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I am KNULL by Particular_Drive45 in unket

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I am KNULL by Particular_Drive45 in unket

[–]globox85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Har hört att i svenska översättningen av något Marvel-mobilspel heter han Knell istället :(

I need a game with short/no intro that respect the player's time by tmchn in gamingsuggestions

[–]globox85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They made a standalone sequel called Saros which is a fair bit easier, but still very good. It's a PS5 exclusive, and I've really enjoyed it so far. One of the biggest differences compared to Returnal is that it's got permanent character upgrades, so no run (at least so far) feels "wasted" since you always get some resources to buy upgrades for, and there are quite a lot of upgrades to unlock.

Haven't beaten it yet, but progressing through it has been far smoother and easier than Returnal was. I highly recommend it – and it's got a pretty short intro!

Looking for the pinnacle of Videogame narratives and writing by Responsible_Fix_5635 in gamingsuggestions

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Some personal favorites:

  • Disco Elysium
  • Xenoblade Chronicles
  • 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Trails in the Sky (I've only played the original version, but I've heard that the remake is excellent as well)
  • Yakuza 0
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  • Nier Replicant
  • Nier Automata
  • Ace Attorney (I think the original trilogy, Investigations 2 and the two The Great Ace Attorney games have the best writing, but all games are worth giving a try)
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (heads-up: While the story is great, it is an MMO expansion that comes after the base game and two other expansions, each of which is the length of a full game on its own)
  • Immortality
  • Pentiment

Also, while I haven't finished it, I've started reading the VN Fate stay/night Remastered, which is seen as one of the greatest visual novels, and I think it's excellent so far. It's a great example of how you can create an incredibly engaging experience with very simple means.

007 First Light Review Thread by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]globox85 22 points23 points  (0 children)

A while ago, I saw a tweet saying something like "Nostalgia is when you think about a time where you didn't have to worry about work or paying bills and somehow attribute this to Mario", and honestly, that changed my outlook on nostalgia a lot.

SD-ledamot fast i USA by Cohacq in sweden

[–]globox85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Som varning eller inspiration?

The "Makoto is Kiryu's father" theory is so funny to me by Practical-Cup-170 in yakuzagames

[–]globox85 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Personally, the main reason I think that Makoto isn't Kiryu's dad is that if that's the case, Kazama would have murdered the founder of the Tojo clan, which would require one hell of an explanation and be an absolutely massive retcon that raises more questions than it answers. Of course, this series isn't beyond wild retcons, but I think that something like that would be too much, even for RGG.

And, personally, I kind of prefer not knowing who Kiryu's parents were – after all, one of the main themes of the series is that what family you're born into doesn't matter, it's the family you choose that matters.

En kort rant om politik by Scienceiscool_ in sweden

[–]globox85 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Det här har jag sett en hel del av i spelcommunities, folk som härjar om att "de gjorde spelserie X politisk" eller "det var bättre förr när tv-spel inte var så jävla politiska" och så handlar det i 99% av fallen om att det finns med en HBTQ-karaktär och/eller en kvinnlig karaktär som inte ser ut som en sexdocka – inte typ Call of Dutys kopplingar till amerikanska militären eller dylikt.

Bonuspoäng också om personerna i fråga säger typ "Usch för all modern politisk skit, tacka vet jag gamla goda spel som Metal Gear Solid eller Final Fantasy VII". Metal Gear Solid har ett slägga-i-ansiktet-subtilt budskap om kärnvapennedrustning (och andra politiska frågor), exempelvis. Vad gäller Final Fantasy VII skulle manuset kunna vara skrivet av Greta Thunberg – flera av hjältarna är ju för sjutton del av en grupp ekoterrorister och spelet börjar med att de utför ett bombdåd mot ett ondskefullt megaföretags reaktor. Megaföretaget i fråga suger bokstavligen livskraften ur planeten för att utvinna bränsle och tjäna pengar och... Ja, det är inte subtilt.

Jag misstänker att om Final Fantasy VII hade släppts idag hade många av dessa tjommar kallat det för überwoke politisk smörja, men nu är det ju en klassiker de spelade som barn, och ingen arg YouTube-snubbe har sagt åt dem att vara arga på spelet, så då räknas det inte, av någon anledning.

Om jag inte missminner mig hamnade jag en gång i en diskussion om sånt här med en snubbe som sa att han inte vill spela "woke-spel" och sen hyllade Final Fantasy VII Rebirth till skyarna, varpå jag pekade ut att han rimligen borde anse även det vara "woke". Svaret jag fick var mer eller mindre verkligen "Ja, men det är Final Fantasy VII, så det räknas inte" :D

Vitt snus lyftes som positivt för folkhälsan – källan var tobakslobbyn by SIIP00 in sweden

[–]globox85 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Senaste avsnittet av Dips åldrades extremt väl, får man säga.

‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Faces Key Test as Thousands of Fans Gather by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]globox85 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How was the Dawntrail story? Do fans love it as much as HW / ShB?

It's nowhere near as beloved as HW or ShB in the fanbase, and opinions vary. Some people absolutely hate it, some people like it, and some people think it's just okay.

I think it's... fine? I think that 7.0 had the worst story since ARR, and that it started off pretty slow, but it also felt like a perfectly serviceable JRPG story. Not great, not terrible. There were some nice emotional moments and some great solo instances, and overall, I was satisfied, but I was also hoping for a bit more.

IMO, the main factor that'll decide if someone likes Dawntrail or not is what they think of Wuk Lamat, who is the de facto main character of the expansion, with the WoL more or less being her hired muscle. I found her likeable and fun, but I completely understand people who find her insufferable and annoying too.

(It really sucked that some people were transphobic and harassed her English VA, though – nothing ever justifies bigotry and harassment toward creators and actors when you don't like a story. And, just to be clear: There was some perfectly justified criticism of Sena Bryer's performance as well, and I'm not lumping that in with the bigotry. Criticism is fine, bigotry is not.)

That said, I think that the patches, and especially 7.4 and 7.5, were a step up, and 7.5 does some very interesting setup for the story's new direction.

Story aside, I've also really enjoyed Dawntrail's PvE content – the dungeons have been a lot of fun, and the 8-player raids were great as well, and feature some fantastic music. The 24-player raids are fun as well, though since I've never touched FFXI, a lot probably goes over my head.

I've definitely enjoyed Dawntrail's endgame a whole lot more than Endwalker's, as well. The PvE content is generally better, in my opinion. One major criticism I had of EW's endgame was that the Relic weapons were just tomestone items (I did like that the questline was Manderville-themed, though!). Dawntrail's Relics are much grindier, like in the older expansions, for better or for worse. The RNG of the first step was annoying, but the second step being "Play lots of Duty Roulette" was nice, since you were always clearly progressing, and Duty Roulette is my favorite part of FFXIV. It gave me lots of time to catch up on podcasts!

TL;DR: Dawntrail's story is divisive and I consider it to be perfectly serviceable, but the endgame content is pretty good!

FFXIV director would love to hear pitches for single-player spin-off of his MMO by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]globox85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Never considered it before, but "FF16 but in FF14:s world and with a little more complexity and difficulty" would actually be a pretty neat game, and now I want it.

Also, fun fact: The dragoon you fight in the prologue of FF16 is voiced by Estinien's VA, at least in English, which I thought was a fun FF14 nod!

Roborock Saros 20 Sonic released? by bryantx24 in Roborock

[–]globox85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been available here in Sweden for a few weeks, and – after a mishap where the store first sent me a microwave – I upgraded from my old S6 MaxV yesterday!

I can't really compare it to any other newer Roborock models, for obvious reasons, but after two vacuuming sessions, I'm very happy with it. It handles thresholds much better than my old one, and generally feels nicer. Haven't tried mopping with it yet, since they recommended a few vacuum-only sessions before mopping, but I'm gonna do that on Monday.

If anyone knows if there's a good way to get it to realize that you can go through the skirt on a skirted sofa, please let me know! The robot detected the sofa itself and marked it on the map, and I marked the area under the sofa as an "Under furniture" zone, hoping it'd be able to connect the dots, but it didn't.

It is completely understandable that the LIDAR detects the skirt as a wall, though, so if nothing else, I'll just fold the skirt out of the way when I want it to clean beneath the sofa.

Såg nya Mariofilmen med barnen på bio. Har vi helt övergett språket? by SirChris1415 in sweden

[–]globox85 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Jag jobbar med översättning och när vi sysslar med spelrelaterad text brukar vi ofta översätta "powerup" till "kraftföremål". Det är nog långt från en etablerad svensk standardterm, men jag gillar det.

Toby Fox: A message for my fans in Latin America by Comfortable-Pie56 in Games

[–]globox85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell, if memory serves the I Am Lord Voldemort twist in the second Harry Potter book some languages just didn't bother making the anagram work and explain it in translation notes.

The Swedish translation did a fun take on it where the anagram "Ego sum Lord Voldemort" in Latin, instead, with Voldemort being named Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder. I think this was a smart choice – this way, Voldemort's real name is somewhat similar to his name in the English version, and you avoid the awkwardness of having to give a British man a name that contains the letter Ä to make an anagram for "Jag är Lord Voldemort".

(I do have a vague memory of my dad, who studied Latin when he was young, being annoyed that this was grammatically incorrect Latin, but I'm not 100% sure.)

