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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard good things about, but not myself played, Penny’s Big Breakaway, might be worth looking into, it’s got a demo on steam. I think it’s the game closest to your list I’m aware of. In terms of slightly different 3D platformers that MAY be to your taste: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a step away from the others in your list in terms of movement styles, as a spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio, but is a proper 3D platformer, and the music is really good. Exploring each new area is the primary gameplay loop, with some limited combat that isn’t really the focus. Mirror’s Edge is a first person platformer with focus on going fast. The movement is surprisingly good for a first person game, and I’ve enjoyed going back and running time trials, as every level has a ton of very non obvious alternate routes that involve taking advantage of all your movement options (ie: wall jumping in a space you may not have realized was even an option, rather than going up stairs) Neon White is probably the furthest from what you’re looking for, but is one I’m a big fan of. Another first person platformer with short, timed stages, and ratings at the end. Killing enemies gives cards that can be used for attacks or movement. The dialogue is all extremely cringe (and deliberately so)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No argument here. This is purely for people who were already interested. Not going to push those run times on anybody

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconded. Not only does it make the watch period much shorter (about half), but it also makes the watching experience insanely better. The biggest weakness of the anime is pacing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds interesting! I’ll have to look into those, thanks for the mention! That last bit, I think, is what kills it for me at the higher stakes, I like having the POTENTIAL for victory every run. Having an occasional impossible run isn’t the end of the world, but when it’s more assured losses than potential wins, there’s a line

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof. I’ve played a lot of Balatro, but I finished blue stake and went “any more than this stops being fun.” Can’t imagine going all the way to gold for every deck. Is it just a completionist thing? Or is the challenge of it fun for you in moment to moment gameplay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actual theft ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro absolutely had ADHD. No doubt in my mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hell Let Loose: Vietnam - Official Gameplay Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not gonna lie, I’m not that big on shooters these days, but after HLL was free on epic I did have a bunch of fun with some friends playing it, intermittently getting into character, begging the squad medic to help me so I could go home to my darling Betsy. I don’t want to die like this, on some kraut battlefield an ocean away from her. Take care of Betsy for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding: The journey actually matters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think the goal of the game was “make a single player game that makes the player feel as though the are collaborating to build something bigger” and I strongly experienced that feeling. Using tools left by other players, looking for places I could place tools for others to use that didn’t have an easy traversal option otherwise, especially the big projects like bridges and roads, which gain a lot of their required resources from others, felt like I was helping build back a world to make it better for everyone. That success, saying “we want the player to feel x emotion” and succeeding in that goal? That’s art. The soundtrack is outstanding as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  F-Zero GX is the goat, but nintendo didn’t make it! It’s actually made by Sega’s AV (amusement vision) team, now known as ryu ga gotoku studio

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that showed them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. Consent is so fucking hot. For so many reasons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. It’s disheartening when the game has clearly had its design compromised, making a worse game to accommodate microtransactions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you enjoyed the sombre tone of some of the other media, I’d encourage giving Halo 3 ODST a shot. Invasion of earth from the perspectives of more typical marines, not a supersoldier. It’s still very clearly halo, but the vibes are completely different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This has been on my radar for a while, but I haven’t picked it up yet. Good to know that it’s at 1.0 and was previously expecting such progress wipes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Valhalla the one that had “time saver” microtransactions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s already the case for like 75% of pokemon games since the 3ds eShop closed, iirc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokmeon Pokopia's retail release will be a game-key card⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Worse. You need to use the card to play the game, even though it’s just a key to unlock downloading the game. Worst of both worlds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly something in the style of X, or, even better, Zero minus the screen crunch and low quality audio of the gba, would put joy in my heart. Still holding out hope the fan game megaman x corrupted comes out ever

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Zero 5, in which Ciel finds the legendary hero nobody cared about enough to look for: Axl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real talk, which would you rather have: Megaman 12, or Megaman X9?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People were hoping it was a stealth megaman game, but I’m pretty sure someone at capcom came out and said it isn’t

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Minecraft is good for teaching a lot of stuff, depending on the age of the kids. A friend of mine has kids who are learning to read and type early so they can access what they want in creative mode, too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a similar experience. Went the wrong way in DS1, headed straight for the catacombs, went “oh. This isn’t hard. This is punishing.” And dropped off. Later a friend gave me some guidance and some pointers on what the game did/didn’t expect of me and I’ve been a giant fan ever since.

  Sekiro took me a little time to figure out what it expected from me, too, but now I absolutely adore that game. That’s more of a mechanical “what should I be doing in combat” statement of the fact that the game expects you to act aggressively while focusing on defense. Though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I think a lot of people miss that these games are full of soft difficulty options. Magic, in particular pyromancy, summons, there are lots of ways to make the game easier, and that’s a good thing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  3.5 does use d20, but lacks advantage/disadvantage in favor of doing a lot more math every moment of every round of combat. This is the biggest appeal of 5e, it’s approachable and keeps the games moving.

  I wouldn’t recommend 4e, it strongly suffers from the aforementioned “everyone can do everything and feels samey” much more than 5e.

  Pathfinder 1e is basically just dnd 3.5, and as others have mentioned, PF2e is more of a middle ground

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good memories. I was a regular on the boards at one point in time, and regularly contributed to the secrets/cheats/bugs sections

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some hidden gem demos and games I've found on Steam (2025)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. Could have sworn in universe, SCP as an organization stood for Secure Contain Protect

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

  Oof. Good to know, especially since you can’t buy mana restoration items and need to farm them. Thanks for the heads up

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

  Seeing these remarks on the H2A soundtrack after having previously gone back and forth a bit on it makes me feel guilty, hopefully the callout of the difference didn’t lessen the experience. I don’t know about you, but I’m often blissfully ignorant until something just slightly negative is pointed out and then it becomes a bother. Glad you enjoyed it, either way! The H3 start was jarring for everyone though. I think one of the books gets into the details for what happens between 2 and 3, but not any of the ones I read. The short version is “Chief really wanted to go home to earth, so he got on a covenant ship going home. When they didn’t go straight to the surface, he tried to do the sonic adventure 2 opening and surfed on a door from orbit down to the ground”

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

  You’re not the only one working your way through it. There’s so much I like about it, but, damn, it’s hard to love. I just got to act 4, myself, and keep having the thought “this would be nice to have a friend who has played the shit out of this game to give me some guidance here and there”

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

  FFTA was the game that got me into trpgs. Absolutely love it. Character progression feels so good and I love the ability to pull a little bit from one job to another via the way the skills system works. I’ve been playing Tactics Ogre Reborn lately and it certainly has a much better plot, but I’d like it if character growth was closer to FFTA.

  I have a lot of opinions about the plot to FFTA though. Marche frankly feels like the villain to me. His stated goal is literally to destroy the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soulja Boy is selling video game consoles again, and he's already being accused of ripping off an existing handheld: "He does not have permission to rebrand our products and sell them as his own"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, drop shipping does feel like it could be easily profitable for someone with clout and a following to peddle his upcharged wares to. At least he’s doing better than last time when he was immediately shut down because the product was illegal (included roms), or when he bought an atari nft that he thought meant he owned atari. I really want to know how much he paid for that nft that he thought he owned the entire company