Sophocles
@Sophocles@infosec.pub
- Comment on Open World Games: yay or nay? 2 days ago:
I tend to agree, open world is becoming just a box to tick off for AAA developers, which means it just gets put in as filler basically. Halo Infinite is the worst example I can think of. However I do think there are 2 ways open world can be justified: if the world is just packed so full of interesting stuff that the game just gets huge, or if the way of traversing that world is fun.
Category 1 would be games like Morrowind, Skyrim , Fallout 4, or even Mass Effect on a smaller scale. There’s just so much to do that it becomes an open world on its own. Category 2 would be games like the Arkham series , Assassins Creed, or Forza Horizon, where getting from point A to point B is fun on its own.
Open world is great when it’s done right, but since when has Ubisoft or EA made a good game in the past 10 years?
- Comment on Anon is looking for a new video game 4 weeks ago:
Man, this is why I love lemmy. There’s always some extensive and insightful info in the comments somewhere. Great explaination! I might use some of these concepts in my dnd campaign
- Comment on Anon makes life choices 4 weeks ago:
Do it, I left IT to become a chef. The pay is less but I feel so much better about my job. Theres a huge difference doing something that actually benefits people (making good food for people was my path, it doesn’t have to be cooking specifically) rather than slaving away for a corporation’s benefit. It’s awesome when you go out and see people enjoying what you did
- Comment on Anon is worried about men 5 weeks ago:
That first sentence hit me like a truck
- Comment on Anon builds a new PC 1 month ago:
No thanks, I’ll just keep playing Morrowind on my 2009 Toshiba
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- Comment on favourite gameboy family games? 4 months ago:
It’s unofficial, but you can play it via browser at shin.itch.io/elden-ring-gb, or download it and play via emulator
- Comment on favourite gameboy family games? 4 months ago:
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap for GBA is my all time favorite from the series. It was made late in the gameboy development cycle, and feels miles ahead of other gba titles. Imo it’s the pinnacle of 2d Zelda.
Another great title is Fire Emblem. It’s not the first one, but a lot of them can be played out of order, and it’s tons of fun if you like turn based strategy.
Other mentions: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen, Pokemon Yellow/Blue, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages, Link’s Awakening, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, Final Fight One, and the Elden Ring demake
- Comment on favorite gaming medium? 10 months ago:
My favorite console has got to be the original Xbox. I would play it all day when I was younger and to this day I still use it because emulation is iffy for a lot of titles. Games from that era from like 1999 to 2006 hit home for me and I love replaying the greats like Knights of the Old Republic, Halo 2, and 007 Nightfire.
For everything else I do a lot of steam gaming and emulating on my linux pc, steam deck, and mobile. I use mobile for casual, quick, or pauseable games, steam deck for games that “feel” right like racing games and old adventure games, and pc for longer gaming sessions, or mouse and keyboard games like Starcraft and Age of Empires.
It’s hard to beat pc because it can litterally do everything better (except maybe portability) and you can customize it into anything, so it’s definitely the objective winner, but og Xbox is still my biased favorite.
- Comment on The Password Game - How many level can you reach? 1 year ago:
I got to level 20, RIP Paul 🥚🪦
