Pretty much yeah, there is a reason why Madden and FIFA (formerly) were top sellers every year with extremely minimal changes. It’s a safe game that sold like crazy. Same with Call of Duty. If we want something fresh, indie games for the most part try not to fall into the saturated market and stand out above their peers

Last one I played a lot was I think Black ops 4, bought Cold War and was disappointed, especially since I needed an Xbox live subscription to even play single player

But last one I enjoyed was probably Black ops 2

Isn’t that the ones with the mech suits? I hated the loot box guns so much. Couldn’t compete with those

You can yeah, I’ve just had major trouble getting Lutris to work on my system

That’s sounds a lot more convenient

That’s actually kinda neat, especially given how popular GoPro footage was at the time and like, stunts in general

Iirc it was only used for uploading screenshots and videos captured on the consoles

For what it’s worth, the Heroic Games launcher works out of the box for me on Mint, it also handles GOG

Last I played was Cold War on Xbox, couldn’t even get past “press start to continue” without Xbox Live Gold, the only way I could play single player or zombies was to eithe unplug the Ethernet, or disable the network for the Xbox entirely. Just to start the game.

Also not gatekeeping modes and content I already paid for if I can’t afford the newest expansion, and just straight up removing content that was paid for

Minecraft has always got to be #1 for me, most people have played it and there is a near limitless things to do, it really is a true sandbox.

I’m torn on #2 because both games or so dear to me, but it’s a split between Kingdom Hearts 2, and Metal Gear Solid 3. I’d probably give it to KH2 just because you can also do so much to make the game either harder or more enjoyable, and Disney just adds that extra oomph to make it charming

As for 3, I’m not really sure. There are so many games I’ve had really fond memories of, between sleepovers with my neighbor and staying up all night playing Timesplitters Future Perfect on the GameCube, to Black ops 2 and all the fun I had with my online friends. As unsatisfying as it is, I think I’d have to leave 3 open

Doesn’t seem like that fair of a comparison. MGS3 HD is a finished game while the trailer they released of MGS3 Delta is an in-engine preview which mostly just shows what the engine CAN DO not necessarily what the game is going to look like

Yeah it’s really weirdly paced for a new player. When I started playing, they threw me directly into a late story mission and I had no idea who people were or what was going on. To no one’s surprise, I experienced story events out of order and was spoiled by the game itself

and even more DLC in Early Access

I’m so glad I can buy the games separately. I’m really only wanting to play MGS3 but already own 1 and 2 on GOG

69% of my games are played

Also nearly 15k hours of playtime

Time to pay off my debt to a raccoon and fish all day.

Definitely not a bad way to live. Talk to your animal villagers, the debt doesn’t have any interest and you could just never pay it and I’d get to just chill in nature

Absolutely! Fuck the Chinese government in its entirety

tons of indie artists, every sound file you’d want, including flacs for their entire catalog and streaming, it’s lovely

Fr, you can optimize really well when you know exactly what hardware someone will be running.

My money is on Series Z(ed)Xbox

Pass. As much as I dislike PlayStation after the issues I had with the ps4, I’d sooner swap back than use a cloud console

It’s not even toxic lol

I don’t mind if they need to patch the game after launch to fix issues. you can only find so much with a QA team, the mass market is really helpful for finding issues you’d never be able to find as a team of 20 or 50 if they’re being generous.

I do absolutely despise live-service games with no choice for offline play. Diablo 4 is a more recent, prime example of this. servers went offline for a day or two IIRC, no one could play the game they payed money for, at a premium price at that. the biggest issue is that it puts a life-span on your games and I don’t think any media should have that.

Binary yes or no is not useful to me

for the most part it seems to work better than on Metacritic or other review sites with 5-10 star ratings. a lot of people are very unreasonable with 0 star reviews where they’ll give it a 0 for a slight inconvenience even if the game is completely playable

might as well lump the 0-4 star people together on a 10 scale

NieR Automata for me, even with its 4 required playthroughs, it’s a fantastic story that genuinely made me question a lot of beliefs I had about life

Alternatively, NieR Replicant which is just as good on its 2nd and third playthrough because of knowing everything in the first playthrough

I didn’t hear about the quest mod getting its own game, what’s it called?

Or they stop pushing for high graphical fidelity and ultra realism

I didn’t like mine and subsequently didn’t buy many games for it because of its over reliance on the game pad, and the game pad draining its battery over night if not plugged in. Can’t access settings without the game pad, the game pad checked for updates and content way too often so the battery drained am quite often over night. Along with again, over reliance on the game pad where a lot of games I wanted to play, it was primarily built around the pad so controllers didn’t feel natural for the games

I typically do it regardless since its not harming anyone by using it but is definitely helpful for those who need it. It does also help Monster Hunter understanding of needing it since I also have trouble determining if a message is meant to be sarcastic or fr fr

Gotta have a /s attached

Could have just been not funny to a lot of people or because some of us are autistic and sometimes can tell sarcasm as easily through text

I swear every girl I know went from Animal Crossing to now playing tears of the kingdom nonstop! We’re definitely drawn to those types of games for sure

I can totally see why we’re more attracted to MMOs. Even male players are playing as women so it’s way easier for us to blend in. It’s also not really voice reliant so there isn’t an indication that we are women. Along with just typically having way more content we can do solo