CorrodedCranium

CorrodedCranium, 2 miesiące temu

Is Black Flag good to play if you don’t like or follow the over arching story of Assassins Creed?

I felt like it kind of pulled me out of other games in the series

CorrodedCranium, 2 miesiące temu

Not the best to any degree but just wanted to shout out the Pimps at Sea mod for Halo MCC that adds boats

CorrodedCranium, 2 miesiące temu

On Bedrock you can just edit a text file to increase the loaded distance. I feel like there’s probably something similar for Java

CorrodedCranium, 2 miesiące temu

I’ve done this a few times in different Civilizations games to see how the computer would react to things like an abundance of gold or over powered for the current turn units.

A lot of the time it was underwhelming with them not really utilizing what was given to them or switching up their strategy. With gold they wouldn’t buy units or tiles and would still demand gold during trades or for peace for example.

CorrodedCranium, 3 miesiące temu

I agree it would be more honest but I’m wondering how the early access label would effect their sales.

Games like Project Zomboid and 7 Days To Die got a decent amount of attention from sites like YouTube but I’m wondering how many people stick around for the trickle of updates or will care when the game transition into a full release.

This is setting aside ethics obviously.

CorrodedCranium, 3 miesiące temu

Didn’t CD Projekt Red have a couple other bad releases?

I’ve read Witcher 3 had some pretty nasty bugs on release for example but it did seem like Cyberpunk 2077 was order of magnitude worse.

I thought there was another game released by CD Projekt Red that had some major issues on release but I don’t have the time to dig for articles about it.

CorrodedCranium, 3 miesiące temu

I feel like that has to be pretty hard with how corporate pretty much every “AAA” game publisher is. So many are subsidiaries of subsidiaries and the parent company wouldn’t hesitate to push them to the curb.

They might also be worried about getting into a Duke Nukem Forever situation where they end up endlessly in development. They would end up having to fix issues while also keeping up with gaming trends.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

I wonder if the Clean UI mod would help with your issue. Have you tried just adjusting your resolution though? I’ve heard 720p is the optimal resolution to avoid various bugs

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

I’ve done zero research into the new release. Does it add much in the way of major game changing alterations? I’m thinking along the lines of how the district systems dramatically the feel of the game

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Mod Organizer 2 is typically recommended over Vortex but it depends on the game. I think Vortex has wider support.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Even then it can be difficult. A lot of mods have other dependencies that need to be installed and those dependencies and can have dependencies.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Isn’t GTA IV a bit difficult to mod? I feel like I recall using OpenIV and having to track down the correct directories to install each part of a mod the right way

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

With Grand Theft Auto I would say you could start anywhere. Each game features a different protagonist and they play quite different to each other.

I would say playing 4 before 5 is probably a good idea because it doesn’t feel like as much of a tremendous leap compared to going from Vice City to San Andreas. Going from 5 back to 4 would probably make things like the car physics stand out even more.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Do none of the Final Fantasy involve each other?

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Then Battlespire and all the mobile exclusive games

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

I started with number 2 and felt a bit lost. I wonder if it would have been easier to start with 3 in that case.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

I would be curious to see which games would have you going back the furthest to fully get the story.

Maybe something starting off on something like the MSX or Intellivision that was never remastered.

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

Isn’t New Dawn a sequel to Far Cry 5?

CorrodedCranium, 4 miesiące temu

I feel like I recall a lot of people saying it was kind of forgettable though I might be thinking about Far Cry 6.

What did you think of it?

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

Rereleases and remasters can be a hurdle. I was thinking about playing a Final Fantasy game about a year ago but got caught up in the pros and cons of each version and what games are connected.

From my understanding most don’t continue on the story but I believe one of the games has a character return, I think it’s Cloud, and I think seven was remastered and separated into two games.

Did you mean something else though? Like I said I haven’t played them

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

Have you ever tried Morroblivion?

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

I was considering playing Warframe a while back because I was a fan of Dark Sector but the reviews I saw online mentioned an incredible amount of grinding. Do you think it’s worth picking up for someone who isn’t into that kind of thing?

