Old games? Let me throw Final Fantasy Tactics in the mix. Easily my favorite game of all time and one of the only ones I consistently come back to, despite releasing in 1997.
If you’re not familiar, FFT is a turn-based tactics game which is very different from other mainline FF games in a lot of ways. The story is one of the best, if not the best, in the FF series. For gameplay, you recruit and manage soldiers which progress using a fairly in-depth job system which is also pretty easy to pick up.
I’m sure you could find a PSX emulator of the original but, honestly, I really recommend the updated War of the Lions edition they did for the PSP. It’s been ported to mobile and is actually a great port. My one tip for anyone who tries it is to make multiple save slots in case you find yourself overwhelmed in a story dungeon/encounter.
The tone, setting, story, art style has remained unmatched in my mind.
Tons have tried to replicate the tactics combat stuff and plenty have succeeded and improved or changed upon that formula, but I don’t think any of them have had that feel to it. Even the other FFT games.
I recently picked up Midnight Suns which, to be very clear is not FFT. However, I will say despite the kind of bad story and corny aspects of it, the actual turn based combat is excellent. I thought I would hate it being card-based but it really grew on me a lot. Definitely scratched the FFT itch.
It’s definitely convenient to have everything in once place, and Steam has way more features, but it’s good to avoid Steam becoming too monopolistic. We saw recently how badly that can go with reddit.
Despite the widespread worshipping of Steam and GabeN, I’ve had lots of issues with Steam and Valve over the years.
No, Steam gained its near monopoly through anti-consumer practices as well: being mandatory for playing Valve games, even offline, as soon as 2004; being DRM-ridden; locking consumers out of their right to sell their games on second-hand market; still enforcing an old revenue share system that’s hurting devs; or putting micro-transactions everywhere with their collectible system that you can’t really disable at all. Just to name a few.
Steam is not better than others. You’re just used to its flaws.
The only one that goes on Epic’s favor is the cut, but frankly I think the whole “old revenue share system that’s hurting devs” is nothing more than Epic’s propaganda trying to get marketshare. 70/30 in favor of the devs while Steam handles hosting, community platform, multiplayer and modding tools, so forth, is neither unusual nor ripping anyone off, certainly not worth how maligned it was. I understand devs who prefer Epic’s cut, but I don’t think Epic is doing this out of fairness, nor that it can be relied on if they ever do gain ground.
In the other aspects, it’s either equal or worse. It has as much DRM. Steam provides options for people to trade extra copies they didn’t activate but as far as I know other stores don’t. Neither allows people to trade away activated copies so that’s no points for anyone.
I assume the microtransaction thing is talking about Steam Trading Cards and such, they are a bit of an iffy worthless addition to get people to waste money… but if the person is concerned over how much money the devs are getting, they do get a cut from every transaction, so under that perspective it should be counted as a plus. Which, by the way, is entirely up to the dev to add or not.
I don’t really remember asking for your opinion on what a fair cut should be or what you think is a rip off. But the fact is that Steam takes more money from developers than other powerful competitors around (but 30% is barely enough to get servers running if I listen to you :D ). Okay. Sure. Yes. Right.
The microtransactions are so awful in Steam that with proposed laws in some countries (like the Netherlands) it would make the whole thing illegal. Some of the worst Valve practices already are, like the loot boxes (they’re banned there).
I don’t tell you that you should switch to something else than Steam. I don’t tell you that there’s a better choice (maybe GOG?). But what I’m saying is that Steam is indeed predatory and has been known for its anti-consumer practices, despite what some True Gamers™ seem to believe.
I don’t really remember asking for your opinion on what a fair cut should be or what you think is a rip off.
Too bad, this is a public forum. I don’t need to ask for your permission to say whatever I want. But if that’s how you are going to go about it, then feel free to think whatever you want on your corner.
Yeah, Steam has DRM. Its the least annoying DRM that exists entirely because they gave us one of the best shop fronts that exists on PC as a trade off. And all companies have the right to sell their own games on whichever store they wish. Unlike Epic, Steam doesnt buy the exclusive rights to OTHER companies games, its just their own games. Your imaginary competition utopian dreamland doesnt exist, and you’re turning optional mole hills into mountains in order to pretend the best option we have is bad. If you don’t like collectible trading cards and the least annoying DRM ever created, go buy on GOG, EPIC UBI and EA all have FAR WORSE practices
Avoid it in favor of GoG. Ubisoft can’t be trusted with a single drop of goodwill. As we can see by how they inject their clunky garbage manager even in games they sell through other stores.
