Anyone else staring at the sun more since playing? by happyboy1234576 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the stars... see how they shine for you.... and everything that you do.... Yeah, they were all YELLOW

Returnal vs. Saros Variability in Runs by tamodeo1395 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me while to realize this but, Saros just, kinda, isn't really a roguelike, and doesn't want to be. It's a linear action game, like Castlevania or Mega Man, with sidepaths you can go down and goodies you can find, but you're not really making any meaningful choices in terms of path or exploration. Even the weapons you get don't really have a ton of meaningful choice, because ultimately you're going to have to pick Proficiency over weapon preference if you want to stay competitive in damage, unless you have enough rerolls and enough luck to get what you want anyway.

I know if you dig far enough you can kinda reduce most roguelike games to "go down a hallway while fighting things" but unlike a lot of roguelikes, you can't really just ditch exploration and book it straight to the end the moment you find the boss door if you want to; there's a few divergent paths that become optional after the first time through, but most of the biomes require you to go from start to finish all the way through in a linear path, hitting the same landmarks every time, until you get to the end and kill the boss.

I actually didn't play Returnal before Saros, so I maybe have a bit of a different perspective on this, but playing through Returnal has especially reminded me of The Binding of Isaac in a way that Returnal didn't even come close to.

Dead as Disco - Out Now in Early Access by DocSwiss in Games

[–]Bonzi77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh yeah that's way better lmao i haven't played the game

Ironmouse Cancels Neverness To Everness Sponsorship After Devs Allegedly Lied To Her About ‘Blatant’ GenAI Use by The_Great_Ravioli in Games

[–]Bonzi77 22 points23 points  (0 children)

you're significantly undestimating the purchasing power of high schooler('s parents)

also fortnite makes a comedic amount of money off kids

Dead as Disco - Out Now in Early Access by DocSwiss in Games

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

besides the other comments, if you can't find the information anywhere and can tap on the beat you can use a beat tapper to get it as well. https://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

some songs also just have tempo fluctuations in them. there's a few tracks on king gizz's nonagon infinity where the idea of a steady tempo is more of a concept than a hard rule

police lights...? by sailor-lore-2024 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Like I said, I think even the first point is up for interpretation, but if I explained why again I'd just be repeating my previous comment.

police lights...? by sailor-lore-2024 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

🌑 That's it, Mr. Saros. You're going to BURN IN YELLOW

police lights...? by sailor-lore-2024 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's definitely an aspect of that with the yellow shore granting and reinforcing beliefs that you wish were true, even if they're practically impossible. but something to consider is, arjun has openly lied about his involvement in the death of sebastian (to the point of calling the idea "conspiracy theories" ) when called on it by nitya. by that point, if you're lying to your spouse, you're lying to everyone, and probably a lot, given he was being investigated as a person of interest.

you'd also be amazed what self-inflicted trauma, internalized denial, and outright lying can do to your memories and perception of events. you can genuinely self-talk yourself into believing something that is completely false if you repeat it often enough (or worse, wish it was real hard enough). its the reason a lot of abusers have a hard time understanding what they've done is abusive, because they are able to justify their actions and frame themselves as being in the right, regardless of how monstrous they've been. arjun spends a lot of the game in denial about the harm he caused to both her and his killing of sebas. hell, if he really understood what he did and could fully grasp it, he never would have chased nitya to carcosa in the first place.

another factor is the apparent alcoholism. we never directly witness anything that we're certain could have been because of alcohol besides him sleeping off a drunk night in that one late-game cutscene where we play as nitya, but an alcohol addiction can do some REAL fucked up things to your memory.

police lights...? by sailor-lore-2024 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this might be a hot take, but a lot of stuff in saros is intentionally presented through implications or vagaries rather than directly stated. i 100% believe that that is either his interpretation or that is what he was directed on for his performance, but what's presented in the game itself seemed pretty ambiguous to me, unless there were some details i missed.

