Ashtear

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[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Zero DRM isn't the only reason games aren't published on GOG right away, and that may not even be the main reason for the countless games that release day one without Denuvo.

GOG also doesn't have the best infrastructure for pushing updates. Stories abound of it being a slow process, whether physically uploading the files or authentication taking a while. Invariably, game updates will show up later on GOG than they will on Steam. GOG also has a very consumer-friendly return policy. All that, combined with it being simply a smaller marketplace, doesn't place it well in cost-benefit analysis.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Darkest Dungeon, Jedi Fallen Order, and Titanfall 2 are all super cheap. Darkest Dungeon pissed me off 15 hours in or so, enough to ragequit the game, and I'd still consider it well worth the current price.

Disco Elysium and the original Hades are also great buys at 10€.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Did you ever play Divinity: Original Sin 2? Since you mentioned Baldur's Gate 3, it plays a lot like that, just minus the license and a much greater emphasis on environmental effects. It was super well-received at the time.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's me with Atelier. Usually I'm good to go right away with Ys right from the start, even with the ones I don't like as much. Ys VIII was especially good as soon as the island landing.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honkai: Star Rail and Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Took me multiple chapters to get into Ys IX (very unusual for me, I love the series) but I'm finally starting to enjoy it.

Also started a replay of The Witcher 3.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some slightly more obscure ones:

  • Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
  • Planescape: Torment

Also surprised Metal Gear Solid hasn't been mentioned yet.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone hasn't played NieR!

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

For a differing opinion, the artwork is great, but as a metroidvania it's below rate for my taste. I went four hours with the game and didn't see any new enemies and virtually the same environments. In this genre, that's a long time to go without seeing something new.

Maybe I went in with the wrong expectations and should have looked at this as a platformer/2D action game. The combat is certainly the centerpiece of the game, but that wasn't enough for me.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Similar story for me. I bounced off this game several times, going back to it repeatedly because (to this day) Matsuno's games are some of my all-time favorites. Then maybe 15 years after release, I realized I'd stopped just short of the crafting station which was such a strong hook for me I ended up with multiple spreadsheets!

Unfortunately, as I began to realize as I delved into the game, it had a lot in common with looter ARPGs, a genre that ages so rapidly. I probably would have loved the game back in 2000 but didn't give it enough of a chance back then. By the time I did, it was just too dated.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was the big one, misskey.io. I found a federated instance I was able to register at, I just wonder just how federated it's all going to be if the big instance is restricted.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

What's funny is the voice of Navi has turned out to be one of my favorite Japanese voice actors.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Man, I wanna live in your neighborhood. I'm surrounded by bougie people or people with bougie fantasies. They talk all the time about drinking wine on a boat.

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