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I started my own cover of this over three weeks ago but haven't finished it yet. Also I wanna thank my brother for identifying this piece when I was trying to pinpoint it.
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I don't think I've really tried much in the way of new titles this year. Bought Scorn, and it's sitting in my Steam library, but I've still never touched it. Played Part 1 of Cultic around Halloween time frame, which is a pretty solid boomer shooter - draws heavy influence from both Blood and RE4. Lately I've been back on the NMS grind, with OG Synthetik on the side for my hard combat fix.
TCP looks intriguing but I haven't even touched the Dead Space series yet. Still wanna set up a streaming channel at some point but I've got higher priority projects atm.
Looking forward to the System Shock remake next year though. Supposed to drop March 2023, last I heard. -
I've recently been quietly working on my next planned EP. I don't want to go on about it too much here, because action speaks louder than words etc. But I have a feeling it'll be my strongest work to date once it's finished. I think I'm close to halfway there now.
Also thinking about that one oompa loompa-looking guy who raged against a trumpet player on a NYC street back in late 2013...for some reason when he said "the artist respects the silence that serves as the foundation of creativity", it's been resonating heavily with me lately.-
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I'll probably get crucified for this
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On 12/8/2022 at 4:06 AM, usagi said:
I've played through The Callisto Protocol twice now. it's... not entirely what it could have been. the main drawback is the actual combat which is jarring (the melee element mainly), repetitive and shallow. also probably the story, which will be old hat to anyone coming from Dead Space (or even otherwise tbh). but on the visuals, sound design, atmosphere and environments it delivered hugely, so I was basically happy with my experience. you will see a lot of internet losers writing off the whole game but it's still worth playing and I'd rate it at least 7/10, accounting for its weaknesses. this is particularly bearing in mind that it has been set up for sequels, and with iterative development I'm sure SDS can address those weaknesses e.g. bring deeper and more satisfying combat into the mix.
I've now moved on to Control which I am playing for the first time. no idea what the fuck is going on but it's great. pretty funny going from a slow, realism-type deal in TCP to this. I'm just glad to play a Remedy game that doesn't play like Alan pisspants Wake.
Haven't played TCP yet, but I watched a gameplay live stream the other day. I guess that GRP thingy you get is nearly identical to the telekinesis ability in Control. I think I got pretty far in that game two years ago but never finished it.
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WATMM has been incredibly resilient though if you think about it, considering it's still active for nearly a quarter-century.
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Super Metroid
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Welcome. Yeah it's a neat place if you're into Warp legends like Ae, Aphex, and Squarepusher. And we still have the occasional dank meme ouer d'oeuvres.
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Gotta meet up with some people in an hour. Just got finished making my signature three-bean avocado salad.
I guess it's a 400-year-old tradition now in the US, whose origins aren't exactly the wholesome story we've been taught growing up in grade school. Regardless, I feel obligated to participate once again to appease my elders. (BTW please don't let this fact discourage you from celebrating. Do what you gotta do.) -
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Got my driver license renewed today but my new photo looks like shite. Looks like I have no neck, like a hairy nadsack or something.
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If it's your thing, go for it. But it ain't my thing. Already beat it once. Not going back.
The attitude that it's a gameplay benchmark for all shooters today is a purely subjective one. -
Yeah I'm a bit wary of the direction Id are going since Doom Eternal. I thought DE was overrated personally. Story was disjointed and the whole thing just reeked of Marvel-esque hypermasculinity. Plus the platforming sections were just dumb. It's like they were trying to make a Dark Souls game with Mario mini-games on the side. And the combat itself is just unrealistic. Might as well be a bar fight simulator with one drunken asshole against the entire bar full of drunken assholes. And all of the drinks are infused with Red Bull.
Doom 2016 on the other hand was near flawless, and I couldn't have asked for a better reboot at the time. Id Software made the mistake of trying to improve something that was already basically perfect and ended up fucking it up. -
I'm scheduled for a call session on Discord in a few minutes with someone I've never met in person and I'm nervous af.
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F.E.A.R.
This game has held up quite well 17 years later. The dark urban environments, the near-future setting with a combination of modern and sci-fi guns, mech suits, tactical combat, Japanese horror elements, and the droning FM synth pads and bells in the soundtrack make me feel like this game was made for me. Plus I've yet to see any game that has pulled off the slo-mo mechanic as well as this one since. -
If social media has taught me anything from the advent of MySpace to today, I've learned that social media is bullshit.
Eternal solitude is preferable to fake friendships.-
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On 10/25/2022 at 3:56 PM, toaoaoad said:
Our babies just entered the terrible 2s. No fanfare from watmm this time around. Anybody still listening to these?
Who caned them when they were new and have moved on?
Who has been avoiding them almost entirely as per the autechre effect? (me)
I've been listening to NTS a lot. Lol
Gonna give these a few good solid listens this week.
Kind of in the same boat. Been listening to NTS a lot more than either SIGN or PLUS since their release. SIGN kind of feels like Oversteps 2.0 to me - lighter and more melody focused, albeit with a bit more mechanical polish and foreboding tone. It also felt like a product of its time, like literally at the moment of release. I feel like it reflected the dark yet cautiously hopeful mood of the times, when the possibility of Orange Man getting re-elected was a real threat and COVID was in full swing, especially in the tracks si00 and psin AM.
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7 hours ago, Silent Member said:
Played a bit of Scorn and I'm not keen on going back. Love the art style, hate the game. Puzzles are mediocre, the forced combat is some of the worst shit of all time. It's mostly a myst lite puzzle game, but you have to get past those lousy enemies to play it. Don't get me started on the check points and lack of manual save. I get angry just thinking about it.
Wtf you go and do that for/10
Damn. I've been hearing mixed reviews but I still bought it. Was gonna try it out tomorrow night maybe, but still playing Cultic (Chapter One).
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What Video Games Are You Currently Playing
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Posted · Edited by ambermonk
Decided to try out High On Life. So far I do not regret my purchase.
EDIT: I don't regret buying it, but it's not like there's anything ground-breaking about it either. Combat is similar to Borderlands minus the RNG aspect. Dialogue is funny at times and not try-hard cringe like BL either. Overall, it's...acceptable.