chemical_cutthroat
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- Comment on Palworld Hits 40M Players Ahead of Friday's 1.0 Launch - FullCleared 5 days ago:
I didn’t realize it was going 1.0 on the 10th, I just grabbed it in the summer sale. Nice.
- Comment on Update: 136 workers have been laid off at id Software 5 days ago:
This in particular is probably the worst thing to come out of this whole thing. id was an ecosystem, not just a dev house. I’m not sure that many will be able to forgive Microsoft after this one. Out of all the studios, this one is the most damning. There just isn’t a clean logic to it other than pure corporate shortsighted greed.
- Comment on If the movie Falling Down with Michael Douglas was made today in these times would it be too meta on the current society? Or would it be seen as trying to push an agenda? 1 week ago:
It’s telling because my maga stepfather sees him as a hero. And I just have to wonder if he’s ever seen the end of the film.
- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 1 week ago:
Optical storage is much cheaper than physical storage at the moment. If I wanted to back up my entire steam library, it would be less expensive to do it with a mix of Blu-rays and DVDs. Blu-rays are also good from 10-50 years, with archival grade good for up to 100 years.
Now, yes, I can just burn the installers to the disc, so that’s fine, but I’m talking specifically about them released big box games, where I don’t necessarily want the game, but I do want the launcher/installer experience as it was when it was first released.
- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 1 week ago:
I’d rather see them just list the ISOs so we can burn them to disc ourselves. These are fun, but niche. Listing an ISO isn’t far off from what they regularly do.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I mean… I feel like AI probably couldn’t have done a worse job than Bungie did with some of those expansions…
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 1 week ago:
Where would I be without your guidance?
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 2 weeks ago:
You seem a little too invested in this, so I’m just gonna back away.
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 2 weeks ago:
I offered an opinion, you returned an unwarranted attack.
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 2 weeks ago:
Take a deep breath. Count to ten. It’s only a game, bro.
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 2 weeks ago:
It does, and that’s a great thing, but playing the game as intended is pretty rough for me. Like I said, if that kind of difficulty is your gig, go for it, or, if you don’t mind tweaking the difficulty and playing an easier version, then go for it. I’m playing a soulslike for the difficulty, so changing it to make it easier feels like going against principals.
- Comment on I'm loving zelda-like souls-likes right now 2 weeks ago:
I’ve tried Mina a few times now, and I can’t get into it. I has that old school “unfairness” to it. If that’s your thing, fine, but it comes off as punishing for the sake of punishment. One example is that your weapon has a slight knockback when you connect with an enemy. It’s enough to knock you off of the very small tiles you often find yourself on, and then you lose a quarter of your health bar when you fall into the void. It also has the worse traversal mechanic I’ve ever come across. It isn’t a dodge like you’d expect. It’s a “jump and be completely vulnerable and then jump again and hope it works out for you,” button. Don’t get me wrong. I can play the game, and I can likely beat the game, but I’m not sure I’ll have fun doing it. The design choices are frustrating, and they don’t have that soulslike flavor of, “I messed up, and it was my fault.”
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
That looks like a major award!
- Comment on Do "fixers" like Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction actually exist in real life? How does one go about getting one or hearing about one? Are they all mob connected or something? 4 weeks ago:
As someone who was briefly involved in that lifestyle, they exist, but it isn’t one person you call, it’s a network of people you trust that have their own specialties.
- Comment on Flavortown in shambles 5 weeks ago:
Kinda fucked up his chin. It shouldn’t look like that in the shop.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
I loved 1, and I thought 2 was a very good evolution of that. I’m excited to see where 3 goes. I know a lot of people didn’t like the Living Story stuff, but I thought it was good, if a bit long winded. I’d like to see a refined version of that. I’d also like to see a little more team play. I don’t necessarily want a full TANK/DPS/SUPPORT role designation, but I would like to have the ability to lean a little more into those archetypes, all of the classes in 2 felt like DPS mains with a little other flavor sprinkled in.
- Comment on you need this reminder 1 month ago:
I’ve been looking to grab a ricoh for a while now and never pulled the trigger. The monochrome might be the one that takes me over the edge.
- Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200 1 month ago:
Eh, I didn’t go for the OLED upgrade and I’m still stoked about mine.
- Comment on Destiny 2: Every End is a New Beginning 1 month ago:
Maybe they’ll let us play all the story content they removed once they have a reason to stop removing content to sell more.
- Comment on Anon reads horror 1 month ago:
I think he actually avoided that in The Stand by having Harold cum on himself.
- Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates 1 month ago:
It is, and it’s great so far :) Enjoy, fellow crawler.
- Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates 1 month ago:
No, they don’t have a handheld, and that’s kinda the problem. The ecosystem is growing without them. Steamdeck, Xbox ROG Ally, Nintendo Switch. That’s 100% of their competitors, each with handhelds that nearly came out of nowhere in the last few years. Sony is SUPER behind the curve on this, and no amount of “New PSVita5” is gonna save them. They biffed it with the mobile market, and instead of buying in and playing second fiddle, they want to take their ball and go home.
- Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates 1 month ago:
There strategy right now is literally “Let’s charge more to sell less, and let’s also kneecap a revenue stream that could prop us up during this memory crisis.” So has been winning so long that they forgot how easy it is to lose. They are gonna find out.
- Comment on Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase 2 months ago:
Sony: “I can’t hear you over the sound of me shooting myself in the foot.”
- Comment on StarFox (N64 Remake) Gameplay Reveal 2 months ago:
I want a NEW traditional LoZ with dungeons and an actual progression path. I want a Pokemon game that plays like a Pokemon game and doesn’t run like dog water. I want a new IP that takes a risk and does something interesting that ISN’T a multiplayer focused shitfest on Nintendo’s anemic online service. AND GIVE ME A NEW MARIO MAKER, GODDAMNIT.
- Comment on StarFox (N64 Remake) Gameplay Reveal 2 months ago:
As much as I want to play this, it’s not gonna get me to buy a switch 2. I need more, Nintendo.
- Comment on Elon Musk settles with the SEC for $1.5 million after years-long dispute over his Twitter investment 2 months ago:
The interest he made in that time is more than enough to cover this joke of a fine.
- Comment on Anon gets scammed 2 months ago:
Y’all are getting full tracks?
- Comment on Anon teaches you about their culture 2 months ago:
My culture is super unique because it’s built on classism and religious wars.
- Comment on how things become science 2 months ago:
And people have been launching products without thought to the ramifications since the dawn of time. I don’t think that will change, either. What we need to do is educate ourselves better when it comes to identifying potential fraud. Taking anything at face value, regardless of it’s source, is dumb. If it’s worth knowing, it’s worth verifying.