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- Comment on METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is now available on GOG 4 months ago:
In case anyone doesn't know, this game is basically Devil May Cry but in the Metal Gear Solid universe.
I'm telling you that because I didn't know that when I bought it. I had played MGS 1 and 2 before buying this game, and it took a couple of hours for me to realize, I don't think I'll be sneaking up on anybody in this one. It's a good Devil May Cry game, though!
- Comment on Anyone know any good shooters for switch? 4 months ago:
This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but Neon White is one of my favorite games of the last few years, and it's on the Switch. I played on PC, but I haven't seen any complaints about the Switch version.
I don't really know if I'd call if a first person shooter. It's more like a first person platformer and you have to shoot some targets before completing the level. Levels are very, very short, and you'll replay them many times to shave a fraction of a second off of your time.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Deus Ex 4 months ago:
Thank you! Was just about to ask if there were any suggestions for someone who had never played the original.
- Comment on What are your plans for when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda? 4 months ago:
I'm more than happy to jump over to whichever side is winning. Got my Andromeda flag ready to fly as soon as things start leaning in their favor.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale has arrived 5 months ago:
copy-pasting what I posted on !pcgaming for some that are $5 or less:
A few super cheap, not-new games I've played that aren't on the main promo banner:
- Aragami - $3 - Pretty challenging stealth game. The sequel is also on sale, but I hear it's more action-oriented, less stealth-oriented than the original.
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth - $2 - Strategy game.
- Bastion - $3 - Same developer that made Hades.
- Mount & Blade: Warband - $5 - Sid Meier's Pirates, but with horses. (This is not the newest game, Bannerlord)
- Sid Meier's Pirates - $2.50 - Mount & Blade, but with ships.
- X3: Reunion - $2 - Sid Meier's Mount & Blade, but in spaaaaaaace. (I've only played the sequel, X4. But this one looks kind of similar, and is two dollars.)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - $2.50 - Tactical FPS. Been a while since I've played it. Was definitely cool when it came out.
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon - $3 - Ditto. This one probably holds up better.
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - $2.50 - Who do you think would win in a fight, Tom Clancy or Sid Meier? I think Sid Meier.
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - $1.50 - Fighting game. Combos are not as timing-sensitive as games like Street Fighter or Tekken.
- Rayman 2 - $1.50 - 3D platformer.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale has arrived 5 months ago:
And if you do run into any problems, the Steam overlay should solve any compatibility problems, if you're OK with launching your games through Steam. I end up doing that with all of my games (including the ones I didn't buy on Steam) since I think its controller mapping UI is the best.
- Comment on YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes 5 months ago:
This may not work out the way I want it to, but I'm actually a little excited about these tech companies making a bunch of anti-consumer decisions all at once. So many mainstream users will be looking for alternatives, and it's going to provide a great opportunity for non-profit open source projects. It's already happening with the fediverse suddenly becoming a viable place for discussion in the last 1.5 years. After Windows Recall was announced, I've seen more people talking about switching to Linux than ever before. Part of me can't wait for unskippable Youtube ads.
- Comment on METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER - Official Trailer #1 5 months ago:
That's Metal Gear Solid Y for those who are more familiar with the Xbox layout.
- Comment on German parliament will stop using fax machines 5 months ago:
I think the the previous post was sarcasm. :)
- Comment on ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY! 6 months ago:
GN also asked him for advice as part of their video -- they mention him a few times in it.
- Comment on The Sega Dreamcast 7 months ago:
I've heard this argument before, but I'm not sure that the numbers support it. Despite the Dreamcast having a head start, the PS2 started eclipsing the DC's sales almost immediately, and that's even with the PS2 having some supply problems early on.
If piracy was the main problem, I would expect to see huge system sales and small game sales. Instead, the DC just didn't sell very well outside of its initial launch.
I'm not saying piracy didn't exist, but Sega had lost so much support from customers and developers with the 32X, Sega CD, and Saturn, I suspect those are more to blame. They'd have been able to handle the problem of game copying better if they didn't have a dozen other problems at the same time. Heck, it was the first console with built-in online services, and that's the industry's main way of dealing with piracy now.
- Comment on Bethesda Quietly Removes Denuvo DRM from Ghostwire: Tokyo 7 months ago:
I suppose they only did it now due to some license agreement expiring?
Yep, if I understand it right, Denuvo charges an annual fee to be used. That's why you always see it getting removed after the game loses relevance, when sales aren't enough to justify paying for Denuvo anymore.
Kind of weird how, because Bethesda (and other publishers) are Denuvo's consumer, this particular anti-consumer license agreement is actually benefiting the players, haha.
- Comment on Hades II Technical Test - Live Gameplay 7 months ago:
I'm late to the party with Hades, but am enjoying the first game right now.
Also, wow, there's a familiar face in that video! I remember watching Greg Kasavin do reviews for Gamespot back when video reviews were still a pretty new thing. (found one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhb9ZpfU-mQ)
- Comment on Which Mortal Kombat games across the years should I start with? 7 months ago:
I remember thinking that it was the pinnacle of graphics. I mean, it was photos of real people, that had to be as realistic as games could possibly look.
