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  • Well lets see, 0 deaths for the west, minor investment compared to running an actual war…

    As of October 2024, the estimated number of Russian deaths and costs in Ukraine are:

    Russian deaths
    

    The U.S. estimates that Russia has suffered 115,000 deaths and 500,000 injuries in the war.

    Western intelligence estimates vary, but some say the number of dead could be as high as 200,000.

    Russian costs

    Russia’s losses in Ukraine are greater than all of its casualties since World War II combined. The war has also set back Russia’s military modernization efforts by nearly two decades.

    Ukrainian deaths

    A U.S. official estimates that Ukraine has suffered more than 57,500 deaths and 250,000 injuries. However, Ukraine rarely comments on the scale of its battlefield deaths.

    Armored vehicle losses

    Russia has lost more than 8,000 armored vehicles, including 2,700 tanks. Ukraine has lost nearly 3,000 armored vehicles, including 740 tanks.

    Recruitment

    Russia has relaxed recruitment standards to allow older civilians and convicts to fight.

    Estimates vary widely due to a number of factors, including Ukraine’s reluctance to disclose its losses and the fact that U.S. intelligence analysts have focused more on Russia’s casualties.

    Ukraine is not in the west. So… If it’s Russia Vs. West, they’re losing really badly.







  • Valheim was a better game in it’s first version than a lot of the games that are “complete” on this list.

    I get where you’re coming from, and certainly some games don’t deserve to even be sold in their “early access” state. However, I think saying none of them should count at all is a bit ridiculous.

    Valheim offered hundreds of hours worth of entertainment even in the early versions and has only improved since then. It only takes up 1gb of data through some miracle, and runs fairly well even on the steam deck.

    Honestly it puts many of the other titles on the list to shame. Ignoring it because the dev wants to continue providing MORE free updates instead of calling the game finished and then charging for “DLC” is not a reason to punish the studio, if anything they should be looked to as an example of what other devs should do.


  • Honestly, there were a TON of games I was surprised to find on this list, but Valheim was not one of them.

    Multiplayer games are especially vulnerable to the subjectiveness of enjoyment because not everybody has the same set of friends or experiences with their friends in the game, assuming they played with friends at all.

    That said, I’ve been playing games for decades and I would put forth that even single player Valheim with no access to multiplayer would deserve to be much higher than the 100 placement on this terrible list.