RightHandOfIkaros

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The following games all typically do not hold the player's hand. They are to varying degrees, some give you a map and/or journal, some do not.

  • TES III Morrowind
  • King's Field 1-4
  • Snatcher on SEGA CD
  • Dark Souls 1-3, Demons Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring
  • Ultima Underworld
  • Silent Hill 1-4
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Tunic
  • Super Metroid
  • Hollow Knight
  • Rain World
  • System Shock 1,2
[–] RightHandOfIkaros 8 points 2 weeks ago

99% ~~of mods on Reddit~~

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Okay, but literally every game or piece of art starts with massive potential to be a masterpiece.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Reminds me of when BlueSky recently got overwhelmed with reports. They got something like 42,000 reports in an hour, which is significantly over the regular traffic of the platform apparently.

People like their echo chambers, and I suppose as a side effect of maintaining them for so long, if they go somewhere else they try to turn that other place into their echo chamber too, I guess.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 1 points 2 weeks ago

I agree, if I could find autodimming headlights for my car, Id have them. But for now I just drive with low beams at night.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yep, they're ignoring the lift when (not) adjusting the headlights. Most of those people aren't smart enough to realize you cant just lift a vehicle and expect the headlights to not blind anyone. For my Galaxie, the front hood line is already below most other cars window lines, if youre getting blinded I guarantee you it isnt from me.

It depends on people not being idiots, which is pretty much impossible.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is exactly the same game. Audio quality will be identical to the X360 release.

The picture may be a bit brighter, I haven't noticed the X360 being darker. But picture output is effected by the emulator in the same way that picture output on a N64 emulator will appear brighter than a real N64 plugged into the composite plugs on an LED TV.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

My 1968 Ford Galaxie 500, which I daily drive, originally had incandescent sealed beams when I first got it. I didnt get the car in 1968, but it was new to me post 2010. 6 months into owning it, I switched out the sealed beams for LEDs (which are DOT approved and required modifying the bulb rings to fit).

I am not switching to anything that is not as bright as my current LED lights. Nighttime visibility is very important to me. Where I could barely see road signs before (even with high beams on all four lights, low beams were just for show I guess), now I can clearly read them and have enough safe distance to take action just on my low beams. This is even more important for me when it rains, since my vehicle is not equipped with traction control or ABS, and I live in a hilly area where street lighting is not good enough for the population density. Im not one to usually be easily scared, but driving at night those first six months was probably the most scared I have ever been. Scared of both crashing or hitting a nighttime jogger I couldn't see fast enough.

The most relevant problem which this article barely touches on in one single sentence, is adjustment. Adjustment and dingalings installing conversion kits which put LEDs into reflector type housings. LEDs should NEVER be installed in reflector type housings, they should only be installed into projector type housings. Probably 95% of what these Redditors (m'lady, probably) are complaining about can be attributed to people who did not install the correct lights in the correct housing, and did not adjust them properly. And lifted vehicle owners should note that the proper adjustment spec is made at stock height, so the lift will affect the adjustment and they will need to be even lower per the lift height.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Anno co-writing Gundam? I don't know what to think of this.

He came up with Evangelion because he was bored with anime at the time being to homogeneous, Gundam specifically. I wonder why he took this job, being the perfectionist he is, knowing he would not have total control like he did on Eva?

EDIT: A boy pilot named Shuji - This is satire, right?

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

AI is not a great source to ask for any sort of factual information, just a heads up. Its good for creating new stuff, like improvising story narratives or something like being a TTRPG dungeon master, though. I just wouldn't ever rely on anything it says to ever be factually true.

Im not an Xbox/Microsoft employee, but I will answer to the best of my knowledge. Some or all may be wrong though.

  1. Both.
  2. It does not transform the game at all as long as there are no bugs. Usually the only benefit is increased internal resolution, and sometimes increased framerate Everything else is identical to the original release.
  3. AFAIK, no. When you install the game it doesn't actually copy the files, it downloads them because some of the files are patched. No internet means you cant download. I think it also needs occasional connection to check. I do think you can play offline but not for 20 years straight.
  4. To my knowledge, no, there is no significant difference. I think it probably is exactly identical, actually. It is however, different from how backwards compatibility worked on the Xbox 360. It is significantly improved.
  5. Cross-generational System Link. Its cool being able to have one player on Original Xbox and one on Series X in the same game.
[–] RightHandOfIkaros 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo. Nintendo, and it's not even close.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 25 points 2 weeks ago

This is a bad precedent for games preservation. Just because you or I might not like the game doesn't meant they should not be preserved and remain available for future players.

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