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- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 days ago:
It’s worth it! I am still chipping away at Expedition 33 as well. I’m in the endgame portion now but just don’t have a lot of time to game at the moment. I’d like to eventually do NG+ and 100% everything.
- Comment on Games Where Nothing Happens (SPOILERS for various game plots) 1 week ago:
Stanley walked through the red. door.
- Comment on Games Where Nothing Happens (SPOILERS for various game plots) 1 week ago:
Was going to comment this as well! I enjoyed the story quite a bit too. Despite nothing really “happening” per se I remember the ending feeling emotional regardless.
- Comment on Day 386 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
Even with the warp ability it feels like you still have to do a fair amount of sailing because the warp locations are fairly spread out. I can see double speed helping considerably, though.
Thinking on in some more and I guess another problem with the sailing for me is how often I had to stop and play the wind requiem. It really makes navigation a chore. I could see a mod that lets you change the wind direction much more quickly would help tremendously (maybe there is one, I have not looked).
- Comment on Day 386 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
I’ve started this game twice. Once recently and once back when it came out. Still have not managed to finish. I always lose interest about half way.
When I think about why that is, I think it’s what you pointed out - the sailing gets monotonous fast.
Which is too bad cause I do think the game is otherwise very charming and fun.
- Comment on Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted – Pre-Order Trailer 2 weeks ago:
I loved pvz back in the day, before it got junked up by EA. I have no idea what the state of the game is anymore. Curious if this would be worth playing for a bit of nostalgia.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 3 weeks ago:
It really was incredible. Especially back then when I hadn’t had much exposure yet to that style of music. The fact that it was CD quality instead of midi really helped.
I vividly remember discovering how you could just put the game disk in a regular CD player and it’d work. Kinda blew my mind lol.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 3 weeks ago:
Adding this to my wish list!
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 3 weeks ago:
Man I friggin loved Descent II. Game was so fun and immersive. I watched that opening cinematic over and over. The soundtrack was fantastic as well.
I later went and played Descent 1 as well but 2 was the one I played the most.
- Comment on After 18 years, a surprise Half-Life 2 update makes it once again possible to beat a honking train on Highway 17 3 weeks ago:
There is indeed! My kid played it on the switch and loved it. Well, right up to the point where they couldn’t proceed due to a level being completely broken. They ended up having to finish the last few stages on my PC instead.
- Comment on After 18 years, a surprise Half-Life 2 update makes it once again possible to beat a honking train on Highway 17 3 weeks ago:
Wow! I somehow never knew this bug existed. I guess it’s been a long time since I played this one. 😅
Now, how about fixing game-breaking bugs on the Switch version of Portal 2?
- Comment on Day 369 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 4 weeks ago:
Man, I should revisit this one sometime.
- Comment on Day 365 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (One Year Anniversary!) 4 weeks ago:
Congrats on making it a year! And Halo 3 is a great game for the occasion too.
- Comment on Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy. 4 weeks ago:
Agreed, this shit sucks. The credit card companies hold far too much power over what is considered viable commerce.
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 5 weeks ago:
My thoughts exactly. Some of these ads are just plain weird in a way that they would never dare today.
- Comment on Day 348 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 month ago:
Man I thought the well was so dang creepy when I originally played it.
- Comment on Day 347 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 month ago:
I played so much SoT back around 2019/2020! Was such a blast just hanging out on the seas.
I agree with your comment about the water, it really is beautiful.
I know folks have mentioned disliking the pvp aspect and believe me I get it - I was never particularly good at it especially in close encounters. But I will say some of the most genuinely exciting memories I have are of those times when we had a boatload of loot with some pirates hot on our tail and managed to get away with it.
The crew I played with eventually moved on to other things but I still miss it now and then.
- Comment on Hades II - The Unseen Update Trailer 1 month ago:
Hype!! The new music is fire. 🔥
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 months ago:
Guess that’s me too. I loved Fallout 3 and wasn’t really aware of a lot of hate for it.
- Comment on What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion? 2 months ago:
The original Portal game does a good job of this. The first several puzzles are essentially tutorials that still manage to feel fun and interesting.
- Comment on Inside the 'Dragon Age' Debacle That Gutted EA's BioWare Studio 2 months ago:
I wasn’t aware they tried to make it a live service game, but that’s also incredibly unsurprising. It explains so much.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 2 months ago:
I am still working my way through Expedition 33. I’m in Act 2 and I’d estimate about half way into that. I’m still absolutely loving it.
- Comment on Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years 2 months ago:
In many ways the jankiness is part of the charm and why so many of us love it. :)
- Comment on Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years 2 months ago:
The game has effectively been in maintenance mode for some time. That being said I’m glad it still exists. I unsubbed a little over a year ago, but the idea that it’s still there waiting for me makes me happy.
I actually logged in just this week - there’s a free login campaign right now for those who are inactive, so it’s a good chance to scope things out.
- Comment on I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store? 2 months ago:
I do both PC and console gaming, and I’ve personally never gotten the Epic hate. As a store it’s not amazing but it’s fine. I will generally go to Steam first but I’m also not going to boycott a game just because it’s Epic exclusive.
- Comment on Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back 3 months ago:
Yeaaaah, I’m with you. What a wild comment to make. I was ready to give them the benefit of the doubt that the whole review bombing drama was just a case of having a bad day but this is something else.
- Comment on Do you think Square Enix should remake other Final Fantasy entries? 3 months ago:
I’d love an XI remake but it’s also scary to think about because of how I know it’d completely take over my life lol.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 months ago:
For me games from the NES era can tough to enjoy for more than a short period of time. They just tend to feel punitively difficult in a way that is not very fun. I’d much prefer a Mario from SNES onward any day for example.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 months ago:
I played Goldeneye at an arcade recently that had an N64 set up and actually had a great time. But people who hadn’t grown up with it and tried to join in found it pretty frustrating. So I can see that going either way tbh.
- Comment on Favourite 90s platformer? 4 months ago:
This for sure. There are other great examples, like Yoshi’s Island or Mario 64, but World is the one I grew up with and have the most nostalgia for.