mohab
@mohab@piefed.social
- Comment on Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design? 3 days ago:
I agree. Like, you know what's gonna happen if I'm close to the 2-hour limit and haven't decided yet? I'm gonna refund and move on.
- Comment on Rematch - Official Release Date Trailer 5 days ago:
I played the open beta. It arrogantly reintroduces gameplay problems PES and FIFA resolved long ago:
- Directional inputs are relative to your constantly moving camera, not your player.
- Camera locks onto the player, not the ball.
- The off-camera ball tracker completely falls apart in scrambles/when the ball is close since you have to stop and play camera operator to know what the hell is happening before deciding what to do.
- Completely ignores motion inputs in favor of situational inputs when performing skills, which severely limits the number of skills you can do. You can essentially do cooler shit in PES2017, never mind any FIFA Street.
- No off-camera teammates tracker.
- No indication which team is in possession off camera.
- No power gauge for passes/shots.
And it does not add anything new in terms of gameplay other than removing fouls, offsides, and throw-ins/corners/goalkicks, which literally was a mode in FIFA98.
Rocket League can get away with some of that because you essentially play with s balloon, not a football; whereas Rematch feels like an awkward version of the 3rd-person camera in PES.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
This is the only reason I don't play Xcom/Shadowrun. I love the worlds/concepts, but I refuse to waste time negotiating with RNG.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Asura's Wrath? I'm pleased to find it's more than a playable anime, but I'm playing on hard and so far it feels easy? If the main draw is the story and visuals, I probably won't end up liking it.
Still playing P4AU: one combo away from beating all Ken's combo callenges! Super fun fighting game—I think I like it more than Under Night In-Birth now.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
But I'm paying Microsoft if I buy it now, right? I wonder how Tango feel about that. Like, I wanna buy it, but I cannot justify giving money to Microsoft.
- Comment on Mid game review: Brütal Legend (2009) PS3 1 week ago:
Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami reminded me of this. I didn't really vibe with either. Like, I don't see the selling point:
1. If it's an RTS, I'm not into that.
2. If it's an action game, it's kinda boring.
3. If the draw is the atmosphere, I'd rather rewatch Pick of Destiny 😂 - Comment on Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound – The First Preview 1 week ago:
Happy to see a combo counter. I may be interested if it's an action platformer, not a roguelike or a metroidvania.
- Comment on Rematch - Official Release Date Trailer 1 week ago:
In RL there is an indicator on where the ball is and the ball cam works really well.
And the ball is bigger and slower/more floaty than an actual football—it's neither in this game.
I think the 3rd person perspective and RL-looking field make you think it's RL with people, but it's just PES with the camera set to 3rd person.
FIFA is arcad-y as shit, this is why PES fans hate it. It still looked like shit.
Like, I obviously haven't played the game, so IDK for sure if it's fun or not. You're doing the correct thing saving your judment. All I'm saying is it hasn't shown anything new/revolutionary, and that rubs me off the wrong way.
- Comment on Rematch - Official Release Date Trailer 1 week ago:
Take it from someone who grew up almost exclusively playing PES and FIFA: this looks ass.
Also, PES always had this camera angle? It's fucking horrible. If you control the entire team, you absolutely want the sideline view, not that wonky 3rd person one.
Even if you control one player, it's just much easier to keep up with the constantly moving ball with a much wider angle. You don't want the ball coming from off screen like they show in the clip when the player scores a header—higher likelihood you're gonna fumble the timing, and if you move the camera to track the ball, you may miss the keeper coming out/a defender coming at you.
And what's up with those rules? 😂 They're comically generic.
Unless this game has a ton of cool ideas hiding up its sleeve and not showing it in the trailers for some odd reason, this looks so obnoxiously arrogant and I have no idea what the selling point is, if any.
And let me add: I stopped playing FIFA and PES because they both suck, so I'm literally the target market. But this doesn't remotely look promising. Like, they didn't even solve the animation issuss… players look so stiff and seeing how they receive the ball is jarring.
- Comment on I really need these games ported to Steam. What do y'all have on your lists? 2 weeks ago:
How do you feel about Gigabash?
