JigglySackles
@JigglySackles@lemmy.world
- Comment on For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big? 2 weeks ago:
I think that all comes down to how the travel, visual appeal, and POIs are handled. As well as a personal interest in the gameplay loop. The following are my general opinions on a few games for why I think they do or do not work.
Daggerfall would be way too big, because the POIs are few and far between and there is no visual interest between, but it worked because it had fast travel.
Each of the successive TES games had more visual interest to them and wel spaced POIs and I spent a lot of time walking on first playthroughs without fast traveling anywhere.
Similarly No Man’s Sky could seem too big at first blush, but if you like the gameplay loop it’s infinitely fascinating. For anyone wanting to move further in it’s also helpful that there are gates to help make large jumps, without them being a requirement to enjoy things.
Cyberpunk 2077 was very visually interesting and had a ton of POIs and was fun to traverse on foot and in a vehicle. I thought the size was fantastic on my first two playthroughs. The third time the badlands areas got a little frustrating though.
Stalker and Stalker 2, are very fun to traverse by foot for me despite being very large. They are visually very interesting, especially 2. There are plenty of things you can stumble on and explore. In fact on my first playthrough of Stalker 2, I didn’t even realize it had a fast travel option for over 60 hours because I didn’t feel the need to look for one to use. Loved the huge size of those.
WoW was horribly oversized, as are many MMOs. WoW was(and imo still is despite many upgrades since I played, just not a fan of toony looking games) completely uninteresting visually, had no “on the way” POIs and had no motivation to look around. Long travel was a chore on top of a burdensome gameplay loop. I hated WoWs size. It felt big just because it would take people longer to play. I can’t express how fucking boring it was to me. And exploring had zero reward. I remember wandering into the water and swimming for like 30 minites to get behind some massive tree or something (all I remember was it was a brown gradient that’s how dull the visuals were) and I get behind it and there was fuckall. That was the last time I played I think. More brown gradient and uninteresting light blue water gradient stretched off into a foggy white gradient. Fucking hated WoW but especially its size. MMOs like that are the equivalent of having a rail shooter that’s more train ride simulator than shooter. It works for other people, I just couldn’t stand it.
Outward is a fantastic game but it’s world feels a little too big sometimes. I don’t really enjoy wandering it that much even though I enjoyed the game on the whole. Just felt I got to the point of sprinting from one objective to the next because I was tired of traversing the map.
So it’s really game dependant imo. If they nail some key aspects, size doesn’t seem to matter.
- Comment on Mexican Government To Tax Violent Video Games It Says Make Kids Violent 2 weeks ago:
Fuckin hell, thought this shit had finally gone away in the 00s. It’s the 90s all over again. 🙄
- Comment on PC Master Race 3 weeks ago:
I used some software they gave out, but otherwise I sit on the horde like a digital dragon.
- Comment on thats all 3 weeks ago:
Seriously. People are in the sub if they want to be pedanticly PC.
- Comment on If only we knew... 3 weeks ago:
Because they thought you wouldn’t call them out.
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 3 weeks ago:
When it’s 100F or higher, there is no such thing as AC too cold.
- Comment on Why would I buy this? 4 weeks ago:
I wish overspending was why I was poor. At least I could fix that.
- Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t like breakfast in bed either. Would much rather get my day going first. Brush teeth, take a piss, get some lazy clothes on etc. I wouldn’t mind a couch breakfast, but only if I don’t have to cut anything. If I need a knife, please let’s just do this at the table. I’ll appreciate the gesture just as much and won’t be struggling half conscious to keep my bed clean with a wobbly ass tray.
- Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed? 4 weeks ago:
Might be sleep apnea, or something similar, that is slowing your body producing urine while sleeping. Talk to a doc. Getting apnea treated solves this for many.
- Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed? 4 weeks ago:
Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.
- Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed? 4 weeks ago:
Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I can agree with that. Game devs need to take more time to ensure that they aren’t building something that encourages bad behavior.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
You aren’t alone on that. One of my friends got it with his new gpu. He tried it not knowing it had PVP and was really enjoying it. Then another player made his life miserable. He quit and won’t play again.
It’s too bad too because me and 3 other friends were also on board with the idea of buying it when he was talking about it. But then we found out it was PVP only and that completely killed it for all of us. So they lost out on about 5 players and 4 purchases from our group just because there wasn’t a no PVP option. And I mean it really doesn’t seem like it’d be hard. Just turn off the connection to other players. If they wanted to go above and beyond, make it so you can play with a small group of friends. But at the very least being able to turn off PVP would’ve been a good idea.
