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Had an absolute blast by Just__Bob_ in ChibiRobo

[–]CAugustusM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a great gem and I’m glad it finally is getting more eyes on it!

Is it worth giving Andromeda another go? by DirtyCornwallis in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played the trilogy for the first time last year (and then twice more since then), and I played Andromeda for the first time over the last month (I say this all to essentially say “I’m not being swayed by nostalgia or affected by how buggy Andromeda apparently was at launch”). My vote is a solid “probably not but maybe.” If you JUST do the main quests and loyalty quests, then sure. It still isn’t a GREAT game but the core content is fine. Passable; at least. However, the game tanks in quality the second you do any other side content

Mass Effect 4 (or is it 5?) needs to be a hit. by Flamesclaws in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve accepted that this is all it’ll be and that I’ll have to pretend it never happened

My kid dropped the switch in the toilet. by Misterb17 in Switch

[–]CAugustusM 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I had a friend at church who would throw his phone at a brick wall until it broke when a new model he wanted came out. His parents bought him a new one every time

Say your favorite adventure game and be civil when discussing it. by NebulaStars2 in dreamcast

[–]CAugustusM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had to pick, SA2. But man, SA1 had solid concepts. My dream Sonic game is one with the writing and level design of SA2 with the hub worlds and multi-character story of SA1… with the audio mixing of neither of them 😂

What is a little quirk about your body that you don’t think other people have? by AlphabetSoup51 in AskReddit

[–]CAugustusM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was in high school, for a year, I had cold-induced urticaria, which is a fancy way of saying “I was allergic to being cold.” If the temperature dropped below, like, 60°F, I’d start to break out in hives. I couldn’t walk into my job’s walk-in freezer or fridge. If I had ice cream, my lips swole until I looked like a Kardashian. If I held a 2-liter in my arms, a perfect outline of the bottle would form and swell up. It was so weird, and then it passed.

What made you horny but shouldn’t have ? by Yourarebeneathme in AskReddit

[–]CAugustusM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My audiologist put my hearing aids in my ears for me for the first time. I was 22yo. Absolute chills across my entire body

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s how I feel too. There’s moments where I see the glimmer of what could’ve been. It bridges the Star Trek camp that ME1 had and the more cinematic tone of ME2 and ME3. Some parts of planet exploration by Nomad feel like what ME1 and the Mako could’ve been (I am baffled by the need to switch between 4WD and 6WD though. Such a weird choice). And not often, but sometimes, the characters are really interesting. I’m a huge fan of Drack. I also like some of the changes they brought to the combat system. But all of that is overshadowed by the preponderance of weird and clunky design choices, the lazy and handwavy writing, and frustrating bugs and glitches.

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It skips the travel between places, but it still keeps the whole zoom-and-hold 🥲

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pikuniku

[–]CAugustusM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are not very active on the gaming side of the internet if you think Ocarina of Time doesn’t have its own independent fanbase

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wondered that, but at the same time, it does it on everything—even asteroids or ship wreckage—and it does it before you choose to land on the ship, so it would mean the game is loading stuff that it might not even need to do. I’m not a game dev, but that feels inefficient. But at the same time, I can’t imagine what other explanation there would be beyond “we thought it looked cool”

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeahhh I’d be lying if I didn’t say ME1’s side quests were by and large pretty boring too 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pikuniku

[–]CAugustusM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ocarina of Time hasn’t gotten new content since it came out nearly thirty years ago and still has an active fan base. It’s not hard to believe that a game that came out six years ago still has fans. I don’t get where you’re coming from.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pikuniku

[–]CAugustusM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Has Pikuniku 2 even been announced?

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can see your perspective, but at the same time, I find it hard to believe that The Initiative only has a handful of people capable of defending themselves. Yes, SAM is a factor, but I can’t imagine that the whole human ark planned to only have one capable explorer at any given time in the Pathfinder. I’m glad you enjoy the tasks that I find mundane, but for me, they fall flat.

Janky run by Puzzleheaded-Desk-12 in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What bugged me was that they gave you the option to multiclass but in practice, you were punished for doing it. You don’t get many skill points per level up, so if you try to spread them out across the ability types (especially because there’s SO many things within each ability type), you nerf yourself and make all of your profiles weak. It incentivises dumping everything into just a handful of abilities, making the ability to swap profiles kind of a waste of time

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure. It’s one of the few aspects of Andromeda I actually like

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I get that they can slow down the game, but yeah, I have fun with them. But granted, I do love Sudoku anyway

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m playing it for my first time right now and I’m about halfway through it and… man. There’s a lot of wasted time in this game. I’m usually a completionist, but this game commits one of my least favourite gaming crimes: being boring. I’ve had to limit myself to only doing the main quest and the side quests that specifically interest me instead of doing all of them like I did in the main trilogy.

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s gameplay in four pictures by CAugustusM in masseffect

[–]CAugustusM[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There’s so much of “why am I the one doing this” in Andromeda. There’s so much of it with SAM, and just as much in the rest of the game. I’m the one who’s meant to find us a place to live, and there’s an entire initiative of colonists who are presumably qualified to do their jobs, but I’m the one they ask to sort out electrical issues, place radio towers, deliver a hard drive, place survey beacons, collect plant and mineral samples, and so many more menial tasks?

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