Coelacanth

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The only real qualm I have is the lack of Ukrainian and Russian accents on the English dub. I don't really understand the thought process as I felt like it added a lot of character and immersion to both the originals and to the Metro games.

Otherwise I'm optimistic, I think the game looks good and they've been saying all the right things. Game journalists who have played it also report things that make me feel very hopeful, both in terms of micro gameplay (atmosphere, tension and isolation without reliance on jump scares) and macro gameplay (decisions mattering, branching stories and factions).

I pre-ordered the ultimate edition regardless to support the studio after the horrors they've survived over the war, including losing colleagues to the frontline.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Reminds me of Cassidy's foreskin musings in Preacher.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Time is a flat circle eh?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Also makes sense from a performance perspective. I know he is far from single-handedly responsible but part of being in charge is that you're the one the buck stops with. For the past almost two years straight the "upgrades" the team has brought has consistently not worked - multiple times even making the car actively worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This will surely only end well and will lead to Alpine surging towards becoming a hugely successful and respected team.

Edit: didn't see which sub I was only lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Good, this is a game I will definitely want to try to make work with ray tracing, so I'll need all the tools I can get to make it work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I'm in a bit of a down period as STALKER 2 is coming out soon so I don't want to pick up a new story campaign from my backlog in the meantime (Metro: Exodus, Bioshock Infinite and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided are on the docket) in case I'm not finished in time for release day.

Still playing lots of Deadlock, but for a single player story game I've gone back to some bits of RDR 2 when I'm not in the competitive mood. I started it earlier this year but abandoned it as I burnt out on it a bit. Coming back to it has been a very mixed experience, there is still so much about it I love - but also some very deep frustrations. And absence hasn't really made the heart grow fonder in that regard. I don't really like the mission structure. I know it's been brought up by others, but I too seem to be among those who are bothered by it. I also find the sheer body count forced on you through main story missions to be so ludicrous as to regularly ruin my immersion. I'm not even that far in and I've already basically committed genocide levels of murder! And then the mission is over and nobody is talking about the massacre of hundreds of lawmen?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Poor Williams. In both senses of the word, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

It's the consistency more than anything. That's the mystery of the Stroll, even with race craft. Sometimes he pulls out great overtakes, sometimes he forgets he has mirrors - and indeed that there are other drivers on the track along with him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pinging @[email protected] - probably of interest to you?

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

The Hindus were right all along, this is the Kali Yuga.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think that was supposed to be an attempt at an accent?

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