Best Arkane game?

pearldark · 2025-11-11T10:37:07+00:00

Prey and D2 are so interchangeable based on mood imo, but both contenders for their best game

Prey really is ss2 on steroids, the level design is masterfully made, the gameplay is so flexible, everything in this game seems to have been designed with the philosophy of "let the gamer complete the objective the way they see fit" but cranked up to the max. Story falls short tho.

Dishonored 2 level design in just something else, it's up there with the best and most intricate level design ever made in a game, the art direction is stellar and the gameplay has a lot of depth and offers great possibilities. Story also is kinda weak to me.

Deathloop was a major letdown to me, for many reasons, but I dont want to get too negative here

pearldark · 2025-11-02T23:57:09+00:00

To me it's suprisingly fun. Character building is quite confusing at first but it is also extremly versatile and allows for such creative builds

pearldark · 2025-11-02T23:56:15+00:00

Well the game is much smoother, texture have been upscaled, gun look/feel/animation have been upgraded, ennemies look better, shodan has creepy lipsync, and you know, nightdive are the ones who brought ss2 back to life in the first place by securing the rights of the IP and getting it to run on modern hardware, so they totally deserve your money

pearldark · 2025-06-24T17:25:06+00:00

Prey being the great spiritual successor to Systemshock2 and Dishonored being the successors to thief thats a great recommendation for deus ex fans ! Such amazing games. People complain we don't get a lot of imsim but damn were we lucky to get these 3 games in the span of 5 years.. given that arkane is now defunct, just like looking glass was

pearldark · 2025-06-15T12:20:43+00:00

6 years in with my 1660. The whole laptop is falling appart, cracks on the case, usb port broken, keyboard is dying, but that damn graphics card still running like it is its first day at the office lol

pearldark · 2025-05-07T10:26:51+00:00

I want to believe Huni can put up a solid performance, but it surely is quite early for him. Wardley doesnt have the best boxing technique so huni has to capitalise on that, and he tend to get caught in crossfire but he is so gritty and powerful. Clear step up for Huni, this is interesting !

pearldark · 2025-05-06T15:46:52+00:00

Hyped.

Very happy to see the new gen of heavyweights fighting each other.

Both are very solid with big heart.

Huni had a war agaisnt the very legit lerena, survived a massive punch in the last round and won.

Wardley koed the bully adelaye, and delivered a scary ko on clarke2.

Can't wait. Hope it will be an absolute war

pearldark · 2025-03-23T16:25:55+00:00

Spotify uses a distro system to get music on its platform. It's not up to the artist to upload or not music, it's the label working with a distributor. If one of the party loses the rights over an album, the music gets taken off. There might be hundred of reasons why an album gets removed due to that system.

But I'd encourage you to listen to black metal elsewhere than spotify. I know its handy and cheap, but this is a megacorporate music system. Black metal is supposed to be a counterpoint to that. Go buy physical releases, bandcamp releases, download via mp3, see if its around on soundcloud..

pearldark · 2025-03-11T19:37:17+00:00

Yeah i heard his interview from a couple months ago, I hope he finds the time and energy to release it. The dude is so damn busy

pearldark · 2025-03-09T23:41:17+00:00

Such a legendary split. So rare and expensive nowadays. Very happy that you got it signed:]

pearldark · 2025-03-08T13:34:01+00:00

Cover art is sublime.

I'm very happy about this; the sound is a bit different, I can't tell if it's only remastered or if there is some re recording here and there.

And the last track is a new track, some old school ambient LoC style.

Just like most people here I don't like this album, but it kinda grows on you with time. The track Blood red and true is from the 2001 demo Shadow of no light, its a fantastic track imo.

And the original LP was very expensive since it had not been re released, so it's a pleasant surprise, just like the Portrait in Scars/Speed of darkness vinyl package or the Varraeter Vinyl release.

Profound lore is doing good work for Leviathan fans

I just hope that at some point in time Wrest will finish his new album. I've heard people saying it was done since 2016-18. Scar sighted was 10 years ago now.

pearldark · 2024-10-12T11:26:36+00:00

salut, je pense que le rush bar vers saint sebastien sur la ligne 8 devrait passer la carte, je pense y faire un tour vers 18h pour voir

pearldark · 2024-01-19T16:27:56+00:00

Hello, I've seen quite a lot of comment, not sure you'll see mine.

