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I'm personally playing on NA, but thank you for the helpful information!

It was smooth on primal, I only saw significant queues the first day or two.

I'm not sure I love the half broken DC travel system, though that is sort of a different issue.

I quit playing partway in.

Imo writing was a major weakness. They were going for the sardonic Fallout-y tone, but didn't get there. The humor wasn't funny, and the writers didn't appear to really have anything to say about humanity or capitalism - the themes the story was supposedly about.

This was definitely not helped by having every conversation be an extreme super close up with the npcs starting deadeyed straight in to the camera.

Combat was pretty meh. It has the worst weapon upgrade system I have ever seen. The player just pays money to make the number go up. Then in the next planet over, everyone has "pistol II" or "rifle II" which does way more damage anyway. I guess if one was being extremely generous, this could be interpreted as a gaming meta commentary but the game doesn't earn this.

Overall, it just kinda felt like they were operating off of a "fallout in space" checklist, which made everything feel generic and boring.

I'm like a third or a little more of the way through so far. I like the new South / Mesoamerican themed areas which look great with the graphics update. The music is excellent as always

The pacing is exactly the same as the previous expansions, so no surprises there.

Part of me still hopes that they will go full voice acting at some point but they haven't actually said that.

Overall I'm finding it pretty good so far and meeting my expectations especially considering the guidance from the devs.

Yes, but poker themed. 'Combat' is a round of poker themed solitaire with a point target. This is followed by an opportunity to spend money to upgrade your deck with fancy cards or modifiers. The point targets are constantly increasing, so you need to keep upgrading to complete a run.

If you like Slay the Spire, I would definitely give Balatro a shot.

Yeah I'm going to keep playing, but obviously not until next week. I thought that they were done changing stuff.

I tried this for the first time over the past week or so. The driving immediately stuck out as the weakest point, so having more travel options sounds good.

I kinda wish they had just RGGed it and put everything in like a five block radius. I'm extremely early, but the city and environment just feel bad.

I have a Zenfone 9, and it's fine basically. The size, 3.5 mm jack, and battery life are all good.

There currently isn't a boot unlocker from Asus though there apparently used to be one. The UI is pretty stock-ish, so it isn't too bad, but I do wonder about updates in the future.

No, they are owned by Relx (fka Reed Elsevier), known for PAX and the scam which is the academic publishing industry.

Huh, interesting. So both paths lead to killing everyone in the temple.

What happens with Shadowheart's parents and the mirror of loss room if Nightsong is killed?

That seems reasonable, they seem consistent about the 'godling' thing.

I think any explanation as to why Shar would personally care would tie the scene together at least a little.

In my recollection sync for reddit had multiple long gaps in communication from the dev, including pretty shortly after subscriptions were first announced. I appreciate the desire to be paid, but I didn't find it clear that there were ongoing development or support efforts.