Ludicrous0251
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- Comment on 2 days ago:
Do you want similar games? Something old? Something new? Something borrowed? Something blue?
If you’re looking for more gather resources, craft upgrades, stealth around, climb shit games, theres the Tomb Raider reboots, or BOTW/TOTK.
Cyberpunk 2077 has the all the free roaming outfit hoarding mayhem your heart desires.
Gothic 1 Remake is hot off the presses if you’re looking for more fantasy dino fights.
If you enjoyed the reflex action combat, Expedition 33 has that in spades (but is turn-based)
There’s no shortage of good options out there.
- Comment on Half a Million Nameless Heroes: Gothic 1 Remake Sells 500,000 Copies in First Week 1 week ago:
Big fan of the original Gothic and just got a new monitor I wanted to put through its paces - picked this up earlier this week. So far it’s incredibly faithful to the original - nostalgia left and right.
It’s got some QOL improvements, but so far the most noticeable changes are lockpicking and the ore economy - both improvements IMO.
Lockpicking is harder, but putting levels into it makes it much more manageable. IDK why there is so much backlash on this one.
For the economy, gone are the days you can finance your whole lifestyle on stolen cheese - items lose value when sold in bulk to traders, making ore a little more precious.
For new players: Like the original, there’s no tutorials, enemies are difficult if you’re under-leveled. Save often and learn through experimentation.
- Comment on On an emergency power supply with AC and DC electrical plugs, which do I use to charge or power appliances? 1 week ago:
OP mentioned a 600W charger. Sure there’s no danger in plugging into a USB port but 600W of USB ports would look dumb. They also mentioned a box fan.
USB ports are fine for USB things and those provided by the charger may be slightly more efficient than using one of the AC plugs and a separate phone charger but were taking marginal gains on a tiny load that runs for a small amount of time. On a large AC battery system, the USB ports are just as likely to use an off-the-shelf AC/DC converter like most chargers as they are to use a DC/DC converter built for their operating voltage. They’re also limited in power output to whatever the battery manufacturer decided, which is probably not a lot.
A hypothetical person with infinite time, knowledge, and money, could create a whole DC ecosystem yes, but someone like OP posting for an ELI5 on the difference between AC and DC needs an AC system 99.99997% of the time. If it comes with extra USB ports, whatever, they’re fine I guess. But don’t try and run a large box fan on them.
- Comment on On an emergency power supply with AC and DC electrical plugs, which do I use to charge or power appliances? 1 week ago:
Based on the fact that you’re asking this question, it’s safe to assume pretty much everything you use is AC powered.
The “charger bricks” for some of your electronics convert AC to DC for you, but trying to bypass them “for efficiency” has a high probability of ending poorly.
Get/use AC on your backup system
- Comment on Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC 3 weeks ago:
I had a similar experience as a kid and decided to pick up the latest incarnation on the switch. I didn’t get as far as I would have liked, but it’s alright.
They leaned into the modern Pokémon mechanic of monsters bopping around the world on screen, which to me ironically makes the world feel more empty because the void between encounters feels enhanced as you dance around the monsters. Had to force myself into encounters with monsters I didn’t want because there’s so much less RNG.
Like Pokemon Arceus, the graphics are sparse and uninspiring, dont expect BotW-level art design. And don’t get me started on the writing. Overall it’s a meh tier game with a fun catch-em-all breed-em-all mechanic - if I had more time in the day I could probably get into it.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 4 weeks ago:
Literally any of the * Simulator games. Was just scrolling my Lemmy feed and “Car Mechanic Simulator” popped up, but there’s Farming Simulator, and Truck Driving Simulator, Power Washing Simulator, etc. etc. etc.
I can kinda maybe see the appeal of ONE of these games as a cozy break, but there’s like a dozen different ones, and they have like annual releases. Has the Simulated Car Mechanic experience really changed that much from 2015 to 2018 to 2021 to 2026 that you need a whole new game each time? None of them interest me, but the volume confuses me.
