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- Comment on Open world games, need recommendations 5 weeks ago:
I would recommend to play this on Switch though. That’s because, unlike the PC version, the Switch version can be played without an Ubisoft Account. All one has to do is to disconnect the Switch from the internet, and suddenly the game runs without login.
- Comment on Open world games, need recommendations 5 weeks ago:
I would recommend to play Skyrim on PC though. Even if your computer is old, you should be able to get a much better experience from it than the Switch version.
I mean, I played it on the Xbox 360, and it worked like a charm. On an ancient three-core console with 256 MiB of RAM.
Then I wanted to replay it on the Switch, and was disappointed. There are a lot of physics glitches on the Switch, but what is worse is that the NPC pathfinding takes a lot longer on the Switch, such that NPCs move in nonsensical directions during combat, as they start to follow paths that they would have needed several seconds earlier. Instead of moving near the player to attack, they move near the position where the player had been some time ago. This is particularly bad on the overworld, but also noticeable in dungeons.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 24th 1 month ago:
I loved that game, and completed it twice, but the last chapter (or last 2 chapters - depending on which ending you get) is super annoying. The encounters are repetitive, and there are quite a lot of them. It’s almost the same group of enemies again, and again, and again. Once you have a working strategy those encounters aren’t even that challenging, but if you play turn-based, they take a lot of time…
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 24th 1 month ago:
I’m still hooked on Backpack Battles. It’s slow enough that medicine-induced-brain-fog ridden me can play it, and it’s a lot of fun.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 17th 1 month ago:
Backpack Battles. I should have never bought this. It’s eating all my spare time.
- Comment on Need advice for android gaming 2 months ago:
I don’t know that particular system, so I can’t give any hardware-specific suggestions. However, it might be worth checking out the games that previously were included in Humble Mobile Bundles, especially the very first ones. Sorry, I don’t have a nice to browse list, but this site seems usable enough: barter.vg/bundles/3/76/
That said, OpenTTD is available on F-Droid. That should keep you busy for a while 😉
- Comment on What games do you think are unfairly snubbed when talking about the best games of all time? 3 months ago:
There are some amazing fan projects though:
- While it isn’t a remake, OpenMW improves upon the original game’s graphics - it does not change textures or models though, just rendering features.
- Skywind is a remake though - it uses the engine of Skyrim to recreate Morrowind.
- Skyblivion is the same idea, but with Oblivion.
- Comment on Most legible scottish person 4 months ago:
War ja auch nicht ernst gemeint. Ich bin bei diversen Chats im Freundeskreis eigentlich immer der einzige, der auf Hochdeutsch antwortet 😉.
- Comment on Most legible scottish person 4 months ago:
A geh, is doch iagendwie liab, oda?
Übahaupt, jetzt wo si Hochdeutsch imma mea duachsetzt, und vü junge Leit übahaupt nimma richtig östareichisch^1^ redn leanan, missn ma doch schaun, dass unsa Sproch net oafoch ausstiabt, oda?
Mia hom a a longe Tradition, wonns um Mundoatdichtung geht. Da Dichta von da obaöstareichischn Hymne zum Beispü, da Stelzhamer Franz, hot gonz vü in Mundoat gschribn.
Und weis ma grod eifoit: Es gibt a a eigene Wikipedia in unsam Dialekt: bar.wikipedia.org Oba do dua i ma söm schwah, dass i des vasteh. De is scho in da äagstn von de oagn Mundoatn gschribm.
(So, jetzt woas i net, wöcha Sproch i im Dropdown do untn auswöhn soid… Wei wirklich Deitsch is des jo net…)
[^1^] I am fully aware that the dialect I’m writing in is not called “Austrian”. The two big dialects spoken in Austria are “Alemannic” and “Bavarian”, and the one I’m writing is the Bavarian dialect. I’m only using the word “östareichisch” here, because that’s what I expect most people to use in spoken conversation.
- Comment on [News] The Game Awards is Giving Away 100 Steam Deck OLEDs During Show - Steam Deck HQ 5 months ago:
Yes, the list of countries that are allowed to participate is on the website.
Australia is not on the list, for instance, but most of Europe is.
- Comment on [News] The Game Awards is Giving Away 100 Steam Deck OLEDs During Show - Steam Deck HQ 5 months ago:
From the official rules:
Once you provide the required information and submit the form you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. After you submit the form you will have the opportunity to earn up to three (3) additional entries. [snip]
a) Create a Steam account. [snip]
Okay, that’s doable, I guess most people have one already
b) Click the ‘follow’ button to follow @summergamefest on X. [snip]
Suuuuure. Who in their right mind would willingly go on X?
c) Click the ‘follow’ button to follow @thegameawards on X. [snip]
Again X? How much did Elon pay them?
- Comment on Maybe AI won't be taking all of our jobs after all? 6 months ago:
And up to now we have zero indication that the current approach isn’t a dead end. Bill Gates, for instance, thinks that GPT-4 is a development plateau: heise.de/-9337989