criss_cross
@criss_cross@lemmy.world
- Comment on Epic Store Database entries reveal Final Fantasy 16 PC and what appears to be Final Fantasy 9 2 weeks ago:
The .NET rebuild they did on steam is actually pretty solid IMO.
Especially if you mod it to use the AI upscale backgrounds
- Comment on Octopath Traveler Now Available On PlayStation; Octopath Traveler II Now Available On Xbox 3 weeks ago:
Was just about to cancel gamepass and then saw this dropped. I can hold onto it for one more month to check this out.
- Comment on Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games 4 weeks ago:
Yeah that’s fair.
IMO a lot of the subtlety comes from the imagery and symbols around you as you progress through the game. The vibrant tree that you pass that burns up when you look back, etc.
As far as gameplay goes it is very linear. The only “choice” is to stop playing. If I remember correctly the development behind Spec Ops was very rushed so they didn’t have time to so any of those branching paths.
I appreciate it like I would a visual novel more than I do an interactive game.
- Comment on Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games 5 weeks ago:
I think you can patient gamer it but it only works if you’re heavily familiar with that time.
I was really into COD4 and grew up during the Bush administration so I knew exactly what Spec Ops was critiquing. If you don’t have that experience though I agree it does not land.
- Comment on IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like debuty editor Alice Bell 5 weeks ago:
And not make the site impossible to use.
Most sites nowadays its impossible to actually read a goddamn article without 5 pop in videos and ad breaks.
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 2 months ago:
Yeah I’m all for it. I fucking love deck building games.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Problem is you can’t milk $10000 out of the single player games like you can GaaS ones. Meaning it’s harder to pitch to investors.
Personally I can’t stand it and end up just avoiding AAA titles altogether because of it.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 5 months ago:
I played it a bit on Gamepass. It feels like it has the bones to be a great time loop game but doesn’t seem to put it all together.
Im glad i went in blind and turned off the map markers but at some point I realized I wasn’t having fun exploring and figuring out the events in the loop. Like you said the enemy variety sucks and I don’t like being randomly invaded when I’m trying to map things out.
- Comment on What's your favorite game you played this year? (Doesn't have to be released this year ) 5 months ago:
Just started this one but Afterimage is becoming a big favorite of mine. A really great Metroidvania game.
Older, but also played Frostpunk. It’s a really great twist on a city building game. Highly recommended.
One odd ball I’ll throw out is Last Case of Benedict Fox. It’s a complete mess of a game, but the exploration and puzzles are a lot of fun. I never realized how much I want a metroidvania where you go around just solving puzzles. If LCBF just dropped all combat and focused on puzzle-solving it would have been a lot better.