Is this a troll comment? You seemed to have missed the point of the post.
PC gamers love PC gaming because it’s more open and you’re not locked into a certain ecosystem. Ubisoft artificially limiting their online release to two launchers (both known for being poor quality/buggy/feature lacking) is frustrating. Buying a hard copy might be possible, but Ubisoft did this on purpose to squeeze out a little extra profit. It shows they’re more than happy to put profits over customers. A customer being annoyed this release excludes their preferred launcher doesn’t make anyone a shill.
It will absolutely spoil. Ichiban's partner is the main character of the original 0-6
Plus the Yakuza series really doesn't care about spoiling. They will do what they need to catch up players who don't care about that. So if they want to do a story point that requires spoilers, they will just tell you what happened.
Definitely Jusant. It was just such a perfect game for me when I played it, chill but engaging in exactly the way I needed it, and something about the story just went straight into my heart unlike any other!
I’ve only got a little bit into the game so far and man everything about the game just hits home. If it were just a bit bigger or more freeform it might have been my favorite. I love the weird but recognizable world! Reading letters that sound like they could be straight out of our future hit really well.
Unfortunately it trails a bit behind Seasons A Letter To The Future for me though because it’s less open.
if you care about spoilers. IW will have spoilers for earlier games, that’s just how it’s going to be. but you probably already encountered most of them in LaD
I used Steam Link, Mi Box, Shield Pro, Apple TV and Steam Deck for streaming indoors. Latency-wise Deck beats all by 3 miliseconds, APTV and Shield ties in second (all three have latency under 16ms [1 frame in 60fps]). APTV + Moonlight supports wireless gamepad rumble and all other Dualsense features, also HDR. Shield is hit and miss especially with newer controllers.
Deck supports every combination, plus you can stream your Xbox (or Game Pass Cloud) and PS5 to Deck if you have either.
I second this. A second hand 64gb deck is probably under 300€ if you are a bit patient and search local online used markets, while a new nvidia shield pro is around 220€.
Pretty much supports most controllers OOB, is literally a console that you can play less demanding games on, has a high resell value if you don’t dig it!
Shadow of the colossus is in my top 10. I just beat last guardian after playing for like 2 years. Struggled getting into it but the other day i decided to power through to the end and i absolutely loved the end. I have high hopes for ico
I don’t know about spoiling enjoyment per se, but I do recommend at least playing 6. It sounds like you’ve already gotten through the early games. Are you enjoying yourself, or are you burning out on it?
Nie wiem jak z polskojęzyczną społecznością, ale chociażby gość z GilotynaTV miał tam wrzucać filmy, więc może powoli inne osoby związane, w tym przypadku, z polskim breadtubem będą tam przechodzić.
Tak jak pisałem wyżej, peertube to takie youtube’owe fediwersum. Powstało, aby stanowić konkurencję dla YouTube. Co ciekawe, twórcy tej platformy (Framasoft) mają w planach stworzyć więcej alternatywnych, nie zbierających danych o użytkownikach aplikacji mających konkurowac z monopolistami - np. swoją wersję “GoogleMaps”
A breadtube to określenie na osoby o bardziej lewicowej/anarchistycznej wrażliwości tworzące kontr-propagandę do prężnie działających na YT prawicowców. Określenie pochodzi zapewne od “Zdobycia chleba” Kropotkina.
Nie korzystałem z tych map. Prawdę powiedziawszy, może się to wydać z lekka dziwne… ale na codzień poruszam się po mieście ze starą Nokią (z trzema funkcjami - dzwonienia, pisania SMSów i grania w Snake’a), więc jeśli potrzebuję sprawdzić trasę, to wyjmuję z plecaka papierowy egzemplarz mapy miasta xD
Dobre pytanie. Do tej pory nie było zbyt dużo takich sytuacji (bez smartphone’a), ale jak już się nadarzają to drukuję screena z tych przeklętych Map Googla (więc, okej, nie jest tak, że zupełnie z nich nie korzystam).
Nie mam. Drukuję u teściów xD Ale, okej, rozumiem, że prowadzi to do konkluzji, że uniezaleznienie się od technologii jest niewykonalne? To fakt, ale nie dążę do prymitywizmu, a staram się po prostu ograniczać jej wpływ - jakkolwiek nie brzmi to jak bezsensowne utrudnianie sobie życia.
