I am glad that "I googled why I was coughing and it said I had cancer and would die in 7 days so farewell you are a good friend" will live on for more years.
I remember how I was amazed when they showed that you could pick up shot arrows in Oblivion. Now I am not even going to click this link for whatever the drip feed information it contains. Seeing what Bethesda, Blizzard and Ubisoft have become, 17 years old me would be very disappointed in today's game industry.
They basically weren't aware of the game before it got GotY and some even got sour that it won more awards than Zelda. (There was even a forum thread named something like "[sad news] a game that no Japanese has heard of has won GotY" which was quite hilarious.)
Then after the launch many players are surprised of how much freedom the game provides, and enjoy multiplayer sessions, classic big explosions, Talk with Animals, Scratchy the dog and Grease + fire combo, etc. There were some players that dropped the game with weird reasons tho, from "not anime enough" to "I thought this was an action RPG??" and even "I like RPGs but not TRPGs (??)" I'd say BG3 seems to be more like 50/50 in Japan because how its structure is different from JRPG's, but those who enjoy the game are really fond of it.
Unfortunately Twitter/X is still the fastest way to find Japanese fan bases for almost everything. For example Baldur's Gate 3 just got its Japanese launch last month, and it's been fun to see their thoughts since they are not familiar with DND settings or CRPG all together. Many Japanese users I follow don't like what Musk's doing to Twitter as well, but they are also not sure about other platforms so it's kind of it is what it is situation now.
Okay let me start with two heavy hitters right from the get go and don’t forget these are only personal oppinions and I absolute understand if you like those games. Good for you!...
Soul like everything, but that's just me being too clumsy for any challenge. I do hope some people could stop complaining other games being too easy tho. Not every game needs to be Soul likes.
Well fun fact time I guess: in Taiwanese, bullets are sometimes refered as "peanuts." "Be my guest and have some peanuts" can actually mean "I will shoot you dead."
It's crazy how these companies could manage to lose their goodwill overnight one by one these 2~3 years. It's almost like they have some secret any% fiasco RTA competition or something.
It is true, but it also goes a little deeper than that. In the 1980s, Amy Yip, a Hong-Kong sexy actress, was extremely popular in Taiwan along with her nickname "波霸" (boba, or "the biggest balls" in Cantonese). Around the same time, people started to put tapioca pearls in drinks, and called the bigger tapioca pearls "boba."
In recent years, people do consider it's improper to use such a term and has been slowly moving to more SFW words as "大/小珍珠" (big/small pearls) in Taiwan, but "boba" has stuck too deep in the English speaking world.
Source: me, a Taiwanese in 30s that basically grows up with boba drinks
I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...
Exactly. I was planning to just migrate to their official app after July 1. I mean yes the app may be an ad filled shitty experience but such can be said as well for Facebook and Instagram. Companies need money and I am perfectly fine with that.
It's Huffman's AMA that made me actively seeking Reddit alternatives. It was that bad.
Roommate application (lemmy.world)
But Claude said tumor! (jlai.lu)
Bethesda Celebrates 30th Anniversary of The Elder Scrolls, Provides Small Development Update on The Elder Scrolls VI (www.thefpsreview.com)
Actor at Willy Wonka Disaster Says Even the Script Was AI-Generated (futurism.com)
Never forget your roots (sh.itjust.works)
Skyrim Marriage (lemmy.world)
Knowing what you know about Elon Musk, why are you still on X?
Which games do you dislike, but the rest of the world loves them?
Okay let me start with two heavy hitters right from the get go and don’t forget these are only personal oppinions and I absolute understand if you like those games. Good for you!...
Safe to say peanuts into a US school too? (lemmy.ca)
Awww yeah (lemmy.ml)
I'm new to DnD and my brain's too small for this Sorlock shit (ttrpg.network)
Before anyone asks, I did this on BG3 so there was nobody there to “Are you sure you want to do that” my dumb ass.
Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community (arstechnica.com)
Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.
I have no idea what this means rule (lemmy.world)
Carpeted dungeon pool (lemm.ee)
A very unique house in a very cold climate: www.zillow.com/homedetails/…/61518190_zpid/
Found the best weapon in the game! (lemmy.world)
Could this be a bug or some Larian silliness?
Cinnamon Stick. (lemmy.world)
Hotfix #2 Now Live! (store.steampowered.com)
it was a waste of time (lemm.ee)
Rule
Definitely wasn't doing this all day yesterday... (lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz)
Goddammit Jared (lemmy.world)
Do you find any fun/interesting new weapon combos in the beta?
My findings so far (purely on fun or not and not about DPS, in open world pve):...
What petty hill will you die on?
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
Do You Think There Would Have Been a Large Protest if Steve Huffman Just Said We're Charging to Use the API to Increase Revenue?
I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...