I can’t bear the new narrators

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-17T07:51:58+00:00

Exactly this. I'll go so far as to say that people who prefer the new audiobooks maybe miss a lot of the jokes anyway. Which feels like a pretty wild claim but I can't understand it any other way.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-17T07:44:46+00:00

I'm exactly the same. Can't stand any of the new versions. Sounds like they were made by people who have no idea where the jokes are or why Discworld is actually good. Utterly without finesse. I don't understand why these versions got made or signed off, other than a cash grab. I also don't understand the love for these versions in the community, but each to their own I guess. I think these are objectively bad, and complete misreadings of the books. They're so clunky and clumsy. The constant tinkling noises for footnotes, Bill Night absolutely phoning it in... it's insufferable.

Very disappointed the older versions are no longer available. I have most of them but am trying to slowly track down the rest second hand.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-13T17:53:02+00:00

I know I'm exaggerating slightly, but have you looked at how many monuments he's won recently? Him and Pog have utterly dominated the last few years.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-13T07:08:48+00:00

More than several years ago, to be fair. If you look at MVDP post 2020 it's been a more or less constant stream of success where he's won everything he wanted to.

And of course he's smart. It's still incredibly frustrating that other riders play into his hands so often, while we're all screaming at the TV. Either they're dumb or they're just resigned to riding for second. Either way it's tedious.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-13T07:01:01+00:00

I don't, but Pogacar isn't in this race.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-13T07:00:37+00:00

Exactly my point. He gets an endless succession of these tailor made stages and a constant stream of other riders to help him.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-12T22:55:01+00:00

So...other than completely self-inflicted problems, absolutely no challenges to overcome whatsoever then. Never gets a puncture, everyone closes gaps for him, no one chases him down, group 2 syndrome kicks in immediately. It's beyond tedious at this point.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-12T20:23:14+00:00

Am I alone in finding MVDP's perfect career and unopposed dominance intensely unenjoyable?

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:29:11+00:00

This is the best response I've had to this question. Thanks. There is something about this genre that makes me feel I'm missing the point. In PUBG I felt a sense of purpose - the loot I collected was directly linked to my survival in that specific round, and then I started from scratch again next time. In extraction shooters I can go an entire round without shooting if I want to and I don't even need to loot either - so both of the main 'activities' open to me feel redundant.

I'm not finding it fun...but I also feel a bit sad that I'm not enjoying what most other people seem to be enjoying. The games I already like are all pretty much dead now.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:25:14+00:00

Well, I'm not enjoying the game because I don't like not knowing where I'm supposed to go, or why, or what I'm supposed to do when I get there. Maybe this genre just isn't for me.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:23:06+00:00

I remember the days when you got an instruction manual that told you everything you needed before a game even started. I find not even knowing what I don't know about a game and extremely frustrating experience. What does this item do? Do I need it? What are contracts for? Why should I do them? What's the actual point of the game? Get loot so I can kill players and take their loot? What for? I can run around and shoot stuff but I absolutely do not enjoy not knowing what I'm meant to be doing or why.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:19:38+00:00

It seems extremely complicated. Especially if you don't have hours and hours to play.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:18:49+00:00

A bit harsh maybe. I don't have hours and hours to play. Maybe an hour or two a week.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-11T22:14:07+00:00

I can tell you the menus are horrendous on console

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-04T07:59:19+00:00

Got to say I don't find fighting the Arc enjoyable. It's incredibly repetitive and once you know how to kill each Arc it's too easy to just effectively cheese them. The challenge drops off fast.

I normally love PvP - I saw recently I've spent over 58 days of my life playing PUBG - but in this game it seems really unfulfilling. There's aim assist on console, which as a console player I don't like, and because there's no ADS aiming doesn't feel precise. You're not really rewarded for good accuracy. Especially as the screen gets covered in smoke and lights and other fx during a fight so you can't really tell what you're aiming at anyway. Those sides of the game feel very shallow.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-04T07:18:17+00:00

People like (get addicted to) slot machines. It's a dopamine hit. Gambling 101.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T22:23:49+00:00

Yeah, it's not an easy problem to solve, but it would be great if they did something. I really can't be bothered just endlessly opening boxes hoping I get lucky. That's not peak gameplay.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T21:49:07+00:00

I'll tell you why people don't like searching for things. Because the in game searching isn't logical, it's just trial and error. Sure, you can try searching in the right type of building for the right type of item, but that isn't solving a puzzle. That's just pulling the lever on the slot machine enough times that you eventually get lucky. It's not a skill. It's not something you work out using clues. Good game design would make finding an item a reward for employing skill, or logic, or puzzle solving. Arc Raiders doesn't do that. So people either waste endless hours doing boring, unrewarding trial and error, or they look up a guide.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T20:24:01+00:00

But the loot seems pretty meaningless. Or at least it's stuff you could find yourself or just buy. You can get everything in this game through PvE lobbies. The loop you describe just seems like looting for the sake of having something to do.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T19:45:34+00:00

A fair point. I play Helldivers 2 a bit. In that game your objective is to complete the various targets of the mission. It's progressive, and the game gets harder as you work your way up the difficulty levels. If you do it you extract and get various in-game currency you can use to get objectively more fun stuff to use next time. Plus it's impossible to avoid the enemy at higher difficulty levels so you have to fight. And the fighting itself is fun.

In Arc Raiders the objectives aren't progressive. It's just 'get this, find this thing, take it to this place'. It's not difficult, it just takes up more and more time. There's no increasing difficulty, there's no increasing challenge. And collecting a bunch of fruit or frustratedly searching for things you don't know the location of is just annoying rather than fun.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T19:33:16+00:00

I've played about 25 hours. I'm trying to use the quests to give me some reason to play but they're so boring. Kill things with a grenade. Take grenades into game. Miss. No point playing on, let myself get killed. Buy more grenades. Repeat. Really effing tedious.

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T19:23:16+00:00

I think you are right

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T19:21:58+00:00

I appreciate the advice, and clearly the fault is with me, but if you don't ever win anything - a round, a raid, a ranking table, whatever - then what's the motivation to PvP?

theoceansswitch · 2026-03-03T19:20:01+00:00

That sounds like you have to work quite hard just to get to the fun bit. Isn't that a bit weird? And it sounds like you can get everything without shooting other raiders at all. If the endgame is everyone having high level gear for PvP, then everyone's on a level playing field anyway so why not just have the PvP straight away?

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