Hm... Maybe that's what I am thinking of. I know for sure that Smite is the reason Tribes: Ascend was left for dead, though, and that's reason enough to hate it.
That said, it's closer to Smite than it is a hero shooter.
I haven't played Smite since it came out, but has it really changed that much that it's no longer a hero shooter? 🤨 It was like Overwatch, 2 years before Overwatch came out.
My first one was the first one, and what sets it (and 2) apart from 3 other than literally the entire game (1 and 2 were 2D isometric, dialogue and choice heavy, CRPGs with turn-based tactical combat) was as I said the general vibe.
It didn't take itself too seriously and the humor was incredibly seated in pop culture references. Bethesda's brand of humor is more muted and generic, and their writing is incredibly dry sometimes (the best writing they've ever seen is in Elder Scrolls 3).
4 has the same kind of silliness as the originals, the visuals also fit a lot better IMO. But the CRPG elements are almost entirely gone at this point, which is why I regard it as a fun shooter and not an RPG.
New Vegas, however, is still the GOAT among the 3D Fallout games. Not only does it have actual RPG elements that I expect from something calling itself an RPG, it has the exact same tone and vibe as the first two games mainly because it had Brian Fargo and one of the other original writers working on it.
It's ironic that Divide by Zero, a sizeable pro-AI instance, actually has rules requiring tagging AI content posted to communities not explicitly dedicated to AI content and the instances that are largely anti-AI do not.
3k is just under 2 miles. That's not that far. That's about what I walked here in the US before moving to a larger city where there's a grocery store right across the street.
I think if I was irresponsible with my money, I'd be paying for games and pirating food instead of the other way around. 🤷♂️