Or don’t give your money to a corporation that’s going all in on AI and data centers (which will wreak havoc on our already incredibly strained ecosystem).

Not to mention that Geforce Now is a subscription like Game Pass.

Even with the world settings jacked all the way up it takes a stupid long time to mine just about anything other than stone or dirt, even with a top tier pickaxe and the requisite perks. And I will say exploration is a little iffy too, especially in the desert with all the verticality.

I broke down and started visiting a multiplayer server where it’s basically just a big store full of everything currently in the game so I could just take what I needed/wanted.

I remember when Oblivion came out and everyone found all the glitches and exploits, like the vampirism quest not finishing properly with Count Skingrad so you could just ask him to pay you over and over.

I also remember thinking it was a big deal anytime a developer sent out a patch for their game(s) around that same time. Like, damn you already made the game and now you’re doing more stuff to it?

Anyway I guess my point is people are impatient as fuck nowadays thanks to the internet.

I bought Valhalla on Uplay (or whatever it’s called now) back when it came out… And I spent 150 hours playing through it…

Tbh it was probably the most boring AC game I’ve ever played. It actually made me stop playing them at all because it just dragged on so goddamn long.

I wish it ran well on my 6-year-old PC. I want to get back into it and actually give it a real try. Also I want to play with some Star Wars mods.

Damn I had no idea it was the same company that made Hogwarts Legacy. I actually really liked that game.

It came out when I was a kid, and the humor was a big hit for me.

I actually replayed the first two games last year on PCSX2, and imo they actually hold up. Maybe some of the humor hasn’t aged particularly well, but none of it is really offensive or anything. It’s basically a village of jungle natives all acting and behaving kinda like modern white people (also voiced by white people, but eh. It was like 2002-2005).

As far as gameplay, it’s alright. I think the first is better as it has more going on for it. The sequel definitely feels cheaper by comparison. I remember playing the “third” one (*Great Juju Challenge) but that one is basically just a Mario Party knockoff.

ETA: also the show first aired actual years after the games had even released. I remember thinking it was weird that they waited so long to make it into a show, and that the games’ popularity wasn’t as strong anymore (or perhaps never was).

It is gorgeous, but imo no game comes close to the immersion you get when playing a Bethesda game.

There’s no other game in history where you can walk into some random dude’s house, steal everything that isn’t nailed down (including useless plates and silverware), and sit on any of the furniture.

I also read that. It was just a couple sentences of basically nothing.

Take every news headline with a grain of salt today, folks.

In fact Morrowind (arguably Bethesda’s best game) is still getting mods made for it over 24 years later. It’s biggest mod, Project Tamriel/Tamriel Rebuilt, is still getting made and worked on, and just had a major update last April.

It’s been happening for years, almost decades at this point. In fact, I’d be willing to say that at least 50% of most games ever made were made by someone who used to mod other games for fun.

Most recently there’s been Black Mesa, which is a fan remake of Half-Life in Half-Life 2’s Source engine.

There’s also The Forgotten City, which was actually a Skyrim mod first and was so popular the mod makers were approached by Microsoft to make their own game.

Most Source engine games are actually mods of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Counter-Strike started as a Half-Life mod.

I feel like we’ve gotten this same headline over the past 20 years

I like that Dunkey’s running joke is if it has some cave you need to squeeze into then that’s how you know it’s a AAA game

I like that sometimes taking your time is not the best strategy. Sometimes you need to be aggressive and push the attack relentlessly otherwise you’ll just get blown to pieces.

I decided on Fallout 4, and have already racked up two and a half days’ worth of play time.

I almost always get sucked into a Minutemen playthrough. Like tbh I don’t think I’ve ever not done the Minutemen questline, at least up to a certain point.

Fallout 4 is actually probably the Fallout game I’ve finished the least. I remember completing the main quest on my first playthrough all the way back on Xbox, but I honestly don’t think I’ve ever finished it again since. I know I’ve never finished it with the Brotherhood, or the Railroad but I did start a RR playthrough once.

I’ve been away from my PC for a couple months, and I finished Fallout season 2 while I was away and it got me in the mood for some balls-deep Fallout playing. I can’t decide whether I want to play 3, NV, 4, or actually play through the first three games because I never have.

Which… Is kinda fuckin bullshit?

Meh.

It’s a good game, and imo still holds up decently well. This is just a cash grab.

Imo that’s backwards. Who cares. The backers backed it because they believed in the vision, and now it’s been realized, so it’s done.

It’d be like getting mad that I bought a game full-price and then some time later it goes on sale.

Edit: I’d also like to add that they’d probably get even more sales if they put more of a discount on their games more often. Allow the super-budget gamers a chance to actually pay for your game you know?

For me, it needs to go on an actual sale. I feel like it’s never really gone on sale, or at least not a relatively good one.

Like it’s always been at least $30+, and I’d like to get it for at most $20.

