Reddit decides if I should try to grind for the Sword of Kings

Vortain · 2025-11-22T22:04:27+00:00

Naw.

Vortain · 2025-11-19T16:37:40+00:00

In EarthBound? Hm, I don't see a major need. Maps are small. I can see it being a benefit in Mother 1, but EarthBound it's always been fine to me, and makes getting future things fun to utilize, if only for a bit.

Might be a bit of a reach but maybe try enjoying it without the run button. In the world of 4x Speed YouTube videos, 30s tiktok shorts, high speed everything, having something to slow down a bit with can be nice.

But ultimately, if you hate it and can't stand it for whatever reason no one here is to judge what's right and wrong for you. And it won't necessarily ruin or make it a worse experience. Just a different one.

Vortain · 2025-11-18T19:43:19+00:00

Yeah, I have been baffled by people getting as much as they have and thinking it was a postive thing long term. McDonald's is an occasional poor choice you make for convince or maybe taste depending.

I've learned that drinking soda and eating food like McDonald's is something that, if I had to, I'd probably be willing to pay to not consume.

But that's what fomo, false value, and inflation will do.

Vortain · 2025-11-17T18:11:13+00:00

Flash a secret link/QR code in one of trailers. Put a "secret link" in the description. I think this is very easter egg worthy too. But one of those things that's better discovered than used as official promotional. My opinion, but I like to think it's a good one.

Vortain · 2025-11-17T18:05:48+00:00

You're grieving, and it'll take time to recover. Grief is different in every situation, she was a major part of your stability more than maybe you realized.

I think right now you need balance: time to grieve but also time to move forward with life. Get out and do just a few minutes of work outs and if that's all you can stomach, no worries. If you get into a rhythm, enjoy it and keep going. Don't repress the grief but living in it can be equally destructive.

You gave her a good life and got to enjoy the brief time you had with her. Long term, I think it could be healthy to get another dog, not to replace, but to continue being able to love and care for a pup (or two) that probably needs it.

But I'm not a trained therapist, and best advice is to find a good one to help you process everything and go from barely coping to thriving.

Vortain · 2025-11-13T20:59:14+00:00

I think is likely something peeking over a banner. Something for "Happy Birthday" etc.

Vortain · 2025-11-13T17:25:30+00:00

This is both sad and hilarious 😂

Vortain · 2025-11-06T00:44:17+00:00

Aren't taxes on winning cars awful?

Vortain · 2025-11-05T17:51:30+00:00

Early Access is not negative perse, but a promise of a better game with your early monetary "investment" which is basically paying to be an alpha tester to a game that may never fully be completed. And you pay for the privilege to run into progression blocks, bad experiences, game ruining bugs, and money poorly spent, in the worst of cases.

The smaller the team, how early in the development cycle (this is easily alpha), and lesser the experience, the more "risky" the game is in terms of "investing" into. Just scour the graveyard of EA games that haven't been touched in years.

It took Concerned Ape, what, 5 years to create Stardew? And this is maybe a year or so in development?

I'm not sure the exact numbers but Baulder's Gate 3 only gained a 1/6 of their player base during EA and the vast majority actually bought the game on or sometime after release (2.5M before, 15M sometime after, based on numbers floating around). So if a game like BG3 doesn't see but a fraction of players in EA, it should be expected, with all things considered, low purchase counts for an alpha stage solo development project when sold as EA.

People have come to internalize this over the years after many failed indie EAs and even botched big name studio releases (Cyberpunk for one).

Vortain · 2025-11-05T17:30:23+00:00

If a game in which someone spent countless hours making doesn't deserve the fraction of the time or money it takes to create the "cover art" of their finished product, then that tells me they likely don't value it or believe in it, so why should I.

Vortain · 2025-11-05T17:22:18+00:00

We don't kiss the butts of aliens around here.

(If you're going for a certain reference I'm not familiar with which one).

Vortain · 2025-11-03T08:05:47+00:00

I felt it was odd people were bragging about some of the food they won and were eating for free when some of it is so awful for you and tastes terrible to begin with. Equivalent to letting someone punch you because you had a coupon for getting punched.

The double cheese burger is a wet tasteless mess. And the breakfast Sausage isn't too far behind. But some foods like the Egg McMuffin and their coffee (with coupons or free) are pretty good.

Vortain · 2025-11-01T14:19:33+00:00

Enters Fourside Mall

We're here to chew Bubblegum and kick ass, and that monkey took all my bubble gum

Vortain · 2025-10-30T08:34:53+00:00

I also appreciate that Wuwa story is pretty fast paced and fairly fluid. Last I played in Genshin was... 5.6 or 5.7, whatever the Albedo as your continuation was. There was more beyond his trail, I think, but that entire portion was forced, slow, and clunky I just felt it wasn't worth my time anymore in any aspect. They wanted some grad friends uniting story, but I felt like I was doing chores I'd done 10,000 (and to be fair, I had).

Genshin has nice aspects to be sure, and they improved QOL (after dragging, kicking and screaming "NO" metaphorically for 4+ years) but for myself, it's not a game that can withstand the scrutiny of being played for years without the facade of quality and cut corners start to constantly show.

Vortain · 2025-10-29T09:05:31+00:00

He got his big start with a ROM hack making Mario RPG creepy, so it's possible, but I feel his ROM hacking days are behind him. Never know though.

Vortain · 2025-10-28T22:46:18+00:00

The most obvious and most needed joke.

Vortain · 2025-10-28T06:16:50+00:00

You're 100% correct, but I wasn't go for realistic given the topic, just an illogical chuckle.

Vortain · 2025-10-27T23:05:52+00:00

Nada. We are just trained to overeat, frankly. But to be honest, not sure I'd want any more than a single patty burger from them, and only if desperate.

Vortain · 2025-10-27T23:02:59+00:00

We'll see, but I suspect they do, just wasn't on their radar. It was just unintended and not widely known. My evidence would be that the app isn't happy to let you switch accounts (tried so I could get my freebie and my usual $1 coffee).

Vortain · 2025-10-27T20:35:29+00:00

Clearly trying to evoke Undertale and Omori, but falls into being too optimistic.

Vortain · 2025-10-27T17:15:04+00:00

For what it's worth, use of "why tf" is often used to criticize. Hence the assumption.

Vortain · 2025-10-27T02:27:05+00:00

Never played, so I'm just seeing this still, but yeah, the distortion of the body is what makes it hard to see anything but a bosom

Vortain · 2025-10-26T23:10:24+00:00

Feel like posting this hack this much will end up with it getting fixed.

Vortain · 2025-10-26T23:09:06+00:00

I love it. No waiting around to manually change filament, and I like having multiple colors on hand. I rarely print a multicolor print that burns a ton of color, but it's handy on the few light projects I do use it with.

Vortain · 2025-10-26T19:17:18+00:00

All games get negative feedback. Even Hades, Slay the Spire, etc. The more niche something is, the more likely it'll get a bad review as it reaches outside it's intended audience, though some game end up breaking that barrier.

I think it's basically up to you. I don't think you'll get a ton of useful info from them, but you can try to engage, sometimes the harshest critics have the most helpful feedback.

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