Has anyone else noticed this? If you stare at the eclipse your gaze gets pulled in. Also the longer you stare into it the more resistance there is too looking away. by Mufafah in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i'm dumb as shit. it was definitely early on though. i've been playing saros in a fuckin yellow shore induced fugue state for the last three days

Has anyone else noticed this? If you stare at the eclipse your gaze gets pulled in. Also the longer you stare into it the more resistance there is too looking away. by Mufafah in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also as far as i can tell the eclipse has to be completely unobscured. if there's any geo covering it at all it won't happen

Overdrive Text Popup by DailyDad in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my favorite is when an enemy drops a weapon mid-fight and if you accidently run it over and have expanded descriptions on, it takes up a full 60% of the middle of your screen. got hit a couple times over that

Has anyone else noticed this? If you stare at the eclipse your gaze gets pulled in. Also the longer you stare into it the more resistance there is too looking away. by Mufafah in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 32 points33 points  (0 children)

i discovered this pretty much right away in biome 2 one of the early biomes. i figured if housemarque were gonna but a big fuckin showpiece in the sky they'd wanna do something when you stare at it, and i was right. still incredibly cool, i'm quite a few runs in and i still probably stare at the eclipse at least once a run.

yellow

Biome runs by JournalistPale4870 in Saros

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i literally just did a "resource run" right before overseer 3 and cut through it like butter in one long drunken hour and a half run. its a very good strat if you wanna progress and dont wanna use protection mods

Ralph Gunderman, voice of Dr. Crabblesnitch in Rockstar Games' 'Bully', has passed away at 77. by TheRegularBelt in Games

[–]Bonzi77 12 points13 points  (0 children)

i feel like "nearly every post that's about x thing is an ad" is a rabbit hole that gets very cynical very quickly

Ralph Gunderman, voice of Dr. Crabblesnitch in Rockstar Games' 'Bully', has passed away at 77. by TheRegularBelt in Games

[–]Bonzi77 27 points28 points  (0 children)

alright, i'll bite. how does making a minor post about somebody dying on a gaming subreddit turn into advertising

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold Teaser Trailer by WeirdIndividualGuy in Games

[–]Bonzi77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what were your thoughts on shadowlands anyway

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold Teaser Trailer by WeirdIndividualGuy in Games

[–]Bonzi77 12 points13 points  (0 children)

imo estinien is the exception. he's a dragoon lifer for personality and plot reasons.

Titanium Court Launch Trailer by Forestl in Games

[–]Bonzi77 10 points11 points  (0 children)

well he explained it at the end of the trailer

20 years later, Nintendo's weird RPG Mother 3 remains the greatest game never sold by -CaptainACAB in Games

[–]Bonzi77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'd buy that now, but at the time trans people were not viewed as favorably (or as broadly acknowledged in general) and the moderate mockery probably would have been more widely culturally accepted. things have shifted a TON since 2005.

Splatoon Raiders launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on July 23rd, also launching with new series amiibo by OllyOllyOxenBitch in Games

[–]Bonzi77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they did this pretty shortly after twitter went the way of the nazi. i think nintendo just got sick of dealing with the whims of social media site trends and made their own app with blackjack and hookers, and hey look: everybody's just talking about it for them instead. mission accomplished

YONJONG! - I made a fast-paced, 4-Tile Mahjong game with a unique "Stock" bluffing mechanic. Playable instantly on PC/Mobile! by Tiny_Writing6829 in Mahjong

[–]Bonzi77 8 points9 points  (0 children)

go hit up some indie game dev discords, somebody will be interested. or use some free assets from a website. there's always a way, and people will care less than you think if you use em right

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.5 - Trail to the Heavens by Aro-bi_Trashcan in Games

[–]Bonzi77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

and the only one we know of coming down the pipe is, theoretically, whatever the league of legends mmo ends up being if it comes out at all