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- Comment on Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality 1 week ago:
That’s just smaller hitboxes, bro.
But seriously, I think it would take some (probably modest) backing from another world power. Realistically China, maybe Russia, though China has been burned by NK before and Russia doesn’t have anything to give right now. I think the most likely scenario is that the regime sees a waning SK as a chance and goes for it, whether it’s a sane thing to do or not
- Comment on Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality 1 week ago:
I will say, with SK having the lowest birthrates in the world, and the general xenophobia and attitude towards immigration in eastern Asia, I’m expecting SK’s military readiness to degrade significantly over the next 10 years. NK outliving SK was never on my bingo card before, but… Something’s gotta change or it’s going to get bad over there.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Also the CEO showing up to an event hyping the game in a “Make FPS Great Again” hat was a pretty big turn off to a lot of people
- Comment on Day 530 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
This may go without saying, but if you’re enjoying starbound you’ll probably have more fun with terraria. For years I wanted starbound to be a spiritual successor and generally better game, but it simply isn’t.
- Comment on Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month 2 weeks ago:
For a long time, it was Ukraine. They’re busy with something else now, for some reason
- Comment on Anon questions some decisions 2 weeks ago:
I was reading that one as sarcastic, despite lack of /s And USAID is a decent counterpoint. The US HAS done good things! We’ve also done a HUGE amount of horrible ones and atrocities. Also we’ve got a habit of ALMOST eradicating some of the worst diseases of all time from the face of the planet and then going “ehhhh, it’s the third world’s problem now” so they can come back some years later despite having done 95% of the work.
In the same way that billionaires can do good things, the US can do good things and still be bad. We are absolutely capable of being good. This is a choice.
- Comment on Anon questions some decisions 2 weeks ago:
Ehhhh, we had a perception as the big damn heroes after tipping the scales in WW2 and then with the founding of the UN, being the only member state that wasn’t devastated by WW2, positioning us as the de facto enforcer. There was some very limited good work done in that context that got good press in Europe. But we were also overthrowing democratic south American nations nonstop during that time… And everything since…
There have been times that others thought we were the good guys, but they were probably just wrong.
- Comment on Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h 2 weeks ago:
Outstanding game. Easy recommend if you haven’t played it
- Comment on WERG WERG WERG 3 weeks ago:
He was my lover!
- Comment on Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam 3 weeks ago:
I’ve heard good things about, but not myself played, Penny’s Big Breakaway, might be worth looking into, it’s got a demo on steam. I think it’s the game closest to your list I’m aware of. In terms of slightly different 3D platformers that MAY be to your taste: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a step away from the others in your list in terms of movement styles, as a spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio, but is a proper 3D platformer, and the music is really good. Exploring each new area is the primary gameplay loop, with some limited combat that isn’t really the focus. Mirror’s Edge is a first person platformer with focus on going fast. The movement is surprisingly good for a first person game, and I’ve enjoyed going back and running time trials, as every level has a ton of very non obvious alternate routes that involve taking advantage of all your movement options (ie: wall jumping in a space you may not have realized was even an option, rather than going up stairs) Neon White is probably the furthest from what you’re looking for, but is one I’m a big fan of. Another first person platformer with short, timed stages, and ratings at the end. Killing enemies gives cards that can be used for attacks or movement. The dialogue is all extremely cringe (and deliberately so)
- Comment on Any games I missed in the last 21 months? 4 weeks ago:
Sounds interesting! I’ll have to look into those, thanks for the mention! That last bit, I think, is what kills it for me at the higher stakes, I like having the POTENTIAL for victory every run. Having an occasional impossible run isn’t the end of the world, but when it’s more assured losses than potential wins, there’s a line
- Comment on Any games I missed in the last 21 months? 4 weeks ago:
Oof. I’ve played a lot of Balatro, but I finished blue stake and went “any more than this stops being fun.” Can’t imagine going all the way to gold for every deck. Is it just a completionist thing? Or is the challenge of it fun for you in moment to moment gameplay?
