a_fine_hound

@a_fine_hound@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can't talk about 2023 in games without talking about layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you really think they can? Are you certain that in 5, 10 or at least 15 years things will change for the better? I hope so. But think about climate change. Years of reporting, warning, shouting from the rooftops. Nothing. Nothing changed because we cannot do anything when people in power don’t see the need to change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can't talk about 2023 in games without talking about layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yaaaawn. I like how game journalists think they can change the world by talking about the issues and that’s it. I mean those same websites that doom-monger about state of game industry, review and hype the big moneymakers of those corporations.

  We as the customers and players are on the receiving end of their rant (this cascade of articles been going for a couple of months), but guess what capitalism will always win against powerless and meaningless virtue signalling in the form of these opinion pieces. This is bigger than video games or entertainment industry. Unless people go out on the streets and truly revolt against the corporations, NOTHING will change. Equal distribution of wealth and fair rights for workers don’t happen because we talk about it. We need to fight for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From r/ecology: (game) Terra Nil | Available now on PC & Netflix⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Played it back in March on Netflix when it came out. It’s a good game! The gimmick of having to take down all your buildings to finish each map is so satisfying and cathartic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only You Can Prevent The Game Awards Hype Cycle - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  According to Wiki, last year’s TGA was watched by over a 100 mil people, so someone does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nominees for Game of The Year at TGA 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks a lot for elaborating! I get your point, in fact recently I tried playing BioShock and the combat was unbearable. I don’t think it was bad, but I simply had to stop after 30 minutes. I think for most old games, if you didn’t play it at the time, you are gonna have a hard time to get into it.

  I disagree about FF7 however. I think making a ‘safe’ remake like RE4 or Dead Space is fine to bring the game to the modern audience. But to use a remake as a smokescreen to reimagine the original and in some strange convoluted way make it a sequel as well is so much more up my alley. In the end if you love the original it’s still there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nominees for Game of The Year at TGA 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting take. While I think RE4 is deserving the GotY nom, it didn’t live up to my expectations. I have only played original a couple of years ago and it was a magical experience. I feel that remake lost most of the charm, the story lost good amount of the cheese, the music in the remake is truly a travesty compared to the original. I do like the combat a lot in the remake and parry system is really fun, but I don’t feel the improvement in this regard as significant.

  The one thing I love the remake for is Separate Ways, this is such a good campaign, the original was definitely subpar.

  Despite my gripes, RE 4 is still pretty high on my GotY list. Not the best survival horror of the year though. Dead Space was absolutely incredible and I hope it wins Audio Design. Alas I have a feeling Hi-Fi Rush is the favorite in this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grown Adult Coward: 'I'm OK With Just Watching Alan Wake II' - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish this game scared me, but the horror is too cheap to really impact me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hitman (2016) Persona 5 Royal Resident Evil 4 (2005)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed Mirage Review Thread | (76/100 OpenCritic)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t say 76 is a mediocre score. Just looking at Opencritic of this year, the median score on PS5 is 73, so AC Mirage is at least better than the median. Now, I know game scores are skewed horrendously and barely any outlet uses full scale (more like half of it at most), but still 70 is probably closer to an idea of mediocre. It’s all subjective though, but it is fun to try and make sense of it all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How System Shock's Reboot Wrestles With Adapting Its Legacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In a year filled with great games, this is still my favorite game so far, somehow. Combat can feel clunky at times, but honestly the level design and the exploration is impeccable, plus SHODAN is such an unsettling villain.

  I was quite surprised when I saw the reviews settling at mid-70s on average. Don’t let that scare you away, but bear in mind no hand-holding in this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to enjoy Zelda BOTW but …⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree wholeheartedly, I haven’t played any Zelda before BotW and based purely on reviews you’d think it’s the second coming, but then it’s just kind of a cool open-world puzzle game with truly atrocious combat system. It feels like some people just love bland and uninspired as long as it has Zelda branding.