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- Comment on Romeo is a Dead Man - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games 1 day ago:
I'm glad Suda51 is still making new IPs, but I'm kinda over his gameplay? It needs to evolve somehow… like, melee here looks a lot like Killer Is Dead, which was serviceable, but not great.
Of course, everything else is captivating, as it always is, but I'll need more from the gameplay to get invested in this.
- Comment on MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls | Announce Trailer 1 day ago:
Tag fighters aren't my thing and ASW are headed in the opposite direction of what I want from a fighting game, but I'm happy for them! They came a long way and more or less stuck to their guns, which's admirable.
I'm happy to go down with Plus R, P4AU, and Under Night though.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 week ago:
Well, none because favorites are super subjective, but I'll shout out my favorites because no one else did:
- The Wonderful 101
- Bayonetta
- Ninja Gaiden II
- God Hand
- Viewtiful Joe
- Catherine
- Gravity Rush
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion
- Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 week ago:
The only game I kinda like on this list is Okami.
- Comment on What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend? 1 week ago:
The Wonderful 101! Closing in on 100%. The better I get at the game, the more fun I have! Just like an action game should be!
- Comment on Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS) 1 week ago:
I am dual booting Artix and Win 11, and solely gamed on Linux for 2 years before getting into a bunch of games that don't run there, which eventually pushed me to dual boot Win 11.
I'd rather not touch Windows at all though and just hate it any time I have to use it for any reason other than gaming. The flip side is I hated gaming on Linux when I had to use it to play incompatible games.
I'll most likely just wait until my favorite games run on there and move for good. Maybe go for a Steam Deck then too. But RN attempting to go back to gaming on Linux feels like a potential time/money sink for non optimal results, which doesn't make sense when I already have a working setup.
- Comment on Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS) 1 week ago:
Shows one platinum, one gold, and one silver on my end? Catherine is notorious for being difficult to run on Linux, even the comments on ProtonDB say so… IDK if I can consider that very little tinkering.
Plus, that doesn't include docked performance… I need stable 60FPS docked for fighting games.
Like, I see your point that it's almost there, but going full tilt into gaming on Linux RN still feels like a risky investment for both my time and money when my $400 Windows laptop runs everything OOTB.
One day though.
- Comment on Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS) 1 week ago:
You joke, but half of my Steam library is incompatible with Steam Deck. Like, I fucking hate Windows, but I'm stuck there for gaming.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
On Slitterhead, I'm more of a Gravity Rush Toyama fan than a Silent Hill/Siren one, so I'm hoping what horror fans disliked about the game will appeal to me. Combat was fun in the demo, but I need to experience the bodiless traversal in more open-environment scenarios to decide if I like it or not.
I also hope the tracking thing doesn't get in the way. It was a tad confusing in the demo. Seems like you need to interview NPCs too? I hope that doesn't end up screwing with the game's pace.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
First game I ever beat in one day. Will always be the definitive belt scroller in my head.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Steam been threatening to decline my refund requests because I'm refunding too many games. Full text:
"Please note, that the Steam Refund Policy is not intended as a way to try out games for free. If we have reason to believe that the refund system is used in this manner, we may decline future refund requests."
So I'm sailing the high seas with a certain in-shape girl to try Slitterhead this weekend, wish me luck.
Funny part is: game has a demo, but it only covers basic combat, not the actual gameplay loop, which's more than that according to reviews and footage I watched, so I don't have enough information to make a call.
And to Steam: if you figure out a way to tag games properly and push for publishers to add long enough demos, I wouldn't be refunding too many games. Excuse me for not wanting to waste my money on games I'll never finish.
- Comment on Sony blocks Stellar Blade on more than 100 countries 2 weeks ago:
This games sucks anyway. If it's blocked in your country, go play Bayonetta.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
Four operations away from finishing my The Wonderful 101 playthrough on hard!
I'm getting better juggling kaiju, but still not good enough to stylishly kill in one knockout. Sometimes I accidentally end up drawing a weapon too large and it throws off my timing… I'm trying to get more consistent at getting the size right.
I may stop and go back to get Platinums on all stages on normal before moving on to Hard 101%, but I haven't decided yet. I love this game!
- Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game 3 weeks ago:
Except they did not get review bombed and the article is blindly using the studio head as a source. Go look at the reviews, there actually is a ton of valuable feedback there.
- Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game 3 weeks ago:
They're not getting review bombed. Head of the studio is being hyperbolic to get people who like the game to leave positive reviews.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I gave Nioh, Onimusha, and Street Fighter 6 another shot: not for me, so I went back to practicing combos in Bayonetta.
I'm almost about done exploring new games and ready to submit to the fact that I only thoroughly enjoy about 15 games ever.
I'm not ruling out the possibility of liking new games, but developers barely make games like my favorites any longer, so chances of my liking anything new are very slim.
I gotta focus on other hobbies when I'm not gaming.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 4 weeks ago:
Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion. Top 3 shmups of all-time and best shmup on Steam, IMO.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
OK, after trying both Monster Hunter World and Rise over the past couple of weeks, I can confidently say: fuck Monster Hunter. Fun combat, but the game insists on being a slog.
Anyone who claims this franchise is more action than RPG should STFU.
- Comment on Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design? 1 month 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 1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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.