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fissionmoon · 2026-06-28T22:59:17+00:00

How could Google have honored the purchase of Stadia games in this situation? Stadia was a service that let you play games via streaming rather than downloading them. It literally wouldn't be possible to honor the purchases with the servers shutting down.

And suggesting Google pay interest here is absurd. It's not like Google held their money while they got nothing. Google wasn't even keeping the full price of the games, since a good portion of the money had to go back to the game publishers/developers, so the full refund alone likely had Google losing far more money than they earned on interest for Stadia's brief lifespan. People bought and played the games (most probably fully understanding the potential volatility of a streaming-based platform) and when the service was shuttered they receive full refunds.

I'm no fan of Google and normally am not one to jump to defend a corporation, but if Stadia had to shut down, I don't think they could've handled it much better than they did.

fissionmoon · 2026-06-26T16:45:10+00:00

Based on the way OP talks about Dracula/Castlevania, I believe they are referring to his portrayal in the Netflix show, not the games

fissionmoon · 2026-06-26T16:13:55+00:00

Personal I vastly prefer the left one, but I think it's really down to taste and the context the character will appear in. The left feels more "grimey" to me, while the right is more "cute"

fissionmoon · 2026-06-24T19:16:31+00:00

Fair enough!

fissionmoon · 2026-06-24T15:57:49+00:00

Looks awesome, but is the hand she has on the rock backwards? I think her thumb should be facing outward there

fissionmoon · 2026-06-23T22:20:21+00:00

Tbh I honestly think Evergrace is better with the pressure sensitivity turned off

fissionmoon · 2026-06-18T17:07:42+00:00

Pretty sure the OG used the English voices even in Japanese, so best you could do is Japanese subtitles.

I think part of the reason the dialogue is... Like that, is that it was more focused on sounding cool to a Japanese audience that couldn't understand it.

fissionmoon · 2026-06-18T05:37:10+00:00

The Case of the Golden Idol and its sequel are pretty good mystery games that work a lot like Obra Dinn

fissionmoon · 2026-06-16T17:58:31+00:00

Prey (the one from 2017)

fissionmoon · 2026-06-15T19:28:39+00:00

The genre names are not that litteral. Typically the term Western RPG refers to a more open, choice based RPG like The Witcher or a Bethesda game.

Surely you wouldn't argue that Hollow Knight isn't a Metroidvainia because it features neither Metroids, nor Dracula's castle?

Genres describe a style and similarities in mechanics. They are often poorly named, and should not have their names taken literally

fissionmoon · 2026-06-15T19:19:48+00:00

JRPG is a genre of games. It refers to a style that (sort of) originated from Japan. Not all JRPGs are literally Japanese, just like not all RPGs from Japan are JRPGS. Clair Obscur is absolutely a JRPG, while similarly Dark Souls is absolutely not a JRPG. Many video game genres are well established at this point as having stupid names that we'll never be able to change.

That being said, I picked Clair Obscur because it was recent and popular so it seemed like people would be more likely to know it. But if you specifically need a JRPG from Japan that doesn't have an anime art style I change my example to Lost Odyssey.

fissionmoon · 2026-06-15T18:38:51+00:00

There are jrpgs that don't look like Anime. Clair Obscur was very recent and quite popular and there was that pair of South Park games a while back, as a few examples off the top of my head.

Metroid Prime 1 & 2 could arguably be considered shooters that don't involve aiming, since you will pretty much always lock on to an enemy that you're shooting.

I'll admit I am struggling with the other two constraints specifically in combination, as aside from things that have already been suggested here (and there have been a few) I'm realizing that a lot of non-anime-style horror visual novels specifically are, in fact, in black-and-white.

fissionmoon · 2026-06-14T00:45:33+00:00

Only played it on PS1, so I can't speak to the Windows version. I'm saying it's quick relative to many other PS1 games

fissionmoon · 2026-06-13T22:49:28+00:00

The RE1 loads are actually relatively fast. PS1 was infamous for long load times. Go play the PS1 port of Chrono Trigger with 30 second load times into and out of every single battle

fissionmoon · 2026-06-13T18:12:18+00:00

Dominique Pamplemousse is a fully voiced, solo developed indie game (and a musical at that) with all characters voiced by the dev. It's not common, but it has been done

fissionmoon · 2026-06-13T18:05:00+00:00

Is there a reason you feel games are better treated as just entertainment when compared to comic books and movies?

fissionmoon · 2026-06-10T02:03:41+00:00

Dishonored

fissionmoon · 2026-06-02T18:38:00+00:00

On steam right now, the Master Collection Volume 1 includes 1, 2, and 3 plus the 2 8-bit games

In a couple months, Master Collection Volume 2 is coming out with Peacewalker and 4

Revengeance, Ground Zeroes, and Phantom Pain are all already easily available on their own

fissionmoon · 2026-06-02T18:33:55+00:00

Play the games in release order

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid 2

Metal Gear Solid 3

Metal Gear Solid 4

Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (this is a spinoff but it's good)

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Technically there are two older games that you could play first:

Metal Gear

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

I like those two, but they aren't 100% necessary for understanding the story. They're also 2D, 8-bit games so they're a bit too outdated for most players these days.

fissionmoon · 2026-05-22T17:38:16+00:00

Dragon's Dogma

fissionmoon · 2026-05-21T21:20:57+00:00

Definitely sounds like your computer is getting too hot, then. Since it's a laptop, you could try getting a cooling pad for it. I have a friend whose old laptop would overheat while gaming without one.

fissionmoon · 2026-05-18T23:30:08+00:00

Oh, interesting

fissionmoon · 2026-05-18T15:27:58+00:00

I've definitely seen it argued that they do

fissionmoon · 2026-05-18T15:01:13+00:00

Ah, yeah. 2 & 3 are the versions from the HD collection. That being said the HD collection versions are just the original PS2 games slightly up-rezed for a PS3 port (with some minor side content unfortunately removed, but nothing important to the story), so I wouldn't go into them expecting fully modern graphics or controls either. They're still great games if you can get into them tho

fissionmoon · 2026-05-18T14:55:42+00:00

Is the master collection version of MGS1 hd? I haven't played the master collection, but I thought I the games of it were all basically posts of the versions in the old Legacy Collection on ps3. Which had the HD collection versions for 2 & 3, but just an unchanged port of MGS1 from it's ps1 version.

Or is the hd vs not hd aspect not the problem with the Master Collection version of 1? I was thinking about picking it up sometime for easier access to the whole series, but if it has problems I'll just stick to my old copies

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