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- Comment on Anything tempting you? 3 weeks ago:
Yep, I’m probably not going to wait very long before buying it. I got the first one not long after release and I’ve been looking forward to the sequel ever since! Some of the advanced reviewers are even saying it plays reasonably well on the Steam Deck!
By the way, the 100% is sometimes frustrating but a great feeling when you get there! It was the first (and only) game I ever took the time to do that with.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
It’s definitely not a game for everyone, but it’s really great for the people that like it. I’ve been trying to stay spoiler free as much as I can, but the gameplay videos I’ve seen look to be just as good or a little better than the first. I’m waiting to see what people say about after it releases though!
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Hopefully they’ll come up with something good! I guess I’m just looking at the sheer scale of the game world (200k square miles, 2.5 times the size of Daggerfall!) and wondering how it’ll turn out. It seems they have some impressive procedural generation technology up their sleeves. As you mentioned, the early access version will be “only” 50k square miles, so it should be a easier goal to hit! I’m definitely looking forward to watching as things progress.
Oh definitely, most game worlds are really compressed. The idea of a huge game world is very tempting to them, but they don’t want to commit. For those cases I think aiming for a small realistically scaled world would be a better option. I’ve spent several hundred hours on Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s 6 square mile map because it’s such a real feeling world. I’m sure I would enjoy it even more if they could keep the same quality level over a much bigger map though!
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I tend to dip in and out here and there, it’s pretty fun when I’m in the mood for it. There’s definitely a load of singleplayer content! I wish there was less filler, but that’s what comes with the type of game.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Wheel + pedals when I’m using my main rig, and controller when I’m playing on my Steam Deck or one of my laptops.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s probably best. I think it has the possibility to be good, although I think the scope might be a bit too big! We’ll see.
That’s very similar to my thoughts on the series too. My favorite is Morrowind, but I’ve played a bit of all of them from Daggerfall up to ESO. I enjoy the feeling that the game is doing it’s own thing when I’m not looking! There aren’t many big games that do that anymore.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I’m hoping that The Wayward Realms is decent as well, I did end up backing it. (Sorry patient gamers!) I don’t have high hopes for The Elder Scrolls 6 if/when it comes out, so hopefully they can take up the mantle of the earlier games.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been playing some American and Euro Truck Simulator recently, and I played a little bit of Elder Scrolls Online. I really hope that when ESO inevitably ends there is a way to play it offline. I basically play it as a single player game, and it would be sad to lose all of those quests!
- Comment on Bring Home Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 and Complete Series on March 25 4 weeks ago:
Blu-Ray and DVD players are readily available at most online electronics retailers.
- Comment on got one of the last ones for christmas 5 weeks ago:
Really? That’s disappointing. I have the original Enterprise and the Defiant in the size you have as well as the Spock figurine. They were really nice products overall.
- Comment on Years later, I finally completed Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 months ago:
I really like the game for a lot of the reasons you mention! I don’t like most fantasy games, so it was really nice to finally find a immersive sword based RPG that I could really enjoy. I’ve dumped so many hours into it since it came out, and I managed to finally 100% the achievements recently! I’m really looking forward to the sequel.
- Comment on Years later, I finally completed Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 months ago:
If you’re on PC it’s fairly easy to install a unlimited save mod, that might be a nice QOL option for you.
If you’re using a console, Savior Schnapps can be fairly easy to brew with a bit of practice. Still not a perfect option for what you’re talking about, but saving every hour or so can be a big timesaver.
- Comment on Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? 2 months ago:
Another convert! Once the game mechanics clicked with me it’s been the most immersed I ever remember being in a game.
- Comment on In part because it reminds me of TOS:”The Cage”, I’m hooked on *The Prisoner* 4 months ago:
I’ve never heard of this show, but from what you’ve said and the quick research I’ve done it sounds like something I would be interested in. Thanks for the mention of it!
- Comment on GE-Proton 9-12 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Bully: Scholarship and more 5 months ago:
I haven’t played it since this release, but I would maybe ask in the Star Citizen LUG Matrix or Discord if you haven’t already. They’ve helped with some questions I’ve had.
