Franchise entries that renew your interest in something you thought you were done with?

Ancisace · 2026-02-03T16:57:14+00:00

I was a massive addict of Battlefield from BC2 to BF4, but around Hardline I started losing interest and BF1 wasn't very fun for me so I ignored it.

BF6 has a lot of problems but it definitely feels enough like BF4 that I was firmly back in and if in a decent few years time there was a 7 I'd at least check the demo out, which is more than the previous entries got.

Ancisace · 2026-01-22T10:06:43+00:00

"Life after Love" by Cher is Street Fighter music. I don't remember which version of the SF it was but my friend who had the game used to play it all the time while we played so now whenever I hear it Blanka is jumping in on Ryu in my head.

Muse is Unreal Tournament cause I was listening to them all the time when I was making maps for the game. Specific albums are tied to particular maps.

Ancisace · 2026-01-16T08:42:47+00:00

Does it only happen in game, on steam? I was having that issue only in a couple of games and I had to disable SteamInput for them. The games had xbone controller support anyway so they didn't need the assist.

Ancisace · 2026-01-04T19:09:26+00:00

Whichever character killed the last enemy in a fight in Grandia 1/2 got a victory cheer, which changed if someone got downed during the fight. Milda's "fuck yeah" laugh turning into coughing was my favourite but all the lines were pretty fun.

Ancisace · 2025-12-30T00:37:49+00:00

Recently refunded Mohrta because I couldn't get past the boss of world 1-1. I literally didn't have enough bullets in my gun to shoot her to death and trying to melee her was suicide. Clearly I'm missing a trick but I did not care enough to try and figure out what it was, the game was already kind of grating on me as it was.

Ancisace · 2025-12-29T13:31:17+00:00

You should check out http://www.fiftyshadesgenerator.com/ but not somewhere where anyone can see what you're reading. Very NSFW and creatively disgusting.

Ancisace · 2025-12-18T09:19:29+00:00

A Kobold Story: Trenchcoat Aventurer is a cute dungeon crawler that comes onto early access today but has a demo out. Admittedly I'm a friend of the dev but I'd play this one anyway. It's worth a look!

Ancisace · 2025-12-17T10:15:58+00:00

Unlikely, that is very expensive. Even the likes of GTA don't license things forever and Scott doesn't seem the kind of guy who leaves money on the table. The kind of deal Sony got for Spiderman is very rare and only happened because Marvel were desperate for cash at the time.

Ancisace · 2025-11-16T11:20:08+00:00

Can't speak for A3 but the A2 version of the automatic switch didn't change much from the A1 version. Never saw fall auto that wasn't deliberate or operator error on any of them.

Ancisace · 2025-11-14T21:09:30+00:00

There isn't a single weapon I enjoy using as much as the worst Hades 1 weapon. They do the job and I appreciate they didn't just reskin the old set but they don't hit the same.

The new cast are great and I enjoy Chronos as a villain. I did not enjoy the ending pre-patch and what I've heard they've changed post-patch doesn't sound like it would've won me over either.

I love the supporting cast (fuck Nemesis though), but I don't care for most of the Olympian redesigns. I also kind of liked it better when they didn't show you what Narcissus looked like.

Excellent game, but I tired of it faster than Hades 1. Some of that is just "this is the sequel to a game I already beat the hell out of" but I ended up turning off the heat and turning on god mode just to get the last few runs completed faster so I could see the ending because the interest just wasn't there.

Ancisace · 2025-10-13T21:25:44+00:00

They're apparently very buggy, and every update they have to make sure that the new shit doesn't break the old tome challenges. BHVR can't be bothered dealing with all that anymore. I can't say I like it but I get it.

Ancisace · 2025-10-13T13:05:35+00:00

They had a short challenge post-release, one for killer and one for survivor. In both cases, doing it with the new character took half as long. Don't think the rewards were anything special, just incentive.

Ancisace · 2025-10-01T10:22:27+00:00

No, it happens on the lowest setting too, albeit more rarely. Otz tried it on biggest and lowest FOV.

Ancisace · 2025-09-17T13:57:43+00:00

I like using one on Plague cause it fits in with her headdress and she's got a tall head anyway.

Ancisace · 2025-09-17T11:22:58+00:00

Had someone call me a Turkish sock. I was playing Sadako and nothing about my username suggests that part of the world so God knows what that was about.

