Coelacanth

@Coelacanth@feddit.nu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game have you been most patient for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, Nordic Souls does look pretty great. I’ll jot that down for the future!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game have you been most patient for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I know the Wabbajack scene is pretty big for Skyrim, is there any big mod pack you would recommend? Skyrim is also an embarrassing blind spot for me (played enough of Morrowind and Oblivion back in the day so never got around to it) but after all the hundreds of hours I’ve spent modding Fallout: NV, Cyberpunk and STALKER Anomaly I am not sure I want to dive headfirst into another multi month mod project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh right, haha! Well, I hope your confidence in me wasn’t misguided! I am having a great time with it at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game have you been most patient for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The modding scene in general is really good. The only shame is that so many old classic mods got broken by the 2.0 update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope you’ll enjoy Chrono Ark, I’m having a really good time with it! The JRPG/party based concept merged with roguelike deckbuilder feels really good and I really like the boss designs, each with unique gimmicks. I’m surprised it isn’t a bigger title with more recognition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game have you been most patient for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I would probably say Withering Rooms. I’ve been super interested in it since it released but have managed to restrain myself to wait for a deep(er) sale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Chrono Ark

  I’m at the true final boss, but got wiped. Felt a little deflating as the fake final boss was a super hype fight with awesome cinematic mechanics and presentation and I was all set to see the credits roll, only to stumble at the finish line. This is the downside of having a large story focus on your roguelike deckbuilder, I felt ready to see the (first) ending and now I just felt a wave of frustration. I need to take a break for a few days to reset and then come back with a better build, now that I now what the true final boss demands mechanically.

  Ninja Gaiden

  Been playing more of NG4 and NG2 Black. I keep going back and forth between them, and I can’t shake the feeling that NG4 is a great action game, but I wish it had more Ninja Gaiden in it rather than more Platinum Games in it. Also I hate the fact that NG4 is checkpoint autosave only and you never now when the last time you saved was, so you just kind of have to guess. I can’t understand why it didn’t use save statues like the previous games.

  Rise of the Ronin

  A comment on here last week got me interested enough to acquire this from Fitgirl to try it out. I’ve been somewhat curious before as I do like Team Ninja and have heard good things about the combat, despite the otherwise mixed reception. But after reading about it on here I suddenly felt the Open World Slop urge hit me out of nowhere. This far though I’ve only gotten so far as to halfway finish designing my characters in the very extensive character creator…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Suburbs to Cosmic Horror: The Legacy of EarthBound⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Great writeup from my favourite video game journalist. Maybe one day I’ll actually play EarthBound, I kind of missed the boat on it back in the day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games with friends⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played myself because I don’t have friends to play with but maybe something like PEAK or Abiotic Factor?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was moreso talking about the future of gaming monetisation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Paying for a game you don’t own, only to have to rent the gameplay inside the thing you don’t even own to begin with. Presumably all content also being locked on company servers meaning it will get EOL’d and inaccessible at some point in the future.

  Immaculate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the best game of all time, I think. Nothing else in gaming has ever moved me like the awful phonecall or the final dream.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MOUSE: P.I. For Hire - A Deep Dive Documentary⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am so excited for this, I really hope it delivers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta: Can you please not announce every single porn community you create⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my interpretation as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s great to hear. I don’t mind a hard challenge now and then, but it’s also nice to just have an easygoing narrative and more cinematic experience in between so you don’t get exhausted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slay the Spire 2 - Early Access Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want another roguelike deckbuilder addiction to substitute (or tide you over until StS 2 drops) I can’t recommend Chrono Ark enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds good to me! Is it difficult or just a “going along with the ride” type of experience? Trying to get a feel for when to schedule it in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How are you liking A Plague Tale? I have it on my docket for sometime this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Starfleet Academy actor Kareem Diané decides to do their AMA on Lemmy!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s super cool. Hopefully this can be a nice boost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Chrono Ark

  I’m at the “end” of the story. I have one more run to get the first ending, and then an uncertain amount of optional grind to get the true ending. I will probably reserve my final thoughts for when I see the endings, but overall this game has been fantastic. Regardless of what you think of the story I’d say the gameplay is solid enough to be worth giving it a shot if you enjoy the genre, and if the story interests you then that is just a cherry on top. Despite not really being that into anime I found myself enjoying several of the characters and getting pretty interested in the plot once it got going, and I’m intrigued to see how it closes out. Mechanically I think it’s just really great, with both solid core gameplay and some really fun and interesting boss designs.

  Ninja Gaiden 4

  I haven’t played a whole lot this week, but I finished another chapter. Still very early on in the game. It’s very good. I have some issues with it (and it’s one of the most egregious offenders of “yellow paint” in recent years) but overall it’s a great Character Action Game. In some ways it feels more like a cousin to the earlier entries than a core family member - removal of specific combo strings combined with addition of parrying and stance switching has altered the DNA quite a bit. That being said it’s fantastic in its own way and really fun and fluid. Plus the bosses are actually good in this game (so far), which is… not really something you can say about previous games.

  Ninja Gaiden 2 Black The fantastic “White” mod is about to get a huge update with more or less 1:1 recreated spawns of the original NG2, and at the same time a Modified Moveset Mod released, so I had to to back and play some of the best chapters. NG2 combat still is really something special, and the moveset mod really makes it even better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 582 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree with you about the Alan/Saga stories: Saga’s side is a very competent survival horror with great gameplay, but Alan’s side is just so brilliant - especially the reality re-writing with scenes and light shifts.

  Also surprised this was the first time you watched the short film!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, had no idea that game existed but that does look pretty different from what we usually see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thunder was still not quite what I was looking for last time I tried it. I am very happy with Summit now, personally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad to hear it’s in a good spot, at least. I will always have a soft spot for EVE and how unique it is, and all the emergent stories and player-driven action it creates. So I want it to thrive again.

  For me though, I am not sure I have another EVE stint in me. It’s not so much a game as it is a hobby, and I am content these days with being able to actually play and finish concrete narrative games that have a beginning and end, you know?

  Plus the social aspect of getting to know new people is daunting, and my old crew has all quit and disbanded sadly. Large wars are always fun though, and I do miss gatecrashing battles and doing bombing runs…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is longer than he’s ever been MIA for before, this time I think it’s about 2 years since the last update, and there are several literally critical bugs. But this is the downside with absentee developers like that, you never know for sure whether it’s abandonware or not. But he seems to be actively working on other stuff still so I just don’t think Lemmy took off enough in popularity for him to feel like it’s worth his time monetarily. Makes sense if this was always more of a business than a passion project, which is the way it appears to be to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This brings me to an interesting question, only briefly touched upon in the article (and with too few examples): which is the best video game romance so far?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I love Sync but be aware that it is no longer being actively developed. It has some bugs that will never be fixed, and might break entirely in the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fluxer App, a non-official community for the open source/self hosted discord alternative.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking at what it is already, how well it mimics the Discord look and the roadmap Fluxer is definitely the most interesting to me. We’ll have to wait and see though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fluxer App, a non-official community for the open source/self hosted discord alternative.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Will definitely follow this one closely, as at a glance it looks like the most drop-in 1:1 replacement to Discord that we have currently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 579 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. If you can play it maxed out it’s one of the best looking games ever, still. Hell, even on medium settings it will look good. Not only a phenomenal graphics engine with great ray tracing and visual fidelity but also a superb HDR implementation. And on top of all that the art direction is absolutely top shelf stuff.

  Plus, of course, one of the best narrative experiences ever while simultaneously playing like a really tight and solid survival horror.

  It’s in my top 3 games of all time.