Agent_Karyo

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Tumblr is still around?

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I played the base game a lot (many hundreds of hours, also before it was released on Steam). I think I’ve only tried the royalty DLC.

On one hand I want to get back into Rimworld, on the other hand the mechanics from all the DLCs seem overwhelming.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I will admit, your recommendation makes me want to play Rimworld with he new DLCs. :)

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

It’s got a top-down CRPG view (similar to the Fallout 1/2), but Avernum: Escape from the Pit might fit thematically.

You end up in an underground fantasy world where “undesirables” are sent to by a corrupt empire.

Another option would be Underrail. Another top down CRPG, this time based in a post-apocalytic world where everyone lives underground. The world building is top notch and the combat is very well developed with lots of choices (it’s a also IMO a hard game). While the world building is strong, the writing (characters and their motivations) is rather weak.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

I had to read more than once to realise it is not a game about WinRAR.

I had the same issue. I was actually genuinely interested about how a wargame was made about WinRAR.

I can understand a business tycoon game where you have to develop a compression/archive software company. Very, very nerdy, but there is a logic here.

A wargame about WinRAR? That’s a whole different level.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I will add that as per the lore of the game, the Romans discovered steam power and started to colonize the new world. Rather unique I must say.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

At first I was thinking, why not use “impacted”, it sounds a little bit awkward, but I’ve definitely seen it being used in relatively formal situations (or at least that’s what I remember).

But no, I looked it up and “impacted” should not be used in the sense of affected. TIL.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Just a quick web search; the first few results which linked to dictionary style resources.

Now I am confused. :)

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Didn’t mean to imply you can’t, I was just curious about the formal rules for the word.

And it seems “impacted” can be used in the sense of “affected”.

I am confused :)

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

For sure, I am just curious. Not to lecture others, for my own knowledge. :)

I see where you are coming from, but as someone who speaks several other languages, I would say there can be benefits to lanagauge rules.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

First time I’ve heard of Vintage Story, sounds like a well made Minecraft clone.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

It’s almost comical how incompetent the Xbox BU’s executive management has been for 10+ years.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I am just curious, what makes you say it has aged poorly in terms of gameplay? I would argue it holds up pretty well, but I am also a PC/KB+M only player. I strongly dislike UI/UX that has been compromised (from my perspective) for consoles/controllers.

Agreed regarding the sequels (haven’t played the fourth one, just the 2nd and 3rd sequel); they are OK, but not that special.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I see. Yes, stealth is in a strange position where it’s difficult to use it full time. There are multiple missions/maps where you will eventually not be able to use stealth.

I can see what you mean regarding guns being clunky. They do get more effective as you level up and get better weapons. Early game gunplay is very iffy.

But I actually like the RPG approach to gunplay and how it forces you to try and avoid direct confrontation and use a mixture of stealth and combat.

That being said, these are all fair points.

I’ve actually never tried Revision. I only use GMDX. Should try it for next play through. i feel like I need to reinstall once I clear out a major deliverable for work. :)

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Yeah, I can see what you mean by saying guns are chore, it takes some time for them to be effective.

Try one of the mods, they greatly improve things compared for he baseline game (I haven’t played the baseline version in 15 years).

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I really need to play it. I am sure I would enjoy it. I thought Human Revolution and even Invisible War (with mods) were decent. Invisible War is fundamentally flawed due to the small maps though.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

That’s totally fair.

I’ve played Deus Ex enough times that I sort of enjoy the clunky and RPG progression gunplay.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

I am a big user of sniper rifle + pistol combos. It works pretty well.

Will need to post a mini-review of Revision the next time I get to replay Deus Ex.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Chris Roberts is the person behind the star citizen scheme.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

I work with multiple languages and I haven’t heard of LLMs being used instead of Deeply/Google translate.

Don’t really see the reason to switch to LLMs.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

Arguably as far a small minority of fanboys are concerned, it already has cult-like properties.

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

One would almost think they are having a laugh, but no it’s for real (I don’t think are intentionally trying to come up with such comically stupid naming policies).

Agent_Karyo, 4 miesiące temu

The fallout CRT retro-arcade is awesome!

Agent_Karyo, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 5 miesięcy temu)

It’s claimed that in addition to exploiting its dominant position, Sony bans other potential app stores from having access to the PlayStation platform.

It would be fascinating if this lawsuit forces Sony to open their platform to 3rd party stores. I am assuming they would be far more opposed to this than even any multi-hundred million euro fines.

Agent_Karyo, 5 miesięcy temu

Crosswind looks promising, will need to add it to my tracking list.

Those PC88 screenshots! So damn beautiful, they ooze style.

Thanks for this!