mohab
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- Comment on 1 day ago:
Then who is? Millions of people are gonna buy the new Call of Duty on release. Who are they?
- Comment on Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would | Eurogamer 5 days ago:
Yeah, I play shmups the same—still stuck on arrange in Crimzon Clover, haha. Gotta put more time into practicing the TLB.
What are your favorites shmups on Steam?
- Comment on Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would | Eurogamer 5 days ago:
Hmm… I think of difficulty, or lack thereof, as integral part of the fun. I think they're inseparable, essentially.
I don't really enjoy the process of learning and getting better at 3rd person shooters, for example, so I don't typically enjoy playing those on higher difficulties. If I pick one up, I know I'll most likely have more fun playing on lower difficulties because it eliminates a process I don't really enjoy. In other words, shooting shit is still fun, but I need the difficulty toned all the way down to enjoy it.
Conversely, I love learning the intricacies of combo systems of action games and figuring out how to exploit enemies and whatnot, so I have to play those on the highest difficulty to get the full experience and have the most fun.
- Comment on Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would | Eurogamer 5 days ago:
Eh, not really. If it's not fun, I'll lower the difficulty or refund if this is not an option, I don't care.
I play all of my favorite games on the hardest difficulty because the challenges they throw my way are a big part of why I find them fun—why would I bother with higher difficulties if I'm not having fun?
- Comment on How can i casual gamer enter a game online competition? 5 days ago:
Im curious if its possible to enter a game competition or something as a casual player?
Yes.
want to someday atleast try one but im not sure what game to get better at or what sites to use to enter some without making myself look like a fool?
The game to get better at is the game you enjoy most, and what sites depends on the game. You can ask again here after you decide on a game and I'm sure you'll get a good number of suggestions.
No one cares if you lose. Really. Everyone loses at some point, and if you happen to run into a dick who makes a big deal out of beating you, just say ggs and move on. It's not worth it to take the bait.
In my experience, most people are nice as long as you are, and they'll even give you advice if you ask.
I also dont want to pay because thats sort of like gambling at the start.
I think about 99% of online tournaments are free, so don't worry.
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 6 days ago:
It was not rubbish, but what Xrd did to my main character, Zato, irreparably damaged my relationship with any future Guilty Gear game, and Strive just finished off whatever hope I had left.
And to be clear: I'm not talking about power level here—fuck that. I'm only talking about how much fun I had with the character, and still do in Guilty Gear Plus R.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 | Announcement Teaser 1 week ago:
I agree, and I said this in another discussion and I'll say it again: this is 2nd best case scenario for action games. I'd rather we get Project G.G. or Scalebound than Bayonetta 3 or Ninja Gaiden 4, but if new iterations are all we can get for now, we'll take them—it's better than nothing, and may eventually lead to new IPs, who knows.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 | Announcement Teaser 1 week ago:
Wow, OK, now we kind of have to start talking about an action game resurregence: DMC5, GoW reboot, Bayonetta 3, NG4, Onimusha reboot/spin off, and now Darksiders 4. What even is missing at this point?! MGR 2? Even Shinobi got a new game…
For the love of any and everything holy, Capcom, please, there's no better time to open the vaults and release Viewtiful Joe and God Hand! You even got Kamiya back and resurrected both Okami and Clover, come on!
I'd also ask KOEI TECMO to release NGII on Steam, but we all know they'd rather shut down than touch that codebase for some reason.
- Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content 1 week ago:
Ima quote Serj on this: "La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, lie, lie, lie 🎶"
- Comment on Death Stranding 2's stunning new statue somehow makes Sam look even more realisitic than he does in the game 1 week ago:
Is he spinning pizza dough in the main picture or am I tripping?
- Comment on Sony sues Tencent over Horizon Zero Dawn ‘rip-off’ 1 week ago:
I agree: fuck Tencent, but Sony winning sets a pretty bad precedent.
- Comment on Goosebumps: The Game will be removed from sale on August 8, 2025. 1 week ago:
I wish I did. I read you can still find codes, but they're worth hundreds of dollars now.
I did sail the high seas to play it though, pretty good game. Solid, mid-tier Platinum game—more fun than Korra, which wasn't bad even though the world felt a little too empty.
- Comment on Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, but the tag makes it sound like these games have more similarities with metroidvanias than just gated areas.
Imagine someone clicking on the tag because they recognized Metroid only to find The Witness…
- Comment on Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games 2 weeks ago:
I hate it, I think it's silly, and will potentially confuse anyone who's not familiar with it, but if it makes it easier for people to find these games eventually then eh 🤷♂️
I hate "character action games" too but I use that tag regularly to find new games.
I wish we go back to just layering descriptors though… more room for nuance this way.
nonlinear + puzzle + first-person = The Witness
action + long combos + style meter + third-person = Bayonetta
I understand a shorthand tag is convenient, but it also adds confusion.
- Comment on [Fresh] Tyler, The Creator - Stop Playing With Me 2 weeks ago:
This man is a certified nutjob 😂 I love how he's still carrying the Odd Future energy… and was that a green screen, silent Clipse cameo? 😂 Insanity!
