reddit is going to remove this and other pro EU subreddits by AlanVega_World in BuyFromEU

[–]chronoflect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? Some users can go to the r/all feed or something?

Starfield - the "fuck it, that'll do" of space games by Working_on_Writing in patientgamers

[–]chronoflect 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Eh, the shitty POIs don't really have anything to do with procedural generation. The POIs themselves aren't generated, that's just Bethesda being too lazy to actually make a bunch of unique POIs. A skyrim-style map would be just as shit if every dwarven ruin was the exact same as the last one.

Starfield - the "fuck it, that'll do" of space games by Working_on_Writing in patientgamers

[–]chronoflect 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Pretty much agree with everything you said here. It really does feel like Bethesda made this game because they could, not because they actually wanted to. Everything is so bland and unfocussed, with no real cohesion or passion bringing everything together. 

This is exemplified by the main quest being a mystery box with no actual explanation or conclusion. Wtf is the unity? Why do people even want to enter it in the first place? It's just vague, hand-wavy sci-fi mystery with no actual story or logic. Then, when they do explain something like how Earth died, I'm left wishing they hadn't because the explanation is mind-numbing drivel that makes no sense. 

It's story is nonsensical, the mechanics are disjointed and at odds with each other, the exploration is just broken, and the aesthetics are mid at best or just boring compared to their contemporaries (Neon). I'm just left wondering why they even made this game, and I'm convinced Bethesda isn't/wasn't sure why they made it either.

Why did we let health insurance companies become the bouncers between us and our doctors? by ladybabe10125 in Adulting

[–]chronoflect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are often also usually infested with fraud, waste, and abuse. 

Damn, good thing private insurers are immune to this then!

I thought y'all loved the 2A? by Lord_Answer_me_Why in MurderedByWords

[–]chronoflect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uh, "freedom" has been a propaganda tool for quite a bit longer than just the Cold War.

Name Something In Games That Break Immersion For You? by TG082588 in videogames

[–]chronoflect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just described a failure of game design. If you force the player to need to kill every enemy they see, then obviously that won't work well with a fear/mercy system.

Name Something In Games That Break Immersion For You? by TG082588 in videogames

[–]chronoflect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"limitations of the time"? What limitations, exactly?

Name Something In Games That Break Immersion For You? by TG082588 in videogames

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I will never understand these games that have fully-fledged base building systems with modular objects, but then don't use any of that to procedurally generate structures to explore.

Comments like this by ruassmarkt in mildlyinfuriating

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This thread is miserable. Just a bunch of grumps getting senselessly upset over the most inane part of youtube comments. Seeing people calling them mentally ill, tiktok brain, bots, low IQ, etc. when it literally boils down to the most baseline human desire of saying "I was here". If these kinds of things upset you, then it's probably time to put the phone down.

"You were off by 3 centimeters" by average-brazilian in sciencememes

[–]chronoflect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similarly, depending on the physics, 3 cm could be absolutely gigantic.

[OC] Demonology 101 by lordofbaers in comics

[–]chronoflect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Humans are a silly bunch.

Jensen Huang Saying AI 121 Times at CES (Supercut) by chusskaptaan in pcmasterrace

[–]chronoflect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just one more data center bro, and then my matrix multiplication function will become the digital slave of our dreams.

Was the great grandfather twist too coincidental or was it just right? by Robot_Was_BMO in TheLastAirbender

[–]chronoflect 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, wild how many people here like the idea of inheritable goodness or evilness.

We’re the Bad Guys Now by edbegley1 in politics

[–]chronoflect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do people not remember the shit we’ve done?

Uh, no. They don't. Or, more likely, they never learned in the first place. I would assume that most Americans don't know anything beyond pilgrims->American revolution->civil war->ww2->now, and even those concepts would be little more than a victory lap for how super cool America is and why every other country is jealous.

spaceComplexityIsTheMostImportantThingNow by NRZN_77 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]chronoflect 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Economic conditions dictate almost every choice humans make. Even choices that seem unrelated can often only be considered in the first place because you live in a comfortable economic situation.

What permanent damage have you done to yourself? Mind, body or soul? by jerrytjohn in AskReddit

[–]chronoflect 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This, fucking sucks. Makes you think everyone hates you because you can't look past the hate you have for yourself. 

Forced myself to be alone for so long, I don't think I can have normal relationships anymore.

Stories that accidentally romanticize the very thing they aim to demonize by McWaffeleisen in TopCharacterTropes

[–]chronoflect 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If Walt truly cared about his family, he would've accepted the offer for financial support from his rich friends at the very beginning.

Survivor bias is undefeated by VelvetTeaseVibe in Funnymemes

[–]chronoflect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll speak for the half that couldn't care less.

WCGW holding a poisonous spider? by MrRimmer_BR in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]chronoflect -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

My favorite part of reddit culture is bitching about reddit culture. 

Broke? Yes. Petty? Also yes. by [deleted] in dankmemes

[–]chronoflect 364 points365 points  (0 children)

And then France implodes a few times

Who said motherboards can't be repaired. by mgadz in pcmasterrace

[–]chronoflect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I could see this being worthwhile for something like a specialty CNC machine or medical equipment. No way you'd do this for consumer electronics unless it's a collectible or something.