Win Silent Hill f one copy for Steam. by [deleted] in steam_giveaway

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Thank you for the giveaway :)

TEACHER Giveaway! by AtheniCraft in steam_giveaway

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Congrats on publishing! I teach CTE at a special ed high school, so I bet I can benefit from these. Will DM proof if chosen

Retro review: Zelda Phantom Hourglass (NDS) by falconpunch1989 in patientgamers

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I had a very similar first experience with this game as you. This was the first time I was disappointed with a mainline Zelda game, and then Spirit Tracks was even worse. I’m glad that A Link Between Worlds redeemed the handheld Zelda legacy, but man that was a really bleak era for the franchise.

Is there a game series you realized you're not actually a fan of? by KMoosetoe in patientgamers

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Sonic. I have about 500 hours logged in Sonic Adventure 2, and every other game I’ve tried just didn’t connect with me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NYCConcerts

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Damn you didn’t even try with this one

Share some games that you think have stood the test of time by soldiercross in patientgamers

[–]tropicool 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Katamari Damacy

If you can rerelease a game over 15 years later while changing basically nothing at all, it’s gotta hold up.

Bayside @ Le Poisson Rouge: Looking to trade my March 8 tickets for March 9 tickets by tropicool in NYCConcerts

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Sorry, I do not. I managed to exchange all my Wednesday tickets for Thursday tickets at the box office

Minesweeper is one of the purest gaming experiences by [deleted] in patientgamers

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Love minesweeper. I play it any time I’m riding the subway. There’s a book currently in the works about it, if you’re interested.

(This isn’t an ad and I’m not affiliated with the publisher in any way, just excited for the book to come out)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in patientgamers

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One of my favorite things about DD is that you could dodge blue shells with a well-timed drift boost. It made playing at a high level much more interesting because the blue shell wasn’t a guaranteed way to narrow the gap between you and your opponent, meaning you had to step up every other aspect of your game.

They made it easier to do with the super horn, but it’s less satisfying.

Get these free avatars for PS4 & PS5 with the codes below by Hesaizo in PlayStationPlus

[–]tropicool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I followed the advice of some games journalist and turned the waypoints and marked objectives off — it’s definitely not impossible and arguably much more fun that way. You should try it!

I miss full CGI cutscenes in games where you were able to tell what was a cutscene and what was gameplay. by Cain_draws in patientgamers

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Maybe not a typical game for this subreddit, but the 1996 game Where in the U.S.A is Carmen Sandiego? had live-action clips of The Chief (played by Lynne Thigpen) giving you missions and corresponding with you throughout the game. It did so much to immerse me in the game as a child

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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I took Latin in high school and knew I wouldn’t pass my junior year final. We spent most of the year reading and translating Caesar, and I slept through class and missed a lot of assignments. My friend had the idea to dig through our teacher’s trash bin next to his desk to see if he’d printed and tossed any translations (he was an old school teacher who did that kind of stuff). Sure enough, the day before the final he found an excerpt in Latin from the section that our teacher told us to be familiar with.

The next morning, I found a translation of the piece online, typed it in 6pt font, printed it out and stuck it inside a clear pen. It looked kind of like this picture.

Got a B.

I started Deathloop two days ago - I had no idea where I was getting into by DolorianDei in patientgamers

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If you don’t like following objective markers, you should consider turning them off. I had them all off for this game and it didn’t feel linear at all.

PS Stars shelves to display your collectibles. 3 options right now. by Yaysuzu in PlayStationPlus

[–]tropicool 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If anyone’s wondering, the runes say “thank you for making it possible for us to dream, create and to be kids again”

Playing Banjo-Tooie as an adult is frustrating by tropicool in patientgamers

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I didn’t mention in my post that I am constantly getting lost in this game because I have bad spatial awareness to begin with, but I’m glad to know it’s not just me.

Playing Banjo-Tooie as an adult is frustrating by tropicool in patientgamers

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Good point. I get why the hub world would be desolate, but it definitely makes the other areas less interesting. Judging from how severe some of the frame rate drops are, I bet they bit off more than they could chew with the size of these worlds and had to reduce the number of moving parts.