The good ol' zero finger discount.

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That's a bit of a different presentation than "stole" just saying.

Oh yeah I fully agree that no game can satisfy everyone.

It’s just that, before playing it myself, I never heard a bad thing about it so I might have expected too much out of it.

Still I enjoyed it, even if it’s not a game I’ll recommend to everyone.

He literally said that it was a great game.

Chill out he said it was great. And I also agree with him, its not a masterpiece like everyone is making it out to be.

The writing wastes a LOT of time.

The writing is the reason for playing the game. If that's wasted time, maybe this kind of RPG isn't your thing.

It's also paraded as pro-communist media, and it really isn't at all.

100% dependant on your play style. If you go down Socialist Cop route, it's pro communism. If you go down the Crypto Fascist route, the game is pro-racism.

That's why it is one of the best RPGs of all time; You have so much choice and agency that you get like 16 different versions of the same story, based entirely on what you choose to do, and those stories are written as well as any book.

The game was made by communists, and they do make fun of themselves and other communists a lot and try to be even handed with the satire. That being said, if you've completed all four political vision quests you do notice how pro-communist the authors are. I always recommend people do the communist path on their first playthrough, because it is the political quest that injects a necessary piece of hope into the game. It feels almost like the "canon" choice considering how well it balances out certain other elements of the story.

Ahh, got it - it sucks ass

Hell yeah, enjoy. If they don't click for you, don't let it turn you off from later Owlcat games. Rogue Trader really saw them nail the tone and writing that could sometimes be weak in moments in those previous games. They've come a long way as a studio. I liked them both a lot