Telorand
@Telorand@reddthat.com
- Comment on Multiplayer Arcade-Style Indie Game Recommendations? 1 day ago:
- Castle Crashers is a classic multiplayer beat-em-up. Plays great on Proton (if that’s important).
- Lost Castle is in a similar vein, though more roguelike.
- River City Girls (and sequels) is either great arcade brawler.
- Neurovoider
Great indie co-op games:
- Deep Rock Galactic. No split screen, but endlessly repayable with goals and targets in each mission. Also fun in solo.
- Caveblazers
- Guacamelee
- Tunche
Upcoming games to consider:
- Wizard of Legend 2
- Comment on favorite gaming medium? 1 week ago:
Steam Deck on lunch breaks, travel, and shorter sessions at home. PC when I want max settings gameplay. I tend to play games that can wrap up a loop in ≈30min on the Deck and more graphically intense/immersive/grindy games on the PC.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 16th 1 week ago:
I’ve heard it’s fun, but I don’t want to give any business to the insane, conspiracy-peddling, anti-trans bigot lady.
- Comment on Old News from the Latest Disasters | If sunlight is the best disinfectant, why haven't years of shocking tell-all stories done more to improve game development processes? [Remap] 1 week ago:
I’m convinced now that there is no story so earth-shattering, so horrifying, so diligently researched and expertly told that we could Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle our way to a better games industry.
I disagree, but I also recognize the fundamental lede buried in this lengthy gripe piece: the law is not just. The industry isn’t going to change from the inside out, because the fundamental core of the games industry is the same rot that plagues every industry. There’s a club of rich good ol’ boys at the top whose rampant sexism and ultra-capitalism still pervades many economies, and they’re able to successfully lobby the politicians that should regulate them.
But I disagree that it’s ultimately fruitless. There may be no singular story that fixes things, but continued effort to bring that stuff to light has influenced people’s decisions to buy into certain games or publishers. It’s resulted in lawsuits that at least give some justice to the victims. It’s resulted in new indie studios with good work cultures who make amazing games.
So I agree the problem still exists, but the “sunlight” they talk about isn’t a panacea—it’s one of many collective steps towards building a better industry.
- Comment on Games like punch out? 2 weeks ago:
“Arms” for the Switch might be something to look into. I haven’t played it, but it’s kind of a cartoonish boxing game.
- Comment on Why Dave & Buster’s Is Transforming Its Arcades Into Casinos 3 weeks ago:
Generally, arcades have not done terribly well. There used to be a lot of video arcades all over out there in the 1980s. Video game hardware has gotten a lot cheaper, and a lot of people just have it at home now.
Why bother with going to an arcade when you could go to a cozy place with a Steam Deck? Why pay to play old games on an arcade cabinet when there’s countless handheld emulators out there?
It worked when people had to go to a mall or arcade to play things, but nostalgia can only attract so many people, anymore. The market is no longer captive, and the people who played in arcades have grown up, gotten jobs, families, Steam Decks, and beefy gaming PCs of their own.
The only demo left is the hobbyists, and even they can now build their own arcade cabinets to get some of the experience.
- Comment on For The First Time In A Decade, Nobody Is Working On Cyberpunk 2077 3 weeks ago:
Supposedly, there’s mods that really improve things. I don’t have the game, but if you own it, it might not be a lost cause thanks to community modders.
- Comment on For the first time in 28 years, Super Mario 64 has been beaten without using the A button – and it only took 86 hours 4 weeks ago:
Y’all speedrunners march to the beat of your own kazoo. I love it.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th 5 weeks ago:
Thanks! That helps a lot. I have a few heavy weapons I’m holding onto that are 45+, so I’ll see what’s worth keeping.
I tend to enjoy the stealthy, long-range playstyle. My favorite weapon so far is a hunting rifle I’ve modded with a long scope and a suppressor (and others mods that boost aim, crit, or reload), and I try to use a plasma pistol for close quarters (because of the chance for nuclear waste); I have an automatic laser rifle and a 10mm subauto as backup, if things get overwhelming. I’m open to suggestions, though!
I play on PC via the Xbox/Game Pass launcher.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th 5 weeks ago:
Thank you! I bulked several hundred of the heaviest items and sold them to a vendor, and I made throwing knives from the excess steel (and sold those).
I think I should still pare that down, though. Right now, screws are my primary concern, and like you pointed out, I don’t seem to be having trouble with things like lead, cloth, and steel. I do have power armor, and I saved up to get the core recharger, so I should probably make use of that more often.
