AceTKen
@AceTKen@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 6 days ago:
This is a damn good question that I would also love an answer to!
- Comment on Looking for a specific channel on YouTube 2 months ago:
I don’t know if it’s the one you’re thinking of, but this guy does motion comic stuff and makes fun of superheroes:
- Comment on Today's featured article on Wikipedia: Outer Wilds 2 months ago:
It looks like I will be nearly the only dissenter here. I didn’t care for the game.
PROS:
- The music and sound design were completely appropriate and fit the world.
- An initially interesting story setup.
- Some of the planets have a SUPER cool premise and are a joy to explore.
- The DLC adds some much-needed (albeit mild) horror elements.
NEUTRALS:
- Achievements are implemented, but are mostly for irrelevant side activities. Do you like using a guide to figure out how to get all the achievements? Well, you will have to.
CONS:
- This is not an adventure game, this is a puzzle game first and foremost. If you are not down with figuring out hundreds of vague Dark Souls-style lore blurbs scattered all over in order to work out how to solve environmental puzzles to progress, do not get this game.
- In the same vein, if you are not down with having a loop end before you’re done exploring an area only to have to trek all the way back there and go through everything all over again in case you missed something, do not get this game. This could be partially solved by having the logs you find on a planet permanently NOT GLOW any more after you had read their chain, or maybe a ship notice letting you know there were undecyphered texts on a planet still. I had to re-tread an astounding amount of ground just to make sure I wasn’t missing something.
- When your ship directs you to a planet that you need something from, the navigation on some of them is so obtuse that I found several places I could not find again even after dozens of visits to their planets. A map or better signposting would alleviate this.
- The characters were deeply forgettable, and you are constantly inundated with dozens of gibberish alien names so unless you follow a lore guide or take notes, you’re not going to figure out who did what. And speaking of…
- The story has a veneer of “pretty good sci-fi” but is told quite poorly. You will beat the game, get the incredibly lacklustre ending that doesn’t close out the story in any way, and watch one of many lore explanation videos that will make things click into place. The fact that the lore videos have SO MANY HITS is endemic of the fact that this is a narrative poorly delivered. You will find the lore in random order. If spread over multiple sessions like I played, this will mean you will not make some absolutely needed connections.
- Many things do not make sense within the context of the world and there is no reason for them to be happening at the time except for the hand-waving “It’s a video game” excuse, which breaks immersion. Why only now is sand being moved from one planet to another at the beginning of a cycle? Why only now is one planet being broken by lava? These (and other that I can not speak about due to spoilers) are not explained - the systems have existed for ages and would have (and should have given the environments they set up) occurred before this, but because it makes for a more interesting setup, it all happens now.
- The controls are… an acquired taste at best. Look at many of the negative reviews; many state the controls as an issue. There is a reason for this, even though I did become accustomed to them over time. I swapped to a controller and it was less bad. The keyboard and mouse controls are abysmal.
- I played the final build after the DLC came out, and even this far in development, I had some severe bugs. Controls would get “stuck” and force a game restart, achievements didn’t unlock correctly, etc.
- I wound up quitting because I didn’t know what to do next and didn’t care to watch yet another video to figure it out. There were hundreds of text logs that may or may not have been useful, and no idea how to find what was missing to help me progress without consulting guides, and it became too much. I eventually realized that I was just throwing time into a hole with nothing to show for it. It genuinely felt like it wanted me to give up and I couldn’t help but oblige. I just… stopped. I hated it. I kept doing the same thing over and over and eventually felt that I wasn’t enjoying anything. I hate the very concept of repetition as a game mechanic unless executed well; this wasn’t executed well.
- Despite quitting, I have seen all the endings. The real ending is legitimately nonsense and is basically an appeal to emotion while leaving the reality of the universe behind. It abandons the premise with what can only be described as a narrative hug that does essentially nothing, but presents the veneer of “feel good.” It is nothing. It is empty. Everyone but me loves it for this, and I can’t figure out why.
CONCLUSION: Meh? I really don’t understand the adoration people have for this game. It’s a mediocre non-combat roguelike with about 3 hour of content they’ve spread over 20 hours. It feels very much like a case of style over substance. This game genuinely makes me sad. I really wanted to like it, but… ugh. It feels like work.
- Comment on Anyone else? 6 months ago:
Just as an FYI, I’m a mod of the sub !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca
Based on our interaction, I’ve made our new Weekly Thread. You may be able to snag a few more converts… Your post was great and you could always repost it in the thread if you’d care to!
- Comment on Anyone else? 6 months ago:
Full Report: Acquired the movie right after we messaged.
