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 Topic: Banquet for Fools |
friketje
Replies: 3
Views: 257
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 8th Mar 2026 20:45 Subject: Banquet for Fools |
| The game looks great. The combat is shit though. Selecting an enemy for an attack often fails resulting in a knockdown of your own character. Also this game is oldschool: there is no tutorial and you' ... |
| Topic: Esoteric Ebb (Disco Elyseum-like) |
friketje
Replies: 5
Views: 306
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 8th Mar 2026 16:43 Subject: Esoteric Ebb (Disco Elyseum-like) |
| It's so so. It's Disco Elysium basicaly...without the awesome writing of that one. |
| Topic: Indie Gems |
friketje
Replies: 7
Views: 942
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 6th Mar 2026 10:45 Subject: Indie Gems |
True, indie games are superior.
It's the focus on gameplay that makes them great. And, at least the good ones, offer something fresh like you haven't played before. These days talent is much more imp ... |
| Topic: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 137
Views: 18806
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 6th Mar 2026 09:05 Subject: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
Production values can push an avarage game to something that's quite enjoyable. Hogwarts is a good example.
There is a lot of stuff in the previews that shows a lot of attention to detail. So if the ... |
| Topic: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 137
Views: 18806
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 5th Mar 2026 21:25 Subject: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
What's the point. Every AAA open world game is like a generic MMO intended to let you do the same shit over and over.
Why the hate for this one. |
| Topic: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 137
Views: 18806
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 4th Mar 2026 21:18 Subject: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
The previews are ok I think.
What did you expect, the second comming of jesus? This is the first single player game for them. It's never gonna be perfect or groundbreaking.
I'm still interested. ... |
| Topic: Mewgenics |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 818
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 19th Feb 2026 18:08 Subject: Mewgenics |
| Agree the game is to grindy for the sake of being grindy. Progress is to slow and you'll end up doing the same run over and over. The game also encourages you sometimes to just quit a run earlier by o ... |
| Topic: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 201
Views: 29431
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 18th Feb 2026 20:02 Subject: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
WTF... 79,99€ ?!
Kojima just stranded my wallet.
No money for Hideous at launch! 
True. The ps5 version is allready 25 euro's for a cd key.
This will cost 20 euro's in a cou ... |
| Topic: Mewgenics |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 818
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 14th Feb 2026 12:41 Subject: Mewgenics |
| After spending some time with it the game becomes better. Awesome game. Slay the spire is the only roguelike I spend some time with, this is way more fun then that one. |
| Topic: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 201
Views: 29431
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 13th Feb 2026 12:15 Subject: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
Seriously I don't understand why europe has to pay premium for all games. The 1:1 euro/dollar price conversion is bad enough. Never seen a game that' has a lower price in dollars.
People in the US ha ... |
| Topic: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 201
Views: 29431
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 13th Feb 2026 09:47 Subject: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
Now i realise i bought part 1, thought I had a pirated it.
I totally ignored the building mechanic and online stuff tbh. It felt so useless and tedious. |
| Topic: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 201
Views: 29431
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 13th Feb 2026 07:03 Subject: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima) [March 19th] |
It just popped up at Gabe's place:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3280350/DEATH_STRANDING_2_ON_THE_BEACH/
19 march !!!
And no denuvo, just like the first one.
It's worth a pu ... |
| Topic: Mewgenics |
friketje
Replies: 13
Views: 818
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 12th Feb 2026 18:38 Subject: Mewgenics |
Fun game.
Big downside though is that this game does not respect your time. A full run takes over an hour and you can only return to base after the end of a stage and when you lose you lose all pro ... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 18:11 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
| People also get influenced by other media. That's freedom of speech. You don't have to like everything that is being communicated. |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 17:24 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
| Old and young people listen to teenagers or lunatics who tell them how the world works and how shit everything is, which might hit you back directly or indirectly depending who listens to these morons ... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 17:02 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
Get that shit out. Games you generally don't bring with you, but tiktok sure stays in a lot of peoples faces 24/7 regardless where they are.
