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- Comment on Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine' 1 day ago:
Yo, Randy, eat your own shit! Don't forget to swallow!
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 6 days ago:
train of thought
bobby
You got yourself in a cul-de-sac there. The worm ate the train long ago 😂
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
You're pointing a finger at the Soulslike genre here, not only HK. Some games may abandon it, but this is common enough to be called a genre stable.
You should try Salt and Sanctuary, Sekiro, Bloodborne, The Surge, Lords of the Fallen, or Lies of P—all had boss runbacks, and that's ignoring HK, Silksong, and the original Souls games.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
I was mostly thinking of NG2, yes. I enjoyed NGB, but NG2 is the only one I replay, and it's mostly what I'm thinking of when I bring up Ninja Gaiden.
We can even go back further and bring up Bayonetta (2007), God Hand (2006), or even DMC 3 (2005) All are tough as nails, but super fun.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
Not putting checkpoints close to boss fights is not difficulty.
You're pointing a finger at the Soulslike genre here, not only HK. Some games may abandon it, but this is common enough to be called a genre stable.
Just like the "hit hit, dodge/parry, hit hit" combat pattern, losing/recovering currency, enemies respawning on bonfire use… etc.
I think this whole genre is wack, TBH. I don't even find it difficult, I just think what they test is perseverance in the face of misery and tediousness, which's a bizarre thing to test in a video game. It's almost as if it's straight up telling you: this is a serious video game, no room for fun here.
Meanwhile, Ninja Gaiden proved you can simultaneously have extreme difficulty AND fun like one million years ago.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 1 week ago:
I don't mind difficult games. I recognise that they exist as a kind of pushback against mobile games and casual games that have risen in popularity
You got that backwards: difficult games are as old as arcades. If anything, casual games exist as pushback against difficult games, not the other way around.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now 1 week ago:
TBF, you can say the same about any game if you don't enjoy the genre.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now 1 week ago:
Gog’s def the better choice here.
Depends on your region. GOG doesn't have regional pricing.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Delisted in December, unfortunately. They didn't even bother giving us one final deep sale before pulling it. Cheapest it's ever been is $24, IIRC.
This and Transformers: Devastation are top of my Steam wishlist, but the chances of their coming back is nonexistent. Like, I have played them through other means, but I'd love to have them in my Steam library and go for the 100%.
- Comment on Nioh 3 - Exclusive Takeda Shingen Boss Reveal Gameplay 1 week ago:
Question: hast his series ascended to action status yet, or is it still an action RPG?
Another way to ask this: does freedom of expression in combat come from combat mechanics or character build? I'm assuming it's still a combo, but 2 and 3 feel as if they're leaning more towards action than RPG.
I don't necessarily have any problem with action RPGs, but I'd be more inclined to add it to my wishlist if combat takes more from Ninja Gaiden than it does from Dark Souls.
- Comment on I'm playing Gears of War Reloaded, and I have a question. Will there be some point when the Chainsaw I've had for hours actually gets explained to me? 1 week ago:
Capitalism + hyper consumerism. No time or patience to play around and discover. Gotta wrap up ASAP and move on to the next game.
That backlog isn't gonna play itself.
- Comment on I'm playing Gears of War Reloaded, and I have a question. Will there be some point when the Chainsaw I've had for hours actually gets explained to me? 1 week ago:
Damn, you should steer clear of Japanese action games then.
Further, yes, I expect all products to tell me about their features.
Oh, really? I should get my money back from 20th Century Fox… they didn't tell me Fight Club had the twist feature at the end. Thank you for pointing that out.
- Comment on Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker 2 weeks ago:
Does it actually help you find others with similar taste? I'm yet to find any app that actually does this well.
- Comment on Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker 2 weeks ago:
Hmm… so how do you know you're going to enjoy the games you're buying if they sit in your library past the refund window? Do you not worry they may end up being unplayable bloat "polluting" your library? Or do you have a super broad taste and you enjoy everything?
I ask because I have a small library not because I'm worried about a backlog or whatever, but because I'm trying to make sure (1) I'm not needlessly spending money on games I don't enjoy and (2) I really enjoy looking at my library and going: "Damn, I could launch any of these games right now and have a great time!" which wouldn't be true if I have a bunch of shit I don't enjoy playing and can't refund.
I suppose I could permanently delete them from my library, but doesn't give me my money back.
