Kolanaki

Kolanaki, 10 godzin temu

I have played nearly all of these games when they were still brand new or only a few years old. My back hurts. 👴

Kolanaki, 8 godzin temu

The Finals at least is a fun as fuck game. The everything goes style also kinda makes sense considering the game is taking place in some kind of VR game show and both mocking of this kind of live service while being a live service game itself.

It’s also not a hero shooter; Your dude is supposed to be you. 🤷‍♂️

Kolanaki, wczoraj

I have recently flipped my views for Nioh and Lords of the Fallen. Plaued through LOTF two more times for the Umbral and Inferno endings I never saw and to get item descriptions I didn’t get my first play through (they tie some flavor text to having high enough stats, all in the magi schools and my first dude was an ungabunga caveman) and I started to hate the game for its infuratingly bad design decisions that were done on purpose to make things artificially difficult or obscure.

Now I am giving Nioh another shot and it’s actually clicking this time. Still a bit awkward, but taking it slower than even Dark Souls 2 makes a big difference and feels like I was just trying to rush things before. Still not a fan of how the levels are done, but I kinda get the feeling this is improved in Nioh 2 which I will try after getting through Nioh 1. I have always liked its more complex fighting system, with the stances and how casting spells is more fluid than a Fromsoft game, it was mostly the Ki recovery thing that gets annoying (Ki is stamina and you can recover it by tapping a button at the right time, but being hit reduces it and it also gets slowed by certain enemy uh… things) but that’s not really being an issue as I play currently, except in some cases where I am clearly hitting it at the right time from the SFX and visual on my dude, but not actually getting the purification thing cleaning the yokai gunk off the ground which messes with positioning (thats the stuff that slows your ki regen for those who haven’t played).

It might actually have been better to have played Wo Long before Nioh, as it has many of the same mechanics and gameplay, but more simplified by not having the Ki system since it is only after absolutely demolishing that game in under 20 hours that even had me entertain the idea of giving Nioh a second shot.

Kolanaki, 2 dni temu

The Tales of games. Or at least the early ones.

Kolanaki, 2 dni temu

I want to check out Black Myth: Wukong. But I ain’t paying for something with Denuvu and I can’t pirate something with denuvu either.

Kolanaki, 2 dni temu

It’s been out for years

It’s barely been a year and half since the DLC came out…

Kolanaki, 2 dni temu

Steam didn’t do that. Even when you bought a physical disk you didn’t own the game. Microsoft is the one you should be blaming for how software is licensed over actually being sold to you. It was them who really pushed for that shit in the fucking 80s.

Kolanaki, 3 dni temu

Does it make cacodemon cakes while you play? 🤔

Kolanaki, 2 dni temu

Valheim hasn’t really changed much at all since it got super popular. It’s added some stuff, sure. But not a lot. And it is still horribly balanced and all over the place with what it wants to be.

Which sucks.

Kolanaki, 4 dni temu

I assume they mean 1000 hours in TF2. This mod has its own store listing separate from base TF2’s.

Kolanaki, 3 dni temu

That makes it even more damning of a bad review. lol

I saw the comments saying it basically is TF2 without the updates, but reading the description on the store page it sounds nothing at all like that.

Kolanaki, 4 dni temu

Ok I did. And I’ll play it again, too. It was the best Elder Scrolls game to date.

The only thing that could make it better is updated visuals, better combat, and NPCs that actually move around and have schedules.

Oblivion and Skyrim have slightly better combat, better visuals, and NPCs that walk around. And nothing else that made Morrowind so fucking good. Let Kirkbride write more than 1 or 2 quest lines, god damn it.

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

Oh so there is sexual content in this? Well now I gotta get it. Uh… Just not on the Switch.

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

It’s still surprising that Sony is apparently being more lenient than Nintendo for once.

To be fair, the only real memory I have of the OG God of War games is that the first or second game opens up with Kratos motorboating two girls’ titties. And that was in a time when nudity in mainstream games was still nearly unheard of.

