Soupbreaker
@Soupbreaker@lemmy.world
- Comment on Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research 14 hours ago:
Well, it’s inaccurate. Fiction does not require unrealistic elements. There’s just scads of fiction out there—across multiple genres—that’s set in a real time and place, and doesn’t involve anything fantastical.
- Comment on Vulcans are an incredibly emotional and passionate species. 1 week ago:
Yeah, it didn’t really make any sense that they turned into Vulcans and somehow also acquired a Vulcan education.
- Comment on Another NetEase-Backed Studio Has Closed Without Releasing a Game 1 week ago:
I had a lot of fun with Eve Echoes for a while, but the steady catering to whales and multiboxers sucked the fun out of it for me. I just want to fly around with friends and blow shit up, without spending exorbitant amounts, or running my own personal fleet.
- Comment on Friday Merch Roundup — Star Trek: Resurgence Comes to Switch, EXO-6's Next Gen Captain Chair, and More Raktajino Mugs 1 week ago:
I’ve yet to shell out for any trek merch, excepting games (ok, one time I bought a bootleg darmok and jalad shirt online, but they’d misspelled tanagra on it, which was a bummer). I did thoroughly enjoy Resurgence on PC, though. You’re basically playing through an episode of Trek, post-Dominion War.
You shift perspectives from scene to scene, alternately playing as the newly arrived XO of a science vessel, or an enlisted engineer. It’s well-written, with believable characters, and lots of weighty choices. It’s mostly talking and doing science and diplomacy, with some action and the odd stealth section. I, a random internet denizen, recommend it.
- Comment on The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games. 2 weeks ago:
I was disappointed by Fetish Locator; I wasn’t into any of the included fetishes, so I rapidly got to the end, and missed all the content. Got an ending screen suggesting I should go back and try something, but like, no thanks! Still, at least it was free!
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x07 "What Is Starfleet?" 2 weeks ago:
I enjoyed the episode, but I agree that the documentary framing device seemed to preclude any serious discussion of the ethical problem, like you’d get in the 1701-D’s conference (briefing?) room. Instead, we got a lot of Pike saying “Orders is orders!”
We’re not privy to Pike’s communications with Starfleet, there’s little nuance to any discussion of the issue we do see, and the Lutani get so little screen time, they’re practically 2d.
I liked the novelty of the format, and I generally enjoy the way SNW mixes things up. I do think it often leans too far into style, to the detriment of substance.
- Comment on new Star Trek Voyager videogame: Across the Unknown 2 weeks ago:
I enjoyed Elite Force, but it’s more actiony than I want my Trek games to be. My favorites have always been the ones that try to put you into an episode—Judgment Rites, ST: 25th Anniversary, A Final Unity, and Resurgence. I think the adventure genre is a much better match with the franchise than strategy or action. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the direction they’re going with this Voyager game.
- Comment on Mass Effect 5 is "still in pre-production" says director as BioWare shifts full focus to the sci-fi RPG amid dev reshuffles and reported layoffs 1 month ago:
I agree! I think I got a free copy somewhere, years after release, and really enjoyed it. Sure, I wish the characters had been a lil’ more fleshed out, but I had fun with it. I have to assume that the bulk of the negative reaction to it had to do with bugs and/or missing content on launch, that had been fixed by the time I got around to it.
I often have this experience, since the only game I recall buying on or before launch in the last decade is BG3.
- Comment on What game did you last finish? What did you think of it? 1 year ago:
I guess it was Baldur’s Gate 3. Fantastic game. I got partway through a second, heavily modded playthrough—I say second, but I spent a ton of time with it in early access—but I got a bit burned out, and have subsequently been replaying Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
- Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? 1 year ago:
I dunno how difficult to implement this might be, but it ought to be cognizant of Linnaean taxonomy. I just had one where the word was seahorse, but the bot claimed it was not a ray-finned fish.
- Comment on BMW 2 years ago:
Other than that, how was the kerning, Mrs. Lincoln?
- Comment on Lords of the Fallen will run at 60 fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S 2 years ago:
Yeah, I got a free copy, and couldn’t get into it. Granted, I haven’t gotten into any other games in the soulslikeaverse.
- Comment on Divinity Original Sins 2: An unbelievably awesome game 2 years ago:
Yeah, I just finished the game, and inventory management was probably my number one gripe. Hours were spent micromanaging all the luggage. I had the same experience with the gift bag. If I had it to do over, I’d have done it in Lone Wolf, just to simplify the logistics.
- Comment on Divinity Original Sins 2: An unbelievably awesome game 2 years ago:
Having just finished DOS2, and played a ton of early access BG3 as well, I think BG3 really does take it to another level. It does a better job with immersion, I think, which engages you more in the story and characters. Based on what I’ve played so far, they’ve managed to do that without sacrificing any of the complexity of DOS. We’ll see how fleshed out the rest of it is soon, but I’m uncharacteristically optimistic.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion [2] 2 years ago:
One thing I’ve found helpful is to make sure everyone has at least one mobility spell, so they won’t be stuck trying to trudge through a lake of fire. Positioning is super important. Also, teleport and netherswap are incredibly useful.