Nice to see OC ReMix get a mention.
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I was specifically referring to quality. There were several underperformers this year.
Considering it's a press award, I'd be shocked if one of the lowest reviewed games ever to get nominated won. Feels like compensating for none of these being huge sellers (which might also be part of the reason that DLC is in there). And even then, BM:W only sold one out of four outside of China. Says a lot about the state of Western AAA gaming this year.
If you're into the nuts and bolts of game development at all, the commentary is fantastic.
Typing out the code from the book and then trying to figure out where you got the code wrong was half the fun!
Yeah, they're gonna have to take my Windows 10 from my cold, dead hands.
As long as one is okay with the requisite time tinkering to get it up and running, the gaming PC still seems like a no-brainer to me at these prices. So much utility, including doubling as a work station.
I guess a bit can be saved on games by selling the discs later, but that requires the disc drive add-on, so we're already looking at more up-front cost. And yet somehow, the base unit is still cheaper than the PS3 was, adjusting for inflation.
Also my first deep dive into a gacha. One of my friends also plays Genshin and ZZZ and I'm like, hoooow? 😂
There were so. many. quests. that I'm just now getting to the "log in to spend energy" mode with HSR. The game's absolutely packed with one-time content and being an MMO player, I'm so not used to this rapid release schedule.
The only times I ever ran out of content in WoW--been playing since 2004--was the six months or so before the next expansion's prepatch. Even in the notorious 6.1 "Twitter integration" patch that didn't add a raid, I still was happily messing around with my garrisons and collecting battle pets and mounts. If I weren't doing the tourism thing now, I'd still spend hours upon hours with the new professions system. I spent more time messing with that in Dragonflight than I did in dungeons and raids.
Maybe you're the kind of player that doesn't roll alts? Just that alone is a lot of different content and different takes on existing content.
Thanks for pointing this out. I've been holding fast to zero posting activity over there, but I think I'll keep an eye out in that subreddit and see if I can't grab any new recruits.