Pheonixdown

@Pheonixdown@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a decent time with it and probably would’ve played a 2nd run had the game not failed me because every faction (including the rebelling one) was too happy to pass the final law or whatever. They probably fixed that by now, but it was pretty souring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your Phone Isn’t Eavesdropping on You to Show You Ads (It’s Worse Than That)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  See, people say that ad companies can use all this information they gather to better serve targeted advertising, but that’s just not my anecdotal experience.

  I get served ads all the time in languages I don’t speak, for VERY specific job related audiences that I’m not even close to related to, state politics that I’ve never lived in, services that I’m already actively subscribed to, just the worst targeting ever.

  If I have to get advertised to, I’d so much rather get an ad that could actually be at all relevant to my life, or even some generic ad over the total misses.

  Like, if you’re going through the trouble to do all this shady shit to get my data at least be good at it using it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Review or ideas for my city in city skylines⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What you’ve done looks nice overall.

  Feels like your river is being pretty wasted though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Path of Exile 2's disastrous new update reveals the core tension at the heart of its design: How do you make a game with meaningful combat when everyone just wants to blast monsters?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My expectation was combat would be more of a setup/payoff play style with situational skills and players suffering resource attrition over long fights and maps when compared to PoE’s use one skill to clear the entire screen as fast as possible so you aren’t one shot by a random rare that is harder than the map boss.

  A lot of what they’ve said helped inform that understanding, but it’s really hard to meaningfully combine skills when mobs are basically trying to shoot/rush you as soon as you can see them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Settings is the bloat. Control Panel reigns supreme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marvel Rivals - Season 1 Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but for those that have to have it a long queue is better for them than no queue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marvel Rivals - Season 1 Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They could easily put a toggle on so people can choose to enable cross play, off by default. If console folks want to subject themselves to people using mice, that’s their own fault, and nobody who didn’t want to would need to play with them.

  There might be other reasons for the delay that are more contractual in nature to get sorted out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a few sections restricted to solo only, but it’s not the default, the matchmaking is pretty quick for a random group and there’s a variety of people always looking to form groups for different tasks. One word of warning, people move fast, until you get parkour down, you might just end up running from the start to end of a level if you join groups, they’ll have completed the objectives and be waiting for you to extract.

  Clans exist, and each have their own space station called a dojo that’s customized by them (cost is based on size of the clan, as a solo I was able to build up and level a clan on my own).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Path of Exile.

  I’d say I’m a fairly mid-tier player, get better with each season I play, the breadth of mechanics and depth of complexity is mind breaking. I’ve only played like 2000 hours though, I’ll get it all figured out eventually… Right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Article says the erroneous menus weren’t distributed. So, probably not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Removing the allergen warning is basically some form of attempted manslaughter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  #ZERO SIEVERT (Steam)

  I’m bending rule 4, because the official 1.0 release is announced for less than 1 month from now.

  ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive.

  I’ve played through it a 2nd time recently, it’s a fun solo experience, the difficulty is largely customizable, the different zones feel unique, lots to explore, even just a little morality testing on some quests. Decent enemy variety, the guns generally feel different, and different ammo types do matter. Skill will take you far, and carelessness, even in the easy areas, will be punished.