Aielman15

@Aielman15@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #20⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Congrats on your 20th post! Now onto adding a 0 to that number! :P

  What have you been playing?

  I’ve recently finished Resident Evil 2 Remake for the first time. I’m a longtime fan of RE entries (the original trilogy being one of the earliest gaming memories that I have), and the remake of the first game is one of my favourite games ever, so I was kind of curious to see how the second one would be.

  I’ve never been more torn on a game. The moment-to-moment gameplay is great! The environment is greatly improved from the original, the horror aspect has been done well, and it mostly doesn’t overstay its welcome. I can see why people enjoyed it so much when it was released.

  As a remake, it fails spectacularly. The story makes no sense, the writing is abysmal and made me hate most of the characters. And of course there’s that thin-veiled misogyny that’s become (unfortunately) fairly common in most recent entries of the franchise. It’s a sad day when a game from the 90s can boast being more progressive than its counterpart from 2019…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resident Evil fans, meet your Victorian cousin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha! I heard of this one, but haven’t been able to try it yet. As a huge fan of old school RE games, it piqued my interest. Thank you for reminding me of it. I shall pick it up as soon as I have some free time.

  I’ll also mention another, even lesser known title: Kabus 22. It’s an old Turkish videogame that’s clearly inspired by classic RE titles. Not very good, but I have a soft spot for games that were developed with more love than knowledge on game design. Also the developer is a really nice dude who re-released the game for free as a thank you to the fans who reached out to him, and that’s such a sick move that I can’t help but have a lot of respect for him.

  There’s a good retrospective in YY about the game here, if anyone’s curious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And Crawford is an incompetent smartass. I honestly don’t know what any TTRPG would have to gain from including him in the team.

  If they hope to chase 5e’s success by following in its footsteps - piss poor adventure modules, nonexistent DM support, unbalanced player options, and a game designer that contradicts himself on Twitter every other post while attempting to explain why he isn’t wrong - then good luck to them, I guess.

  I very much doubt that 5e became the juggernaut that it’s now because of Crawford. If anything, it’s despite of him - mostly because of the free publicity granted by things like Critical Role and Stranger Things, and DnD being the default option for anyone who develops an interest in roleplaying for the first time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird I sleep with an old blanket I've had since I was a young girl?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s weird. It’s just an item from your childhood that you’re attached to for emotional reasons. A lot of people have one of these - be it a blanket, a plushie, a toy, a videogame, a necklace or some other piece of jewellery, etc…

  They might remind you of your childhood, or maybe of the person who gifted it to you or someone else whom you knew at the time. I don’t see anything wrong with having attachment to your memories.

  When I was 5, my parents gifted me an owl-shaped cushion. That same cushion is still on my bed over 20 years later. Looking at it brings back memories of my childhood, and it has this soft, short “fur” which reminds me of the dog I had back then, whom I miss very dearly. Touching makes me feel like my dog is still with me somehow :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #19⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m very sorry to hear about your situation! I wish you a quick recovery. Your posts are my favourite part of this community, so thank you very much for taking your time to ramble with us for a bit :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The bestest deal in gaming!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy - Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t expecting another one, considering how the last one ended.

  But hey, I loved the first two games, I’m ready to cry in this one as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chronicles: Medieval - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Björn Ruther has worked on this as mo-cup supervisor and historical advisor, so I’m kinda curious to see the end product! (Pseudo-)Historical accurate medieval games are hard to come by, surprisingly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holstin - Official New Demo Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had this on my wishlist for a while. Art style is really nice. I’ll wait and see if the horror component is good as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resident Evil Requiem - Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tentatively curious.

  What was shown of the hotel reminds me of REVII. I’m not sure how it ties to Raccoon, aside from the fact that the protagonist is the daughter of a character from Outbreak, but Raccoon City post-nuke is an interesting setting to explore — and regular zombies seem to be a returning enemy? I’m not sure if they are planning to have flashback sequences during the outbreak, or if the zombies will make an appearance in the present day timeline).

  Happy to see a new MC. Ethan was okay-ish but painfully bland, I hope she’ll be more interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now this is how you do pride month, take notes AAA devs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The catch is that each of them has to come up with a different anagram each time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PRAGMATA - First Contact Trailer (AR)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “It’s real xD” at the end referencing the first and second delay announcements cracks me up.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #18⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, don’t worry, it’s not your fault. I love your posts, thanks a lot for another great one!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #18⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if it’s just me, but formatting after the Deck Cube title gets wonky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aion 2 | Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What was so bad about it?

  Was it worse than other F2P MMOs?

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #17⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What have you been playing

  Talos Principle 2. I bought it 5 months ago but only recently I’ve been able to actually play it.

  The first game was a near 10/10 experience for me, so I came in with very high expectations, and… At the moment, I’m a bit disappointed.
  The main drawback is how pointlessly big everything is. You spend minutes running from puzzle to puzzle, especially if you want to 100% the game, which requires a lot of wandering around to find hidden switches and light rods to solve the Sphynx’s puzzles.
  The environment is gorgeous, mind you, but it’s just… too much. Which is funny, because an NPC I talked to yesterday lamented the exact same thing: '“bigger doesn’t equal more beautiful”. I agree, Jeremy.

  That being said, it’s still a fun game, and the story is interesting (although a lot more heavy-handed than the first game). There are also a lot of cats! And you can pet some of them! I also found a little fox running around. I couldn’t pet it, but it was cute regardless.

  But seriously, this game is soothing for the soul. There’s just something in strolling around taking in the view with a beautiful soundtrack in the background that is just soooo relaxing. I use it as a way to cool my head after a day’s work before going to bed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Half the things those idiots like would be ‘woke’ if they came out today. Any movie/videogame/(I would include books but these chuds don’t read) including a female lead, a non-white person, or a disabled individual is doing virtue signalling and pandering to minorities. But back then, chuds didn’t have the internet to tell them what to hate.

  There are tons of things that nobody cared about years ago that wouldn’t fly today. Fairy Oddparents having a male individual become pregnant. LOTR’s Éowyn killing the witch king on her own. Avatar: TLA has a few ‘woke’ episodes as well - for example, one where the male leads learns how to fight from a woman, and another where the female lead needs to convince a male wizard to teach her magic, which was a man-only practice.

  If they were released today, you’d find them in thumbnails on YT with “cringe”, “woke” or “DEI” written in CAPS all over the place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Woke did not exist before 2015, so everything created before that year is, in fact, absolutely based. Including all those apolitical masterpieces I grew up with, such as Metal Gear Solid and Bioshock. I wish they still made fun games instead of insisting on shoving leftist commentary down out throats. I really want to enjoy gaming again but developers are work leftists now :(

  Lucky for us, the glorious Nippon country is untouched by woke. No, I don’t know Japan and I’ve visited it, but i play a lot of VNs, which is basically the same thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #15⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tank controls truly are divisive. I grew up playing the PS1 RE games and, to me, they are just second nature. I recommended a friend of mine to try them out, and he walked away after a few minutes lol

  Have you tried Dino Crisis 2? Of all the tank controls games, it’s the one with the most fluid gameplay. The story is completely bonkers, but the gameplay is so satisfying.

  By the way, thank you for recommending Crow Country! I had never heard of it and now I’m very interested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The wonderful Revenge of the Savage Planet has been released!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked the first one. For those who haven’t heard of it, it’s a weird platformer/collect-a-thon where you play as a spaceman (or a spacedog, funnily enough) scouting potentially livable planets for a ruthless company.

  The first one was a bit undercooked, but the whole game was better than the sum of its parts. I’m curious to see if the sequel improved on the original.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite indie game?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?