PonyOfWar
@PonyOfWar@pawb.social
- Comment on Anyone else looking forward to the new Starfield dlc and update? 1 day ago:
I’m planning to give it another go. Only played it for maybe 15 hours around launch and found it pretty underwhelming.
- Comment on Why are steam games a rip off in EUR or GBP? 5 days ago:
Those can’t be used for online payments. You can pretty easily buy Japanese eShop and PSN cards though.
- Comment on Why are steam games a rip off in EUR or GBP? 5 days ago:
The Yen has been an extremely weak currency for a few years now. Just 5 years ago, 1€ would give you 130¥, now it’s 180¥. But Japanese purchasing power has not risen accordingly. So games would simply be unaffordable to Japanese people (way more so than they currently are to Europeans) if they priced them like the Euro prices.
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 1 week ago:
Keep in mind though that US prices don’t include VAT, whereas in most countries they do.
- Comment on Console Commands and Mods Shouldn’t Disable Achievements — Consoles Are Holding Players Back for No Good Reason 1 week ago:
A ton of PC games do this as well.
- Comment on What kinds of public buildings have solariums? 2 weeks ago:
I think you’re looking for a conservatory or sunroom, not a Solarium. Maybe check for a nearby botanical garden?
- Comment on Peak 3d game. Nothing can beat this 2 weeks ago:
Not sure if I want to play a non-gay racing game.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 weeks ago:
Eh, DLSS maybe, but they’ve been quite critical of UE5, especially its stutter issues. They’re always happy when something isn’t UE5.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 weeks ago:
It’s probably gonna turn all characters into AI Anime Waifus.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 weeks ago:
Can’t believe DF is so positive about this, just looks horrible. I’ve actually been quite positive about technologies like DLSS and FSR but this… no thanks.
- Comment on Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them? 3 weeks ago:
For me, they’re just a nice to have. I don’t actively chase them or anything, but it’s sometimes neat to see when I did a thing that only 1% of players managed to do. I personally don’t care that they’re public. If I did, I imagine I’d have a private Steam profile anyway, so the achievements would be a moot point. I don’t see a meaningful difference between publishing my achievements and my other game activity like play times.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Well, it comes from Spain. Even if all your American ancestors came from Norway (which is unlikely), people in Europe have been intermixing for millennia. “Pure blooded” people don’t exist.
- Comment on Pokémon Pokopia | Review Thread 4 weeks ago:
Such a shame that they won’t give this a proper physical release.
- Comment on Why is Iran attacking Dubai and Kuwait? 5 weeks ago:
Kuwait and UAE have US military bases. Iran doesn’t really have the ability to attack the US directly. Pretty sure they did also target Israel.
- Comment on Pokémon Winds and Waves announced, releasing 2027 5 weeks ago:
Finally, hardware is powerful enough that even Gamefreak can make a decent looking 3d game!
In all seriousness though, it looks pretty nice. Looking forward to the return of diving. South-east Asia is an interesting setting for a new region. I have a feeling IGN isn’t going to like it though…
- Comment on Moltbook was peak AI theater 5 weeks ago:
Who would create a bot for this purpose and then also give personal details in the instructions / memory or access to photos?
It would be 2 different people: One person instructing their bot to ask other bots for private data and another person using their bot for whatever purpose who was stupid enough to give it full access to their data. AI bros are often pretty incompetent when it comes to IT security especially, so I think it isn’t such an unlikely scenario.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yeah, so what’s your point? The meme is talking about the “most successful of last 25 years”, so a 22 year old game fits perfectly within that.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Pretty sure WoW and Overwatch were way bigger commercial successes.
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Did anyone really think the Final Fantasy 7 remake was better than the original PS1 version? 1 month ago:
I’ve only played the first remake so far, but I do prefer the original game. The remake is gorgeous and definitely not bad by any means, but it adds so much unnecessary padding to what was originally a perfectly well-paced game. And the story beats they added mostly don’t improve on the writing of the original. Feels almost mean to say it, but it reminds me a bit of the Hobbit movie trilogy in that regard.
- Comment on Mewgenics: Some of the ‘celeb’ Meowing voice cast seems to be problematic at best 1 month ago:
I don’t care about “celebrity cameos” even when it’s people I like. But I guess adding some controversial people is one way for a dev to drive engagement.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Ashes of the Rug-Pull it looks like. Released on Steam less than 2 months ago. Looks like they just waited long enough so nobody who bought in can refund it.
- Comment on PC game recommendation for my partner and I 2 months ago:
“A Hat in Time” is an excellent 3d-platformer with local co-op.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 4th 2 months ago:
I’ve been playing Thief Gold. Great game that really surprised me in how well it holds up. It somewhat runs out of Steam in the last third though, where I currently am. Missions like “Escape” have been a bit of a pain with their difficulty and aren’t as well designed. Still intending to finish it and get to Thief 2, supposedly the best in the series.
On Steam, I’ve been playing “Songs of Syx”. An amazing mixture of Dwarf Fortress, a city builder and even a bit of a civilization-building RTS. Really addictive game that’s complex but not overwhelming.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 months ago:
My heart stopped at reading “GoG is getting acquired”, but that doesn’t sound so bad.
- Comment on Dying Light 3 months ago:
When Steam had its outage recently, I decided to go through my GOG library instead to find something to play. Noticed I had the Thief Trilogy, which I had never played, so I gave the first game a try. I wouldn’t have thought that a 3d-game from 1998 would hold up so well! It pretty much does stealth as good or even better than modern games. Sound design is brilliant as well. I’m 10 hours in and quite hooked on it right now.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 3 months ago:
Not quite. Larian also wants to use it for concept art, which is not the same thing as placeholder assets. To give you a bit of context, the standard for placeholder textures at the software development companies I worked so far has mostly been “vaguely fitting images you found on Google”.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
This is only in regions where they’re being forced to do this. And if the implementation in Japan is anything like what they did in the EU, it’s essentially worthless, as there are way to many hoops to jump through for alternate app stores to make it practical or useful at all.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 3 months ago:
Except for the “developing concept art” bit I guess. That’s not some unimportant intern’s work and does have the potential to displace artists. And while no AI-generated content may make it into the game, it does suggest that there will be art that’s based on the AI-generated content. That’s what concept art is for, after all.
- Comment on Any games I missed in the last 21 months? 3 months ago:
Welcome back! BTW, there was some user wondering whether you’re okay some months ago: pawb.social/post/33129287
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is excellent.
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