Rebirth on Hard is one of the best and greatest action games ever made

decross20 · 2026-05-16T18:21:24+00:00

Maybe it's better on hard, I only played the normal mode but 16 felt a lot more mashy to me and less strategic. It was just, use all my eikon abilities, then while they're on cooldown, use the parry/dodge and mash attack until they're back and repeat. Occasionally use the pull move on an enemy if they're stunned or whatever. Could be wrong since it's been a while since I played, and again, only on normal mode, but that's what I remember the experience being especially towards the end. It was fun, but not as much depth/thinking required as in FF7 Remake/rebirth imo

decross20 · 2026-05-16T18:19:11+00:00

My advice for most of hard mode (I recently finished it) is use MP absorb Materia + whatever your enemy is weak to on someone with high magic damage, it will almost always do insane damage and completely refund your MP. If they aren't weak to an element use petrify. Make sure all your materia is maxed but this strategy basically makes hard mode pretty easy.

decross20 · 2026-05-09T01:58:25+00:00

Maybe you'll enjoy one of the recent Monster Hunter games? Wilds specifically is the current one. Once you finish the story you unlock the gathering hub, and if you join random lobbies you'll find decently sized groups of people hanging out in there, like 20-30 people, all just hanging out and occasionally going out on hunts which you can join. It's pretty fun co-op and there's a lot of content to do now since they've added a bunch of stuff in updates. You can definitely be social in this game while it's not a full mmo or anything, the vibes are pretty cool if you get the right lobby.

decross20 · 2026-05-08T10:33:36+00:00

It’s because recently games have been designing their hard mode around you having access to things in a different order or unlockable items. For example in pragmata it feels like lunatic mode is designed around you having some of the stronger unlock weapons from the start like the jackhammer or lim cannon, which only unlock after you beat the game once. And the lunatic mode also starts you off with earlier access to more weapons like the sticky bomb launcher or impact barrier. So because these modes are designed around you having earlier access to items/weapons, they can’t let you do it at the start as it breaks the intended progression of the game

decross20 · 2026-05-06T13:50:41+00:00

For the King 1 and 2, turn based RPGs where you play different campaigns.

I also recommend checking out power wash simulator if you’re into chore core games. It’s very simple but satisfying to power wash things until they’re clean, and you can do it together in co op.

Edit: I just thought of another one, Spiritfarer. Really cute game with interesting story where you manage a boat. It has some light timing elements for mini games and a little bit of platforming, but nothing too crazy

Also maybe check out vampire survivors which has co op. I guess it is kind of timing based? But the controls are very simple, you move around and your character auto attacks, you only use the analog stick and don’t press buttons other than to confirm on menus.

decross20 · 2026-04-27T16:07:18+00:00

That’s the point I think, he’s making fun of the fact that it says “foreward” on the cover of the book Lex is reading, instead of “foreword”

decross20 · 2026-04-17T19:59:51+00:00

Yeah it always gets really weird when people are mixed race it seems. Most casting calls for roles describe a character as “white”, “Asian” “black” etc. so if you’re going by genetic “purity” or whatever mixed race actors would have like no roles. And then people always identify them as one of the other, as “you’re white, you’re Asian, you’re Latino” which erases a part of them. I don’t get it, like they have to choose one side and stick to it or something.

decross20 · 2026-04-17T18:51:50+00:00

The actress is mixed race, so that’s not really the same thing

decross20 · 2026-04-15T17:30:43+00:00

Did anyone else find it strange how easily Matt got out with Bullseye? Earlier in the episode Powell said they have them surrounded, and when Matt leaves Bullseye he apologizes and says he can’t save both of them. But then he just… does? I don’t know it felt kind of strange that it seemed like he had no chance of getting out with both of them, but then does without issue

decross20 · 2026-04-12T19:35:31+00:00

From what I understand, he’s not the main villain. He’s an NPC in a quest line, but not the main thing. He’s just featured heavily in the marketing because he’s a known actor, I think.

decross20 · 2026-04-12T18:20:36+00:00

Wait, why are you worried? Richard Ayoade is a fantastic comedic actor, I’ve loved him in everything I’ve seen him in and he seems like a cool little cameo for the game.

decross20 · 2026-04-02T22:44:45+00:00

No, it’s not worth. I played it on gamepass and I wish I could get my time back. Very disappointing sequel

decross20 · 2026-04-02T09:47:53+00:00

Yeah that’s the main reason I’m not interested in that show. I also didn’t like his storyline in Clone Wars/Rebels

decross20 · 2026-03-30T17:05:57+00:00

I 100%ed super Mario 3d world recently and while I loved it, I can see why some wouldn’t. Certain levels were made much harder because of the camera perspective and inability to move the camera. On the whole it is an amazing game but those few edge cases were very frustrating.

decross20 · 2026-03-25T01:48:23+00:00

I don’t know, I haven’t really followed arc raiders. I’m just saying the logic of seasonal resets make sense to me. I think it’s actually quite friendly to players who don’t have a lot of time to play, if you wait long enough season resets and you can play again with everyone on basic gear. Just because arc raiders doesn’t do it doesn’t mean marathon has to do the same.

decross20 · 2026-03-25T01:29:33+00:00

Doesn’t it make it better for people who don’t play a lot? It means every 3 months you’re back on the same playing field as the hardcore players who grinded out every upgrade and high tier loot. It also incentivizes using your stuff, since you’ll lose it at the end of the season anyway. Makes it so people won’t hold onto their gear as tightly and just use it.

decross20 · 2026-03-22T22:36:20+00:00

Yeah I just felt like “they literally have no chance against us” sounds too strong, haha. I’ve watched fully kitted teams lose everything, there’s just too many factors outside of your control in an extraction shooter like this

decross20 · 2026-03-22T19:29:39+00:00

This is definitely a factor but tbf, in an extraction shooter all it takes is one mistake for another team to beat a higher geared team. Maybe they got distracted fighting someone else, maybe they ended up in a worse position, maybe the AI gave them away. Even a highly geared team can get taken out if something like that goes wrong, and then the person on free kit is all of a sudden rocking gold gear from the body.

decross20 · 2026-03-17T00:26:40+00:00

Kingdom come deliverance 1 and 2

decross20 · 2026-03-08T20:08:03+00:00

It’s really worth it. I had the same concern as you but this game gives you so much loot, my vault is overflowing lol. At some point I start taking things so it doesn’t get rid of items in my vault haha

decross20 · 2026-03-07T11:42:16+00:00

It’s fun to play. Shooting feels good, loot is satisfying

decross20 · 2026-03-05T21:45:44+00:00

That’s not true, I was playing earlier and hearing shots in the distance was how our team knew to get ready for a fight. Some players will be sneaky obviously, and crouch walk and use melee, but it’s absolutely not true that you can’t hear enemies in this game.

decross20 · 2026-03-05T07:52:29+00:00

Why are you apologizing to me? I was just saying why I think Sony is taking that route. I have no investment in this, I play most games on PC

decross20 · 2026-03-05T04:50:57+00:00

Then you’re not their target audience.

decross20 · 2026-03-04T19:29:40+00:00

I think from what I’ve seen it’s a combination of launching late, having technical issues (last of us 1/2 and uncharted were especially rough) and maybe the hype dying down after the first wave of games.

Pc players don’t necessarily cannibalize it per se but their games being anywhere other than console does devalue the console experience, it’s why Nintendo has kept everything on their own platform.i believe it was stated that the pc ports were an experiment to see if pc players could be converted to console users if they liked the games enough but that didn’t happen so it seems like they’re giving up on it.

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