AMillionMonkeys

@AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks like Dragon Age: The Veilguard just received its final major update⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Veilguard is a 3rd person action RPG, not a CRPG. It plays like God of War or something. It has lots of DA characters and lore, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Large Language Models in Video Games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the PC vs. console divide is relevant here. I’m not sure how advanced text entry on consoles is these days, but I imagine PCs have the advantage with keyboards. Maybe if they use voice recognition on the consoles? But AAA games usually target both, and if interacting with the model is clunky for a big chunk of your market then the big developers might not use the technology.
  Of course, indie devs that only target PC can go wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making peace with liking very few games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dwarf Fortress? Go hard or go home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably Persona 5 at 60% off. I liked 4 and 5 has an incredible reputation.
  Wasteland 3 is $8. Seems like a great value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Request for CRPGs recs on the current Steam sale⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll second Tyranny and Pillars 2.
  Tyranny’s ending is… well… they tacked on some text - but it’s a great game otherwise.
  PoE2 is more enjoyable than the first one, IMO, just for the lighter tone. They do a better job of explaining the world, too, because you aren’t bludgeoned with lore-dumps like in 1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games that force you to make hard choices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Tyranny is so good, and I prefer it to the first Pillars of Eternity. Shame the ending is so abrupt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games that force you to make hard choices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I love Steins Gate, but the choices you make are so wildly disconnected from the consequences that I don’t think it really counts. It’s such a strange system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I fill in easier crosswords left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am LOVING Baldurs Gate 3⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if I’m enjoying it yet. I’m only 4 hours in and it feels like Divinity Original Sin 3 and not a Baldur’s Gate game. Maybe that’s fine, but it’s not what I was expecting.
  The combat seems more complicated and I’m having to rest after even basic encounters, but I guess that’s the way BG1 was too.
  Still messing with the graphics settings to get it to look decent and run ~60FPS on my creaky old Vega 56.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quake II updated for modern PCs. Includes new expansion and Quake II 64⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How does multiplayer work without Game Spy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2023 might be the best year for sequels and worst for new IPs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually just finished PoE2 yesterday, but I haven’t given any of the Pathfinder games a shot. I played a few hours of DOS1 and it didn’t really grab me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 26-year-old Quake 2 just got the remaster of my dreams, plus a big expansion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. And look how long it’s taken for grappling hooks to be reintroduced to gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2023 might be the best year for sequels and worst for new IPs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just installed BG3 and I’ll probably start playing today. This was my concern - that it will feel like a Divinity Original Sin game and not a Baldur’s Gate game. Not that I have anything against DOS, I just really love BG2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 10-08-2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I started playing Pillars of Eternity II about a month ago, then I was gifted BG3… and dammit, I’m going to finish PoE first. It’s a very enjoyable game. Lighter in tone than the first one and a bit less brutal with the lore. This time I have a good idea who the pantheon are, but I still occasionally find myself confused about people and place names. I used my saves from the first game to start this one, but I have very little recollection of what the hell I did back then, so maybe I should have started fresh.