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  1. Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games

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    Clearly you need to get exactly 4 more achievements in the next two weeks to make them match!

    Clearly you need to get exactly 4 more achievements in the next two weeks to make them match!

    4 votes

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

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    But they put out a huge patch about a year ago which fixed a lot of the complaints, which is why I picked it up so I could replay them. Had no issues with 3 or VC, and aside from the flying...

    But they put out a huge patch about a year ago which fixed a lot of the complaints, which is why I picked it up so I could replay them.

    Had no issues with 3 or VC, and aside from the flying controls, SA has been great too, performance wise

    2 votes

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

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    Been working my way through GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition. I haven't played this game in probably 15 years at least. Wow I forgot how much there was in it. I played 3 and VC a while back when...

    Been working my way through GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition. I haven't played this game in probably 15 years at least. Wow I forgot how much there was in it. I played 3 and VC a while back when I picked up the trilogy and I've already passed the playtime on those but still have a ton of SA left to go. I finally finished the airfield and am about to start the Las Venturas area. It's wild how much bigger this one is compared to the other two. Maybe a little too big, I'll have to see when I finish it.

    Along those lines it kinda feels like they crammed two different GTA games together. The Los Santos Grove Street game and the SF/LV game. The plotlines have very little to do with each other once you leave Los Santos, they have a few connections but easily could've been a separate game/plotline.

    Forgot about a lot of this game. I remember some major beats but I'm surprised how much I didn't recall.

    Also how did they not fix the fucking flying in this game??? It's atrocious by modern day standards. I would expect them to have updated that with the definitive edition. Very disappointed in that.

    Wish more games had stats like this one. Having to eat every day or two is annoying, but otherwise I love the stat system in SA and am sad it isn't in many games.

    I'll evaluate once I finish, but I think VC is still my absolute favorite of the bunch. SA does some cool things but has some annoying as well.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    That and Half-Life Alyx was announced the same way. Just a trailer drop on a random day they picked. And hype spread like wildfire. Though being VR I don't think it was as explosive as Half Life 3...

    That and Half-Life Alyx was announced the same way. Just a trailer drop on a random day they picked. And hype spread like wildfire.

    Though being VR I don't think it was as explosive as Half Life 3 will be when it drops sometime soonish? Who knows when

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    Half Life was never going to be announced at TGA. Valve will do their own announcement in their own way in their own time, literally Valve Time, lol. They are a household name at this point,...

    Half Life was never going to be announced at TGA. Valve will do their own announcement in their own way in their own time, literally Valve Time, lol. They are a household name at this point, arguably the biggest in the industry, they aren't going to announce at someone else's event.

    Also they don't need the viewer boost. You think the second the announcement trailer drops it's not going to be plastered across every gaming news site and forum across the world in minutes? It's the biggest gaming meme of all time, and huge news that Valve actually made it, it'll be everywhere instantly

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    Yeah it's a bad analogy. Because events are different tasks graded individually whereas games are a single thing graded in different criteria. I'm struggling to think of a good analogy though. I...

    Yeah it's a bad analogy. Because events are different tasks graded individually whereas games are a single thing graded in different criteria. I'm struggling to think of a good analogy though.

    I don't think my bad analogy discounts what I'm trying to say though.

  7. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    Yes a few games got recognition, but so many deserving games were left out to dry. Silksong is also a huge fan favorite but it didnt win a lot because it just happened to release the same year as...

    • Yes a few games got recognition, but so many deserving games were left out to dry. Silksong is also a huge fan favorite but it didnt win a lot because it just happened to release the same year as E33. How is that fair to Silksong? If it had released last year would it have won more? Probably.

    • Yes not every element of a game is going to be amazing, even the GOTY winner, but they've already received the highest honor you can get. Unless it truly was miles above every other game in terms of soundtrack or performance or something. But I think every category had very deserving nominees that got screwed because E33 is the popular choice. Troy Baker should have taken best performance easily. But since it's just a popularity contest and not as many people played the game (or the fact that it came out over a year ago and a lot of people have poor memories) he was denied. Also a damn shame it wasn't nominated for many other categories which I think goes back to the memory issue.

    • I think the opposite is also true. It was obvious E33 was a favorite, and less than an hour in, it had won several awards already, everything it was nominated for, so it was obvious it was going to win GOTY. So there was zero excitement on who would win it, it was obvious. If it hadn't won anything or only one or two the whole show there would be doubt in people's minds as to whether it was as popular as people thought it would be (which happens all the time, look at TOTK, lot of love but barely won anything that year)

    • And this is the problem I think. This is a poor way to view it. A game winning GOTY is the ultimate reward. I think it should be viewed more as ok this is the best game this year, now what other games had the best soundtrack, best acting, best direction, etc. and again I don't think it should be barred from winning anything else outright, just given a handicap on the scoring to allow other gems to shine as well. So if it does win another award it's really like damn that game had a truly amazing soundtrack. Instead of the way it is now which is basically, oh this is the popular game so it'll just win every category. That's boring.

