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  • Except that Ground Zeroes exists and also Episode 46 of Phantom Pain. This would actually have made sense if ...

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    Hayter were involved to voice Naked Snake for his parts and then if Sutherland had only voiced Venom Snake.

    But that didn't happen. No, Hideo and Konami were just idiots about it starting with Ground Zeroes.

  • What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?
  • This is why I sometimes enjoy Ubisoft trash. Especially Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint. Just the same old shit on a massive map, an okay story, fun gameplay. Easy. Simple. Nice for mindless bullshit.

    For an RPG, try Kingdoms of Amalur Re-reckoning.

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  • They should not have it near the max fill line right after a change. Certainly not all the oil has settled and more will. Especially if they put oil in the filter before adding it like they should. If it's near max, then I guarantee more than max is actually inside there. There's a reason there's a range that's acceptable.

  • [Steam] Beyond Two Souls ($1.99 / 90% off)
  • I rememeber this controversy. I also played the game.

    There is a scene in the game where Jodie goes to shower, and it creatively never shows anything. It's a normal scene that isn't controversial at all. To be clear, Jodies character is NEVER intentionally shown nude in this game.

    Some people with certain Playstation 3's were able to use it to scrape game files in a way where they could see the character model in full, which was "nude."

    I don't believe the studio made literally every nude thing on the body in detail, I think it was your typical base nude body, enough to have a game asset or character model.

    I specifically recall the studio pointing out that this was a generic nude body made for the game character the way they would for any made-up game asset, and in no way were they looking at and recreating or using Page's body for it. Of course Page was harassed by assholes and was upset I think.

    I can understand the studio not simply wanting a floating head as they're trying to make the movements and scene seem realistic. I can also understand Page being upset at the entire situation and possibly feeling betrayed.


    On a different note. This was never my kind of game. I feel like this studio should simply make movies.

    I don't know why but the story seemed interesting so I rented and played it fully one weekend back closer to its release. That's why I remember all this. Despite the fact the gameplay style absolutely is NOT for me, this was an incredibly well made game with an excellent story.

    It was a highly memorable time I stepped outside my usual comfort zone.

    I also believe Page was one of the first major actors to do a video game this seriously to this level early on. Props to them for such a great acting job on something typically seen as risky back then. Also Willem Dafoe had a supporting role in this too and he was also excellent.

    Definitely recommend a play on sale since it's a great story and unique point in gaming history with respect to game design and style.

  • Somebody is lying, and so far, it's constantly been Republicans
  • Which time?

    There's so much. Another one I learned more about in recent years is the horrible testing on Puerto Ricans, including the sterilizations.

    For anyone interested, today there are excellent graphic novels about some of these topics, like Kent State and Puerto Rico Strong. I would encourage people as these are excellent ways to learn more about these topics. Some local libraries have them sometimes.

  • Somebody is lying, and so far, it's constantly been Republicans
  • How sweet that you think the US ever had its way.

    Skipping the obvious bullshit of the last 25 years, there was Anita Hill, and Rodney King, Reaganomics, Reagan racism, Nancy "I don't give a fuck about this until it affects me" Reagan, then Kent State and our military just straight up murdering our kids, Nixon, CIA killings of prominent activists, murder of a president, McCarthyism, that whole anti-immigration/racism era where white Americans rammed god and their view of patriotism in everything (people today STILL think those things were there since the beginning), union and strike busting, child labor, failed reconstruction era, more president's killed, "compromises" over fucking slavery, wannabe King Jackson not giving a shit about other human beings nor any possible check on power or anyone else's ideas, a fucking Vice President shot a guy (the first time), begging the first president to be King, and failed attempts at presidency and democracy before that (pre-constitution).

    I really glossed over a lot too.

  • The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam
  • as long as you own the game, emulation is legal.

    People say this, but I believe it is mostly technically untrue. It'd be a relatively easy argument to say that a downloaded ROM that isn't exactly the digital copy YOU purchased with a license would be seen as not legal.