- Comment on NINJA GAIDEN 4 - Official Story Trailer 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, it's a jarring shift to this Zone of the Enders/MGR look, NGL. Kinda feels like Batman Beyond or something 😅
- Comment on NINJA GAIDEN 4 - Official Story Trailer 3 weeks ago:
I'm not sure what I think about the full cyberpunk aesthetic but who plays these games for the story anyway?
I've read children books with more coherent stories than Ninja Gaiden. I doubt any fan will care as long as the gameplay is good.
Story trailers are to hook new players, I suppose.
- Comment on NINJA GAIDEN 4 - Official Story Trailer | Gamescom 2025 4 weeks ago:
Story trailer for an action game is wild 😂 You'd think among KOEI TECMO, Team Ninja, and Platinum someone would think to drop a Combo MAD trailer or something to showcase the cool action—the freaking selling point—instead.
- Comment on [Discussion] Ranking the highest-grossing video games 4 weeks ago:
Damn… I barely played any of these games… somebody had me try LoL like a decade ago, and I tried PUBG and Pokémon GO on my phone when they were hot, that's it.
- Comment on Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases 5 weeks ago:
Then who is? Millions of people are gonna buy the new Call of Duty on release. Who are they?
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 5 weeks ago:
I bought it and so I wanted to finish it, especially since it's not all that long. And I don't like leaving things unfinished 😂
Understandable, TBH.
That makes me feel so-so about it, especially having spent I think around $9 on it (last chance before it getting delisted). I heard there is somewhat more of a story in it? That was one thing holding LIMBO back for me.
I think I paid about $12 or something, but that was back in 2018 maybe, and it was on Steam, not GOG—I always felt GOG has that DRM-free tax and sales don't go as hard on there.
There is more of a story but not really because of the nature of the story… it's, uh, nonconventional to say the least. It's fantastically bizarre, but in a modern, industrial setting. Definitely more interesting than LIMBO overall. Best way I can put it: it's that scene in Eraserhead where he was walking home in an industrial hellscape, but stretched to a 5-hour game.
It apparently runs okay on Xenia Canary but I haven't looked into it yet.
Yeah, you're right! I forgot you'll need to setup Xenia to play it, but it's just as easy to set up as Xemu, and runs great.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 5 weeks ago:
Why did you stick with Blasphemous 😂 I remember you hated it a couple of weeks ago.
INSIDE is better than LIMBO, IMO—in terms of production and sound design, at the very least. Without revealing too much, some sections are more fun. Although the core gameplay is not much different, unfortunately.
My opinion on LIMBO and INSIDE hasn't changed since playing them: they're worth $2-3 each, not more.
Xemu is super easy to set up, yeah. I hope you enjoy the rest of your NGB playthrough, and you can definitely beat it, yes!
Word of warning about Ninja Gaiden 2 Black: it's more or less Sigma 2 reskinned, unfortunately. They called it "Black" for marketing, but it's not really the definitive version. You can pick it up and install the White mod, which brings it closer to OG NGII, but if you already have Xemu set up, might as well just play OG NGII—it's an incredible experience, but also get ready to experience a ton of NES bullshit moments in 3D 😂 It's downright hilarious how OG NGII just doesn't give a flying fuck about balance, but it's definitely part of the charm.
On Ninja Gaiden 4, it's a collab between Team Ninja and Platinum Games, which's exciting, but I'd say maybe adjust your expectations for a slightly different experience than the typical Ninja Gaiden.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 5 weeks ago:
OK, seeing the fighting game community is experiencing some kind of tag fighters resurregence right now, I decided to give them a fair shake.
I had not before because they seemed too much work. Like, picking and learning 1 character is so difficult that I felt exhausted just at the thought of picking and learning 3. I also always thought the team composition aspect of it adds a premeditated layer of strategy that I could do without.
All that said, I still felt I was missing out, so I picked up Dragon Ball FighterZ and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 this week.
Now, I faintly remember watching parts of some DBZ episodes when I was younger, and just loathed it. I did have a weird and not necessarily good taste as a child though, so I'm not sure if I'd hate it as much now. That said, I still do not feel desire to check out the show, TBH. I feel it doesn't have a lot I'd be interested in after playing the game.
