Coelacanth

@Coelacanth@feddit.nu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit suffers another potential blow as US takes "rare" step of re-examining previously granted Pokémon patent⁩ ⁨⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank fuck, absolutely bizarre it was granted in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 475 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Remedy made some GTA slop?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 475 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better, Remedy themselves are! Rockstar are publishing it though as they own the rights to the IP. I’m super curious about how they’ll turn out, especially with James McCaffrey’s passing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rise of the Tomb Raider -SteamDeck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Putting my final touches into my STALKER: Anomaly modlist and creating the last couple of compatibility patches. I think I’ll end up at 400 mods which is a nice round number. Hope I’ll get to start my playthrough this weekend.

  Will also try to get through another chapter of Alan Wake 2, I was on a replay of it when I got derailed but I do want to finish it and finally start the DLCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | Official Release Date Trailer [March 19, 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Had this on my watch list for a long time and every new video it keeps looking better. I’m still of two minds about the black-and-white - I get the idea and it works for the theme but I can’t decide if it’s worth it or if I miss the detail color would add. But at the same time maybe it would make it too bright and cheerful for the setting and story?

  Still looks super cool and I’m looking forward to playing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend a let's play of Dark Souls PTDE please⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mapocolops is one of the best Let’s Players out there. Always engages with the story and tries to pay attention, likes reading everything and getting immersed, very genuine while still managing to be very entertaining in an authentic way instead of contrived and faked. Also regularly plays retro games, which is very refreshing and sets him apart a bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Outer Worlds 2 | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This year in particular has been absolutely insane. I’ve played more releases the same year they launched this year than any in recent memory and still feel like I’ve missed out.

• "I Told Him I Loved Him, Because I Do" - A Tribute To The Late Dead Or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagakiwww.timeextension.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A force of nature who took no prisoners’: a tribute to Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Very short and sweet article. If anyone wants to read more there is a longer elaboration by the same author here: “I Told Him I Loved Him, Because I Do”. Worth a read.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My AYN Thor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great review, as always I love your content! You mentioned a higher price point but I don’t think you mentioned the actual price anywhere in the review. Or did I miss it? I guess it’s just a quick search away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend a let's play of Dark Souls PTDE please⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t watched it myself yet but I’ve heard a lot of good things about Mapocolops playthrough of it and I’ve watched plenty enough of his other Let’s Plays to vouch for him in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ninja Gaiden 4 | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad it’s good. Probably going to try to hold off until a sale because I’ve got my backlog full already but man, I’m tempted. Reviews sound great and a part of me wants to honour Itagaki by immediately getting in over my head in NG4 on Master Ninja.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 19th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I might have relapsed. Send help. Everything was going so well, I was playing through the Final Draft of Alan Wake 2 and having the time of my life, and then I clicked on a video YouTube recommended in my feed that looked interesting and the familiar old craving kicked in. Suddenly a week had passed by and I was deep in the rabbit hole again.

  So this week I’ve mostly been modding STALKER: Anomaly. There’s been so many new mods and modpacks and even engine optimization released since I played it last and I’m having a blast getting reacquainted, this time basing my modlist on the H.A.C.R. pack which seems to be a flexible and solid base. I’ve already added about 30 mods to it.

  I also have to give special mention to the mod and video that kicked it all off - TALKER. It transcribes your voice talking into the mic, and uses AI to give responses from characters in game and it’s actually just so much fun to use, especially for someone like me who loves the role-play and emergent narratives and storytelling of Anomaly. Right now I haven’t even started a full playthrough yet as I’m still tweaking parameters for the AI to fine tune the prompts given to each faction as well as adding to the list of unique personalities.

  If you’re an Anomaly player, I definitely recommend checking out TALKER, even though setting it up is a little annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both NOLF 1&2 and Contract JACK are available on the website above, patched and fixed to work on modern machines.

  YMMV but when I tried NOLF 1 for the first time earlier this year I sadly found the gameplay so poorly aged I wasn’t having enough fun to make myself finish it - despite the setting, theme and writing being quite fun.

