Aielman15
@Aielman15@lemmy.world
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 4 days ago:
I urge anyone who has not played Crosscode to give it a try. I randomly played it during the pandemic, and I’ve since not been able to enjoy gaming the way I did it before. For me, it was very close to being a 10/10.
- Comment on Gaming Website Polgyon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Layoffs 1 week ago:
The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant
Isn’t GameRant, like, 90% AI-generated clickbait content nowadays? Can’t talk about what they were about a few years ago, but every time I find a GR article when looking for something, it’s clickbait AI slop. Like “When will the sequel to X release? Everything you need to know” (scroll down to read post) “there’s no confirmation about a sequel”.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #13 1 week ago:
As someone who loves JRPGs as a genre but has generally grown out of their anime phase, Expedition 33 sounds really interesting. I’ve been eyeing it since the announcement trailer and its recent success got me curious. A co-worker told me that it’s just 20-30 hours to beat, which is a huge plus for me (don’t have the patience to clear 100-200 hrs games anymore - looking at you, Persona 5).
I’ll probably get it this summer as soon as I manage to get some free time from work.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
Divinity 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Witcher 3, and those are just the most popular/universally acclaimed. I feel all three of them offer the same sense of adventure and exploration in an open world map, with actually interesting side content, engaging combat system, and voice acting that doesn’t scream “we’re being held in the recording room against our will, please save us”. They are also relatively bug-free, or at least not broken the way Bethesda titles are.
Back in the days, I think Gothic had the same clunky combat system but at least offered a much deeper worldbuilding and more interesting choices.
You can also widen the search by changing the parameters. The thing that sets Oblivion apart is that it attempted to do a lot of things, but everything is either shallow, poorly executed, or outright bugged. If you take a look at other titles that did some of the things Oblivion did, there are countless that executed those ideas a lot better. Fable 2, Dragon Age, Avowed for example, and again, I’m only mentioning the most famous ones.
- Comment on Oblivion Remastered Impressions (and Discussion Thread) 1 week ago:
I’m honestly surprised that so many people longed to return to Oblivion. The game’s as bad now as it was 20 years ago - janky combat, horrible dialogue, bugs galore. They gave it a nice coat of paint, but the moment you transition from dialogue to gameplay, you go back to the same animations from the original game.
There are so many games nowadays that do what Oblivion attempted to do, so much better.
- Comment on Fishing games? 1 week ago:
It’s not my cup of tea, so I can’t speak by experience, but a friend of mine tried WEBFISHING and loved it.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Review Thread (92/100 OpenCritic) 2 weeks ago:
Cool to see an indie game from a new studio getting so much praise.
- Comment on Stonemaier Games sues the Trump administration over tariffs and their impact on the tabletop gaming industry. 2 weeks ago:
Obligatory “I’m not American”. I’m a bit confused by this. Can anyone sue the president over an official act? Is that a thing? Didn’t the Supreme Court basically say that he could walk outside, shoot a bystander, go back home and face no consequences?
As far as I know, lawsuits that involve rich/powerful individuals and another side with way less cash than them is to just postpone the hearing or drag it on long enough for the poorer side to give up or go bankrupt. Even if it actually succeeded, suing the president is something that could be escalated until it gets picked up by the currently right-leaning supreme court, doesn’t it?
- Comment on STOP destroying videogames 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, under 50% of the required signatures and it’s just a few weeks from expiring, there’s no chance this will succeed unless some big-name influencer gathers support for the petition, which at this point I doubt will happen.
It made some people talk about the problem, though. That’s a step in the right direction.
- Comment on Video game genre communities on Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
PugJesus and The_Picard_Maneuver are single-handedly keeping half of Lemmy afloat.
- Comment on Video game genre communities on Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
I agree. In the days immediately following the APIcalypse, people attempted to move all their favourite niche communities to Lemmy, but the site’s active userbase isn’t there yet for that kind of content - much to my displeasure: I was only active in two/three niche communities back when I was a Reddit user, but they are pretty much nonexistent here, so I’m forced to include more generic communities in my Lemmy feed to keep it from drying up.
- Comment on Video game genre communities on Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
Oh, that’s sad. No point in staying subscribed, then.
