That was my experience. I have played hundreds of hours of Destiny and Destiny 2, but I took 6+ months off and when I came back I literally could not figure out what I was supposed to be doing outside of strike playlists. Didn’t know which activities I was supposed to be grinding for gear, what materials were for or…

Fun fact: That is what’s known as a mondegreen.

I think it’s also worth thinking about the distinction between ‘many buttons that all have a single purpose’ and ‘few buttons that need to be pressed in a specific order’

Interesting that the things you’ve bolded for emphasis do not in any way support the idea that things are more immersive if they emulate ‘real life’ which kind of undermines your point. Unlucky I guess.

Nah. One of the most immersive games I’m playing right now is Hades. Literally nothing about this game could be considered ‘real-life’

Not sure if those articles or studies backs up the concept that ‘more real’ means ‘more engaging, atmospheric, or immersive’ but I’m glad you were able to provide some random links to make yourself look well read (you did read all of those, right?) Most of them were just discussions about mechanisms around how to…

I never played DoS but I played 2 because so many people rate it so highly in the pantheon of RPGs, and I HATED the combat system. Every fight like like it was just fire everywhere and 20 minutes later you find out that you should have stepped 10 feet to the left 5 rounds ago to get cover against a ranged character…

Love when people spout statements as fact that are just absolute nonsense. like “The more real the more engaging and atmospheric the game becomes”

Yes it is truly worth pondering why the roadmap includes more things that take less time and money as opposed to more things that take more time and money.

This weekend I’m doing a charity stream raising money for St. Jude’s, so I’ll be playing scary games for 12 hours Saturday. Little Nightmares, Dark Deception, Darq, Pacify, and Man of Medan are on my agenda.

I’ll be honest, I initially thought you were talking about the word ‘fuck’ and I was like “hey I love that word!”

Cool. I will never need this information because I will never play BotW again, but...maybe the game could’ve taught me that before I gave up on it. (wouldn’t have had any impact, the lightning issue was one of the more minor problems.)

I left it unfinished because it was a great game buried underneath awful mechanics.

email address linked to the account.

Your slashing analogy is bad and you should feel bad. If you slash someone from the bench you’d still get a penalty you ding dong.

YEARS? gtfoh.

I have opinions about wedding speeches.

The picture you have for porchetta is an all-belly version, recipe courtesy of Kenji Lopez-Alt

You are correct. That was a bad take.

Not exactly sure what point you’re trying to argue here, I’m literally just quoting the article to you.