I just want OutRun 3

They had so many great games. Which one is the one you think of most?

This was going to be my answer!

Uh, excuse me, but Gabe buys submarines thankyouverymuch

So basically this is where I’ve landed on this after rooting, moding, etc. all of my electronics for the last 30 years: for devices where I want to customize everything, it’s going to be done with a Linux computer to begin with because there’s absolutely nothing standing in my way. For other things that I just need to work reliably and not become yet another chore, I buy some product. So I would buy a thermostat, but build my own NAS (with a 3D printed 7-bay case).

I’m beyond sick - as I think you might be too - of all the extra stuff I have to keep up with whenever I jailbreak/root/whatever a device just so I don’t fuck it up with some careless action or update. I just don’t have the same amount of free time and mental energy to dedicate to this stuff anymore. I wish I did though.

I can relate. I’m getting tired of having to do this kind of thing for all my devices just to make them work. I’m even probably going to switch to iPhone because at this point I just want my phone to work reliably, and my OnePlus 8T never has.

My advice is to go to the XDA forums and find your device there. You should be able to tell from replies and view counts of the threads which of the ROMs and mods are the most popular.

The Uncharted series? It’s okay to play on an easy difficulty level, and they’re not too hard anyway.

Oh, I agree. The older GoW games are perhaps my favorite of their era.

Totally agree. I bought these on sale earlier this year, and I was like, “THIS is what everyone kept recommending?”

They can be fun, but they’re PS2 God of War meets Star Wars. I think if you have no nostalgia for them, they’re 6.5/10 at best.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_stick

🎶 You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave set the high score.

Guitar solo 🎶

You can look for specific games on protondb.com to get a good idea of how they run.

I don’t chase high-end PC gaming anywhere near enough to name a single game that is known for realism.

Outrun 2006

I’ve played it. Since the basic game design is unchanged, I still don’t love it.

I think it’s interesting that Capcom developed that one for Nintendo. They certainly did a great job!

I like, but don’t love, Link’s Awakening. I get that they had the limitations of the Game Boy to work around, so the idea that the map is confounding to navigate - just like a dream can be - was a creative choice that fit well. It just doesn’t resonate with me.

The GBA was definitely a better platform for a Zelda game than the OG Game Boy.

Time Spinner is available on other platforms, but I enjoy playing it on the Vita

I hope you enjoy it! I had a LCD model that I loved enough to upgrade to the OLED. I never get tired of playing it.

They’ll never reach acceptance. Maybe court-ordered compliance, but never true acceptance.

The Forgotten City. Interesting mystery game set in a Roman city, but after you know the spoilers there’s little reason to play it again.

It’s called Greed

It’s worth discussing at least. I used to be a big fan of flashing custom software, kernels, recoveries, etc.

At some point though, it started becoming more and more of a hassle to get a phone with an unlockable bootloader to work with my mobile network operator. Limited choices of I even had one.

Then all the banking and p2p apps stopped being easy to use while rooted, so we had to hide root from those apps. Then that got harder and harder.

Meanwhile the custom features that I used to want became mostly standard within Android.

At this point, I don’t really bother with rooting anymore because there’s little that I need it for but lots of hassle involved in having it. Now Google is blocking RCS messages from being delivered to rooted phones.

So if Android is now basically iOS with how much it’s locked down from modification, why not just get an iPhone with better features I care about (their cameras and photo software) and better long-term updates? What is it that Google is even aiming for with Android now? If they’re going to be hostile to users owning their own hardware, then maybe the OS should see more than a single line item change for a major version (android 14). I don’t feel like Google has made any meaningful additions to the OS in a decade+ now.

I can get past ugly early 3D, but bad controls are not something that I can stand. I didn’t like Tomb Raider back when it was new for that reason.

Similarly, I want to play Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, but the tank controls are just painful.

I feel the same way. I wanted to love them, but I just don’t. They feel tedious to me.

I feel the same way, but part of that might be because back when we started gaming (that’s 35+ years ago for me), “achievements” meant finishing a game or getting a high score. Sure there were sometimes games with multiple endings or extra secrets to discover, but there was no laundry list of accomplishments for any game like there are now with achievements.

To me, trying to get achievements feels like homework, and my brothers and sisters, I played video games to avoid homework not do more of it!

BUT, as I’ve grown older I’ve realized that the human experience means that there is no lack of preferences out there that will be foreign to my own. People should just play how they want so they’re having fun. I don’t have to understand why getting 100% of the available achievements is fun to some, just that it is. I won’t be doing it, but the option being there doesn’t take away from anything for me. I don’t feel anxious about ignoring them.

You do you, of course, but I can’t imagine enjoying playing RDR with a keyboard and mouse. The marionette controls are already bad enough with a gamepad.

Yuzu will let you map your controls this way all the same.

In the meantime you can emulate the remastered Switch version pretty easily.

Well said. I fully agree.

Ok thanks for the reminder about something you clearly aren’t educated on.

Star Citizen fanboys, Jesus.

That’s assuming it will eventually be released in a finished form

It’s relevant because it’s the most expensive game ever, yet it only targets one platform. The second most (and others) can at least justify some of their expense because they’re targeting multiple platforms which does have a cost.

“Something’s wrong. Murder isn’t working, and that’s all we know how to do!”

Star Citizen is only available on a single platform too. At least Cyberpunk was multiplatform.

My OnePlus 8T has been modified for tweaks not available in the stock software, but doing so makes banking apps not work a good portion of the time thanks to the modified bootloader. Some outright refuse to let me use them.

I’ve owned multiple Pine phones, but they’re just not there yet. iOS is going to be my temporary stop while Linux phones mature further. Mobile websites are not a great replacement for native apps.

In the meantime, I will be divesting myself from Google’s services. It’s not a perfect solution, but nothing ever is.

I’m thoroughly unhappy with Android and Google in general. I’ve been an Android user since v1.5 on the Motorola Droid.

I know it’s a big jump and that Apple is far from perfect, however since the security on iphones is often better than Android phones, the updates are far more regular, and the general experience is superior, I’ll be switching once my OnePlus 8T dies. My wife has always had an iphone since I’ve known her, and I’m often envious of the cool and free things her phone can do. Apple also isn’t an advertisement company with interests that conflict with your privacy.

I’m a longtime Linux user, but Android is NOT what I wanted from a phone running on the Linux kernel and hasn’t been for years.