a 3 star review on Amazon, some other gripes from others are included: It's a regional control game without strategic elements, at some point you'll have to deal with multiple fronts. 100% tactics. (so no bigger picture, the strategy is small scale. Guess making Alliances to prevent multiple fronts is what he'd like). It's an eroge which skimps on the ero part. (this kind of seems like Alicesoft's modus operandi though) There is no point in saving and loading the battle again. (probably RNG gripe? or difficulty? Either you can't reload for a new RNG seed or if you can't win you probably just can't win) If a battle goes wrong you cannot withdraw and you'll game over. However you'll get the option to reload a save/turn/battle. You can't weaken the enemy little by little even when withdrawing. There is no turn limit except for one route, it was "harsh" until I noticed this. (probably a gripe about how hard it was because he rushed whilst it's not necessary, except on one route). Ships will not be lost ?except from events/characters leaving? They are repaired even if they are destroyed. He also feels that event and route conditions are hard to understand. Leading to him repeating the same route on accident. He feels that the game is troublesome and a lot of work. It's also exhausting as you can't push through it. He says you can enjoy it if you are: patient, like puzzle elements and don't like random battles. Otherwise it's a very "hurdle-like" game. Another reviewer says death is meaningless, the main character is a boring superman who can do anything. Some higher rated review says the enemy always attacks the same was in a player's defensive battle. (probably indicates lackluster AI) He also says the exciting elements of the battle is contradictory to the systems used in the battle. Probably means that winning the battle means you probably have to sacrifice enjoying the battle. That's what stands out, I find it odd how one person doesn't really like the game part and has nothing good to say of the story, but still rates it a 4. Because the guy likes Alicesoft's software. Ultimately, looking at the reviews it's kind of what I expected from what I heard, 3.5 stars seems fitting as well. Maybe 3 out of 5.

I guess the NTR games are the new incarnation of their nukige offerings, they seem to do well enough and are all about resource management. I guess that's perfect for a nukige. I typed out a whole section, but they were mad ramblings. Essentially I feel like they haven't really tried something new since the 90s with exceptions (territory capture). That's probably why people might've shifted to nukige, I doubt it's lack of time as most of those people would've had to have a job in Japan or be a NEET to even buy the games. I'd assume it's the same, maybe some limited edition song on it. But that's more of a "real music" album thing. I think they probably also sold it seperately for people who didn't get the limited edition. Lucky for you, saves money. Always celebrate them over here, nothing particularly special. It's just an expensive get together. I'll have to hope, but you can't get them all. I wouldn't be bothered too much if it's gone. With a bit of luck some of the Japanese archival project get their hands on a copy and it'll "leak" out.