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update September 2024 5 months ago:
Congratulations on the marriage! It was quite a change for me, but a good one for sure.
- Comment on Interesting to see how dead the MMO genre has become. Are there still players around? 5 months ago:
I had been talking with someone else on here about trying EVE in that playstyle a while back! I never tried it, but it always sounded interesting. Logistics sounds like it could be an interesting thing to try in Foxhole, I may need to give it a go.
- Comment on August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget. 5 months ago:
True, that would be better. I was just going to watch them two nights in a row, but I might do that instead!
- Comment on August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget. 5 months ago:
Is anyone here planning to watch the episodes over the time they’re supposed to occur? I’m thinking of watching part 1 tomorrow due to it being the date on the calendar onscreen, and part 2 the next day.
- Comment on Interesting to see how dead the MMO genre has become. Are there still players around? 5 months ago:
Okay, thanks for the information! I appreciate the offer, I’ll have to keep that in mind if I decide to get it. I think the logistics end of the game could be a lot of fun.
- Comment on Interesting to see how dead the MMO genre has become. Are there still players around? 5 months ago:
I generally just don’t play a lot of online games anymore. I have a job where I have to deal with people all day, so the last thing I want to do is go home and deal with angry people while I’m trying to relax!
I do play some Elder Scrolls Online and Star Trek Online, but I primarily do single player content. The normal extent of my interaction with human players is to help them if they need help, or to thank them if they help me.
- Comment on Interesting to see how dead the MMO genre has become. Are there still players around? 5 months ago:
I keep looking at Foxhole, but I’ve never tried it yet. Is the non combat segment of the game pretty chill overall? I’m not really a big fan of competitive MMOs, but the behind the scenes aspect does interest me. I hear about a decent amount of positivity in the playerbase, but I’ve definitely heard negativity about the recent state of the game.
- Comment on What's your favourite Star Trek theme? 5 months ago:
My favorite theme is definitely Deep Space Nine!
Favorite scene is a little harder though. I’ll probably have to go with the montage scene in the last DS9 episode, which had a slow instrumental medley of The Way You Look Tonight and the DS9 incidental music.
I also think the scene in DS9: The Siege of AR-558 where Bashir is playing the recording of I’ll Be Seeing You is really good too. It works even better on a rewatch after you see how important the song becomes to Nog.
- Comment on My journey with ENT theme 5 months ago:
- Comment on What is the Evercade lineup like? 5 months ago:
Also, here’s a video that gives you an idea of what the menus and customization options look like, although this is the older version of the home console. Not sure if they changed anything on the new ones. I would most likely buy one if I didn’t already own a lot of my favorite games, and I may still buy one anyway just to have something nice and simple to hook up and play.
- Comment on What is the Evercade lineup like? 5 months ago:
Value is going to depend a lot on your preferences, but it does seem like a nice system for the price. I don’t personally own one at this point, but I have had the chance to play some games on the EXP, and in my opinion it’s a pretty good experience. Keep in mind that you’ll probably never see Nintendo and Sega specific titles on it, but there are a lot of good games outside of that. It’s probably going to come down to if it has games that you like.
- Comment on What is the Evercade lineup like? 5 months ago:
As in what games are available for it?
- Comment on Extended Clip | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 6 months ago:
This show seems to only get wilder with every season! I’m here for it though. Now we just need seasons every year, and preferably more episodes too.
- Comment on Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales? 6 months ago:
I’m amazed by how well many games run on the Deck. You obviously can’t have every graphic setting cranked, but it’s still pretty good.
I’m not sure of the reasons why other people don’t like the games, but for me it’s primarily just not being pulled into the story and world. So far I’ve tried Horizon: Zero Dawn, Spiderman Remastered, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, and God of War, and the only one I actually finished and liked was Uncharted. Horizon I liked the gameplay and world fairly well, but the story was a bit boring. The others I put a number of hours into and quit because I wasn’t enjoying myself. I didn’t have super high expectations of any of them, so I don’t think it’s that. They may just not be my kind of game anymore, although I do like some games that are somewhat similar.
- Comment on Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales? 7 months ago:
Yeah, it can be frustrating in times like that.
