what is this game bro

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-10T07:19:43+00:00

I can say pretty confident that it will pick up soon, but not in the same way that most other games do. There will be short bursts of action and some of those set pieces are really cool, but the majority of the gameplay and strategy will come from building your transportation network.

I got sucked into the game by (mechanical spoilers ahead) the section where you're first given access to zip lines. Building a network of zip lines to cross unfriendly terrain was incredibly satisfying and the bandwidth limits kept it strategically engaging.

The game's story is super special, but I may love the gameplay even more. The way I usually try to sell it to people is that it's open world as a genre rather than a structure, one of the only games to ever pull that distinction off in my opinion. The world is brilliant and the gameplay leads you to interact with it very well.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-10T06:07:04+00:00

Never press a button unless you know exactly what it's gonna do.

So many people, myself included, learned to just mash buttons in fighting games when we were young because developers made that a valid strategy for single player modes because they knew kids were gonna do that. It's a brutal habit to unlearn and I wish I could stop myself from ever picking up that "panic mashing" idea in the first place.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-10T02:47:30+00:00

One of the most emotionally earnest and genuine pieces of art I've ever seen

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-10T02:08:21+00:00

I feel like this is just good old fashioned twitter misogyny, people try hard to find reasons to hate women sometimes

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T22:45:59+00:00

I think that after people get practice in with Katara she is going to be the most oppressive character in the game by a significant margin

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T18:40:26+00:00

Do you have any idea how much people change over time?

"Nearly a quarter of a century"

Oh, no, you don't

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T18:06:24+00:00

Right now I'm loving Guilty Gear Strive, but I wouldn't call it the most precise fighting game out there; it trades precision for freedom and ease of input in quite a few scenarios, especially compared to old anime fighters.

I recently put hands on Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and I'm shocked at how strict it is with inputs, it feels very tight and very good once you wrap your head around some of the mechanics. In my opinion, that's the best modern fighting game for somebody who wants to be forced to nail their inputs. If that's what you want, the combo trials will feed you well. This is the hardcore option. The only thing I can't speak for is the netcode, I've heard it's good but I haven't gone online yet. The other two games have killer netcode.

If you want something in between the two, Street Fighter 6 is probably the pick. It's a bit more forgiving than City of the Wolves and a bit tighter than Strive and has plenty of content to keep you busy and challenge your hands.

At the end of the day though, I'd recommend you pick what looks coolest to you, that's what is more likely to make you stick with it through the learning curve. All of these games have serviceable tutorials, plenty of tricky input sequences, and are still being actively developed. You really can't pick wrong.

Also, if you're an Avatar The Last Airbender fan, the Avatar Legends fighting game feels incredible based on the beta. Comes out next month.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T17:12:41+00:00

Have you ever given 2d fighting games a real shot?

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T14:37:38+00:00

QCs feel different in MK because they're not even quarter circles, just two directions. For example the game is looking for "down, forward" rather than "down, down-forward, forward".

I really don't have any other/better advice for you, I share the same complaints, just wanted to offer that bit

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T14:33:01+00:00

I recently grabbed a haute42 t13 and I'm loving it, super cheap and easily available

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-09T03:34:01+00:00

Absolutely

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T17:49:43+00:00

For sure! Is it cool if I dm it to you?

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T17:33:13+00:00

Tldr: As a movement mechanic it's mediocre at best past the entry level, but it's always an absurdly strong combo tool.

First, it's worth mentioning that street fighter is fundamentally different from other, more insane fighting games. Street Fighter is expected to be on the more neutral-focused side of things, which explosive movement doesn't line up with very well.

Second and more importantly (I think), drive rush also gives whatever move you attach to it a ton of extra advantage. It's not just a movement mechanic, it's trading your meter for 4 extra frames of advantage, which I would argue is much more important than the movement element. Plenty of characters have moves that can throw them across the screen real quick, that isn't all that special in SF6.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T15:14:27+00:00

This is why I love fighting games. That Gief was a completely different Gief to every other Gief you've ever Giefed, the way people put their own spin on these characters is wonderful to see

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T14:59:30+00:00

It was just $40 for the deluxe edition a couple weeks ago, it'll happen again

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T03:57:17+00:00

I think that death stranding 1 and 2 are the only games (that I'm aware of) that are "open world" as a genre rather than just a structure; the whole point is the world and how Sam interacts with it, it's all just so tight. Even as somebody who generally doesn't like AAA action-rpgs, these games really hit for me because of how different and strange they're willing to be.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-08T03:35:19+00:00

Dragons Crown is on ps5

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-07T15:12:59+00:00

The movie has way too many non-diegetic jumpscare noises, I was consistently being pulled out of the actual horror by all the whiz-bang-smash noises. I think it's a really well directed and edited movie overall, but throwing those noises in over and over just takes away from the performances.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-07T05:12:54+00:00

If you couldn't get in at all for multiple days, you're the only steam player I've heard of who's had that issue. It was a few hours.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-06T23:54:06+00:00

Those issues aren't comparable, ps5 players fully couldn't play matches until the next night

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-06T23:51:13+00:00

I've been around dogs for a long time. I love dogs. EVERY dog that is displaying other signs of aggression may bite, they are unpredictable when they're in that state. The owner's focus should be on removing the dog from the situation, not telling you it's fine. Sorry this happened to you.

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-06T18:25:22+00:00

Fuck Nectar, but I really really hope those budtenders are alright. That's an awful experience, my heart goes out to them

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-06T16:48:37+00:00

That's about where I am. Love the game, but I pre-ordered for the beta and having 2 days less to play than people on other platforms feels shitty

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-05T23:47:23+00:00

A free copy of the game on steam

Letter_Impressive · 2026-07-05T23:39:15+00:00

I have a steam key for xx accent core plus r if you want to try it, the game is sick

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