- Comment on Video game genre communities on Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
sffa.community/c/sffgaming?dataType=Post&page=0
Sffagaming is for sci-fi games, but I haven’t seen a post in there in a while.
lemm.ee/c/the_talos_principle?dataType=Post&page=…
lemmy.world/c/residentevil?dataType=Post&page=0
Communities for Talos Principle and Resident Evil, but again, they aren’t active.
lemm.ee/c/gamemusic?dataType=Post&page=0
Community for sharing game music. Not very active, but I see posts in my feed every now and then.
retrolemmy.com/c/TipOfMyJoystick?dataType=Post&pa…
Fairly new community to help people looking for a specific name they forgot the name of.
Sorry for not sharing the generic link, I’m on mobile and that’s the link my app generates when I click on “share”.
- Comment on The Triple-i Initiative 2025 - Indie games for 2025 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely, iii was my most anticipated showcase this year and they delivered big time. Katana Zero DLC was the highlight for me, but I got two more wishlists from the rest of the video as well.
Last year’s showcase was good, but this one blew my mind. I’m already counting the days for next year’s.
- Comment on The Triple-i Initiative 2025 - Indie games for 2025 4 weeks ago:
The showcase itself is 1 hour long, the rest is interviews/devs commentary for some of the games.
- Comment on Katana Zero - Free DLC Trailer 4 weeks ago:
I’m so happy I could die.
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 4 weeks ago:
Dying Light had a mediocre story and repetitive gameplay, but the parkour mechanic was what made it interesting in the long run. Jumping around and climbing stuff was so satisfying.
As for side scrollers, Ori might not be the most difficult platformer I’ve ever played, but it certainly was the most fun, thanks in no short part to the fluid and dynamic movement of the main character. The camera is also very wide, to allow you to see the road ahead clearly, which is not something that all platformers do right, surprisingly enough.
- Comment on The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck. 5 weeks ago:
I don’t blame them. Nintendo fans buy anything at any price. I don’t see it being different this time.
Mario Kart 8 never goes on sale and sold 70m copies; Pokémon Scarlet/Violet sold 30m despite looking and playing like dogshit; they sold Skyward Sword HD, the remaster of a 10-yo game, at full price and still placed a few millions.
Nintendo is basically like Apple at this point, the brand is enough to convince people to spend more than they would for the competition, regardless of quality. I personally know a lot of people who loudly groaned/complained at the price announcement, but will still buy it day one, just like they always had in all these years.
And people terminally online should stop pretending the Steam Deck is competition to the Switch 2. It couldn’t even compete with the Switch 1, which was a decade older, had worse performance, and had been easily emulated for years at that point.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 5 weeks ago:
Not much to say but this is the usual comment to thank you for your wonderful posts.
Enjoy Rome!
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 5 weeks ago:
A subscription seems like the exact opposite of what GoG stands for. I buy a game, I own it forever. How does a subscription improve that?
- Comment on Ubisoft Carves Out Top Games Unit; Tencent to Get 25% Stake 1 month ago:
I’m not well versed in finance. Is this good news for Ubisoft or bad news?
- Comment on Cassette Beasts Showcase 2025 - 1.8 Update Coming Soon! 1 month ago:
Yeah, community-made Pokemon games really hit some heights in recent years. Too bad Nintendo is so opposed to the homebrew scene.
I had lots of fun with Pokémon Odyssey last year, patiently waiting for the final update that should come this year as well. As I said, 2025 is packed!
- Comment on Cassette Beasts Showcase 2025 - 1.8 Update Coming Soon! 1 month ago:
Between this update, the new Digimon Story game and LumenTale, looks like this year will be packed for monster collector enthusiasts.
And Pokémon, I guess, but I lost interest in that franchise years ago.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #7 1 month ago:
So sad about GoG’s revenue drop. It’s my store of choice and I genuinely find it more intrusive than Steam, but if it keeps going like this, I wonder how long it will exist. Hopefully they manage to turn things around.
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- Comment on Game Informer Is Back and the Entire Team Has Returned 1 month ago:
I really liked GI and i was saddened by their closure. Quality journalism (gaming and elsewhere) is dying, substituted by AI slop, paid influencers and clickbait articles.
Hopefully a few of the good ones remain. This is a step in the right direction.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 month ago:
That’s sad to hear. I was aware of some of them MTX-heavy, but I thought it was compensated by the base game being more feature-rich than their predecessors.
