Ostrakon

@Ostrakon@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when all else fails⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re giving her too much credit, I think it was merely pragmatism. “Someone is gonna go down for this, may as well not be me.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boss Mode⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How on earth would an average person looking at this pic of Cavill know it’s Hugo Boss?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo 3DS Game Finally Cancelled After Being On Pre-order For Almost a Decade⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard disagree because of the bait and switch with both the graphics and gameplay of the game. All people wanted was a reskinned mega man game which is what they billed this as in the kickstarter all those years ago. Then they pivoted to ugly 3d models instead of sprites, and failed to live up to gameplay expectations.

  If a game is terrible in terms of fulfilling what it advertised itself to be, IMO that makes it a terrible game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black Myth: Wukong producer on The Game Awards top prize snub: "I came all the way here for nothing!"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just finished Astro Bot and it is a very good game. However, it is very derivative of Mario to the point where it is very clearly a Mario game, except you are collecting PlayStation member-berries instead of stars or whatever.

  I loved it, but I have a hard time justifying it as GotY. IMO it should have gone to Wukong or Balatro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just watched the wrong version of Drive (2011), and didn't realize until the last 10 minutes. Any similar stories?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it’s better to have them decoupled. For example, let’s say you’re trying to watch The Godfather in French, you wouldn’t want the scenes in Italy to have hardcoded English subs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello my name is Sacctonsayinlrlyn⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Likely intentional. I’m guessing they have a name in mind for either gender but don’t want to reveal it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FINAL FANTASY XVI available on PC September 17th⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh boy is that a loaded question.

  As someone who has played every game in the series, the trend has been to make them less like RPGs and more like action games. Gameplay wise, this was far and away the best action-y one and had a decent enough story. Anything compared to 15 would have looked like a masterpiece, lol.

  I vastly prefer the more traditional RPGs overall though. 16 was a pleasant surprise since I came in with a bit of a bias against the shift towards action games, and really only gave it a shot because the director has earned a lot of credit with his handling of 14 (the MMO)