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- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 4 discussion 6 hours ago:
DAMMIT STARK YOU'RE FUMBLING EVERYTHING.
- Comment on Is the Xbox One X a good console/4k player in 2026? 10 hours ago:
When buying a console, the only question that matters is what games you want to play on it.
Xbox One X is the last generation model, so it won't run newer Xbox Series exclusives. The line between console generations is quite blurry these days, the Series line has been out for over five years and some games still get cross-generation releases, but even then you should be aware that cross-gen titles may be poorly optimized for older hardware.
If you're only looking to play games from the Xbox One era (2013-2020), those should all run great on the One X and you can save a lot of money by deliberately staying a generation behind. See !patientgamers
But if you want to play anything newer, if you want to be future-proof going forward. Series X is the high-end current generation model for current generation games.
- Comment on Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding 2 days ago:
You're looking for actual Roguelikes then. That's what the genre originally was before it got bastardized.
- Comment on Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding 2 days ago:
I sincerely wish these kinds of grinding games would keep the good name of Rogue out of their mouths. No, it's not -lite, it's the exact opposite of Rogue!
- Comment on Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026 3 days ago:
Assuming you don't live in Japan, Red/Blue actually is slightly more recent than OP led you to think. JP Red/Green was 1996, but international Red/Blue was 1998. Assuming you don't live in Japan, you get two years of youth back.
- Comment on Tetris Variations 4 days ago:
Tetris: The Grand Master is the only good Tetris. Honestly sad that they had a good thing going and TTC decided to throw it out in favor of Guideline.
- Comment on What is the definitive way to play certain games? 4 days ago:
For Chrono Trigger, definitely don't play the original SNES localization. No disrespect to Ted Woolsey, he was one man working on an unreasonably tight deadline and hard technical limitations, but the retranslation is much better.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 5 days ago:
If you want a few recommendations that I think are particularly great for their combat mechanics:
- Etrian Odyssey - Regular encounters are no slouch, FOEs are a terror, status effects hella matter, and you always have to carefully gauge how far you can push before it's time to retreat back to town. IMO, 4 is the peak.
- Bravely Default - The ability to bank your turns or take an advance on future turns adds a really cool layer to combat. As a spiritual successor to FF5, the job system gives you lots of fun toys to play with and encourages you to constantly change up your builds.
- Tales of series - These games are partially inspired by fighting games, and if you squint hard enough you can see those influences in the early titles before it started to go off in more of its own direction. I think Vesperia is the most polished, though I actually want to suggest starting with Symphonia for the story/characters, because otherwise you'll find it a hard game to go back to since it doesn't have the Free Run mechanic from later games. The trick is that you won't miss it if you play Symphonia first.
- CrossCode - Closest thing I can try to compare this to would be Secret of Mana, if that game was faster and significantly more technical.
- The World Ends With You - If you can, play the original DS version to fully enjoy how it was built around the hardware. If you can't, the Switch version is still worth playing, and does have some cool added content to compensate for some of the sacrifices made to adapt it to a single screen.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 5 days ago:
I've got a handful of JRPGs sitting on my backlog, that I never make time for because I'm just grinding another round of the same few forever games.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 3 discussion 6 days ago:
- Comment on Video games, random friend requests, and scammers! 6 days ago:
There are a lot of bots on Steam. If I get a random friend request from someone I don't recognize who has only F2P games in their account, or just no playtime in anything that I play, I ignore it.
But if it's someone you've been playing with, that's a human. A bot would've just gone straight to the scam as soon as you accept their friend request.
I'm guessing they're probably talking about Discord, which is what most people use for voice chat these days (and other social media-y stuff). It's not a virus or anything, but it is another proprietary corporate-owned social media platform, which I'm sure a lot of us here on Fedi might have opinions about.
- Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship 1 week ago:
Yeah, regardless of where it came from, the lack of disclosure reflects very poorly on AdHoc.
- Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship 1 week ago:
Unconfirmed, but the rumor I'm hearing is that AdHoc submitted one universal binary for all regions, and it's CERO who won't allow this content in Japan. FWIW, the JP version of Cyberpunk is also censored, but it's separate from the international release.
It's also worth noting that the JP PS5 version just launched alongside it, separate from last year's international version. Haven't been able to find confirmation on whether that version is censored too, but if it is then it's definitely CERO.
