PonyOfWar
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- Comment on Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer 2 days ago:
This doesn’t have the head tracking capabilities of the VR kit, as you only insert the Switch which doesn’t have a gyro without the joycons.
- Comment on Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer 2 days ago:
…in the US. 22 games world-wide. They’ve already released a few originally Japan-only titles on the other Switch Online apps.
- Comment on Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - Announcement Trailer 2 days ago:
Not sure I care about the game itself, but the art style is beautiful!
- Comment on Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer 2 days ago:
I think it’s a fun novelty, but locking the actual software behind the Online+ Expansion pack instead of including it with the (no doubt expensive) accessory is a bit crap.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
That’s fair, but I also don’t see a problem in voicing criticism about aspects of the game I don’t like. Especially if I do like the game as a whole. People should not see that as an attack on their personal enjoyment of the game.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
I like the game, but I definitely think it deserves some criticism. I really don’t get the thinking behind not placing a bench directly in front of every boss arena. The run-backs don’t make the game harder, just more frustrating. It’s also something I disliked in older Souls games, but thankfully they realized the problem and fixed it in Elden Ring. And some mechanics are just baffling, like benches that are locked behind a paywall, which you have to pay every time you want to access the bench. Why on earth would they do this, with currency already being as sparse as it is?
- Comment on OK. I'm at wit's end attempting to convince Google's LLM to pronounce an English name correctly. 1 week ago:
Did you try spelling it with phonetics?
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available on Steam - and it broke the Steam store 1 week ago:
Not quite the same, you can only restore those with your Steam Account. For GOG it’s just an installer for the game, which you can run and install anywhere as many times as you want, without needing any access to your account.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available on Steam - and it broke the Steam store 1 week ago:
Also on GOG. DRM-free and presumably without the server issues.
- Comment on Team Cherry - Hollow Knight: Silksong will be $20 USD 1 week ago:
Yes, I played it for 12 hours and quite liked it, but eventually got stuck at some bossfight and moved on to other games.
- Comment on Team Cherry - Hollow Knight: Silksong will be $20 USD 2 weeks ago:
That’s a great price. I’m not even on the Silksong hypetrain and fully intended to wait for a discount a few years down the line, but I might just get it for that a few days after release if the reviews are good.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 25th 2 weeks ago:
I started and finished Herdling all in one go. Nice, relaxed game with a beautiful atmosphere. The mechanics are relatively simple but with the game being so short, they don’t overstay their welcome. There was also a link at the end of the credits sequence which lead to a promotion where you can send the developers a self-addressed envelope and they send you… something back. I did that, so I’m curious what it will be. Expecting stickers though.
I’ve also been playing some Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader. 24 hours in and only scratching the surface, so classic CRPG I guess. The game strikes quite a good balance between story/reading, combat and space exploration.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on What game(s) could you not get into but with a handheld device you started to like the game(s) 3 weeks ago:
Slay the Spire. Never really got into it until I installed it on my Steam Deck.
- Comment on Shenmue III Enhanced announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo, and PC 3 weeks ago:
It was free on EGS back in 2021. Has been sitting in my backlog since then.
- Comment on Shenmue III Enhanced announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo, and PC 3 weeks ago:
Are there any people who even liked shenmue 3?
I haven’t played it yet, but I’ve noticed way more positive opinions online about the game the further we got from its release date. It’s currently 75% positive on Steam and even 92% from recent reviews.
I think the game was way overhyped, but now that people don’t expect it to be some monumental achievement, some actually do like it.
- Comment on 4chan is getting fined in the UK by the Office of Communications(Ofcom) under Online Safety Act; 4Chan Respond by appealing to Trump administration and intending to fight it in the U.S courts. 4 weeks ago:
I guess we’ll see how that goes, but with similar age verification laws currently being introduced across the US, it seems like it soon won’t make much of a difference.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Go hiking! It’s many Germans’ favorite pastime and we have well-signposted hiking trails everywhere. In Grünwald you’re quite close to the Bavarian alps and lakes, really beautiful areas.
Germans have quite a different way of communicating compared to Americans. Small talk with strangers is not as common. Don’t take it as rudeness if the supermarket cashier doesn’t really smile or ask about your day. People are quite direct. If you ask someone how they are, be prepared for an honest reply.
Public transport is good, but not Japan- or Switzerland-good. When going on a trip, take possible delays into account. Don’t rely on a 5 minute connection in Mannheim HBf.
- Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 30 Million Consoles This Generation 5 weeks ago:
They’ve also sold less than half the number of XBox One units compared to PS4, and like a third compared to the Switch, so they’ve been lagging behind for a while.
- Comment on Humble Choice this month contains Persona 5 Royal, My Time at Sandrock, Lil Gator Game, more 5 weeks ago:
As someone who really likes the game: No, it probably isn’t for you. The story is very much edgy youth fiction and much of the game is reading through the story. The gameplay is good, but not so good as to carry the game if you dislike the story and aesthetics.
- Comment on Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs 1 month ago:
But why do Visa/Mastercard give in to them? If it were governments, or even a very large popular movement I’d get it, as there might be consequences to ignoring those. But Collective Shout is really quite small, there would be no backlash to just ignoring them. I guess maybe they have powerful connections.
- Comment on Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs 1 month ago:
I really don’t get it. What makes this one radical organization from Australia seemingly have so much influence and power? Frustrating as hell seeing how people’s livelihood can just be taken away from one day to the next due to one organization’s puritan values.
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 1 month ago:
I hope nobody will trust them with their data after this. Just leaving their databases open to the public is horrendous. Though I fully expect this kind of stuff to happen way more often over the next few years, with the rise of “vibe coding”.
- Comment on itch.io now seemingly affected by payment processor rules as Steam 1 month ago:
You can see some examples on SteamDB’s Bluesky.
- Comment on itch.io now seemingly affected by payment processor rules as Steam 1 month ago:
The games removed from Steam were removed globally. They didn’t remove all adult content games (yet?) though, just ones related to certain topics like incest.
- Comment on What are the best free mmorpgs for a beginner? 1 month ago:
I’d suggest Guild Wars 2. It’s an MMO that can be played quite casually and doesn’t require massive time investment or grinding. It has a fun gameplay loop that encourages free exploration. Collaboration with other players arises freely from gameplay.
- Comment on Why doesn't Sega care about Sonic? 1 month ago:
One factor that probably plays a role is that Sonic is much more popular in Western countries than in Japan, where Sega is from. So the Japanese management might not see Sonic as such an important franchise.
- Comment on Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed 1 month ago:
The problem with that is that all of these platforms also use the same big payment providers, meaning they’re just as likely to remove these sorts of games.
- Comment on Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed 1 month ago:
They’d never do that, as it would severely limit their userbase.Throwing out a couple games, especially when it’s ultra-niche stuff like “futanari incest” games, is the much easier and more sensible move for Valve.
- Comment on Krafton Issue Statement Regarding Subnautica 2 2 months ago:
Always good to let this kind of drama sit for a couple weeks before passing any judgement. Not to say I fully believe the publisher’s narrative either. But maybe it’s not the time for grandiose proclamations of a boycott yet.