Sometimes I do enjoy a tough runback, once I’ve mastered how to dodge everything on the way and if it’s not too far of a distance. But then there are other runbacks where it’s just hell. The one I’m at in Sekiro isn’t that far, but the enemies are tough and I was just fighting with the grappling mechanic to get there smoothly.
Demon’s Souls was probably the worst culprit for brutal runbacks of all the souls games I’ve played.
I’m stuck at “Owl”. I know there’s an idol just underneath him, but with the new enemies in the room and the frustration I’ve been having, I didn’t have the willpower to beat them and activate it to shorten my runback. Eventually I’ll go back and try again, but it wasn’t fun so I stopped for now.
Maybe Sekiro - I stopped at a certain boss because it’s hard and the runback is annoying. Sad to say I’m not enjoying this game as much as I had hoped, but I do understand why some people love it.
DS2 - trying to finish my first SL1 run. I’m at Throne Watcher/Defender which I knew would be an obstacle, and I was right. It’s funny how the rest of the game’s easier bosses became difficult at SL1, and the moderate difficulty ones are about the same difficulty as playing a levelled character. Enjoying the different perspective it’s giving me.
Tails of Iron - I think I’m in the late game. Having lots of fun with this and will definitely be checking out the sequel eventually.
I won’t spoil anything, just wanted to say that I’m excited for you to blindly figure all this out. You only get one blind playthrough!
I prefer the freedom to make my character as cute or as horrifying as I want.
Green olives. Preferably stuffed with garlic.
They have survived just fine without outside help, and acted hostile towards most attempts from outsiders to do so. They don’t need or want our help. They don’t need our technology.
Visiting North Sentinel Island is prohibited by the Indian government. Idiots still do it anyways and usually end up killed.
Leave them alone. They are living their best lives already. No need to interfere. No need to drag them into the misery of the modern world.
First choice would be YouTube because I already use it more than anything else, it has music, and I like falling asleep to video essays.
For movies I would pick Tubi because it has a decent selection and is completely defenseless against uBlock Origin.
The small-town vibe, memes, video game communities, and I’m able to use my choice of third party app. That’s all I want and Lemmy delivers.
Edit: also the cats
Thanks for having a sense of humour about the meme. I’m also a desk jockey. Be sure to stretch frequently and take care of your back! The tension has a way of sneaking up.
It’s not too late to edit your post and welcome answers from women, while specifying which topics you don’t want included.
You may be surprised to learn that women can have interests besides house fix up and makeup. Men can also be interested in those channels. Why not specify that you don’t want those types of recommendations, rather than ignoring answers from women entirely?
Spotify became profitable for a full year for the first time in Q4 2024. I think it’s no coincidence. That plus jacking their prices by 25%, and implementing barriers for payout that affect smaller artists (<1k monthly listeners) under the guise of “weeding out AI spam”, they know exactly what they’re doing.
This band is all over playlists including Spotify’s own, and tons of movie soundtrack playlists for some reason (even older movies like Garden State). Lots of these playlists are by Spotify users Lost Records and KULTPOP! which seem to be nobodies who happen to be successful playlist curators. Sus.
Right now The Velvet Sundown has 750k monthly listeners. It’s questionable how many of those are real listeners and how many are just bots meant to boost the appearance of their popularity. Spotify has not given a reason to trust that they wouldn’t boost an AI band to help their bottom line.
Spotify will kill music for profit. No surprise there.
Tails of Iron. I’m having a blast with it. The voice actor that did Geralt’s voice as the narrator is a lot of fun. Combat feels good. Only complaints are the side quests (optional) can be a little repetitive, but worth it if you want new gear. And the jumping/ledge-grabbing mechanic feels a bit imprecise. Overall a fun game so far.
Getting shot anywhere you go
So this is what I’ve been doing, but I always end up spending hours configuring the emulators, the shaders, everything… and then not playing that much! That’s why I was talking about the “plug and play” nature of game consoles (even though it’s less true now that you have to create an account and stuff like that).
Simple solution: don’t do that. Are you trying to game with your family, or force them to watch you tinker? I’ve encountered ONE game where I had to adjust a setting in the emulator to make it playable. And occasionally adjust input mapping when it gets wonky or doesn’t handle the way I want, usually N64 emulation because of those pesky C buttons. Never had a problem with Steam games using an Xbox controller or third party controller (8BitDo Ultimate 2C with hall effect sticks and triggers, $30). They are plug and play.
As for PC games, I never have the proper hardware to play in good conditions.
Well, not yet you haven’t. But you’re prepared to drop $700 on a Switch 2? And $100 per game? You can get a laptop or pre-built PC for the same or less that’s capable of playing most games. Some newer games with intense graphics will have high demands for specs, you might have to turn down graphics quality for those, but there are thousands of games that can run on a bare minimum consumer-grade computer.
Again, the “plug and play” nature of game consoles is appealing. A game you buy for a given console is working fine out of the box.
Every one of my Steam games is working fine out of the box. You said you like to tinker, but you also don’t want to tinker. Wouldn’t you prefer to have the option? Besides that, PC gaming is virtually plug and play. Install Steam. Plug in a controller. Plug HDMI into the TV. Same number of steps to connect the Switch 2 to a TV.
I really think you should do more research on PC gaming before writing it off, and especially before giving Nintendo more money.
Seems like it’s pretty underrated. I really like the combat system and how forgiving they made parrying. Feels great to master the boss fights. Have you played 2, “Whiskers of Winter”?