Coelacanth @ Coelacanth @feddit.nu

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What the fuck are Ferrari doing?

Are we going to get another three-stopper?

It's also not just that the domestic market is an afterthought, but that fluency in English is so high that nobody cares. Same here in Sweden. Everyone speaks English anyway so no point wasting money on translation to our own language.

Some of this is very hard for me to relate to, because I come from a small nation with extremely high fluency in English and a tradition of using subtitles rather than dubbing. So I can't help but think: English is the Lingua Franca of the world. If a nation has the resources but refuses to prioritise educating their population in English out of a sense of national pride, then that's not the rest of the world's problem. You can be isolationist if you want, but that is on you.

And similarly I can't relate at all to giving games positive or negative reviews based on how good or bad they are at being propaganda for your nation. I don't like nationalism, actually I think nothing good ever comes out of hardcore nationalist thinking.

My only grounds for reviewing a game are evaluating the game on its merits. Is it fun? Is it well made? Does it provoke interesting thoughts or feelings? Do I think this is a worthwhile use of someone else's money and time? If it's a sequel, does it live up to the previous titles and continue the series in a satisfying fashion?

If I remember right they completely changed the OST for Mafia 1 and removed the iconic Django Reinhardt songs. How much that factors into your enjoyment I can't say.

Must be the sand.

Apparently he got away with the small lift he did (which is more or less necessary to make the corner anyway) because it was only a single yellow at that point. Extremely lucky timing, Kimi would have had him otherwise I think.

Bizarre yellow flag infringement by Russel. What the hell is happening?

but I don't get the Mbappe vs Haaland narrative. They don't even play in the same league.

...eh yes, exactly? They are the two best strikers of their generation and we don't get to see them face off that often (unlike when Messi and Ronaldo played in the same league). So any chance to see them play against each other directly is pretty exciting?

Having a personal taste and preference that lets you enjoy free indie and/or old DOS games is great for your wallet, saying these games are "generally better" than paid-for games funded by corporations is wild to me.

Thanks!

Was looking forward to Mbappe vs Haaland. Feel disappointed by the Norwegians, even though I guess it's the smart thing to do.

Would you say Normal was a fun challenge or would you recommend just playing on Easy? I've heard some not great things about the game's balance.

For me actually I think I'm the opposite. I've played a lot of Ninja Gaiden the past year, and coming back to Souls afterwards combat felt bland and stale. I've come to prefer a more active and proactive approach rather than the reactive paradigm of memorising patterns and pressing B for thirty seconds straight then R1 once and then repeating for ten minutes. In fact, I think claiming any 3rd person melee combat that isn't Souls is straight up subpar design is absolutely crazy.

It's an interesting question. I am definitely more of a general gamer who sometimes plays Soulslikes, rather than a full-blooded Souls gamer. And that's not really been changing recently, if anything the ratio is slipping. I've said it before but there is definitely a concern in the back of my head that I might be falling out of love with the genre. That appetite for bashing my head against a boss for days and days is really diminishing. I still love the type of exploration and level design a good Soulslike offers but... I might not be cut out for them anymore. I don't know. Maybe I just need a longer break until the next one.

So yeah, no Soulslikes for me right now. Although I was actually very very close to grabbing Hell Is Us on the Steam Summer Sale, but decided against it. I did buy five other games though so might dig into one of those, if I have any time between World Cup games and F1. Or maybe I'll keep playing Splinter Cell: Double Agent first, I finished the first mission today and might actually be getting into it a bit.

Well, it has been known (or at least postulated) for a long time that crows might have a true language - or something close to it. But if AI can help crack the code it would be an incredible discovery.

It's fun while it lasts, but it would be more enjoyable if it wasn't consuming my entire existence while it's happening to the detriment of literally even bodily functions. Or if it didn't frequently result in me hitting the wall in a violent fashion after.

My cart currently (although I'm not sure I'll pull the trigger on all of them):

• The Drifter - 20% off (The game I'm most looking forward to playing at the moment. Was hoping for a bigger sale but it never seems to go below 20% so might just pull the trigger).
• Roadwarden - 75% off (Dirt cheap and I've heard good things about the writing.)
• Road 96 - 80% off (One dollar off the all-time low and I've heard great things. Procedurally generated road trip sounds interesting.)
• The Banner Saga 2 - 85% off (Played the first one and loved the setting, story and writing. Should probably play the sequel at some point).
• The Sinking City Remastered - 85% off (Found out about this because of the upcoming sequel. Haven't played a detective game in a while and this looks decent.)
• Wanted: Dead - 80% off (Made by ex-Team Ninja people who worked on the first two 3D Ninja Gaidens. I've heard some mixed things but I'm morbidly curious. I don't think this is a great game, but it could be fun for a single playthrough for the novelty of it. It is pretty unhinged and might be charming for it).

Also looking at Trepang2, Hell Is Us and ROUTINE but I'm not sure they're my vibe at the moment.

Yeah that's fair, haha. It's a fun game though. One thing that amazed me was the amount of peripheral lore and emails and that kind of stuff they put in the game. It's surprisingly fleshed out for what is like a 12h standalone blockbuster game. I guess Remedy just like to write.

I probably have similar sentiments. I hated the boss fights, I disliked the overly supernatural parts, I hated the shoehorned "love story" and I hated the ending and the general vibe of Artyom being russian Rambo.

I loved the start travelling with Pavel, reminded me of travelling with Bourbon and I loved the settlements. Venice and Theater are some of the best Metro bits I've seen between the first two games.

Overall it didn't hit the same for me, it felt like it leaned away from the grounded bits I loved in 2033 and leaned more into set pieces and action movie spectacle.