Sophocles @ Sophocles @infosec.pub

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I find them really boring, especially in RPG contexts. The difference is night and day when you walk into a handcrafted dungeon that has situational storytelling, creative direction, and ambiance that conveys a specific feeling. Bethesda games do this exceptionally well, for example.

Handcrafting a world also gives meaning to exploration; when I explore a procedurally generated world I feel like I'm just walking around aimlessly, looking for just another treasure chest or enemy to fight. But in a hand-crafted world, there are specific things to look for, situational stories to be told, or even secrets to find that the creator hid. That's a lot more fun to explore than walking around in a glorified geometric algorithm

Microsoft is quickly becoming the worst company in gaming, which is saying something when you have the likes of Nintendo and EA. They bought up a bunch of quality companies making good games just to fire everyone and shut them down so their crappy flagship titles have no competition. Companies want to kill and destroy all games old, new, and even hypothetical so that their glorified slot machines get the spotlight. This is the beginning of the end for mainstream gaming. (Indie gaming is going strong though).

Genshin Impact in a nutshell

Found the type of lemming I was referencing. Here I was simply posting an ambiguous critical commment and they go defensive mode for no reason. Hypercritical, overpolitical, and wrote paragraphs about a game to prove a point rather than to express passion for said games.

The comments of this thread give off major Reddit energy. Sure the post is a little fedora-lordish but why not add meaningful input by discussing the value of games and their stories like the post suggests, rather than bashing a stranger for no reason other than hypercriticalism?

It's not a crime to enjoy something. Just because someone has a differing view does not make it a wrong view. And honestly if I get downvoted, it kinda proves that lemmings just critisize others and hate when someone is critical of them. Hypocrisy at its finest.

I too have chosen to spend a good chunk of my money on games, and came to, you know the "games" lemmy instance, to talk about them. That's not hyper-consumerism, its me finding happiness in a world where there's not much to be happy about. Like op said, it's a way to escape, explore, and lose yourself.

I love how you wrote this like a counter-ad. Hard agree, jamocha shakes are the best cheap shake and Arby's gets a totally bad rap. Just add Arbys or Horsey sauce to whatever you get to make it 10x better

Bro really wanted his chicken well done at 400°F

Those PC-88 pics look really cool. Just goes to show that you don't need a cutting edge PC for good graphics (or even a GPU at all in this case).

Also speaking of Michael Jackson, his Sega Genesis game Moonwalker is definitely a hidden gem worth checking out. Smooth gameplay and criminally underrated

It's a reference to this post. A lot of people found it funny but a lot of lemmings also thought it was insulting and spam

Things you should never get caught liking on Lemmy:
Nintendo
Windows
Auth-right, lib-right, or lib-left politics
A can of beans
Police
Man vs bear hypothetical
CalyxOS
Etc.

(Edit: formatting)

All of my favorite Star Wars games are on sale. When star wars games were good; "before the dark times, before EA."

Knights of the Old Republic I & II
Dark forces
Empire at War
Jedi Academy
Jedi Outcast
Republic Commando
Battlefront I & II (Lucasarts ones not EA)
Shadows of the Empire
Bounty Hunter

All great games worth playing imo

I'm interested to read your interview, I've often wondered what motivations are present for the minds behind services like that. I wonder how many are from a benevolent will to share entertainment & preserve games, and how many are simply just financial

Xenia was one of the few programs I kept windows for, good to check it off the list. I'll definitely be downloading and tinkering with it soon

Command and Conquer perhaps? CC Tiberium Wars came out around 2007. Starcraft is also a similar RTS; Starcraft 2 came out in 2010

These come to mind where you can kill enemies, be a girl, and are or are similar to an rpg:

Middle Earth: Shadow of War: main character is a guy but in one of the expansions you can play the story as Galadriel. Killing monsters and game mechanics are peak

Skyrim Mods: ik you mentioned Skyrim, but The Wheels of Lull, The Tools of Kagrenac, and The Forgotten City are game sized mods in of themselves and are very good

Elder Scrolls III Morrowind and IV Oblivion: both as good as Skyrim, but in different ways. Go in with an open mind and you will be amazed

Star Wars KOTOR I & II: my favorite games of all time, very much games where you can choose how your character acts and who they become. Great story too, as a fan of star wars or not

I recently got back into Batman Arkham City. The last time I played it was 2016 or so, and I forgot what it was about. I remember it being really good, but I'm enjoying it even more this time around. They really nailed all the characters spot on (coming from reading the graphic novels and comics)

Seconded on Talos Principle; it's a great game. It takes a more philosophical spin on the story rather than a comical spin like Portal, but it does scratch that 3D puzzler itch that Portal accomplishes so well

Mindustry is such a gem. It's my most played game on Steam and for good reason

And of course! Thank you for quality news and tips

Nightfire is such a great game, you'll have a lot of fun with it. All the James Bond games are pretty slept on imo (except goldeneye, which everyone knows already).

I know Sonic Unleashed had an unofficial PC port, but I didn't know Midnight Club 3 had one, is there a PC version or are you talking about emulation on pc?