- Comment on Ubisoft: Microtransactions make games more fun 3 weeks ago:
It's hilarious though 😂 I imagine the guy who said it was trying so hard not to break.
- Comment on Ubisoft: Microtransactions make games more fun 3 weeks ago:
I've never had fun playing any Ubisoft game 🤣
Stick of Truth was fun, but they just published that—Obsidian developed it with Matt and Trey.
- Comment on Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times] 3 weeks ago:
Hmm… I suppose I can just put this down to my disagreeing with the article's headline: I say a lot of movies and novels don't offer enough closure and are bad examples to follow—games can and should do better.
- Comment on Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times] 3 weeks ago:
Hmm… but isn't it an "ongoing series"? Like, you can have short or long arcs, but if the continuity is the same, the story technically hasn't ended.
I agree gaming takes it a step further, but this is like comparing a worse example to a bad one… yeah, one is worse, but they both suck at the end of the day.
I'm glad you like Fast and Furious, but it's only one example of many. It's not the only movie franchise being milked to death, and won't be the last.
- Comment on Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times] 3 weeks ago:
Yes, but it's also devoid of creativity and takes up space that could be occupied by more creative endeavors, so it's a similar path at the end of the day.
My point is pointing a finger at Fortnite and Epic Games is fair, but same finger should also be pointed at Universal, Disney, NBC… etc.
And the biggest finger should be pointed at capitalism itself.
- Comment on Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times] 3 weeks ago:
And time machine leads to multiverse, and multiverse leads to reboot. Never mind the spinoff potential…
- Comment on Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times] 3 weeks ago:
Hmm… title is a little bit clickbaity—author seems to be mainly going after live service games, not necessarily every video game.
Also, novels and movies don't always end 😂 Not sure why they threw that into the title. Freaking Fast and Furious will surely outlast planet Earth at this point 😂 What about Star Wars? It'll never end.
I agree with the general sentiment though: I think players are flexible and will be inclined to give your new IP a shot, but capitalism is risk averse, and will obviously disagree.
- Comment on Would you considering watching playthroughs of a game the same as playing that game? 3 weeks ago:
Yes. You probably will miss out on branching paths if there's any, but you will miss out on those in a regular playthrough anyway
You also probably should've asked this question instead of the one in the title of the thread—they're two fundamentally different questions.
I know narrative-driven games are dominant nowadays, but not every game is narrative-driven.
- Comment on Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving 3 weeks ago:
Nice, now CEOs get to do mass lay offs on-the-go 😂
When will the capitalism cult die… has got to be more casualties than the two world wars combined at this point.
- Comment on A New Guilty Gear Game Has Been Canceled 3 weeks ago:
To add to this: Plus R was released on Steam in May 2015, and Xrd in December later that year.
So 10 years ago ArcSys were so niche, they barely had any presence outside of Arcades and PlayStation.
- Comment on A New Guilty Gear Game Has Been Canceled 3 weeks ago:
I'm sure they planned 10 years ahead for that dogshit Avengers game and Kevin Feige been a Testament main since 2013, yes 😂
- Comment on A New Guilty Gear Game Has Been Canceled 3 weeks ago:
I'd be extremely surprised if Sony reached out to ArcSys to develop Tokon before Strive's release.
I'm assuming they probably did right after Strive's release and Tokon has been in the works for ~4 years. 10 would be crazy foresight from Sony and Marvel…
- Comment on A New Guilty Gear Game Has Been Canceled 3 weeks ago:
It's weird how 4 or 5 years between entries actually feels
Hmm… TBF, Strive went on way longer than anyone would've thought when it was announced… I'm pretty sure even ArcSys weren't ready for how popular it ended up being seeing it's the first time they broke their 25 character cap in GG… who even knows when it'll end? They may end up releasing a one or two characters after this season ends—Jam, for example, hasn't made it in yet.
I'll be watching from afar given the direction this series is going, but it'll certainly be interesting to see where they take it from here seeing every major GG release broke new grounds one way or another.
- Comment on Ghost of Yōtei's lo-fi beats mode sums up the very best and very worst of this very weird series 4 weeks ago:
I don't see why this is necessarily a problem?
I didn't say it was? I said I have no interest in it.
You and Sucker Punch can do anything y'all want—I can only talk about my preferences.
Metal Gear is one of my favorite series of all time, and that's an Eastern developer's take on Western culture.
Listen, I'm suffering through the drudgery that is Death Stranding's story RN, so last thing I need is for anyone to invoke Kojima in this context 😂 Someone please tell this dude "we don't understand how [insert made up technology] works" is not an excuse for shit writing 😂
- Comment on Ghost of Yōtei's lo-fi beats mode sums up the very best and very worst of this very weird series 4 weeks ago:
Hmm… I still have zero interest in this game series. They can do whatever they want, but I have zero interest in any western developer's take on Samurai.
It's like when Scorsese did Silence—it's nice he got to live his Kurosawa fantasy, but I have no interest in Eastern culture depicted through a Western lense, even if the source material is Eastern.
I wish they just go back to making Sly. I'd be all over an all new Sly game with fancy gadgets and shit.