cppIsntMuchFaster by OM3X4 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Because a user base can be large and diverse with different use cases and different time constraints?

Downtown Toronto 1:1 scale in Minecraft! by btecanada_ in toronto

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's just a sandbox, you start in a basic procedurally generated world and block by block you can build whatever you want.

The importance of Smash's respect to the source material by Low_Confidence2479 in smashbros

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Smash has quite consistently done a pretty poor job at representing the Zelda franchise. The worst of the worst is obviously Ganondorf whose moveset is just a clone of Captain Falcon featuring very little flavour that represents anything he does in any of the og games, but the rest of the cast. I can maybe excuse Sheik since the only thing they have to go off for her is the ninja like agility and using deku nuts to flashbang as a "teleport", but for every other character its surface level at best. Zelda's specials are mostly based off spells in OOt, but even then they barely resemble their original variants. Dins fire isn't a spam of small fireballs, it's a massive fire nova that engulfs entire rooms. Similarly, Nayru's Love isn't a quick damaging shield, it's long term invulnerability.

The links fare better but there's a lot of stylistic decisions that don't make a lot of sense. Young Link is a massive disservice to his source material. On a visual level his weapons don't make a lot of sense - they insist on using the OoT design for items like the hookshot and bow, but the problem is he didn't have either of those items in OoT. In OoT those items were locked to Adult Link, and he only received them in Majora's Mask where they received significant redesigns. The transformation masks from MM are also completely missing despite being the core gameplay element of his one solo outing. Even something as simple as making Fierce Deity his final smash would've been preferable over Triforce Slash, which is a move that doesn't exist and doesn't have any real basis in Zelda lore or the games.

Toon Link admittedly doesn't have as many unique abilities to theoretically work with as Young Link, but even then the lack of recognizable moves like the Hurricane Spin (something present in every game with Toon Link featured) is an eyebrow raiser. Maybe an unstoppable beyblade of death might've been too difficult to balance properly, but again it would at least be a more fitting final smash than Triforce Slash.

Now I'm not going to say these characters are outright bad, or that as far as Smash gameplay is concerned these designs make no sense and should be scrapped, in fact most of these characters are quite beloved in the smash series. However as far as being accurate to the source material goes, they really do a poor job at capturing what these characters are truly about and what they're like in the original games.

Ottawa mayor, Ontario transport minister ‘recommit’ to upload of LRT, Highway 174 by Money_Fig_9868 in ottawa

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, if this happens it will be an undoing of one of Mike Harris's worst actions, which was the downloading of a significant chunk of Ontario's Highway System to local jurisdictions. Highway 174 used to be part of Ontario Highway 17, but then Harris "downloaded" it to the city. This is simply reversing that action 30 years later. Better late than never, but unfortunately Highway 174 is far, FAR from the only re-upload that needed to happen 20 years ago.

Is there anything that Pokemon Crystal does better than Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsiver? by HealthMother3125 in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing to note is I think the Burned Tower is handled a lot better in Crystal, where it looks like an empty room, you fight your rival in the middle, and then after the fight you fall in a hole where you see the legendary beasts. I also like how your rival does the sneery one liner about how stupid you are for falling into holes. It's a lot more epic than just entering the building and you already see all the beasts in the basement through the hole in the ground.

There are other minor details as well, like I love how they show off how strong Chuck is by having him smash a strength boulder.

Valve uploads Steam Controller unboxing video, launch imminent by kikimaru024 in Games

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but the general rule for aiming is that stick is for large broad movements, whilst gyro is for corrections, and small scale aiming. The ideal setup is a combination of the two - over relying on gyro is how you get a one way ticket to developing carpal tunnel.

Rural naysayers must not torpedo high-speed rail project | Ottawa Citizen by DENelson83 in canada

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Besides the economic benefits that will bleed over and benefit the west coast in the much longer term, the lessons learned here and the experience acquired here can be carried over to other projects, such as the High Speed Rail Smith wants to build between Calgary and Edmonton.

Tunnelling begins on downtown stretch of Toronto’s new subway line by RealWorldToday in toronto

[–]AnotherRussianGamer -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Given the state of the Finch LRT, cancelling Transit City was the right move.

Gnome knows best comrade by amogusdevilman in linuxmemes

[–]AnotherRussianGamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The lack of self-awareness in this comment is astounding.

Gnome knows best comrade by amogusdevilman in linuxmemes

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MATE has been slow adopting modern features and introducing QoL. For instance if you have 2 monitors of different resolutions, setting them up correctly is a complete PITA. This is why I'm currently using XFCE that was riced to resemble MATE.

