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@big_denim: All the bosses require the right tactics to take down. if you have the right party composition and you understand the Boss's abilities then taking them down is totally doable. They are meant to be scary the first time you meet them! Also, you can always run away. Running away is an important tactic in this game :)

@bladededge: You know that you can turn a lot of the more difficult additions (corpses etc.) off in the options now?

Personally I find this to be a really great game. I've been playing it since I first saw it here on Giantbomb a good while back. It's a game about risk mitigation and management which is weirdly fun :) Things will go wrong, all you can do is plan and prepare for when they do so that you can keep going. It takes some of the pressure off as there is no way to play 'perfectly' which is something I have been weening myself off of lately :)

Restarting is never required as the adventurers are only another resource to be spent, the town is the real character and its upgrades are permanent so restarting doesn't make any sense. THey do need to balance the resource requirments for upgrading the early important building - stagecoach, armourer and guild. IIRC you need deeds to upgrade those and they are mostly found in one dungeon type, I hope they spread that around as it means you focus too much there in the early game.

Back to the OP's original comment though, I have had a few total party wipes, especially the first few times I hit level 3 dungeons. You need a fully upgraded part to take them on but that's doable. Early selection of adventurers to focus is essential, ditch the guys with the bad traits and focus on locking in good traits early on as it is a lot cheaper.

@brodehouse: He's not saying that, he asking why they don't talk more about the games they like.

North Korea is no threat to anyone but their own citizens. They're not going to nuke South Korea, they just want the weapons to grand stand. It's not even a deterrence as no one will ever invade them. The US doesn't want a unified Korea because then a close ally would have a land border with China and nobody wants that grief. Better to have a shitty country separating the two.

@spraynardtatum: I was surprised by how much liked Wolfenstein. I am pretty much done with regular FPS' but I really enjoyed that game :) BJ was so tragic and he had a real sadness in his eyes that was weird in a video game. Those are some really good picks man, I too hope that the writing in games gets better, especially RPG's. Laters dude.

@spraynardtatum: Not trying to start an argument about opinions on what's good writing and what's bad writing etc. but what do you consider to be good writing in games?

I feel that a lot of the writing in the Witcher 3 was in service of the world building and thought overall it was fantastic, but I enjoy seeing things from another's point of view.

I thought they were and pointless. I get that they're making fun of youtube videos but they weren't funny. They were actually just as boring as the videos they made fun of.

So I didn't watch them after the first minute or so.

Very minor fallout spoilers below.

I try to play the game so it suits the story. Been playing Fallout 4 since Christmas and I pretty much mainlined it until I had to cross the glowing sea. Then I went back and built myself a base at Red Rocket and started constructing a suit of lead covered power armour. To get the components for that I wanted to get some vendors in my base so I started pumping perk points into Charisma etc. After I had a few bases (farming, water, supply trade hub) I joined the Minutemen and set up a town in Sanctuary.

Being made general when I already had a substantial force under me and 3 bases in the NE of the map (and having 30 hours of play time) made a lot more sense than doing it 15 minutes after coming out of the Vault.

Playing games this way makes them flow a lot better for me :)

@kasaioni: There's a help menu?