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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In case of E33, I’m mostly surprised how much mainstream popularity it gained despite being a timing-based JRPG. Is that not weird? I find that to be a small miracle how popular it got given the pretty niche genre.

  (Admittedly I also found the E33 combat system to be rather dreary, but the story was an unquestionable ride.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, I should expect some downvotes. It is a popular series after all…

  The only GTA game I played through fully I did so at a pretty young age, and don’t really remember much to be critical of their mission structure, to be honest. And the early ones didn’t have that rich of a story to begin with.

  My complaint is more like a lack of interest in the main gameplay of the series: the roaming around a relatively realistic city being a nuisance to people. It never appealed to me. Even when it’s just crimes, I just kept feeling like I’m doing a job rather than playing a game. I guess open world games set in the modern day world just don’t have any hooks me. I’m just surprised that this is not a common opinion, clearly! :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Played Vice City a lot as it was popular among my peer group when I was starting out. Played San Andreas for at least a dozen hours IR so. When friends compelled me to try out GTAV as it came out I couldn’t do it for more than one sitting.

  The storyline aspect I should’ve mentioned in my original comment that I understand the appeal of, even though it’s very much not for me. But so much of the game is the sandbox rather than the scripted plot, yet it’s the sandbox that I can’t find any interest in whatsoever.

  The funniest thing is that I played through Saints Row 4 in its entirety and enjoyed it a lot. Not because of its cheesy comedy, but simply because stomping around a city destroying alien armies with superpowers was still fun for me. I can’t imagine playing that series before it jumped that shark.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In my first language we still call the chess queen a vizier!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Grand Theft Auto series, especially GTAV. The multiplayer one I understand, but the rest of them. Not a clue.

  Skyrim, and to a much lesser extent, Oblivion.

  I do understand the appeal of Expedition 33, I think. I shall leave it out of the list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I sure love me a surprise loot box when someone I know thoughtfully purchases what’s inside and gifts it to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia CEO Says He Gets Where The DLSS 5 Outrage Is Coming From: ‘I Don’t Love AI Slop Myself’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🤡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are these from State of Play?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re both Control: Resonant

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Go Back and Play Morrowind and Tell Me That's the Game You Want to Play Again' — Former Bethesda Veteran Delivers His Verdict on Potential The Elder Scrolls Remasters - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I sure would. And I didn’t even want to play Skyrim all the way through the first time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II v1.0 Is Now Available!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fell asleep waiting for the update yesterday. Decided to stretch the weekend early today.

  ~🌒DEATH TO CHRONOS🌘~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Banned A Horror Game Before It Could Launch, So Now It’s Free⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Noting wrong with the IA whatsoever. But given how harshly they’ve been treated by basically every government and corporate interest groups they’ve been forced to contend with foot the last few years, and the regular DDOSes, I personally always feel guilty downloading things from them and spending more of their resources on “relatively frivolous” things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rhythm Doggo Announcement Trailer - By Nifflas, creator of Knytt and Within a Deep Forest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Instantly brought back memories of zoning out to Knytt on my then new PC 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clips from what I'm playing 🏌 4D Golf⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I quite enjoyed this write-up, OP 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caves of Qud 1.0 OUT NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. All of that is very true. That’s why I am comparing it to Dwarf Fortress myself, which is similarly expensive.

  Yet, the bias I feel between the two is one I cannot explain.

  But I’m sure in a few days I’d consider it a Christmas gift to myself anyway and forget all about how expensive it felt at the moment :]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caves of Qud 1.0 OUT NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That does feel a tad bit expensive… Even though Dwarf Fortress is right there for comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Other than Smite, what are some other games with a large amount of mythological pantheons as playable characters?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Persona series as a whole, including the other Shin Megami games… If we count summoning them as playing them, but it’s basically pokémon isn’t it.

  Fate/Grand Order also features a huge roster of mythical figures, but actual gods make a far smaller portion of them. Very few games get to feature, Ishtar, and, Quetzalcoatl, together with Shakespeare and Merlin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take-Two is selling its indie games label Private Division⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I shall pay a tuppence, and not a ha’penny more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What if I am robot, Bloomberg? Aren’t you one as well? Would you judge the circumstances of your creation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too! My original discs for the sequel was unreadable even before I got to play it (it was a hand-me-down).

  I also found this mod on itch as well, after your post. I think I had to edit the configs to get the resolution writing for Nolf2 even on the revival copy (and, save files from different resolutions don’t load!) If this patch can work around those issues that’d be great.

  Time for another playthrough of the series, on the Steam Deck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is what the NOLF link in my post points to 🤫

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No One Lives Forever! Please and thank you.

  Also, only a single game, but: [rpgs.co/arcanum-of-steamworks-and-magick-obscura-…). At least this one’s possible to buy in Gog and Steam…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blackjack Game Development Company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Allow me—blissfully unaffiliated with all the parties involved in my post—highjack this irredeemable piece of spam with an actual “blackjack game” worth playing:

  [Dungeon Degenerate: Gamblers] (…steampowered.com/…/Dungeons__Degenerate_Gamblers…) is Balatro but blackjack and just as wild a ride!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nova Drift Has Reached Full Release!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  One hand, the game changed surprisingly little over the years in early access. On the other, it remains incredibly fun since day one in early access 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zenless Zone Zero gets a release date of July 4th, plus a trailer with lots of kicking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what the new RPS reporting looks like eh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro - Patch 1.0.1f⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t expect Rentals to be as infuriating as they are. But I’d take them over an even smaller hand any day…