mysticpickle
@mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
- Submitted 4 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 19 comments
- Comment on What's your opinions on film critics and film snobs?? 1 week ago:
Film critics are the media influencers of yesteryear and I care about their opinion about as much as the modern social media ones (as in not at all) :o
- Comment on Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre. 1 week ago:
Gonna plug Withering Rooms again! @Coelacanth@feddit.nu 's review of it initially sold me on it so I’ll just paste it here!:
I finished Withering Rooms a few days ago, having done both a full first playthrough and a quick run through NG+ to get the ending exclusive to NG+. Since then I’ve been in that odd spot where I’m kind of having trouble moving on to the next game. I just keep thinking about Withering Rooms.
This game was so amazingly good, it is seriously unbelievable it is the work of a solo dev. Especially since he also composed pretty much all the music - and the music is as phenomenal as the game. I don’t think I’ve been this impressed with a solo dev since Lucas Pope and Obra Dinn.If you vibe in any way with what you see on the Steam page, I heavily encourage you giving it a shot.
It is one of the most unique games I’ve ever played, which is funny because it simultaneously wears its inspirations on its sleeves. But the influences never end up leading to derivative end product, instead they are just the foundation for the very distinctive artistic vision of an auteur developer that is doubtlessly doing his own thing.And it’s not just about the story and world building and art direction and atmosphere, but the gameplay and build variety is also really good. All the gameplay systems are so well designed, the puzzles are intuitive and the game has so many thoughtful little touches you wouldn’t expect from the first game of a solo dev, especially on the QOL front.
The combat itself is a little clunky, but you do get used to it and there are several ways to build both melee and spellcasting, there is a ranged weapon build that leans more into consumables, you can sneak around and place traps, you can be a summoner… Probably more that I didn’t think of yet. And using all these different tools is a lot of fun.Having played this I am unbelievably excited for the sequel, which enters Early Access this year.
- Comment on Samsung faces strike from nearly 48,000 union workers 1 week ago:
It said in a statement that the reason an agreement couldn’t be reached was because “accepting the labor union’s excessive demands would undermine the fundamental principles of company management.”
Hm wonder what those “principles” are? 🤔
- Comment on Ancient Roman Meme 2 weeks ago:
I’m at a loss here
- Comment on I was a husky boy and look how I turned out 2 weeks ago:
Damnit Bobby.
- Comment on PS5 Exclusive Saros Has Reportedly Only Sold 300K Copies 2 weeks ago:
I mean it’s the first I’ve heard of it too :o
- Comment on Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 12th 5 weeks ago:
Yeah totally! The game is a lot more forgiving than I thought it would be given the initial vibes. Feels like I have an older brother giving me hints when there’s an aspect of the game I’m bit unsatisfied with.
Maaaan I’m tired of running from one end of the map to the other.
“Give it a bit more time. I gotchu.”
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 12th 5 weeks ago:
About midway though chapter 2 I think. Just discovered
Spoiler
the labyrinth
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 12th 5 weeks ago:
Shit well my week just disappeared. This game is the goddamn tops! Can’t believe it’s gotten so little notice :o
- Comment on No bitey my horsey [TW: a spöder eating dinner] 1 month ago:
Yep great FOSS option for Android at least! 🙏
- Comment on No bitey my horsey [TW: a spöder eating dinner] 1 month ago:
Using thunder app, sound works fine!
- Comment on No bitey my horsey [TW: a spöder eating dinner] 1 month ago:
Good spider bro
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 12th 1 month ago:
Welp you’ve sold me on it!
- Comment on Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members 1 month ago:
The group you’re looking for is over there buddy:
- Comment on Is giving only formula long term "healthy" for a baby? 2 months ago:
Imagine my shock when I found out companies were putting dihydrogen monoxide into all my beverages!
- Comment on Subnautica 2's early access release date was "self-servingly" leaked by Krafton, "further damaging the game", claim lawyers for reinstated Unknown Worlds CEO 2 months ago:
Krafton’s Lionel Hutzes have swiftly fired back in their own letter. “Papoutsis’s message was simply celebrating the UW employees’ efforts toward a past event: Krafton’s pre-Opinion determination that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access release,”
Lol the doofuses at Krafton actually hired a lawyer named Lionel Hutzes. No wonder they lost the case XD
- Comment on Why are public school teachers so underpaid in the US? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Stardock announce an expansion into indie game publishing 2 months ago:
Aren’t these guys the asshats that tried to take the rights to Star Control away from the original creators?
- Comment on Admin dessalines@lemmy.ml Appears to Have Had Their Account Compromised After Moderation Actions Raise Serious Concerns 2 months ago:
Sorry this is different from his usual behavior how? 😂
- Comment on PUBG publisher Krafton creates new Chief AI Officer executive role as it continues its ‘AI First’ strategy 2 months ago:
These are the same assholes who screwed the subnautica devs out of their bonuses to fund AI slop. Watching themselves shot themselves in the foot in real time is oddly satisfying.
- Comment on 3.14ckle 2 months ago:
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 months ago:
Ah, the funeral director has arrived!
- Comment on Dune II written in HTML5 / JavaScript 3 months ago:
This is amazing!
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 3 months ago:
Whole community with that mindset btw!
!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
The only game I couldn’t wait for in the last 15 years was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. That shit broke down my walls in more ways than one 🥲
- Comment on Would the tart blueberries taste as good if you didn't have to randomly power through 3 to 5 bland ones between each good one? 3 months ago:
Blueberries from Peru, one of the largest exporters, are generally are mostly bland mush in my experience. I remember hearing in a podcast someone saying they mostly grew a particular variety that was well suited for the climate but didn’t taste as good as other varieties that thrive more in North America.
- Comment on me, being surprised at how good radishes are 3 months ago:
It was from a salad bar so it’s very likely the case
- Comment on me, being surprised at how good radishes are 3 months ago:
I ate a beet once and found it absolutely disgusting. They look really similar to radishes so i just assumed radishes tasted the same for the longest time until I had a real Mexican taco with radish. Now I fucken love radishes!
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 months ago:
I’ve came to depend less on the visual cues which are often deceptive and more on the audio ones or counting in my head for dodges/parries. Also invest heavily (basically all your points) into defense/vitality which makes Dodge/Parry misses much more forgiving. Eventually, even if you do a smattering of side quests you’ll get powerful enough to basically ignore the timing mechanics altogether.
Also set it on story mode + auto QTEs. I did that on my first playthrough and had absolutely no regrets. The mechanics of the game are definitely secondary to the experience of the story.
