Very much hating Royal Mail right now, I have now spent all weekend sans Resident Evil 4 Remake
Yeah, I saw this on Era yesterday.Slight OT, but Chris Avellone had the sex abuse false accusations against him withdrawn by the accusers:
Chris Avellone Case has Been Resolved; Sexual Allegation Claims Have Been Retracted
Chris Avellone, the writer accused of several sexual allegations has had the claims against him revoked in a court settlement.wccftech.com
I did look into this when the various court documents were made public, as well as the information released by Jeff Johnson, and was 100% convinced the accusations were made up, so it is gratifying to finally see them admit as such.
Still, I wonder if he will ever get hired by a larger studio again.
The accusations are so false that he is going to pay seven figures to settle it. Go figure. This is getting ridiculous, where are you coming from?Slight OT, but Chris Avellone had the sex abuse false accusations against him withdrawn by the accusers:
Chris Avellone Case has Been Resolved; Sexual Allegation Claims Have Been Retracted
Chris Avellone, the writer accused of several sexual allegations has had the claims against him revoked in a court settlement.wccftech.com
I did look into this when the various court documents were made public, as well as the information released by Jeff Johnson, and was 100% convinced the accusations were made up, so it is gratifying to finally see them admit as such.
Still, I wonder if he will ever get hired by a larger studio again.
To my understing the accusers are paying that 7 figures sum (which includes legal fees)The accusations are so false that he is going to pay seven figures to settle it. Go figure. This is getting ridiculous, where are you coming from?
I won't edit my post, I apologise I understood it the other way but in any case after all that surrounded this guy how can you really defend him? That attitude really gets on my nerves...To my understing the accusers are paying that 7 figures sum (which includes legal fees)
bullying works!
I'm near the end as well (played RE4 2023 all weekend) and I have to agree. Not that this new game is afraid to get cheesy (the part whereJust finished RE4R, amazing game, but they remove most of the campiness of the original, and I'm kinda torn about it.
I was really excited to see the slomo rocket at the end, but it was not there.
Overall it is a better game then the original, but I love the og more.
Yes, they are so false that rather than risk going to trial, the accusers decided to settle, retract their false accusations and pay Avellone damages (you misunderstood, he is not paying them). Seriously, if you read the information made public, you will come to the same conclusion as me.The accusations are so false that he is going to pay seven figures to settle it. Go figure. This is getting ridiculous, where are you coming from?
As far as I know he didn't really trash talk Obsidian per se, but specifically Feargues Urqhart and Chris Parker. Maybe he had good reasons to do so, maybe not, either way, it was obviously unprofessional. But does that mean he deserves to have his livelihood destroyed via false allegations? I don't think so.He still trash talked Obsidian and many of his former co-workers, sent sex pest texts to a woman he knew was in a relationship, and spent a lot of time on the alt-right/Nazi cesspool that is RPGCodex.
Lets not say things we might regret.you don't even have to discount them I will pay full price for the entire series on steam in one lump purchase if you do it
I imagine his name is tarnished forever as we're in an age where no one wants to admit they were wrong on the internet or reacted too hastily. I mean you can check the era thread on it, everyone in those first 10 or so pages who were so quick to call for his head are missing since the update. He will be thought of as a guy who did "something wrong" by these people if his name does pop up in the future. Even if you point this story to them they will say something vague like "weren't there other things he did?" just to keep the image going that he did SOMETHING bad, even if we collectively can't remember what that was.Slight OT, but Chris Avellone had the sex abuse false accusations against him withdrawn by the accusers:
Chris Avellone Case has Been Resolved; Sexual Allegation Claims Have Been Retracted
Chris Avellone, the writer accused of several sexual allegations has had the claims against him revoked in a court settlement.wccftech.com
I did look into this when the various court documents were made public, as well as the information released by Jeff Johnson, and was 100% convinced the accusations were made up, so it is gratifying to finally see them admit as such.
Still, I wonder if he will ever get hired by a larger studio again.
I just finished it and loved every second of it. The OG RE4 is my favorite game of all time, and I can easily say Capcom nailed this remake, they clearly know what made the original so special, and modernized it in a significant way. Ashley and Luis are way better characters in this remake. Remake Leon is still a cornball and a one-liner machine, so for me is hard to pick between the 2 of them lol. I will love (and play) the OG version more but for mainly subjective reasons, since I have memories and huge nostalgia attached to that game, but I'm extremely happy with how they handled this remake.Just finished RE4R, amazing game, but they remove most of the campiness of the original, and I'm kinda torn about it.
I was really excited to see the slomo rocket at the end, but it was not there.
Overall it is a better game then the original, but I love the og more.
Yeah his reputation is ruined and this bullshit will be a dark cloud hanging over him whenever he's trying to get a new job. A reputation that was built over a career of 25 years got destroyed in a moment by malicious accusations. That's actually insane. I hope the people at Techland who fired him from Dying Light 2 feel really fucking stupid right now given what we know and how shit their game turned out to be. I also remember Paradox removed him from Bloodlines 2 but that's the least of the problems that project has run into. What a complete waste.I imagine his name is tarnished forever as we're in an age where no one wants to admit they were wrong on the internet or reacted too hastily. I mean you can check the era thread on it, everyone in those first 10 or so pages who were so quick to call for his head are missing since the update. He will be thought of as a guy who did "something wrong" by these people if his name does pop up in the future. Even if you point this story to them they will say something vague like "weren't there other things he did?" just to keep the image going that he did SOMETHING bad, even if we collectively can't remember what that was.
