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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars Outlaws - Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even get the main character complaints… She’s got a cute coffee shop barista vibe to her lmao people are just weird about women being “beautiful” in such stereotypical ways I guess. Must be exhausting and extremely lonely to have such trivial “standards” for a damn video game character.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars Outlaws - Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the world of Star Wars more so than the stories lately aside from Andor so I’ll be giving this a go through their sub service. 18 bucks to knock this out and Prince Of Persia in a month, two games I’ll never touch again after release, is quite a deal imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  GTA 6 is looking to be the first title that will need the newer hardware. That’s all I can think of off top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New FPS Built Using Doom Tech Is Better Than Most AAA Shooters⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The game has settings for tweaking aim assist and such. It is exceptionally well done. As OP said they ask you if you’re playing on a Deck when you boot up, and it even has a Deck specific options menu for tweaking aim assist and what not. I played the first level on my Deck last night on regular difficulty and had a blast. Then I switched over to my PC and upped the difficulty and also had a helluva time there. It’s a phenomenal shooter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phantom Fury - Release Date Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you referring to the style of shooter this is trying to emulate, or just the general quality of the game itself? Cause there are tons of “boomer shooters” on Steam that are incredibly good despite the “dated” engines they often use. The game before this, Ion Fury is using the Build engine, and looks insanely good considering how much they’re pushing the engine. Not sure about this new one though.

  IDK, I love my Red Dead Redemption 2 and Alan Wake 2 graphics, but gameplay comes first still for me, and “boomer shooters” are pure classic fun, especially if they have excellent level design. This looks to be in the same vein.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s excellent, and I mainly play with randoms. It’s not so bad if you accept the BS that comes with random partners. You get quitters quite a bit like in any PVP game, but it fills quickly. I have voice chat disabled 90% of the time, since pinging is in the game. The destruction is peak physics destruction in a multiplayer game, some of my favorite moments in any game have come from the pure chaos of things falling apart in the Finals. They also added a new 5v5 mode that feels way less frustrating and more casual (to me at least).

  I imagine it’s even better if you’ve got a trio of well coordinated players, I’ve certainly played against some nasty trios in my 80 hours. Personally I think this is the most unique PVP shooter out right now, and it’s extremely polished for F2P.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really hard to get a gauge on what you consider an excellent game without knowing some of your favorites. Might inform us on why you don’t consider two highly praised games as overhyped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can second this, wasn’t into card games when Inscryption released but I was hooked on it until completion. Excellent game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favourite developers⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite publishing house is probably Bethesda. I came to this realization the other day when thinking of what my favorite types of games are. Just so happens Bethesda has published nearly all of them in recent years. Arkane developer is my favorite because they’ve kept immersive sims alive with titles like Dishonored 1+2/Prey/Deathloop. ID Tech/Machine Games both keep the tradition of the classic shooter alive while bringing them into the modern era, games like Wolfenstein (The Old Blood, 1+2), DOOM, and they even have some more obscure bangers like The Evil Within 2. The only games I don’t really care for out of Bethesda are their recent RPG games, I believe they’ve peaked at Fallout New Vegas. But with the upcoming Indiana Jones game being developed by MachineGames, I think they’ll deliver another fun first person adventure. They also quietly released HiFi Rush last year from Tango Gameworks and that oozed PS2 era video games quite amazingly.

  The most recent developer who has crept onto that list in recent years for me is definitely FROMSOFTWARE. No need to really explain here, they’ve made a handful of classic dungeon delving masterpieces with the Souls series. Then went onto Bloodborne and Sekiro, most recently Elden Ring (which was the first full game I ever beat from them).

  I’ll also echo Remedy, and do an honorable mention to 4A Games (highly recommend the Metro series for those into First Person Shooters, some amazing atmosphere in those games still). Double Fine too, with the recent Psychonauts 2, they aren’t super prolific in recent years but that game was amazing. I think the industry needs more creativity like Psychonauts 2 offered and what the studio offers in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE FINALS | Season 2 | March 14⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So stoked for this, I poured 80 hours into the first season. My playtime wound down towards the end of the season, so I hope they’re not discouraged by the lower player count and this new season brings back folks like me who like to bounce between different games. I just cannot main one game anymore. But The Finals has been the most refreshing PVP game in years, since Titanfall 2 imo. I hope it has staying power, and we see more seasons cause Season 2 is looking delicious!