100% with you about the visuals of Geneforge. You have to be willing to fill in the gaps with imagination for most of the game, as there are a *lot* of gaps.
Thankfully I can say I've been playing CRPGs for a while since before I knew BG3 was even in development. Disco Elysium and D:OS2 rank very highly on my favourite games list.
Honestly I know it's a bit janky but I genuinely do recommend Geneforge 1: Mutagen. It's really cheap comparatively, and has a lot more jank than the modern CRPG gamer is willing to put up with, but the world, combat and writing is excellent.
Do you refer to yourself in the third person, or does somebody else write the blurb when one of your threads is featured? If you write it yourself, how does it feel?
As for Friay night Forking, it's not my jam, but I don't really care if it's around or not. There are many other ways for me to spend my time. If the people want it, why not?
It feels like 90s cool-TV on steroids, and for me that's akin to nails on a chalkboard. I'm not keen on shows that rely heavily on audience participation, and I'm also not around to see it live, so pretty much the whole package misses me by miles.
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