For my money, Dark Souls 2 and DS3 are actually sequels to Demon’s Souls. The original Dark Souls is an outlier in the franchise. The other 3 games (Demon’s, DS2, DS3) feature hub and spoke level design. Warp to that hub area and it’s replete with vendors and a lady who levels you up. DS2 & DS3 allow one to teleport…

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I haven’t played Bloodborne or Sekiro, so they’re omitted. Sue me

Dark Souls: It wasn’t the game that started it all, but it was the one that got the most right. Its labyrinthine, interconnected level design and honest geometry are features not present in either direct Souls sequel. It’s judicious use…

It’s just like the Oscars where comedies just never take Best Picture. GOTY feels like it’s available to one type of game

There’s no small amount of games criticism out there (some on this very site) that took TLOU:2 to task for a narrative that loses sight it’s own characters and betrays their story arcs in ways that don’t service the overall narrative. It wasn’t just people whining about inclusivity, though there was some of that too

And how. He wasn’t alone either. I think I saw more “Actually TLOU:2 is kind of a mess” type headlines than praise. Some of these AAA games feel like a dark, gritty race to the bottom

The only people who should surprised are people who still give The Game Awards an ounce of credibility. Now, I’m admittedly not well informed on how category entries are chosen and how the voting works, but historically, it feels like the Oscars. For an awards show honoring interactive entertainment, the same kinds of…

It’s still bad press! And lots of retailers have made significant improvements recently. The bots and scalpers don’t help, but lots of people seem to take issue that a secondary market exists *at all*.

Even if retailers completely eliminate bot-buying and limit hot-item purchases to 1 unit per household for a launch…

I exclusively play with inverted controls but I also rarely play 1st person games with a controller. I think the reason I invert both X and Y in FPS games is because of how natural that feels in 3rd person games and I’m simply leveraging that muscle memory.

As soon as I was done with Goldeneye, I put console FPS games…

I think it’s more about not being locked out of the “King of Rings” trophy. You can at least get more Swords of Searching if you’re going for NG+

Ok, compromise time: Change it Internationally so Circle = Confirm, X = Cancel

But also swap the button locations. Now everyone is unhappy!

Between Apple’s consistently anti-consumer practices with regard to independent repair shops/right-to-repair and their exorbitant part pricing, it’s hardly a surprise it’s cheaper to buy a new one. If they’re not failing to make parts for new systems available through in-store Apple repairs (let alone independent…

As a designer, I’m not sure Apple ever did. The suites of professional creative were, at least with Adobe, available on both platforms. The idea that Apple was better for creativity was due, for my money, on the first-party software that came bundled like Garage Band and iMovie. If you needed Photoshop or w/e, you…

It would! But for some reason the industry doesn’t seem to use the “2.5k” language. 2K is the slipperiest of PC resolutions and figuring out why 1440p is called 2K was tough to track down.

Allegedly, people were initially confused about the name 4k. That refers to resolutions having about 4000 horizontal pixels, but…

I hear 2k more often refer to 2560 x 1440. That would make more sense in this case as the Quest 2 allegedly has 50% more pixels than the original and the Quest 1 ran at 1600 x 1440.

2k often refers to 2560 x 1440p. The Oculus Quest 1 had a resolution of 1600 x 1440 so that makes sense if the Quest 2 has 50% more pixels.

Because the virus is still relatively new, there are still components of it and statistical likelihoods we just don’t confidently know yet. Just looking at statistics might have us assume infection is either a mild case where you recover at home or it’s severe and you require the ICU. What we’re learning is that…

Chrono Cross

I don’t get hyped up generally and tend to keep my expectations low. That said, when you make a sequel / spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger, people are gonna have expectations. Idk what young me was expecting, but what i got was a game that was trying to be more grown up, yet felt less cohesive and…

I mean, if the case interior is already searing unicorn vomit RGB, ya might was well complete the ritual with some Noctua beige XD (speaking from experience)

The author makes the argument that it’s the marketing of a product (and one not specifically Nazi related) that bears responsibility for this adapted quote being misused and icky feeling. I’m more convinced its failure is one of tone and insufficient respectfulness. If this adapted quote was used in an appropriately…

Except the message for those wading in and asking questions can’t be: ‘Only comment if you’re an expert, otherwise sit back, listen and be quiet’. It’s just as unhelpful as the response to Omnigear’s contribution saying “I can’t believe that that’s your takeaway” without any further clarification, correction or…