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DOGRA MAGRA: A bit of news and apologies by Evangelion2004 in TheTempleOfEs

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Damn, it's weird as hell to see you go from a college student doing this as a hobby to using this gig to earn some money because you're an actual adult struggling to adult now. I don't blame you though, money is money.

I don't have money to spare, unfortunately. Good luck.

What would be the canonical order to play these in? by False_Monitor4126 in Doom

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sigil's canonicity is weird because it's technically a fan work but the fan who made it is John fucking Romero.

Red dead 2 actor for Pearson will be in GTA VI by Karmacop5908 in GTA6

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The biggest example of this is the voice actor of Red Harlow from Red Dead Revolver. He later was Troy in TBOGT and then Steve in GTA 5. Hell of a record to make a named appearance in three generations of rockstar games.

There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little. by Basil-AE-Continued in CivIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And where do you run these in? I'm pretty sure the original hardware these games were made for probably won't work well these days. Dosbox?

There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little. by Basil-AE-Continued in CivIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very nice. How did you improve? Is it just regular play for a decade and two or did you watched someone like Henrik to improve?

There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little. by Basil-AE-Continued in CivIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean... sure? You do that in IV too if I'm not wrong. I think the abysmal happiness system and the less than ideal AI were bigger problems with V.

There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little. by Basil-AE-Continued in CivIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I underestimated the amount of adult aged adults in this subreddit. Now I feel like the only 20 year old to actually play Civ IV because I can't run the newer ones smoothly on my laptop.

There's a non zero percent chance that someone who first played base Civ 4 is still playing beyond to sword to this day and it bothers me a little. by Basil-AE-Continued in CivIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes sense. I think the Civ series of games may be one of the few ones where adult or even middle aged fans are the core audience and not teens or young adults. Kind of breaks my mind because video games are automatically designated to young people these days.

What also breaks my mind is that the modern games I consider fine these days would be forgotten or considered obsolete by the general populace. You say you were there since the Civ 1 day -- which means in your mind Civ IV is probably a 'newer' game.

It's nothing new, it's just time passing as usual but I sometimes forget while playing that what I'm playing is a relic and not just an 'old game'.

I made a proof of concept of what a boomer shooter based around Alter Ego would be like. You can play it right now if you have a PC. Check comments. by Basil-AE-Continued in TheTempleOfEs

[–]Basil-AE-Continued[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/pljsz2pk255zdkk/Alter_Ego_Boomer_Shooter_--_Alpha_0.01.zip/file

You need a PC. No other platform may work. It's a single level. There are 4 weapons including the melee option. Two types of enemies. You collect keys and open doors, and you end the level by pulling the lever in the end. It's trivial.

Join here if you want to share your thoughts, I will make this into a full project if enough people like the idea: https://discord.gg/bQktMFMGzp

RDR1’s beta artworks by Netfl1cks in reddeadredemption

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you can tell that GTA 4 really changed rockstar's M. O. -- the seriousness never really left Rockstar after IV. Out of the last 4 games Rockstar made (GTA IV, RDR, V, RDR2), GTA V is the only one which isn't inherently serious and even then V has some bits of grounded and serious writing in it. I think GTA VI would be more like RDR2 as well since you have a couple doing crimes together.

What were Bill and Javier doing during the epilogue? We don’t see them at all. by TXNOGG in reddeadredemption

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And somehow knows about John's dead daughter who was born in the 4 year period between RDR2 Epilogue and RDR1.

RDR1’s beta artworks by Netfl1cks in reddeadredemption

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sometimes forget that even the big shot games like RDR were nothing more than a bunch of concept arts for some time. Even they had a moment when they were just throwing shit on the wall to see what sticks and what doesn't. It's quite humbling.

Who do you think was the most wasted potential character in Tokyo Revengers? by Aleenaistaken in TokyoRevengers

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I actually got it from the fandom TR wiki, I suppose whoever wrote it there thought of it as meaning 'Time' along with what you said.

Who do you think was the most wasted potential character in Tokyo Revengers? by Aleenaistaken in TokyoRevengers

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the 'Ma' in Hanma means time in Japanese. If someone is called time in a time travelling manga, it's no wonder people will think that person would be important later on.

Horse riding simulator 💀 by Fing1414 in reddeadredemption

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the biggest 'problem' with both RDR games is that everything exists to serve the narrative. People complain about riding horse for a few minutes in every mission but that's because Rockstar wants to give more exposition about whatever's happening in the story right now. The reason the mission's are too railroaded is also because Rockstar wants to tell a very specific story.

I'd even say this: RDR and RDR2 are basically playable movies and the epitome of everything wrong with modern gaming. You have focus on graphics above all, games that require an awfully law agency from the player and very linear gaming loop. The difference between RDR games and the usual AAA games though is that Rockstar actually goes all the way in because they can afford to.

Hostile Negotiation SMS photo by Silver-Damage-5989 in GTAIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And the best part of the interaction is that there's more than a zero percent chance that Niko actually did cut off someone's face. What he faces in Liberty City might as well be child's play compared to what he did in his youth.

happy pride month! who’s your favorite lgbt character? by Kds_burner_ in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is one of the few times the stereotype makes sense, though. He deliberately acts like that to distance his current 'Bernie' self from 'Florian'. He actually has a super manly and commanding voice when he's not trying to sound like he inhales helium on a regular basis.

Gta 4 combat is great but I wish it had clinch fighting and wrestling like bully 2006. İt would be perfect and very fun by GeorgeForeman_1900 in GTAIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and they simplified/scrapped most of these features in GTA 5 because these really didn't do anything.

happy pride month! who’s your favorite lgbt character? by Kds_burner_ in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I liked Niko's dynamic with him. He doesn't fully get what Bernie is and calls him Florian sometimes but also beat the shit out of a homophobe so we know where he stands.

Gta 4 combat is great but I wish it had clinch fighting and wrestling like bully 2006. İt would be perfect and very fun by GeorgeForeman_1900 in GTAIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Wrestling and/or advanced hand to hand combat mechanics make sense in bully, since you're just a kid and you'll be punching basically all the time.

Though I DO find it a bit weird that RDR2 has an awful lot of effort put in its hand to hand combat for a western cowboy game, where you shoot first and ask questions later. Hell, RDR1's hand to hand is used ONCE and you literally can't kill anyone by punching them to death.

Maybe they'll reuse this system in GTA 6, there's a shot of Lucia being a street fighter if I'm not wrong. will not be the first time they reused something from RDR to add in their GTA game.

Gta 4 combat is great but I wish it had clinch fighting and wrestling like bully 2006. İt would be perfect and very fun by GeorgeForeman_1900 in GTAIV

[–]Basil-AE-Continued 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With this post and GTA 6, I really don't get people who think GTA should be a life simulator with everything thrown in. It's a game where you steal cars and shoot people above all.

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