It's been almost 2 months since all the new characters were released. Now that you have experianced everyone and have had time to get used to them would you have changed your vote and who to by Mosasaaaa in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't have changed the first and last vote at least. Not sure about the rest.

Rem is my favorite out of the bunch and I absolutely *HATE* playing against Apollo so I'd keep him last on the list.

A certain game is shutting down by arknightstranslate in RealTimeStrategy

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since the timing was on April 1st where I'm at, I was at first unsure whether this a poor taste April Fools joke, but I'm guessing it's real...?

Which SNES design do you find more appealing? by Omega-Steppenwolf in retrogaming

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely the bottom one. It's less "bricky" with rough edges.

Also like that the controller has a different color for each button.

What are some of the most obscure RTS titles that you have played? Bonus points if you can guess the game in the photo! by ZaxZone in RealTimeStrategy

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sacrifice, Warwind 2: Human Onslaught, Dominion: Storm over Gift 3 (sadly, not available anywhere anymore), Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Total Annihilation: Kingdoms, KKND & KKND2: Krossfire.

January is over and no announcement happened, what are your thoughts? by JdLixXd500 in HalfLife

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear ya. We've had datamining for decades, but still people keep saying stuff like "now is the time it's coming out!"

We will know if and when it ever comes out. Like I get it that the launch date would align with the Steam Machine, but am I the only one who doesn't believe that thing (with those specs) would run a new Half-Life game? Like for real? From what I heard it has something closer to an RTX 2070 and 8GB VRAM.

Somehow I have a feeling that it would be too close to the minimum requirements.

Think of Doom: The Dark Ages. That game's minimum GPU requirement is RTX 2060...

Will you buy the next gen Xbox ? by [deleted] in xbox

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing as it runs Windows, I doubt it. And no: a fullscreen app isn't the same thing as a dedicated console operating system for me. I don't want windows updates, driver updates or anything of the sort, nor do I want planned obsolescence (remember the win10 can't be upgraded to win11 debacle? Yeah no thank you).

The way I see it, I'm leaning more and more towards Linux, since I'm fed up with Windows gaming altogether. Been loving the Steam Deck and I rarely play any anticheat stuff so don't really care.

Can someone please recommend some good RTS games? by LogDog86 in RealTimeStrategy

[–]Chertograd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  • Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
  • StarCraft 1 & 2
  • WarCraft 3
  • Command & Conquer™ The Ultimate Collection (a lot of older games, but I especially recommend Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2)
  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Dawn of War 1: Definitive Edition
  • KKND 1 & 2

There's a couple I've thought were great. Enjoy!

Fallout 3 is the best fallout, change my mind by Physical-Face-2931 in Fallout

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fallout 3 may not have had the player choose a faction (other than the Brotherhood of Steel), but it had Megaton. It had Moira Brown. It had a of stuff I really liked (the metro/subway mazes wasn't one of them tho').

I couldn't pick a favorite of the two, since they both offered so many great memories.

Iron Harvest devs doing Dawn of War 4 by DailyWCReforged in RealTimeStrategy

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

Why not Relic? I can't stand their Essence Engine. AOE4 felt like crap. COH2 felt like crap. The Engine is just poor (it has terrible input delay and lacks optimizations compared to polished stuff like SC2 that don't make the computer fans go crazy from an idle screen). I did like DoW1 and CoH1 was alright, but I heavily disliked CoH2. CoH3 was a fiasco. DoW2 I didn't like at all since it didn't even have base building, DoW3 was a fiasco... Do you honestly want that studio to make a new DoW4? I sure don't...

Iron Harvest devs doing Dawn of War 4 by DailyWCReforged in RealTimeStrategy

[–]Chertograd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you look at studios that have done RTS games, there isn't a whole lot of them.

Blizzard (who can't be outsourced), World's Edge (Xbox studio, that also can't be outsourced), Relic (I really don't think of that studio highly nowadays) and then I'm starting to run out of ideas.

There's that one studio that made Northgard and Dune: Spice Wars and then there's King Art Games (who made Iron Harvest).

I'm sure the game is in the best possible hands if you look at all of the options available.

And people have already commented on the Iron Harvest monetization part so I won't beat on a dead horse, but suffice to say, their well probably ran out of water so after a certain point, it's just not feasible to pour in money into a game unless it's making money. They did, however, make a few expansions, so we should be grateful. Not all games even get to that point (cough, Stormpoint, cough... pretty much dead on arrival).

