I’d say the bigger problem is just that the Bethesda RPG model is completely outdated. It feels like something you’d play a decade ago, but what used to be it’s contemporaries have absolutely eclipsed it by this point. If I wanted to play just a fun easy fantasy romp, I’d go for Dragon’s Dogma 2. If I wanted an actual RPG with bones that could offer me a challenge, I’d play Elden Ring. If I’m just looking for a well-written story, I’d go play something by CD Project Red.
Bethesda’s games aren’t well written, aren’t that interesting to play, and basically cannot offer any real challenge. The only real saving grace for Skyrim has been the modding community, which has been able to continually breathe life into what would otherwise be very tired game design.
why the hate towards a tool that nobody forces you to use?
Right here is the problem, because many companies like Adobe and Microsoft have made obtrusive AI that I would really like to not interact with, but don’t have a choice at my job. I’d really like to not have to deal with AI chatbots when I need support, or find AI written articles when I’m looking for a how-to guide, but companies do not offer that as an option.
What’s preventing me, a private user, from just creating my own web browser? it’s a program like any other that just needs to be able to access each websites’ server and display its files right? You can’t tell me that nobody else has ever wanted to make their own alternative, so why do we never hear about them?
Really, really hoping this game does well for the team. I’m also hoping it has a smooth launch, because this is a game I’ll be supporting day one.
I don’t have any inherent disagreement, but I feel like I’m gonna need you to show your work. Can’t you have beef pepperoni? that feels very close to milk, and only a step away from cream.
There’s a couple. One of them actually went dark suddenly and recently, which is a little concerning but it’s probably just DDOS attacks.
Unfortunately I don’t know if any of them are using lemmings in their banner, though I’m suddenly very disappointed in my own instance for choosing a hyena.
I mean you can find recipes in this very thread, it doesn’t have to be a mystery to you.
I have two(?) that I did back to back.
The first was finishing One Piece. After nearly a full calendar year, I’ve finally caught up and have been actively watching Egghead.
The second was finishing the One Piece 4kids dub, which managed to just barely last a hundred episodes. If you’re a huge fan of One Piece and B-movies, I’d highly recommend it. The scripts are awful, the censorship is nonsensical, and the obsession with accents is just bizarre, but the voice actors seriously nail the delivery. 4kids basically produced a One Piece parody for children, and it’s so much fun to laugh at.
Maybe the real Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 was the friends we bit along the way.
How do you remaster something that was intentionally broken/buggy?
Thanks for the heads up! I’m one of those weirdos who thinks Burning Crusade is like peak WoW, but it’s hard to find good private servers focused on the era.
You didn’t have to mention his party, everyone knew he was a Republican from the headline.
I promise you, Everquest was plenty popular at the time, and it didn’t invent those things either.
maybe a sauce with red chilis?
gonna be real, WC1 was not a huge title at the time. I think a lot of people look back, rightly, at WC3 being one of the greatest RTS of all time and then think the whole series was lauded at release, but Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was just okay.
I think it had like a year long beta where people were playing before full release. I know I was personally playing in 2013.
Kinda wild to see nobody mention System Shock, the game that invented audio logs. It may seem quaint in retrospect, but at the time all shooters were in the vein of Doom, and story in a shooter was considered “like story in porn.” System Shock was not only the first to communicate the plot and next steps to the player through found audio logs, but it also filled the player in on side stories and provided characterization to the survivors on Citadel station.
The game recently got a remaster, and despite very few gameplay changes, still holds up really well in 2024. You can really see the bones of later games in it, such as story focused shooters like Bioshock or F.E.A.R. and I’d really recommend it to anyone interested in playing a great retro game.
I think the fault lies with Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed. They really championed the idea of a bloated open world stuffed with systems that don’t really interact with each other, and now AAA gaming just keeps trying to stuff more mechanics in the pile.
I think it’s actually a reference to Hatsune Miku?