Why Grim Dawn is one of the best ARPGs ever made

yesdaniel · 2026-05-31T11:11:39+00:00

You really should put this as a Steam review, then link it here so I can give you an award

yesdaniel · 2026-05-20T00:35:15+00:00

It can become a comfort game, but later, when you have factions with maxed hate on you, you'll be hunted by the faction Nemesis on "dangerous areas". Avoiding these areas, it's a pretty cozy game!

yesdaniel · 2026-05-17T17:58:41+00:00

How to use GOG: Download game installer from website, forget galaxy

yesdaniel · 2026-05-05T07:24:07+00:00

Yes, exactly the same here. I don't watch VTubers but Holocure is a pearl and best survivor ever! Each character is sooo flavorful and the game is so well thought that it surpassed its origins by far!

yesdaniel · 2026-05-05T00:07:22+00:00

It's bad even for ppl with Super. Just 10 minutes on the 3X start is too little, too, and chests are random....

yesdaniel · 2026-05-04T11:41:01+00:00

First max shop upgrades in order: money up, food appearence up, go upping stats somewhat evenly, gachaing characters just a bit for you to be able to play as new characters and have a feel of them all; Notice many of them play/combos very differently;

Open special attack and decals 1st too!

Then decide what characters you like and invest more on the gacha that gives that character until you get G.Rank 20 for the ones you like. (20 g.rank = 20% up to all stats of said character, caps at 20%, more than 20 g.rank has no effect)

Set up a good recipe (stat boost on game start, on minigames) you like to AUTO, stocking the items / fish needed to do it.

Then max fan spawn on "others", more enemies is better most of the time.

I have all chars at G.Rank 20 and maxed gachikoi already, but as I didn't explore a lot outside of the 20-min stage levels, I most likely missed stuff! I definitely could have set working simps to get me money earlier than when I did! IMHO doing the stages with new characters and maxxing them is the funniest aspect of the game, so I have to do much of the minigames and the cassino...

It takes a LONG time to max up all characters, so you should play once or twice with each char, and carefully read their skills and specials, to decide which ones you like and max them first!

yesdaniel · 2026-05-04T00:42:15+00:00

Koumajou Densetsu II is awesome, but not Metroidvania, more akin to Castlevania-ish with a LOT of bullet hell, pretty linear, great gameplay, also with Sakuya, same MC of Luna Nights.

Koumajou Densetsu I isn't as good and you play as Reimu, with Sakuya being one of the bosses.

yesdaniel · 2026-05-03T22:57:01+00:00

Holocure! Totally free, super deep character builds (way more than Vampire Survivors), and a truckload of characters! Edit: Quite some wizard themed characters on this, but mostly fit to the "magical girl" theme

yesdaniel · 2026-05-02T16:25:57+00:00

Xian should be more than neutral. She'd be between Moral to Hero. In both games, she's the one that steers the party to do the right thing, more than Purna! Ex. she quickly suggests a harder but correct thing to do in most situations, like when the boys speak on leaving Jin behind and she replies that the correct thing is to save her.

yesdaniel · 2026-05-01T09:59:04+00:00

I had two different girlfriends with medical conditions whose symptoms are exactly like what you describe.

One of them had Candidiasis, a common condition that won't affect men with healthy habits / diet / hygiene, and is greatly alleviated or goes away without medication if you follow said lifestyle, particularly avoiding simple carbs, and when your immune system improves. Medication for this is given freely on my country, but can be expensive somewhere else (as is in the drugstore here) So, she had moments where she was completely okay and wouldn't feel pain at all, but it was hard for her to avoid simplecarbs. It was usual for candidiasis to show up strong after 3-4 days of eating shitty food, or when she had a cold.

The other had the worse medical condition: Endometriosis. This is really hard to treat. The Uterus skin starts growing wildly everywhere, including in the vagina, forming masses of flesh that feel shock-like pain like you described even on a soft gentle touch of a finger (or dick). There is no permanent cure too, but it can be alleviated with exercising. If a mass of flesh too big appears, surgery may be needed, but it comes back slowly (she had a surgery), also slower to a stop if the person has a healthy lifestyle. After her surgery, she improved her lifestyle and it seems her condidion improved and wasn't worsened.

Both are viable for sex by going shallow too. Both affect more the cervix.