- Comment on Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually) 1 week ago:
Out of all the features Steam offers, the most useful is probably just automatic updates. Much better than having to go check for an update myself and maybe even redownload the whole game every time instead of just the changes.
Also Steam Workshop, multiplayer (if it goes through Steamworks), controller fixes, screenshot and recording functions, chat, forums, etc.
- Comment on Anime General Discussion Thread, Favorite Winter Season OP/ED Edition [2026, Week 05] 1 week ago:
- Comment on With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic. 2 weeks ago:
I'd love to see it being used by enemies so they're challenging without cheating, though.
This is a different sort of problem that's outside the scope of generative AI. Making a computer opponent that can kick a human player's ass is technology we've had since Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in 1997.
The problem isn't actually making a computer that's challenging, that's been solved. The problem is that it won't be any fun for the human if the computer is actually allowed to go all out, if Kasparov couldn't win in 97 then you sure as hell aren't winning today. But it also won't be any fun if you nerf it too badly, low level chess bots are weird. The sweet spot isn't just a matter of difficulty either, the nearly unsolveable part is getting it to play in a way that feels like a realistic human opponent.
And that's just from a turn-based game, kinda the closest thing to a level playing field humans were ever gonna get. For any game played in real time, the computer is able to treat it like it's being played at 60 turns per second. Is it "cheating" for the computer to have perfect reflexes, but otherwise still be following the rules of the game perfectly? How would you even try to take this away from the computer to make it see games the way humans do?
Generative AI doesn't have any kind of solution for any of this. ChatGPT famously can't play chess, at all. It's a different type of AI that really can't have any useful application here.
- Comment on [Episode] The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife • Toumei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fuufu ni Naru Futari - Episode 3 discussion 2 weeks ago:
Each episode just gets cuter than the last.
Attempting to actually explain away how food disappears and how he can make his clothes disappear felt a little silly. But I suppose it's a silly show to begin with, so I'll allow it.
I like that they didn't go the obvious route of pairing up Jarashi and Daichi. Now that I think about it, it's rare to see a queer couple outside of explicitly yaoi/yuri works, just as secondary supporting characters that don't need to be the focus.
- Comment on How can we convince Trump voters to NOT vote for Trump (or Vance) in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election? 2 weeks ago:
You'll never convince diehard MAGA true believers. But it's worth recognizing that that's not all Trump voters, it's not even the majority of them. Swing voters can always swing back the other way.
You can really only talk to those who are on the fence and willing to listen. If they're not willing to listen, don't waste your breath.
For those who are willing to listen, start with why they voted for Trump to begin. Many voters in this country were struggling to make ends meet and didn't feel like the Biden administration was doing enough for them, so they were desperate for change. Trump preyed on that desperation, told them that it's all immigrants' fault, it's trans people's fault, it's woke's fault, it's whatever scapegoat he blames next's fault, so if you vote for him he'll own the libs to Make America Great Again. A lot of people voted for him because they felt unheard by establishment politicians and were desperate enough to believe a con man who sounded like the only person in the room actually speaking to their fears.
If they are willing to have the conversation, get to the root of those fears. Ask if Trump has actually made their lives better. Attempt to deprogram anything directed to the scapegoats he blames it on. Try to pivot to Democratic policies that actually can help in tangible ways.
But again, I cannot stress this enough, this can only get through to people who are open to listening in the first place. If you try to preach at people who are not, they will dig their heels in deeper. Pick your battles carefully, figure out who is worth talking to.
- Comment on PC game recommendation for my partner and I 2 weeks ago:
I heard puzzle games and am legally obligated to shill Petal Crash (and it's upcoming sequel). It's a great accessible entry point into versus puzzles, and tbh it's practically the only good thing to happen to the genre in a decade or so.
Can also check out Panel Attack as a FOSS clone of Panel de Pon, and FightCade for emulating all kinds of classics with netplay.
- Comment on Xbox 360S and Xbox OG 2 weeks ago:
The original Xbox is older now than Super Mario Bros 3 was when the Xbox came out.
Almost twice as old, actually.
- Comment on How do you feel on Kirby games? 2 weeks ago:
Canvas Curse might not be retro
Canvas Curse is older now than Dream Land was when Canvas Curse came out.
- Comment on How do you feel on Kirby games? 2 weeks ago:
Miyamoto and Sakurai envisioned the original Kirby's Dream Land as a My First Game for beginners. That was an explicit design goal for the game.
