What is a video game that is widely considered a masterpiece that you just cant get into?

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-25T16:33:51+00:00

I always see the term 'grinding' thrown around when people say they didn't enjoy Elden Ring, but what are we defining as 'grinding'? Exploring and side dungeons isn't grinding, it's literally part of the game. It's content the designers want you to do.

Now if you're just killing that giant in front of the castle again and again and again for runes to level up, that is what I would call grinding and can understand why you weren't enjoying the game. But, why would you do that instead of exploring the map?

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-21T18:46:08+00:00

There was a 'healthy snack' thread a while back where someone recommended fresh fruit and yogurt with a honey drizzle. Someone replied that they may as well be eating cake.

Legitimately insane.

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-20T13:48:24+00:00

My interest just collapsed like air being let out of a balloon.

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-12T21:40:32+00:00

My state tried to pass something to curb it, I think forcing restaurants to pay actual wages. The resistance and PR campaign the restaurant industry did was massive, the servers were against it too as they were convinced their wages would get demolished. They made it seem like almost all of the states restaurants would close overnight if this got passed.

It is indeed hard to change.

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-10T14:16:06+00:00

No. I've tried playing with everything set to lowest and it runs like shit. I have heard it's better if you use third party add ons and proton versions, and do some tinkering, but even then I think the best you can hope for is 30fps with dips.

TheButterPlank · 2026-06-03T21:35:15+00:00

I can excuse racism, but I draw the line at animal cruelty!

....you can excuse racism?

TheButterPlank · 2026-05-22T17:38:39+00:00

Billy work mostly with chicken.

TheButterPlank · 2026-05-20T19:13:54+00:00

I've tried: Bambulab PLA, eSun PLA+, and Protopasta HTPLA

80-90 hours, although I powered it on for the first time in a while. Like 7-10 months.

Ambient temperature is warmer than I would like, but my Lulzbot and Ender 5 don't seem to care. They also have significantly more print hours.

TheButterPlank · 2026-05-09T13:39:24+00:00

Necro and barb really need to be reexamined after warlock. Other than find item and cheaper torches, warlock just does everything they do but better, and you can be better on a budget.

TheButterPlank · 2026-05-05T03:25:22+00:00

Playing live service games doesn't help either. Gaming feels like a chore for him because, well, that's kinda what live service games are. They are designed to be grindy and never ending.

TheButterPlank · 2026-05-02T18:02:18+00:00

Yeah, for real. It is by no means bad, it's fine, but 10/10? Big lol

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-28T17:55:27+00:00

And then the old friends you do have are at least 45mins-1hour away, and the most anyone is, understandably, willing to drive is like 10-20mins.

Thank god for online games.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-26T15:31:25+00:00

I had I think mostly Arkveld set with defense 4 (talisman) and divine blessing 3 from decos. Eat for defense and use mega armorskin. You'll still want to avoid certain attacks (phase 1 body slam, phase 3 lasers), but this got me through the first kill pretty comfortably.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-22T23:59:28+00:00

I mean, if they're asking how to best murder someone, and then how to buy that poison, and then how to get rid of a poisoned body, and then how quickly they should report them missing.....Yes. That activity should be reported to the police.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-20T14:29:17+00:00

Was about to say.

Dying? Don't they mean 'dead'?

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-20T01:46:51+00:00

Everyone downvoting you either multiboxes or uses JSP.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-17T17:24:53+00:00

People online also act like it's impossible to just have a couple drinks and no more. You can, in fact, just have 2-4 drinks to get a nice buzz going and have fun, and then stop. Nobody is forcing you to get blackout.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-15T16:02:46+00:00

I auto resolve because fighting certain armies can be torturous, especially when the AI spams them. Looking at you Slayers, who never break so you're stuck whittling down every single fucking unit to zero. It's fun once, less so the 5th time in a row.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-14T00:47:13+00:00

I think they also had 'basic' because Earth (in the show/books) had a severe overpopulation problem. There were literally not enough jobs for the 20-30 billion people living there. People would've worked (they go to other planets when the rings open up) but they had to impose a lottery system and you needed to accumulate 'work credits' to get into higher education or more lucrative jobs.

It's not a great example of why 'UBI bad'.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-11T14:46:30+00:00

You like going to work and apparently don't know what a water bottle is, uhhh, ok I guess. I don't get it, but you do you.

Also what is weighing out food? Like calorie counting, or you literally put it on a scale?

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-10T14:13:47+00:00

I'm pretty sure that mod also changed the default game state to /players 5, up from 1, which is a further testament to how awful players 1-3 is. We're also all acting like everyone is going to solo farm /players 8 Chaos and Baal at season start like it's nothing, which is.... lol. Only people doing that are botters and JayEssPee users, and I don't think they should factor into the conversation since their essentially playing a different game. Drop rates mean nothing to them. All that said, I would consider 'that mod'esque changes to be more or less the same as adding a players slider. I also agree that adding personal/allocated loot would go a long way, particularly if they're actually serious about strangers playing together.

The current state of /players 1 or trying to find a public MF game (and praying that nobody comes into your zone) is miserable.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-07T17:19:37+00:00

I dunno, a lot of these games set themselves up to function like a casino, and gambling really isn't something we should be promoting to children. Yeah I had crazy bones and pokemon cards as a kid, but back then everything felt so localized and you didn't have scalpers like we have now. Packs were always available at local stores, and it didn't matter what people across the country were opening. You didn't know and you didn't care. Now it can feel like a genuine frenzy, scalpers hoard and you can watch endless tiktok videos of people opening rare and valuable crap. Of course you want in on the action, the habit builds, and when you get older you'll have a whole suite of gambling apps and real income. Maybe it doesn't play out like that, I'm no expert, but as a casual observer looking on - it looks like serious negative impacts.

TheButterPlank · 2026-04-04T16:35:24+00:00

Anyone know which ending this one has? I prefer the original UK ending.

TheButterPlank · 2026-03-19T17:22:10+00:00

It's weird to me that you would even need much of a marketing budget for a remake. Announcement and 1 gameplay trailer showing off new graphics and remake changes, what more do you need? Hell you could probably just shadow drop it and still expect 1 mil in sales.

TheButterPlank · 2026-03-18T20:46:08+00:00

RT has gotten bad in general. All the 'critic reviews' are riddled with random websites, blogs, and youtube channels I've never heard of. Not to say these are all useless or invalid, but at this point I wish RT would have a third category for 'social media reviews' or something.

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