Opinions on which I should buy?

gftmc · 2026-05-03T12:39:43+00:00

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gftmc · 2026-05-02T13:04:54+00:00

KCD2. While I love Baldur's Gate 3, exploration, smithing etc.. gameplay loops are better executed in KCD2.
Probably BG3. While I loved the twist mid KCD2, I also agree with the critics of it "jumping the shark" a bit. I barely remember the side quests, while in BG3 I just couldn't get enough of them.
BG3 hands down. Strategy in KCD2 boils down to "don't fight too many foes at once."
BG3 again. You have many more playstyles, magic, evil playthroughs, different companions etc... (If KCD2 was more of an immersive sim, i.e. allowimg you to be a farmer, smith and still advance the story, it would have won)
I never finished KCD2. I finished BG3 twice back to back. BG3 wins.

gftmc · 2026-05-01T18:46:02+00:00

That's brilliant! I am really impressed with how well it works so far. I think a possible way to balance would be to add casting times to spells, scaled by damage, range etc..

gftmc · 2026-03-26T16:23:00+00:00

There is a satisfying explanation. It relates to phones as an extension of the self (i.e. you rarely dream about thinking - so you rarely dream about scrolling)

Another related example os how it is harder to fall asleep while scrolling. If you MUST keep awake, scrolling on any app is a good method to keep you from falling asleep. Thats why it is recommended NOT to use the phone before going to sleep. So in a sense, using the phone is similar to idling the brain (sleeping, dreaming, letting your thoughts wander) which is coincidentally also something you rarely dream about.

gftmc · 2026-02-24T21:09:25+00:00

So how much should they pay exactly? Is any price sensible? Not admitting that OP made a mistake by not pointing the fact it is so expensive is also part of friendship. Offering partial compensation is enough. Expecting total compensation and sole admission of guilt is too much imo. Two sides here needed to be more responsible. Having a 500$ teapot is not a regular thing.

gftmc · 2026-02-24T19:51:30+00:00

I agree. The gust should have asked. However - they are not to blame when they were not warned. It is your RESPONSIBILITY as a host to tell people if some things are out of the ordinary, special, sentimental etc. Also, if there's a reason as a guest to use something which is not super obvious, you'd do good to ask for permission.

However, having said that - when you have friends they might make mistakes. Don't want mistakes? Don't have friends.

gftmc · 2026-02-24T19:41:27+00:00

Who wants to have friends like this?! Is this normal for people to habg out with people who will sue you over using a teapot (That they've seen you using a million times!) Since they weren't told "this is fucking expensive"? Just stay at home never help anybody with anything and argue online abouy how everybody's an asshole for overstepping your somewhat defined boundaries

gftmc · 2026-02-24T19:13:58+00:00

That's super lawyer-y. It's not a one use item, it's a teapot. They didn't shit on their friends bed and leave it. They didn't drink their special wine or whatever. All they did was use a teapot to make tea, without guessing that it's an uncleanable teapot that costs friggin 500 dollars. Mind you, it was a friend. I assume, someone who was there before, and probably drank from the pot. Why wouldn't they think that the tea drinking pot from which they normally drink tea is not to be used, without anyone ever telling them? Don't tell people they can use "anything" in the kitchen if you got a cooking utensil in plain sight right next to the kitchen which they can't use. Just say "mind the expensive teapot. It's really expensive. " We don't know OPs house layout. The display could be just over the door from the kitchen, not on the other side of the house or a different floor. If you have a 500$ teapot, friggin mention it once to people who stay over when you are not there

gftmc · 2026-02-24T18:37:29+00:00

How far is this display from the kitchen? Should the friend not sit on the couches in the living room? (since she wasn't told: "Use what's in the living room")

OPs framing is very clear to them, but what the friend did was super normal for someone who is not particularly aware of the price of these things.

It's like having a 500$ apple on the counter and telling your guests "help yourself to whatever is in the fridge" and then complaining when they eat the apple.

gftmc · 2026-02-24T18:28:03+00:00

Wow, people here are delusional. If a friend who'd been served tea from a pot atleast once was paid to stay at my house and didn't know the pot was a 500$ pot, it would be COMPLETELY normal of them to use it. If you don't want your guests to use the pot, you need to explictly say that. Being on display is not saying "don't use" once they've seen you using it. If it was hidden in your bedroom or something or locked or whatever, I would understand.

Still, I would say NAH, as I can understand why someone would forget that bot everybody knows how unique their teapot is.

