tomkatt
@tomkatt@lemmy.world
- Comment on Wait....IS that what I meant?? 4 days ago:
Watched Jacob’s Ladder a lot, I take it?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I quit consoles because of the exclusivity nonsense
Nintendo was included in that statement.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
That being said, I do think EGS is going the correct route by investing in games / unique games and locking them into their platform.
I strongly disagree. I quit consoles because of the exclusivity nonsense, and EGS guaranteed I will never buy anything from them by doing that shit. I won’t even redeem free games on their platform via Prime Gaming, just on principle.
You compete by giving devs and publishers a better cut, or convincing them to do deeper sales on your platform. You compete by providing a better service to users. You do not compete by literally not competing.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 2 weeks ago:
I dunno, I actually thought Doom 2016 mostly looked better than Eternal. I didn’t like Eternal’s more cartoony bright color highlights everywhere.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 2 weeks ago:
“might-as-well-at-that-price”
The reason I have 130 games installed on my Steam Deck. My backlog has gotten absurd to the point of comedy. I’m set for years.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been complaining that the consoles and graphical fidelity have been seeing diminishing returns since the PS3 / Xbox 360. At this point, we’re just pushing way more power for minimal improvements. It’s stupid.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 2 weeks ago:
$999 “is not impossible”
At that price, just by a fucking computer already.
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
Some of these responses are crazy. Just because it’s the rurals doesn’t mean I don’t have a full time job, responsibilities, and limited free time, particularly in daytime hours. I need a reasonable means to haul things and go places, and to do it within reasonable time frames.
I got people suggesting horse, bikes, and now Chinese wheelbarrows for getting groceries every few weeks, y’all are killing me. 🤣
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
As I noted to the person who recommended the horse, I can’t carry 6 weeks of groceries 30-odd miles on a bike. The local store has basics but is far from everything I’d need, and generally at a hefty mark-up for a lot of things not produced locally (it’s how they can stay in business, I’m not judging).
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
I suspected it wasn’t a serious suggestion, but couldn’t help thinking through the logistics anyway.
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
A horse would be even more expensive than a car, and would have way more emissions compared to my driving habits.
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
I kind of agree, but I’ll admit, I wouldn’t give up my car. I moved out here because I wanted out of city life and into more nature and quiet life. I only drive into town every 6 weeks for groceries and necessities in bulk and there’s no way I could haul all that on public transit. I want to be in the city as little as possible.
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
My property doesn’t even have paving, and trying to get the drive graveled was such a pain I just ended up slapping on all-terrain tires, both to deal with getting on and off the property slope in mud, and also because there’s country roads (dirt/sand) here and street tires stuck on that or when it snows.
- Comment on (serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting. 5 weeks ago:
I live in a rural area over 30 miles from the nearest city in a town with a population in the low thousands. The nearest place I can get any goods is over 4 miles away. I’d be completely fucked without a car.
I know that’s not everyone’s situation, but just pointing out there are people living in remote places with no other transportation options.
- Comment on My father the tween literary critic 1 month ago:
Pretty sure they’re referring to The Host and… yeah, it’s actually not bad.
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 month ago:
SteamDB.
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 month ago:
- Comment on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer 1 month ago:
I love CV3 but it’s brutal, I’ve played it off and on since around 1991 or so and still never finished it.
- Comment on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer 1 month ago:
Nah, it’s great and has some of the best music in the series. I mean, it introduced Bloody Tears!
Try a romhack of the game, like Simon’s Redaction or Simon’s Quest Retranslated, it’s absolutely worth a play.
- Comment on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer 1 month ago:
Nope, believe it or not the first Metroidvania style game was Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest for the NES. It was actually an excellent game, but a botched translation to English made it more frustrating and obtuse than it should have been. It was rather ambitious for a NES game.
Also, while level based and not Metroidvania style, Castlevania 3, Super Castlevania IV, Bloodlines, and Rondo of Blood were all fantastic games and Iga’s games have their lore and continuity based on the prior titles.
Not to mention, while it wasn’t as well received, the attempted series reboot (Lords of Shadow) was pretty great too. Mostly people didn’t like the gameplay changes for the 3D title.
And that’s not even getting into the N64 and PS2 games (one of which, Curse of Darkness, was popular enough that the first Netflix Castlevania series involves characters based on it).
Metroidvania was Igarashi’s style, to the point they were sometimes coined as “Igavania” games, but they’re not the end-all-be-all of the series.
- Comment on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer 1 month ago:
Koji Igarashi was responsible for the “Metroidvania” style, but was not the creator of Castlevania. He worked on the series from Symphony of the Night and through the NDS games. There were games in the series both before his involvement and after.
Iga’s great, but Castlevania is still Castlevania without his influence.
- Comment on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer 1 month ago:
- I love Castlevania
- Evil Empire and MotionTwin
I’m in.
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 2 months ago:
Same. Absolutely shoes off now, despite growing up in a shoes on house.
I have inside shoes and slippers/sandals for home and inside exercise use. Outside shoes and boots are for outside only, and come off in the mud room.
- Comment on Ham flesh 2 months ago:
Where’s the pic of the ham for comparison? This is just a pic of your hand.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 2 months ago:
My wife and I have been working out and losing weight and now the question is “am I hungry, or is it lonely mouth?”
Though I’m burning so many damned calories it’s usually I’m really hungry. 🥺
- Comment on This kid gets it 2 months ago:
Wrong community. This is for shitposts, not depressing factual information.
- Comment on AI-Induced RAM Crunch Could Push Next PlayStation and Xbox Past 2028 3 months ago:
I mean, I’ve already got a backlog of 100+ Steam and GOG games I haven’t played yet, plus something like 1000+ retro game ROMs, and I’m happy to go digging in the crates as it were. There are already more games available than I’ll have time to play in my lifetime.
They push cloud gaming and I go fuck off entirely.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 3 months ago:
This is fucking stupid. There’s no AI assets in the final game, and it was used for placeholders during development.
I dislike AI for a lot of reasons, but this is massively overblown. The genie is out of the bottle and there’s no putting it back. This is right up there with artists airbrushing, photoshop, and so on. People are going to use the tools available if it leads to quicker development cycles to get a product out.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 3 months ago:
…I’m just saying. Making a modern engine from scratch is hard. There are just too many things to worry about. And the record of “RPG studios rolling a new in house engine” is not great.
Larian’s track record is good. They used an in-house engine for Divinity: Original Sin, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Baldur’s Gate 3. And Vincke attributes at least part of their success to using in-house tools instead of “off the shelf” engines.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 3 months ago:
Larian is very ambitious in their aims. Divinity: OS, DOS2, and Baldur’s Gate 3 were all huge games with incredible interactions and stories.
I don’t always like everything they do (in fact, I kinda hate BG3), but I respect their efforts. They don’t half-ass anything.