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

That whole controversy was blown out of proportion. Not only because it could only be accessed by hacking the game apart, but also because it didn’t actually have any explicit content. It was still fully clothed models just animated to hump each other.

As a horny teen, that shit was the most disappointed in a rumored game secret I had been since being told if you beat Metroid fast enough you can see Samus nude.

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

Er… I guess I was exactly 20 by GoW 🤔

I was born in 1985 it came out in 2005. I was still horny, tho. Also I was on like every drug in my 20s, so it’s kind of a blur.

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

You must not have grown up back then. The game does show her in bra and panties if you’re fast enough. The rumor was that she was full on naked tho if you were even faster than the bikini easter egg. But that was some bullshit, and you couldn’t just look at a wiki to know this, you had to find out for yourself.

There were other similar rumors back in the day for all sorts of games. “Nudalities” in Mortal Kombat. The ability to actuslly obtain the Triforce in Ocarina of Time. Getting to play as Luigi if you collected 121 stars in Mario 64 (later was actually made real in the DS release, but you unlocked Yoshi not Luigi). Etc.

Kolanaki, 4 dni temu

At this point I just kinda expect Haunted Chocolatier to come out as a major update for Stardew Valley and not it’s own game. 🤷‍♂️

Kolanaki, 5 dni temu

Nothing takes me out of immersion more than pointless exposition. Stop talking to me, the player, and keep the conversation normal for my character.

Probably why I love soulslikes, especially the mainstays by From. They only give you terms of the world and don’t explain anything to you because you are part of that world and should know this shit.

Kolanaki, 7 dni temu

Because it is visually cool.

Kolanaki, 7 dni temu

You think we want launchers?

I hated being forced to use Steam when it launched, after they shut down WON that was used for CS. I want as little applications running in the background 24/7 as possible.

Steam got better overall, making the 24/7 background application actually useful to keep running (controller support to control desktop, chats, notifications of sales, etc). Nobody else does that tho, and I definitely don’t want to use a different launcher for every fucking game/store.

Kolanaki, 14 dni temu (edited 11 dni temu)

The main game is also good, just not as cool aesthetically. I personally think it had the best dialogue and story of the series (on a non-humorous level, I mean. BD is “better” in the sense it’s purposely awful but gets the vibe it is going for spot on)

Kolanaki, 14 dni temu (edited 11 dni temu)

Beating Dark Souls 2 without dying or using a bonfire rewards you with a ring that makes your right hand weapon completely invisible.

It isn’t worth it at fucking all, since there is a spell that does the same thing and is way easier to obtain (even in 2025 despite being a multiplayer rank reward). The spell and ring also have ZERO effect on PvE and it rarely matters in PvP when the animations of your body instantly reflect the size of your weapon to a good enough player. Like, I don’t need to see your Ultragreatsword to know that’s what you are swinging when your arm starts hefting the weight.

Kolanaki, 17 dni temu

Until it can be actually photo-realistic and cross the uncanny valley, it’s best to just have a stylized aesthetic anyway.

Kolanaki, 17 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

And even with that chopped up BS, they’re still not as in-depth as games were just kinda starting to get.

Kolanaki, 18 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

I am confused; is The Beast an actual game on its own or just a newer edition of the first game after the addition of co-op/PvP all included? 🤔

I thought The Beast was just the major update that added the MP stuff.

Kolanaki, 19 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

Maybe the new Ecco game will be optimized well enough to not need or include DLSS and frame generation. 🤷‍♂️

If they use that stuff and it’s still a 2D platformer, holy fucking shit. 🤣

Kolanaki, 18 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

The game can run faster than the refresh rate; you just won’t be seeing more frames than 60 a second.

Kolanaki, 18 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

Gideon Olfnir.

Dude’s a huge prick the moment you meet him, with his irritated, condescending tone. Then he sends his goon after you and lies about it. “Oh, Ensha? He just got a little ahead of himself. It’s all good, you killed him didn’t you? No harm, no foul.”

