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- Comment on Let's discuss: Assassin's Creed 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the long and interesting writeup! I’m still working through AC 1 and enjoying it, I’ll see if I stay on the train as long as you :).
I did play Ghost of Tsushima. One of the most beautiful looking games I’ve ever played with amazing combat and good characters. For me, it was just way to long and repetitive. I eventually found the solution, playing each of the three acts and the DLC with a long break in between each time, so it felt fresh again. In the end I even got the platinum trophy for it, but I still see it as a great 8/10 game that could have been an all time favorite if it was trimmed to about half its runtime. Here’s hoping that they don’t make the same mistakes for Ghost of Yotei. If they can keep the good and trim the bloat, this could be the game of a generation.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Assassin's Creed 2 weeks ago:
It’s hard to discuss such a massive series. It feels as if everything has been said about it and people have largely gotten tired of the formula, but hear me out.
I actually never played any of them, I recently started playing the first one (from 2007) on my Steam Deck and I am actually loving it. It’s such a simple, straightforward game, with a basic but engaging story and honestly gorgeous visuals for the time. The mechanics are delightfully limited, in a sense that it really helps me to turn of my brain and just enjoy myself. I really like the world and how dense it is: all objectives are reasonably close and movement is quick and agile. A real gem for the Steam Deck!
I most certainly will get the sequel trilogy, as that one seems to be loved by a lot of people.
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- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 4 weeks ago:
You absolutely beautiful person! What a thoughtful and sincere reply, I cannot thank you enough.
You’re 100 percent right that those experiences will still be there for me in the future when I feel the space. For now I am limiting myself to your second group of suggestions (I’ve played the first Frog Detective and loved it), knowing that your first group is there when I feel like it.
I did already play Edith Finch though, a masterpiece in my opinion, but indeed quite heavy (but extremely hopeful too).
- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 4 weeks ago:
Seems right down my alley. Does it feature any triggering subjects? (Mainly severe mental health stuff and suicide is stuff I avoid for the time being)
Do you have recommendations for similar games?
- Comment on Our first new Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay module - the Dual M.2 Adapter, enabling you to add additional storage drives or other high speed devices. 5 weeks ago:
I am am continuing to extend the life of my 6 years old laptop for as long as possible, hopefully I will be able to buy a framework when it does eventually die on me. (It’s a semi-shitty clevo model but I recently replaced the battery and it’s kind of decent again)
- Comment on The Two Genders 5 weeks ago:
I looked it up, the horrible sub is TheLastOfUs2 (avoid!), the normal one is LastOfUsPart2
- Comment on The Two Genders 5 weeks ago:
I completely agree with your last part, the story would have been perfect if it was switched.
To counter your other argument, the surrogate lesbian daughter is still more visually stereotypically attractive though. The number of hate posts for Abby that even go into transfobic territory and misgendering was massive. I made the mistake of wanting to read some discussion on part 2 after playing it on reddit: the whole sub is just hate (there probably is an alternative but I didn’t look further, I was to disgusted by it).
But your opinion on Joel vs Abby is valid, it’s actually annoying that actual discussion about storytelling gets overshadowed by bigots.
On a similar note, I had issues with the change in direction of Doctor Who which accidently coincided with the casting of the first female Doctor, and it was so hard to have genuinely critical discussions without misogynists taking over or being accused of being one myself.
- Comment on The Two Genders 5 weeks ago:
I also cannot understand how you could play the Last of Us Part 1 and not realise how horrible Joel is.
Spoilers for both games ahead.
The ending of 1 was super difficult for me to play and super powerful in its delivery. It was horrible to decide to “save” Ellie by literally murdering everyone in the research station and destroying all hope for a cure. I was really impressed that they went there storywise, but then when in 2 Joel gets killed, all these so-called “fans” are angry because their lovely protagonist was killed. It’s like they willfully ignore the complicated morals that were already present in the first game. When Abby does horrible stuff, they hate her. When Joel does horrible stuff in 1, it’s fine. Part 2 had some problems, but I hugely respect what they were going for and how it polarised the community.
- Comment on The Two Genders 5 weeks ago:
The bad reactions to this seemed minimal to me, but my god the woman in the Galactic trailer is driving them nuts.
Which I really don’t understand, because I find her look and vibe the good part of that trailer. The slurping drink and forced pop song on the other hand…
- Comment on Is there any (single player playable) game under $10 or equivalent which has made you point any go "ha" or given you an equivalent feeling because it was that enjoyable for every moment you played it? 5 weeks ago:
What are good starting points for the Deus ex series? I’ve got the original on Steam, but haven’t really gotten into it yet, feels very intimidating every time I start. Should I just push through or are there other entry points?
Btw, I loved dishonored 1 but somehow stopped playing, thanks for reminding me to get back to it :).
- Comment on What do we think will be GoTY and which game do we think should be? 1 month ago:
I think it will be Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
I think it should be Astro Bot or UFO 50.
- Comment on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal 1 month ago:
While technically correct, they do have it in China itself, it’s a modified version called Douyin. It is more restricted, censored and tightly controlled.
I agree that it is a cyberweapon, but don’t think that it’s only used against foreigners, they use it just as much to observe and influence their own population.
Finally, I would like to point out that to a lesser extent this is also the case for a lot of USA owned social media and tech companies. Edward Snowden’s revelations for example indicate this. While the extent of government control and influence is much larger in China, I wouldn’t underestimate the influences of Meta, Google and Microsoft for example.
