TheBest
@TheBest@midwest.social
- Comment on Need for Speed: what is the best title of the series? 1 week ago:
OG MW is still peak. The way the game comes together is better than the sum of its parts.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT Unbound.
I played though half of Heat around two years ago. And Ill say it suprised me how nice the driving and the world looked gorgeous, but I didn’t get far. This was a great attempt at modernizing the franchise, and I think it set the groundwork well for…
Fast forward to 2024 and Im playing Unbound and loving it. The map is large, expands, and fun to explore. I legit was able to start mapping it in my head the same way I would with MW. They have such a big range of cars from classic to modern. Alebit the body kit and overall customization is slightly lacking, there’s enough variety that I find myself shopping for new rides because I want to.
And Unbound is dripping with that ASAP ROCKEY, mana ass, trippy trap style that permiated the culture a few years back. The neon and drift visual effects I fuck with heavy, because it actually leans into that fun arcadey humor. The characters are cell shaded just like the overlaying style graphics, and I think it juxtaposes the photorealistic vibe if the cars and world well.
The open World Mao is much improved too. Its literred with collectables, art to collect, mini world events (speed traps are BACK, along with hot lap and drift challenges). I don’t think its as good as Rockford, but its good in its own right.
Im a little torn on how the game progression is set up. Essentially, the player gets a “week” to run races and escape from cops to earn as much cash as possible, upgrading your ride along the way, coalescing in a more important qualifier or story race on Saturday. The player can choose to participate in as many races during a day/night as they want before turning in all that cash at a Safe House, proceeding to the next day/night phase. Rinse and repeat. The player will have had to level up a car to a certain class of car (Classes are split into B, A, S, S+), and the races a player can choose to take part in will fall into one of these categories. So its highly advised and even required to have a full stable of cars, not just get locked into one. For that I appriciate it, but this leads me to my next point…
The cop chases. Ugh. Early game they’re fun and add a lot to the tension, especially when you have a shitbox for a car. But they feel less integrated into story mode than before, as you don’t ever HAVE to really deal with the police in a mission sense. They exist and will always be there to pester you but that’s just it - theyre more of a pest than fun. I could do deeper, but cobstant high level cop chases make me not want to keep playing some days.
The story is take it or leave it. Pretty run of the mill, but it didn’t actively make me hate it either, so I would says that pretty fucking solid. You can completely ignore it, but its juuuust campy enough I’ve stayed involved.
Probably going to beat it this weekend, but overall, my thoughts are that I’m excited for the next one. Heat and Unbound FEEL like the first two in a mid-franchise trilogy, kind of like Resident evil 7 & 8, and I’m totally ready for the next one.
- Comment on SKALD: Against the Black Priory gets controller support and Steam Deck Verified 5 weeks ago:
Thats immediately how I played it; with my deck and the built in controller.
Wish the game kept me interested a little longer tho!
- Comment on Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will end service in Nov 28 - but will transition to a paid offline app 2 months ago:
This is… kind of weird, no? Like why would they pull the plug on an app that keeps the microtransaction money rilling?
- Comment on Shein sues Temu over copyright infringements as legal feud heats up. 2 months ago:
" Asked for comment about the new lawsuit, a Temu spokesperson said in a prepared statement that Shein’s “audacity is unbelievable.”
“Shein, buried under its own mountain of IP lawsuits, has the nerve to fabricate accusations against others for the very misconduct they’re repeatedly sued for,” the spokesperson said. "
Pot calling the kettle black? Shouldnt they both just keep their heads down and keep chipping away at Amazon? It just seems a bit preemptive on Sheins part. I feel like some sort of confrontation between the two is inevitable, but I guess I thought it would have happened when they were more neck and neck with Amazon.
- Comment on Is the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains? 2 months ago:
"India is on the cusp of electrifying 100 percent of its rail lines, while China is nearing three-quarters of its network. Over 57 percent of the rail system in the European Union is electric. The US, which has historically prioritized personal cars over high-volume passenger trains, now can boast that it has two electric trains — and more on the way. "
- Comment on Playstation Store lists Red Dead Redemption as “now on PC for the first time ever” 2 months ago:
RDR 1 was and is one of my favorite game stories ever, and emulating the 360 version feels bad when you can boot up RDR2 and get one of the most beautiful games ever made running at a higher framerste.
But I dont like 2. Put a dozen hours into it hoping it would click and it just dont.
This release is targeted @ me and I’m here for it.
- Comment on It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play? 5 months ago:
Damn up to Trine 5, better dive back in
- Comment on It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play? 5 months ago:
Elden Ring FINALLY clicked for me. I bought it on launch (not very patient of me, and I recognized it as a “great” game but for a variety of reasons just wasn’t for me. Im replaying it like a lot of people have been and I actually specced my person correctly and its a lot more fun now. Maybe I can experiment with other eventually but a balanced build has been so nice.
SKALD is also high on my list.
- Comment on Dickite 5 months ago:
And that kids is what kindney stones turn into, make sure you collect then all!
- Comment on Favourite controllers 6 months ago:
So my sticks still work, but I’ve worn down the rubber on two of the left joysticks so much its crumbling apart. Purchased in 2021 and was my main driver until that happened. Used that opportunity to try out the PS5 controller and the new Xbox series ones.
And I mean… they’re good?
The resistive triggers were cool and the touchpad is really customizeable. Xbox controller stays solid but boring.
Switch Pro controller feels great buy weird to be playing PC games with. Nothing WRONG with it, just feels mentally disconnecting for some reason lol.
