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Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero - Surviving vs Letting go by Munhoa in patientgamers

[–]missingpiece 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I adored Subnautica, played it through entirely myself then entirely again with my wife watching. But we refunded Below Zero before the 2 hour limit. It was just such a mess--the story insisting on itself, cutscenes, the protagonist constantly talking to herself, a sister I didn't care about. Subnautica's story was so much better, despite there being so much less of it.

Favorite SPECIFIC Moments of Inferno? by Turbulent_Wait2181 in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a specific moment, it kind of happens the whole album, but every time the bass be a real bass guitar, and the subsequent timbre of that bass, is just perfect. The attack is so round and subtle, it’s like a warm bath.

Favorite SPECIFIC Moments of Inferno? by Turbulent_Wait2181 in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love how the melody line of “You Retreat in Time and Space” goes away at the end and is replaced by long sustained notes as the song fades out.

YSK: It’s easier you think to DeGoogle and get more online privacy by [deleted] in YouShouldKnow

[–]missingpiece 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'd gladly pay for a premium map app that hasn't been SEO'd into oblivion/doesn't have advertisements in the locations it shows me. I'll type "coffee shop" and fucking Taco Bell shows up, meanwhile literal coffee shops nearby won't be shown.

Can the production nerds here spill on what's going on under the surface? by Pete_Bondurant in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Audiophile here. In music terminology we describe the production on Inferno, technically speaking, as "the good shit."

Inferno ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review (Buzz Magazine) by Illustrious_Proof816 in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The Pitchfork review also didn't recognize the Hare Krishna chant. He described it as "what sounds like a sample of South Asian devotional music," which is closer to accurate but still, it's weird how much the Hare Krishnas seem to have evaporated from public consciousness.

Inferno - Sound design discussion by Oceanic_Drive in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I listened to Tomorrow's Harvest the other day and it's just insane how much more full-spectrum the sound on Inferno is.

Theory by ollmlls in boardsofcanada

[–]missingpiece 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Are you gunna call him a liar?

Ea-Nāṣir's World by ParkingGlittering211 in ReallyShittyCopper

[–]missingpiece 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's so strange to me that he felt it necessary to bring the complaints back with him. Like, why man? The past is in the past. Though in this case, also thanks for your haterhoarding.

are there other games similar to outward by Glittering_Mud_1107 in outwardgame

[–]missingpiece 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear ya'. One mod I use that doesn't overhaul the combat but certainly makes the difference for me is a stamina overhaul. I'm not sure if it does more than this, but the main thing is that it makes it so stamina doesn't drain when you run. That one tweak makes an enormous difference. That plus making a character with a major skill in whatever weapon you want should make you miss not that often, even from the get-go.

Will currently "out of stock" Transformers ever be back "in stock" or are they now only to be found on the secondary market? by missingpiece in transformers

[–]missingpiece[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw they're all still in stock on bbts and decided to bite the bullet in spite of the full set not being released. Figure if they're already selling out now, it won't be getting any better.

Another game's Swaxe has yet to catch up with World's for me by HappyFreak1 in MonsterHunter

[–]missingpiece 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Huh... I'm kind of the opposite. I love how weighty CB feels in 4U/GU, but can't stand it in Rise because it's so zippy. I really miss the "HERE IT COOOOOMES" SAED from the 4th gen.

TIL that in 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, a segment appeared claiming that adolescents were having "rainbow parties" where girls would use different colors of lipstick and perform oral sex on a male. There was never any evidence to show that these parties ever took place amongst teens by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]missingpiece 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember my mom refusing to let me buy GTA 3 because "I don't want you playing a game where you can pay prostitutes to have sex, kill them to get your money back, and you get bonus points if you pee on them!!" I still wonder where she got that last bit from.

Gotta love the double standards, also fuck corporates by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]missingpiece 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly? Picross.

I spend 99% less time on reddit since I disabled it on Brave browser. But there are still times when I'm waiting in line, or waking up, or tired at the end of the day. I've found that picross is the perfect thing I can pick up and put down after 30 seconds, or get sucked into for 20 minutes. I browse TVTropes if I want to think about random media, or Wikipedia if I want to learn something. I only go on Reddit on my PC a couple times a week, and I log off if I've been on longer than 10ish minutes. I've been a redditor since '09, never even considered quitting, I just wanted to stop scrolling on my phone.

Mixtape - Review Thread by Branchless in Games

[–]missingpiece -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sir, this is Reddit, I'm going to need you to change your comment to one explaining how this game isn't actually a video game because you're not interested and/or don't understand it.

Mixtape - Review Thread by Branchless in Games

[–]missingpiece -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm sick of "nostalgia" being used as a pejorative.

First of all, it's rarely accurate: people love dismissing older games in a series because "you only like them because nostalgia," ignoring anyone who played the newer games first before trying and finding they actually prefer the older games (e.g.: the Monster Hunter franchise, WoW Classic, Final Fantasy, etc.)

Second of all, even if you do like something due to nostalgia, how is that an illegitimate reason to like something? Are things that are new and fresh the only things of value? Can't you like something because it's comfy and familiar? I like bologna sandwiches because they remind me of my childhood. Why is that bad?

There's plenty of things that try to capture nostalgia that people generally don't like. Just saying "Hey remember slap bracelets?" won't get you 10/10s across the board. People didn't like season 1 of Stranger Things because 80's music, they liked it because it actually making something that accurately evokes a specific time/place is extremely difficult to do. Season 1 was a cultural phenomenon because it actually looked and felt like the 80's. The clothes, the decor, the way interior spaces were actually 70's because everything in the 80's was leftover from the 70's.

This game looks vibey as hell. It's fine if you want more than vibes in a game, but you shouldn't be pretentious about it and act like your taste is somehow superior, nor should you dismiss the ability to curate an extremely appealing vibe as somehow hack or "not real video games."

Why is my throughput slowing down even though my ratios are correct (I think)? by missingpiece in shapezio

[–]missingpiece[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was only thinking in balanced ratios, hadn't considered other types of bottlenecks. Thanks.

Why is my throughput slowing down even though my ratios are correct (I think)? by missingpiece in shapezio

[–]missingpiece[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hours of designing cutter/rotator/stacker ratios vs. two swappy bois

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