jacksilver

@jacksilver@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know this one wasn’t well received until just now. To me it’s one of the few good 3D sonics. The plot, stage design, intersecting stories with varied play styles. All of that made it feel like playing in a full world.

  That being said, I’m hit or miss on sonic in general, so maybe I like it for not being a traditional sonic game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally the movement mechanics and the tropical overworld were amazing in this game.

  While the water jetpack may seem like a gimmick, I thought it really changed the platforming in a good way.

  Additionally, I’m a sucker for a good overworld and the amount of things you can unlock or discover in delphino plaza turns it into its own sort of level.

  There is definitely some jank and padding (blue coins) in the game, but it holds up better than Mario 64 in my opinion (just due to the camera issues IN Mario 64).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s still considered to be the most populous city in the US at around 7.9 million.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How are you accounting for cities pulling up the averages for each state? For example New York has some dirt cheap places to live, but it’s clearly being dragged up by New York City.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s not a bad tutorial, but it is long and slow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah my bad, that’s definitely a good point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My opinion is that in the game you should have collected rooms over time, but be able to build the house with whatever tiles you have.

  This would still require multiple playthroughs, as you need to rebuild the house for different puzzles, but also removes some of the RNG by tying it to finding new rooms rather than at every door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if I agree on the “full price” comment, it’s not much different in quality than Myst or Outer Wilds.

  Outside of that I agree, the real deciding factor is how much RNG annoys you. I loved the puzzles and gameplay, but gave up after the “first” ending because there were a ton of puzzles I knew how to solve, but couldn’t get back to or get the right resources for them. Some might argue the RNG is part of the puzzle, but for me it felt more punishing than it should be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love rougelites/likes, but for me the issue was the RNG. When you have the knowledge to solve a puzzle, but can’t get the resources or rooms to line up right it just feels stupid.

  The game wouldnt be half the length if I could just define the layout myself each day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Invincible VS | Official Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a 3v3 tag team game and they only showed 6 characters?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lies of P: Overture - Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a hard game, but hopefully the new settings help. Also, I didn’t find it too hard to farm resources to level up. Compared to dark souls I think it’s a bit more forgiving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, yeah he had a lot of advantage, but he did have to do something right to become the richest man. But making some good gambles doesn’t make you a good person nor does it mean you’re great at everything.

  Maybe he was good at finding companies at the right time to invest, but that means jack about any economic or political acumen. Same reason why we don’t want businessmen in politics, being good at one thing does not mean you’re good at everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Im not sure I’d call cops expert interrogators, it’s more like they’re playing with a stacked deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but my point is that it’s apparent from scene 1 when “Simon” wakes up the first time. Just cause he doesn’t get it doesn’t mean the player doesn’t have to deal with the same concept getting rehashed over and over.

  There was no build up of the concept or iteration on the idea. It’s just the same arc from the first 10-15 minutes of the gameplay playing out again and again. Except they swap it up at the end to try to make it hit harder, but to me it just felt played out.

  I get why people like it, but it just didn’t have the pay off for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The setting was definitely interesting. However the main story was a bit too much of a one trick pony - who is the real you.

  !Additionally they kinda cheat in the story telling around who lives on. It’s not random chance, each time they replicate their memories it just makes a clone. The original was never going to make it to the end.!<

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never got around to it when it came out. Does it hold up well?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Chronicles of Riddick. Not sure it’s considered a “bad” movie, but I definitely like it more than most. Just a crazy entertaining world and system they build in a short 2 hour long movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While it isn’t apparent from looking at recent events, senators are actually some of the most powerful people in US politics. That’s because they are the smaller chamber of the US legislative branch.

  Why I say they are powerful is that they (along with the house) dictate laws and the budget for the US. While the house, the larger chamber of the legislative, performs a similar role the house has 435 people vs the senate’s 100 (meaning the power of the senate is less diluted).

  While looking at the current affairs in the US might seem to imply Trump is all powerful. Right now he is only able to do what he is doing becuase Republicans effectively control all three branches of the US federal government (legislative - makes laws, executive - executes laws, judicial - evaluates/interprets laws).

  If they wanted to, the senate could stop a lot of what Trump is doing. If they had support of the house, they could literally kick him out of office. While the judiciary also has a lot of power, it’s more reactive rather than proactive when compared to the legislative.

  So In summary a senator is one of the top law makers (as in literally defines the law) in the US. And if senate and house work together, they are the most powerful branch of the US government. The main issue is getting 635 people to agree on anything, which is why over the past couple decades the executive had been able to exert power power/influence in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree, but my opinion is gameplay (or the interactive nature) of games is what sets them apart from other mediums so would be a deciding factor in a masterpiece game.

  But I guess it largely just boils down to the fact Soma just didn’t do much for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a masterpiece game has to offer more than just story. Additionally I think something like Firewatch does a much better job at telling a compelling story for a walking simulator. But clearly this is why “objective” masterpiece is hard to define, as nothing is really objective in these opinions.

  Other games I’d consider better in the walking simulator category:

  • Unfinished Swan
  • Firewatch
  • Gone Home
  • Stanley Parable
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably me being pedantic, but for an “objective masterpiece” the game needs to stand on its own and not on its legacy. I just don’t think Ocarina of Time holds up to later zelda games in many aspects (although I do think the story and soundtrack do).

  Generally I think the ps1 and N64 era just suffer from the transition to 3D. Graphically and gameplay wise many games suffered for being the first foray into 3D gaming and those challenges wouldn’t really be settled until the next generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m always curious why people add things like Ocarina of Time to lists like these. While the game was revolutionary at the time, I don’t think it holds up particularly well nor succeeds where later zeldas fail.

  To call it an objective masterpiece I feel like it has to be a game that someone picking up today would still enjoy and appreciate. Tetris and Portal for example hold up well even by today’s standards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like Soma was a decent metaphysical question wrapped in a okayish walking simulator.

  It got a lot of praise, but basically boils down to the question “what makes you you” with nothing else about it standing out.

  If the gameplay isn’t a driving factor of making the game objectively good, then I don’t think it counts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Plans For ‘Love, Death & Robots’ Volume 5, But Viewership Drops 50% and Ratings Plummet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the first season was okay, maybe 50/50 on good to bad.

  Were the later seasons any better?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekend Update: Colin Jost and Michael Che Swap Jokes for Season 50 Finale - SNL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, I had heard that he was leaving, but can’t find a source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekend Update: Colin Jost and Michael Che Swap Jokes for Season 50 Finale - SNL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  She’s married to Colin Jost and this was his last night doing weekend update, so I suspect she wanted to be there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought he meant more R&D, but even $1200 would be way too expensive for a console (especially a handheld).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I know it would mean emulation, the question is more if they can deliver. Since they state it will work with all Microsoft, Epic, and Steam games. Assuming any of the leaks are right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean choosing Qualcomm means they’re targeting Arm chips, which Intel and AMD don’t make.

  It would probably mean a longer battery life, but I’m not sure how that would work for backwards compatibility and power.

  If that’s true though, it would really set this device apart from the competition.