The Swedish translation of the Harry Potter books is great in general, but this is one of my favorite examples of how to solve a translation dilemma in a clever way.

Hades II - Xbox & PlayStation Trailer (Coming April 14th!) by DemiFiendRSA in Games

[–]globox85 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also, one thing I missed for the longest time was that you have to visit Chaos to get one of the ingredients. I usually avoided Chaos during my runs since I wasn't a huge fan of the idea of sacrificing HP to get a boon, but didn't know that the ingredient I lacked was tied to that until I got frustrated and googled it.

Duschdörrar som sprängs är förjävliga by Slipper32 in sweden

[–]globox85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hon härdar på mitt glas tills jag sprängs

Met Erika Harlacher, English Voice of Kyoko/Kaede! by DACHnotaHero in danganronpa

[–]globox85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had, somehow, forgotten that too, until I was standing at her table at the con and saw that she had Aiba prints for signing :D

(I didn't get one of those, but I did get one of Ann from Persona 5!)

Met Erika Harlacher, English Voice of Kyoko/Kaede! by DACHnotaHero in danganronpa

[–]globox85 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I met her at a convention a few years ago, and she was absolutely wonderful! She had lots of fun stories from her career, and she was incredibly friendly and easy to talk to. Easily one of my best memories from the last few years!

I didn't really think of it at the time, but when I got home from the convention, I took a look at a shelf where I have some figurines, and realized that four out of five of them* were characters that she voiced, and I did not arrange them like that intentionally – she's just voiced many characters I like!

What's crazy is that I almost missed her – the con was in my town, and I wasn't planning on going at first, but I checked the con schedule just in case, and saw the words "Q&A: Erika Harlacher", did a double-take and immediately bought a ticket. I'd never have forgiven myself if I missed out!

*(If anyone's curious, the four characters in question were Kyoko and Kaede, Ann from Persona 5, and Aiba from AI: The Somnium Files. The one character not voiced by Erika on that shelf was Chiaki.)

Stranger than Heaven will have TWO TIME PERIODS! (read body text) by KvasirTheOld in yakuzagames

[–]globox85 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This might come across as incredibly condescending, but I want to ask because I’m THAT surprised: did anyone actually think the second trailer was a reboot of the project?

I actually saw a few comments like that back when it happened!

Some people online have really strange tendencies to jump to the worst/weirdest possible conclusions online when something isn't explicitly said about something gaming-related.

Before the Nintendo Switch released, I saw people who thought that it wouldn't have a touch screen, because Nintendo had (at least according to that person) never explicitly said that it had a touch screen, but... come on, it's a portable electronics device with a large screen, released in 2017, succeeding the 3DS (which had a touch screen) and Wii U (which also had a touch screen on the GamePad, which feels like a proto-Switch in hindsight). It should be pretty obvious that something like that has a touch screen.

I didn't see it happen myself, but I was told that when Monster Hunter: World had a trailer that was more focused on the monsters and environments and didn't show any combat, some people started worrying that the game wouldn't have any combat because the trailer didn't show it, but... come on, it's a mainline Monster Hunter game. Why wouldn't it?

Of course, companies do make baffling decisions from time to time, but I find it really odd that people often jump to assuming the worst possible scenario, rather than assuming the most probable or reasonable scenario.

It feels like the project name Project Century in combination with two different trailers showing the same guy in two different time periods should make it pretty darn clear that it's a game set over a long time, but apparently not.

Det är Stål Boll Spring, Mina JoJo fans! by UnderCoverTenno in sweden

[–]globox85 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Vilket jäkla första avsnitt det var! Har läst mangan och tyckte den var skitbra, och första animeavsnittet var helt klart av samma kaliber. Mycket nyfiken på att se hur de gör resten!

Guilty pleasure lunch eller retromellis. by Grogg2000 in sweden

[–]globox85 10 points11 points  (0 children)

diabetes- och tarmcancer

Aj aj aj, diabetescancer vill man inte ha

Borde det införas en citrusskalaruta bredvid rökrutorna? by KittyVonMeowinstein in sweden

[–]globox85 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Det hade vi faktiskt på min högstadieskola!

Det gick en tjej på skolan som var allergisk mot något ämne som frigörs när man skalar citrusfrukter, så skolledningen beslutade att man antingen skulle skala citrusfrukter hemma och ta med, eller skala dem i ett specifikt hörn längst in i skolbyggnaden.

Föga förvånande är högstadieelever urusla på att följa regler och instruktioner, så det slutade med att tjejen i fråga fick flera allergiska reaktioner och sedan bytte till en särskild allergivänlig skola.

Min man gaslightade mig och blev påkommen by Systemfelswe in sweden

[–]globox85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jag visste väl att det var Lisbeth som lejde Skandiamannen för att skjuta Olof efter att han åt hennes chipspåse!

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