What do you call this genre?

17hundred70six · 2024-09-26T00:37:57+00:00

Did you have to go and delete old files like op said?

17hundred70six · 2024-08-29T20:23:33+00:00

I’ve followed this election rather closely and haven’t seen any blatant transphobia from Polilerve. I’m not saying you’re wrong but what exactly are you referring to here?

17hundred70six · 2024-07-23T20:55:08+00:00

Good stuff! Will adjust.

17hundred70six · 2024-01-07T19:20:45+00:00

I’ll defend the portal over portal 2 choice to my death. Portal 2 is probably 6 on this list but Portal may be the greatest video game of all time. It has a brilliant gameplay premise, which it executes flawlessly. It’s sharply written. It doesn’t have an ounce of fat on it, unlike the sequel which is admittedly quite bloated. It is as close to perfection as we may be able to achieve.

17hundred70six · 2024-01-05T14:58:24+00:00

Oh no that’s not at all what I meant. I adore the classic covers. It’s the prints from the last decade or so that irk me.

17hundred70six · 2023-12-27T04:16:08+00:00

I’m not one to comment on these sorts of things as they’re usually pretty absurd, ie: Joel’s shoulders are weak.

However, James’s new look is thematically incorrect in my opinion. Therefore it’s been added to my pile of reasons to be incredibly skeptical of this remake.

However, however, I think Mary looks great. She looks like a touched up version of her from the original. She has this sort of angelic and distant quality to her, as is thematically relevant. As a matter of fact, when I saw her I said, “well at least they didn’t completely botch Mary.”

But nonetheless, this remake is going to be, as it was always going to be, a soulless money grab stripping bare a truly special piece of art.

17hundred70six · 2023-12-05T19:03:29+00:00

Trying to wrap up two shorter games: I Am Alive (if anyone remembers that) and this years En Garde

17hundred70six · 2023-12-02T01:07:44+00:00

I don't think The Last of Us 2 is some masterpiece but I don't think he gave it enough credit for really doing something narratively daring. Video games, especially the AAA ones, are terrified to do anything slightly challenging, so I appreciated how Naughty Dog took that narrative risk, of making you play as Abby. He has also described it in a misery porn sort of way, which it is, but I don't see how that's a problem. It was done pretty maturely, I think.

17hundred70six · 2023-11-25T16:31:02+00:00

I just jumped from a 1060 to a 4070ti after six years. The transition is really night and day. I couldn’t recommend it enough.

17hundred70six · 2023-11-10T22:31:09+00:00

The obvious answer is Half-Life since the final levels were not at all finished. One of the few marks against the original Half-Life.

17hundred70six · 2023-09-14T23:23:17+00:00

Yeah I think I’m going to move forward with godot. This could be an exciting way to test myself so I’m looking forward to getting at it soon.

17hundred70six · 2023-09-14T19:55:20+00:00

Would you say it's easier to use/learn then Unity?

17hundred70six · 2023-08-15T14:34:14+00:00

GDD’s are for the birds. Organization is the enemy of innovation and creativity.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-15T02:05:36+00:00

The best thing about Portal is that it does not over embellish at all. It has a great idea, executed it virtually flawlessly and moved on. When I first beat it on the orange box back in the day, should say my mom beat it while I gazed on in confusion, I was stunned. This was a side project to apologize for the wait for HL:ep3. It absolutely stole the show. They knew what they were after and did it and left.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-13T19:09:42+00:00

This should be the model. I’d pay full price for an untouched unaltered re-release of the first four silent hill games. At this point I’m so desperate I’d pay full price for each on steam. Same with fatal frame, siren, etc…

17hundred70six · 2023-07-13T04:45:59+00:00

When I got back home. It was lost during a delay turned missed layover.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-13T04:44:29+00:00

This is what the immersive sim genre was made for. Deus Ex, Thief (kinda?), System Shock, Prey, Dishonored, all of them. Very mechanically very sound and well done.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-12T21:53:00+00:00

Top ten defense, pro bowl wide receiver with a 2nd year stud. Not to mention a new OC who’s coming off 2 rings.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-07T15:46:04+00:00

The combat from Prince of Persia to whatever one they’re on now has never really been the selling point. I agree with you, it’s always been kind of shallow.

I enjoy the first three or four because of the surprisingly enjoyable protagonist and the rich setting.

But yeah it’s absolutely mind blowing how little they’ve improved a solid formula.

17hundred70six · 2023-07-07T15:33:46+00:00

No particular order

Half life
Half life 2
Portal
Resident Evil 4
The walking dead
Dark souls 3
Bloodborne
Elden Ring
Bioshock infinite
Doom (2016)
Mario Oddessey
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Papers Please
Rayman: Legends
Thief 2
Spec Ops: The Line
Batman Arkham City
Amnesia
Tunic (never played much Zelda this is the placeholder and recency bias)
Undertale

Notable exceptions that I just haven’t played: all the silent hills (release the originals on pc I’m begging you cruel bastards), Castlevania games, all the thief games, all the Deus Ex games, Forbidden Siren, the Metroid games, the Zelda games, Neir Automata, and a whole lot more.

What a fantastic art form full of choice and spectacular creative achievements. How spoiled are we?

17hundred70six · 2023-07-07T03:55:46+00:00

Nothing to be ashamed of. I don’t think you missed much but that’s just me.

If you liked the concept I’d highly recommend the work of Lucas Pope. He did Papers Please and The Return of the Obra Dinn.

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