I understood what it was saying. I don’t think it’s a bad headline.

Inscryption, Midnight Suns, Dungeon Drafters come to mind.

I’m so tired of deckbuilder roguelikes.

Cyberpunk 2077.

Would infinitely prefer no voice changer.

It’s genuinely insane and I don’t know how every remotely level headed person in the US isn’t marching on Washington.

As I said, I do plan to play it! I might be metroidvania’d out at the moment, my partner and I have played a crap ton of Blasphemous 1 & 2 over the past few months. (highly recommend!)

I think there’s a lot more that goes into a games success or failure than just reviews. I’m not entirely convinced that a wave of good reviews would financially save their studio. I also find it funny that he acknowledges that he doesn’t write reviews for things.

For my case, it’s been on my wish list for a while. I enjoyed Ori, but didn’t love it, and plan on getting around to the second Ori game eventually. But I have a zillion games to play, and right now they’re not that high on my list. But my moods change, and next month I may well be in the mood for something like No Rest for the Wicked, see it on my wish list, and finally pick it up.

But quite frankly, no review is going to sway me. I’ve enjoyed Mixed review games, I’ve loved Mostly Negative games, and I’ve disliked Overwhelmingly Positive games. Fact of the matter is I’m much more likely to look at actual gameplay videos and make a decision rather than read a written review.

But, that’s just my anecdotal experience. I personally find it hard to believe the reviews play that big of a role here. I think that success or failure comes down to a hundred different factors, and the unfortunate reality is that some really awesome gems aren’t successful for no real fair reasons, sometimes.

The thing for me is that it’s a game about a guild of explorers, and the game is all fast travel. The bits you do “explore” were soulless.

To those who care:

AI generated voices are used for some player units from the barracks.

Ever seen how much your cat stretches?

What things are you interested in? Video games, ttrpgs, anime, cinema, woodworking, sports, fast cars, sneakers, programming, yoga, wines, bdsm, books, drawing, dogs, veganism, religion, music, hiking?

Whatever the answer is, find a community for it or adjacent to it. On Lemmy, Reddit, Discord, Matrix, or some obscure forum.

And then, the last step, is engage with that community.

How is that a question any one of us can possibly answer? I dunno, he’d get annoyed and walk out?

Huh, I didn’t realize it was made by Nexon.

That takes me to a login page, fyi.

You’re so far off base it’s hilarious. A Stardew Valley 2 would be hype as hell.

In case you’re not aware, there are ways to increase your speed within the game which feel like earned progress.

Yes, I am using wallpaper engine. I followed the instructions on the plugin’s Github page.

I’ve been enjoying KDE Plasma, but do not have experience with any others so I could not really rank it. I went with KDE based on reading that it was at the forefront when it came to HDR support, and I could also get Wallpaper Engine working with it.

I’m very thankful for that! 2008 me was pretty insufferable.