In my opinion, they have to tweak the loot. I reached level 25 and I was showered with rare and legendary items. They drop so often that I do not feel even slightly excited when I pick them up. Diablo 3 was also terrible in this aspect, Diablo 2 fared a lot better.The games can get really, really repetitive indeed.
But you don't need to get that deep into the gameplay loop, they are a fun dark fantasy adventure too, with some cool loot along the way, which Diablo 4 seems to nail quite well.
According to Rod Fergusson, legendary loot drop was intentionally increased for the beta.In my opinion, they have to tweak the loot. I reached level 25 and I was showered with rare and legendary items.
maybe he can make a small indie game studio and work on things he wanted to do.Yeah his reputation is ruined and this bullshit will be a dark cloud hanging over him whenever he's trying to get a new job. A reputation that was built over a career of 25 years got destroyed in a moment by malicious accusations. That's actually insane. I hope the people at Techland who fired him from Dying Light 2 feel really fucking stupid right now given what we know and how shit their game turned out to be. I also remember Paradox removed him from Bloodlines 2 but that's the least of the problems that project has run into. What a complete waste.
EDIT: And you're spot on about how some people will still try to insinuate that he's a bad person on other vague things. Like how "He must be a bad person for posting on a forum which has people I don't like". Surely a Resetera user can see the irony in that statement given the reputation that forum has in the wider gaming community. RPGCodex is a far better place to discuss RPGs and specifically the kind of games Avellone makes than Resetera will ever be.
That still doesn't say its false, just that they have been retracted.Slight OT, but Chris Avellone had the sex abuse false accusations against him withdrawn by the accusers:
Chris Avellone Case has Been Resolved; Sexual Allegation Claims Have Been Retracted
Chris Avellone, the writer accused of several sexual allegations has had the claims against him revoked in a court settlement.wccftech.com
That still doesn't say its false, just that they have been retracted.
I wonder if it was really false, would the internet make better of it back when they all jump on it? People will do everything to get bad elements out, will they be equally willing to pick someone to become better?
Since only 2-3 major outlets have covered it, that says it all.
(sorry I avoid such "news" but this one stuck out odd to me).
Fair enough. No one knows the true extent of it.IIRC these weren't the only allegations against him so maybe they are waiting to see how the rest goes
Yeah the knocks for him posting on rpg codex is weird because a bunch of old school rpg devs have posted on there at some point. Josh Sawyer has and has given them interviews too, but you don't see them witch hunting him for it (nor should they, leave josh alone). It only becomes problematic when they don't like someone and are looking for any reason to hate on them, and the reverse is true too when people like someone they purposely overlook some things. In this case the SAME thing.EDIT: And you're spot on about how some people will still try to insinuate that he's a bad person on other vague things. Like how "He must be a bad person for posting on a forum which has people I don't like". Surely a Resetera user can see the irony in that statement given the reputation that forum has in the wider gaming community. RPGCodex is a far better place to discuss RPGs and specifically the kind of games Avellone makes than Resetera will ever be.
I watched a bit of this last night and I just keep thinking Decentralland is extremely equivalent to Active Worlds / Alpha Worlds in 1998. Like down to the architecture of the buildings and basic shapes you work with and the visual aspect! Everyone built structures just like that. It was a game where you had to pay a 1 time fee to build anywhere in various huge HUGE open worlds, and once you built something you just owned that property / area.
I wish he had spent more time criticizing the metaverse as a whole instead of focusing primarily on Decentraland, but it was a good video overall. The one thing I took away from it was techbros insisting the metaverse is inevitable for some reason. Apparently the progress of technology means we will all spend our leisure time in one virtual world because some scifi books used it as a narrative device.
I don't think they would have retracted and agreed to pay damages if they had truth on their side. They would just go to trial. They had pro-bono lawyers, too. Who likely advised them to retract and settle.That still doesn't say its false, just that they have been retracted.
I don't remember any more accusers besides the two who retracted it and the woman who received a drunk sex text from Avellone (for which he immediately apologized), can you be more specific?As far as I recall there were more than just those two accusers towards Avellone, he only sued 2 of them.
4 was the number in the initial bloomberg article at the time.I don't remember any more accusers besides the two who retracted it and the woman who received a drunk sex text from Avellone (for which he immediately apologized), can you be more specific?
Where did you get this? Cdkeys hasn't delivered mine ;/
The last of us key delivered.
I like this "new" notificacion. The first time I saw it was with RE4 remake, I don't know since when Steam do this.
Instant-gaming, pre-ordered it with Wo Long and Resident Evil Remake.Where did you get this? Cdkeys hasn't delivered mine ;/
Yeah it should be interested. The HBO show was a huge hit but that $60 price point for a late port is high.Curious about how TLOU will do with ccu peak.
I'm just gonna put a number out of my ass and say 20k max CCUYeah it should be interested. The HBO show was a huge hit but that $60 price point for a late port is high.
Yeah that seems about right. I don't see it coming anywhere close to Resident Evil 4's numbers.I'm just gonna put a number out of my ass and say 20k max CCU