Luthor

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[–] Luthor@pawb.social 7 points 4 weeks ago

Also the CEO caved to bigots and canceled pride. I left and every time I look back the vibe has gotten worse.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 17 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Caves of Qud

Doesn't seem like a controller friendly game at first glance, but it's so well optimized that I cannot go back to PC with it.

I also get like 4 hours of battery life out of it, which I use up regularly.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 2 points 9 months ago

I have the same. There was some big legal drama regarding the original developers not getting anything from the original publisher, so I think the new listing is by the actual devs?

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A game I like, and I'm not sure this fits 100%, but Voices of the Void.

Keeping things as spoiler-lite as possible, you're a lone radioastronomer at a deep-space listening outpost in Switzerland. It's a horror game, so there are "things" out there, but whether or not you get involved is kind of up to you.

Thing do happen, but not to you. You are just a witness to events far beyond your comprehension.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just ran through it again, seems to happen after the umbrella puzzle for me.

I have a screenshot but I can't post it here.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pixics seems to have a weekly subscription show up after a few puzzles. There doesn't seem to be a way to play more without subscribing.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, Starfield is like everything I didn't like about Fallout 4, with almost everything I did like removed.

And I did like some stuff in Fallout 4 (despite me being a New Vegas fanboy), but I always felt that I would have liked it more if it fully broke away from Fallout and established its own lore, so I could stop comparing it to the previous games in the series. Starfield felt like the perfect opportunity for that.

Honestly I played through Starfield at launch once and have no plans to ever come back, so I don't remember the Federation quest line. I might not have even done it, none of the factions really appealed to me, but I'll take your word for it.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the thing that got me to finally give up on Bethesda was an interview regarding the DLC of Fallout 3.

TL;DR for those who haven't played, the game ends in a very contrived choice that decides one of two endings, and you can't play further because you sacrifice yourself in the "good" ending.

People hated this as it felt jarring and wanted to see the consequences of their choices more. So Bethesda made the Broken Steel DLC that allowed you to circumvent that game ending choice and added more endgame content, allowing you to roam the wasteland forever.

In the interview, they said what they learned is that people wanted to play the same game forever, as so radient quests were born.

Apparently that's their new user base based on ESO and Fallout 76, but the reason I got into Fallout and Elder Scrolls was the well written stories and lore. I like replaying games with different builds to try new playthroughs.

Now they just want to maximize play time at all costs, so they just add content in the most corporate meaning of the word.

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

And I was just about to resub after stopping in January to catch up on my game backlog.

Back to the backlog I go!

[–] Luthor@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I finally played through Avowed a week or two ago and went in with low expectations. I had heard all around that it was a decent 7/10 game, but I was pleasantly surprised.

It's not New Vegas 2 or anything, I think most of the people who worked on FNV have long since left, but I still really appreciate Obsidian games for what they are.

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