Games

Specially if it doesn't use imperialist language to contextualize my communist actions :)

I did take a look into the Cold War mod for HoI IV but the reactionary language in every focus and events for the DPRK is tiring after a while.

Talk about games, any game.

Discussion questions:

What video games have you played recently?

What are your favorite video game genres?

Question of the week:

What are you anticipating for the TGA this year?

and

What are you anticipating for 2025?

Okay, cheers I'm sure a lot of you have had a hard week, but take heart, and just enjoy yourselves here!

I should play this game.

...Should I?

Seems like a time-sink... but a good one.

Can you play with your friends?

I'm just now starting this game.

Any tips and tricks y'all have to give me?

Disney has a good video game this time.

Psyche!

No, but really, I like the Disney look to this video game.

Hello?

Is this the... based department?

What NES games can still hold up today, in your book?

Any obscure ones or hidden gems?

I always recruit Loghain.

There, I said it.

In places where there are rules and order, and these things are valued, only important people are allowed to capture Sharpedo.

Even when captured, Sharpedo are treated with care, brought back to land, their fins cut and sold at a high price, and every part of the fish is eaten.

Even the bones are treated carefully, respectfully, and with love.

In such places, the lives of many Sharpedo are not lost unnecessarily, and valuable things are treated as valuable.

In the current capitalist world, which lacks rules and order, people on massive ships capture more Sharpedo than needed, cutting off their fins and throwing them back into the sea while still alive.

This way, they procure them in large quantities and sell them cheaply.

This is meritocracy.

What's wrong with the strong killing the weak?

The former represents many places and values in the Pokémon world.

This time, however, Team Galactic holds the latter worldview.

In other words, they represent the excessive and extreme aspects of the real world.

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Anyone tried it? Thoughts?

I downloaded it a few days ago. My first impression is good so far. I don't like strategy games because of monke brain but with this one I've been having fun.

The battle system is novel as far as I know. At first I was a bit disappointed that you don't get to control individual characters but I've grown to like the system since then. I am playing on "tactical" difficulty and I retried the first battle three times to get it "right".

It has the usual JRPG (a little bit nauseating) pro-monarchy premise which TBH I don't mind in fantasy settings, but it feels tired and uncreative. But I have been able to look past that because the rest of the game is fine. The animations look really nice without needing much sophistication. The English voice acting was a bit cringe so I switched to the Japanese one.

I don't know if the game will be able to grab me till the end (unlikely because of commitment issues) but it is a nice surprise to be sure.

Aaaaarrrgh

Avast! ye mateys

Get yer doubloons here, scallywags

Dayum

Deus Ex 4, anyone?

This honest-to-God looks pretty 'ight.

I might get it...

The console will be available only without a disc drive which has to be bought separately, same goes for the stand

That is really all I have to say, but Astrobot is just one of the most delightful games I have played in years. Nothing deep or life-changing, just pure simple fun. Very much in the Nintendo school of design philosophy, but I enjoy it more than anything Nintendo has put out recently.

Looks visually great, fantastic music, and a lot of interesting mechanics that never overstay their welcome. They are still the only studio who has really leveraged all the PS5 haptics well too. My partner won't let me play it by myself because she just enjoys watching it that much.

Basically, if you have a PS5 I strongly recommend it.