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- Comment on Cranking Up The Detail In A Flight Simulator From 1992 2 weeks ago:
Oh wow. I played the hell out of this game as a kid. Knew it from the thumbnail immediately.
- Comment on What are some great games that require you to bust out a notebook and pen? 2 weeks ago:
The last game I recall breaking out pen and paper for was Tunic. You can definitely beat the story without, but the later puzzles call for it.
- Comment on What games have you put the most hours into? 3 weeks ago:
Heyyyy, high five! I’m not sure what my XI playtime is at offhand but I know it could be measured in years.
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 4 weeks ago:
Yes, I almost posted this same line!
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 4 weeks ago:
I still use Left 4 Dead’s “pills here!” any time I’m dealing with medication. It’s an involuntary reflex at this point.
Also not really a line but the intonation of Chadley calling out “Cloud!” when he starts a conversation is seared into my psyche. Kind of like a modern version Navi’s “hey!”
- Comment on Sea of Stars: Dawn of Equinox | Update Release Trailer 5 weeks ago:
Was curious what combat 2.0 meant.
Sticky Combo Points: The gist of it here is that Combo Points now remain after battle, giving combo moves a lot more use overall
This feels like a good change. I always felt like combos didn’t get much use outside of boss fights due to them resetting every battle. I’m not sure this entirely fixes the other problem wherein I almost exclusively used Mending Light, however.
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 5 weeks ago:
Agreed. There was a fantastic time for mobile games before things went downhill.
I have a strong memory of being in an apple store, finding a display iPad, and becoming enraptured by Plants vs Zombies. I would eventually get my own and put dozens and dozens of hours into the game.
Then EA took it over and turned it into trash.
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 1 month ago:
I feel like I could have some fun with a remake of Descent 1 and 2.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
+1 for sea of thieves.
- Comment on The new Flappy Bird game has a hidden secret: crypto 3 months ago:
I had a bad feeling when I saw another developer had picked it up. This sounds worse than I imagined.
- Comment on The future of Minecraft’s development 3 months ago:
Oh that’s very interesting! I will keep this in mind as something to try.
- Comment on The future of Minecraft’s development 3 months ago:
You got the answer right there, it’s cross play. When you have child in the family who wants to play Minecraft on their iPad, and a parent who would like to join in on their Mac, you just can’t do it. And that stinks.
It also feels like relatively low-hanging fruit from a development perspective.
- Comment on Sony announces the PS5 Pro with a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling 3 months ago:
At this price I’m so glad I decided to go for a slim instead of holding out for the pro. Absolutely no way.
- Comment on The future of Minecraft’s development 3 months ago:
I still want to see bedrock on the mac. 😔
- Comment on Remedy and Annapurna announce a strategic partnership agreement on Control 2 and bringing Control and Alan Wake to film and television 3 months ago:
I loved Control, but I’m feeling kinda meh about a TV show. If it does happen I’ll keep an open mind and check it out.
Absolutely looking forward to Control 2 however.
- Comment on Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker DLC – Indie World Showcase 8.27.2024 3 months ago:
Agreeing with all these comments. The game started off really strong in my opinion, but it falls flat very hard after a certain point. Both from a writing perspective and in the combat variety.
The interrupts were interesting to me because I hadn’t seen a mechanic quite like that before. But I suppose it’s true that once you see an enemy charging up there is essentially just one “correct” choice to make, which limits what choices you actually have and puts you on a rail.
- Comment on Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker DLC – Indie World Showcase 8.27.2024 3 months ago:
Sooooo many moonerangs. That was a big complaint of mine as well. The combat doesn’t really evolve much.
- Comment on Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker DLC – Indie World Showcase 8.27.2024 3 months ago:
Hmmm maybe I should revisit this game. I got about 3/4 of the way and kinda ran out of steam on it.
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 3 months ago:
I don’t know what game first came up with it, but Super Mario RPG was the first time I saw timed hits for attack and defense in a JRPG. While the mechanic isn’t exactly ubiquitous it has popped up in a handful of other games over the years and it always reminds me of that game.
- Comment on Do you prefer RTS or Turn based tactics 4 months ago:
I’ve played a fair amount of both but to be fair never competitively. Like for example I played tons of Warcraft 2 and 3 with friends at LAN parties. But these days I’m more likely to be drawn to a single player turn based game like XCOM, Civ, or FF Tactics style games.
- Comment on Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow 4 months ago:
Yeaaah, kinda seems like people just didn’t want a remastered Braid.
- Comment on World of Goo 2 - Official Trailer 2 4 months ago:
2024 game of the year candidate.
- Comment on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Announcement Trailer 5 months ago:
In retrospect yeah. I was very excited just to see a trailer at all. After sitting with it for a while I’m kinda like, that’s it? To me it looks exactly like the recent Metroid Prime remaster (which to be fair I did really like).
I wonder if the reveal of the big baddie was intended to carry more weight than it ultimately did.
- Comment on UNBEATABLE - Trailer 6 months ago:
I love the aesthetic of this. I played the white label version back when it came out and then kinda forgot it existed till now. I’m not always big on rhythm games so I’m not yet sure if this will be for me. But I can already tell the OST is gonna rip.
- Comment on The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI 6 months ago:
Nice. I had this on my list already, this just makes me want it more. I’ll probably wait for a full release though.
- Comment on Hades II - Early Access Patch 2 Notes 6 months ago:
Haven’t had a chance to play this patch yet, but I’ll say I’m impressed at how much they are reworking already. Even going so far as to throw out certain hammers for example.
I attempted Trial of Haste pre-patch and quickly realized I stood no chance, neat to see that being adjusted.
Vow of Forsaking got the nerf treatment. Probably for the best.
- Comment on What are some eras of gaming that you've stopped feeling nostalgic for? 6 months ago:
There was a time in my life when my friends and I played a whole lot of Halo, particularly Halo 2 and 3. I never played online but we would have essentially LAN parties where multiple people lugged over their TVs and consoles and play for hours. It was a blast. In college Halo was the de facto way to spend Friday night if nothing else was going on.
Strangely enough though I feel no desire to go back to that.
- Comment on If you've done the Final Fantasy marathon did you include FF XI? Was it worth it? 7 months ago:
Oh hi! I played XI from release until recently (with some breaks). IMHO the original story (basically up to Rank 6 where you defeat the Shadow Lord) is fine, but it’s really more of a prelude and setting up the stakes. If you stop there it’s not really worth your time.
Rise of the Zilart and Chains of Promathia (+ optionally Apocalypse Nigh) are pretty good from a story perspective. These can be completed solo. This is what I’d recommend playing through to anyone interested in the real story.
From there it’s somewhat diminishing returns. Treasures and Wings add some interesting bits to the lore. Rhapsody is actually great but will take a lot of time and effort and is probably only worth it to a die hard fan.
- Comment on Hades II is now available in Steam Early Access! 7 months ago:
Played about 5 hours tonight and I’m loving it. I wasn’t sure how much content to expect for early access but this is more than I would have guessed. The combat feels really really good. Charging your abilities with mana starts to feel better once you build up some regen on it and you can use it more freely. It took me a minute to nail how to aim the long charged special but now it’s one of my faves to spam.
A few little surprises have happened that made me grin really big as a big Hades 1 fan as well. I did not play EA last time around but I decided this time I want to be a part of that experience and see how the game evolves.
- Comment on Half Life 3 7 months ago:
I think it’s 100% that steam makes so much money on its own. Valve stopped being a game developer once steam really took off and became the behemoth it is. Valve is in the e-commerce business, period.
I loved Alyx too for what it’s worth but my expectations for the future are dim.