I just finished playing the original FF7 for the first time in like two decades. I always secretly dreaded trying to play it again, worried that it wouldn’t have aged that well as a game, or that my nostalgia was propping it up as a masterpiece when perhaps it wasn’t.
It sucked me in and I ended up doing a 100% completion playthrough. The experience has shifted my thinking and now I’m more willing to replay older games. Just last week I found my old CD Keys and started up Diablo 2, the original, not the remaster. Now I’ve been sucked into that.
I personally am finding that mechanically, these older games have systems with lots of depth and creativity. They give you so many options and choices, and they rarely explain all of it so your kind of left to just… experience it. I am sure this is not true for every retro game ( and ditto for some new games ) but it is something I have been feeling when playing older games.
I was going to try Plugy earlier this week but I just discovered Project Diablo 2 which comes with some of the QoL features from Plugy and more. It’s been phenomenal! Absolutely check it out if you haven’t.
I wish I could offer some advice, I’m on windows 11. I downloaded the game files from Blizzards website (had to google it, its kind of buried), and used my CD keys from my game cases. Honestly I was surprised I didn’t have to do much tinkering to make it work. I think all I did was make sure it launches with compatibility mode enabled in the properties of the .exe
I mean, the fact that a subreddit based on making fun of people with disabilities even existed says a lot about reddit, just like dozens of other deplorable subreddits. Unfortunately some of those subs are still around to this day.
I’m sorry you went through this, the internet can be awful. The stuff I used to see on 4chan back in 2005+ was insane. In a lot of ways it hasn’t really gotten any better on reddit.
It’s alarming that when they rejected you, you doubled down and tried to adhere to their standards to fit in even more. But you were young and toxic groups like those exploit people all the time.
I hope now you understand it is not okay to make fun of disabled people like that.
Hey thanks for the reply! You bring up some great points. I like that you layed them out in order, I appreciate what you have to say about balance because that is the area I have the least amount of experience in for 5E. One of my players started as a fighter but wanted to use guns so I’m letting him use the fighter/gunslinger template from critical role, we’ll see how that goes haha.
Your points about Fulfillment will be important to keep in mind when we start to branch into homebrew. I have two players who like roleplaying and figuring out the plot, one who likes combat and leveling, and the last one kind of just likes everything. Four players in total, two are brand new to D&D. I will have to make sure I don’t over do it in one area, I think.
In terms of pacing, what would be some of the chronic problems from D&D 5E? I’m relatively new to 5E, most of my experience comes from 3.5. I will still keep your advice in mind, having deadlines sounds like a good way to keep things paced nicely.
Your point about challenge reminds me about when my party accepted the quest to barter with Agatha the banshee. I played it so that the quest giver was hesitant to start them on that quest in the first place, and when pushed explained that banshees are a force of death and only confident adventurers should accept. They were all so cautious with that quest, and they even drew straws on who had to talk to the banshee because they were all scared, it was great haha.
Thank you for the explanation! I can see now how added time pressure can help resolve or mitigate some of these issues. I appreciate your last two points especially.
Your advice has given me some new perspective, I think simply being aware of these issues is a big help. Like you say I won’t trouble myself with solving them, but being aware of them will help me create better scenarios for my party and the campaign. Thanks again!
This is a bit of a vent, I’m sorry in advance. I’m still a little bit triggered honestly. If this type of post doesn’t fit for this community I apologize, I don’t really have anyone to talk to about this....
Thank you for the response. I agree with you 100%. I used to try and tell myself its not that bad, just block the people being toxic. But in the end it doesn’t matter how many you block or report: If there is no consequence to bad behavior, then it encourages that behavior.
I used to think reddit was better than Twitter/X in that regard but I was so wrong.
Thank you and I’m sorry you’ve had to go through all that. It’s wild, I get a lot of pushback online when I call it out but in real life most people seem to understand. But I guess that’s just the way the internet works.
Thank you for your perspective on speaking out. I hadn’t thought about it like that, I appreciate it.
Thank you! I think I prefer a smaller community. I would rather have 5 kind people see my comment or post than have thousands see it and bring toxicity with them.
Thank you for the marching cats, I needed to see something like that. I’m sorry you had to deal with something similar last night. I just wish we could use the internet without the abuse. I will try to remember your advice the next time it happens. I will try to go relax but it is hard to find enjoyment in the things I love when I am feeling down. Thank you for taking the time to read my post and respond.
I am sorry you have to deal with this too. I think I comment less and less because of those types of interactions, I appreciate you reading my post and responding.
I like your idea of putting some time between myself and the conversations, I have never directly noticed before but I think your right it can make it less scary. Thank you for your advice and kindness.
Thank you for this, I am on a waiting list for CBT so this might be something that can help me a lot. I am going to try going to sleep soon, but I have that link bookmarked and open in a new window, I will be sure to read it tomorrow.
I am working on mindfulness with my current therapist but we have not done any CBT, I am sure that it will be helpful.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post and thank you for your advice.
Am I the only person that feels that retro games are better?
Less DRM, smaller filesizes, no stupid anticheat, and no always online bs. Anyone agree with me?
I was the target of a harassment campaign on Reddit as a teen. This is my story.
(If this isn’t the right place to post this, please let me know.)...
First time DM going on to my 5th session (beehaw.org)
I’ve played D&D pretty casually from time to time, but always as a player and usually just short one shots and not big campaigns....
I just deleted my 8 year old reddit account
This is a bit of a vent, I’m sorry in advance. I’m still a little bit triggered honestly. If this type of post doesn’t fit for this community I apologize, I don’t really have anyone to talk to about this....
How do you deal with mean people online?
Some background - I am diagnosed with autism and it can be hard for me to just “ignore” the awful things people can say to me when I’m online....
Interview: Takaya Imamura, the artist behind Star Fox and F-Zero, speaks out (www.videogameschronicle.com)