Ashtear

@Ashtear@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  After finishing Citizen Sleeper, I’ve been trying again to get into Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. I’m still struggling, and it’s kinda bewildering. I’ve been an Ys fan since I was little and this is the first time I haven’t been able to get into one of them. I’m happy when I’m in a dungeon. Otherwise, I can’t get on with the story and cast (like Ys VIII, it’s a heavier focus here).

  A friend suggested I continue on with Horizon, so I’ll probably pick up The Frozen Wilds this week, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Witcher 1&2 are probably worth playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately the open world content in The Witcher 3 is quite tacked on, the kind of generic stuff you’d find in any game that uses the same sort of system to fill out its maps. The actual side quests are often very good, however. Many of these have far-reaching consequences or plot twists sending you down rabbit holes you wouldn’t have seen coming when you first pick up the job.

  If you ever do find a reason to try the game again, just avoid the generic map markers entirely. As I’d tell anyone reading, there is rarely good reason to dip into them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Citizen Sleeper: A Compact, Sci-Fi Exploration of Survival at the Fringes of Space and Humanity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it took me longer than that, but there was certainly a point after which I wasn’t too concerned about money.

• Citizen Sleeper: A Compact, Sci-Fi Exploration of Survival at the Fringes of Space and Humanity
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Witcher 1&2 are probably worth playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The Witcher 3 is one of the best games I’ve ever played, and I do think The Witcher 2 is worth trying going back to beforehand, considering how much the previous experience enhances the third game. I usually tell people that Chapter 1 (not the intro, which is good) is pretty rough. It’s a bit aimless and the first boss there can be too difficult for an early game challenge. After that, it really picks up and sprints through the finish line, in my view. I disagree quite a bit on the writing; I think there’s some excellent writing to be found in the game, both with an interesting core cast that continues its level of quality banter and intrigue into the sequel, and also on the politics of neutrality and the ripple effects that a set of small changes can have on the broader power struggles of the continent.

  The Witcher 2 is also rare in that it has a genuine branching storyline. It’s not quite to the insane degree that Baldur’s Gate 3 went with it last year, but it’s still very much the kind of design modern AAA publishers/developers shy away from, not wanting to invest resources in whole swathes of the game that half your players aren’t going to see. Helps a lot for replay, especially since that first chapter gets smoothed out quite a bit once you know what you’re doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Man Behind the Legendary Donkey Kong Country Soundtracks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice to see OC ReMix get a mention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best super nintendo game based on a movie? and why is it alien 3?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed Batman Returns. It’s nothing more than a Final Fight clone with a licensed property slapped on it, but hey, I liked Final Fight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re into the nuts and bolts of game development at all, the commentary is fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the context of the leaked Warcraft II remake, do you still trust Blizzard to produce good games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would be foolish not to go patient on it after Reforged. After D2R, I’m not completely writing it off, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghost of Tsushima - I've heard it's a nice game, but it overstays its welcome. Do you agree?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had an absolute blast with it for about 15-20 hours earlier this year and then it started getting super repetitive. Ended up dropping it for a new release.

  Great villain, though. I’ll probably go back to it just to see how the story plays out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My top four haven’t changed in a while:

  • Chrono Cross
  • Nier Gestalt/Replicant (original version)
  • Persona 5
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  I love EDM, so any game that uses it or is inspired it holds a special place in my heart, like Streets of Rage, Rez, Dance Dance Revolution, or the Trails of Cold Steel games (especially the second one).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that one can still web search for that and still find the song 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Professor Layton Games, what's your experience?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is actually why I didn’t get very far in Diabolical Box. I had a decent time with Curious Village, but I needed a little more, and it was clear the second game wasn’t going to get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Halloween older game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked Clive Barker’s Undying and replayed it a couple times. Great atmosphere, though I’m not sure how well it would hold up today. Early 3D stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Halloween older game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  SOMA might be the only game I’ve played that I almost regret going through. I can’t get it out of my head, and it always creeps me out at least a little when I think about it.

• Konami reports record high half-year profits thanks to strong performance of video game sectorautomaton-media.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Castlevania to get official stage adaptation by Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an amazing fit for Takarazuka. I’d absolutely be going if I were still in the area.

• Castlevania to get official stage adaptation by Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revueautomaton-media.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong on this. Part of the problem is new IPs are risky, and I’m sure market research is telling the big publishers that you’d better not suddenly downgrade your graphics on an established property. Nintendo’s very comfortable in this space because they haven’t really gone this route with first party. They’ve even managed to thread the needle on Metroid and Zelda by having both 2D and 3D offerings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My wishlist is Final Fantasy Tactics, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and Xenogears. A Xenogears remake likely isn’t ever happening so I’d be happy with a remaster, and it’s practically an open secret at this point that an FFT project is in development. It getting the Tactics Ogre Reborn treatment would be lovely, but what I really want is an orchestrated soundtrack. Here’s hoping it doesn’t get cancelled. 🤞

  As a genre, 4X is still kicking around, but I’m not even sure if SMAC is beloved enough to get the treatment. Good voice acting would be essential.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be happy with a simple remaster with a cleaned-up script. Disc 2 wasn’t as bad as I’d remembered on a replay I had earlier this year.

• Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop is a wild, delightful on-the-job repair sim (and other Next Fest demo finds)
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just heard of this guy for the first time in the chatter around reviews for this game (which has been…interesting, to say the least). Similar tastes to mine, so that’s promising for me for Veilguard. Speaking of which, sounds like I should be trying Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nostalgia and remake culture⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Still need market demand. People want these products.

  You can’t just chase a trend and throw out a game and expect it to print money. Ask Sony how that went for their run at a hero shooter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of those games are still around, just not in legal distribution channels.

  The more at-risk stuff is newer games going forward, such as live-service games or games locked down with DRM that requires authentication to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenCritic now has user-reviews including pros&cons and shows user score⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a second person, then. It shouldn’t be too surprising; anyone that works in games media will tell you that new releases are what drive peak engagement.

  RSS can be similar to their Twitter feed, with a curated set of highlighted games once a certain amount of reviews are in. I already get a dozen feeds that have reviews in them anyway, and I often read them even if I’m not already interested in the game. Why not an aggregate? I’d subscribe in a heartbeat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporate greed is killing RuneScape⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt anyone knows how much of the playerbase it makes up, but the WoW subscription effectively went up to $20 a month for anyone that’s using in-game gold to fund it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naughty Dog’s next game will reportedly offer ‘a lot of player freedom’ | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are certainly people that specifically like that kind of storytelling that puts the onus on the audience to do some digging. It’s why Malazan Book of the Fallen is popular, for example.

  It didn’t do as much for me in Elden Ring, but I enjoyed it in Dark Souls 3 and it’s why Demon’s Souls has one of my favorite moments in gaming. Wouldn’t have worked with more explicit narrative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This succinctly covers my view on it as well. I think it’ll be more of a problem a few years down the road as statist admin culture begins to influence the mods of more instances, but for now I treat it on an instance-by-instance, user-by-user basis. I wouldn’t be surprised if majority of community leaders and users in general went to lemmy.ml simply because it was one of the larger instances last year and didn’t think much more of it than that.

  If I have a choice, though, I’ll still try to grow a community on one of the smaller instances simply because it’s still one of the largest ones, and that’s better for the health of the network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot moderation could be coming to your town⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All I can think about is how this bot is immediately a non-starter because this is the kind of attitude I can expect from the author when asking for support or collaboration. It’s not just in this post, either.

  Even if the parent comment here was hostile–it’s borderline, at worst–I can’t possibly understand the mentality of being argumentative in a post trying to encourage the use of a service.