To a certain degree I feel similarly about sports games. I do more readily see the appeal of the genre, but do you really need to churn out a new full release each year? I can’t fathom why people are paying full price for a game that is 99% the same as last years version - same engine, rules, gameplay, but they updated that one teams away jersey to be the new shade of purple, kicked out the retirees and added the dozen or so notable rookies. That’s a $5 DLC, not another $60.
- Comment on LEGO Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight hacked by DenuvOwO 4 weeks ago:
“Your game could get downloaded 1,000,000x on a piracy platform, at $60 a pop, that’s $60M in lost revenue. Pay us $30M and we will prevent this - a bargain.”
Reality, none of those pirates would have paid full price for your game, and it’ll get cracked anyways - you just made it worse for paying customers and deterred anyone who doesn’t want to voluntarily install a rootkit virus on their computer.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 4 weeks ago:
Minecraft on easy mode can be a good calm game with friends, let’s you build and explore together without much pressure.
- Comment on How do I type an apostrophe and use print screen on a European Spanish keyboard? 4 weeks ago:
Alternative to print screen is to use whatever screen shot tool is built into your OS (Screenshot on Mac & most sane Linux distros, Snipping Tool on Windows)
- Comment on Will James Bond be on MGM+ after it leaves Netflix? 1 month ago:
do I now have to pay for MGM+ so I can watch all the movies?
Have to?… No…
- Comment on ELI5: How does Frame Generation even work? 1 month ago:
Because it’s not actually reducing any overhead. What you get it fewer high-fidelity “really” frames each second, in exchange for roughly 2x (or more) low-fidelity “fake” frames
So a 60 FPS game before may run at 100 FPS after, which is really only 50 real FPS + 50 fake FPS.
Also some of the frame generation algorithms are tied to upscaling, so textures and everything are loaded in lower res, and an algorithm guesses what’s missing.
The more you let the computer guess what’s supposed to be there the faster it runs but the less accurate it gets.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 2 months ago:
The adapter I shared has no solder except that which you put into it. It solders into place just fine with a little flux, I’ve had 0 issues in ~20 games from this.
Be sure to clean your iron tip, I had a little bit of difficulty on the first one I did because I have had the same iron tip for like 10 years. A $2 replacement made life much easier. Probably also could have just hit it with sand paper. And double-check polarity on the connection points - watch a couple of YouTube videos to confirm you’ve got +/- right. I think it’s wonky on some carts.
The ones that are soldered and often suck are the ones OP posted. Be sure to check the battery voltage before you install those ones because they use cheap batteries and duds are common.
I’ve also seen people go the cave man approach and just un-solder/pry off only the battery (from the attached “arms” that connect to the board) on old carts and just tape a new battery in place but that’s an approach for monsters and psychopaths.
I’m a bit foggy on the details but I think Pokémon Silver / Gold were a little trickier because the RTC changes the PCB layout and the battery is actually mounted on top of a chip, so space gets a little tight and you have to build a bit of a solder bridge up to the connectors.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 2 months ago:
FYI on the next one - they make CR1616 battery holders (like this) which allow future you to swap in new batteries whenever you want without additional soldering
I figure if I’m gonna do it, may as well just do it once
Enjoy having your old games back!!
- Comment on I use way too many substitute tools. 2 months ago:
Oh I love a good bolt plug.
- Comment on In reference to kitchen wrap (aluminum, paper or plastic), do you prefer to tear up against the lid, or down against the box? 2 months ago:
Is there a built in serrated cutter? If so, use that. If not, use box, it tends to be sturdier than the lid.
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 2 months ago:
Going directly there does not count as a search - you should be fine on that count. Again, you can test for free with their 100 free searches if you’re concerned :)
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 2 months ago:
I use Kagi! I average about 1,000 searches/month, so well in excess of the lower tier, but I started with 300 and there’s nothing inherently wrong with it as long as you only use it that often. I’ve grown accustomed to using search instead of bookmarks, and doing simple things like math in the browser instead of a dedicated app, which could help prune some of that usage.
You can use the 100 free searches to gauge how long it will last you.
