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- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
Knytt Underground - lovely little metroidvania by Nifflas. I expect some people to know this one, but it does have only 226 reviews on Steam and deserves more. Bundling this one with Ynglet - another game by him (and some other devs)
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages - I remember enjoying the writing in this one, as well as quite detailed ship customization. A weird lil shmup RPG, not even sure what to compare it with. A slow burner for sure though, give it some time to open up. Also on Steam, but seems like it’s restricted in some regions there.
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
The Sea Will Claim Everything / The Lands of Dream - a very crusty “window” into another world, made by one of the writers for The Talos Principle.
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
I love Duskers! (therefore you’re getting a downvote) But hopefully you’ll be pleased to learn they’ve announced a sequel: store.steampowered.com/app/2211630/Duskers_20/
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
The Dream Machine - point and click quest made of clay and cardboard.
- Comment on GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc 2 weeks ago:
yes, but as long as it makes a profit it doesn’t really matter, why would they want to lose money on a chunk of population
- Comment on GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc 2 weeks ago:
you may wanna consider the fact that subcultures contain more than one individual and they are not in fact a homogeneous biomass with a single opinion
- Comment on GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc 2 weeks ago:
so that normies could buy it in stores
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 2 weeks ago:
with the same footprint and noise characteristics? please do
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 5 weeks ago:
This is quite literally not how it works. That’s why reviewbombing is a term that exists.
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 5 weeks ago:
The first one is 83% positive, second one 92% positive. Who’s “most people” here?
- Comment on 007 First Light review – a triumphant James Bond game made by obsessive fans 5 weeks ago:
someone will probably make a replacer mod eventually
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 month ago:
same. i rarely refund tiny games like that, but I just did not vibe with it all, even though I wanted to
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 month ago:
from the same genre only Pistol Whip comes to mind. the rest are not better IMO
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Seems like a worse version of www.parseword.com
The layout is broken on my phone, the keyboard doesn’t even fit the screen
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 10th 1 month ago:
Loved the demo for Titanium Court, but I have so many games in rotation right now that I decided that it’ll have to wait its turn :(
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 10th 1 month ago:
There’s a new one: …steampowered.com/…/Moomintroll_Winters_Warmth/
Snufkin is also good
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 10th 1 month ago:
The new Moomin game is very chill (pun intended)
Also playing a lot of Below the Crown, which is a chess based roguelike from the developers of Duskers
Ah, and rolled credits on Pragmata!
- Comment on First Skywind progress video since 2024 1 month ago:
No legal issues afaik. The biggest issue was Bethesda dropping a huge update on Fallout 4 right before release that broke all the mods
It’s still available, there’s even an easy to install version on GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/fallout_london
- Comment on First Skywind progress video since 2024 1 month ago:
I do believe in Skyblivion coming out in a reasonable time frame a bit more than this one.
And we also have an example of Fallout London, which is arguably more ambitious
- Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed 2 months ago:
same!
because by that logic steam controller 1 and steam controller 2 are also completely different devices and your past experience is inapplicable.
or we can accept that it was valve’s first foray into making hardware and they probably learned a thing or two in the last 10 years. don’t quite understand how you can overlook what I’m saying
- Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed 2 months ago:
not completely. the deck had a lot of time to get trackpads and steam input right.
- Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed 2 months ago:
yeah, but that was their first experience with hardware like this. there have been 2 steam decks since then.
- Comment on Anybody else get Titanium Court? 2 months ago:
Played the demo and liked it, but way too many games in my backlog at the moment, so will pick it up later at some point
- Comment on Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' 2 months ago:
By remaking those games they could indruduce the game to whole new audience who would never play the yanky outdated versions.
This is where we disagree.
- I don’t think we should try to re-introduce those games to new audiences - they can seek them out if they are interested. I haven’t played Planescape Torment until 2017, I haven’t played Gothic/Deus Ex/Thief games until 2020s. I liked them just fine having never played them in my childhood, I thought they were great. But by remaking influential hits of the past we water them down to “just another mediocre remake that released this year”.
- A remake by definition will not do anything new, and if we spend resources on remakes (and sequels) then we are robbing the current generation from having their own formative experiences. I want to see new IPs come out that try new and different things and move the medium forward. So far indie games are doing a great job with that, but I also want AAA games to not get stuck in regurgitating the same material year after year. What is this generation’s Half-Life, Roblox?
Most gamers now will never experience that story and those who do, will not get the same experience i got, because they will look everything in the game as a product of its time and the focus will be on the retro aspect, not on the game it self.
If they play a remake - they will not get the same experience you did either. It will be different even if they remake it shot for shot - because story is also a product of its time. And if they don’t remake it shot for shot and make changes to adapt it to modern “standards” - then it’s a different, derivative game vaguely inspired by the original piggybacking on the name.
- Comment on Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' 2 months ago:
I take it you haven’t played Pentiment
- Comment on Fallout: New Vegas dev says don't expect a remaster, argues Bethesda doesn't have the source code or 'the engineering knowhow' 2 months ago:
I’m of a firm opinion that no game needs a remake. Fixing up old games so that they can be played on modern systems - yes please. Remaking the same game but “”“better”“” - no thanks, I’d rather see something original and new come out
There are some exceptions like Pathologic 2 which is basically a remake but also a reimagining, but those are exceedingly rare.
- Comment on Was discussing about Ubisoft and eventually made this 2 months ago:
Does it get to occupy it for pouring their money into finally making gaming on Linux viable?
- Comment on Pragmata surpasses 1m copies sold in just two days 2 months ago:
I hate Denuvo as much as the next guy but it’s literally Steam Deck Verified
- Comment on ELI5: How does Frame Generation even work? 2 months ago:
Yeah, I simplified it to keep it at ELI5 level, but you’re right