    However some people talk about literally ripping the game off the physical device themselves, hence copying their own copy of it. Now you are in grey territory of making copies of copyrighted materials, and in the case of more modern games like the last decade, they almost assuredly have language that specifies you don't actually own the code and all that.

    All I'm saying is be careful and probably refrain from repeating the fallacy that owning a game makes emulation of it legal, because that implies having the ROM is legal and that's doubtful.

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    Kenny Wallace on DJD Podcast

    It wasn't good. It got old real fast. Now they're giving him and Schrader their own show? And Schrader says he doesn't wanna just throw his opinions out there cause he dislikes everyone giving opinions all the time. That show is gonna suck.

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    Ys I Chronicles on Steam Deck. Adol meets Dogi for the first time, again and again if you decide to get imprisoned multiple times.

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    Day -11 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Today is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty from the Master Collection, Volume 1 on Steam. This is really just the HD edition from a decade ago though. But they did seem to enhance the visuals a bit, and like the other collection games, it comes with some background material like a Screenplay. This was probably my 20th time playing this game on yet another platform since the original.

    Here messing around with soldiers. I like the markers over their heads.

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    Magazines come in handy.

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    I also like a lot of the in-game posters. There's some mods for these too. You should give Ghost Babel a try. It's non-canon, but still a great game.

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    More "interesting" posters.

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    There's an easter egg early in the Tanker if you find a specific poster of a woman in a locker and stare at it just right, then call Otacon.

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    Day -10 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for PS Vita. Fishing edition. Some random fishing pics I grabbed. I liked the fishing part of the game. It even slightly contributes to the story and progress if you catch them all.

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    Day -9 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Metal Gear Solid from their recent Master Collection, Volume 1. Played mostly via Steam Link and a little bit on Steam Deck. This was playing through the Japanese version (it has pretty much every version included). At this moment I think Snake's saying "that takes care of the cremation."

    Here's a bonus screenshot of how this collection handles the games swap to disc 2. It does a disc flip animation showing one disc exiting and another inserting. I liked it.

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    And here's Johnny freaking out in Japanese.

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    Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, Volume 1. Mostly played streaming to my TV via Steam Link, but also played a bit on Steam Deck. I think this is an English dub of the MSX version. This isn't the NES version. It was an excellent game for its time.

    Snake also seems really concerned with Christmas as you can see.

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    Day -7 (eventually) of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Been having issues with lots of pics and getting errors. Apparently I have to reduce the already potato quality down to even more tater quality just to get it to allow upload.

    Anyways, here's more Ys II on Steam Deck. A frozen statue allegedly holds interest in our red-haired swordsman.

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    Day -6 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Fatesworn DLC for PS4 played on PS5.

    Played this game to 100% on PS3 originally. Was fun to play it again completely, and then get a bit more story beyond the original release with this DLC.

    I have always felt this was an under-appreciated action rpg with a lot of great lore, fun characters, and varying environments.

    The world and lore was created by R.A. Salvatore (fantasy writer), art sonehow directed by Todd McFarlane (Spawn creator), and originally funded by Curt Schilling (baseball player), and then at one point the IP was owned by the State of Rhode Island.

    So basically you're getting a story in and out of the game Ha Ha. It was wild to watch this over the years come back to life with a re-release.

    Note: Apparently lemmy can't handle large pics. Had to shrink it. So it gets potato quality like my previous Vita screenshots.

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    The best way to see the hero involves kidnapping.

    From Ys I Chronicles played on Steam Deck. An excellent older game and story.

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    Day -4 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots

    Friends and adventurers going into the unknown together. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for Vita.

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    Ys I Chronicles on Steam Deck. A (very important to the lore) woman that the main character rescues is fainting because she had to walk all the way back to town. What a monster he is to not carry her the entire way! Haha.

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    Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana on Vita. Getting ready for a Gendarme mountaintop boss fight.

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