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shalafi, do games w What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?

OK, maybe a slight twist, but Left 4 Dead absolutely sucks vs. Left 4 Dead 2. Want L4D? Fine. Play it inside L4D2 with better guns and zombies.

VitoRobles,

There’s something different between the two that I can’t put my finger on. Like everything feels a lot more solid?

I personally have a lot more memories of L4D and it’s cast of characters over L4D2.

Chozo, do gaming w Stop doing path-tracing!
@Chozo@fedia.io avatar

It took less computational power to put a man on the moon than it does to make the shadows look 2.03% more realistic.

MonkderVierte,

Ok, but a 20 year old calculator is more powerful too.

Kolanaki, do gaming w Stop doing path-tracing!
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Even without RTX scenery can look damn near real. But the moment there is a human in the scene, the uncanny valley fucks everything up. I don’t even get it because animals can look perfect and not trigger the uncanny valley effect, but humans always do. RTX won’t ever fix that.

Ephera,

I always thought that was just a me-thing. People will be like “Oh it looks so realistic”, which a) I consider a bad thing, like I’m seeing reality plenty times already, why would I want more of that? But also b) no, it does not? Even the games with the biggest budgets continue to have NPCs that look as stiff as if they’re three days dead. I’d say “with a puppeteer’s hand up their rear” since they do move their mouths, but frankly, even puppets move around more than NPCs do.

nagaram, do gaming w Stop doing path-tracing!
@nagaram@startrek.website avatar

What do you mean you don’t like seeing a perfect real time reflection of the NPC across from you in a puddle that costs you 95% of your frame rate?

dual_sport_dork, do gaming w Stop doing path-tracing!
@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

The trouble with this is that every single statement in it is true.

iAvicenna, do games w Skill issue
@iAvicenna@lemmy.world avatar

they then went on to become the founders of incel culture

MutilationWave,

Incel culture has always existed it just didn’t have a way out if its mom’s basement without the internet.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

I wonder what kind of person judges people (Men to be precise) as sub-humans because they didn’t have sex with a woman ?

iAvicenna,
@iAvicenna@lemmy.world avatar

lol incel club has been infested with other creepy stuff waaaay beyond just that somewhile ago. today’s incels are low level IQ insults to the people who were the true incels of before, like those intelligent people who came up with 15 feb and so on.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

What are these “Creepy” stuff ?

iAvicenna,
@iAvicenna@lemmy.world avatar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel

move to the part after 2005s or so I would say. you can also find various documentaries online on how it evolved over time.

softcat,

I tend to think the average person is extremely judgmental and desperate for status hierarchy. In part that’s the conclusion of the study. As you can see in the other IQ-obsessed reply, it’s not exactly uncommon.

from_D4rkness, do games w What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?
@from_D4rkness@lemmy.world avatar

I recently finished playing Breath of the Wild and declared it as one of my favorite games ever played. I just started Tears of the Kingdom, and it feels like I may not go back to BOTW, which is crazy that I could consider it one the best experiences ever, and also feel like I may never play it again so shortly after beating it. TotK seems to have everything in BotW and more, with quality of life changes on top of it all.

MintyAnt,

Totk is… more of an expansion/dlc than a sequel. Even the intro has near identical beats. The map is literally re used.

Fun game still.

variouslegumes, do games w What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?

Super Mario Bros 3 after playing the all stars version.

prole,

Probably nostalgia, but I prefer the original graphics…

venotic,
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The All-Stars versions of all the NES classic mario games do it for me better than the originals.

noxypaws, do games w What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?
@noxypaws@pawb.social avatar

After playing Megazeux, going back to ZZT just was never the same

ABetterTomorrow, do games w Skill issue

Playing online since dialup/Internet cafe days, can confirm. Also it’s just more fun to get along.

njm1314, do games w What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?

Mount and Blade. Warband is just the better version all around. It works in reverse too cause Warband is better than Bannerlord.

Denjin,

Add Floris and it’s basically the only game in that sphere worth playing at all!

bollybing,

Prophecy of Pendor is legendary. I might get bannerlord if they release a Pendor mod for it.

positiveWHAT,

What do Pendor do so well?

bollybing,

Everything. Map, factions, units, weapons, companions, knighthood orders, horde armies. Its just the biggest and highest quality conversion mod I’ve played.

Godort, do gaming w Stop doing path-tracing!

