heavy

heavy, 14 godzin temu

I definitely prefer not paying $700 for an incremental upgrade.

heavy, 8 dni temu

I think the comic is contextually true. What really irks me are games designed to be quick, fast paced and aggressive, stop you dead in your tracks. An example is the Battle Toads reboot (which is great, play it) has these enemies that have shields or you can’t hurt them until after they’ve done their thing, slows down an otherwise fast and fun beat em up. Another is DOOM Eternal, a game where you’re running at Crack addict speed, and then they put in this dude with a shield that reflects your whole way of doing damage. Really jarring to have that speed bump in your experience. It’s for sure a great game, but I think a poor design decision to make the enemy work this way.

heavy, 8 dni temu

I appreciate the advice, but I’m talking about the Marauder. I think tankier enemies in doom make it more interesting but the Marauder just has this “no, it’s my turn and you will wait for me to do my thing” energy. Just kind of stops you, when you should be continuing to have fun. I think you can balance powerful enemies while maintaining player agency.

heavy, 8 dni temu

Well said, although I haven’t played Yakuza, I think having enemy depth through their mechanics, while giving the player space to solve the challenge, is good gameplay. This is different from “well they’re invincible for now and you just need to deal with it.” Some games this is appropriate, maybe like Fear and Hunger, but definitely not when the positive experience centers around dealing damage.

Totally resonate with the FF rebirth experience. Although I think the game altogether as one piece is good and I finished it, I have a laundry list of complaints. I generally like the combat system but the challenge fights towards the end are just nonsense. You spent time investing in your teams abilities, but it boils down to enemies that don’t take damage, or get staggered (even from your ATB abilities) and then one shot your team mates just because you weren’t in control of them. Don’t even get me started on the Odin fight. It also feels really bad to slash at something as Cloud, and his sword just bounces off and he’s useless for 3 seconds.

As an aside, XVI seems to be well reviewed and liked by people but I just didn’t find it all that satisfying, I have yet to finish it even though I’m at the last act.

heavy, 2 miesiące temu

I wonder if this is kind of how the Balatro dev feels

heavy, 2 miesiące temu

Did someone make paid horse armor yet? Lol

heavy, 4 miesiące temu

Magic barrier only worked for one turn :(

heavy, 4 miesiące temu

I’m sure there are cases where someone is spending money they shouldn’t, or they know better, but we have to acknowledge that a lot of tactics used are the same predatory strategies that take advantage of human addiction. I don’t think people should gamble, or bet on sports but that shit is everywhere, and it’s normalized. It’s no wonder why so many people fall into it because they don’t think it’s dangerous.

We can scream at people and tell them to stop, but that’s not a real solution, at least I don’t see how that really works. A predatory studio puts out a game that people want to play, then if it fails because people don’t buy enough, they just shut everything down and cancel the content, even when people want it. I think there examples of this happening now.

heavy, 5 miesięcy temu

Yeah it’s just like looking up a food recipe anymore. A lot of times, the guide isn’t even correct. Google has encouraged the internet to just pump out hot garbage.

heavy, 6 miesięcy temu

Muadib when?

heavy, 6 miesięcy temu

I can’t tell most of this one way or another, but for sure Japanese devs have a problem with just putting a “Quit” or “Quit to Desktop” Button anywhere.

heavy, 6 miesięcy temu

Console are great for the audience that doesn’t want to pay the prevalent PC/GPU premium at this stage.

heavy, 6 miesięcy temu

I don’t really agree with that, at least outside of niche situations. The upfront cost on a PC today puts the cost for playing on consoles much cheaper up front such that it would take years to make up the difference, even if you were paying for Game Pass.

My point isn’t some pedantry over PC vs Console and cost nit-picking. Its that consoles aren’t a bad deal. It’s OK for people to own and play games on a console, and they work well for a lot of people.

I’ve been putting together PCs for a while now and the idea that they’re more affordable for playing games than on consoles is becoming more and more of a misnomer. You can thank the major part duopolies for that. I don’t think console companies aren’t greedy or somehow noble, but consoles are still fill a gap and enable people to play games.

heavy, 7 miesięcy temu

The older I get the more I come across excellent content and media that is sometimes hard to get going on modern machines. I totally understand and defend the need for preservation. Like most things in tech I wish the law would catch up and be more reflective of what people want and need. A good place to start would be these copyright laws and friendlier right to repair stuff. Just some thoughts.

heavy, 7 miesięcy temu

That’s cool. I remember there being print strategy guides made of high quality stuff. I used to have The Ocarina of Time (Prima?) guide and they largely wrote it like a narrative.

heavy, 7 miesięcy temu

If I arranged a bunch of rocks to show the DOOM logo, would someone say I was running DOOM on stones?

Nonsense click bait, non-news article. If there’s an actual achievement here, it’s overshadowed by the misinformation.

heavy, 7 miesięcy temu

Living organisms into a monitor… In the same way that a bunch of people in a stadium can hold up squares that make up an image? I mean at the end of the day almost anything can be made into a “monitor”. That doesn’t mean it’s “running DOOM”.

heavy, 11 miesięcy temu

I think Max Payne 3 was really well done. I definitely wouldn’t mind if the previous titles were elevated to that quality or above.

heavy, rok temu

My cousin, I was thinking the same thing. Pretty innovative for it’s time and don’t forget the later multiplayer

heavy, rok temu

Wow! I feel like Nintendo is targeting my wallet.