Hehehe.

*equips riot gear and and clicks on the Facebook link for the video interview*

Ah ha ha ha, and then he pointed out the Fallout Sex Formula video. :D

Have to say I'm very impressed so far. It's a massive improvement over the first one in my opinion. It's a little bit more serious in tone (which I prefer - the first one was a bit too goofy for me, though I still liked it quite a bit). The game seems quite expansive and the areas are full of things to see. I find all the companions very interesting and quite fleshed out, much more so than any game I can think of in the recent past (although there could be more in-group banter/chat between them). Not nearly finished with the game though, but I think I'm something like 20 hours in.

Obsidian shopped around for the best 'publisher deal' they can strike I assume.

Um, hello! As you point out, this game has been out for a week. Where is the fabulous (and generally indispensable) GameBanshee walkthrough for the game? ;-D

I remember that the first one required a rather big leap of logic to know what you were supposed to do to advance the story at a certain point...

Your advice sounds solid!

Sounds a bit Dark Soulish.

I am sure a modder could make more sense of this. I bought Warband soon after release, tried it, promptly died, set it aside, and didn't get into it until Clash of Kings was released. The game is neat enough, but without that familiarity I don't find it engaging. So, until Cozur or some other modder makes a great mod that put the game into a more familiar setting, I won't be buying Bannerlord.