Nie nie, nie chodzi mi o to. Chodziło mi raczej o to, czy gdybyś nie miała możliwości, żeby wydrukować mapy, to czy byś wtedy korzystała z map google, lub, jeśli nie, to z jakich; no ale rozumiem to tak, że jak gdzieś jedziesz, to drukujesz lub kupujesz mapę.
Coś, co dziś wielu może wydawać się dziwnym, a co było całkiem normalne jeszcze 10-15 lat temu i wcześniej.
Docelowo właśnie chcę odejść od google maps nawet do tak prozaicznych potrzeb jak przedruk zrzutu ekranu z mapy elektornicznej. Muszę sprobować tych map od twórców PeerTube.
No właśnie - to już nie jest praktykowane. Taksówkarze nie zdają egzaminów ze znajomości topografii miasta (nie twierdzę, że to źle - po co sobie utrudniać pracę?), nikt nigdzie się nie gubi. Z tym że mało kto myśli co się dzieje z danymi na temat naszych podróży. Jak bardzo rozwijają się reklamy kontekstowe i wzrasta pokusa konsumpcji… Co ciekawe, te 10-15 lat temu, gdy kupowanie map było normą dla mnie były przydatne tylko w Gothicu i innych Falloutach - dopiero “wyszłam z pieluch”. A teraz proszę, jaki, tfu, reakcjonizm z mojej strony.
Warto rozróżnić dwie kwestie. OpenStreetMap to baza wolnych map, natomiast Mapy.cz to zaledwie klient korzystający z ich danych.
Oficjalnym klientem do OSM jest Osmand, dostępny w darmowej lub płatnej wersji w Google Play Store lub też w darmowej i wolnej od trackingu w F-Droid. Ale istnieją też inne klienty do OSM: Maps.me, Organic Maps, Lotus Map.
Warto też zwrócić uwagę, że dane OSM są również używane przez Mapbox, Nokia Here i Google Mapy, a także komercyjne programy do nawigacji, jak system Toyoty, Yanosik, Sigma Cycle, Garmin czy AutoMapa.
Ja osobiście używam Osmand, wersji F-Droid i jestem bardzo zadowolony. Aplikacja jest bardzo funkcjonalna, wszystko można ustawić po swojemu, od kolorów na mapie, po sposób wyświetlania konkretnych obiektów, kolor i rozmiar kropki, zachowanie ekranu podczas jazdy. Być może trochę overkill, jak się komuś nie chce w to bawić, ale warto. A jak nie, to Organic Maps jest prostszą alternatywą. Warto pamiętać, że w OSM nie ma bieżących danych o ruchu na drogach oraz recenzji miejsc, ale pod każdym innym względem są dużo lepsze od Google Map. Szczególnie polecam osobom pracującym jako kurierzy, jak woziłem kiedyś placki to znalezienie niektórych niestandardowych adresów było niemożliwe przez Google Mapy, a OSM miały je w swojej bazie.
Na razie wiele instancji jest w powijakach i dopiero się rozkręca - z takowych na pewno warto zajrzeć na zorientowane anarchistycznie kinowolonosc.pl Jest taka przydatna wyszukiwarka platform peertube’owych po tagach joinpeertube.org/instances
I use the Shield Pro, and it works great for streaming Steam games. I’ve never used moonlight/sunshine, but Steam Link has worked flawlessly for me, as well as xbox controllers, PS4 controllers, and Switch controllers and their knockoffs. My only gripe is it only has the HDMI port for 4k/60hz (HDMI 2.1? Can’t remember the number) and can’t stream the 4k/120hz my TV can handle.
I have a 2019 tube and a 2019 Pro. Definitely go with the Pro. The tube complained of low system storage out of the box. I had to install an SD card to make it stop notifying me that storage was low. The pro seems to hang less than tube. Although the tube only really hung when using emulators or kodi.
Get the shield controller as well. I used the pro with an Xbox one controller and it would randomly disconnect during gameplay but I didn’t have any problem with the shield controller.
If you have your PC and shield both hardwired, the streaming quality is flawless. I could never tell the difference between native and streamed performance.
Got it, I don’t really have a good way to hardwire the shield. Is the shield controller any good? The ps5 controller that I have is super comfy, it’s really hard for me to play with anything else after playing with it.
The shield controller is good. Not as good as the PS5 controller feel wise but I imagine it is better with latency. It was better with latency than the xbox one controller at least. You could always try it with the PS5 controller first and if you don’t like it, then you can get a shield controller later.
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