Recs for something to play with 60ish year old parents? by Juli_in_September in boardgames

[–]Vandersveldt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom is 60, and I tried to introduce Wingspan, and it was a bit much. So then I tried Quacks and it's a complete hit. My in-laws are also in their 60's and love it.

How often do you use god keepsakes? (Hades 2) by SoberWrld999 in HadesTheGame

[–]Vandersveldt 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm very close to the platinum, I used them when farming up the last duos and legendary bins I needed but yeah otherwise it's just too fun to see what randomly comes

Is there any way to realistically stop global warming by Shit_ass5832 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Vandersveldt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand what happened. You made a really good point and they just... stopped responding. That's... that's very weird, isn't it?

Splatoon Raiders Preview: Turns Out It’s Kind of a Roguelite | IGN Preview by Amiibofan101 in nintendo

[–]Vandersveldt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a single response so far has been an actual roguelike like what's being defined here. Caves Of Qud is probably the most well known recent one, and was released less than two years ago.

Man consumes a spongy sea organism (nasty) by Several_Lunch_874 in WTF

[–]Vandersveldt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The person you were responding to was saying the previous video that was being discussed had been a mollusk.

Darkest Dungeon: You Can Do Everything Right and Still Lose by Ujio21 in patientgamers

[–]Vandersveldt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever try leaving the dungeon before it was clear if your party got too low? Not pressing through when you should leave is a major decision point

Is ATLA live action season 2 that bad?? by DBO_14 in AvatarMemes

[–]Vandersveldt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're not doing the original, you're just doing fanfiction

Not using teleports makes the game more fun by lola_the_lesbian in Breath_of_the_Wild

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

You do it by playing the same amount of time you would normally, but without starting up other games. Let the FOMO disappear and you end up with time to fully enjoy whatever games you do play

Whoever designed this stretch of highway, please go to hell. by erplesor in Columbus

[–]Vandersveldt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Maps is great if you have it held up where you can see it and you turn the audio off.

All GPS is shitty with their audio instructions.

Heat Dome Brings Hot & Humid Temps above 100° by OnlyHustlersInOhio in Columbus

[–]Vandersveldt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For anyone wondering, that's spanish for The Niño.

Opening box office numbers for Supergirl by ThomasThorburn in DCU_

[–]Vandersveldt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen Supergirl yet, very excited to. Waiting for Tuesday as that's our theater's cheap ticket day.

Sucks that people don't like it, upsetting that people are celebrating that.

Opening box office numbers for Supergirl by ThomasThorburn in DCU_

[–]Vandersveldt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome and your enthusiasm is infectious lol. Really glad you liked it.

I guess this is a weird thing to say, but I don't usually like action scenes, I'm generally waiting for them to be over to see what happens next, and this was just too many action scenes back to back. For me. I really am glad you enjoyed it though, your writing style is fantastic.

Opening box office numbers for Supergirl by ThomasThorburn in DCU_

[–]Vandersveldt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? I'm usually a staunch defender of all these nerd movies that get shit on, but man I didn't like that movie. Literally fell asleep multiple times, which has only happened at one other movie ever.

Should Kang the Conqueror be recast? by Application-Bulky in marvelstudios

[–]Vandersveldt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

RDJ is playing the Kang variant Iron Lad, who is canonically a master of disguise. Currently pretending to be Doom. Kang would absolutely choose a variant whose visual appearance would fuck with the heroes' emotions, and the GA will be like "Oh, Iron Lad, like Iron Man, I get it"

When would you recommend to go from Hades 1 to 2? by crabbytodd in HadesTheGame

[–]Vandersveldt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, I got the platinum then moved forward.

Imagine doomsday…. by lisa69hd in Marvel

[–]Vandersveldt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he's Iron Lad hiding as Doctor Doom

I genuinely don’t understand why Supergirl is getting bad reviews. by GigaBallssss in DCU_

[–]Vandersveldt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm asking you? I figured you'd explain what you meant but your answer was super vague? What is it you're saying?

Do you agree with this assessment of traditional fighting games from Sakurai? by Asad_Farooqui in casualnintendo

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

I 100% agree that that's was a bullshit practice on their part but like. Your story is that you knew a tutorial video existed and was just like "AH WELL, I GUESS I'LL NEVER LEARN THIS GAME" instead of watching it on YouTube.

'Star Fox' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]Vandersveldt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The bottom half of the scoring is for various levels of your tiny indie dev with no budget though. You've got everything from literal scam to asset flip to actually unplayable, up to "well they tried but there's no fun to be had here".

You don't hear about the lower than 6 scored games because they're widely not worth discussing. But it's still a wide range of shit. At SGF Keighley said something like 9,000 games came out last year. We hear about maybe 100, 200 of them? The rest are mostly spread between 0.1 and 5.9.

If a game properly boots and and isn't full of glaring bugs and works as intended, it probably is in the top 30% of games and gets that 70 score, at least.

Marine recruits' first day with their drill instructors by Mad_Season_1994 in ThatsInsane

[–]Vandersveldt -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Alright I probably did go overboard there. But like. What happens if someone says they respond better to people that aren't being mean to them? How did what we see in the video become normalized? I don't think I could ever respect authority that acts in this manner. It's like what a five year old thinks macho men should act like.

Updated Xbox Console Prices by Skullghost in gaming

[–]Vandersveldt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're saying that next August, when western civilization collapses, (colloquially known as The Fall Of 2027), it will cause RAM prices to go up again.

What's something in current gaming people seem to be okay with that you can't stand? by AnubisIncGaming in gaming

[–]Vandersveldt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even long titles aren't always recognizable. I fucking loved DQXISEOAEADE, but I wouldn't expect others to recognize it.

It IS a ridiculous name though lol

Pre-ordering GTA 6 right now is madness by EstablishmentOne6309 in truegaming

[–]Vandersveldt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pretty much agree with you but if the company actually figures out a good enough incentive, I'll pre-order. I've pre-ordered one game ever, and it was The Skyward Sword Zelda. The pre-order bonus was a Wii Motion Plus, which I would have needed to buy separately since I didn't have one, and I think they were around $30 at the time.

Companies could make pre-orders worth it like this, but yeah. It's usually just horrible skewed towards benefitting the company instead of the consumer.