You’re acting like Humankind didn’t steal from Civ’s homework to begin with, lol

Guild Wars 2 expansions are cheaper on the company’s storefront than on steam, without sales. Not sure if they get an MMO pass, but it’s not a hard and fast rule.

What about people who need money to not only survive but to continue making art? What separates art from, say, coding, as a form of labor that is not worth compensation? Is an artist’s work not worthy of adequate compensation?

This is my opinion about every game that came after Dark Souls 1, although I think the drawbacks are a lot more visible in 2&3 in Elden Ring - as you pointed out about the open world. Finding the shortcuts in the first one (like Darkroot Garden connecting the Parish to the Burg) is a feeling that’s never been replicated for me in the later games.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data/

If you just read the wiki article you linked as well, there is circumstantial evidence you’re just ignoring.

Randy is such a piece of shit it’s wild

Wow, this is super cool - saving this for when I finally spruce up my old desktop for a home server. You’re a talented person mate

Where fourth party?