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  1. Comment on I need casual, easy going games to help me relax. So, Tildes, what you got? in ~games

    AbelianGrape
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    To be clear though, while the main game is a good difficulty for a puzzle game, reaching 100% is notoriously difficult. If you want something easy-going, but you're also a completionist, this...

    To be clear though, while the main game is a good difficulty for a puzzle game, reaching 100% is notoriously difficult. If you want something easy-going, but you're also a completionist, this might not be for you.

    I've seen career puzzle gamers struggle with some of the puzzles in this game for days. Longer than they struggled on even end-game Baba puzzles.

    All that said, IMO, these are good things, so I recommend it too :)

    2 votes

  2. Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom discussion in ~games

    AbelianGrape
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    I agree with that, but some QOL issues also make it just... feel bad, sometimes. Like the hit-stop effect and the lag when closing quick menus. BotW felt smooth and streamlined to play, and TotK...

    I agree with that, but some QOL issues also make it just... feel bad, sometimes. Like the hit-stop effect and the lag when closing quick menus. BotW felt smooth and streamlined to play, and TotK often just doesn't.

    The game is amazing but if I wasn't getting enjoyment out of speedrunning, I think I would've put it down after finishing all the quests. In contrast I played through BotW maybe 5 or 6 times before getting into speedrunning it.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What are you looking forward to? in ~talk

    AbelianGrape
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    There are hundreds of us!

    There are several tens hundreds of us!

    3 votes

  4. Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp

  5. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    AbelianGrape
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    Baba is great, and also very difficult. IMO it's just on the edge of being beatable without help. I keep seeing outer wilds recommendations... Maybe time to try it!

    Baba is great, and also very difficult. IMO it's just on the edge of being beatable without help.

    I keep seeing outer wilds recommendations... Maybe time to try it!

    6 votes

  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    AbelianGrape
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    Based on those, you'd probably enjoy Tunic if you haven't played it already.

    Based on those, you'd probably enjoy Tunic if you haven't played it already.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    AbelianGrape
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    I agree with all of this. The game is great, it's a great follow up to BOTW, the story is phenomenal... my only real complaint is the play pattern of the sages. Riju in particular gives you...

    I agree with all of this. The game is great, it's a great follow up to BOTW, the story is phenomenal... my only real complaint is the play pattern of the sages. Riju in particular gives you benefits at range, but herself is melee, meaning you have to leave her ideal usage zone in order to actually use her.

    That's fairly minor as far as "my only complaint"s go.

    I also got into speedrunning it which has been very fun so far. Unfortunately the patches make it more complicated than it has to be. I've been running Master Sword RTA on v1.1.1, but my route simply does not work on v1.1.2 because of a glitch that was patched. Accessing old versions is difficult and creates a barrier to entry for new runners :(

    If you like rts, are you excited for stormgate and/or sanctuary?

    2 votes

  8. Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp

    AbelianGrape
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    It is a catch-22. Most people who get into programming "out of passion" started programming because they needed to in order to do something else. Often, making video game mods, but also various...

    It is a catch-22. Most people who get into programming "out of passion" started programming because they needed to in order to do something else. Often, making video game mods, but also various types of data analysis or presentation.

    I agree with opcode (side note: I'm new here, how do we write user tags?). Try writing some things. A text-based daily planner / Todo list / organizer is a good general purpose introduction that doesn't require anything fancy or specialized knowledge. If some parts of your job are repetitive or boring, you could try automating them. Don't be afraid of spending more time automating a task than it would take to do the task yourself - lots of us do that for a living :)

    5 votes