I personally don’t have any gripes with it, between the ability to rank sites and their new initiative allowing folks to report slop sites, it seems to consistently keep me satisfied.
They do have a feedback site (https://kagifeedback.org/) where you can request new features and file bug reports. The advantage of a paid service is they are very attentive to user requests (within reason). Between their blog and changelog you can gauge how things are developing.
My budget has the flexibility that I’m happy to pay for a service that I use every day, which is aligned with my priorities. For those who don’t have that flexibility, Brave functionally (but perhaps not ethically) is a strong second best option. They’ve been copying Kagi’s homework for a while now and can do some of the same page ranking, etc.
- Comment on PlayStation Store Dynamic Pricing Is Real 2 months ago:
Shoutout to sites like isthereanydeal, camelcamelcamel, pcpartpicker, and dekudeals. At least they let you know when you’re being scammed.
- Comment on What did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs? 2 months ago:
I have to think they weren’t a particularly common. If I were completely ignorant and happened to stumble across a giant fossilized femur sticking out if a rock or at some sort of traveling circus, I’d probably guess giant. If I were somewhat familiar with living creatures I’d probably guess elephant/mammoth.
- Comment on Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language? 3 months ago:
Conservatives often have two key defining characteristics that they build their entire belief system around:
A lack of empathy, and a fear of “other” individuals and cultures.
These lead to a whole host of outcomes, and vary by individual. When it comes to travel I often see it expressed in how vacation is viewed.
Many conservatives I know view vacation as being 100% about them - relaxing, eating their favorite food, seeing their favorite sights, doing their favorite things. They do not care about leaning about someone else’s experience or culture because they cannot empathize with them, and the xenophobia means they’re scared of how to even broach the subject.
- Comment on What differentiates Lemmy, Kbin, Mbin, and PieFed? 3 months ago:
Unless there’s a particular feature you’re after, like following microblogs, or better mod controls…. Meh, it’s all about the same for the end user.
I shifted to PieFed because I like the direction they’re heading, the flexibility/volume of potential contributors Python provides, and to just generally show support for more options in the fediverse.
PieFed features come more quickly but the apps/front ends are slower to adopt them so it’s not all sunshine and rainbows but the basic functions generally work the same no matter where you are.
- Comment on Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs 3 months ago:
Until you realize those 10% errors missed the decimal point.
- Comment on Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs 3 months ago:
Can we start placing bets on when we find out that the “AI tools” they’re using are just sweat shop workers in Bangladesh processing invoices?
- Comment on Resident Evil Requiem currently peaking at over 300,000 players on Steam 3 months ago:
Something something denuvo. I’ll check it out when they ditch the spyware.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Not defending this human dumpster, but looking at the clip there appears to be a red hat at every single seat, seems like they came in the gift bag, he just happened to be the only once dumb enough to put it on.
- Comment on 58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition 4 months ago:
Here’s the problem - book bans swing both ways.
Whatever justification you use to get books like this out of the library will inevitably be contorted by conservatives to ban books on healthy transitioning.
IDK what the solve is here, would love to hear folks thoughts. Move it to the fiction section? Staple a disclaimer inside the cover?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
People familiar with Microsoft’s plans say that the company moving to streamline or remove certain Copilot integrations across in-box apps like Notepad and Paint in 2026, after pushback from users.
For now…
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 5 months ago:
This is exactly the problem, weird policy quirks and better alternatives didn’t help the situation but quite frankly there’s no new content for the Switch 2, and the performance bump over the OG Switch is almost irrelevant because raw performance isn’t the reason people buy Nintendo systems & games.
- Comment on Can someone ELI5 RSS/Atom feeds? 5 months ago:
Lot’s of mention of syncing settings, but the other reason for a server is scraping sites that do not provide their own RSS in order to create feeds. That requires regularly checking pages and translating new content into a standard RSS format.
- Comment on Halo Zero (Unofficial remake - Amiga/MD/NeoGeoCD) by earok 5 months ago:
Be the crosspost you want to see in the world.