This, but unironically

Psythik, do gaming w Pew pew

People actually got to play first person in StarCraft 2? I remember a couple custom games in the first few weeks after launch that utilized the feature, but then all the fun novelty stuff quickly gave way to Nexus Wars and its endless spinoffs.

circuitfarmer, do games w Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

The fun thing about The Last Samurai is that the title doesn’t refer to Tom Cruise. He does not play a samurai in the film. He plays an American officer.

He hangs with a group of samurai, who are collectively the last of their kind.

That said, plenty of people complained about it in its day.

xavier666,

I might be terribly incorrect.

But i remember that Tom Cruise’s character switches sides in the movie after spending time with the Samurai (He was captured by them). He trains under them and becomes a Samurai. In the end, they fight against the (British?) and lose due to a gattling gun. All the Samurai die except for Tom’s character. So symbolically, Tom is the Last Samurai.

Newsteinleo,

Yes, it’s a classic “white savior” trope.

johnnyb,

he die didn’t save shit though :D

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

What did he save? Literally everyone but Meiji-backed forces dies at the end.

circuitfarmer, (edited )
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It is implied that Tom Cruise dies at the end. I think the confusion comes from a voice over, but you never see the character on screen again.

He also does not “become a samurai”. He fights alongside them, but at no point do they call him a samurai.

Edit: looks like that link is wrong. He doesn’t die at the end. I guess memory is a fickle beast.

xavier666,

He also does not “become a samurai”

Correct. That’s why I said symbolically.

but you never see the character on screen again

I maybe incorrect but towards the end of the movie, the Emperor asks how Katsumoto died, to which Tom Cruise replies “I’ll tell you how he lived”. So he was alive?

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Hm, I may need to rewatch it myself. That also doesn’t match what the link above suggests about interpreting the ending: “Algren finds redemption through his newfound purpose and ultimately sacrifices his life for the cause he once opposed.”

Edit: I just checked the last scene. You’re right, he doesn’t actually die. Which means the link is also wrong.

Still, I think it’s a stretch to say he’s the last samurai, since he never really becomes a samurai. One important note is that samurai is “samurai” in the plural, too.

Kolanaki, do games w Skill issue
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

I never understood this mentality, myself.

Gamers: “I never get laid… 😩”

Also Gamers: “Women are just kitchen accessories.”

Worx,

I can buy a new toaster from the shop, why can’t I buy a woman too? Does this mean Gamers are pro sex-work? Or pro indentured servitude for women more likely…

Delphia,

You cant pirate pussy, and we all know how gamers feel about subscription models.

melpomenesclevage, (edited )

my inner engineer wants to challenge this: I know there’s a dildo company that does tours, and at least copies penises and vulvae of customers as a souveneir, im sure there are things that copy at least he surface of the vaginal canal if you want to be completionist. maybe with the right kind of 3d printer it could be done? not sure, haven’t really worked with nylon materials.

Delphia,

“yOu WoUlDnT dOwNlOaD a cUnT.”

melpomenesclevage,

genuinely do not give a shit if you download mine.

kind of concerned with how it was ever digitized in the first place, but, like, once it is, you have my blessing. or curse I guess. whichever.

Chocobofangirl,
@Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world avatar

Nylon? I would think this would be a ‘print the moulds we use to pour in silicone’ situation, if we’re going for usability. formlabs.com/blog/casting-silicone-guide/ On an engineering note I’m also sure I’ve seen this exact thing before, but I wonder what would improve it. Self-heating? DIY solution could be a hidden pocket for reusable handwarmers lol

melpomenesclevage,

yeah I was just kind of riffing, assuming nobody wanted to really melt down silicone in their home.

Artyom,

You might have a career as a Halo 3 e-sports pro then!

GeneralEmergency,

G*mers aren’t known for being smart.

melpomenesclevage,

yeah. all your free time is conclusions being handed to you and the illusion of agency.

and it’s not like everyone’s sitting around playing shit like ‘disco elysium’ all day.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

I understand it, but I don’t think it applies.

Gamers tend to think of things as quests. A box to check off. A completionist. Getting married and having kids is part of life’s quests for many people. It’s not seen as collaboration in many ways.

andros_rex,

How does romance work in most video games? Select the correct dialogue options, memorize the correct answer to questions, give them the same gift every day?

The other main way a lot of young men “interact” with women is through porn, which is always made with a mind to what a woman would enjoy during sex…/s

pyre,

because you think of “I never get laid” as a normal human need to connect with another person, which is what it is but they’re too deep in misogyny to realize it. instead to them getting laid is a quest to complete and it involves a quest item known as a woman, not a character. so I never get laid has less of an undertone of “why can’t I connect with a woman” and more of “when will we get our government mandated sex slaves”

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