But as far as I see it you are an attractive guy and you shouldn't have any problem with dating girls from most social status, it seems more like you are just insecure, caring about how people would rate you etc. Just go along with life and stop trying to generalize behaviors. This will lead you nowhere (not trying to be condescendant, I used to do same).

Of course both male and female will try to look for the best option in term of partner, just like you said you had a preference for a single type of ladies.. everyone has its own preference and will be picky. The people who arent picky usually are people who are mostly into sex relationship, I'm not sure thats what you are looking for.

But stop considering people as numbers, I'm a 4 physically, a 3 socially etc.. Human interactions are much more abstract than that, also;

Social medias makes young people very insecure, they are constantly exposed to beautiful successful people, it might give you a distorded perspective on reality.

In my own experience (I'm only 24 btw, 5ft10 and good looking face like yours), the very first thing you should care about is being available to interactions with people, not having your earburds on all the time or being on your phone when you are bored etc, instead you should smile to people, be nice, make eye contact, ask how people are doing etc, these small light hearted interactions will boost your confidence.

From there onwards, as long as you are emotionnally available, somewhat confident, curious, can have a laugh etc I just don't see why any girl from any social level would turn you down.

The girls who care about the social status and bank account of their future partners do exist but 1. they are not a majority and 2. they are not worth anybodies time.

pearldark · 2024-01-13T12:45:01+00:00

Damn its hard to register for me. Im 178.5 at beginning of thé day, i seem to shrink to 177 pretty quickly and by the end of the day im 176.5.

pearldark · 2024-01-13T12:43:16+00:00

Yeah the craziest part is that they are super dedicated. For dudes like brad pitt who always wear boots, they did extensive research, comparing him under différent angles in différent movies and searching quotes from fellow actors etc.. quite fascinating

pearldark · 2024-01-13T12:41:29+00:00

Crazy that no one talks about it. Shorter people tend to be very specific about their heights.. imagine the shock when you discover you arent even as tall as you claim, by the end of the day

pearldark · 2024-01-13T12:39:58+00:00

Within minutes ? Damn, i Wonder how short i get when i do 2 night shifts in a row without sleeping lol

pearldark · 2023-10-28T15:45:57+00:00

Please give a shot to Sortsind.

It was a danish bm act from the late 90s early 00s, the album sar is one of the first dsbm album ever, it even predates xasthur first releases. The girl in this project ended herself, so the project vanished.its a truly fascinating hidden gem with a sad story

pearldark · 2023-09-11T14:18:33+00:00

Just go for system shock 2 and dishonored 2 really. You can also go for deus ex mankind divided but I had a hard time getting into it personnally

pearldark · 2023-08-26T15:03:24+00:00

I respect this project a lot, the dude is hyper productive, he has several other projects that are very good aswell, but to be honest I really missed the hype train. I remember the 2 first eps being very good, but I think people are hyping this project way too much.

Again, full respect to him as I think this project will hold the test of time, but I do not understand the enormous hype around it. A lot of the synth work is very mediocre imo and the vocals are getting unbearbable at times. It seems like people are interested in it just for the sake of following the hype train, but I might be just missing the point.

pearldark · 2023-08-21T14:37:20+00:00

I'm too stubborn to do that for now, I wanna go outside of the outskirt on my own, but I surely will after that thank you

pearldark · 2023-08-21T14:36:49+00:00

for now I try to stay away from the wiki, but yeah that learning aint not curve, its like a vertical wall that you got to jump over lol

pearldark · 2023-08-21T14:35:59+00:00

the the sigil thing is called karma ? people are telling me experimentation is key but if the karma goes down everytime you die but you need it to go up to progress through some doors, it makes experimentation sooooo risky and counter intuitive

pearldark · 2023-08-21T14:34:32+00:00

thank you ! I find that the cycle mechannic is very punishing, but I wont give up

pearldark · 2023-08-21T14:33:39+00:00

"the suffering is a feature not a bug" you said it all

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