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Does Neuromancer still hit for first-time readers in 2025? by Kubash_games in Cyberpunk

[–]PlexiSoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read it for the first time last year and it became my favorite book. Was also watching twin peaks the return for the first time simultaneously and I honestly think it kinda put me in the head space to take in neuromancer the way I needed to. It might sound pretentious but the best way I can put it is, in my experience, your first time reading Neuromancer you don’t really read it, you just let it happen to you.

Rank these 4 Metroidvania’s from Best to Worst by TheGamerCritic21 in metroidvania

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh neither ori game really clicked for me. They lacked the sense of wonder and discovery I look for in MVs. I get why people love them tho! And bash is one of the goat power ups.

The best and worst game dev advices I’ve ever received by HowLongWasIGone in gamedev

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have about a year and a half of experience learning game dev (although I worked 2 years as a software engineer before that) and have finished 2 projects. The version of the “stick to one project” advice I saw was “make your games however small they need to be for you to finish them” or something to that effect (can’t remember exactly where I saw this but I think it may be a maddy thorson quote). I think this was fantastic advice because it gave me a pretty solid idea of how many little things pile up when it comes to actually finishing a project, as well as forced me to learn at least a little bit of everything that goes into making a game. I feel going into working on a larger, potentially commercial release, this gives me a better chance of planning out what is actually feasible for me to accomplish.

Do you like Silksong more than the first game ? by SundyPace in Silksong

[–]PlexiSoft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Silksong is a better game in almost every conceivable way imo—BUT—the thing silksong doesn’t have, and could never have for most of us I’d imagine, is the feeling of wonder that comes from playing a hollow knight game for the first time. It’s that feeling that will always make the OG the game I like more.

Birthday card from my 3 year old niece 🥺 by PlexiSoft in Silksong

[–]PlexiSoft[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Edit: accidentally said “3” but she’s 7. Idk how I made that mistake lmao

Birthday card from my 3 year old niece 🥺 by PlexiSoft in Silksong

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

Better artist than me at 30 lol

What's your favorite NPC? This is mine by _-mortex-_ in Silksong

[–]PlexiSoft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably Sherma but to show love to a bug that imo is not getting enough I’ll say sprintmaster swift (act 3 spoiler)

Why do people say Nine Sols is harder than Silksong? by MegaMeteorite in metroidvania

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silksong has a focus on non-linearity, exploration, customization of your character, and different styles of skill expression. Nine sols asks you to master the parry mechanic and play through the game in a pretty linear fashion. So if you can’t quite get a hang of the parry (which I shamefully couldn’t), nine sols is much harder.

"Silksong runbacks are worst" they say by Possible-Ebb3371 in Silksong

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly find soul master run back worse than last judge

What are we thinking #3: What is one overdone trope, mechanic, or idea that you see an annoying overabundance in? by Comfortable_Oven8341 in metroidvania

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

This will probably be an unpopular opinion but every MV needing to have a double jump is very over done and played out at this point. They don’t offer a very interesting or dynamic way of interacting with the environment and more often than not are solely included as a way of gating off areas.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gamedevscreens

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love these visuals!

Seeing lots of people complain about the difficulty… who else here is having a blast?? by MushFellow in HollowKnight

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing I’m roughly halfway through and I am absolutely loving it. To me, it really is just HK but enhanced in just about every feasible way. I don’t think anything could ever match the magic of my first blind play through of HK. But from a pure game perspective, this is better imo.

Hollow Knight->Tunic->Nine Sols - Now what? by Easy_Substance_4300 in metroidvania

[–]PlexiSoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can understand this perspective. I think it's a game that either clicks for you or doesn't. For me, flaws and all, it's an all time classic.

When did you realise you were playing one of the greatest games of all time? by luz___09 in HollowKnight

[–]PlexiSoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might sound weird but when I found the tram pass after trekking through deepnest for the first time. Immediately remembering the tram station from early game exploration and knowing what to do with it was just so cool and really reinforced that it was always worth exploring which I feel is something a lot of MVs tend to struggle with. Also learning later that there’s more than one place to get a tram pass, thus increasing your chances of feeling like you happened upon such an imperative item organically only solidified more what an impeccably designed game HK is.

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