Then he tries to stop you from claiming the Elden Throne because… He’s jealous? He’s lost his fucking mind over the fact you, a lowly Tarnished, managed to get that far? I really don’t know. It’s a bit confusing, well beyond other weird shit in a Fromsoft game, and part of it could just be how this game in particular was a collaberative effort with GRRM and there is likely a huge difference in what Martin wrote for the backstory, and how Miyazaki “corrupted” it.

I really don’t understand the dude. Maybe there’s an item description that would give some context… 🤔

Kolanaki, 25 dni temu

The D in Dbrand stands for “douche.”

Kolanaki, 28 dni temu

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Kolanaki, 27 dni temu

I always need the dev console in Max Payne because I like setting the bullet time speed to half of what it normally is so it’s more Matrix-like.

And of course I have to have the plaza shootout level and kung fu construct (for the kung fu mod) from the film, too.

Sidenote: Altering the bullet time affects cutscenes. So, like, the part where the door blows off in the subway can actually kill you cuz the cutscene ends before the door is actually moving. But it also makes catching one of the bosses that you have to chase around the rooftops so much easier because he’ll still be monologuing when you get control after the cutscene.

Kolanaki, 28 dni temu

No HEAT.net?

Kolanaki, 28 dni temu

That’s exactly what we keep yelling at the companies that keep trying, but some of them don’t listen, fire their staff for AI, and then regret it a few months later.

Just because it is incredibly awful does not mean stupid fucks in charge of companies won’t do it.

Kolanaki, 28 dni temu

Whaaaaaat?! Hell no! It would have been better for that whole montage scene after completing the prologue to have just been side quests you can do with him to get to know him more so his death hits even harder.

Kolanaki, 28 dni temu

The two that makes the least sense are Street Kid and Corpo. Why is the Corpo one his best friend but the Street Kid has to meet him trying to steal the same car? It should have been reversed.

But, he’s less of an asshole when starting out as a Nomad. IMO, it’s the best of the three introductions.

Kolanaki, 30 dni temu

I get bored of the combat by the time I get to the Red Baron. Love the story; but the gameplay gets super repititve super quick.

Kolanaki, 30 dni temu

That’s what I ended up doing because I did wanna see the end, I just was done with the journey to get there lol

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

I only just started Silent Hill F and the coolest visual I have seen was the very first “everything dissolves into the hellish world” scene.

It’s always been a staple of the series, but this time is looks so fucking cool with how it dissolves everything, not just the surface textures.

Kinda wonder if having a newer RTX GPU would make it look better; the settings for Lumen don’t really change how it looks, it just massively drops my framerate 🤷‍♂️

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

Switch being #2 behind PS2 is impressive given it has had a shorter lifespan. PS2 was on the market for 13 years. Switch has only been 9.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

I remember that was the case for PS3 and BluRay, but not so much DVD and the PS2. PS3 was, what, $300? $400? Where as the cheapest BluRay player that just played BluRay movies was almost a grand.

I may just not remember it being similar for PS2. I was a sophmore in high school when it came out.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

Elden Ring being 3rd and Baldur’s Gate 3 being tied for last is quite a surprise.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

I keep expecting to find some gnarly shit like was in the previous game and I haven’t found it. IDK if it’s just not there to find, or if the shit is even more esoteric than before.

I’m also quite confused by the fan tributes and favorites. Not against it, or anything, I just don’t understand things like why Mr. Tenna is so popular. 🤷‍♂️

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

No. Doom.

Quake never had any vision, originally. That’s why it seems so random.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

Check out Doom Bible; Tom Hall’s original design document for Doom. One of the first drafts is where what I am talking about came from.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

Wo Long straight up just lets you turn player invasions off. I would not mind it being an option, personally. I wouldn’t turn it off most of the time, myself, but I am always for more options than less.

I, personally, want it to work like DS2 but without Soul Memory. No level or weapon upgrade limits. You could be fresh out of the tutorial and be invaded by some level 347 dude with the strongest weapons and beefiest armor. It would be awesome.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

We probably won’t see a GTA doing it anyway because Watch Dogs, Crackdown and Cyberpunk are already basically that.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

The only thing in this list I have even heard of is GTA6.