absquatulate

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to Play (and Watch) While Waiting for Forza Horizon 6 (my article!)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll add in Tokyo Xtreme Racer to your list. While it’s limited to Tokyo’s expressways, it does those very very well. And it features some delightful japanese jank too. Top notch game.

  Also worth mentioning are the touge battles in the original GRID. Though, dissapointingly, I couldn’t find this one for sale anywhere - you might have to source it on the seven seas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This would make sense if they hadn’t increased the price of their hardware twice in one year. To me it just looks like they started behaving like a monopoly (because they can, as xbox is in the shitter)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield - Free Lanes Update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s alright. Spent a few hundred hours it when it launched but haven’t picked it up since. It has it’s moments and it has the bethesda rpg dna ( for better or worse ) so if you like bethesda games there’s a chance you’ll like it. In short: Gunplay and shipbuilding are pretty great imo. Questlines - some good some bad, but most are very milquetoast. Base building is meh. Exploration kinda blows and all the planetside POIs are extremely repetitive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding 2 audio language question [minor spoiler??]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey Peko! No option to change that prepper’s language Peko!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That would explain the 1000 people laid off. They could be preparimg the twrrain. Gotta keep the mouse growing amirite?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Jason Schreier] AAA game budgets estimated around $300 million. These budgets are almost entirely dev salaries + overheard and have nothing to do with executive compensation (which is mostly stock)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  300 million would kinda make sense, as it would mean an avg of 60k/year for a five year production on a 1000 people team. But how many AAA games are actually that large?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding 2 looks amazing in the 21:9 ultra-wide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It helps a lot, since there’s A LOT of context to it. They also have a “story so far” option in the DS2 menu but I haven’t tried it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people are so fine with Warframe monetization methods?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was in your shoes just today lol. I’ve got about 50h of gametime and bought a platinum pack because I heard 75% off is fairly rare. I don’t really feel guilty about it - even if I stop playing today, it was well worth it.

  The monetization doesn’t feel too aggressive, it seems fairly balanced, but it does have some annoyances. Not sure how similar mmos behave, but the amount of weeklies, dailies, battle passes and other mild fomo does get old. Servers need to be kept up, and they’ve been successful at the pay-for-convenience model for the past 13 years, so they must be doing something right.

  Luckily the gameplay and the overall loop is fun, the pve is pretty good and the community seems to be one of the nicer ones.

  You might feel better if you’d take off the completionist glasses. The amount of grinding and farming to get everything without paying is indeed annoying but again, it’s a 13yo game, the backlog adds up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I friggin loved Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture! It was like listening to those dramas on british radio, but set at your own pace. And it had the most excellent 80s UK vibe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of glazing they do, holy fuck. They had me too for a minute before I started wondering if this is just an april fools joke

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting real tired of this bullshit activism, man. I get it, we all hate LLMs but it’s literally one or two burnt out guys writing this in their spare time. If people really want to do something useful at least go and review the code and then you can shit on his work for legitimate reasons if you really do find it’s bad. Stop demonizing open source devs ffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One can only hope

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some victory. PC sales were plummeting in favour of mobile and now component prices. Console space is now done with any semblance of competition - Sony is now a monopoly and will start behaving as such. And xbox’s portfolio of many many IPs will go straight to the bin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re gonna fuck up Forza Horizon 6 and Fable, aren’t they? I was cautiosly optimistic about those two under Phil, but I’m pretty sure they’re doomed now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coastal road swept away into the sea in Devon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hm, doesn’t look much worse than some of the B roads i’ve driven there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forza Horizon 6 - Official Gameplay Teaser Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pricing on this is something else, man. 70€ base, 100€ deluxe, 120€ for the premium. And they moved most of content into the premium tier. The only difference btw the 70 and the 100 € versions is the car pass ( which could act as a huge car pack as in the past they had a couple dozen cars ). Also the premium tier does not include future car packs ( which may be fair but i have a feeling they will nickle and dime us for cars already present in FH4/FH5 ). There’s a good chance the game will be good, but you can also bet MS will squeeze us dry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation to be shown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a source for that? I’m curious about what they said

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 2025 Steam Awards Winners⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely flawed. But I found it to be original if nothing else and a breath of fresh air in a world of extraction shooters, rogueliles and soulslikes. Rather reminded me of Death Stranding when it came out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 2025 Steam Awards Winners⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, they did my boy The Alters dirty. Not a single win.