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

Having to rely on reading and retaining information in manuals is a big thing that keeps me away from a lot of DOS games

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

Have you tried the mouse and keyboard mod for GoldenEye? I imagine it makes everything incredibly easy but it could be different enough to justify a playing one more time

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

I get you. I’ve been going through a lot of “best of” lists for various consoles and it’s tough going back and playing them because they were obviously made for a younger audience and and having never played them as a kid I don’t really feel the same pull.

The Kirby games are a big one. I’ve seen a lot of recommendations but can’t really get into them.

CorrodedCranium, 5 miesięcy temu

Stardew Valley. I was a big fan of Harvest Moon FOMT and kept hearing that I should play it and when I did was I blown away. It felt incredibly similar and 90% of the time I thought “It would be nice if this is a feature” it was

CorrodedCranium, 7 miesięcy temu

Scraper can grab video game maps and manuals automatically as part of it’s process if you want them for older games.

CorrodedCranium, 11 miesięcy temu

If you’ve played prop hunt and like randomly beating objects to find out what’s people you’ll probably like 2017.

In all seriousness though it is a good game that has a decent amount of fun frantic chaotic combat. I feel like it’s a bit difficult to compare to other games but if I had to I’d say it reminds me a bit of BioShock and Control

CorrodedCranium, 11 miesięcy temu

I feel like 2006 was a bit like a rollercoaster. You kind of just enjoy the ride and eagerly await what’s coming next. It helps it’s a relatively short game by today’s standards with HowLongToBeat saying it will take seven hours to complete.

CorrodedCranium, 11 miesięcy temu

Do you have any other games where the first hour was extremely enjoyable?

I felt that way about Returnal

CorrodedCranium, 11 miesięcy temu

It probably doesn’t help that it’s abandonware and was limited largely to the PC and Xbox 360.

A lot of people only hear about it in “top abandonware games” lists that would mention it and games like Alpha Protocol which was recently relisted.

CorrodedCranium, rok temu

Fun fact for those interested the STALKER series was partially inspired by the book A Roadside Picnic. A movie was released in 1979 that was also inspired by it named Stalker.

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I wonder what games would take up that much space for save files. I mean if a game is autosaving frequently sure but I feel like you’d need a decent amount of them

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It’s like nostalgia blinders.

An example a lot of people here can relate to is thinking about game consoles and handhelds they played growing up like the GBA.

There were likely some great games produced for it but there was also a lot of shovelware movie tie-ins and horrendous ports that were misrepresented in advertisements.

CorrodedCranium, rok temu

It seems silly to me.

It’s essentially rehashing the debate of people being more comfortable with violence than sexual content. A game can have someone getting vivisected with a shotgun and no one really cares but having full frontal nudity will end up with a game that has articles written about it.

From what I’ve heard Stellar Blade didn’t have full frontal nudity or anything remotely close to that level but the outfits were toned down. I don’t think it’s really necessary especially when you can choose which outfit the protagonists wears.

I feel like this has been the norm for a while though with games getting released here in the west with women being less sexualized. I’m kind out of the loop about Stellar Blade so I’m not sure if it was censored globally.

CorrodedCranium, rok temu

I think it depends on the developer. They might lump it in with other realism things like hair physics.

I think what OP is talking about is things being removed. It doesn’t have much to do with optimising the game.

CorrodedCranium, rok temu

I get that. I’m saying showing less thigh doesn’t make the game run faster and developers might not view something like that as a waste.

… apparently boobs now.

I feel like jiggle physics has been around for just as long

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Engorged Elephant Anteater Androids Oceanography?

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I also can’t imagine Nintendo’s next console not being a mobile one so I think there’s definitely a market for a traditional stationary console.

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… none of your friends have it.

I feel like that’s what kept me away from it. When I was younger I probably would have been happy with the smaller library but I never had the opportunity to try it and get tempted to buy one

CorrodedCranium, rok temu

He covers a lot of stuff other than Half Life and BioShock. I feel like BioShock has been a rabbit hole he’s gone down recently and Half Life (along with F.E.A.R.) is a reference point he uses a lot when comparing games because they’re some of his favorite games.

He’s covered RoboCop, Beyond Sunset, Remnant 2, Roboquest, Diluvion, Rip Out, Retchid, and Sprawl within the past six months. You might just need to scroll down a tad. His titling system is a lot of X game is like but Y but with Z so you might need to look carefully to see what peaks your interest.