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Coelacanth

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Living fossil.
Also on: @coelacanth@aggregatet.org @coelacanth@piefed.social @coelacanth@fedia.io

2w ago

Games with beautiful pixel art
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Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago
It's on my to-do list actually! Mainly because of the art. Looks like a somewhat prettier Blasphemous-clone.

2w ago

How to get non technical friends in the fediverse?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

What's stopping you?

2w ago

How to get non technical friends in the fediverse?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Inertia is a hell of a thing. Also TikTok has one of the most efficient algorithms of any social media, and I doubt it would be easily replicated. Especially if you're doing it in the classic Fediverse spirit of trying to be non-invasive, non-addictive, caring for the users' privacy etc.

2w ago

How to get non technical friends in the fediverse?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Yeah, and that's really the crux of it. To 90% of people, the content is all that matters. That's why comments like: "hey, you like TikTok? Why don't you try Loops instead?" or "Check out Pixelfed, it's a bit like Instagram!" are unlikely to work. For most people, it's just a strictly worse version. The same thing but without the content. Why would they downgrade for no reason?

You have to care about something external to the core experience of consuming content to actually be here. That's why our population at the moment is, well, just us here *gestures around.* You have to care about FOSS, or decentralisation, or anti-corporatism, or really value the more human interactions you get in a smaller setting with fewer bots, or actually enjoy putting in more work and get less served to you by an algorithm.

Most of the people with those values I believe will eventually trickle over here naturally. The rest though, this is a really hard sell for.

2w ago

[Bahnhof] Frågor om Telenor och Bahnhof? Här är svaren! - Bahnhof

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Exakt. Telenor är ju under upphovsmaffians häl, varför skulle de låta ett dotterbolag göra annat?

2w ago

How to get non technical friends in the fediverse?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

If anyone knew, you wouldn't have to ask. Everyone'd already been here.

2w ago

Games with beautiful pixel art

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

I was initially going to rattle off quite a few suggestions, but really, none are more beautiful than REPLACED I think.

2w ago

Fire Watch with me - Firewatch (2016) Review

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Because it's on .ml and cm doesn't want people to go there. Notice how this wasn't made using the actual cross-posting function.

2w ago

Åkesson om väljarnas skepsis mot SD: ”Förstår det”

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Låt oss inte få SD-ministrar, låt inte SD få mer makt och låt oss kasta ut dem istället?

2w ago

Åkesson om väljarnas skepsis mot SD: ”Förstår det”

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Snälla låt detta inte ske och låt oss kasta ut packet istället.

2w ago

Vänsterpartiet i Sävsjö återkallar hela sin kommunlista

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Är ju bra detta, borde kanske gå gjorts ännu tidigare.

2w ago

An Anime Convention in Guangzhou Had to Ban Cosplayers From Selling ‘Feet Juice’

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

a sign near the stall read: “It is for entertainment only. We do not intend to guide in an inappropriate way.”

Sure...

2w ago

What part or parts of your favorite game do you always dread doing?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

It's very difficult to commit the time to a legitimate game knowing that option is on the table and has zero downsides

I guess that depends on the reason you play. I just thought Blitzball was kind of fun to play 🤷‍♀️

2w ago

What part or parts of your favorite game do you always dread doing?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

The ghost fish are terrible, there are some locations in particular that are a bit evil, but there are actually a few 100% safe ways to deal with them.

2w ago

What part or parts of your favorite game do you always dread doing?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

I tried replaying FFX a few years ago for the first time since back in the day, but quit while doing all that bullshit. Although Blitzball I actually enjoyed. But the other minigames are devised by satan himself and programmed and designed by blind interns. Chocobo racing especially is atrocious.

2w ago

What part or parts of your favorite game do you always dread doing?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Ninja Gaiden 2

Chapter 3 is absolute dogshit, full of unfun Van Gelf encounters and topped by Gigadeath - one of the he worst bosses in gaming. When he doesn't kill you with his bullshit his glitchy ass falls out of the combat arena 25% of the time. And a successful fight with him has you slowly plink him down with a longbow. In a Character Action Game.

Close second is Chapter 9. The jungle is a hellhole of unfun fights and bullshit, including water segments, jellyfish-landmines, awful worm enemies, boring pillbug enemies and another boss fight from the absolute bottom of the barrel in the tunnel worm.

Those two really are mental blocks whenever I think of a replay.

2w ago

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

Damn, losing your saved games like that absolutely sucks. I'm so sorry. I'm glad you got to experience most of it, at least. The lost film in the cinema is so good too, almost more audacious than the We Sing chapter is shoving a whole ass European art house short film in there haha.

2w ago

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

The first one or two bosses are alright, I think. I'm pretty sure you can parry all their attacks. But I can see what you mean, there is definitely a very simple design behind a lot of the bosses in vanilla. None of them were really super fun, but they also weren't really all that difficult so I guess that's why I didn't think too much of it. I died way more to the environment than to any boss, except Isidora. She got my ass like 50 times. Though to be fair I never did the rest of the DLC so there may well be another equally tough boss there.

But yeah, the game seems to really lean into the whole "virtue of suffering" theme - which works great with the story, world building and vibe and all, it's just... not necessarily fun.

2w ago

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

I absolutely love the art, music, story and world building in Blasphemous, but I could also not really vibe with the gameplay. Way too much platforming combined with instant kill hazards and janky ledge//ladder grabbing. Also enemy placement that seems deliberately designed to waste your time and prevent you from rushing through areas, even when you backtrack.

I didn't have much issue with the bosses though, at least in the main game. Isidora from the DLC was a fucking pain, though.

2w ago

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2w ago

I finished The Drifter yesterday. It took me three weeks to get through a 10-hour game, that tells you a bit about how little I've been gaming lately. Anyway.

Game is absolutely great. 9.9/10, a must-play if you like the genre of point-and-click adventure games, and a game you should seriously consider even if you don't.

I've already waxed lyrical about it in past weekly threads, so I am not going to repeat myself here. All I can add is that the game does stick the landing.

From what I have played, this is the most logical puzzle game ever. There were only something like 5 convoluted puzzles over the course of the whole game, and even those did make some sense in retrospect. Besides those five I got stuck on, I was able to figure out the rest of the game without outside help, and everything felt like it was logical and made sense.

The story is a lot of fun, it was more sci-fi than I expected but I don't really mind it. It's a breakneck pulp thriller and it keeps throwing curve balls at you, there is always a twist and turn and you never know what to expect. The writing is super sharp, it's witty and fun and the dialogue is great. In the latter half there were a couple of voice actors that were only okay, but the rest of the cast is absolutely top shelf and the protagonist especially is great.

Overall I can't say enough good things about it. The conclusion is satisfying, the main theme of the OST hitting with its heavy synths at a climactic moment was epic and there is even an emotional arc.

Play it, it's fantastic. Even if you don't like puzzle games, the story and presentation is great, so if you have to look up a few hints or solutions then so what? You'll have a good time regardless.