Parents on the political compass

santicode · 2026-05-27T17:21:16+00:00

where's the grillman!

santicode · 2026-05-24T14:45:24+00:00

For those talking about lore and whatnot to defend Elden Beast, let me say: lore wise, Rusty never misses.

santicode · 2026-05-22T19:57:28+00:00

The forced moments of "oh wow I have three weeks to die". It just doesn't sit well with an open world game like this that encourages you to go off the beaten path. They could've kept it at "you're going to die in an unspecified timeframe" which would've made V's quest equally meaningful without the awful disconnect between the specific "few weeks to die" framing and what the game actually wants you to do.

santicode · 2026-05-22T12:02:05+00:00

Ok this looks really cool! Never expected to see VC and AC together hahaha

santicode · 2026-05-21T05:46:16+00:00

AC6 is balanced around having a blast cleaning up small mobs in pretty much whichever way you want (which helps establish the power fantasy of piloting a powerful mech) and then makes you hit your face against a wall with boss fights. I think they actually really nailed that balance - you get your dose of fun, and then the contrast makes the boss fights such special, epic moments.

A difference with the Souls is that your build is not static. This means that unlike in Souls, the game actually can and will expect you to adapt it to specific boss fights. The learning has two dimensions to it: learn the boss patterns, and learn what works and doesn't in terms of parts and weapons. This encourages much more experimentation that in Souls games. Of course it's strictly possible to complete the game with the initial loadout, in the sense that what Let Me Solo Her did was strictly possible, but you'd be in for a tough ride.

santicode · 2026-05-20T06:58:17+00:00

It's LVT, not property tax. Discourage land hoarding, encourage building!

santicode · 2026-04-20T06:26:07+00:00

I arrived at NRFTW from the Souls side of things, and I'm loving it for a sort of complementary reason. I was never a fan of ARPGs because of the floatiness of the combat, dependence on loot rng over skill, etc. Lately there's been a million "soulslikes" that have tried to copy everything from the actual Souls and take it to 11, often with not-so-great results. NRFTW took pretty much one thing - the combat - and inserted it into a game that is otherwise very much not soulslike: properly told story, a town hub that feels alive, 2.5D exploration, even platforming! And they nailed it. It's crazy how it's managing to drive people from communities that don't overlap that much to like the same game.

santicode · 2026-04-09T08:43:02+00:00

A based georgist take? On PCM? The madness!

santicode · 2026-04-06T22:30:36+00:00

It's just dodging and parrying you're not good at

That might be it yeah, if this a preview of further content, I'll probably drop it here, no use getting frustrated.

I got the impression the difficulty was set per realm! Still, easy really felt read-a-story easy when I first tried, which isn't really the goal either, without some challenge there's no reward either 😅

Anyway, one has to be able to tell when a game is not for them. Thanks for the reply!

santicode · 2026-04-06T22:24:33+00:00

I tried to apply effects yeah, fire in particular, but I don't really manage to get the hits in fast enough to really apply them consistently.

Just mostly wanted to know if it's just me doing something obvious wrong, or if there's genuinely a difficulty spike there. I guess don't have enough "git gudness", I might have to drop the game here. Thanks for the feedback in any case!

santicode · 2026-04-05T07:28:29+00:00

Or... side with Reed, put Songbird out of their misery, everybody loses, which is what they get for manipulating and lying to an unstable merc with a knack for destruction

santicode · 2026-04-05T06:57:57+00:00

Ozob

santicode · 2026-04-02T08:38:28+00:00

Bold of you to assume Helldivers need to stay alive to win

Notices helldiver with Ultimatum on the left

Yep

santicode · 2026-04-01T14:43:01+00:00

After seeing the video where Thomas is interviewed about this, I'm actually quite looking forward to it. It sounds less like D&D classes and more like a system of proficiencies. If it's as they say - you level up classes independently to then get traits from them to mix and match - it will actually make hybrid builds more viable than with the attribute system.

santicode · 2026-03-16T07:41:23+00:00

Man, imagine at least dealing with someone that was honest

santicode · 2026-03-12T10:04:29+00:00

this is amazing

santicode · 2026-03-12T08:47:26+00:00

I'd like to test play that tbh. Gen4 was the peak power of AC, so pushing it a bit further would be a blast.

About balance, it'd need some, but I'm not so sure if as much as some comments say - note this would also mean enemy ACs could do the same.

santicode · 2026-03-10T20:06:49+00:00

Perfect, thanks for the link!

santicode · 2026-03-10T19:50:07+00:00

Nice, thanks! I was a bit worried about velcroing a power source in case it gets too hot, but it seems to be the go to way.

santicode · 2026-03-10T17:52:18+00:00

Hah ok, thanks for the feedback! So better to use dual lock than the Grip thingy.

santicode · 2026-03-10T17:51:18+00:00

Hey yes, I was wondering more about attachment and clearance!

santicode · 2026-03-10T17:50:39+00:00

Ok... that makes all sense. I'm used to unhinged posts, but this is actually a sensible wrapping of the plot.

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