Kata1yst

@Kata1yst@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nicolas Cage film 'The Surfer' induces knee-buckling six minute standing ovation at Cannes⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This link better be Surf Ninjas or you and I will have words.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Homeworld 3 Reviews [opencritic - 80% average, 79% recommended]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a tough pivot to make, but what else are fans of the genre gonna play hahahah

  Sins of a Solar Empire 1

  And hey, we get to hope Sins 2 remains great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huh? It's not that big⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GYAT

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PROOF⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! I was like, where are the supporting vertebrates?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A night at the theater with Neil deGrasse Tyson⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, sorry. That is what I thought, I just phrased it very poorly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A night at the theater with Neil deGrasse Tyson⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn't Kickstarter not pull funds until the project's success?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts on the game Timberborn⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite city builder in decades. A few notes.

  Pros:

  • Easy mode is relaxing and quite easy.
  • Medium mode is a fun challenge at first, eventually becoming fairly chill as you advance in skill and confidence.
  • Hard mode is always fairly hard, especially on harder maps.
  • There are many resources to manage, but none that feel burdensome.
  • The game is extremely thematic, it feels alive with charm.
  • Graphics are excellent, though sometimes graphical glitches can still be encountered.
  • The water. It's so hard to explain to someone who hasn't encountered this system before, but water is life in this game, and it's both beautiful graphically, and extremely well simulated by physics. Learning to control the water, and see the shortest paths to end water scarcity with beaver engineering is an amazingly fun and unique aspect of the game.
  • Mods are well supported and the community is vibrant.

  Cons:

  • Not a ton of content. They've been very good about adding new mechanics (badwater, extract, etc) but there's still just 2 races of beaver and a dozen or so maps.
  • No directed experience. In similar games I've enjoyed a campaign, challenge maps/scenarios, weekly challenges, a deeper progression system, just... Something to optionally set your goals. There's nothing of the sort in the vanilla game. It's fully open ended and there's only one unlock outside of your progress though the resource tree in a map.

  All in all, I highly recommend it, especially at the modest asking price. If you love city builders, charming and beautiful art, thematic settings, dynamic challenge, and solution engineering, this is a fantastic game for you.

  Other games I've enjoyed that scratch similar itches:

  • KSP
  • Cities: Skylines (but Timberborn has been far more compelling)
  • Factorio
  • Mindustry
  • Planet Zoo (Timberborn has less of a directed experience, but is otherwise completely superior)
  • Gnomoria
  • Banished
  • Tropico series (though I view this as more casual)

  Get it and have fun is my recommendation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI unicorn Inflection abandons its ChatGPT challenger as CEO Mustafa Suleyman joins Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. This guy thinks that regulators would have stepped in to stop OpenAI or Microsoft from acquiring a no-name 2 year old startup with two rounds of funding?

  Please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing how many products just don't.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The owner is a piece of shit who's convinced he's smarter than everyone else and has been hostile to Linux for decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tooths a chip⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This post triggered a memory where my best friend approached a bonfire with his Razr phone (original) in one hand and a stick in the other hand.

  He threw the phone in the fire, then slowly turned and looked at the stick.

  We did manage to fish the damn phone out and it worked for several years to come, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was kind of right⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They figure if they don't do it, someone else will. And they're arrogant enough to think that them doing it will be the best scenario.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want something competitive, Legion TD2