- Comment on I really need these games ported to Steam. What do y'all have on your lists? 2 weeks ago:
I was cursed with an extremely narrow taste in video games so there isn't a lot for me out there in general.
- Comment on I really need these games ported to Steam. What do y'all have on your lists? 2 weeks ago:
"Fighting in favor of PC gaming monopoly"
Jesus Christ, the drama. If anything, I'm fighting for Debbie Downers like you to let me enjoy my favorite shit in peace.
I promise you when Capcom publishes Viewtiful Joe on Itch.io, I'll buy it there. Now please take your bullshit elsewhere.
- Comment on I really need these games ported to Steam. What do y'all have on your lists? 2 weeks ago:
Nah, best they can do is Concord.
- Comment on I really need these games ported to Steam. What do y'all have on your lists? 2 weeks ago:
Just convenience, really.
You could just let me be and reply with your "I need these games ported to PC" list if you have one. No reason to turn everything into an argument.
- Comment on Linear, action hidden gems like The Red Star? 2 weeks ago:
Hmm… I couldn't get into it at all, TBH. I tried it long time ago and here's what I remember: "go to X on the map and talk to Y to progress" really put me off, and I didn't enjoy the combat enough to put up with it.
I've been thinking about giving the prequel a shot though. Is it any less nonlinear?
- Comment on Linear, action hidden gems like The Red Star? 2 weeks ago:
Thank you for taking the time to include links! Very helpful.
So I'm familiar with all of these, but you encouraged me to give Aces Wilds and Brigador a real shot. Thanks again!
I'll comment on the ones I played and found interesting:
Furi and Nex Machina got really close to becoming favorites. Only criticisms I have: Furi's moveset is a bit too limited and I have an issue with visual clarity in Next Machina.
I freaking wish I could get into Vanquish! High-level play looks so cool, but apparently I'm allergic to aiming 😅
Strider is fun combat, but I can't get into the vania side.
ZeroRanger is great, but the horizontal segments put me off. Not a fan of horizontal shmups.
- Comment on Linear, action hidden gems like The Red Star? 2 weeks ago:
I'm familiar with Lords of the Fallen, but I don't enjoy souls-like combat. I'm a big fan of old school death metal though (Autopsy, Brutality, Immolation… etc.) so I'll check it out to see what that is about. Thanks!
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- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
I just set up Kingdom Hearts 2 on PCSX2 to try and decide if I'm gonna buy it on Steam.
Other than that, I'm finishing my The Wonderful 101 Hard playthrough on the way to 100% the game, and trying to beat all of Ken Amada's combo challenges in P4AU—27 down, 3 to go.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Date Trailer 3 weeks ago:
Bro, I thought people will finally shut up about this goddamn game ☹️ I just need the Silksong bitching to stop…
- Comment on H&M to use digital clones of models in ads and social media 4 weeks ago:
Their catalog has consistently been shit for a long time anyway. Fuck H&M.
- Comment on Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing 1 month ago:
FR. I hate this app so much, and how necessary it has become for multiplayer gaming. I'm glad it'll get worse and hopefully give people a strong reason to move.
- Comment on God of War trilogy remaster announcement set for March 2025 1 month ago:
Odd take in this context. The last game in this trilogy was released almost 20 years ago—if they're not gonna remaster this, what are remasters for exactly?
- Comment on Avowed | Review Thread 2 months ago:
Hmm… sure, but I feel like "reviews are subjective" gets used as an excuse to give low-effort reviews a pass too often.
Like, I understand if a Steam reviewer writes whatever because they're just a user, but I cannot justify using the same scale to judge a professional reviewer.
I understand a game may not be a reviewer's cup of tea, but if this stops them from engaging with the game's systems and attempting to provide insight through their review then I think it's fair to judge they haven't done their job well.
Like, if someone hires me to do a job, and I accept, I cannot go "Oh, I'm gonna do half of it because the rest isn't my cup of tea. Sorry." No, I'll do the job and maybe complain about it afterwards, which IMO, is exactly what reviewers should do—example: "I beat the boss, but the fight sucked because X, Y, and Z."
I think there should be standards, otherwise you get reviewers unfairly judging games they barely played like in the infamous God Hand review.