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- Comment on The Wipeout-like racer BallisticNG gets Steam Deck Verified 4 days ago:
It’s extremely good. It feels like it was created by fans of all the high-speed racers (F-Zero, wipEout, Extreme G, Star Wars Episode I Podracer, etc), but it’s also very much its own game. Not exactly a 1:1 replication of Extreme G, especially with its focus on four-“wheeled” vehicles (it also has hover options), but it’s probably as close as you’re going to get nowadays.
- Comment on The Wipeout-like racer BallisticNG gets Steam Deck Verified 5 days ago:
Have you ever tried GRIP: Combat Racing?
- Comment on First Gaming PC 5 days ago:
I’ll chime in with the obligatory New Vegas recommendation.
It’s so different than Fallout 4 it’s really hard to describe. No looter shooter stuff, no focus on clearing the next dungeon. The world is there, it’s alive, it’s reactive, and you decide what to do and where to go. I’ve spent many hours scouring the world, and I always find something new. And when I say something new, I’m not talking about a copy/pasted skill magazine or bobblehead. I mean new quests, new lore, new perspectives It’s the closest I’ve ever seen a video game come to emulating real-world ideological conflict, and I adore it. The player freedom is off the chain, too. Hell, you can kill every NPC and still beat the game. Love it, rant over.
You can play New Vegas without mods, and I’d say it actually functions well (everyone’s machine handles the game differently though, tbh), but I recommend following this guide, at least the base version, to mod your game. Not strictly necessary, though. I’d hate to recommend you a game you have to spend hours fixing before you can play it.
As for Fable, there’s two versions on Steam. Fable: The Lost Chapters is the original Xbox release, and Fable Anniversary is the 360-era remaster. The only real differences between the two are:
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Fable Anniversary has remastered graphics. (As for if they’re better, that comes down to personal preference. I personally like the way Fable: TLC looks more)
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Fable Anniversary has controller support.
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Fable Anniversary has an added hard mode.
The controller support makes Anniversary my preferred way to play on Steam, but the remaster kinda destroyed the game’s atmosphere. I’d still rather just boot up my Xbox copy of Fable TLC so I can have my cake and, furthermore, eat it as well.
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- Comment on Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias 1 week ago:
I count Dark Souls as a Metroidvania in my head, honestly.
But I think the actual defining feature is unlocking new abilities to reach new locations.
DS1 has you unlocking new areas that are interconnected with ones previously explored, but you don’t really unlock new moves to get to a new place, it usually just happens after you beat a boss or buy an item.
- Comment on Heh heh, Ass. 1 week ago:
- Comment on The Last of Us totally blew me away 2 weeks ago:
TLOU has some of the most satisfying gameplay I have ever experienced. I have to wait a while between playthroughs, because it’s almost like playing a movie. But it’s so much more than a walking sim. The stealth segments kept me incredibly engaged, and looting for craftable materials is addictive in that game. I got to play the DLC, Left Behind, for the first time recently as well, and it was spectacular.
As far as linear, story-based games go, it’s among the best.
- Comment on It's Never too Late 2 weeks ago:
…dude Musk’d the fuck outta McDonald’s?
- Comment on It's Never too Late 2 weeks ago:
It’s crazy to me that Ray Kroc was already in the unedited version of this image… Dude Edison’d the fuck outta McDonald’s.
- Comment on YSK, that on most smartphones, if you press the power button 5 (or more) times in quick succession, you can quickly call emergency services. 3 weeks ago:
It’s a Motorola running (I believe) the most recent Android update.
- Comment on YSK, that on most smartphones, if you press the power button 5 (or more) times in quick succession, you can quickly call emergency services. 3 weeks ago:
Had to try it ASAP, didn’t work.
My phone lets me hold the button down, then gives the option for emergency call next to the power off, restart, and lockdown buttons.
- Comment on *poke 3 weeks ago:
Whaaaat are you, a wise guy?
- Comment on great 3 weeks ago:
Star of Ellen and Never Been Kissed!
- Comment on May I offer you a Big Chungus in these trying times? 4 weeks ago:
Didn’t the original artist draw it as a cel?
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 1 month ago:
Avowed, Outer Worlds 2, and Fable when it finally releases.