- Comment on Actual theft 4 weeks ago:
Bro absolutely had ADHD. No doubt in my mind
- Comment on Anon wants to make a movie (part 2) 4 weeks ago:
Can’t wait to remove the ladders from the pool Bezos is swimming in and then have Zucc bottom for the grim reaper to keep him from dying. Zucc is pregnant now. This happens every day. Elon is of course locked in the basement with all the babies.
- Comment on Hell Let Loose: Vietnam - Official Gameplay Trailer 4 weeks ago:
Not gonna lie, I’m not that big on shooters these days, but after HLL was free on epic I did have a bunch of fun with some friends playing it, intermittently getting into character, begging the squad medic to help me so I could go home to my darling Betsy. I don’t want to die like this, on some kraut battlefield an ocean away from her. Take care of Betsy for me
- Comment on Well that showed them 1 month ago:
Correct. Consent is so fucking hot. For so many reasons
- Comment on Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 month ago:
For sure. It’s disheartening when the game has clearly had its design compromised, making a worse game to accommodate microtransactions
- Comment on Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 month ago:
Wasn’t Valhalla the one that had “time saver” microtransactions?
- Comment on Anon travels overseas 1 month ago:
Having just come back to the US from Europe, I immediately miss nutriscore on groceries. A to E letter grades for the purpose of comparing two similar products to tell which are higher in sugar/salts/saturated fatty acids and which have more protein/fiber/fruits/vegetables/healthy oils. It was so nice picking up, say, two boxes of cereal and going “oh. This one is full of garbage and this one isn’t.” Not a perfect system, but a very valuable one
- Comment on Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card 1 month ago:
That’s already the case for like 75% of pokemon games since the 3ds eShop closed, iirc
- Comment on Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card 1 month ago:
Worse. You need to use the card to play the game, even though it’s just a key to unlock downloading the game. Worst of both worlds.
- Comment on Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9? 1 month ago:
Honestly something in the style of X, or, even better, Zero minus the screen crunch and low quality audio of the gba, would put joy in my heart. Still holding out hope the fan game megaman x corrupted comes out ever
- Comment on Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9? 1 month ago:
Zero 5, in which Ciel finds the legendary hero nobody cared about enough to look for: Axl
- Comment on Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9? 1 month ago:
People were hoping it was a stealth megaman game, but I’m pretty sure someone at capcom came out and said it isn’t
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Minecraft is good for teaching a lot of stuff, depending on the age of the kids. A friend of mine has kids who are learning to read and type early so they can access what they want in creative mode, too
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 2 months ago:
I had a similar experience. Went the wrong way in DS1, headed straight for the catacombs, went “oh. This isn’t hard. This is punishing.” And dropped off. Later a friend gave me some guidance and some pointers on what the game did/didn’t expect of me and I’ve been a giant fan ever since.
Sekiro took me a little time to figure out what it expected from me, too, but now I absolutely adore that game. That’s more of a mechanical “what should I be doing in combat” statement of the fact that the game expects you to act aggressively while focusing on defense. Though
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 2 months ago:
Honestly I think a lot of people miss that these games are full of soft difficulty options. Magic, in particular pyromancy, summons, there are lots of ways to make the game easier, and that’s a good thing!
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 2 months ago:
3.5 does use d20, but lacks advantage/disadvantage in favor of doing a lot more math every moment of every round of combat. This is the biggest appeal of 5e, it’s approachable and keeps the games moving.
I wouldn’t recommend 4e, it strongly suffers from the aforementioned “everyone can do everything and feels samey” much more than 5e.
Pathfinder 1e is basically just dnd 3.5, and as others have mentioned, PF2e is more of a middle ground
- Comment on To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub 2 months ago:
Good memories. I was a regular on the boards at one point in time, and regularly contributed to the secrets/cheats/bugs sections
- Comment on Some hidden gem demos and games I've found on Steam (2025) 2 months ago:
Huh. Could have sworn in universe, SCP as an organization stood for Secure Contain Protect