Posts by FMPONE

Dune. Loved it. Solid.

Tweeted out about it, looks cool af.

Still sort of enjoying it... still kinda tedious.

Not a huge fan of this game side by side with Hollowknight, for example. I struggled with that game but it always felt like there was something interesting and aesthetically pleasing to enjoy about it. It feels like a poor man's Hollowknight in so many respects, and kinda ugly and sterile in comparison, with little in the way of intrinsic beauty (music, visuals) to appreciate. The stealth mechanics are cool but so underutilized thus far. It *loves* to dangle 1000 abilities you don't have already in the level design, which is fine if it's a couple of things, but they completely overdo it, making the player feel constantly at the mercy of the designers. Obviously, they want to re-use these levels, but opening new areas with more stable progression would be more satisfying in my opinion. The impression I get is that, instead of the levels feeling well designed, it seems like they added lots of bullshit to the levels to pad the game's length on the back end.

In terms of being a Metroid title, it is running away from nostalgia (old-school sound effects/music are completely underplayed), but offering something amorphous and ultimately boring instead. It doesn't feel like innovation so much as stripping away the good bits. The only moment-to-moment innovation so far is a counter feature, that reminds me of Hollowknight, but nowhere near as satisfying.

In terms of the storytelling, absolute dogshit so far. It's amazing how low-effort it feels. Basically 0/10

Nothing impressive yet. It's really just... fine

The first hour and a half of this game is honestly pretty bad and tedious, but as it finally gives some abilities I’m having a lot more fun with it.

Squid Game! Highly recommended!

I think the key here is that you’re 17. Those are hard years for everyone. You Will look back on things and realize how much easier it gets as you age, well, easier in some ways, more difficult in others

Watched this, Cure (1997), Japanese horror flick. Such a great lasting feeling of satisfaction from it. One of those masterfully directed movies in my opinion

I’m no expert on the literature, but tendencies of movement, I’m sure it’s one of those things that conforms to predictable patterns.

Quote from Radu

1 hour ago, Radu said: I think they just wanted a vibrant setting with some narrative potential for conflict - like the little bit of alternative history they did on the Bay of Pigs invasion.

As someone who's never been to Miami and only experienced it from pop culture, it seems like they captured the atmosphere of an alternate Miami pretty well. Yeah, it's not Vice City, but it seems interesting in the fallout context.

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I can give it up for that key art, that's pretty dope.

As a Florida resident, I'm just going to be honest here, that looks nothing like Miami.

I guess the idea is they want to convey like 1950's Miami, but before cocaine, Des Moine was probably more interesting than Miami, some old Art Deco buildings aside. Here Fallout is a series about the pre-1970s, and Miami is a city that became 100x more interesting after the 1970s.

Quote from Minos

10 hours ago, Minos said: Yeah, I got a Series X + 3 years of game pass (did that trick of buying 3 years of Live Gold at Costco then converting to gamepass for 1 dollar ). Amazing deal.

As for the game, while the gameplay is solid it felt similar to other games I played before. I had a hard time getting immersed too... the initial environments looked very kitbashed and unbelievable. With so many other quality games to play, I just preferred to play something else

Definitely give it a try if you are interested though, it's really impressive what the team accomplished!

Yeah I’m happy they’re having sustainable success, but I saw the screenshots people were saying looked so great, and they didn’t do much for me. I agree with the kitbashed sentiment, quite like the top of a Star Wars ship but using a cyberpunk city theme.

While Cyberpunk 20forgot-the-digits may have let people down, it truly looked the part of a big exciting game, and it had that art direction on point. This game seems to be pleasing people, but it looks very much like an aimless indie game to my eyes.

I never played Disco Elysium but even that comparable indie game seemed to have a lot more visual appeal and art direction with the isometric idea.

Looks fantastic but I think quite dark relative to the skybox

Quote from will2k

On 9/13/2021 at 7:53 AM, will2k said: "Unless Thrik implements perks for leveling up, I will stop playing this game, and I will uninstall Mapcore soon to free up some space on my SSD "

I have my qualms with the visual style and well, pretty much everything else, but I bought it. The reviews are good and I want more games that take wild chances

Congrats to everyone leveling up

Quote from Radu

7 hours ago, Radu said: Also, apparently Morpheus died in The Matrix Online

LMFAO this man popped out of a one foot tall vent

I've rewatched the trailer a few times and... at this point I'm... pretty sure it's gonna suck.

Budget Morpheus FTL

Paws is a monster!

Firebase Kodai is sooo fun, and Maximum Menace looks incredible. Really solid Top 3 well worth peoples' time to try out and play.

Quote from ┌HP┘

9 minutes ago, ┌HP┘ said: Actual badass idea from kojimasan

Wait a minute, you’re telling me Hideo Kojima is interested in interactive movies? The guy who puts eighteen minute long cut scenes in his video games?

Shocker

Quintin Tarantino: “what if the Matrix, but with feet?”