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- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 13 hours ago:
I‘m gonna play Outpath when I have time solo and Peak with my gf. And I‘ll probably randomly boot up half a dozen other games if Outpath loses me.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
I‘m gonna continue Salt & Sanctuary this weekend, which is basically 2D Dark Souls, like, heavily inspired by Dark Souls.
Other than that, I‘ve picked Outpath back up which is Minecraft graphics combined with Forager gameplay, I suppose? It‘s hard for me to describe.
Maybe I‘ll start Peak with my gf if she wants to. She‘s kinda scared cause she read it‘s hard, I have no clue, I‘m going in blind lol
- Comment on Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater | Review Thread 1 week ago:
That 0.8 out of 10.0 from levelup is a typo, no?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I think it was Satisfactory, started and finished it this year and it‘s a big game. Any game outside of Steam I can‘t see the playtime so I wouldn‘t know.
- Comment on Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter adds Switch 2 version; ‘Prologue’ demo now available for PS5, Switch, and PC 1 week ago:
The original was one of my personal top 3 stories, really captivated me. Problem is that I still remember the twists and 95% of the game‘s charm is the plot to me so I won‘t get a remaster.
I envy anyone who gets to experience this for the first time with uptodate graphics.
I do hope they touch up those iceskate-y run animations though, they look super awkward compared to the rest shown lol
- Comment on Day 396 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
I certainly think it is slower, especially with the absence of 200cc, but I also don‘t make much use of grinding/walldriving so I‘m likely a lot slower than I could be. I just generally like MK8 more since a lot of the tracks really have that „this is a filler track between tracks“ feeling to them for me. YMMV.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
It happened to me towards the end as well, but thankfully reloading my savefile got me back on track. Your comment made me aware that just cause everything looks bizarre it‘s not necessarily intended and saved me from the same fate lol
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I‘ve picked Manifold Garden back up and man… this game is so utterly unique, I recommend anyone give it a shot next sale. Even if you‘re not into puzzle games, just seeing what it does visually will give you a unique experience, I reckon.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I‘ve finished New Super Lucky‘s Tale and while it might be good for like 8y/os, it‘s painfully mid even if I ignore the glacing cringe. I‘ll give it that the DLC challenge levels were fun, but yeah, those are like 15% of the game.
Otherwise I‘m slowly crawling through DiRT Rally 2.0, I‘m not a big fan of RX but I‘ve grown to like the rallies a lot. And fuck cars with rear drive (is that what it‘s called?), these are a guaranteed eight spinouts for me.
I‘m gonna try to pick another one of my started games (64 left) back up tonight, dunno which yet. It‘s my big goal to eventually™ cut that pile in half, simply because I‘ve realized that I kept buying and starting new games while slowly losing the plot on games I‘ve started and liked which lead to me never touching them again cause I was midway through them with no idea as to who, why, where, what, and how (Yakuza Like A Dragon etc.). The ones I have no fond memories of will stay in that pile though (Darkest Dungeon, not my thing and Idk why I thought it‘d be).
- Comment on Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games 2 weeks ago:
Can you elaborate? Would jacking up the graphics, animations, and sound mess with the atmosphere? It‘s been a hot minute since I‘ve played it so I‘m not sure what the issue would be.
- Comment on At the end of Portal 2... 2 weeks ago:
That‘s a nice catch I‘m gonna spread at any opportunity in the future
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 2 weeks ago:
One has to be Crusader Kings III considering the amount of time that died in that game. I did Lingua Franca (world domination) when mods and savescumming voided achievements, my whole empire fell apart literally 20 seconds after I achieved world domination lol, could barely hold it together to achieve the feat.
The other one is probably Rocket League. Low skill floor, skyhigh skill ceiling, wonderfully designed esports game. If you could still freely go in and out of casual games, I‘d probably still play it. But I peaked and don‘t feel the need to play ranked anymore and casuals started to feel like ranked.
After these two I can probably name ten more but I can‘t say which takes a top 3. League of Legends, Counterstrike 1.6, Battlefield 3, HITMAN, Dark Souls II (yep lol, I could probably draw a map of this game from memory), NIOH 1/2, Monster Hunter World, Sleeping Dogs, Muse Dash, all these games killed countless hours with fun, but it‘s hard to put one above the other. Apart from League of Legends, that one takes the rear.
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 2 weeks ago:
If that‘s the case then I shouldn‘t be as sceptic cause I liked Infinite quite a bit
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 2 weeks ago:
Aren‘t the original devs gone or am I misremembering?
- Comment on Sony Q1 2026 Earnings Call; "...in gaming business and moving away from a hardware-centric business to more to the community- based engagement business..." 3 weeks ago:
And „community-based engagement business“ is…?
- Comment on Digital Foundry, the most trusted name in game console analysis, is going independent 3 weeks ago:
I remember them coping that it‘s good that they‘re owned by IGN not too long ago lol
- Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 30 Million Consoles This Generation 3 weeks ago:
Yup, best controller design for my hands. If only the quality of its components wasn‘t so crap. Drifting sticks, squeaky triggers, double pressing buttons, I had it all. I thought an elite controller would be of better quality, got one, and the plastic of the right shoulder button straightup broke within a year. No dropping, no throwing, it just broke from normal use lol
The form‘s great, the buttons (when they work), are great, the sticks (when they work) are great. It just doesn‘t last long past warranty. Thankfully they‘re on sale every year for like 35 bucks but I‘d rather they were a tad more expensive with better quality components… I guess they don‘t mind people having to buy more of them either though…
- Comment on Day 385 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
I think it‘s so dominant cause it‘s cheap and easy to make, and it runs on anything. I don‘t see it go anywhere anytime soon. But I hope some AA studios will try their hands on this style.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
How high can you go in the settings while still getting 55-60 fos at native res on the Deck?
