
dmir
@dmir@gehirneimer.de
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
I'm finding the progression to be very smart - earlier levels felt more difficult actually because I wasn't accustomed to the way the developers set things up. I can't describe it too well, but as you keep solving stuff, you kind of know what to expect and have the idea of the what the solution might look like sooner, and you sort of work backwards from there.
If you want more puzzles, The Witness is also a great title. Although I found it to be downright maddening at times despite being able to beat it. I really like the variety of puzzles there, realy unique in that regard and its design. Hunting for secrets and extra stuff there takes lot, tol, though, but it's all so beautiful and rewarding.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Is The Talos Principle old enough to end up here? If it is, then I'm recommending it with great ease. Feels like such a great puzzler with little to no action or reflexes required, a lovely magnitudes of secrets to hunt, both apparently tied to progression and just Easter eggs, and a lot of optional reading if you're into lore-diving.
It's from Croteam, the people behind Serious Sam, although I can't say how much of the original crew worked on The Talos Principle. Still, their own engine offers itself very well to puzzle-solving and exploration through walking (or sprinting).
Such a gem.
- Comment on Devolver Digital plan to go private again 2 weeks ago:
The many that don't realize either actually do realize and play the game because they don't see or believe in another way, or they're also ghouls. Temporarily embarrassed millionaires and all that.
If Devolver Digital actually goes back to being private and uses the money they claim it will save well, that'll be a good story of choosing lasting value and client relationship over short-term monetary gains, which is rare and and hopeful, but especially awesome with these guys, because I love the games they publish.
But you're so right - I, too, wish the rest of the world would do the same. Maybe that'd lead to a more stable world that wouldn't seem impossible to thrive in without excessive hoarding and hostility to anyone else.