  I might give it another shot at some point though, it was a critic’s darling back in the day and I’d like to be able to say I have played it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The upshot is that since nobody knows whether they own it or not there is nobody bothering to actively enforce copyright, so you can just download the games for free if you want on NOLFrevival.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden 2004, has died⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn I didn’t see this coming, hit unexpectedly hard. I just played through all the Ninja Gaiden games just recently as well as his Samurai Jack game and was so pumped for both his next project as well as NG4. He was a legendary character and whatever you think of him he was a colourful figure on the scene and will be missed for that if nothing else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games with Text-based Interaction?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember Game Makers Toolkit raving about some text-based interactions in the game The Shivah in an old video about detective games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hah! I also actually related to him a lot actually. As someone who has struggled with mental health, depression, addiction, failure and clinging to the past I ended up resonating a lot with the protagonist as well, and Disco Elysium overall was a very emotional and impactful experience for me.

  But even so, I never really felt like I was playing me like I do in self insert RPGs. But that was fine - the main mystery of the game is discovering your protagonist’s backstory and history and everything he is and has been through anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I will say: Disco Elysium is not a self-insert or blank slate RPG. You are playing as a very defined and distinct person, and you discover more and more things about him as you go. You can choose to emphasise certain traits that he already possesses, but you can never completely reshape him. He will always be who he is. A lot of people who want to “pick dialogue options that they would say IRL” end up bouncing off the game. I recommend trying to accept that you’re playing as an insane, depressed failure and commit to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends today, but a third of Steam players still use it | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the final frontier for Linux gaming - apart from some niche cases - is multiplayer games with kernel-level anticheat. They are literally impossible to play on Linux, so if you’re into one of those then don’t bother.

  The other edge case is modding. A lot of mods work just fine on Linux, but some just don’t and some - like those relying on Mod Managers and the like - might require more fiddling and specific tinkering. If you do a lot of modding it’s probably easier to stick to Windows as you know everything just works.

  Otherwise you should be good to try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ghost of Tsushima is touted by some as a “game of the decade” candidate when in reality it’s just a somewhat more polished Ubisoft open world game, that’s also highly monotonous and repetitive for its very long playthrough length.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 still has secrets fans haven't found, says director⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Act 1 one is very weak unfortunately, it’s a major flaw of the game. After one of the strongest prologues in recent gaming memory they whiplash the narrative into hours and hours of Gestral nonsense and completely ruin the vibe. And none of the main characters react believably to any of the insane bullshit - not to mention react to why they understand Gestral.

  I’m glad I pushed through in the end and overall the game managed to stick the landing, but I was very close to abandoning it around the Gestral village.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The games are available for free on NOLF revival if you want to play. Nobody knows who owns the IP so there is nobody enforcing the copyright.

  The setting, theme and writing is really fun but the gameplay really hasn’t aged well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love Control, I think the gameplay and level design is amazing, the world building is phenomenal and some of the side characters are great. Jesse herself wasn’t really that memorable to me though. I get that she’s supposed to act like a foil for all the craziness that’s happening, but as a result she ended up feeling kind of bland and forgettable. I always thought this was intentional, as the main focus of the game was the world building and lore and the Oldest House. Having a protagonist with a super strong colorful personality would be too much and just end up distracting from that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great pick, she’s up there for me too. I also only played the first one but thought it was an amazing experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. That scene on the island with Celes hit me like a ton of bricks the first time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you to the people providing a counterweight over on the Relooted forums⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the concept. Not my genre and not my favourite art style, but the idea is really fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Viva New Vegas should be a stable base to work from in terms of mods, as already mentioned. Vanilla New Vegas is almost unplayable but with the latest slew of community patches and engine fixes and even engine rewrites plus 4GB patch and all that it should be quite stable.

  I recommend trying again, I had a playthrough just two years ago I think with pretty much no stability issues. And New Vegas is an amazing game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 5 million copies worldwide; new content update to come to celebrate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did a ton of side content (basically all of it) so I probably was overpowered then in terms of levels/weapons/Pictos for the main story?

  The balance of the game is all over the place, that much I agree on. Especially the final act, which is a mess quite frankly. If you do any side content at all the final boss is a complete joke you probably kill in one shot and miss a bunch of cool attacks and mid-fight cinematics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 5 million copies worldwide; new content update to come to celebrate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m far from a parry god myself, so I simply built around it. Stacked HP and Defense on Maelle along with the First Strike Pictos and started every fight with her using Egide, which let her absorb damage for the team. Ran Lune with constant healing through Tsunami. Reasonable investment in HP and Defense on all my characters. The only times I ran into an issue of getting one-shot through the main game was when I deliberately went into a higher level zone - and at that point I felt like I had it coming. The optional superboss is a different story of course, but that’s a whole different issue and also kind of par for the course.

  Also this was on Normal mode and not Expert so YMMV.