mohab

@mohab@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you preorder games?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even order games 😂 Deep sale or no buy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Scarlet Nexus

  I was able to do some mildly fun stuff in it: https://video.hardlimit.com/w/nC1rdALiLqD5F4cxUhg26D

  But I agree: it’s an odd blend that doesn’t exactly end up feeling like a satisfying action game or a satisfying RPG… and it’s too damn grindy… some parts are just corridors full of enemies with giant health bars over and over again.

  I didn’t enjoy NieR either, but it’s a better action RPG than Scarlet Nexus, for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Knightling Did Everything Right - It Still Struggled to Sell | Beyond the Pixels Podcast⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice. RPGs in particular seem to be having a good time recently. Lots of well-received games in the previous 2~3 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Knightling Did Everything Right - It Still Struggled to Sell | Beyond the Pixels Podcast⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But speaking for myself, I played 18 games that came out this year and easily left at least that many others behind just because there isn’t enough time to play through them all.

  Impressive, what’s the genre breakdown on the 18 games you played?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Knightling Did Everything Right - It Still Struggled to Sell | Beyond the Pixels Podcast⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  One reason could be that Steam sucks ass at recommending games and I have no idea how they still have not figured it out.

  Since the sale started, half my homepage is games I ALREADY OWN or are already on my wishlist. It also keeps recommending me games from publishers I blocked. At any given point, 80~90% of my homepage is useless.

  It’s almost as if there’s some kind of hidden setting stopping small games from showing up in my recommendations. If I don’t actively browse tags I’m interested or pay attention to communities outside of Steam, I miss out on a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked up Ikaruga. I can feel the input delay, but it’s still fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Half way through my second Hi-Fi Rush playthrough. Game is fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on what you’re looking for. I’d confidently recommend against buying it if you’re looking for an action game. There’s at least 10 better, cheaper candidates on Steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just beat Hi-Fi Rush on Very Hard a couple of days ago and working through some achievements on Hard now. My Just Timing is still shit and tanking my score, but I intend to start focusing on that at some point. I get like 50~60% in every fight.

  How is it for you? Which Track are you currently playing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  1% for me and I could not even tell which game(s) because I do not own anything released this year. I’m guessing they count demos/playtest.

  I do have 7 2025 games on my wishlist though, but no reason to pull the trigger on any of them before summer/winter sale 2026.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The scream that gave birth to a whole genre.

  Fascinating we got from here to mash to protect Earth. He doesn’t get enough credit for it because it’s not high art, but Kamiya’s writing actually did get better over the years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your gaming highlights of 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not much new for me this year.

  I had a lot of fun with Soulstice, Assault Spy, Hi-Fi Rush, and Hellsinker.

  NieR:Automata, The Surge, Death Stranding, and Scarlet Nexus were disappointing.

  Every time I stepped ever so slightly outside my comfort zone I ended up regretting it. I will still flirt with action RPGs, but no more open world or soulslikes. If relatively linear action is not the core, I’m out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your gaming highlights of 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if you can find and afford the games, yeah, buy them. Problem is most of the games people need to emulate are unavailable or astronomically expensive, and that’s even if you live in the west/Japan… if you leave in the rest of the world, forget it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How’s the action? It looked like you can launch people in the trailer and perform some kind of air combo. I doubt it leads to anything truly fun, but I’m curious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The game has been repacked by many people though. I don’t even know where to go to get it straight from the original person who cracked it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d rather sail the high seas than interact with Epic, TBH.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games to play while sick?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I replay games I’m intimately familiar with so I can just autopilot and chill.

  I am more likely to watch a movie or binge a show when I’m sick than play a video game though. Sometimes I read a comic book if my eyes are OK or listen to an audiobook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evo Japan and Las Vegas 2026 lineups announced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Missing Persona, but I’m happy for the BBCF crowd, and having Vampire Savior on the big stage is super cool.

  I’ve been considering picking up Gran Blue for some time now, so maybe I’ll watch that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I’m often in the process of breaking down why I like/dislike the game, what works about it, and what doesn’t as I’m playing. I can’t give honest feedback with incomplete thoughts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How often do people leave reviews? I rarely see a profile with +100 reviews.

  I only leave reviews after 100% completion or a lot of time (hundreds of hours) in case of fighting games where sometimes 100% is ridiculously difficult to attain (oh hi, Plus R)

  I think the average time between my picking up a game and leaving a review is like 3~12 months. Definitely even more if I’m not vibing with the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neath - Announcement Trailer [from Cellar Door Games, makers of Rogue Legacy]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Rogue Legacy people made an actual roguelike, damn. Good for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨steam vs gog, which game store to buy from?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  GOG is great, but it would be silly to buy fighting games on there, for example, since it doesn’t have any infrastructure to support their multiplayer.

  Similarly, if trading cards or achievements are detrimental to your enjoyment, stick to Steam.

  I stick to Steam for the most part because 95% of my library is not on GOG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld dev isn’t impressed by "so-called" AAA, prefers indies since they "include the kind of systems you can’t find in other games"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You got anything action? I’m only aware of Lost Soul Aside.

  Genokids and Spirit X Strike are indie in Early Access, and I’d be hesitant to qualify Ninja Gaiden 4 as AA.

  I’ve probably come across a couple of other indies along the way, but AFAIK, that’s the whole year.

  I was psyched Fatal Fury is back until freaking Cristiano Ronaldo showed up 😂 I was never an SNK fan and I’m still knees deep into other fighting games anyway so that’s alright.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld dev isn’t impressed by "so-called" AAA, prefers indies since they "include the kind of systems you can’t find in other games"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not impressed by either. I want AA games back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dodge offset from Bayonetta, boost from Vanquish, and make your own moveset from God Hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been playing Soulstice, past the halfway point. Fun action game with a few weird choices.

  Fixed camera gets too close in narrow hallways, which makes it different to see every enemy I’m fighting, some enemies are transparent, which makes it difficult to see what they’re doing sometimes, and startup animations for non-parryable attacks are a little difficult to spot.

  I still have not unlocked all of my skills though, so I’ll be reserving judgement until I do that and play through NG+.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like Jared Leto giving Daniel Day-Lewis acting advice 😂

  Go back in your hole, Tim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This can’t be surprising if you’re part of the FGC in any way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I love campy games/movies! The Nixon impression in the trailer sold it for me 😂

  Reminds me of The Deadly Tower of Monsters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I just realized I kinda always subconsciously ignored this series for some reason. Added to my list, thanks.