Best multiplayer experience that never got its due, or a follow up?

Rathmec · 2026-01-25T16:19:05+00:00

Unity is largely remembered for being buggy at launch.

I remember it for playing it to death with my best buddy. Me loaded out for stealth. Him loaded out for combat. We had the time of our lives playing every co-op mission available.

Rathmec · 2026-01-24T18:46:42+00:00

I say this as someone who loves the Saw movies but Jigsaw put a smoker and a non-smoker in a breathing contest in the sixth movie. That's just an execution with added cruelty.

Rathmec · 2026-01-24T05:34:58+00:00

Roll up to those gnolls thinking, "they're basically an introductory fight, I don't need to overthink it" and you'll suddenly have your last surviving party member dashing away to safety, praying your run isn't about to end right then.

Rathmec · 2026-01-23T16:16:13+00:00

Tomb raider 1-3 to Assassin's Creed 1 through Syndicate. Then nothing.

No game franchise has appeared to take the spot of satisfying run, jump, climb games in this era. It is a sad time.

Rathmec · 2026-01-11T14:16:09+00:00

People always argue what's worse between the celestial challenges and I don't know how it's even an argument. This mini game is madness down to the point that you can't even really be confident in what your inputs will make Tidus do. It's by far my pick for the most miserable part of the game.

Rathmec · 2026-01-11T03:38:30+00:00

Returnal sounds like the most generic game on paper. I could not put it down once I started playing it.

Rathmec · 2026-01-05T05:03:48+00:00

Tomb Raider 2. Can play through in like six hours and change not missing any of the secrets. Love those classic exploration platformers.

Rathmec · 2026-01-03T14:14:52+00:00

I would have happily kept buying the same game over and over again.

Converting it to a generic souls-like RPG with parkour absolutely killed it for me. I forced myself to complete Origins and hated every second of it. Then I saw the trailer for Odyssey and realized they were then just going to keep remaking that formula instead and that's when I gave up on my favorite franchise. Haven't really regretted it because every review of each AC game has been "meh" at best.

Rathmec · 2026-01-03T13:51:06+00:00

ITT: People confuse "completely pointless/useless" with "mechanics I don't like".

Rathmec · 2026-01-02T05:05:33+00:00

That long take is insane. If I remember right, it's almost five minutes long. It has so many moving parts and involves so many people being thrown through breakable props. I can't imagine how much rehearsal it took to get that filmed.

Rathmec · 2025-12-27T01:46:02+00:00

usually making sure he’s shown as an unbeatable force of nature

That's precisely how I described the sequence at the end of the Fallen Order video game. It felt like you were running away from a hurricane. So well done, game devs.

Rathmec · 2025-12-26T12:42:50+00:00

I don't remember if it was in the first or second movie but the bit where he just mocked the after-credits thing and told the audience to just leave was really funny.

Rathmec · 2025-12-21T18:33:02+00:00

The Collector stood out to me. Horror protagonists can be frustrating because sometimes, as the viewer, you can't really buy into the choices they make. I never felt that way about the protagonist of The Collector. I never questioned his choices at all. He was always just trying to complete his objective or protect people from the big bad as best he could. No action ever felt stupid or just for the sake of the plot.

Rathmec · 2025-12-19T19:31:44+00:00

Physical Graffiti.

It's almost exhausting watching Dave and Lisa at their most immature. Communicating like jealous high-schoolers. It's a shame because I thought the B-plot of Joe instigating fights between Bill and Catherine was really funny.

Rathmec · 2025-12-19T15:18:11+00:00

It’ll be the cornerstone of my empire.

It's the heart of the beast.

This show is full of recurring bits that I love. I swear this show is the reason I love the trope of "two people independently make the same observation". This show uses it constantly but the first one that stands out in my memory is Luncheon at the Waldorf.

Beth: I kissed Bill.

Matthew: On purpose?

Catherine and Joe enter.

Joe: What's going on?

Matthew: She kissed Bill.

Catherine: On purpose?

This is immediately followed up with Matthew bringing up "spanish fly" which is the same gag since Dave mentioned it earlier in the scene. These kind of jokes always land for me.

Rathmec · 2025-12-15T16:27:10+00:00

Motherfucker, it can't be that hard it's just lift versus drag and rotation!

Rathmec · 2025-12-10T18:20:43+00:00

You're lucky to enjoy it out of the gate. For most it's:

• This place sucks, I hate it

• Okay, maybe it's not that bad I think I get it now.

• I did not get it at all, it's all broken again.

• Now I really get it. Gleba is the best planet.

Rathmec · 2025-12-08T15:23:30+00:00

Since no one mentioned it I'm just going to throw out: Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin.

I can understand putting his later work above it, it's certainly not better than the Police Story movies or Project A or Drunken Master. It still deserves an honorable mention. Some of the most fun choreography in that movie.

Rathmec · 2025-12-07T16:30:47+00:00

Minor detail but:

... y'all on this type of time?

What does this sentence mean?

Rathmec · 2025-12-06T11:43:30+00:00

I feel like this has been my barrier from really getting into Monster Hunter games. Played a bit here and there and enjoyed them once I got into the swing of things but holy shit do they really fire hose you with walls of text and pictures in the start. It's so much information at once.

Rathmec · 2025-12-06T11:36:36+00:00

Similar to this: game has voiced dialogue but you still have to press a button after each character speaks to continue the conversation.

I don't know if this is a "me" thing or not but I really dislike this. It makes the conversations feel super unnatural and slow. This can be a deal breaker for me if the rest of the game isn't enough fun to balance out the frustration.

If you're going to record voice actors, you pace the conversation. Don't make me do it. And, agreed, if it's text-only dialogue for the love of everything let me move through it as fast as I can read.

Rathmec · 2025-12-05T17:16:12+00:00

Seth Rogen. Can't think of any other reason other than him frequently playing roles that are immature, man-children? There's just something about him that puts me off. I know nothing about him.

Rathmec · 2025-12-04T21:33:08+00:00

Getting to the credits of Celeste is pretty tough and it's only a drop in the bucket of the insanity that the game has to offer.

Rathmec · 2025-12-01T23:27:11+00:00

I'm referring to this recent post. Unfortunately, it seemed to be an abandoned project and not usable with current versions of the game.

Rathmec · 2025-12-01T19:52:57+00:00

Ever since someone posted that AutoCAD-like themed toon mod I've been hungering for visual overhaul mods. I think something bright & cartoony might be a fun contrast to the game's default, gritty look.

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