timo_timboo @ timo_timboo_ @lemmy.world

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I always thought about the differences of these 2 modes, but never tried it out. What exactly does it change?

Trust me, first things I do in Pokémon games. Didn't help.

I was thinking about that. Thank you for the suggestion and also the link :)

Pokémon, actually. Just a month ago I wanted to play Soul Silver. But man, it is tedious. There's so much slow dialog, long animations, and little inconveniences everywhere (even in the menus). And I feel like you also have to grind to progress, which I absolutely hate in games (but maybe I also just didn't play well enough, whatever). So yeah, quite disappointed with it since I remember the 3DS games being quite fun.

Haha thanks for your suggestions, I'll look into it :)

And with CRTs, yeah, they can be pretty good. Of course, a calibrated CRT has perfect black levels, but that's not even the best part. OLED and Plasma can do that too, after all. What I love about CRTs is the motion clarity. During motion, every display except CRTs becomes blurry. That's the most important part for me. It makes a night and day difference for games.

I made a post about a high end CRT monitor here. This monitor can go up to 1440p or up to 160hz (not both at the same time, though). I love it.

And of course, a standard definition CRT is awesome for any pre HD console. They look awesome.

So yeah, I think we definitely lost something with the transition to LCD and OLED. I hope I didn't get into to much detail here, once I start with talking about the greatness of CRTs, it's hard to stop :)

Flashlights are an interesting one. I somehow ended up in !flashlight@lemmy.world and it's definitely a unique hobby. I'm not sure if I'm willing to really join all of you yet, but reading the posts can be pretty cool.

For me, it's probably CRTs, other display technologies and old hardware in general. It's fun to tinker around with stuff. And playing games, be it new or old, on CRTs is what I live for.

Ever heard of the Trine series? 5 games by now (can only speak about the first 4 though), and they are really fun together. Basically 2d puzzle games with 3 different characters that all have their own abilities, which leads to many different ways to solve puzzles. Highly recommended.

Definitely at least once a week, though usually more than that.

I got back into Super Mario Odyssey, after like 5 years. Just felt the desire to play it again and man, does it take me back to 2017/18. Still just as fun.

Yeah the SP is quite something special. It uses clicky buttons, but also keeps the rubber membranes which give it this softer clickiness. Not sure why Nintendo did that? Though to be fair it was also one of the first consoles to use clicky buttons, maybe they just hadn't completely figured it out yet?

Often times, yes. Doesn't mean that OP has to get one of the very old models. I was thinking of one from the last few years. The reason to go with an office pc is simply that you get a good starting point for a pc, so it's probably cheaper than a full custom build, even if the pc isn't that old yet. Though I also didn't look at current prices either.

If you are comfortable with building a pc by yourself, you could try to get an older office pc and put a decent graphics card in there.

I often find myself getting a notification 10+ minutes after I get a message

Oh that's interesting, sometimes I don't get notified at all

10 minutes sound pretty solid to me.

I hope they'll do a physical release too.

Well yeah, that's what I just said?

I might have to pirate a game from the Wii U though they they won't remake for the switch:(

I don't remember Nintendo ever remaking a Wii U game for switch, and even if they port one over, the experience is only marginally better than it used to be

I'd also recommend the universal android debloater. makes the whole process quite easy.

Where's the problem? I've just looked through their page and it seems like they really improved it. Now I might consider getting one too, dammit

Great question, always wondered about that too. Interesting to read through the answers.

Happened to me too. it suggested to delete the app (there was even a button for it directly) but as expected, nothing happened :(