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
Assassin‘s Creed Unity
I‘ve complained it the past about Shadow of War that I felt like I had to fight Talon to get him to go where I want him to. Now that I’m close to 100%ing ACU, I want to apologize to Talon cause ACU has the most sluggish, slow, and imprecise movement I‘ve ever wrestled with in these kinda games. Really made me realize how good I had it in Shadow of War lol. Every enemy just screaming at me on sight for no reason and tryna pick a fight with me when there‘s 50 people around me is also getting annoying. I think I love these games mainly for their sight-seeing and podcast side-activity capabilities now (collecathon). And revolutionary Paris is definitely a good sight-seeing location.
DiRT Rally 2.0
I‘m more of an arcade racer fan, but I‘m trying to challenge myself a bit with this one. I sometimes don‘t understand why I‘m spinning out, but I‘m hanging in there. The goal is another 100%, we‘ll see how far I can go! It‘s a pretty good rally simulation game, for anyone who doesn‘t know. It‘s also dirt cheap (hah).
Octopath Traveler
Hardly playing it atm but man, the theme song speaks to me, what a good piece. I‘m done with all chapter 1s, currently following a guide to pick up the missables before I go into the next chapters. There‘s something cozy about voiced pixel graphics JRPG storytelling to me. To anyone who‘s never heard of this game: Imagine old Final Fantasy titles, still pixel graphics, still turn-based, but with a few modern twists and the graphics pop out like a children picture book with modern effects. Full 60 at native res at max graphics on the Deck.
- Comment on Day 385 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
I love the visuals… I wish there were way more games out there looking like that, but at best it‘s (great) cell-shaded characters/monsters in a clay/plastic-looking world nowadays.
- Comment on Humble Choice this month contains Persona 5 Royal, My Time at Sandrock, Lil Gator Game, more 3 weeks ago:
P5R is a reminder to me that I should be patient. Got it for 40 bucks way back, 2 hours played. I‘ll play it eventually, no doubt, but I didn‘t need it then lol
This month‘s choice is stacked
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 3 weeks ago:
I enjoyed the DC mod more which might be the reason why BF3 was my peak 🤔 Did you maybe like BFV then?
- Comment on A whole bunch of racing games are cheap at the moment, and there are so many that it's difficult to look through them all. What are your recommendations? 3 weeks ago:
Idk how much it fits into your understanding of racing games, but one of my favorite vibing games of all time is Slipstream.
My favorite traditional racing game is the old DiRT 2. I‘m just not much of a sim guy, I dislike having to fight the car too much, it starts to feel like I’m trying to steer a washing machine on ice. I am challenging myself with DiRT Rally 2.0 (yes, confusing) though, not sure how far I‘ll get.
- Comment on Nintendo Indie World Showcase announced for August 7 3 weeks ago:
Valve is self-publishing so technically… 🤔
- Comment on What's your preferred way of buying games? (digital/physical/physical digital) 3 weeks ago:
I don‘t even have a disk drive anymore. I prefer digital nowadays since I like to swap around games and don‘t wanna have to swap the media every time as well. It kinda bothers me with my Switch, but I still prefer physical there so I can resell.
In an ideal world I‘d like a physical copy of a complete game on my shelf where I don‘t have to use the physical medium to play it but can fall back to that in case a platform‘s failing or I want to resell it… However all that would work.
In the current reality it‘s just Steam all the way for convenience‘s sake. Gabe was right, it‘s all about service quality. If Steam ever pulls the rug from under my feet, I’ll basically have no games anymore though lol
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 3 weeks ago:
I loved Battlefield.
For me it started to go downhill with BF1, although it was still a good game, it already started trying to be a movie and not the „put C4 onto jeep, plop into jeep, drive jeep to enemy, plop out if jeep, boom“ kinda jamboree that I loved. Now it was all about getting spammed with immersive animations that just broke the flow for me. At least hardcore servers were still very enjoyable for me.
Then BFV came around and with it more animation spam on top of absolute terrible visual clarity where you had to stand still for a couple seconds and scan a room to really be sure no one‘s lying on their back in a corner (obviously you‘re long dead by then). Oftentimes I got shot by a camper and even in the killcam I couldn‘t even see the guy. As if that‘s not enough, they introduced clown skins that made you wonder if that person‘s on your side or not. Now it’s not x uniform soldiers against x uniform soldiers anymore, there‘s superheroes and supervillains running around. I hardly even played this one.
Then BF2042 came and it‘s just Apex Legends hamfisted into a BF frame as far as I‘m concerned. I didn‘t even get this until they trashed it for 2 bucks and played for like 2 hours since.
BF3 was peak, BF4 was good, BF1 was alright, then a whole lotta disappointment. I‘ll never forget the 24/7 Back to Karkand Rush server in BF3, community servers rock. Good times, sad greed made it go to shit.
- Comment on Good racing games on Steam? 3 weeks ago:
I can second that, it‘s a good sim for what I can tell anyway.
- Comment on Recommendations for games to play on a treadmill (i.e. not too intense) 3 weeks ago:
it had a lot of backtracking which was annoying
…but very immersive on the treadmill no? LOL
…I‘ll show myself out
- Comment on Good racing games on Steam? 3 weeks ago:
You probably mean Dirt Rally 2, I meant the original DiRT 2, which is pretty arcade-y and easy.