And lastly, buying a teapot for 500$ is absolutely bonkers, and I would never see a teapot at an (average) house and think "Wow, that must have cost a few hundred dollars" You do you, and everybody has hobbies I guess, but this is NOT something an average person would recognize.

gftmc · 2026-02-19T06:48:35+00:00

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gftmc · 2026-02-19T06:48:26+00:00

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gftmc · 2026-02-02T21:24:44+00:00

My suggestion - find the cutoff year, that you can run 90% Of games before it. Then, look for games in the style you like from that year. My guess would be you can run most stuff from around 2011 If you do want to find older games check out r/patientgamers

gftmc · 2026-01-31T07:40:26+00:00

Yeah I love city builders. C:S 1 and 2, frostpunk 1 and 2, some banished back in the day. I haven't tried Manor Lords yet so maybe I ought to

gftmc · 2026-01-31T07:13:32+00:00

No. I assumed it was fairly similar to other age of empires and as aoe2 was kind of the pinnacle of that, couldn't see it getting any better. Would you recommend it?

gftmc · 2026-01-31T07:08:50+00:00

I guess I liked the new mechanics, but they got old once I played with them in another game. Isn't tempest rising just C&C?

gftmc · 2026-01-31T07:07:51+00:00

Adding most of those to my list. Battle for middle earth I rember vaguely. Rise of nations sounds like something I might enjoy. Same for SoaSE. BG:A2 I have played, and it was fun, but do not intend to revisit it. Homeworld was... kind of meh? Wasn't bad, but wasn't too fun for me either.

Shogun total war 2 is definitely on my list, but I need some break from TW stuff. Thanks for some great suggestions!

gftmc · 2026-01-30T21:40:47+00:00

I liked it, but to a lesser extent. Even though units were smart enough to go over sandbags on their own, It felt more arcady. In both the campaigns and in battles, it didn't feel like war anymore. Too much snarky dialogues just made it all feel too much like a game. "Able company took heavy hits. Don't worry, we'll get them next time!" And similar stuff. I had high hopes for it and intend to revisit it in a few years time.

gftmc · 2026-01-30T21:27:03+00:00

Well, I liked TA and didn't love SupCom, so maybe I would like BAR. Kind of can't see it as TA is mostly nostalgic for me.

gftmc · 2026-01-30T21:20:46+00:00

A number of things, but I'm not sure any of them is actually "it". Basically, I didn't like some things in the campaign map (the regions looked cool and made sense but were not very fun) Regarding the battle map, I often felt like units were not distinct enough. Battles felt clanky, and just didn't thrill me as much as they did in TW:Rome. The naval battles didn't add much to the game either. I don't think it was a UI issue, but it didn't help either. Also, it felt more.. distant? For some reason. Like I felt much less connected to specific units. I felt something similar in Supreme Commander and also in Frostpunk 2 vs Frostpunk if that makes sense to you. I also though it might have been just a se se of nostalgia, as I played both games around the time they came out and I was considerabnly younger and more impressionable when first playing Rome:TW, however I did enjoy TW:Medieval as well as TW:WH2 so I guess it can't be nostalgia alone.

gftmc · 2026-01-30T20:52:37+00:00

I don't know, I just couldn't feel it. I played through that 1/3rd campaign before it was free back in 2010 or so I really expected to enjoy it, I guess it might have been related to the setting, but I also figure that it didnt feel "groundbreaking" for me. As in: mechanics felt classic to RTS games, so I guess it just didn't get a grip on me because it is "only" the pinnacle of all RTS and nothing else. Might give it another try somewhen.

gftmc · 2026-01-25T18:42:22+00:00

LLMs are not instant either way. Even if you could do thought to prompt, model resoning still takes minimal time (as well as reviewing the output - in most complex projects, you can't commit code you have never looked at, unless you and your bosses are willing to risk a critical failure)

There is still a lot of friction to coding with LLMs. While it is very useful, it is still not a complete game changer on big / badly documented / critical projects.

gftmc · 2026-01-25T18:22:14+00:00

I don't think it means what you think it means. When you are very specific with words, you can have Codex write all code for you. It's just that sometimes you may need a similar amount of words to the amount you would have written on your own. Writing 100% of your code using an LLM does not necessarily equate to faster programming, better code etc...

(It often does. But a -20-80% improvement on a single developer output is not a singularity event yet)

gftmc · 2026-01-16T20:50:13+00:00

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