That said, many of the games do have some harder postgame challenges tucked away. In fact that too dates all the way back to Dream Land's Extra Game that can be accessed by Up+A+Select on the title screen. Extra Game is arguably still not that hard, but it does set some precedent for what's to come in later titles.
Super Star put a bigger focus on this with The Arena, a rather long boss rush gauntlet combining every boss from every preceding sub-game, with limited healing. The remake, Super Star Ultra, adds new sub-games that pretty much pick up where the original's difficulty curve left off - the original Super Star starts with Spring Breeze, a condensed retelling of Dream Land, and SSU's new content starts with Revenge of the King, a remix based on Dream Land's Extra Game. Then SSU ends with The True Arena, incorporating all the new content, including harder versions of the original bosses and a new True Final Boss.
Super Star Ultra pretty much set the tone for modern Kirby after that. Return to Dream Land, Triple Deluxe, and Planet Robobot all feature a direct reprise of both The Arena and The True Arena, the latter incorporating other postgame challenges from those games, and all of which culminate in their own True Final Boss.
Also, for a self-imposed challenge, you can always try playing without copy powers.
https://wikirby.com/wiki/Difficulty
https://wikirby.com/wiki/Extra_Mode - Comment on What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing? 2 weeks ago:
If the collectibles aren't satisfying to obtain on their own, I don't think putting an unlock behind them makes them retroactively better.
A good collectible is something like Strawberries in Celeste, each one requires you to take a more difficult path or do an additional screen. They're fun to go for, and I think it actually would've detracted if some unlock made them feel like a required task rather than a bonus challenge.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 2 weeks ago:
Caught up on Spy x Family S3. This was the comfort food show I needed after a rough week at work.
Frieren S2 is finally here, and I don't even need to say anything more. It's Frieren.
I have a bit of a soft spot for representations of disability in media, so The Invisible Man and his Soon-to-Be Wife caught my attention. I'd heard that the mangaka worked closely with a local school for the visually impaired to research the depiction of a blind MC, and it definitely looks like she did her homework. Adorably sweet and fluffy, might give me diabetes.
Also started on Legendary Gambler Tetsuya (2000). First hand and I'm already complaining that they can somehow make complete reads just a few turns in with so little visible information on the table. But this is how every mahjong anime/manga goes, it's an entirely different game when characters can draw whatever tile the author wants them to draw, so fine fine I'll suspend my disbelief. But then you have the whole bit about them improperly shuffling and then keeping track of tiles that got flipped over, and that's driving me wild because they simply shouldn't be getting away with not shuffling correctly. You never put a face-up tile in your wall, flip it back over and gently reshuffle a bit more. Call the other players out if they do this. Can't even use the fiction excuse for that one, just no.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 1 discussion 2 weeks ago:
I imagine it's something that could fetch a high price to the right buyer, but actually finding that buyer might not be trivial. How long would they be carrying around their own Kryptonite before they can pawn it off?
Also, one detail that did stand out to me here is the way Frieren seems a lot more casual about it, as someone with a much more academic interest in magic she views it as another novelty. But Fern seems a lot more genuinely terrified, as someone who feels like she needs magic to survive. She's trembling when she can't detect mana in the cave, and when Stark grabs her she starts fidgeting with her bracelet to try and calm her nerves.
And honestly, Fern being afraid is a good enough reason for Frieren and Stark not to push the matter any further.
- Comment on I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SO MANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR NOT BEING OKAY WITH FASCISM AND VIOLENCE! 2 weeks ago:
First you said the courts will hold ICE accountable, now you're saying they won't.
- Comment on I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SO MANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR NOT BEING OKAY WITH FASCISM AND VIOLENCE! 2 weeks ago:
The courts aren't holding ICE accountable. A woman was murdered in cold blood and nothing is being done about it.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 1 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Peak, as expected.
I feel like the cave of mana-suppressing crystals could've been an arc unto itself. We just came off of an arc where Stark had to be sidelined, and in general we really haven't seen all that much of a physical class's role.
Loved the ED. I'm always a sucker for more doodle-y animation.
- Comment on TV Anime Special “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin — Kokorowa’s Rice-Farming Diary” Announced 3 weeks ago:
Loved the game, so this is a pleasant surprise to find out about.
- Comment on How do you think a socialist President would win the 2028 election? Would they use the exact methods used by Zohran Mamdani which earned him the office of Mayor of NYC? 3 weeks ago:
I would prefer to have it come from someone who... is not Andrew Yang.