- Comment on 26 years late but I finally beat Half Life 1 month ago:
Fantastic game. What a year for landmark video games, too.
- Comment on 2025, still no flying cars! 1 month ago:
Man, I really misread the name of whom that aerial sedan belonged
- Comment on Doom on a CAPTCHA is the most frustrating though admittedly raddest way to prove your humanity to an algorithm 1 month ago:
Found the robot
- Comment on What's next after Pentiment? 1 month ago:
I can second There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. One of the best games ever.
- Comment on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is out now and buggy as hell but the developers are already planning fixes 3 months ago:
The developers are Ukrainian, and Russia invaded Ukraine in the middle of development.
- Comment on Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? 3 months ago:
Back 4 Blood.
You know what, it’s not Left 4 Dead 3, but I love it. It feels like L4D meets Call of Duty. The card system really makes the game for me; building better decks to play higher difficulties with more chaotic corruption cards.
The corruption cards especially make levels so much more replayable than they already would be. Getting fog over a level or a different type of ridden mutation appearing spices things up nicely.
It’s also extremely beautiful at points. I love the graphical style. It’s colorful and a tad cartoonish at points, with some genuinely disgusting visuals and insane ruins thrown in for good measure.
I wouldn’t buy it for full price, but the $9.99 I paid for the full game + DLC was more than worth it, in my opinion.
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 3 months ago:
Bonanza Bros, Blast Corps, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Vampire: The Masquerade -Bloodlines, Cruisn World, LEGO Battles, NBA Jam
Bonanza Bros would be a great couch co-op multiplayer game in a world where we need more. It would benefit from some gameplay tweaks, and adding online play and 4 players would be big.
Blast Corps was awesome, I found it to be an extremely underrated Rare game. This game in an engine with simulated rubble and crazy explosions would be a gem. I also think changing the camera to first person should be an option at the very least.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days got its cutscenes remastered. I want the full game. It was dripping in atmosphere, and I loved the premise of scouting the new worlds. The graphics could use an upgrade, and the combat could be brought up to par with KH2. But, I love the leveling system and think it would barely need touching.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is awesome and not super long. It’s extremely buggy, but luckily there’s a modder named Wesp5 who has spend YEARS creating an Unofficial Patch, to a point where all the cut content is restored and it’s essentially feature-complete. There’s a version that just patches the game, and a restored content version. I think he should be given a team and be allowed to curate content and rebalance cut mechanics for a remake. It would be magical.
Cruisn World is one of my favorite arcade racers ever. It has untouchable vibes, and I’d just like to see that with a nice sheen over it, maybe more levels and vehicles?
LEGO Battles is an RTS for the Nintendo DS. Put it on PC, nuff said.
NBA Jam is not very niche. I want a remake, and I don’t care if it’s up-to-date. It’s the best sports game period.
- Comment on Only clean cars are target 3 months ago:
If they could control it, I believe they would choose to shit on people. This makes me feel safer due to random chance.
- Comment on Original Super Mario Bros. Fan Port Now on Game Boy Color 3 months ago:
Oh, kinda like how Super Mario Land deals with the small screen? That’s awesome!
- Comment on Original Super Mario Bros. Fan Port Now on Game Boy Color 3 months ago:
What sets this apart from Super Mario Bros DX?
- Comment on The 1900s 4 months ago:
To use a quote from the later part of the 1900s:
Time keeps on slippin’ into the future.
- Comment on Just finished Doki Doki Literature Club, what a fucking rollercoaster 4 months ago:
That game is so good. I went in knowing it was a horror game, and even still that reveal in Sayori’s room caught me off-guard. Seriously, anyone here who hasn’t played it yet, do it. The game is free.
- Comment on Has anyone else noticed that J.D. Vance looks like a Temu version of Norm Macdonald? 5 months ago:
He fucked with Uncle Terry after he’s been drinkin’
- Comment on The Science of Storytelling 5 months ago:
I’m sitting here looking for Saddam Hussein
- Comment on Curse of Knowledge 5 months ago:
- Comment on Curse of Knowledge 5 months ago:
You need these now on account of wine bottles evolvong that maze-like cork.