  Also, Arc Raiders most innovative? Isn’t it just an (admittedly improved) extraction shooter?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, the historical and geographical context of the newer entries definitely adds to the satire, but GTA2 wasn’t a bad game at all. I def liked it more 1 and 3 at the time. Interesting that the dev team wasn’t fond of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do too, but imagine the drop in donations/subscriptions if they were to pull a stunt like the one with steam/mastercard and porn games. Or if they were to not want to remove a game that features, say, the gaza genocide but on israel’s side, or some other extremely divisive issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m having mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it could be better for gog to break away from a stock listed company that has proved on occasion it still behaves like a stock listed company and likely still do in the future. Also it seems like they’re keeping their values.

  On the other, gog has been fairly volatile and hasn’t always returned a profit. Without a big company behind, it may be just a few years of unprofitability away from from going under. More worryingly though, it doesn’t have the same staying power as steam or its infinite funds, so it might get harder to uphold those “no drm, independence” etc policies.

  Time will tell I guess

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Schreier's List of the Best Video Games of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree but these are usually supposed to be the first line when games/news hit the web, and sometimes it appears that the only decent journalist left is Schreier, with everyone else seemingly following him and his direction. Paid coverage definitely accounts for some of the overlap, but like you said it’s probably just reviewers aiming for a greater audience.

  There’s always steam curated lists for the rest, I suppose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Schreier's List of the Best Video Games of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The one surprising bit about this is the lack of E33. I know it’s not Jason’s fault but it irks me that every game news outlet repeatedly highlights the same dozen games or so. I’m following four of them and 80% of coverage and reviews is for the same games over and over again. Only digitalfoundry strays off on occasion, and that’s because they aim towards a more technical discussion. There were literally 19000 games released on steam alone last year, and everyone seems to only cover E33, BG3, Blue Prince, Hollow Knight, Elden Ring, CoD etc. I have to subscribe to obscure subs or youtube channels just to get coverage of the occasional forgotten indie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for games to watch Let's Plays of: Recommend me something!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pacific Drive?

  It’s a great game with a great story ( that I kinda rushed through because I couldn’t enjoy the constant tension - instead the couple playthroughs I watched were very enjoyable )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could be. I’m not seeing any particularly rare pieces other that the two blue printed canopies under the saucer. However, odds are it’ll be way more expensive to source and ship the parts unless you already have a lot of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Space battle games for casual player?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In increasing order of casualness I recommend: Elite Dangerous->X3/X4->Everspace/Everspace 2-> No Man’s Sky.

  Everspace 2 is a spiritual successor to Freelancer, so probably your best bet ( Everspace 1 is more roguelike, but holds up nicely ). Speaking of Freelancer, I hear the game is still alive and has a vibrant community around it.

  If you ever want to revisit Elite shoot me a message, I may help you with starting up. They say Elite doesn’t have a learning curve but a cliff, so help is usually needed. Luckily the game has the most welcoming and helpful community I’ve seen in/around a video game.

  Other than these, there’s Chorus, but I haven’t played that one and it seems more story driven than open-ended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember Heroes of Might & Magic 3? A remake is coming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For those unaware, there is also Heroes of Science and Fiction, which is essentially homm 3 with a fresh scifi coat of paint and lots of qol stuff. It’s in early access but man it catches the vibe so well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home secretary calls Gaza protests in wake of Manchester attack ‘un-British’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, the british approach: “We understand that people dying is horrific and painful but there’s no need to make such a fuss about it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine paying to have your data harvested by a social network full of bots