    Also it sucks for people who aren't fans of the game or genre that the popular vote is that year. I have zero interest in E33 or Silksong. But because those are the popular ones they win all the awards, if E33 hadn't released I'm sure Silksong would've done the same thing and this would be the same conversation. I would vote for Indiana Jones or Blue Prince as GOTY as those are games I loved and thought should win. But they aren't the popular vote, so whatever, that's fine. But it's frustrating that they get no recognition at all when they are such amazing games in their respective genres. And for people who are fans of these games and not E33 (we do exist!) it's disappointing.

    Even if a game I enjoyed was the GOTY winner. I still wouldn't want it to win every award. It takes the fun out of the suspense when one game is grabbing everything. The recognition should be spread around.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    GOTY is the highest honor you can get. You've already won everything if you win that. It'd be like if someone took the gold medal, and the silver and the bronze. No one else gets a medal then?...

    GOTY is the highest honor you can get. You've already won everything if you win that.

    It'd be like if someone took the gold medal, and the silver and the bronze. No one else gets a medal then? That's probably a bad metaphor but that's what it feels like.

    I don't think it's unfair for the winner to be kneecapped because they already have the best thing you can have. Anything else is just extra. Lets spread the love a little instead of piling all the eggs in one basket.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    Yes but lost to Expedition 33

    Yes but lost to Expedition 33

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    Yeah I'm saying they should change it. They already weight the audience score like you said, I don't think it would be that unreasonable to weight against the GOTY winner in other categories.

    Yeah I'm saying they should change it. They already weight the audience score like you said, I don't think it would be that unreasonable to weight against the GOTY winner in other categories.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games

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    I'm fine with it getting GOTY, I know it's a good game a lot of people love, even though I'll never play it because it is not at all the kind of game I would enjoy. The problem I have is that it...

    I'm fine with it getting GOTY, I know it's a good game a lot of people love, even though I'll never play it because it is not at all the kind of game I would enjoy.

    The problem I have is that it also swept basically every other major category. It's really annoying. If a game is going to win GOTY, it shouldnt win other awards unless it is an overwhelming best of the category. So many of those other games are so deserving of awards and they get snubbed just because they happened to release the same year this game did? How is that fair?

    Once they determine the GOTY winner they should get a handicap on all other categories to let other games shine that deserve some recognition

    12 votes

  12. Comment on Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store in ~news

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    Agreed, this is the kind of news I want to hear

    Agreed, this is the kind of news I want to hear

    4 votes

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

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    Those time and step challenges were annoying but totally doable following a guide like the portal one was. It doesn't take that much time as you're thinking.

    Those time and step challenges were annoying but totally doable following a guide like the portal one was. It doesn't take that much time as you're thinking.

  14. Comment on New ‘Stargate’ TV series ordered at Amazon from ‘Blindspot’ creator Martin Gero in ~tv

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    Would say a Cheyenne Mountain of canon?

    Would say a Cheyenne Mountain of canon?

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Strange YouTube watch-tracking behavior in ~tech

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    If you keep your mouse cursor at the top in the blank space to the sides of the search bar you can still scroll without dealing with the mouse cursor hovering over videos

    If you keep your mouse cursor at the top in the blank space to the sides of the search bar you can still scroll without dealing with the mouse cursor hovering over videos

    2 votes

  16. Comment on New ‘Stargate’ TV series ordered at Amazon from ‘Blindspot’ creator Martin Gero in ~tv

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    It definitely is. SG-1 and Atlantis are fantastic shows if you enjoy sci-fi. Highly recommend.

    It definitely is. SG-1 and Atlantis are fantastic shows if you enjoy sci-fi. Highly recommend.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on New ‘Stargate’ TV series ordered at Amazon from ‘Blindspot’ creator Martin Gero in ~tv

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    It was very forgettable. I watched it when it came and couldn't tell you anything that happened aside from the general premise. Can't remember a thing that happened. I would say not worth it

    It was very forgettable. I watched it when it came and couldn't tell you anything that happened aside from the general premise. Can't remember a thing that happened. I would say not worth it

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    No it's definitely a bad story. I also haven't finished the game yet, but it's such a weak and cliche setup that the whole story is then built upon. It definitely leads to some humorously dark...

    No it's definitely a bad story. I also haven't finished the game yet, but it's such a weak and cliche setup that the whole story is then built upon.

    It definitely leads to some humorously dark moments like the elephant. But other than that the premise sucks. I feel like it wouldn't be that hard to have had a slightly better setup to build the story on.

    It's really weird that the game is supposed to be about working together and being a team but youre never rooting for the characters to do so despite thats what your playing it as. it's a weird disconnect where what you do doesn't match what the characters say and do.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    I only played with 4 people, seems like it'd be a lot harder with only 2

    I only played with 4 people, seems like it'd be a lot harder with only 2

    1 vote

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

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    As you upgrade your tools and level up stamina also becomes less important over time in MTaS (same in MTaP). Depending how quickly you move through the story I'd say within the first year of the...

    As you upgrade your tools and level up stamina also becomes less important over time in MTaS (same in MTaP). Depending how quickly you move through the story I'd say within the first year of the game you won't be worrying to much about stamina anymore.

    In both My Time games it got to the point where I was running around trying to figure out what to use my extra stamina on to collect more resources before ending the day. But I generally enjoy playing efficiently like that.