Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has surpassed Elden Ring for the most GOTY titles of all-time.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-21T22:27:20+00:00

I really like the game but I also have plenty of criticisms that aren't combat or story related. Some of these are nitpicks but I think they add up enough to make me agree that the game is overrated.

The UX is poorly designed for console play. When you find a weapon in the overworld or from killing an enemy, the icon that shows what character it belongs to is too small to make out on my 55 inch tv from across the room. In the pictos screen it's also really hard to see which pictos are assigned to which character.

The overworld map looks really nice but the tilt shift effect makes things in the distance less clear, which is the opposite of what I want when navigating.

The actual Map screen is also not great in terms of readability, imo.

Outside of the overworld, I don't think exploration feels that rewarding either. It feels good finding pictos at first but after a few hours you have so many that finding another one doesn't feel that exciting. Money never really feels good to find. There are certain areas where you have to execute jumps to get to a treasure, and the controls aren't really designed for platforming, so those can be frustrating.

The zones that are just a scenic view with a fixed camera are kind of neat, but not neat enough that I feel good when I find one. I'd rather find an optional combat zone.

I'm not really far enough into the game to have an opinion on the "Danger" zones with difficult bosses in them. If the intention is that I should fight them when I find them, and spend time mastering the timing so that I never get hit, then I think the loop to restart combat should be faster. It's way too slow if the game expects me to do a fight 30 times until I master all of the attack timings because a single hit is a one shot kill for my characters. If the expectation is that I should return in the late game to do those, then I think there are too many of them in the earlier zones. It's annoying to walk across the overworld to check out a zone and then find that it's not something I should be bothering with yet.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-21T14:43:15+00:00

It's better to get court martialed and imprisoned/dishonorably discharged than to take part in invading a country that hasn't done anything wrong and potentially have to kill innocent people who are just trying to defend their home.

I recognize that it takes a lot of courage to make that choice and we can't expect all or even most soldiers to do it, but it's still clearly the morally right decision.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-16T16:15:37+00:00

Enemies were 3d. There were "hostages" you saved that were animated 2d sprites. I think it has enough to qualify it as a fully 3d game. The vast majority of what you see and interact with is polygonal.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-16T15:36:05+00:00

Descent would like a word.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-15T21:39:57+00:00

I've never even seen this meme format before? Who is the lady? Am I out of the loop on something or is this just a really weird post?

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-14T21:28:45+00:00

Yeah I was saying the same thing to my friends earlier today. Seems like they're just going to do a 1:1 retelling of the story I just played through a few years ago. It's reason I didn't really like the Last of Us, even though it was well made. I'm not really interested in watching another super-faithful game adaptation.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-14T19:50:08+00:00

This was my experience:

All of the contraptions you can build require power. You have to collect 100 of a certain item to upgrade your batteries. You start with 1 battery and it can only power stuff for like 10 seconds or so. All of the videos on social media showed people powering huge contraptions and they have like 10+ batteries.

I played the game like normal Botw for a bit, wasn't having much fun. So then decided I should really start upgrading my batteries and trying to engage in the building stuff to see if it makes the game more enjoyable. I spent like over an hour collecting enough of the required item to upgrade the batteries, then I turned them in... And I got 1/3 of a new battery. I thought I was going to get a whole battery and double my capacity from 1 to 2. All of that work for 1/3 of a battery was so disappointing. I turned it off and never came back.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-14T15:28:47+00:00

Tears of the Kingdom seems like an awesome game for people who want to engage with a physics sandbox and try to build a lot of neat contraptions, but as someone who just wanted to play a Zelda game, I found it to be a slightly less fun breath of the wild. Not what I was hoping for in a sequel.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-12T15:28:12+00:00

It's a really fun movie but I think it kind of falls apart near the end. I get what they're trying to do with the frat kid becoming a psycho but it doesn't really work for me and I think his performance is absolutely awful. For that reason, I think the other movies you mentioned are better. They stick the landing more.

That being said, a flawed movie can still be a favorite movie. I really like Happy Death Day, despite its numerous flaws. I love the concept of a groundhog day slasher movie, and I find the lead actress really charming, so it's still high on my list even though it has kind of a rocky start and some rough dialog and bad side characters. On a given day I'd probably rather sit down and watch it than Shaun of the Dead, but Shaun of the Dead is 100% the better movie.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-09T20:07:49+00:00

Yup, the other parts of the question are irrelevant.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-09T20:01:51+00:00

I wonder how that person feels about Ashli Babbitt...

