Finally managed to get my hands on a Deck this last week. Been having a blast with both Hades 2 and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
I was a bit worried with Pathfinder since it’s not verified, but I figured the controller scheme would be functional since they have a console version. So far I’ve been quite impressed with how smoothly it controls.
Life before death, Radiant.
I have two moods for this:
One is a playlist composed of most of the library of songs by PVRIS. I don’t know why, but their music just really clicks with me; I can listen to that playlist all day with no problems (I usually hate listening to the same song more than once or twice a day).
The other is a playlist of non-combat music from The Elder Scrolls. Really good for gentle background music.
You know - boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
Consider the TV show another turning of the Wheel. Nothing in it prevents you from enjoying the Source.
Interesting choice. As much as I love the setting, I couldn’t see myself living in a place that has hurricanes on a weekly basis.
I’ve got a pair of Loops and they’re absolutely game changing for me. I never realised how draining / overstimulating it was for me to go to shopping centres and restaurants until I suddenly didn’t have to deal with a barrage of noise.
I personally have the Loop Quiet, and can’t recommend them enough.
It’s funny, I’ve gotten so many questions from colleagues and friends about them at events over the last six months, and even though they’re (to my knowledge) allistic every single person has thought they’re a brilliant idea. I know I’ve “sold” at least 3 pairs out of half a dozen conversations about them.
I’m guessing it’s the manager of the former manager.
Amongst other things for different kinds of stimulation, I am occasionally able to get my wife to do tippy taps when I can make her delightfully surprised, and it’s the most adorable thing ever.
Hi! I’d love Deserts of Kharak if that’s still available!
That Phil guy for the List quest was so creepy to interact with; staring eyes and a big grin for no reason. It bugs me that every character in starfield stares directly at the camera. In Skyrim, the npc would often continue what they were doing when talking (such as continuing to blacksmith)
The difference between cyberpunk 2077 and starfield is that cyberpunk screwed up the technical side of things at launch, but had a rich story with great characters and an immersive world full of environmental story telling even in very off the beaten track locations. CDPR has been able to improve the performance to match the quality of the rest of things
Subjectively speaking, Starfield in contrast had a decent technical launch but the world feels empty, the story is “meh” at best, the companions are one note boyscouts and the exploration gets stale very quickly. I don’t see Bethesda completely overhauling the game’s systems to change those things.
As an example, in CP2077 I was in a random section of Chinatown far away from any quest or location marker and decided to explore. I found my way to some enclosed pipe tunnel which lead to a huge pit with a platforming puzzle leading to a junk pile with a corpse which had a note on it and an exotic weapon. No reason to ever go that way, but there was something interesting to find.
In contrast, beyond my example of the frozen labs in my comment above, in 90 hours playing Starfield I never once found something of value in a cave. That is certainly not something that encourages exploration.
I’m thankful that I bought BG3 when early access released, and WotC hadn’t shit the bed yet. It would have been a bitter pill to see such a great game release and know that I would have to actively give them money after they had been so anti consumer.
I’ve boycotted WotC since the start of the year; been playing Pathfinder and have no intention of giving them any more money!
I see what you’re saying, and could agree if the “scenario” was different internally.
In the example I gave, the frozen labs had the exact same corpses in the same locations and had the exact same ice damage. If they had even been able to make those things change from copy to copy it would have gone a long way to making it feel like I wasn’t wasting my time exploring location types I had already done.
The moment Starfield lost its shine for me was when I went into my second frozen lab and the layout was identical. I realised that the procedural dungeons I had been expecting were complete BS and that only quest related stuff would be unique, which was very disappointing.
I was expecting procedurally linked cells, a la Dead Cells or Diablo. Yes, individual sections would be recognisable, but how they’re put together would be different each time.
That’s a fair point. Maybe it comes down to “is this something that you expect should have been in the game to begin with, or is it something extra that the Devs have added over and beyond?”.
Definitely a very broad term to the point of near-meaninglessness though.
Congratulations to all the winners - they’re all very well deserved! No surprises here (though very pleased) to see BG3 clean house.
It’s very unfortunate for Insomniac that SM2 didn’t get any wins, but it goes to show how crazy good this year has been for gamers!
I think there’s a distinction - I would consider an “update” with new content to be something minor (such as BG3’s recent epilogue content). “Free DLC” to me is a much more hefty addition, such as the Godmaster DLC for Hollow Knight.
(Disclaimer: I’ve not watched this trailer since I’m at work)
As a teenager I ironically started saying “howdy” as a greeting. It’s now decades later and I still can’t break the habit.
I am in no way from the US, let alone parts of it that would say howdy on a regular basis.
My friends who grew up outside Oz find it weird that to me “it ain’t Christmas unless it’s scorching hot”. To me the idea of having a cold Christmas is the odd one.