CaptainEffort

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CaptainEffort,

Yup same, was very confused

CaptainEffort,

I think this is just porn

CaptainEffort,

Eh, I don’t love IGN but it seems like at this point nothing they do makes people happy. I remember when they gave Starfield a 7 people rioted lol, even tho the score was entirely deserved.

CaptainEffort,

There’s an extension for YouTube dislikes if you’re curious. That video got slammed with them.

Granted, people eventually agreed that the game was pretty mediocre. But at the time the only people that had played it were the diehards that paid extra for early access, and they were livid.

CaptainEffort,

They thought 7 was too low. And I totally agree with you, I would’ve given it like a 6 or 5.

CaptainEffort,

Totally agree, tbh I even felt 7 was a bit too high. But people were pissed that it was that low.

Dunkey actually made a great video showing how any game that gets below an 8 gets slammed, regardless of the title. Was kind of funny tbh, albeit a little sad.

CaptainEffort,

That’s definitely not ps5 footage lol, but yeah it looks solid!

CaptainEffort,

$60?

CaptainEffort,

Today years old

CaptainEffort,

I wouldn’t call it a homophobic trope, there’s a lot of truth to it. Closeted gay men in these hardcore homophobic communities tend to have massive self loathing issues, and take it out on everyone else.

CaptainEffort,

Balancing Kentucky fried chicken on your dick is a power move for sure

CaptainEffort,

I’m confused, do you think you need the sub to play Switch games? Not paying the sub doesn’t mean you have to pirate or emulate.

CaptainEffort,

When a single game costs $70 I’d call it an expensive hobby.

Sure, you can buy an old gen console and only purchase old second hand games, but modern gaming is expensive.

CaptainEffort, (edited )

That’s my point though, movies are also considered a pretty expensive hobby. People aren’t going to theaters and piracy is sky high currently because it’s simply getting too expensive for a single movie ticket. Tickets near me, for example, are $15 minimum, with some being over $20. So for my family to go to the movies it could be $100 minimum for one movie, and god forbid anyone wants snacks.

And just like gaming, you can simply wait for every movie you want to watch to end up in the bargain bin on dvd, but imo that’s a different discussion entirely. When people talk about a hobby being expensive, they’re usually not talking about the lowest possible entry point.

I guess it would be more accurate to say that gaming and movies can be expensive, not that they inherently are. Like, you can grab a Steam Deck and solely stick to grabbing indie games during sales and ultimately not spend that much, at least relative to the alternative.

CaptainEffort,

Totally agree, I actually brought up the Steam Deck in another comment

CaptainEffort,

Oh I agree, I addressed all of that in another comment. Even used movies as an example lol.

CaptainEffort,

Definitely just verified, the actual number is easily triple that.

Not to mention even tons of unsupported games work perfectly fine.

CaptainEffort,

I’ll tell you that while my modded Switch was easily my favorite system, getting a Deck completely made it obsolete for me. It’s been gathering dust ever since.

Don’t get me wrong, if you’re someone that primarily plays Nintendo exclusives then the Switch is still great. But if you mostly just use it to play your games on the go, and modded it to emulate, the Deck is an easy recommendation.

Plus it’s, imo, the best gateway into PC gaming. It’s reasonably powerful, easy to use, and lets you start building a pc library that will stay with you regardless of new game generations. Free multiplayer and sales are also a nice bonus.

If you’re interested you should look into EmuDeck.

CaptainEffort,

Some aren’t even that egregious. A game having a launcher, or requiring you to manually bring up the keyboard, for example, keeps it from being verified.

So Monster Hunter Rise, a game that works flawlessly, launched as “playable” because it required you to manually evoke the keyboard when typing your name in character creation.

CaptainEffort,

Try switching it to launch the windows version through Proton instead of the Linux version. Loads of games work better that way I’ve found, since a lot of the Linux versions don’t get the same level of support.

CaptainEffort,

You can bump the resolution, so that’s not an issue. The only problem is, depending on the game, higher resolutions will be harder to run.

So actually it’ll usually look better than the Switch. Same resolution or higher, with graphics options to make it look even better.

CaptainEffort,

They missed this, but she’s upset because he’s imagining her as a man

CaptainEffort,

Even if he likes men, and she knew, being told that you’re thought of as the gender you’re not isn’t something most people want. Calling a girl a dude when they identify as a girl isn’t exactly flattering.

CaptainEffort,

Shelley Kelly?

CaptainEffort,

It’s messed up, right? Loads of people are hating and fear mongering Al for absolutely no reason, he’s done nothing wrong.

And to all those saying Al is going to take over the world and cost us all our jobs, Al would never do that to us!

CaptainEffort,

“Can think for herself” makes me thing they’re just trolling

CaptainEffort,

It has its issues for sure, but the gameplay certainly isn’t one of them (barring the tank sections). I recently played all four games back to back and Knight has by far the most responsive and fluid combat in the series.

