EarlGrey

@EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's still no sign of Star Citizen 1.0, but it did just get a revamped referral program so the die-hards can tempt in even more saps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve spent about $125 on this game, and I would definitely get pissed if I bought in for all the promises they made.

  However, I bought just to have a really pretty “Fly around in space while exploring my spaceship and listening to music” game. And I’ve gotten my moneys worth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Giant Bomb, a web site about video games, has been purchased from Fandom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they take a shot at written content again. It’s less a gaming website and more of a podcast network at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake Reveal Livestream (starts in 23 hours)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually restarted halfway through because I leveled up so much that every enemy (even animals) were miserable to fight.

  I realized you only leveled up when you slept so I just never slept. Game was way easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SteamOS-like distributions probably aren’t for you right now. nvidia has massively improved over the year but it’s still not on par with AMD.

  Using an immutable distro (which Steam OS and its kind are) is just going to complicate things. Your easiest bet is using a distro that will install the correct drivers at install, like pop_os or mint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want SteamOS there are plenty of options that are effectively the exact same thing but with a different name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best game ever?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all 3D gaming obviously (I mean they aren’t First person shooters, like most of your examples), but effectively the Action, Adventure, Platforming, etc angle (which makes up a fairly massive chunk of games today).

  What I’m talking about is the fundamental gameplay of both. Online Multiplayer was revolutionary, but it wasn’t really a fundamental change to the gameplay itself (Like with Marathon introducing mouse control)

  It’s interesting that you mention Tomb Raider though because that’s a perfect comparison. It was a fairly indicative of the industry as a whole with its stiff controls, static cameras, and dodgy combat.

  Mario 64 brought a full range of movement and action to games. It was really the first 3D game where just moving was fun (which is why they started the game in a peaceful courtyard, they wanted you to just have a fuck about). It also brought the user controllable camera to games (It hasn’t aged well, but that camera system was amazing when it came out). Also, while it didn’t invent the Hub world (it had been used in 2D games) it pretty much set the standard for it.

  OoT built on Mario64 with two major bits of gameplay. Target lock-on (Then called “Z-Targeting”) and contextual buttons. Both of which are just so fundamental to games these days it just feels obvious. More relevant back then (but not now), it created the template for how you could faithfully transition a series from 2D to 3D while perfectly maintaining the feel of the 2D series.

  Now, neither of those things alone would justify it being in my Top 5. The fact that they’re both so aggressively fun and well made does that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best game ever?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ocarina of Time

  Yeah I know. Cliche as fuck. But for those who weren’t around when It came out, it’s really hard to describe just how absurdly revolutionary OoT was. Between it and Mario 64 (another Top 5 game for me), you essentially had the foundations of 3D gaming that are still used today.

  But besides that…it’s an amazing game that I’m still replaying nearly 30 years later. Ever single complaint I have about this game is a tiny issue that has been solved in other versions (like binding the Iron Boots to the C button).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You should probably just throw it away"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Introduce her to Immutable OS’s. They’re effectively idiot proof. She would have to research how to break them.

  Bazzite comes with Steam/Proton preconfigured and everything

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Morrowind-inspired indie RPG Ardenfall releases in early access this year⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay how can you be Morrowind inspi-watches trailer well fuck.

  Not that I’m complaining. Morrowind has been my number 1 open world RPG to this day. Nothing has come close to scratching that itch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 RTX | Demo with Full Ray Tracing and Dlss 4 Announce⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some parts look fine, but those Ravenholm scenes look terrible compared to Vanilla HL2. Completely kills the dim, gloomy vibe that defined it when every light source is basically a floodlight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokemon Legends Z-A's visuals aren't "great" say former Nintendo marketing leads, but hope Switch 2 could allow Game Freak to "go back to the drawing board"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Switch 2 will finally allow GameFreak to leave behind their terrible N64 visuals and adopt moderate to okay N64 visuals.

  Very exciting time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming on Linux, How openSUSE Stacks Up for Gamers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s not “just a fancy interface”?

  It makes the entire process from purchase to playing completely painless, on top of a large community of people, guides, achievements, etc. I think I’d maybe improve my performance by like…a fraction of a frame per second. Good trade off.

  And as others have mentioned, Lutris does a good job if you don’t want steam.