Idk. For me the Pro 2 and the wireless SNES sized 8bitdo controllers are perfectly comfy. Have an ultimate in its way to me now actually.
- Comment on Favourite controllers 6 months ago:
8bitdo Pro 2. I LOVE me some 2D platformers, and the D-pad is absolutely amazing for me. I think I have 4 in total now, two wired two wireless?
Only problem is the sticks wear out, but they sell replacements! So no tossing the whole controller :D
- Comment on Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites 6 months ago:
Im in the Vine program (basic not the premium tier) and they are actually very explicit that you need to review the product fairly and how you actually feel about it. Ive given out 3 and two stars before for cords that weren’t as advertised, shitty build, etc.
Granted, they DO want you to pump out a review for it within a month which is bad for longevity testing.
- Comment on Best Linux Distro For Playing On Steam? 6 months ago:
For purely steam gaming ams browser work, I’ve really liked Pop! OS.
- Comment on Footage Of Monolith's Canceled Nolan Batman Game That Became Shadow Of Mordor Appears Online 7 months ago:
That is SO fucking cool.
The Shadow of Morodor games are pretty good turn your brain off action games. But the tech behind it always blew my mind.
(Slight spoilers)
Like when you unlock the drake in the sequal and can fly over all the orc architecture or mountains, see anything that looks interesting and divebomb in. And it retains so much detail and fluidity during these transitions of gameplay and travel. I literally said last week that Shadow of Morodor is the best superhero game around, mainly because they truly capture that feeling of raw power and freedom.
I guess this is why it kinda has that feel!
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
Spent time printing last night and I was able to get a first layer that looked extremely similar to this. Was able to successfully print some smaller things (1 hour print time max). Scared to test a longer print honestly, mostly because if it still doesn’t work I’m just at a loss.
Side note, that red is super vibrant looking. Gonna grab some now lmao.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
This was the final key, just bringing it WAY closer to the build plate. My first test print turned out much betterImage I see what you mean by smoosh being missing.
Lowering the Z Offset, Cleaning the build plate, using “fresher” filament, adding a brim support layer, and checking the nozle for built up filament seems to be the checklist to follow.
Appriciate the help, Lemmy was a last resort. Hopefully someone else can stumble upon this thread if they’re having issues.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
My humidity in my little printing enclosure is sitting at 21%, so it seems like this probably isn’t the major issue. Thanks for the info, the other perspectives definitely help.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
- Comment on Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works 7 months ago:
Fantasitc expansion of my thought. This is something that isn’t going to be answered with an exact scientific value but will have to decided based on our human experiences with the tech. Interesting times ahead.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
Good call. I tried the all options, and brim definitely helps get good consistent prints. It didn’t solve my problem outright but definitely helped when I was doing initial research.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
Hmm. I don’t have a specific filament dryer. I saw that this was recommended, but I wasn’t having any perceiveable issues with wet filament before this problem.
To troubleshoot I tried ordering ‘fresh’ filament from 3 total brands. Some seemed to print longer than others but still would ruin the print eventually by catching on the base print. This was heartbreaking because I really thought this could have bene the fix.
Will look into improving my storage long term so this can be crossed out as a potential issue.
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help 7 months ago:
Thanks for taking the time to reply, and with so many different options to try. It means a lot, I really enjoy printing so this has been bumming me out a lot. I’ll try to get some reference photos up after work.
- Comment on Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works 7 months ago:
This actually opens an interesting debate.
Every photo you take with your phone is post processed. Saturation can he boosted, light levels adjusted, noise removed, night mode, all without you being privy as to what’s happening.
Typically people are okay with it because it makes for a better photo - but is it a true representation of the reality it tried to capture? Where is the line of the definition of an ai-enhanced photo/video?
We can currently make the judgement call that a phones camera is still a fair representation of the truth, but what about when the 4k AI-Powered Night Sight Camera does the same?
My post is more tangentially related to original article, but I’m still curious as what the common consensus is.
- Submitted 7 months ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 19 comments
- Comment on Pokémon Co. Is Now DMCAing Years Old Videos Showing Pokémon Modded Into Other Games 7 months ago:
Actually, I don’t think so. Thats why Nintendo shits on a bunch of fan ports and remake projects.
- Comment on Pokémon Co. Is Now DMCAing Years Old Videos Showing Pokémon Modded Into Other Games 7 months ago:
Fair use is such a fickle thing. It isn’t the catch all that people want.
Without express permission from Nintendo, including Pokemon in a mod is copyright infringement.
Is it transformative? Thats extremely case by case, but Nintendo would make the arguement that mods can act as a market subsitute for their own product (like the guys putting pokemon into palworld).
IANAL, this is all just my opinion.
- Comment on Pokémon Co. Is Now DMCAing Years Old Videos Showing Pokémon Modded Into Other Games 7 months ago:
But the Pokémon themselves are IP of Nintendo at the moment, so their inclusion is technically copyright infringement no?
- Comment on This was the first result on Google 7 months ago:
At least with the 12v to 120v it just won’t work instead of exploding
- Comment on ANIMAL WELL - Release Date Trailer 7 months ago:
First Bigmode release right? Interesed to check this out, decent enough trailer!
- Comment on Several indie studios tease the "iii initiative", including Darkest Dungeon/Slay the Spire/Vampire Survivors devs 8 months ago:
On pure speculation, it seems like iii could be a parallel to AAA. Maybe some sort of indie cooperation initiative?