AND I WAS RIGHT.
- Comment on Which Mortal Kombat games across the years should I start with? 7 months ago:
MK9 is also the start of the modern game mechanics, in addition to the story. They established the current gameplay formula in MK9, and have been iterating on it since then.
Unless you really want to play the classic games, I think MK9 is the best starting point.
- Comment on Live action "Meet the Sniper" video, with the real TF2 voice actors 7 months ago:
The original video already had a bunch of quotes (like that one) that have lived in my head for years. This remake just added, "Mum pisses in jars!" to the list. :D
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- Comment on AAAA!!!!!!!! 8 months ago:
Yeah, it came out in January! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1372460/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA_Remastered/
I'm not sure what the development process was like -- they were calling it a sequel for a while before then changing it to a remaster. The reviews suggest that a lot was changed from the original. I kind of want to get it anyway.
- Comment on AAAA!!!!!!!! 8 months ago:
They're late to the party anyway. The first 25-tuple-A game was released in 2009, and it's an indie gem. Got a remaster just a couple months ago, even. https://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/AaAaAA__A_Reckless_Disregard_for_Gravity/
- Comment on Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’ 8 months ago:
My last phone before getting a smart phone as a Motorola Razr, and man that one was so satisfying.
- Comment on 🤤🤤🤤 9 months ago:
This live action colossal titan looks worse than the anime.
- Comment on Billy Mitchell has surrendered 10 months ago:
I read that as "surrendered to the authorities" and I thought WOW there must have been some Billy Mitchell developments that I was not aware of.
- Comment on Many players have become "patient gamers". What are games people might miss out on by waiting for sales? 10 months ago:
That's a really good point. Sometimes the fun you can have with the game's "multi player" community isn't in the game itself.
Baldur's Gate 3 is probably the best example I can think of. (And I don't have it, and it is really tempting for the reason you just gave.) I actually overheard two people talking about it at a coffee shop today, and three people talking about it on the train a couple weeks ago. I can't think of any other game that has been like this.
- Comment on Many players have become "patient gamers". What are games people might miss out on by waiting for sales? 10 months ago:
This also highlights a huge advantage that popular fighting games have: the constant arrival of new players. You don't want to be the only person who picked up the game that week.
Thankfully, there are multiple really popular fighting games out right now (at least, really popular compared to how the genre was doing a few years ago), which is great.
- Comment on Many players have become "patient gamers". What are games people might miss out on by waiting for sales? 10 months ago:
For me, the only reason to jump on a game early is if it's necessary for there to be a thriving multiplayer community to enjoy the game. That's something you would miss out on by waiting for a sale. That early stage, where everyone is still figuring out how the game works and finding new strategies, can be fun. But I rarely play multiplayer games now, so I just skip that and I don't mind.
If it's a singleplayer game, there's no reason to jump on it early -- and certainly not to enjoy it as a technical spectacle. It'll look just as good five years from now.
I remember replaying the original Half-Life in 2008 for its ten year anniversary, and thinking, "This is still fun, but the graphics are almost distractingly outdated." But when I replayed the original Mass Effect from 2007 just a couple years ago -- which was more than ten years old then -- I thought it looked just fine.
- Comment on Discontinued and unreleased Microsoft peripherals revived by licensing deal 10 months ago:
Microsoft's initial departure from Microsoft-brand peripherals meant it would only focus on more expensive, higher-end designs worthy of Surface branding.
They're saying this like we didn't all just read an article about the official Xbox Toaster yesterday...
- Comment on Luke's Thoughts On A Bunch Of Video Games He Didn't Get To Write About Because He Was Unemployed - Aftermath 1 year ago:
I think I'll still have to check out Bombrush Cyberfunk -- most other people seem to have liked it. And it's not like anything else is filling that niche right now.
Hadn't heard of Cyber Knights Flashpoint, that one looks fun.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I've always thought that a lot of DLC and preorder bonuses are basically an admission that you won't enjoy all of the game, you'll just feel obligated to get through it. Like, if part of the game is earning coins, then that should be enjoyable, right? It's part of the game, and games should be fun, so you should want to do that. So the fact that they let you pay more money to skip that aspect of the game really shows that many game mechanics are just not enjoyable anymore. They aren't even meant to be enjoyable; it's more profitable to put un-fun game mechanics in.
Imagine if preordering Sonic the Hedgehog 2 allowed you to skip Emerald Hill Zone and Chemical Plant Zone. No one would do that -- that's the content you bought the game for! You wouldn't pay extra to skip it.
- Comment on What's your favorite game through the ears of Original Soundtrack? 1 year ago:
Great choices there! the Unreal Tournament and Morrowind soundtracks have been stuck in my head for a long time now. UT in particular -- I listen to the full album about once a week while I'm working.
I never played Deus Ex when it came out, so I don't have the nostalgic attachment for that one, but I just discovered this a few days ago: https://alexanderbrandon.bandcamp.com/album/conspiravision-deus-ex-remixed. I bought it and am giving it a full listen today. Highly recommended; probably that much better if you're a fan of the game.
- Comment on The Talos Principle 2 | Demo on Steam Available Now 1 year ago:
I have not -- I'll add it to my list!