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

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    I put it down when Metaphor came out and haven't picked it back up yet. Had maybe 2 dungeons left. I also felt like the game had the same problem as BotW where you stumble across puzzles in the...

    I put it down when Metaphor came out and haven't picked it back up yet. Had maybe 2 dungeons left. I also felt like the game had the same problem as BotW where you stumble across puzzles in the overworld and then it's like, cool here's your reward, it's a banana that you can mix into a smoothie that you don't even need to use because the game isn't hard. Or here's 20 rupees... that you can use to buy bananas to mix into your smoothies lol.
    I did appreciate the hard mode right out of the gate tho.

    2 votes

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

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    Don't worry about the advice of "only spend one day of a deadline dungeon crawling," that's just for people who like to max out the social side of the game. If it's your first Atlus game, and even...

    Don't worry about the advice of "only spend one day of a deadline dungeon crawling," that's just for people who like to max out the social side of the game. If it's your first Atlus game, and even your first Persona game, just take it at your own pace and go do activities that interest you. It isn't necessary to max every bond.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on How much space do you need to live comfortably? in ~talk

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    Hi, are you me? I also live in the PNW and am originally from St. Louis. ...uh but I don't have a family of 4 tbf lol.

    Hi, are you me? I also live in the PNW and am originally from St. Louis.
    ...uh but I don't have a family of 4 tbf lol.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Has sexual content invaded too much of the internet? in ~tech

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    Hard disagree. Sure, let's say you could easily load up jpegs of boobs on the family computer back in the day, as you said you've done. Shit, I did it too, I get it. But not every person had that...

    Hard disagree. Sure, let's say you could easily load up jpegs of boobs on the family computer back in the day, as you said you've done. Shit, I did it too, I get it. But not every person had that kind of access to that content, and they certainly couldn't do it whenever they wanted.
    Nowadays? Every kid has a computer in their pocket that is programmed to feed them sexually suggestive content. It takes them 10 seconds to reach for their phone in class, on the bus, wherever, and start flicking through video after video of skimpy dances and OnlyFans ads. There literally isn't enough time in a person's life to view the entire feed that has been queued up for them.
    Of course it's worse nowadays. I'm sorry, but this reads like such a terminally online take.

    5 votes

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

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    Finished Shadow of the Erdtree the other day and I feel like it's really overrated. I don't know how much I should say here without being spoilery, if people care about that sort of thing. Most of...

    Finished Shadow of the Erdtree the other day and I feel like it's really overrated. I don't know how much I should say here without being spoilery, if people care about that sort of thing.

    Most of the bosses are just not fun to fight at all. I only fought a small handful that felt satisfying to learn their dance and overcome them, the others were just miserable and felt like my success in them depended entirely on luck. I also got sick of running into the same enemies from the base game that are just so annoying. I didn't buy the DLC hoping to fight more tree spirits and ancient dragons.
    I think it was a good DLC overall because I still love me some Elden Ring, but saying it dethroned Blood and Wine as the best expac of all time is a huge exaggeration.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Please convince me to like Fallout 76, I beg you in ~games

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    I had fun with it solely because I had friends who played it too, but we made our own fun. I feel like the game would be a deeply unenjoyable experience as a solo player.

    I had fun with it solely because I had friends who played it too, but we made our own fun. I feel like the game would be a deeply unenjoyable experience as a solo player.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Recommendation for a Goodreads for video games? in ~games

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    +1 just wish they had a good android app. The mobile web client is nice tho

    +1 just wish they had a good android app. The mobile web client is nice tho

    1 vote

  8. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    Summed up my thoughts exactly, I loved the world building and relaxing pace of the first part of the show. Felt like it told a lot of nice little stories about what it means to live. Then the mage...

    Summed up my thoughts exactly, I loved the world building and relaxing pace of the first part of the show. Felt like it told a lot of nice little stories about what it means to live. Then the mage exam hit and it just became typical a tournament arc anime with 20 new generic, tropey characters who I legitimately could not name if I had a gun to my head.

    1 vote

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

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    I don't have much to say on that mostly because I don't want my words taken out of context. I haven't worked at that company in several years so I really can't speak on how things are going there....

    I don't have much to say on that mostly because I don't want my words taken out of context. I haven't worked at that company in several years so I really can't speak on how things are going there.
    That being said, I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Double Exposure! I have friends who are still working on that and just like to support them.

    1 vote

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

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    Ah, I worked on that! Always get excited whenever I encounter people who have played and enjoyed it.

    Ah, I worked on that! Always get excited whenever I encounter people who have played and enjoyed it.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on The Steam Deck now has over 5,000 Verified games in ~games

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    How can you check battery condition? Realized I can just google that lol. Seems like a feature in desktop mode to check battery health. Interesting, I'll have to check mine soon. It stays docked...

    How can you check battery condition?

    Realized I can just google that lol. Seems like a feature in desktop mode to check battery health. Interesting, I'll have to check mine soon. It stays docked almost exclusively.