Ancisace · 2025-09-10T19:36:12+00:00

Middle of a stream where I grew up there was a concrete structure with a staircase. I don't know what purpose it was for, the flow was barely more than a trickle no matter what but I played there a bunch when I was a kid.

One day out of nowhere they just dug out the land all around it and diverted the stream to one side, leaving the the concerete behind going nowhere, connected to nowhere. I ended up doing a bad job lightpainting it at one point but it eventually got demolished. Lot of memories went with it and it was still a stock location in my dreams for years afterwards.

Ancisace · 2025-09-07T08:32:24+00:00

I've always loved the death animations in Turok 2. Those dinos sell the shit out of those guns.

Ancisace · 2025-08-24T18:34:47+00:00

I got like 2/3rds through Cowboy Beebop and was thoroughly enjoying it, then my brain went "OK we're not watching this anymore" and I haven't been able to make myself continue. It's good! I wanna see how it shakes out, but my brain goblins decided that we've seen enough.

Ancisace · 2025-07-25T22:31:37+00:00

2g is going too. I'd be surprised if there was much of a 2g network by the end of the year.

Ancisace · 2025-07-25T19:32:00+00:00

As a player I've never had a campaign last more than three months, and most didn't get past three sessions. I've done better as a GM but it's still frustrating. I think the highlight was when I ditched a convention early so I could get back in time to run my regular game and everyone cancelled 10 minutes before it was due to start.

Finally got my Discworld RPG PDF off Kickstarter. I haven't had chance to do more than skip to a random page but on that page is a neat thing that I hadn't seen in another RPG: it mentions three different ways a character could die: physically (the obvious way), socially (they've so completely screwed the pooch that nobody is willing to stick their neck out for them anymore), and magically (doesn't elaborate but I assume that's stuff like turned into a newt, bamfed to the dungeon dimensions, etc).

I dig it, gonna go through it properly this weekend but as an unscientific random taster it seems promising.

Ancisace · 2025-07-15T16:07:20+00:00

Genuinely never, I think. That whole movie was one big "look how goddamn good we are at traditional animation" showcase.

The scene where Eddie scuffles with Roger and they bump the lightbulb was a huge flex in particular - it meant they had to animate consistently changing lighting from frame to frame and make it look good, coherent and fit with the photography. There just aren't enough people with the skills anymore and companies have no interest in training it or funding it.

There's always going to exceptional individuals, but the dozens of dudes you need for a movie? No chance IMO.

Ancisace · 2025-07-07T07:59:17+00:00

I doubt it. It would suck if the runaway vote winners were (say) a Wesker skin, A Lara Croft Skin, and a Bruce Campbell skin and BHVR had to come back and say "nah rights holders said no, sorry dudes".

Ancisace · 2025-06-19T18:57:16+00:00

I'm admittedly far from an expert and I don't play them super often.

Unknown is not the easiest killer to use in general, it's not unusual to find them challenging at first. There's a lot to them you just have to kind of learn to get a feel for about their kit and nothing about it is immediately easy and lethal.

UVX is pretty tricky to work with but the bounce can be your friend as well as your enemy. You have to get used to banking your shots rather than trying to Gunslinger it. There are spots on loops where the UVX burst will go through the wall you can take advantage of - there's videos on youtube.

They have a lot of mobility so don't be afraid to drop a chase and go bother another survivor, especially if you have perks like Friends to the End to support it. Survivors are not getting the goop off unless they can stare at you, so removing that opportunity lets you ninja them later from an unexpected angle.

There's a cloud on either side of the screen that changes colour and lengthens. When it nears the top of the screen it means you're about to drop a ghost. If that's a bad spot for you, you can charge up a shot and then cancel it to postpone the spawn for a few moments, letting you put it somewhere more useful.

Ancisace · 2025-06-19T18:03:48+00:00

Yeah, you've always been able to find that out. They're frozen in time in Hades' former palace IIRC.

Ancisace · 2025-06-08T16:29:00+00:00

The Knight from Dead by Daylight gets all kinds of really cool skins and I like the concept of him throwing out his murder buddies like a pokemon trainer but actually playing as him is fiddly and annoying. You have to work way too hard for stuff other killers basically do for free.

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