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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I was born in the same year, 1976, and I really don't feel the same way. Pretty much every era has bangers and also really bad games.

I have really good memories from the '80s (games like Pitfall II or the MSX Konami games), the '90s (playing MUDs with my college pals, the classic SNES JRPGs like Chrono Trigger or the classic PC CRPGs like Baldur's Gate and its ilk), the '00s (games like Silent Hill 2, Morrowind or GTA: San Andreas), the '10s (pretty much every FromSoft game from that decade, NieR:Automata or the Rocksteady Batman games) and the '20s (games like Elden Ring, Hades, etc.). And many more games I didn't mention.

Some decades have been better than others, but there are incredible games in all of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Pretty much. I've played all Soulsborne + Sekiro on PC using kbm, and though it's not that much easier than using a controller, some things are way better, like fighting unlocked or using bows.

But you really have to remap some keys, because the default keymap is horrendous.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

And additionally, China takes advantage and the EU starts doing more business with them.

China tried to keep itself very neutral in the Ukraine/Russia war (at least on the outside), and it even distanced itself from Putin in the last months. It would be a perfect chance for them to strengthen their economic ties with the EU.

Trump has really freaked up the soft power balance of the world. It was slowly decaying before, but he really pushed the Turbo button.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Usually when the word "original" is used in the context of media, it means it's a new idea/concept/story, in opposition to an "'adaptation" from another media (like a movie to a videogame, or a book to a movie). This movie is an adaptation.

I'm not criticizing your opinion, as I really like the movie too (including pacing and direction). Only the terminology.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

It's not original, though it expands on Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Nvidia Riva TNT2 M64

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Though they're a mix of sandstorm/thunderstorm (like in the movie), the Mad Max game from Avalanche.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

With Dune I had no problem. One of my favorite books, actually. But Ulysses... oh god. That was a hard book to read (and not finish).

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One could accuse Elden Ring of many things, but clunky controls is definitively not one of them.

It's probably one of the best combat systems I've ever played. When you die, you know it's your fault (usually because of greed), not the system cheating you. It's very fair, unlike many others.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But being an ARM SoC it wouldn't run your Steam library, which is what most people want in a handheld gaming pc. And if you use it to emulate x86 you lose efficiency, which is the main thing these other chips are competing for.