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XeroxCool, do games w What game is a guilty pleasure of yours?

Fortnite. No story to catch up on, no true goals besides winning, no long-term strategizing. I’m sure PUBG is the same/better, but my SO is entertained by the cartoonish nature of FN. It brings us excitement when I’m close to winning. With the introduction of zero build, I fair well. I used to feel more guilt for it being a “bad” game and for not giving time to the betrer story/campaign titles, bur you know what? I’m tired and my time is limited as an actual adult. I’ll take my dopamine where I can get it, thank you.

I’m replaying Ace Combat 7 right now. I can’t believe how bad the writing is. I played it in 2020 and had a grand time with probably 6 runs for the various achievements. Turns out, I remember basically nothing of the story. It’s definitely amusing to revisit the AI story aspects now that “AI” is in full swing. I guess AC5 set my standard for AC stories, but maybe that doesn’t hold up well either. Regardless, I’m in it for the fun, respectable flight physics. Just don’t ask me where I keep 144 missiles stored.

InFerNo,

My kids play fortnite and I sometimes join them. Was watching some tournament on a stream and the “meta” at a high level of this game is just completely bonkers.

XeroxCool,

I quit around 2019 because I just didn’t stand a chance anymore. I’d place 2 walls and a ramp in the time it took most top-25 players to build a small castle with a wine cellar, jacuzzi, and escalator (or so it felt). I can’t keep up with these goddamn Ritalin-riddled kids.

It always cracks me up when my go-to move (in zero build) is to just stand still when it gets to close quarters. They start jumping like a cracked out kangaroo and miss shot after shot. I only do pitch/yaw and some sideways strafe, no jumping. It lets me use my Ps1/Ps2 era PvE experience.

AlexisFR,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

Is it really bad writing, or just anime tropes?

XeroxCool,

Is it? I actually just played the mission where you find out Mihaly has 20 names and thought “this must be a joke, right?”. If it’s anime tropes, I’m totally unaware. The subreddit was just full of meta memes so I didn’t learn anything useful in my reddit days

BootLoop, do gaming w Portal vs Half Life gameplay

Right click shotgun fired two shells? Or am I misremembering. It was awesome during the prison level. Nova Prospekt?

CaptSatelliteJack,

Yeah, that’s what that did because Valve thought the tube under the barrel was… another barrel, for some reason.

DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w It feels good to support

I paid full price for Dispatch. After looking at the 7 year development cycle I felt like these are the groups that need my patronage (Indies)

Damage, do gaming w It feels good to support

If it’s under 5€ I might buy and never play it. If it’s over 30€ I will never buy it.

Delta_V, do games w Gaming Pet Peeves

Bad console ports on PC where mouse control code was recycled from gamepad control code. For example, in Just Cause 2, the maximum turn rate is capped and so is the minimum cursor acceleration, with the end result being when you move the mouse your character moves like you’ve mushed a gamepad control stick instead of the fast, smooth, PC cursor style movement of the reticle that every other PC FPS manages to pull off.

Suck_on_my_Presence, do games w Gaming Pet Peeves

‘Puzzles’ that are just fetch quests for numbers or pieces of something.

It’s so boring and such a waste of my time.

Let me circle these four pillars to find the numbers on them and plug them into the whatever keypad. Wowie. What a head scratcher. I sure feel like I solved a thing, boy howdy.

Doc_Crankenstein,

Yea, if it’s a lock code or but you’re not gonna make me think or work out what those numbers are, like finding calendars dates or other info from the game world and needing to piece it together, then just make it a damn note to find instead of making me hunt around for each individual number or those lame “match the symbols” shit. Those are so lazy.

Tikiporch, do gaming w Link drawing I made

Bro, how do all your pieces come out so clean?

BazaarMonk,
@BazaarMonk@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks man! I try to never smudge the graphite and always work with a piece of paper under my drawing hand.

verdi, do games w One hour into Gears 5 and I feel its a lot better than 4

These games feel like they were made for people 30y old than I am. The writing is atrocious…

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

because old people like atrocious writing?

verdi,

When you’re 80, your patience isn’t what it used to be 😏

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

that would mean they should have less tolerance for atrocious writing.

verdi,

That assumes an equal proclivity and competence for reading, which is manifestly not the case…

prole,

That’s weird since the last comment I read said they were 36 and felt it was for people 20 years younger than them.

verdi,

20 and 80 seems about the right parallel, they both vote for fascists in droves so it kinda checks out. I’d wager the level of idiocy is neck and neck.

AngryCommieKender, do games w What is your favorite Metroidvania?

Castlevania Symphony of the Night.

It’s only $3 on play store and iPhone store. The phone version has the advantage that you only have to cast/input each spell once, and then you have a button to press.

PlexSheep, do games w What is your favorite Metroidvania?

Metroid dread

Twinklebreeze,
@Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world avatar

I would like it so much more if it didn’t have that dumb parry mechanic.

floquant, do gaming w We don't have to make it complicated

I’m not a retro gamer, but I also don’t really understand the appeal of 1:1 PC ports - in my mind you’d either want to go for the full experience with the original console and controllers, the CRT TVs they were designed for etc, and if you really wanted to play it on a modern device emulators fit the bill perfectly. Is there something special about the original code being ported to x86? At least remasters try to take some advantage of that modern hardware, although I understand it’s not the “same” game

Muaddib,

People are shy about maybe doing crimes

floquant,

Ah, right. That possibility didn’t cross my mind x)

sturmblast, do games w What is your favorite Metroidvania?

Seeing as I am old. Super Metroid and Castlevania II: Simom’s Quest. I can… and have played them dozens of times through at this point.

Kenny2999, do games w Games that I finished this year so far. Probably the best year of gaming for me since 2007
@Kenny2999@lemmy.world avatar

Easy to agree with that list. Stuff like Witcher3+dlcs were a mesmerizing experience.

eru, do games w The osu! Open Source Client, Lazer, Has Been Made the Default Download Option for New Users
@eru@mouse.chitanda.moe avatar

making the client open source was such a good move

lazycouchpotato, do games w What is your favorite Metroidvania?
@lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world avatar

I haven’t played that many, but I enjoyed Ori and the Blind Forest and Carrion.

I adore Supraland, which is more of a Zelda/Portal/Metroid mix.

JigglySackles,

Ayyyy plus one on both Carrion and Supraland! Loved both of those. I can’t wait to get the latest Surpaland game (Supraworld iirc?). Such a fun puzzle platformer.

lazycouchpotato,
@lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world avatar

Waiting for the game to complete development before I give it a try!

JigglySackles,

For sure. I don’t care to get in on early access too often.

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