- Comment on If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not? 4 weeks ago:
If you are in it for a relationship, I’d ask them why the fuck it was any of their business. Are they loose or tight? Are they dry? Do they stink? Ask any reversed gential-related questions to put some perspective on it. And consider moving on to someone else. I guess if you’ve been together a long time and more personal with each other but not having sex, it can be borderline ok from a curiosity standpoint, but if they are shallow enough to have that matter to them, better to just be honest and potentially done with them.
If you guys are just in it to bang, then give any witty response you want. If they double down after that, ask if they are serious or if it matters to them. If it does, give an honest answer. Maybe they are shallow enough to care in which case you are dodging a bullet.
- Comment on negativity 5 weeks ago:
^ This hobbit second breakfasts.
- Comment on Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription? 5 weeks ago:
Well, boomer shooters are going to wind down soon and I’m seeing more of the other types creeping in, like perilous warp, that have that slower pace to them. I imagine the pendulum, while never as soon as we would want, is coming sooner than you might expect.
I was overjoyed seeing a resurgence of fast paced shooters once doom 2016 dropped. And I think it follows that once the fast paced stuff runs its course, the next style to see a resurgence is going to be the halo-likes.
- Comment on Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription? 5 weeks ago:
There is definitely a dearth of good FPS that fit that mold. I was a fan of the same kinds growing up. Started on Doom and moved through the whole development of the genre. Stopped enjoying stuff as much when slow shooters and cover shooters became prevalent. Hated Halo for example. It’s ok now, but not a formula I enjoy as much.
Anyways that said, if you are looking for deathmatch without centralized servers, I can’t think of anything recent off the top of my head. There is a lot of good fps single player experiences out there. I liked Hrot for example because it taps in to some of the Quake 1 vibes, but has no multiplayer. Doom 2016 and Eternal were fun single player wise. But their Deathmatch is centralized servers. Turbo Overkill was a lot of fun, but no multiplayer. Same for Wrath, Ion Fury, Ultrakill, Prodeus, stalker 2, and others. There’s a new Painkiller coming out Oct 21 but I think multiplayer will likely be centralized servers since it’s crossplatform.
I can go on listing great games but I am coming up blank on anything matching exactly what you are after. Everything I can come up with has a comprise to it. Sorry man. Hard to find something exaclty like the gold classics like that.
- Comment on Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription? 5 weeks ago:
So being specific, you are looking for a local multiplayer FPS? Or are you open to self-hosted dedicated servers as a multiplayer option? Also do you want it to be military or are other gebres ok? Just trying to really narrow it down so I can see if something I know would work.
- Comment on Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription? 5 weeks ago:
If you want good FPS, there are tons of really excellent. But I’m getting more that you are after arcadey military FPS.
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
Very nice. That sounds awesome. Love a good smoked meat.
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
Hey!!! Long lost cousin! So good to finally meet you!
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
But at least you got pork belly! That’s delicious.
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
Scrolling the comments looking for Assius…
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
Fitting for Mr Dr Oink
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 month ago:
Chicken Sandwichius
- Comment on Ballistics don't LIE | A video I didn't want to make. 1 month ago:
Lol probably not man. Those guys have been high on their own farts for too long. I used to watch a lot of Taofledermaus, I haven’t for awhile, but (at a quick glance) the channel doesn’t look like it’s devolved into self aggrandizing fascist apologetics. Loved seeing all the different shotgun rounds they tried.
- Comment on Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs 1 month ago:
Almost all their art in the game was stolen from one artist. They didn’t even do a good job at covering up the blatant theft. Not sure if they’ve fixed anything, but that was a major lawsuit just itching to come out.
- Comment on Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs 1 month ago:
That’s a fantastic resource. Thanks for linking it.
- Comment on Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs 1 month ago:
Because Linux is open source and each group has a different idea on the direction it should go. They are all linux at their core, but they all have different use cases.
Bazzite and Zorin are both great options for leaving Windows for the first time. Bazzite is generally more gaming focused but Zorin is a better desktop in my limited experience of both. Bazzite for example is more locked up on OS files, so it’s harder to break in some regards. But it also bakes drivers into the image and they only get updated on the next release. Afaik you can’t tinker with the drivers much but I’m not experienced enough to say 100%.
- Comment on Ballistics don't LIE | A video I didn't want to make. 1 month ago:
I used to like watching garand thumb before he started injecting political opinions in. I stopped watching him pretty early. I’m sure he’s gotten awful now.