  12. Comment on Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same. in ~tech

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    Lol I also use Opinions Rewards and I always try to be as unhelpful as possible.

    Lol I also use Opinions Rewards and I always try to be as unhelpful as possible.

    18 votes

  13. Comment on Valve's next game may have just leaked / Deadlock appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter that combines elements of Overwatch, Valorant, and Dota 2 in ~games

    BajaBlastoise
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    Same, I'm begging for someone, anyone, to make a new hero shooter with even an ounce of the magic that original Overwatch had. And that they make it sustainably and don't fuck it up after several...

    Same, I'm begging for someone, anyone, to make a new hero shooter with even an ounce of the magic that original Overwatch had. And that they make it sustainably and don't fuck it up after several years in the name of greed.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on What are three things you're feeling positively about today? in ~talk

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    Got to see the aurora for the first time last night and I'm lucky enough to live in a place where you can see it with the naked eye, let alone the awesome pics you can get. Grandma's cancer...
    1. Got to see the aurora for the first time last night and I'm lucky enough to live in a place where you can see it with the naked eye, let alone the awesome pics you can get.
    2. Grandma's cancer treatment has been going very well. Pretty much every domino condition they were worried about is completely the opposite and she's pretty much entirely cancer free.
    3. I'm finally in a place where I have a solid workout routine and am seeing some real progress.

    Pretty good week when I put it all down in writing.

    6 votes

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

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    I'm still playing FFVII Rebirth and it's finally really clicked for me at around the Gongaga/Cosmo Canyon point. I made a post last time about how much of a mess the first 15 hours of the game...

    I'm still playing FFVII Rebirth and it's finally really clicked for me at around the Gongaga/Cosmo Canyon point. I made a post last time about how much of a mess the first 15 hours of the game are, and im glad that didn't turn me away completely because tinkering with materia and builds for the party is really engaging. I just wish combat was overall a little more challenging because even on Dynamic it feels like I'm rolling everything. Occasionally a boss will come along that makes me have to stop and think tho, which is always nice. All the open world and side content is still totally uninteresting, but I find myself doing a lot of it because that's the best time to mess with party combinations and work on weapon skill masteries.
    Having a lot of fun with it overall tho.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II -- coming 2024 in ~games

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    Same, I think I put some 23 hours into it? Never really felt like I got good at the combat, and just never finished it. But I did think that a lot of the ideas presented in the first 20 hours were...

    Same, I think I put some 23 hours into it? Never really felt like I got good at the combat, and just never finished it. But I did think that a lot of the ideas presented in the first 20 hours were interesting. Working up from serfdom felt like every gold mattered.

    4 votes

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

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    I did think the volume decreasing gag they did for Mai was clever. I work on dialogue for video games tho and it hurts every time I have to stop everything to pull Chadley out for some useless...

    I did think the volume decreasing gag they did for Mai was clever. I work on dialogue for video games tho and it hurts every time I have to stop everything to pull Chadley out for some useless info. I'm at the point where if I do a world intel objective and I don't end up pulling him out at the end, I'm like physically cheering lol.
    Pretty much all of Chadley's reactions to your scans could have been ambient and the experience would be 1000x better. And whenever I start one of the region bosses or a fiend intel fight, Mai will of course start talking and then I'll tune her out, but then halfway through the fight she'll still be yapping and I'm just shocked like has she been talking this whole time?! I don't think I've retained a single bit of info she's given during a fight, it's just not a well designed experience lol.

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

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    I thought Chadley was one of the most annoying characters I've ever seen in a video game when I played Remake. Glad to see he's taken on a much bigger role in this game... Seriously tho, I would...

    I thought Chadley was one of the most annoying characters I've ever seen in a video game when I played Remake. Glad to see he's taken on a much bigger role in this game...
    Seriously tho, I would love an option to turn the little shit off.

    1 vote

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

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    I've been playing FFVII Rebirth and I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I feel like it has one of the worst openings to a game in recent memory. It's just information overload with...

    I've been playing FFVII Rebirth and I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I feel like it has one of the worst openings to a game in recent memory. It's just information overload with all of the systems, mini games, and mechanics. I think the game really clicked for me when I got to Junon, but man if you're doing open world content, pretty much the first 15 hours of the game is just the Nibelheim flashback and then running around the Grasslands pulling Chadley out of your ass every 5 minutes lmao. The open world content is... tolerable. It's not bad, but it's not super fun or memorable. What is fun and memorable are the main story beats like the parade in Junon.
    I never played the original, so maybe the Nibelheim flashback didn't land as well with me, it just felt confusing trying to figure out the combat with a character who you'll never play again for the rest of the game.

    3 votes

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

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    I was playing this with a couple friends about a year ago and it was a blast, but they unfortunately got sick of the grind near the last 1/3rd of the game and we dropped it Same kinda thing...

    I was playing this with a couple friends about a year ago and it was a blast, but they unfortunately got sick of the grind near the last 1/3rd of the game and we dropped it
    Same kinda thing happened with Valheim so I think I just can't play survival games with them because a lot of the time I don't mind the grind.