Spider-Man 2. I did initially buy it when it first released on PC, but the performance was so bad I literally couldn’t even do anything. So I returned it.

Edit: I’m also waiting for a good sale on Sonic x Shadow Generations. I don’t really care about the Sonic half of the game, I just wanna play as Shadow.

I remember seeing something for an offline/single player “mmorpg” dungeon crawler, but I don’t remember the name

Yeah, seems about right for some of the purists out there. There’s a whole fucking subreddit dedicated to talking shit about them. It’s honestly sad.

Like it’s one thing to have a semi-parasocial relationship and call it “hanging out with your friends” but it’s another entirely to dedicate time out of your life to get upset and angry over a goddamn YouTube channel.

I actually forgot that Game Grumps only play the newest of the new when it’s from a particular series or something.

Why did they get in trouble? Was it with Nintendo or the fans? I kinda remember some “controversy” over them using emulators instead of original hardware, but imo that’s bullshit. Sometimes old hardware isn’t better, and all kinds of things can go wrong with it.

Or as a passenger in a car

At least they added the speedometer so if you go too fast the game doesn’t work.

Because they are? How many YouTubers are playing The Hot New Thing from Nintendo right now, because they bought it? They are the ones perpetuating this shit. It’s all a feedback loop meant to suck as much money out of the public as they can.

I can go and find at least 6 YouTubers that I subscribe to that almost always play the newest of the new thing so it’s featured on their channel. RTGame, Mo1stCr1t1kal/Penguinz0, Game Grumps, IronPineapple, VideogameDunkey, OboeShoes, hell even General Sam as much as I love his style and humor.

I played this one shortly after release and it honestly ran incredibly smoothly for me. The only issue I had was one of the bounties never showed so I couldn’t properly finish them, but I wasn’t too upset about it.

I actually loved the story, way more than Fallen Order. Dagan Gera is honestly a very cool and interesting antagonist (and it doesn’t hurt that his fights are fuckin cool with his one-arm-using-the-force-to-swing-his-lightsaber around thing). Even the minor villains, like that warlord guy, are pretty cool and aren’t just bad guys.

I loved the scavenger aesthetic that was so present throughout Koboh. The mercenaries use old armor and ships left behind from the Clone Wars, and they’ve even found a Lucrehulk full of droids to use.

The banter between enemies when they’re out on patrols is honestly top-tier, right up there with the random conversations enemies would have in the old Jedi Knight games. One of my favorites was a couple stormtroopers making their rounds, and one says “I like when we’re out on patrol together.” The other responds with “we do stand better odds with more people.” The first one is just like “yeah… That’s right…”

I’m reminded of that one Silicon Valley episode

Is the balance board the same as the normal wii fit? Cause I remember playing it a ton shortly after it came out. My aunt and uncle had one, and so did my grandpa; I remember loving the skateboard mini game, and Wii Sports Resort I think had a few games that used it too.

I also remember it helping me lose weight too.

I saw an ad a few days ago for a game called Roadside Research.

It’s a gas station management sim where you play as an alien disguised as a human, running a gas station and “researching” humanity.

It looks pretty fun.

Maybe because I said I hadn’t seen anything for the game other than the announcement?

I went down a rabbit hole of emulation last year. I got PCSX2 and tons of games like Ratchet & Clank, Tak 1-3, Jak 1-X, the Sly series, Spider-Man 2, and so many others. I spent a good month and a half just playing old PS2 games and I had an absolute blast

I enjoyed the first one, which is a shame because it released like right before the evidence and allegations came out about Roiland, so it left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.

I thought the game was fun and hilarious (I have an immature sense of humor), and it had enough random bullshit for you to find and enjoy that I didn’t care about the low points of the game. Being able to watch three full B-movies from the 80s-90s was awesome imo, and I absolutely loved finding the RedLetterMedia Easter egg. Then it turns out he’s a piece of shit hitting on minors and teens.

I want to play this second one, even though I’ve seen literally nothing for it other than it was coming out at some point. But at the same time, I’m hesitant because Roiland kinda fucking sucks.

Remember Gamefly?

Gamepass wasn’t a bad idea, and it was actually pretty cool when it first came out. It was basically Microsoft’s Gamefly.

And the Son, Emulation?

They at least fixed the water walking in Oblivion. You could just look down to start swimming.

But yeah, I did that to a character or two as well. I think one time I thought a permanent levitation spell would be the tits. Then I found out about how slow it is.

ETA: my headcanon is that all the janky glitches and trucks pipe pull off in their respective playthrough are all actually canon as well. It would make sense too, because there are multiple instances of characters figuring out they’re in some sort of dream/simulation/thing, and Tiber Septim becoming a god, and the general fragility of their reality.

Or you could do “soul trap on self” combined with a “fortify skill” effect

Ralen Hlaalo manor. That house is awesome to use as a player home. You can drop stuff around to decorate, use any of the containers as storage, and it’s just a nice big house.

It is