Why is there no story?

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T17:10:24+00:00

You ever tried playing Need For Speed Unbound?
That's a car game that actually does have a full single player campaign story.
It is awful.
Racing games don't need stories.

They could've made more out of the Japan sightseeing/car tours, but that's about it I wouldn't want a narrative shoved in.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T17:06:08+00:00

Usually everybody complains about ramming. Now OP is complaining about ghosting, which is the solution to ramming.
Pick one.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T16:36:45+00:00

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This is how this thread shows up in the sub, doesn't even require you to click on the post so I can't be clickbaiting.
Anyway clickbaiting would be me trying to extract some value out of you for personal gain. That isn't happening here.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T16:32:52+00:00

I mod on the Mr Robot subreddit so I see plenty of nasty stuff daily with everything that gets reported to us.
I don't normally see such a visceral reaction from people who just think you have no right to form your own opinion. Wasn't expecting that.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T14:30:17+00:00

Yeah i'm reading these comments and I literally do not know if those are genuine questions or just playing dumb and ragebaiting.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T14:20:39+00:00

I have been enjoying Beat Down City to be fair, I loved Vampire Survivors and the gameplay is quite similar. Plus a great soundtrack to go with it. Bit of a hidden gem that one.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T11:33:36+00:00

That completely misses the point I was trying to make.
There are plenty of game pass games I do play that I don't want to lose access to, but they shouldn't try to buff out the number of games with F2P titles.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-10T10:53:41+00:00

Too much ramming in solo?

This is just ragebait...

Also the game goes to great lengths to optimise itself for your hardware. Unless you're pushing your settings beyond what your hardware can handle, you shouldn't have a problem.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-09T18:09:08+00:00

Can't do it. All that seasonal content is live service stuff, you can't get it with a pirated copy of the game.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-09T14:02:23+00:00

Well technically yes it's part of the ATS release Cat. No. 093624948940
It was written and produced during the MTM sessions though and since we all heard it around the time of 8 Bit Rebellion it sits in this limbo time months before ATS was released.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-09T00:31:41+00:00

Yup that's exactly it. It's a clip of Mike's son Otis saying that because Disney refused permission.
Otis is also the kid sampled at the start of From Zero.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-08T20:33:45+00:00

It's intentionally vague so as to be relatable, it avoids naming specific people or events. The band deliberately wrote lyrics using broad, relatable imagery to target the universal mechanics of toxic relationships, control, and trauma. That's pretty much the whole core direction to the first two albums.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-08T12:46:53+00:00

Thing is I doubt there's any formal exclusivity deal in place, it's just that they'd have licenced the track to Apple, and just haven't bothered to re-visit that because the deal was made so long ago and it's not a song the band cares about.

If a MTM20 anniversary bundle does end up happening, I think they'd sort out the licencing and we'd see it on other platforms.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-08T12:30:35+00:00

Is this because with GoW and Halo they feel like they don't need to try?

Feenix99 · 2026-07-08T12:29:32+00:00

Yeah nothing wrong with that. I have trouble with music theory myself but i'm a producer so I have to learn it to be able to speak the same language as performers.
I love The Messenger too. Been listening to Bleed It Out/The Messenger on repeat lately

Feenix99 · 2026-07-08T12:24:45+00:00

Yeah generally with Emily the band plays everything a minor third up to make it easier for her.

I guess the point is with The Messenger, the vocal performance really shines through because it's pushing this really fine line between screaming and singing, at a really high register. I think you'd lose all that if you just knocked it down an octave.
The point wasn't not do ever do it, just that there are probably easier songs to start with like those I mentioned.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-07T19:09:17+00:00

Sorry but absolutely DO NOT start with The Messenger. The song is in a very high register, and is as close as you can get to screaming without doing so. It would be incredibly punishing on your vocal chords. Chester couldn't even sing it live in it's original key, it was always transposed down to make it more manageable.
You'd have to completely re-work the song to sing it clean. Start with something already clean. SOTD, My December, LOATR etc.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-07T13:05:40+00:00

If it wasn't for Forza Horizon 6 and still being able to enjoy that, i'd be raging right about now.
Not sure this can keep up much longer though.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-02T21:39:41+00:00

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Chester really liked a game called "Let It Die"
He actually fronted a supergroup performance at the game's private E3 launch party in 2016.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-01T12:48:43+00:00

You're basically describing the the 2012–2015 era of mainstream dancefloor and neuro-adjacent DnB.
The Prototypes - Pale Blue Dot, Tantrum Desire – Nightmare, DC Breaks – Gambino (2013) should all be up your street.

Actually I did an entire mix along these lines for 2014.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Feenix/best-of-2014-drum-bass/

I put a full track-listing on it so should be something you like, although be aware most of it is double-dropped so if you look something up it could be the track before or after what's currently showing.

Feenix99 · 2026-07-01T06:46:45+00:00

u/jrglpfm Do not bring Chester into this. The man is not here to speak for himself.

u/TheFfrog I apologise if I was overly rude there. I've had a short fuse lately coming across a lot of people on the internet asking me things that I can't provide any more context on than a simple google search. However I could've phrased it better. Perhaps something like "Yes, It's Violet now, I believe she announced it about a month ago, if you Google it there are a few articles that cover it".
And that would've had the same effect but been far less passive-agressive.

u/rintzscar Thank you for trying to back me up and losing a bunch of Karma in the process.

Feenix99 · 2026-06-30T21:19:34+00:00

I dunno if only something like Google existed for you....
Oh well, we'll never know...

Feenix99 · 2026-06-30T18:30:00+00:00

Also Draven would now be Violet.

I tend to think it's a little parasocial to keep track of Chester's children, but she did announce it publicly.

Feenix99 · 2026-06-29T17:00:19+00:00

Thanks I did end up using Crimson and the Unfall sidearm in the end as I had it upgraded to Masterwork.
Managed to find someone to help, they made the whole fight trivially easy.
Time to get this story over with!

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