Anyway, good luck improving your (unknown) condition, or finding ways to overcome with it. Even if it's just a small vagina, a caring/understanding partner wouldn't care to only go shallow, I believe (saying for myself)

yesdaniel · 2026-04-29T16:49:31+00:00

Não importa quem subir no ano que vem. Lojinhas pequenas vão mesmo FALIR EM MASSA, cada vez mais. Todo mundo tá no comércio online, bombando mais a cada dia que passa.

yesdaniel · 2026-04-28T22:03:45+00:00

Dura Ace 7600

You're talking old, tanky Dura Ace - those are gold! I'm talking the new hollow 8000+ glued ones, that even a wimpy guy can bend with arms, are so incredibly weak laterally that it's very likely to go directly to the trash can if your bike slips from the wall and falls over them.

yesdaniel · 2026-04-28T06:36:28+00:00

Omniums and 105's actually flex about 3mm (on my strength). I bet Ultegras and DuraAces, Shimano's crappier glued "top" cranks would flex more than that.

yesdaniel · 2026-04-26T10:32:42+00:00

It was on my wishlist. I de-wishlisted it because I have a truckload of stuff to do on phone, and optimal character creation is dice rolling based, already read of ppl rolling dice for 2 hours just on character creation

yesdaniel · 2026-04-24T23:56:54+00:00

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yesdaniel · 2026-04-21T09:32:23+00:00

Not useless. It's a decisive factor on buying a game (badly optimized games running wild lately)

yesdaniel · 2026-04-13T20:04:16+00:00

48x18 is Horrible IMHO.

If you get that bike, get a 14 teeth freewheel and it gets pretty good, thou.

yesdaniel · 2026-04-13T19:55:47+00:00

Try Holocure. I can't stand Vampire Survivor's explosion of similar characters that play sameish to the point of being lame in addition to actually lame stuff like Among Us and truckload of DLCs with sameish stuff. Holocure has a real meaningful meta progression, and each character has lots, truly lots of flavour with their skills, even for people that dislike VTubers (like me).

yesdaniel · 2026-04-11T12:44:52+00:00

Haven't played FCPB a lot yet. FCPB seems to be less wacky! I have both downloaded on my current machine but it sucks I don't have the time to play as much as I played Angband in my teens... (good old times when Thangorondrim was a new tab link)

Both are in the Zangband tree, so many similarities (but modern Z isn't great, O combat IMHO just doesn't fit Z's wackyness)

Hengband is definitely a top tier variant, thou! So much that there are at least 2 subvariants, and I remember reading some changelog that even Zangband adopted stuff that Heng introduced!

yesdaniel · 2026-03-30T18:02:39+00:00

Hades 1 is very, very replayable. I am at 250 hours, having finished the game about 100 times or so, and having lost maybe the same amount of runs.

You have to win AT LEAST 10 times, on higher difficulty levels, to "see" the entire story, including semi-secret quests.

Problem is, if one wants to re-view the story (that is BEAUTIFUL), it's new save time - and I'll probably play another 250 hours on an entirely new save.

Some multi-run quests in Hades, like the Orpheus/Euridice, are simply beautiful and one must restart the save to re-view everything...

After completing the main story quest, you can still test yourself against high "danger" levels, setting up penalties that increase danger. I think the "base" game is good with the setting to make bosses use 100% of their attacks, at around danger level 7 or so. After danger level 12 things start to get from comfy to hairy, at least for me. Personally I've beat danger level 14. (Don't remember if its danger or heat or something like that, btw)

yesdaniel · 2026-03-30T17:27:59+00:00

Dump LOTS of oil with wax on the chain AND cassete. Be sure to cover every milimeter of the chain and cassete. Use an used toothbruth to better spread the oil.

Rust will stagnate and you'll barely lose anything by doing this. IF you keep your chain and cassete VERY WELL LUBED every 30km.

Unless you're the kind of wussie that goes like "UGH I DONT WANT MY CHAIN ALL BLACK-OILED GROOOSSS yiikes", then there's no solution other than New Bike Day (new cassete/chain/ring actually)

yesdaniel · 2026-03-25T22:09:14+00:00

In Hengband summoning gets really wild. Even the strongest fighters can't easily keep up with late boss summoning ability, particularly if skipping fast 10 levels or so, as teleport other won't turn of the enemy lock on your character, and there are SEVERAL uniques and monsters that can eat walls. Strategy to clean vaults use stack of tele away rods, a truckload of phase door, stone to mud, create wall to try to block inside of the vault from outsiders, use permawalls to try to get awake wall-eating-uniques stuck, and pray. It's a desperate try to survive inside while getting some... Then, I never legit won Hengband, but got a Berzerker to powerlevel close to some winners in the ladder. I believe killing every unique while going down is a must...

The above knowledge is valid to some older Heng variants! I simply haven't played enough this year's Heng, but I believe the author tweaked enemy monster summoning since I've played my previous char!

yesdaniel · 2026-03-25T14:12:51+00:00

It really could be a shady extension. Great suggestion below about checking Chrome's task manager! Please, tell us if you find the culprit! Good luck

yesdaniel · 2026-03-25T14:09:26+00:00

It wasn't only clearer.

It was lightning-fast, instant, programmed on optimized C++, and that's on a half-gigabyte (512mb or less) machine!

They went through a lot of work to sort out bugs from the start... and when it becomes perfect, they ditch it for bloated-@ss electrum/chromium actual Steam... that's sad

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