The video games thing was a joke.
But regarding Tikto ... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 16:35 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
"Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act"
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312
I didn't even knew an addictive ... |
| Topic: Baldur's Gate III (Larian Studios) |
friketje
Replies: 1744
Views: 238629
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 13:47 Subject: Baldur's Gate III (Larian Studios) |
https://deadline.com/2026/02/baldurs-gate-3-tv-show-craig-mazin-hbo-1236710583/
TV series incomming. |
| Topic: Grand Theft Auto VI [NR, 2026] |
friketje
Replies: 909
Views: 134175
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 5th Feb 2026 11:29 Subject: Grand Theft Auto VI [NR, 2026] |
Rdr2 took them 13 months, Rockstars last release.
My guess is th pc release will ship when the online mode is ready, could be a couple of months or years. |
| Topic: Grand Theft Auto VI [NR, 2026] |
friketje
Replies: 909
Views: 134175
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 4th Feb 2026 11:44 Subject: Grand Theft Auto VI [NR, 2026] |
| No point discussing the release date at the pc section. That one could be years away. |
| Topic: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
friketje
Replies: 17
Views: 1005
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 2nd Feb 2026 21:04 Subject: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
| This was my last rage quit, i'm done. I did a red route. At some point, impossible to progress (2/3 up). It looked easy looking up but at a certain point there was no progressing. Then a green route. ... |
| Topic: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
friketje
Replies: 17
Views: 1005
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 2nd Feb 2026 13:25 Subject: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
What makes this GOTY 2026 ... in Feb 2026? 
French chauvinsim. |
| Topic: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
friketje
Replies: 17
Views: 1005
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 2nd Feb 2026 12:49 Subject: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
| As long as you avoid the red routes the game isn’t all that hard. But I rage quited 3-4 times to realize that. |
| Topic: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
friketje
Replies: 17
Views: 1005
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 2nd Feb 2026 10:04 Subject: Cairn (Climbing survival / Possible Indy GOTY 2026) |
| It’s funish, but there is a lot of yank and poor design decisions. Controls are weird and inconsistent. You fall of cliffs without reason when often the right way to play is twisting your body in im ... |
| Topic: Samson: A Tyndalston Story [April 8th] |
friketje
Replies: 16
Views: 1476
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 31st Jan 2026 12:53 Subject: Samson: A Tyndalston Story [April 8th] |
| No guns... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
friketje
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 29th Jan 2026 20:43 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
| Russia is 100% not Europe. I've only been there a week, but that was long enough to realize this. They look european, but we have nothing in common with those people. It's a third world country still ... |
| Topic: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
friketje
Replies: 137
Views: 18806
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 29th Jan 2026 19:59 Subject: Crimson Desert [March 19th] |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9Cxhxw8WA
After wacthing this I though to myself: this doesn't look like a RPG
So I looked it up on the steam page
Genre: action, adventure 
Fuck th ... |
| Topic: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
friketje
Replies: 11
Views: 319
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 28th Jan 2026 16:38 Subject: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
Now they have tons of people. Support teachers. All kinds of paramedics and special needs assistants. And they are "overworked".
No, they just can't teach. They are poorly trained.
Since the ... |
| Topic: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
friketje
Replies: 11
Views: 319
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 28th Jan 2026 10:18 Subject: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
| lol teachers are severely overworked. Can't deal with just teaching kids anymore. No, you're now a psychologist for the children also and have to make multiple different plans for kids due to differen ... |
| Topic: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
friketje
Replies: 11
Views: 319
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 28th Jan 2026 08:09 Subject: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
From my own experience: the lower school education of my 6 and 8 year old is just terrible.
Teachers don't know how to teach anymore. They are bussy with all kind of bullshit, but basic skills are no ... |
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