Mostly waiting for Lies Of P to land in a day or two. I have spent more time with Starfield, but as I mentioned in a previous comment, I think I'm reaching the end of my time with that one.
I don't think it's 'bad', but I do think it's a severely compromised game that underwhelms more than it should for a game of it's budget and the team behind it. There's moments where you can see so much potential but it is always somewhat hidden by this mid 2000s design that I thought we'd moved past.
I absolutely love your description of the game being 'big empty rooms'. I think I've come to the same conclusion in the last 24 hours. The space stuff and the on-planet stuff feels disjointed and unconnected. The way you traverse the universe is incredibly underwhelming (so many menu's) and the actual game design just feels so 2008.
I guess they're wanting to show that it can handle the very biggest games? Problem is if people can't trust the verification process then it's effectively useless. After my Dead Space issue I've already made it standard practise to check ProtonDB before I grab a game.
Valve's doesn't help with it's 'Verified' status. I picked up Dead Space because it's verified. Within an hour I'd hit the refund button. It ran. It ran at 20fps and looked like absolute ass, but it ran. Not sure that's what they should be pushing people towards however.
I think (for me atleast) the larger issue is the fact that I have to engage a cut-scene to land on a planet. I don't have an issue with a loading screen in order to get into the system, or even just outside of the planets atmosphere, but it's kinda weak that I also have a loading screen when landing.
I'm honestly amazed that anyone could have completed it more than once already. I've played it every day since Friday and I feel like I've barely got out of the opening seconds of the game.
Is it? Without a doubt the internet, and it's overuse can be an issue, but I'm not sure it's a great idea to minimise it down to one cause when there's likely significantly more to it than that.
Young people are much more aware of what's going on in the world than they were even 15 years ago when I was a teen. They understand what's coming, they understand climate change and the other issues of the day. Is that an online issue or a societal issues that's spewing into the lives of young people where it didn't before?
I mean, for a start it's a solution without a problem. We don't really have an issue with voter fraud in the UK. All this has done is disenfranchise people who could previously vote without needing an often costly ID.
Currently Playing is a place to discuss what you're currently playing and Photo-Mode is a place to share in game screenshots and photographs you've taken whilst playing.
Sorry if the links are messed up. I've got no idea the right way to link at this point. The whole system seems a bit of a mess.
The Stanley Parable, although it couldn't be further from High on Life in terms of its comedy. Personally I don't love the game but it's absolutely hilarious.
Mostly waiting for Lies Of P to land in a day or two. I have spent more time with Starfield, but as I mentioned in a previous comment, I think I'm reaching the end of my time with that one.
I don't think it's 'bad', but I do think it's a severely compromised game that underwhelms more than it should for a game of it's budget and the team behind it. There's moments where you can see so much potential but it is always somewhat hidden by this mid 2000s design that I thought we'd moved past.