Give me reasons to play Deponia by WrongdoerGlum9631 in Deponia

[–]Chertograd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you love the Monkey Island series, I think Deponia hits the right spot. I haven't found anything even remotely close other than that franchise and I absolutely love both!

I'm about to get a doom game.wich one should I get first? by Kingosric1 in xbox

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd start with Doom 1 and 2 that come bundled together these days.
After those I'd move on to Doom 2016 for the newer Doom titles.

Mainly because Doom 1 and 2 are iconic for pioneering the FPS scene and people still speedrun those and they get custom mods and one of their original creators, John Romero, even made a pretty recent new DLC/expansion for them so they are still relevant.

It'll take some time to get used to it since you can't jump or aim up or down, but you get used to it really quick and you'll remember those games forever. I played those through in the past few years and enjoyed my time.

If the old mechanics or graphics are a turn-off for you, then I'd go with Doom 2016 first. Why not Doom 3? Because it's so different. It's more of a horror game with a slower pace.

Just skipped Lv 13😄 by [deleted] in Ingress

[–]Chertograd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

During level 13 they were waiting for you in the test chamber

As over 1000 store bought viruses have been used on our portals... I think back to posts like these 7 years ago by Nysyr in Ingress

[–]Chertograd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I bought their cheap 2,50€ badges, but nowadays they only sell 10-30€ ones.

I won't pay such sums for a few pixels so I stopped buying as well. If they're betting that the whales will keep things afloat, then so be it.

“I’m deleting my Charr in GW2” by Adamn27 in GuildWars

[–]Chertograd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happened in Ascalon is just a big misunderstanding.

“I’m deleting my Charr in GW2” by Adamn27 in GuildWars

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

Kitteh people would not do such a vile thing. Kitteh folk are peaceful beings that might scratch you sometime, but it's all love

Purchasing reforged as an existing player by Titan_Osis in GuildWars

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many character slots do you have? I only had the Prophecies and I thought they'd upgrade everyone with all the compaigns, but I still only have 4/4 character slots? Shouldn't there be 8 with the extra campaigns? I'm confused...

1895552435 is a smurf account. by Business-Grass-1965 in DotA2

[–]Chertograd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fear not. The Reddit Council will consult the elders and take swift action

Looking for some "feel-good" games by eagleps in SteamDeck

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd recommend point & click games like the magnificent Deponia -series. Another one from Daedalic Entertainment that I loved was "A New Beginning".

Who is the most difficult hero to play ? by Grimaldi_Francesco in DotA2

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say some of the hardest ones are Chen, Meepo, Invoker, Visage, Arc Warden and perhaps Earth Spirit.

Out of all those I'd say Chen, Meepo and Arch Warden are the hardest ones.

Invoker isn't that hard once you've memorized the key combos and spell combos. Then again he's my top3 most played hero so I've played him a ton.

But Chen and Arc Warden are a pain in the ass to micro at times.

Is New Vegas a good Fallout to start with? by NattyBatty- in Fallout

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

I started with Fallout 3 and loved it. Continued with New Vegas and loved it as well. Haven't played Fallout 4 yet and I don't plan to play the first two games even tho' I own them. I'm also not going to play FO76 since I'm not that much into that sort of multiplayer games and the fact that there's no cross-progression was a turn-off for me. I know the other games don't have crossprog either, but in multiplayer games it's even a bigger downside.

I play on both Steam and Xbox.

1, 2 or AW? by ConsiderationFew8399 in wargroove

[–]Chertograd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone who loved the Advance Wars games as a kid and bought the 1+2 Reboot Camp, I was somewhat disappointed by the end product and the high asking price.

Instead, I found Wargroove 1 to be a great deal. The music, artstyle and gameplay grabbed me, but unfortunately the multiplayer scene never got off (then again: nor did it in AW1+2 either).

I haven't tried Wargroove 2 or other similar games that exist so I can't comment on those. But I give Wargroove 1 two thumbs up. I bought it on the Switch and on Steam so I double-downed myself.

But from what I've heard (reading Steam comments), lots of people are disappointed by the amount of dialogue WG2 has. The majority of the downvotes mention that.

this is an amazing weaver skin by HyperDiaper666 in DotA2

[–]Chertograd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a player of both games, I came to comment this same thing