yeah, it definitely sounds cool, but I'm not so sure about the semi-voxely aesthetic in a post mincraft world.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
it differentiates itself enough, somehow? idk how to describe but i wasn't really thinking about minecraft at all while playing. for one things the voxels are smaller, haha.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/6fGPbdg.png52 - Noita - 5 points / 1 Vote
https://i.imgur.com/FTqDtMB.png52 - Half-Life: Alyx - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
fun fact: there are 16 year olds on the internet saying "half-life 3 when" guess how many of them were born when half-life 2 came out? that's right, none. or maybe i guess like half of them. none of the 15 year olds though!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ur5CNbl.png52 - Frog Fractions - Hop's Iconic Cap DLC - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
Ah, Frog Fractions, my beloved. I didn't get this so no idea what it entails but my love for FF will never die <3
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
i'm assuming that half life alyx will end up placing on the margins of some Best of the 2020s lists. it's supposed to be amazing
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
need to try out teardown, looks super fun
― nxd, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CYquMwI.png52 - Cloudpunk - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
is that a parody game?
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
i don't think so! just another thing with the same aesthetic
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cFyGafh.png52 - Call of Duty: Warzone - 5 points / 1 Vote
https://i.imgur.com/GBKAhm1.png52 - Bugsnax - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
i certainly could have included warzone on my ballot as well, really enjoyed it. hadn't played a COD game for like over 10 years but boy for what they do they absolutely are still best in class
https://i.imgur.com/BXl0U8E.png52 - 51 Worldwide Games - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
@Karl this is one of the three
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
haha, nice!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
Lol, I am imagining you tallying the results and just screaming "too low!" at this.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
so is 13 sentinels at 12 or 14, then?
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
so is 13 sentinels at 12 or 14, then?― chihuahuau, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:24 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:24 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you have the right idea!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eaSqlfd.png52 - Cyberpunk 2077 - 5 points / 1 Vote
lolll
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
great fakeout, for about 5 seconds i believed it could actually be true
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
i'm 100% dead serious
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
the rule of fakeouts when i run coint & plick is that they're near the end and they're pretty obvious
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
It's actually at 2076.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
also, i gave it those 5 points!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LNwDOdV.png52 - Genshin Impact - 5 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
My dumb ballot had a lot of 5 pointers because I spent a little bit of time with a lot of games. Just wanted to make sure some of these had a chance at 2 votes, but I guess 1 vote was all it took!
Warzone rules. The gulag is one of the best additions to any shooter in recent memory.
Bugsnax and Cloudpunk have some of the best writing of the year.
I voted for Alix despite not playing it but I did watch several full runs of it. It's incredible and I hope to be able to afford to play it some day.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
speaking of "this is not a fakeout":
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2yCb0bN.png51 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 6 points / 2 Votes
Trackmania 2020 is a "remake" i guess but has a lot of new aspects. I really had a lot of fun with it. They updated it regularly with new tracks, and there are a zillion user-created ones.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
i don't need to leave a long gap to talk about marvel puzzle quest, do i? nah
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KW2R6x1.png49 - My Exercise - 7 points / 1 Vote
xp honestly, you do
i was sitting here trying to think of what to say
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
i guess i'll just repeat what i said elsewhere, and to be frank, what many are saying
MPQ community did 9/11
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
MPQ - do you see the last letter, there?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
Re: My Exercise - the description is "let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body". ???
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Xa5Zibk.png49 - Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure - 7 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
robert reich's games age like a fine wine
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pqySYcT.png48 - Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 8 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
xp
These were both votes of mine. My Exercise is a "game" that consists of pressing the spacebar rhythmically to make your character do sit-ups while things happen around you and you unlock secrets. I got it for 3 bucks and enjoyed it as an art piece.
Deathtrap Dungeon is just Eddie Marsan in a weird basement in a leather chair reading you out the contents of the Deathtrap Dungeon game book and it rules.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Ha, that sounds so good.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
I don't play enough games to ever vote in these, but I enjoy watching the roll out. Avengers for PS4 was the first new game I've bought in over a year, I was really surprised by how much I liked that.... up to a point. I am def a casual gamer and given that I usually only play a few hours every other week or so, I usually play on easy levels for some beat 'em up fun. But I hit a mission about 1/4 of the way into Avengers that still has me stymied and I just cannot get past it. I was heartened a little when I googled and saw I was far from alone in hitting a wall with that particular level. I'm all for a challenge, but this just seemed an incredible spike it difficulty out of nowhere. A shame, since I was otherwise really digging the campaign more storytelling.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cT4430y.png47 - Spiritfarer - 8 points / 2 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
i threw this one 3 points, but it's one of those that i played for a few hours and then just stopped. i think forks was probably the other voter! honestly, i just started to feel like a jerk playing this game, because i could tell it was supposed to radiate warmth and i wasn't charmed or warmed or anything. i felt like a bastard! i had to stop
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
we've got another big log jam coming up, i think i'll try to clear that today, and give tomorrow and friday's games more breathing room.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
spiritfarer holds the record for coint & plick game made closest to my home
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
BUT WAIT WHAT'S THIS
IT'S A COUPLE OF SIDE POLLS RESULTS TO BREAK THINGS UP? WHAAAAAAT?
TOP 5 PLATFORMS (OPEN-ENDED POLL)
https://i.imgur.com/tj3CyR6.png
5. Twitch (got a single 3rd-place vote)T3. PCT3. Xbox Game Pass (each got a single first-place vote, but the XGP vote was me voting for it on PC? Anyway whatever!)2. Racial Justice Bundle (one first-place vote, which I saw, then I changed it so I also voted for it because it was great)1. Switch... shocker!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
re: Yakuza,
i hit a wall real hard and haven't returned yet
Yeah we walled in Chapter 9 at one of the major boss fights and I don't have the patience to grind or replay the fight over and over so that might be it for me and this game. I think we just weren't levelled up enough, even with me insisting on doing as many side quests as possible.
I still gave it points because I love how bonkers these games are, but I think I prefer the non-RPG Yakuza system, and I didn't find Yokohama to be a super compelling as a setting - possibly just suffers from being a bit too spread out.
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 March 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
I voted TLOU2 for GOTY. I'm fairly sure it's going to be one of those games that sticks with me a long time. Also glad to see others saw Fire Emblem: Three Houses in the same light I did.
Twins!
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
I didn't find Yokohama to be a super compelling as a setting - possibly just suffers from being a bit too spread out.
otm, the city's way too big compared to how dense kamurocho and sotenbori are. so much pointless running around, i've used the taxi more times in 7 than in all the other yakuzas put together
i'd actually prefer the turn based fights if the ui wasn't a mess and animations were skippable or at least snappier
similar complaint applies to FE:3H monastery sections but at least the combat system's well implemented in that one
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 28 March 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
man i know everyone loves hades but i'm so hesitant to try it bc i suck at twitchy action and i don't like feeling stressed
― na (NA), Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
It definitely has a cool way of taking the sting out of losing. It's fun to go back to the start and talk to all the npcs again and get your new powers.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:47 (three years ago) link