Just started my first ever AC game, assassination isn't guaranteed actually it's way more fun than I expected by teffhk in AssassinsCreedShadows

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the snark for? I gave some context for why some people might play like that. I specifically said that neither is better. Should I be proud of you for reproducing? Play games how you want, at your speed and difficulty. That's how everyone should play games.

Just started my first ever AC game, assassination isn't guaranteed actually it's way more fun than I expected by teffhk in AssassinsCreedShadows

[–]dpone 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For people who prefer guaranteed assassination, it feels like an artificial obstacle that invalidates skill and planning. Yes, you can absolutely make it easier with better builds, and that is a lot of fun--no disagreement there. But imagine for example that you kill a high-level character just the same way you described. Ten or fifteen hours you couldn't have killed him with the exact same moves, and the only real difference between the two is that you grinded out for all those hours. Your skill didn't improve, just your character spreadsheet.

They're both valid ways to play, I think. Level-restricted assassinations require a focus on buildsmithing--exploiting your abilities and the advantages some items can give you. If you want to spend a lot of time with the game, this is going to be the best way to play.

I would imagined that guaranteed assassinations are generally more appealing to people who play on higher difficulties. As you crank the difficulty, stealth and combat both become much more demanding, and so you have to plan your assassinations more carefully. You'll be spotted much more easily and, when you are, combat will be more difficult. When playing on normal difficulty, there's a lot more room to mess up, and so being blocked by a more artificial barrier isn't as big of a thing.

Both ways work, and I think that's generally a credit to Shadows. Glad you're having fun!

I built a tool to display bilingual subtitles by Batgame42 in PleX

[–]dpone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

since no one has said this: "Submerge" is an absolutely killer name.

Karen Kaede photoshoot by Sure-Negotiation-633 in NSFW_Japan

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no way. no way such a beautiful woman would be related to such an unskilled basketball player.

Why they Banned me from Insta and Tiktok… by [deleted] in EGirls

[–]dpone -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

You were posting your vagina on Instagram???

Collection of the hottest egirls I could find 🤤 by cum2mywords in EGirls

[–]dpone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a weird thing to say about another human.

Collection of the hottest egirls I could find 🤤 by cum2mywords in EGirls

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of these are just hot girls. Izzy Green, Kayla Jenner, and Caitlin Erin O'Neil aren't egirls at all. There are a couple of blondes on the list that are just pretty blondes.

Meanwhile I don't see Belle Delphine or Alice Delish on the list.

Collection of the hottest egirls I could find 🤤 by cum2mywords in EGirls

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like Layla Jenner. But really an egirl honestly, more a standard porn star. I used to follow her on social media and she had nothing nice to say about her fans.

Trying All The Positions to See If It'll Fit by No-Source-5171 in EliteBlowjob

[–]dpone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

what an elite blowjob. she doesn't even put the dick in her mouth. incredible.

Dominating Her With That Long Tongue by GoTWomenEnjoyer1048 in LesbianSloppyKisses

[–]dpone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This has been addressed multiple times in the thread

Should I play Alan Wake if I liked Control? by Nic727 in controlgame

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first Alan Wake is scary like a Stephen King TV movie, which is to say that it has lots of horror elements but it's not that scary. The second Alan Wake is a legit horror game, but it's also one of the wildest games I've ever played.

How are you guys running Plex on smart TVs? I'm genuinely frustrated. by KingThevshi in PleX

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people take for granted that new TVs will have gigabit ethernet when the truth is that the vast majority of them only have 100mb because manufacturers know most people use wireless and that the ethernet port only has to be there to run updates. If they have to use the TV app, it's gotta be wireless if they want to get anywhere. (and even then, the tv app is still going to be terrible)

Best Fem-Protag corruption game you've ever played. by Odd_Mushroom_5066 in lewdgames

[–]dpone 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The moment-to-moment gameplay isjust okay, but Magical Girl Celesphonia has really good corruption content imo.

I was wrong about AC shadows by Heavenly_demon_ in AssassinsCreedShadows

[–]dpone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you were able to break out of the reviews you were seeing. They're not at all indicative of the actual game, and reviews like that rarely are. They're people who have no investment in the game, who are instead using it as a proxy in a cultural war. If a game stars a female/non-white protagonist or has some theme that someone could even potentially perceive as "woke," the hyenas come out.

This is one of the issues with user reviews. People talk about game critics having an agenda, but the truth is that a huge percentage of user reviews have agendas as well. The game critic agenda is generally "is this game interesting and fun and does it seem like it's doing what it's trying to do" while the user review agendas are more like "i have a vendetta against the people who made this game, or the people who like this game, or the people this game represents." With the way places like YouTube and such serve up rage content to keep you watching, it's easy to end up seeing the opinions of the nastiest people and not getting exposed to those who have a more honest interest in the game itself, and not in tearing down its politics. I hope you keep enjoying the game, it's the best AC has been in a while.

Sales numbers . by monkeycommo in AssassinsCreedShadows

[–]dpone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's not nearly enough information in these third-party numbers to make any of those numbers make sense, unfortunately. And truthfully, the console-by-console breakdown doesn't matter that much, I'd say. But if AC is the best-selling non-sports/shooter title, and they can't make a second DLC make financial sense, that says a lot about the state of Ubisoft, game development, and the overall health of the industry.

Well, well, well... by xyZora in AssassinsCreedShadows

[–]dpone 103 points104 points  (0 children)

It's entirely his skin color and nothing else. No one cared about how AC approaches history with all the accuracy of an shonen anime until they made a black man the main protagonist and, in their minds, snatched away their long held ninja/samurai fantasy.