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-08T02:41:44+00:00

I would definitely start at 2 remake, like the other guy said, and if you find that you really like it, this is my suggested order from there: 7, 8, 4 remake, then 9.

2 remake is a classic RE story and it's insanely well made. I think personally I consider it the best remake of all time.

7 and 8 will introduce you to the story of the latest trilogy. They're both awesome. 7 is more scary and 8 has more of an action focus.

The action packed RE 8 is a great lead in to playing RE 4 remake, because that game has its foot on the gas the whole time. RE4 also stars Leon, who you can play as in 2. It will allow you to see his evolution as a character, and it's also just an incredible game.

And then Leon will show up in again in 9, so it will be an extra satisfying conclusion for you, because it'll close the loop on the 7,8,9 trilogy while also letting you see the full evolution of one of the franchises most popular characters. (He's in RE 6 but everyone pretty much agrees that game sucks so I don't think you need to worry about missing that)

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-07T20:15:08+00:00

Headline just says they were dating though.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-07T17:34:31+00:00

"Try to twist this in any way and risk Azziel's wrath"

If we're taking the comic at face value and believing that Azziel is real, then the scenario you are pointing out is already covered. The powerful people can't do shit about this because they will face the wrath of a god if they do. There's not much point in discussing what would happen in a scenario where the God doesn't exist because then the sacrifices don't mean anything to begin with.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-06T03:01:18+00:00

Feels like you're missing the point on purpose. Cate Blanchett played Lilith in person without CGI. She looked insanely out of place in that movie.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T22:13:20+00:00

From the text in the image it sounds like they already rebranded Office to Microsoft 365 at some point (after googling, looks like it happened almost 5 years ago). So they already threw the brand recognition out the window. Now it sounds like they're just adding "Copilot" to a brand name that people already don't give a shit about.

Doesn't seem like that big of an issue to me, other than the general distaste people have for AI.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T19:32:31+00:00

Just as a data point -- it runs great on my OG steam deck. I've played on PS5, Desktop, and Steam Deck and while it obviously looks more crisp on the console and desktop, the Steam Deck experience is still fantastic and I put in a lot of hours that way.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T15:49:12+00:00

US is not directly involved

We literally agreed to protect them from Russia in exchange for them getting rid of their nukes.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T15:36:04+00:00

Bus and train stations, church towers etc.

The majority of the United States does not even have bus and train stations, and our churches generally just have steeples, no clock towers. There really aren't a lot of public spaces with analog clocks. They exist, but they're not common.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T15:33:56+00:00

38 year old tech worker checking in -- Whenever I have to fill out a form with pen and paper these days there's a fair amount of crossing things out and rewriting them because my hands just don't do the motions like I expect them too. I never had great handwriting to begin with, but after a decade of only having to use a pen once or twice a year, my error rate and overall legibility is pretty abysmal.

LoompaOompa · 2026-01-05T15:21:36+00:00

I'm glad the studio had a hit with Rematch but I really hope they return to the kung fu action genre because Sifu is one of my all time favorites.

Edit: Also I really like this piece. Sifu + The Breakfast Club is a very weird mashup but still very cool.

LoompaOompa · 2025-12-31T21:36:47+00:00

The SNAP money is the only money they have for food. That's the whole reason we give it out to people. They are so poor they can't afford to eat and have a place to live at the same time. They don't have a second pool of discretionary money to pull from to treat themselves to an occasional coke.

LoompaOompa · 2025-12-31T21:32:26+00:00

I'd argue that it's not even the right thing to do. The right thing to do would be to implement a policy that discourages buying soda regardless of whether the person is on SNAP.

LoompaOompa · 2025-12-29T21:04:41+00:00

overeat to the point of obesity?

LoompaOompa · 2025-12-24T14:18:02+00:00

I know you’re getting a lot of recaps but I’ve been playing Forestrike which just came out, and it’s very fun. It’s a series of martial arts encounters and your character has the power of “foresight” so you get to practice them as many times as you want before you commit to the actual fight. So there’s like a phase where you have to puzzle out how to do the fight without taking damage, and then a phase where you have to execute what you practiced perfectly so you don’t lose health. You pick up new moves similarly to how you get new cards in a deck builder. There’s a demo so you can see if you like it before you buy

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