What are your thoughts on keeping higher level weapons in stash? I have some level 25+ items, but I’m only level 19.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th 5 weeks ago:
Fallout 76. I’m genuinely surprised how generous the players are, and it’s been generally fun. It doesn’t feel exactly like typical Fallout, but it lives somewhere between Fallout and Metro: Exodus.
Only big downside is the weight limits they put on everything (including your stash box), because that’s how the devs try to encourage players to buy in with cash. You can still run while encumbered, which is a nice change, but it uses AP to do so. Eventually you have to stop and “catch your breath” before you can keep going. Since it also blocks fast travel, it kind of puts a damper on the fun of collecting all the things when you are forced to travel by foot.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th 5 weeks ago:
That’s a really fun one. They did a great job with it.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings 1 month ago:
If it was me, I’d take the deal. They obviously don’t give a shit about even their successful teams.
- Comment on What are You Working on Wednesday 1 month ago:
Getting to some old testing automation projects that have been on hold.
- Comment on Am I the only person that feels that retro games are better? 1 month ago:
Nah. I mean, I like old games quite a lot, but for all the gems, there’s a litany of duds. I do agree that anti-cheat and online multiplayer have hurt innovation, but the indie scene is where it’s at, if you want innovation or a focus on storytelling. Still, some of my best memories are with modern online games like Shadowbane, WoW, Warframe, Deep Rock Galactic, etc., and yet no game has yet replaced my experiences with the older Myst series.
Size of games is certainly problematic if you have a slower internet connection, but even SSDs are quite economical at this point.
If retro games are your jam, then awesome! But I think they’re just a single facet of the broader hobby of gaming.
- Comment on OlliOlli, Kerbal Space Program Teams Shut Down by GTA Publisher 1 month ago:
The news follows confirmation from Take-Two it plans to let go of 600 full-time workers to save $165 million annually, which was shared a few weeks ago. That is despite making billions upon billions of dollars as a result of the GTA series.
Why make billions of dollars when you could make billions and one? /s
- Comment on What is your favourite game console? 1 month ago:
GameCube. Lots of fun with that console, and Skies of Arcadia Legends is a highlight.
Close second would be N64. The games were really unique, partly because designers had to work with limited hardware and a really bizarre controller. Mischief Makers is my all-time favorite for that one.
- Comment on Maybe hot take: as a handheld, the regular switch is an awful handheld 1 month ago:
I never owned a Switch, but I would say it was instrumental in the Deck’s conception. If the popularity of the Switch had never happened, I wonder if Gabe would have taken the chance.
Nintendo cuts all kinds of corners and usually doesn’t bother competing as a “performance” console, but people generally loved that thing when it first came out. I’m sure people will have gripes about Steam Deck v1 when v2+ comes out, too.
- Comment on Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14% 1 month ago:
SteamGridDB? Fantastic, especially now that the Steam Deck is part of the ecosystem!
- Comment on Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14% 1 month ago:
Epic CEO is just salty he didn’t come up with the Steam Deck concept first.
- Comment on Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14% 1 month ago:
You add the game in Heroic, and it has a menu option to add the game to Steam. There’s another setting that will do this automatically, once the game is installed.
- Comment on Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14% 1 month ago:
I dropped the first game specifically because of the “combat.” I’d give Alan Wake II a try if it was a different mechanic.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Mass Effect 1 month ago:
The LE.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Mass Effect 1 month ago:
Gonna be playing this eventually. Bought the full series in the winter, and it’s on my shortlist.
Anyone got mod recommendations?
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st 2 months ago:
Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Loving this leisurely playthrough with O2 drain turned off. Just scrapping ships little by little and trying to do it just right.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st 2 months ago:
The tree level has the best music. I decided to die at one point just so I could hear it again
- Comment on Does anyone have "Neopets revival" on their 2024 bingo card? 2 months ago:
I think Trump won, because people underestimated him and thought it was somebody else’s problem to go vote.
We will have to agree to disagree, plus, I don’t want to derail this Gaming community into a political debate. Enjoy your games! If you see a golden Shoyru, it might be mine.
- Comment on Does anyone have "Neopets revival" on their 2024 bingo card? 2 months ago:
You speak as if it’s already decided. It’s incumbent upon us to enjoy the silly shit and do our damnedest to prevent the fascist rise.
Go play some Neopets, and stop listening to news orgs for a while (you’ve likely already decided who you’re supporting, anyway), especially the ones who trade in the 24h News Cycle; they have a vested interest in selling rage, not nuanced journalism. Hope eats into their profit margins.
- Comment on Zwift Linux Alternative 2 months ago:
Waydroid is containerized Android emulation. Should be available via most package managers.
- Comment on Zwift Linux Alternative 2 months ago:
It looks like Zwift has an android app. Have you tried installing that via Waydroid?