ProdigalFrog

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A frog who wants the objective truth about anything and everything.

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ProdigalFrog,

Ah, sorry. I’ve been trying to use Invidious more, but it does seem to crap out rather often… Cheers for adding the youtube link ^^

ProdigalFrog,

His metric of underrated seems to be comparing the artistic quality of a game with its sales numbers, and I guess Talos II was a poor seller.

ProdigalFrog,

That’s fair, I got a little puzzle fatigue myself in the first game. I did find the story to be quite compelling, maybe it’s worth a watch instead of a play? Though I think that misses out on all the messages between other AI’s and terminals in the game, which add significant world building.

ProdigalFrog,

Ooh, that looks quite comprehensive, good stuff! Thanks man :)

ProdigalFrog,

It seems like a well produced video, what’s spammy about it?

ProdigalFrog, (edited )

Are you talking about the Patreon link? That’s in the video’s description on youtube, and lemmy automatically shows a preview of the video’s description. The video creator or poster did not specifically post their Patreon link here.

ProdigalFrog,

Ahh, you’re the guys who posted over in reddit before your thread got locked that think it’s a good idea to promote Russian propaganda equally with Ukrainian content, because you don’t want to ‘Take sides’ politically. Closed source too, so that’s pretty much a dealbreaker right there, especially for Privacy focused users. We’ve been abused by closed source software for far too long to trust anything less.

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/a0e22c7f-59f8-4944-ae0b-71542fa153e2.webp

You also have absolutely no plan on how to monetize, as others have said in this thread already.

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/fa78e666-03ad-4a5a-8845-0e4983804a25.webp

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/90e87d3a-7d2a-4aab-9979-6b468d93d4ae.webp

I certainly won’t be supporting you, not with those values.

ProdigalFrog, (edited )

You’re not missing much. I would honestly just stick with the order in which they were released, starting with Metal Gear Solid 1 on the ps1. It holds up well.

I personally disliked mgs2 a lot, but found 3 to be fantastic. 4 I also disliked for story which just draaaags, and 5 has the most fluid gameplay, which I did find fun, but the story was pretty meh on that one, and it ends pretty jarringly since they fired the creator mid production.

If you want just the highlights, play 1, 3, and 5.

The two PSP games are chronologically after mgs3, so I’d recommend playing that first to get the most out of them.

Mgs5 is basically a direct sequel to peacewalker on the PSP.

ProdigalFrog, (edited )

Both of which are generally a lot more money than a chromebook. I think this is a good guide for people who cannot afford those options, or already have a Chromebook they’d like to tinker with. :)

ProdigalFrog,

Glad you liked it man! ^^

ProdigalFrog,

What the fuck dude.

ProdigalFrog,

From what I got in this latest video, the EU and Australia angle seems very promising, with many roads to possible success (for any EU or Australian people reading this, you can help in a big way!)

Anything in the US is dead in the water though.

What adventure games do you recommend?

pretty much the title. i have played most of sierra, lucasarts and telltale catalogues so if you are suggesting one of their games i’ve probably already played it. it doesn’t have to be a copycat, homage or in the same style as these companies’ games either, just that it must satisfy the vague definition of being an...

ProdigalFrog, (edited )

I really enjoyed Gemini Rue and Primordia, most of wadjet eye’s catalog is pretty high quality.

I also would recommend Lost Horizen, which was very Indiana Jones like, and done quite well. Another game, Heart of China by dynamix is in the same vein.

An interesting older one is Dreamweb, which has great visuals and a kickass soundtrack, but you may need a walkthrough handy since you can pick up almost any object that isn’t nailed down, but only a few of them are useful.

Lastly, the old 1997 Bladerunner punches above its weight, with some amazing mechanics that I haven’t seen in any other game. NPC’s will notice how you treat others, and have the ability to warn other NPC’s they interact with, which will influence how they respond to your questions, to the point that they will lie to you. It’s also replayable, since the replicants are different characters every playthrough. The main designer did a really fantastic interview about the game on Ars Technica that I’d recommend watching (though it does contain spoilers, so beware).

ProdigalFrog,

Quest for Infamy (spiritual successor to Quest for Glory) has some really witty, funny writing. It was a blast to play!

ProdigalFrog,

I hope you enjoy them! ^^

Another I forgot to mention is Quest for Infamy, which is a fantastic little spiritual successor to Quest for Glory. It has some really witty writing, and was a really fun romp.

ProdigalFrog,

I’ve met a few people like that. The logic is that poor working people just aren’t applying themselves enough, and are staying in their low paying job by choice or lack of motivation to skill-up and hustle for a better paying job.

ProdigalFrog,

I could never go back and play it again, but I will say the mos eisley section was oddly ambitious, and a weird blend of mechanics that did, at least to young me, make me feel very immersed.

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ProdigalFrog, (edited )

Drew DeVault created sourcehut.org, which may be worth considering.

Also @thejevans

ProdigalFrog,

Ahh, I didn’t notice that, bugger.

ProdigalFrog,

To be honest, doomerism is turning into a death cult at this point, and it’s getting weird dude.

ProdigalFrog,

Searx is not a single entity, AFAIK. Anyone can host a Searx, sort of like invidious.

ProdigalFrog,

Ah! no it is not! Should be fixed now, thanks for letting me know. :)

ProdigalFrog,

The creator of the Simple apps sold them to an advertising company, which has since added trackers into the apps. The fossify project is forking all of them to keep them tracker free and to continue development.

ProdigalFrog,

Thank you for taking the time to write all this, I’ve been interested in immutable desktops for a while, and this was probably the best overview of them that I’ve seen to date!

ProdigalFrog,

Yeah some of the animations look a little unpolished, and they left just enough frames in that you can see the revolver doesn’t move at all when it’s fired, just a little smoke cloud clips through his hand.

Still though, I’m pretty excited, ngl.

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