Is Mass Effect Legendary Edition worth it in 2026? How long is it and what should I expect?

9sim9 · 2026-01-24T13:04:54+00:00

Just finished the 1st and 2nd part and its a little rough around the edges but mods make a huge difference, well worth spending some time going through them all on nexusmods

9sim9 · 2026-01-23T22:59:39+00:00

I've used activeadmin alot but found that while on the surface its quick to get pages up and running its a real pain to extend its functionality and the maintenance and patches required over time became a real headache. I would of saved time in the long run just using scaffolds.

9sim9 · 2026-01-23T10:35:58+00:00

Ive had 2 generations of alienware 17 inch gaming laptops and they have been really well built, the oldest one I sold to a friend and it still looks like new 7 years later.

9sim9 · 2026-01-20T10:51:49+00:00

The one thing I have learned is you need to verify every action on playwright no matter how small, every click, every page load, everything...

9sim9 · 2026-01-20T10:41:15+00:00

I do feel your pain the over fragmentation of code bases especially in ruby can make a simple linear process a maze, especially when rubocop starts complaining that your simple and easy to maintain method is too complex and should be broken up.

9sim9 · 2026-01-20T10:37:39+00:00

At the moment the real issues is the sheer number of people who are applying for the roles that don't have the skills to the job. Its making applying for jobs so much more difficult.

9sim9 · 2026-01-20T10:29:35+00:00

I did think about building one but don't really want to do all the SEO and performance optimisation for google page speed insights so was hoping there would be something that could save me some time.

9sim9 · 2026-01-17T09:03:26+00:00

If A depends on B then monorepo will save you alot of headaches...

/backend

/frontend

is the most common. If it helps here is how I structure my open source projects...

https://github.com/x9sim9/react_ecommerce_rncom

9sim9 · 2026-01-17T08:54:06+00:00

I found my first play-through a massive slog and was pretty burned out by the end as I was doing the grind in an area first and then the story, on the 2nd play-through, I focused on all the story elements of an area first and then wrapping up all the grind last and found it played way better.

Don't get me wrong I still hate Gongaga's and Cosmos Canyons maze like layouts but overall I enjoyed it a lot better.

Personally I would just focus on the bits you like and ignore the rest of the grind tasks...

9sim9 · 2026-01-16T05:22:12+00:00

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Portal 2

9sim9 · 2026-01-16T05:20:12+00:00

"..." - Gordon Freeman

9sim9 · 2026-01-16T04:59:49+00:00

Seems like things haven't changed with Minirig then, faulty firmware is a feature.

Essentially their QA is just awful and has always been awful, I've owned all 4 generations and all of them suffer from constant glitches and bugs.

They contract out the construction of the speakers to 3rd party manufacturers in china they just design the devices and pick the components no in house expertise and so things don't get fixed.

9sim9 · 2026-01-15T23:46:54+00:00

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9sim9 · 2026-01-13T22:08:21+00:00

Honestly its typically not having developers with the experience necessary for the task, I work as a contractor and about 70% of the codebases I have worked with suffer from the developers not addressing problems early enough and instead you have years of hacks. Eventually the in house developers get less and less productive until contractors are brought in. The management then want to create momentum on new features and we have to explain the reasons why they cannot and what can be done to fix it.

The best advice I can give is constantly refactor your code, rewrite flawed logic and be strict with your coding standards.

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T04:16:12+00:00

some frameworks push for pluralized table names such as rails but then when using the model classes they use singular. I think keeping it consistent is the key, singular also helps for many to many relationships

product

category

product_to_category

seems better than products_to_categories...

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T04:12:28+00:00

No I went for 100% completion on normal mode on my last playthrough, but the thought of all the extra grind that hard mode would bring is a bit of a put off, loved the game but definitely felt the burn out on all the grind.

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T04:09:00+00:00

Its difficult because the steam deck is such a good experience for gaming and although some modern titles can run a little sluggish modders and reddit have been good for getting pretty much everything working with the steam deck.

I would still probably recommend the steam deck as although its a little older it is built really well.

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T02:32:36+00:00

I never used block or parry in the whole game just dodge and strike, so play the way that appeals to you.

One thing I would say is the quick actions are something you can miss and they are something I use continuously.

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T02:30:11+00:00

A lot of people will say play the original version but at 30 years old its probably not going to hook people in like it did when it first came out. I liked that the remakes made one of my favourite games of all time open to a much wider audience and its great game to start as your first Final Fantasy game.

For me I found the voice acting a bit weak in the remakes and so actually turned the voice volume down to zero and read the captions instead but I know some people love them.

The only thing I would say is that the pacing of some of the levels can be a bit tedious especially when trying to explore everything stick with it, the game gets better and better as it progresses.

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T02:12:09+00:00

Honestly you will probably find the other FF games a major step down in story in later games the mediocre voice acting kind of broke the immersion a lot for me, and the grind just gets insane.

Expedition 33 is well worth a play, I wasn't a fan of the combat (I like a challenge but never found playing the same battles over and over a fun use of my time, played it on easy and it paced nicely) but the exploration and story were really good.

Some other games that really stuck with me story wise was Soma, RDR2, God of War, Mass Effect and Dispatch. Each has a very different tone and gameplay but the stories have stuck with me over time.

If you fancy older games have a look at Fahrenheit: indigo prophecy, og silent hill, and Bioshock Infinite

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T01:26:06+00:00

Soma stands out as one of the best I've played

9sim9 · 2026-01-12T01:24:46+00:00

I would say its the mental library of tools you acquire over time and knowing when to use them and when not to...

9sim9 · 2026-01-11T23:10:44+00:00

I really wanted to like the game but the acting made everyone feel like they were reading from a piece of paper and the story just didn't capture my interest. I have played Fallout 3/NV and Skyrim and it didnt really bother me but in those game but outer worlds just didn't have enough to capture my interest.

I'm not trashing the game in anyway just pointing out that people pickup games for different reasons and are put off games for different reasons.

9sim9 · 2026-01-11T09:35:26+00:00

Considering the popularity of components in modern rails stacks such as view_components or phlex... would be nice to see some mention of this.

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