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Apparently it is right now the only game on Steam that is elegible to be classified as "Overwhelmingly Negative" to have less than 10% of reviewers to recommend the game. Is this a new world record?

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FFS, I just lost a lot of items by updating Mystical Block because it removed colossal chests

That's unfortunate. I've seen Another Quality Modpack 2 and 3 rapidly add and remove mods with each update... so it makes sense that other mod packs could be pulling similar plans with their mod selections.

You should back up the mod pack instance before updating, possibly along with the worlds separately backed up. The former action would allow you to restore the original instance if the new version of the modpack is bugged and doesn't work or try to install it in a different manner to see if that fixes it.

Also most mod packs nowadays have a mod that automatically backs up the world. Have you tried checking that?

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How’s everyone enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 so far?

It seems good enough on Steam Deck - I set it to 30FPS because I'm playing on a PC which barely meets the system requirements and transferring the saves using Steam Cloud servers. The PC can only hit 30FPS most of the time, and even when I try to reduce graphical settings I can't get a consistent 60FPS.

The walking using the analog stick on the controller is pretty interesting because on PC you have to click places to move there. I like that we can do that. Though we're restricted to a radial menu to do attacks and stuff, which I'll have to get used to if I start any battles on the Steam Deck. So far I did all my battles on the PC.

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Is clous version on switch worth it in 2023?

Not really. You'll likely need an Ethernet connection for it to work well. Infamous 2 has major input lag if I try to stream it on PS5 with a wireless connection. When I use a wired connection, the input lag problem goes away.

If I remember correctly there's a demo to try and see if the servers work well enough for you, so try that first if it exists. If that isn't acceptable, you're better off using another console which runs the game natively.

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Nintendo Is Trying to Patent Some Broad Tears of the Kingdom Mechanics

About the EA Apex Legends patent for the ping system... remember that EA has patented some of the mechanics from Spore and The Sims such as the Sporepedia concept and the Sim body sliders in The Sims 4 where you can drag parts on their body to reshape them in the creator.

Both appear to be not leased for free like the Apex Legends patent and as a result games are affected. Spiritual successors such as Elysian Eclipse and Life by You have to skirt around the patents - the latter is visibly shown to have regular style sliders where they're located on a menu, and the developer for the former game complains about having to dodge the patents too.

In other words Electronic Arts isn't fully innocent. But Nintendo and Electronic Arts can get some favor from us by doing the same thing EA did with Apex Legends patents for the patents registered for The Legend of Zelda, Spore, and The Sims. Nintendo might be able to blow this away if they do this, unlike WB's patents with the Nemesis system, which is still commonly complained about.