Playing #Titanfall2 it makes me feel so bad when enemies fall on the ground and try to get up again, and I have to shoot them while they're helpless on the ground. (Can't force them to surrender, unfortunately.) Same for when I'm in the mech and they scramble to get away.
Even after years of killing pixel soldiers, I still sometimes feel bad for them. Hmm...
I was going through some old files the other day and rediscovered a peculiar video that I thought had been lost. Now I can’t for the life of me find it again and starting to seriously believe my mind made something up?!
@jake4480 just some private video.
I combed through the phone it had to be filmed with, but nothing. I seem to recall finding it in a cloud storage when sorting for larger files, but nothing there either. It’s baffling.
When playing a shooter on #SteamDeck with trackpad, I saw a suggestion to use the left trigger for firing.
It makes a lot of sense, not only considering the SDs size and the strain it puts on thumb + index finger to have to stretch so far, but also in regards to precise movement of the thumb.
It makes me wonder why not all games have the trigger on the left. Seems like there could be merit even when aiming with the stick. (At which I'm awful anyhow.)
I wish there was something like a dating app, except for everything besides romantic stuff. For example finding people for hobbies, or just to see a movie together.
Recently dug out my Instagram account that had ~60 people I know/knew irl, but it seems most have gone quiet (or now use other accounts).
I tried making a new Insta account, but it's like... you can't even find anything but "popular" pretty people dancing and things like that. 😩
It seems either you start adding irl people (meaning you'll have to be more careful about what you post) or it's almost impossible to connect...
@spinning_bird@buru5 ha! Well, if you wanna see my games/toys one, it's https://instagram.com/playcollectrepeat - I've just had it for so many years. Before Meta bought it. I take huge breaks and sometimes consider quitting, but I know some GREAT folks on there.
You're right about the pop crap on Insta, I use Instander (sideloaded APK) on my Android so there's no ads and I turn off suggestions.
But yeah, I've met cool game people on there, I'm no snob, I follow and talk to everybody.
Some amazing ones on there are pureprinny, me_without_mew, arena5150, dinobot711, monsterwj41, lostndreamland, robplaystheoldgames, ssleepysnorlaxx, dosgamert, sinistar87, myquih, coinsnconsoles, coolarcadeswag, yoshiserama.
I collect a bunch of weird old toys and whatnot haha
Oof, Blood Fresh Supply is soo difficult, I can't get past the 2nd stage!
Cultists may take out ~50% of my HP the second they come into view. 😱
No ammo + hordes of axe-zombies means I get impatient and get hurt when I have to take them out with the pitchfork.
Level 1 has 11 secrets, but I've found only 5 so far.
1-2 seconds within the FOV of a cultist or two can totally end an attempt. ( ˙-˙ )
So, the Mario movie had a simple story, but nice visuals and fun setpieces.
Detective Pikachu had solid characters and story, probably because it wasn't too stringent with the pokemon formula.
But Sonic?
Script full of clichees, but also visually not interesting / fun, no internal logic etc.
As if the inital "ugly sonic" design already betrayed the bad taste of the movie's producers.
Is "Sonic is fast" all there is to it? At least Jim Carrey's Eggman performance was fun.
@jake4480 Yes I suck at Mario, too. Still routinely die at the first enemy because when I try to jump on its head I hit at a weird angle. Can't get used to the acceleration and deceleration of the character 😅
@spinning_bird ha! I hear that. I could never get past the first few levels.. and the later ones that put more 3D aspects in, like Galaxy.. that's a BIG no for me. I don't like the one on 64 either. We played 3D World a lot together, that was cool. But mostly for me, I like shooting stuff, roguelikes haha.
Early in #metroidvania Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth you get a flight power-up.
I discovered how gamebreaking it is during Karla's boss fight. Sadly, I forgot to take screenshots of Deedlit hovering over her head for large portions of the fight, while Karla wastes magic on thin air.
So I drew a re-enactment.
The game is great controls and graphics wise, and Deedlit has a lot of fun (if overpowered) abilities. Just the level design and many enemies are a bit basic and repetitive
Started playing #Fallout2 again, it's been a while.
The early Fallouts are wonderful in that they give you a lot of options playing pacifist, but I watered it down to "totally unfit for combat".
(More thoughts on character setup in the alt-texts)
I'll try to limit save/load, so I'll have to be very careful with combat encounters, since when a companion dies I prohibited myself from reloading.
Failing a steal check makes the entire area hostile; still thinking about how to deal with that...
What if point and click games were instead called "Pick 'em up"?
Like shoot 'em up or beat 'em up, but since you often collect so many items...? The idea sprang into my head when I woke up in the middle of last night.
@cadeybunny One of your very first interactions in the game is basically a point and click puzzle too. It teaches the player about the relevance picking things up will have in the rest of the game.
As a kid my nightmares where the usual stuff about monsters and so on.
As an adult it's mostly "Computer is infected with tons of malware". I wonder what Sigmund Freud would have said about that.