Imo the problems are the tank sections, and the story. Overall the story isn’t terrible or anything, but…

Tap for spoilerThe Jason Todd twist was so obvious and had zero build up in any of the prior games. They really should’ve just stuck with Scarecrow and hallucination Joker.

CaptainEffort,

But even just the fact that we’ve never once heard of him until this entry, and suddenly we’re getting loads of backstory, makes the “reveal” comically obvious.

CaptainEffort,

If you liked Fallout 1 and 2 you’ll probably like NV too. It has a far slower pace than 3, and has a much bigger emphasis on writing and player choice than 3 and 4.

I could never get into 3 or 4 personally, but have always loved 1, 2, and NV.

CaptainEffort,

How Can You Be Sure?

CaptainEffort,

Now?

CaptainEffort,

Nah man, rain is beautiful. It sounds amazing, makes everything look amazing, and makes the world look so much more vibrant afterwards.

If it rained two or three times a week until the end of time I’d be the happiest man alive.

CaptainEffort,

When I was in high school my roommate insisted on opening the windows and putting a box fan in them, cranking it to full blast. We’d go to sleep fully dressed lol.

I hated it at first, but honestly, I kind of grew to love it.

CaptainEffort,

I know I’m weird but that sounds like heaven to me.

CaptainEffort,

The day that happens we’re all fucked

CaptainEffort,

It wouldn’t be the first time, the SKSE team for Skyrim was in contact with Bethesda before Special Edition came out.

CaptainEffort,

Considering mods, whether you like it or not, are a massive reasons for these games’ lasting appeal, yeah I’d consider it a big deal. You may not use mods, and hey good for you, but the billions of downloads from Nexus mods solely for these games in particular shows that many others do.

Regardless, ignoring all of that, the Skyrim Script Extender Team was in contact with Bethesda before Special Edition released, giving them time to work on an SE version for when the day came. So it was perfectly reasonable for the Fallout Script Extender Team to expect the same.

CaptainEffort,

Probably the fps bump, which could’ve been done ages ago if they wanted to, and with far less drama. It’s about as simple as ticking a box.

And apparently it doesn’t even include graphical improvements. At least on PC.

CaptainEffort,

Seriously wtf is up Nintendo’s ass lately. They’ve always been litigious but the last few years have been pretty extreme.

CaptainEffort,

The antivax movement literally started in the UK, the US just got infected by it, no pun intended. Look into Andrew Wakefield.

CaptainEffort,

Ooh, it must’ve been about seven, eight years ago. Me and the little lady was out on this boat, you see, all alone at night, when all of a sudden this huge creature, this giant crustacean from the paleolithic era, comes out of the water.

It stood above us looking down with these big red eyes, and I yelled. I said, “What do you want from us, monster?!” And the monster bent down and said, “…Uh I need about tree-fitty.”

CaptainEffort,

If Microsoft wanted to put GamePass on Linux, there’s no reason it wouldn’t run on a SteamDeck

Nope, but they definitely won’t do it, as much as I wish they would.

CaptainEffort,

Even better after 2.0, where equipment doesn’t have stats so you can just wear whatever you want.

CaptainEffort,

Yeah it was bad. Now all of your armor comes from augments through ripperdocs, which not only works way better but also just fits better thematically.

CaptainEffort,

They weren’t lying when they were hyping up 2.0, it changed a lot. Now you upgrade your armor by doing it through ripperdocs.

CaptainEffort,

Refusing to bring gamepass to Linux but are fine with making an entirely new handheld. Real classy Microsoft.

CaptainEffort,

I didn’t get that impression at all, to me it sounds like he doesn’t like the windows experience on handhelds and thus wants to drastically improve the experience.

They’ve been using the phrase “every screen is an Xbox” for years, as has their efforts to bring gamepass to every device they can. This isn’t new, this has been the case since before the Deck even released. Yet despite that, and despite Valve’s vocal approval, Microsoft has yet to release any form of gamepass on Linux, unless it’s cloud based ofc.

So to me, from what he said, it sounds like nothing has changed. Their goals remain the exact same that they’ve been for years, only now they want to improve the Windows experience on handhelds.

Hoping I missed something, but that really seems to be what’s happening here.

Edit: And in their “defense”, it’s not an incomprehensible decision. For pretty much the entirety of pc gaming’s existence, Microsoft has been the sole option. Sure, technically you could game on a Mac, or on Linux, but neither were viable. So 99% of pc gamers ended up on Windows. It’s only recently that Proton has had such massive improvements and made Linux more viable, and I’m sure Microsoft isn’t thrilled about that. No way they’d want to add even more to that viability.

CaptainEffort,

How much power do babies really have anyway?

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