That's great news. Blender is really picking up some support lately! I guess we might be able to see some pretty good new updates down the road!

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Quoting: SirLootALotWho actually cares about the gender of a lead protagonist?

Apparently somebody cares. If not, you'd expect protagonist gender being picked randomly and thus the distribution between male and female leads should be 50/50 - but with the overwhelming majority of all games using male protagonists, you can't really argue it's random. The question is really why in 2019 it apparently still matters enough to systemically prefer male over female characters...

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Quoting: F.UltraBut have you not heard that the mighty SJW:s have forced all gaming publishers to only make games with female leads since 2014!

Heh, there certainly have been some debates about that issue. Apparently it didn't help all that much. Tomb Raider existed before 2014, and that's still the only truly major franchise featuring a female lead I am aware of. Other than that, there have been some rare one-hit-wonder gems like Life is Strange (it's successor-by-name-only features boy characters, so I don't count that as a female-lead franchise), Horizon or Hellblade, but in the end, video games are still largely made by men for men.

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For some reason, I have most of these games already! :D

Still not too many games other than Tomb Raider with strong female leads around, even in 2019... :S

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Quoting: fagnerlnHERE WE GO AGAIN...

We don't need the government controlling even more our lives, the parents should moderate what their children are using.

Yeah, regulating society is bad! How dare they making laws not to kill each other, or steal each other's stuff! Unacceptable! And now they want to protect minors from online gambling using the same logic already in place for real life gambling! How dare they!!!!

Libertarians will never cease to make laugh, really. Second dumbest ideology on Earth, after the Flat-Earthers. As if totally unregulated markets would have worked at any point in history, anywhere in the world. *rolls eyes*

Also, I don't think you have kids. Otherwise you would find having to say "NO!!!!" to the 99.9% of all mobile games that use these pathetic business practices as annoying as I do.

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My wishes got heard! yay!

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I know - people love to bash Paradox for their numerous DLC packs they release for all their games.

I love them (among things) for just that. No good old game is ever dead. They update and improve them for years. Yes, it costs money, but so does making these improvements. Can't have the cake and eat it.

I was hoping for Paradox to start making DLC packs for this gem of a game when they took over. Yes, I am going to buy this one!

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Let's not kid ourselves: It's a fairly massive price hike in disguise. As a current subscriber, I appreciate getting grand-fathered in the new program, but for newcomers, it might be the end of the line where it still might be considered a good deal, at least if you're constantly pausing months you feel aren't worth it (I never did, I am too lazy, so I just let it run and gave away games I don't need to family and friends)

The old program was a great deal, and I think it still will be a good deal. But one has to wonder if game subscriptions like this one will become the new Netflix. Which also used to be a great deal, before numerous price hikes combined with an ever shrinking library turned it into just another cable channel.

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I would be absolutely thrilled if the new game would be CK III. I love the setting, I love the dynastic gameplay and relative importance of individual characters, compared to other grand strategy titles.

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That's a welcome surprise. I've bought the game back then, but never finished it. Maybe now it's the time to! :)

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