redhorsejacket

@redhorsejacket@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BAFTA Crowns Shenmue "The Most Influential Video Game Of All Time" In Surprise Result | Time Extension⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It all depends on how you’re defining “influence”. As an example, let’s look at the first Resident Evil game and it’s predecessor, Sweet Home. More people have played or heard of Resident Evil than a movie tie-in game that was never officially released outside Japan. However, a huge amount of RE’s DNA (indeed, things that fans will say are necessary to capturing the feel of early RE games) stem from Sweet Home. Hell, RE was initially conceived of as a remake of Sweet Home, until they realized they didn’t have the rights. Below is an incomplete list of features from Sweet Home that were incorporated into the first RE.

  • inventory management puzzles
  • exploring an intricate, cohesive location inhabited by monsters.
  • narrative communicated through found notes and cutscenes
  • deliberately clunky combat to emphasize player vulnerability
  • protagonist characters each have a thing they can do that others can’t (presaging Jill’s lockpick and Chris’s lighter)
  • door loading transitions

  So, which is the more influential game? The one that popularized all of these concepts, or the one that originated the concepts? I think a case can be made for both, but I lean towards the originator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Higher fidelity for sure, as one would expect when comparing games released 10 years apart, but idk if it’s “better” per se. Of course this is totally subjective, but I feel like there’s no style to inZoi, unless we define “generic AI output” as a style.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Killing Floor 3 Delayed (With no new release date)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just came from another thread detailing them walking back the skin=class change. Glad to that’s being fixed, as that’s definitely the most egregious issue, but I’m very disappointed to hear the gunplay is less impactful. That was KF2’s biggest strength imo, esp as a Commando main when I played it frequently. Popping domes in slo Mo was art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HoMM3 is still fun!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  4 was something of a departure from the formula, wasn’t it?

  HoMM2 was my game from the series. For whatever reason, I never really progressed past that one, even though I had heard 3 was the consensus favorite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mid game review: Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (2024)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that a flawed product is typically better fodder for analysis than either something “perfect” or “abysmal”, and hey, if the scale works for you, don’t let me yuck your yums. You had the courtesy to explain what the ratings mean, which is more than many such systems give you. I think I am simply preconditioned to equate a ten point system as roughly analogous to school grades, e.g. 6 represents the lowest “passing” grade, so I was taken aback by your system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mid game review: Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (2024)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your review. I disagree with your conclusion wholeheartedly, but I acknowledge the role of nostalgia in my personal estimation of the game.

  However, I have to know: why 7-4/10? What purpose does that scale serve, especially if a 7/10 is a game “every gamer should try”.

  I mean, I get it, you’re focusing on “mid” games, so your scale reflects that focus. But, if the top end of your scale is a game you believe should be universally beloved, well, it’s not a review of a “mid” game anymore. Unless you think that an 8/10 is a game that not just every gamer should play, but every person. In which case, what is a 9/10, or, God forbid, a 10/10?

  In conclusion, a Brennan Lee Mulligan rant about arbitrary points systems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYPD confirms suspect had a British accent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well some smart arse put up a sign that said “1 robber occupancy max” and now they’re all queued up outside the urine depository. Haven’t moved in days .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watching passport bros get bodied by SEA women is a complete mood. Get rekt manlet.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m speculating, but I believe that’s a portmanteau of “gut” and “cunt”…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA President term limits⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By all means, I’d expect him to try, however, this is a constitutional amendment. The Supreme Court can’t take back an amendment the way they can strike down laws (I.e. by ruling it unconstitutional for whatever reason), because it IS constitutional by definition.

  Thankfully, the Constitution is also very specific about what it takes to amend it further. 2/3 of both chambers of Congress, or 2/3 of state legislatures must vote to just propose an amendment, and then, to pass the amendment, they need 3/4 of the vote. Because the process is enumerated, there’s no legal ambiguity they can use to shape their ruling the way they want. To remove term limits, you must amend the Constitution. To amend the Constitution, you must meet these (intentionally) high thresholds. If A -> then B.

  So, unless Trump is able to woo half of the sitting Democrats, as well as 100% of the Republicans, we’re safe from the system being used to guillotine itself (instead, the system will spend the next 4 years hitting itself in the face with a bat). Now, if Trump wants to seize power outside of the system, that’s a different ball game, and the relative friendliness of judges and Congress is a moot point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat lead⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that it really matters, but trying to learn about (Christian) God by reading the Old Testament is like trying to perform maintenance on your 2024 vehicle using a manual from the 2000 version of that car… Like, yeah, that was relevant once, and there’s some overlap, but the situation has evolved since then. It’s called the Old Testament because it is based on something outdated (again, from a generically Christian perspective). The Old Covenant (which is what the Old Testament is testifying to) was between God and the Jews, and was based around compliance with the law. That’s why the OT is so full of rules and punishments.

  Then, Jesus arrives on the scene and changed the game. His birth, betrayal, and death, represent a new contract between God and humanity (not just the Jews) wherein mankind is saved by God’s grace alone. In fact, God has done a 180 on the whole obedience to the law thing. Turns out, God loves sinners, and prostitutes, and tax collectors, and prodigal sons, and all sorts of ne’er-do-wells that the God of the Old Testament would have reviled. From the death of Jesus forward (and maybe retroactively too, I don’t know dogma all that well), the only thing necessary for your salvation is God’s grace, and that is given to all, as long as you accept God into your heart or something like that. Basically, God is Darth Vader, and he has altered the deal, pray he does not alter it further.

  Of course, as with anything A) religious and B) 2000+ years old, there’s a lot of disagreement on like every aspect of the above. But, I think I’ve got the gist of it correct from a generic, if Catholicism influenced, perspective. It’s been a long time since I had to sit through a theology lecture.

  With all that being said though, I imagine that the reason the OT has stuck around in Christianity is that it’s characterization of God as vindictive and capricious and obsessed with toeing the line is a very useful tool for keeping the plebs compliant. They get to have their cake and eat it too, as it were. “God loves you unconditionally sweetie, remember that, but also if you have sex before marriage you are DAMNED to HELL for ETERNITY!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rap Video rule⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Say what you will of the aesthetic being virtually insane, but personally, I think it’s supa dupa fly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, that’s true, but correlation v causation and all that. The list of countries “owned or influenced by” the British Empire includes a lot more than just these 7, and yet the forced arbitration club is a small one, so I’m not 100% sure I agree with your police work there, Hal.