Before getting to the gameplay, and even though I bought it on a deep sale, I'd like to bring up that buying it was not a pleasant experience. Bandai successfully bamboozled me into buying the base game and the first season pass separately, which costs $2 more than the FighterZ Edition, which includes both. TBF, I could not have foreseen my desire to buy the season pass because I don't know much about the roster and couldn't have foretold I will like and want to designate Android 17 as the point in my team.
I'm willing to admit the fault is mine as much as it is Bandai's, but I still feel bitter about the $2 😅
Gameplay is surprisingly super fun, although I'm yet to figure out how to effectively do tag combos, chain supers, or any of the super fun shit I picked up the game to ultimately experience. Learning BnBs and getting familiar with the game mechanics has been fun so far. It helps a lot it's an Arc System Works game and I'm familiar with their combo systems and whatnot.
I still haven't fucked around enough with Marvel to talk about how I feel, but I can say I bought it on a deep discount too, did not run into any issue buying it because it's the Ultimate edition, so no DLC bullshit, and I'm excited to learn Viewtiful Joe and Amaterasu.
Even though it's revered, a reason to hesitate before buying UMVC3 was it still has delay netcode to this day, which more or less means it's unplayable online. I hope this changes at some point, but just the act of buying it now represents the first instance of my breaking the no "rollback = no buy" rule… I don't feel good about that, but the way I try and cope is justify it with: (1) it's a super deep discount—less than $5—and (2) it's Mahvel… way I understand it it's the quintessential tag fighter… avoiding it would feel like avoiding Kurosawa while exploring Japanese cinema.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 5 weeks ago:
Pikmin 2
How do you feel about removing the time limit?
- Comment on How can i casual gamer enter a game online competition? 1 month ago:
Im curious if its possible to enter a game competition or something as a casual player?
Yes.
want to someday atleast try one but im not sure what game to get better at or what sites to use to enter some without making myself look like a fool?
The game to get better at is the game you enjoy most, and what sites depends on the game. You can ask again here after you decide on a game and I'm sure you'll get a good number of suggestions.
No one cares if you lose. Really. Everyone loses at some point, and if you happen to run into a dick who makes a big deal out of beating you, just say ggs and move on. It's not worth it to take the bait.
In my experience, most people are nice as long as you are, and they'll even give you advice if you ask.
I also dont want to pay because thats sort of like gambling at the start.
I think about 99% of online tournaments are free, so don't worry.
- Comment on What's your preferred way of buying games? (digital/physical/physical digital) 1 month ago:
I have no interest in any kind of physical media. GOG and Itch.io do not carry any of the games I'm interested in, so I only buy through Steam.
I like Steam, I just wish we were buying the games, not leasing them. Bullshit system and I hope it changes one day.
I only buy games on deep discounts—I spent only $100 over the course of the past 4 years to buy 14 games.
If I'm curious about a game but not sure if I'll like it, I sail the high seas to try it before committing.
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 month ago:
It was not rubbish, but what Xrd did to my main character, Zato, irreparably damaged my relationship with any future Guilty Gear game, and Strive just finished off whatever hope I had left.
And to be clear: I'm not talking about power level here—fuck that. I'm only talking about how much fun I had with the character, and still do in Guilty Gear Plus R.
- Comment on What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks? 1 month ago:
The entire Guilty Gear franchise. Runnung joke is e every album comes with a free game.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 | Announcement Teaser 1 month ago:
I agree, and I said this in another discussion and I'll say it again: this is 2nd best case scenario for action games. I'd rather we get Project G.G. or Scalebound than Bayonetta 3 or Ninja Gaiden 4, but if new iterations are all we can get for now, we'll take them—it's better than nothing, and may eventually lead to new IPs, who knows.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 | Announcement Teaser 1 month ago:
Wow, OK, now we kind of have to start talking about an action game resurregence: DMC5, GoW reboot, Bayonetta 3, NG4, Onimusha reboot/spin off, and now Darksiders 4. What even is missing at this point?! MGR 2? Even Shinobi got a new game…
For the love of any and everything holy, Capcom, please, there's no better time to open the vaults and release Viewtiful Joe and God Hand! You even got Kamiya back and resurrected both Okami and Clover, come on!
I'd also ask KOEI TECMO to release NGII on Steam, but we all know they'd rather shut down than touch that codebase for some reason.
- Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content 1 month ago:
Ima quote Serj on this: "La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, lie, lie, lie 🎶"