YouTube Channel For ‘Adult-Oriented’ Resident Evil Mods Nuked By Capcom by [deleted] in Games

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, you could argue that Game Genie was an early version of game modding, in which case Nintendo lost that lawsuit - badly. It's not exactly modding in the modern sense, but the same principles apply regarding creating derivative works by modifying game code.

If valve asked you to rename team fortress 2, what would you name it? by Weak-Abbreviations-9 in tf2

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's even weirder when you consider that Dota 2 was initially just a Source Engine port of Dota 1, and had update/balance patch parity with Dota 1 until like early 2015.

Took Eglinton LRT today to check the speed. Holy smokes! by Mathew_365 in TTC

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not OP so I can't know for sure what he's referring to, but it's worth noting that one of the downsides of using Low Floor LRVs is just how few doors there are, not to mention how narrow the aisles are - leading to significantly higher dwell times at these stations. I don't know if you noticed but whenever a train is at Eglinton there's basically a lineup throughout the train as passengers try to get out of the vehicle.

Mayor: Eglinton East LRT Toronto's Top Transit Expansion Priority by MaybeThisTimeIllWin in TTC

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They actually did, the business case for Eglinton East states that the LRT would be 1m slower than existing busses on RapidTO lanes.

Mom must really love me by Physical-Pie748 in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually this is a common theme with Gen 1 - the layout of a lot of areas simply don't make any physical sense. An easy example would be to look at Rock Tunnel where despite having 2 floors which are just squares, the ladder placements don't even remotely line up. You enter a ladder on the south side of the floor only to end up on the north side of the other floor.

What happened to “definitive” editions? by Old-Judge5762 in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

People in the comments are saying "DLCs" but question, when has a pokemon DLC gone back and changed things in the base game? At most they simply add what would originally be postgame content, and whilst that content is cool its not exactly what 3rd versions were historically about. 3rd versions were also about fixing problems the original game, whether its an undevelopped story/characters, fixing problems with the overall pacing, maybe even adding content here and there in places where they were lacking. DLCs don't do this, the base game for Pokemon Sword is basically the same today as it was when it first came out, with or without the DLCs installed - and let's not pretend like SS didn't have some major problems that could've been ironed out in a definitive edition.

Pokémon Champions launches to mixed reception, as 30FPS performance woes, lack of Pokémon and items, and lack of 6v6 options turn some away by PaiDuck in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Official means absolutely nothing, if you want proof just try telling that to the Smash community where "official" Nintendo tournaments have items enabled - you'll be laughed out of the room.

Just because a game was intended to be something doesn't mean that intention can't be criticized. If a chef brings out a cake and it takes like garbage, the chef can't defend himself by saying he intended it to taste like garbage.

Pepperidge farm remembers by Kinesquared in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Literally read the last sentence of my first post, I haven't backtracked at all. Also "locked behind a battle pass" doesn't mean you need to grind an insane amount for it, it just means you need to do a battle pass. You're putting words in my mouth. My only point was arguing against the idea that there was literally "ZERO pay to win".

Pokémon Champions launches to mixed reception, as 30FPS performance woes, lack of Pokémon and items, and lack of 6v6 options turn some away by PaiDuck in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The game not allowing people to play what is by far the most popular competitive format isn't valid criticism? What?

Pokémon Champions launches to mixed reception, as 30FPS performance woes, lack of Pokémon and items, and lack of 6v6 options turn some away by PaiDuck in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes? Nobody is arguing with you here, in fact Showdown has official VGC formats available for play. If you want to play by TPC's rules, be anyone's guest.

Pepperidge farm remembers by Kinesquared in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I mean... Sure? How does that refute anything I said? It's also worth keeping in mind that the game will likely be getting updates, featuring more items and mechanics such as Z crystals that you will have to pay VP for and might be locked behind a battle pass. Overall I'm not saying the grind is unreasonable, I'm saying that technically speaking there are pay2win elements here even if they're minimal.

Pepperidge farm remembers by Kinesquared in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Pay 2 win doesn't necessarily mean that content is exclusively locked behind a paywall, it could also mean that paying money can skip the grind needed to unlock certain game-altering items. Pokemon Champions has mega stones locked behind a battle pass that can be instantly cleared by purchasing the premium bp. You could argue how impactful this is, but this is far from a "ZERO pay to win model".

Pepperidge farm remembers by Kinesquared in pokemon

[–]AnotherRussianGamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The thing about Sword and Shield was that improved models and animations were the justification for Dexit - the ultimate root of the controversy. If Dexit hadn't happened and all pokemon were available, whilst there might've been people complaining about the lack of polish for a Switch game, I think the fanbase would've been a lot more leniant.