- Comment on Side-view game recs? 1 month ago:
Journey of the Broken Circle! Played this on switch and it deserves more attention.
A short, side scrolling platformer about connection and love.
- Comment on Side-view game recs? 1 month ago:
“but won’t trow me into a pit of emotional despair”
Your suggestions are both amazing games, but I would like to confirm to OP that these games are quite distopian and feature some body horror.
- Comment on Let's discuss: UFO 50 1 month ago:
Could you elaborate? I have no idea what you are talking about.
- Comment on Let's discuss: UFO 50 1 month ago:
I think that is a bit the conceit of the collection: classic games in looks / features, but taking into account the progress that has been made in game design and mechanics. I actually prefer it this way, like an alternate timeline in which computers didn’t get more powerful and people were forced to iterate on ideas within these constraints.
- Comment on Let's discuss: UFO 50 1 month ago:
I’ve only just started today, so these are my first impressions of the initial 10 games:
-Barbuta: such a strange little game! First impression is very hostile and strange, but it keeps luring me in with it’s puzzle-like complexity. Discovering new stuff in this one is super satisfying. -Bug Hunter: seems interesting, but did not want to hurt my brain with the strategy aspect, so on hold for now -Ninpek: precision platformer auto-scroller, I am really bad at this so not really for me -Paint Chase: amazing little game, really fun paint battler with cool powerups -Magic Garden: this one got its hooks in me, a great twist on snake and pacman with a risk-reward mechanic. Highly recommend! -Mortol: this is so creative! Still at the start, but using your own body as a tool to be used by your next “lives” is amazing. -Velgress: made me think of playing Doodle Jump on my Nokia Slider phone, good times. -Planet Zoldath: spend literally 1 minute in this, something on a planet, then my brain wanted another impulse :) -Attactics: really cool, sort of real time strategy game. I really like it, but feel like I need to play it more to understand the strategies better. -Devilition: chain reactions of blowing up demons! Quite a head-scratcher, but really satisfying when you start your demolition and everything goes as planned!
- Submitted 1 month ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 25 comments
- Comment on Sony reportedly prepping PlayStation 5 portable, plans to battle Nintendo's handheld dominance 1 month ago:
No problem, nice of you to correct your previous comment! Have a nice day :)
- Comment on Sony reportedly prepping PlayStation 5 portable, plans to battle Nintendo's handheld dominance 1 month ago:
A lot of the initial criticisms have been fixed in further updates. No the connection is very stable, works with outside networks. They just implemented PS Plus PS5 streaming (so without connecting to a console).
They are selling unexpectedly well.
It might not be your cup of tea, but I would hardly call this an embrasement.
- Comment on Sony reportedly prepping PlayStation 5 portable, plans to battle Nintendo's handheld dominance 1 month ago:
I’m sorry, but that is just not true. Even 5g hotspot from smartphone allows people to have access to their PS5.
- Comment on Sony reportedly prepping PlayStation 5 portable, plans to battle Nintendo's handheld dominance 1 month ago:
If all you want to do is remote play, the PlayStation Portal is already out and well received.
- Comment on Thinking of starting a little beehaw minehut server for minecraft what version should I go with? (java) 1 month ago:
I just bit the bullet and subscribed to a Linux VPS (virtual private server) at IONOS. I’m from Belgium, so I took the German datacenter. I’ll keep you updated on my experiments! I’ll be trying out a Luanti server, bit of it doesn’t work out I have other projects that I could use the server for :).
- Comment on Thinking of starting a little beehaw minehut server for minecraft what version should I go with? (java) 2 months ago:
I just tried it myself, I can also not reject them. That’s not OK, worthy of a separate post even!
- Comment on Thinking of starting a little beehaw minehut server for minecraft what version should I go with? (java) 2 months ago:
As I said in the other comment, another option is the open source Luanti (formerly MineTest). It is a base “engine” for which you can install different community made games. There are games that attempt to copy Minecraft as completely as possible (with survival mode etc.): content.luanti.org/packages/?type=game
Voxelibre and mineclonia seem promising.
- Comment on Thinking of starting a little beehaw minehut server for minecraft what version should I go with? (java) 2 months ago:
There’s also minetest I believe, which is an open source Minecraft clone, but without compatibility with the actual game.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Mascot Platformers 2 months ago:
I’m currently downloading Mega Man Legacy Collection on my 2DS. Any tips for a complete newcomer to the series? I know that you have different stages, each with a different boss, and that you are allowed to do them in any order. You receive powerups from the bosses you’ve defeated right?
Maybe a recommended order for the first game?
Thanks for the suggestion!
- Comment on Thinking of starting a little beehaw minehut server for minecraft what version should I go with? (java) 2 months ago:
I am new to Minecraft, bit love this idea. What would I need to join this server? Is Minecraft paid or free?
- Comment on The Walking Dead, The Expanse and more in the Telltale Collection Humble Bundle 2 months ago:
The Wolf among us is a genuine masterpiece. The theme music is such a vibe.
The walking dead season 1 and 2 are amazing. 3 not so much. 4 I haven’t played yet but heard good things about.
Batman is in my backlog, but I heard the second season especially is unexpectedly good.
I have most of these in my library, but still tempted to buy it for the final season of The Walking Dead and the second season of batman.
The expanse I know nothing about. Tales from monkey island seems decent.