I appreciate the correction, I really am ignorant when it comes to this genre.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 month ago:
Unfortunately, I haven’t! I didn’t have a PS2 growing up, I went straight from the PS1 to the X360, so I missed on a lot of titles from the sixth gen. I eventually got back to play some of them (.hack games, Ace Combat titles, and a few more), but I don’t have as much free time as I did when I was a kid and I’m still missing on a ton of stuff.
That being said, the CTR remake did have all the Nitro Kart levels in it and they were a true joy to play. I liked them even more than the original’s levels, which I certainly did non expect as I had a lot of nostalgia for the OG. Let me tell you, if the remake had been released on PC with cross-play, me and my brother would still be playing it to this day lol
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 month ago:
Having grown up with the PS1, it’s been fun revisiting old classics and see what has aged well and what hasn’t.
Platformers like Spyro, Crash, Rayman, Abe’s Oddysee and Ape Escape have aged like fine wine (although Crash 1 is a lot more janky than the others). But that back into the past, some games also showed no signs of proper playtesting aimed at kids, which means overly difficult levels, annoying completions and such - I remember spending months playing Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Croc 2, Kingley’s Adventure and others to 100% them, and some of them I could never finish. I only recently 100% Croc 2 for the first time, for example, and yeah, it wasn’t really that good.
Some JRPGs are also as great today as they were the day they were released (Final Fantasy IX, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Star Ocean and even lesser known ones such as Legend of Legaia, Threads of Fate and Wild Arms), and are arguably better than many of their contemporary competitors. BUT you have to stomach one too many random encounter, overly distracting old/early PS1-era graphics, bad translations, or all of the above (I’ve never been an omega-fan of FFVII, and let me tell you, revisiting it in the pandemic really didn’t improve my opinion of that game).
The slow gameplay afforded by the console really allows action-horror games such as Resident Evil, Dino Crisis and Silent Hill to shine, but those that attempted to be more action-oriented, such as Siphon Filter, really show the signs of age. Dino Crisis 2 is the exception here, being very action-heavy, but also distinctly “modern” in many of its design choices.
Stealth games such as Metal Gear Solid and Tenchu are also great, although very limited in scope by today’s standards, and the latter’s low render distance is something that may annoy players accustomed to modern gaming.
FPS games (Medal of Honour being the biggest title) really have no place in any contemporary gamer’s playlist. The same can be said about Race/driving games, unless you like revisiting the catchy tunes of the Gran Turismo 2 soundtrack. For example, I found CTR - Crash Team Racing quite dull and too easy even at max difficulty, but had a blast collecting all achievements in the remake (shame it never got released on PC - I wonder why).
It’s probably the same about fighting games: modern entries are much more fluid and dynamic, have better AI and allow for a greater skill ceiling. I say “probably” because I’ve never been a fan of fighting games, in fact I suck at them and have never played them extensively.
There are other cases where I found the original game “good enough, but not worth your time over the most recent entries”. For example, as a kid I spent countless hours crossing the skies of Ace Combat 2, but all the titles that came after it are just better. If I had to chose only one game for this thread, AC2 would probably be it. I loved it and I still do, and its soundtrack is bonkers (seriously, it’s really good), but yeah, I’d take 4, Zero and 6, or even Project Wingman, over it any day.
- Comment on Best game ever? 1 month ago:
The answer to that question depends on your tastes, your current situation (amount of free time, mood, etc…) and many more. There’s no such thing as the “best” when it comes to a subjective piece of media.
I can’t even decide on my favourite game, because what I like and what I want to play depends on the aforementioned factors. I may be interested in a strong narrative today, on puzzles tomorrow, and on a crazy platformer game next. Different games resonate with me differently depending on when I play them.
Games that really stayed with me are (in no particular order) Xenogears, Metal Gear Solid, CrossCode, Digimon World, Oddworld Abe’s Odyssey, Ace Combat 4-6, The Talos Principle, Ori and the Blind Forest, Threads of Fate, and I also spent a crazy amount of hours on Stronghold, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin and Medieval II Total War. There’s, like, at least half a dozen different genres in that list and all those games are very different from one another, but all had different qualities that resonated with me for one reason or the other.