Happened with me in FFVII back in the day… Doing well, had to take a 2 week business trip, got back… “Wait, did I just GET to this town or was I LEAVING this town?” No clue what I was doing, I may have just started over…
I have the same issue with any of those long games that I’ve stepped away from for a while. I usually go back in, wander around aimlessly, accidentally mess up what I was working on before, and then realize why I quit playing it way back when.
That’s looks like the part of the game where you chase the mob guy with the squeaky voice. I recall having to redo the part several times, if the random goons didn’t kill me, the “boss” sure did.
But then again most scenes in the game were like that, the difficulty felt hella swingy all the time.
the whole thing was basically held together with duct tape at one point, and the shell’s paint is peeling
Yeah, sounds common on 3DS. I have a Majora’s Mask edition n3DS XL, its paint started flaking on edges for normal use only a year or so from getting it.
Got a free new shell (correct golden colour!) from support back then, so there was that at least. After that I encased my 3DS in a clear rubber protection so the paint doesn’t wear off again. But those rubber things don’t age well and start getting an ugly yellow hue after a while.
The paint flaking off is what annoys me about the N3DS XL the most. They were this close to the perfect 3DS in my opinion, and then they cheaped out on the shell. It’s aggravating.
The rubber is starting to go on mine too though. It’s not too bad but it’s still getting there.
Do it! The story and writing is still great and the gameplay holds up surprisingly well for such an old game (not that it will feel modern, but it’s not a chore to play).
Just checked my steam library, I have all three games. 2001, 2003, and 2012.
I still remember seeing the demo on a pcgamer demo disc, back when coconut monkey was still a thing. I remember thinking that the game seemed fun, but probably relied on the matrix mechanic too much. And have wanted to play it, but haven’t been strongly driven to for many years now.
Man, old paper magazine PC Gamer… Strong nostalgia overload. Getting a copy was always the highlight of the month, that era of like 1995-2009 was really the golden age of PC gaming.
It definitely is time for Max Payne! Well, unless you want to wait for the RTC Remix mod. And it’s the first step into the wonderful Remedyverse too, culminating in the fantastic Alan Wake 2!
Both MP 1&2 are honestly amazing, and they are very short games too so not really a huge commitment compared to some modern titles. The comic book style slideshow used instead of cutscenes was also ingenious as it has let the game age incredibly gracefully.
Remedy are doing a connected universe, kind of like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. People are calling it the Remedyverse. They’ve started blending their IPs into each other, even IPs they no longer own like Max Payne and Quantum Break (where they just change the names pretty much so “Alex Casey” becomes “legally distinct Max Payne”). It’s very cool and really comes to its head in Alan Wake 2, which really is enhanced quite a bit by playing the other Remedy games in order first.
Max Payne 3 isn’t bad at all - it’s a very tight 3rd person shooter. It’s just that it was made by Rockstar and not Remedy (Rockstar had bought the IP after Max Payne 2). So Max Payne 3 doesn’t really “feel” like a Max Payne game. It’s still a good game though, I just kind of wish it was independent of the Max Payne franchise.
I think it mostly just didn’t feel like a Max Payne game because of the setting. Not New York? Not Max Payne.
Gameplay wise, it was definitely on the right track; and in a way - I remember it fondly as was the last time Rockstar seemingly experimented with game mechanics ahead of incorporating them into the next GTA game.
That’s part of it sure, but it just… doesn’t feel right. Someone else pointed out how it is almost an “alternate universe Max Payne 2” with how it feels narratively like a more follow-up to the first game than the second. It also just has a very different tone and style in the writing. It doesn’t have that Remedy vibe. Everything from the characters and main story to the TV bits, which feel very different compared to Lords and Ladies and Adress Unknown.
It’s by no means a bad game, and the action bits are awesome. It just doesn’t feel like a Max Payne game to me.
I know a lot of people are looking forward to this game and in a way I hope they get a great game. They enjoy on the other hand. I hope this is a huge flop for rockstar.
ARC Raiders is an incredibly fun game. Really exposes both the best and worst of human experiences.
When ending the night after getting gunned down by a rat camping extract I can lay awake stewing over it for seemingly half the night. When the opposite happens, and I finish on a really good raid with some high level loot, I bask in the glow for the other half of the night.
I’ve been playing Thief Gold. Great game that really surprised me in how well it holds up. It somewhat runs out of steam in the last third though, where I currently am. Missions like “Escape” have been a bit of a pain with their difficulty and aren’t as well designed. Still intending to finish it and get to Thief 2, supposedly the best in the series.
On Steam, I’ve been playing “Songs of Syx”. An amazing mixture of Dwarf Fortress, a city builder and even a bit of a civilization-building RTS. Really addictive game that’s complex but not overwhelming.
Arc Raiders feels confused about what it wants to be. It markets PVE vibes but plays like a rough PVP extraction shooter. No real story, constant camping, messy matchmaking, and punishing mechanics make the grind exhausting. The world has potential, but right now it’s more frustrating than fun, especially for solo or casual players.
Older and or used hardware is gonna be a place to start for CPU and GPU. Used dell optiplex can get you most of the way there, then buy a decent GPU when you can. Just make sure it fits in the case and the PSU that comes with the optiplex can handle the power draw. I’d recommend a new PSU though. Dont buy used for PSU or storage is the best advice I can give.
Optiplex are not gonna get you top of the line performance or anything but it’ll be a lot better than nothing and you can always use it for something else later like a nas, a server, home theater PC, etc.
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