My wife was working on our book and about ten minutes in wound up putting it down and watching it with me. This is notable because I haven’t been able to convince her to watch known great movies with me. She will not watch Lord of the Rings and hasn’t found the time to watch Edge of Tomorrow with me since release. She gives no fucks about any Godzilla or King Kong movies. This? Well… the moment the gorilla flipped off The Rock, we were in.
She had a hard out at 11 PM due to work, but requested I stop and watch the rest with her tomorrow. What the fuck kind of magic shit is this?
I don’t know how to describe it. Maybe it’s a bad movie very well told and sold by everyone involved? Everyone was likeable and seemed to be having fun. There were a bunch of solid actors in it we both knew from other things, and (most surprising of all) the comedy actually worked. I’d actually say it was probably one of the best 3 video game movies ever, and I’ve seen all but 2. I know that may not seem like a lot, but… 14 year old me loved Mortal Kombat at the time, so it’s some kind of praise.
The Nick Cage movie “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (and maybe also Drive Angry) is one of the only other movies in my collection that I consider in this camp. It’s not great cinema, but it’s a really awesome ride.
You sold it 100% accurately, and I really appreciate it!
- Comment on Anyone else? 6 months ago:
I can’t believe that you have just convinced me to watch fucking Rampage.
- Comment on periodic tablets 7 months ago:
Nope. I’m in Canada and it happens here too.
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 7 months ago:
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 7 months ago:
Hey, wake up! The new Clippy skin just dropped!
- Comment on Biden’s Budget Calls for Tax Increases on Corporations and the Wealthy 8 months ago:
Please also disallow
Congress from trading intheUSstock marketwith their inside information.One small adjustment and it’s perfect!
- Comment on Another great advert from Threads. Not really looking like my kind of place. 10 months ago:
So I know this isn’t going to be popular, but… I lived in Saudi Arabia at 14. White people were targeted for kidnapping and rape continually, and no, not women. Men too.
I myself was very close to having both happen multiple times and escaped by pure panic and luck. My father and I were nearly killed by police with assault rifles because they wanted a bribe from my Dad. We were forced to drive into the desert at gunpoint to a “second location.”
This was not unusual for the expats.
I also went to school in Cincinnati and had the shit beaten out of me multiple times because I was white.
Racists no matter who they are racist to are fucking gross and I’m sorry you had to go through what you did. Please don’t think your experience applies worldwide though. Being white, gay, black, brown, trans, or damn near anything in some places is fucking dangerous.
- Comment on Another great advert from Threads. Not really looking like my kind of place. 10 months ago:
Why? Having correlary traits in common with someone doing something dumb isn’t embarrassing.
Andrew Tate doesn’t make me embarrassed to be a man, he’s just embarrassing himself (and anyone who chooses those views are doing the same). We are individuals.
- Comment on Another great advert from Threads. Not really looking like my kind of place. 10 months ago:
This is a really well-put description. Having pride in the color of your skin is fucking stupid and applies to everyone.
Pride is for achievements.
Skin color is not something anyone achieved (and no, paying for aesthetics is not an achievement either).
- Comment on Another great advert from Threads. Not really looking like my kind of place. 10 months ago:
It’s social media. They really like to hit the “fuck you” button and not discuss anything.
You have to put yourself in their position though. If they commented anything approaching a discussion and not just casual dismissal, that would mean they’d have to think. Thinking is hard. Don’t do that to them.
- Comment on Star Trek Resurgence Giveaway 11 months ago:
My favorite Star Trek game of all time was the video board game with the Klingon host. I had everything from the Nightmare games so this was the next logical step and we loved it to even though it was cheesy as all get out.
- Comment on How do you like this, sexists? 11 months ago:
Because the post is shit maybe?
- Comment on Let's confuse Americans! 11 months ago:
Near Kingston! Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention?
- Comment on Let's confuse Americans! 11 months ago:
I am Canadian and have lived in three provinces. I have never seen bagged fucking milk.
- Comment on “Harley Quinn” Gets Fifth Season Renewal from Max 11 months ago:
The show really felt like it was on the way out after season 4. There were far fewer jokes and the ones that were there just weren’t funny.
After loving seasons 1 and 2 being kind of lukewarm on season 3, my wife stopped watching season 4.
- Comment on Don't forget to tip your gas station 1 year ago:
So since you’re the one providing the labour in the transaction, this means you’re getting a tip FROM the gas station, right? R… Right?
- Comment on Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down 1 year ago:
Embracer still owns all the IP. It may still happen if they think it’s financially viable!