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The song is also 23 years old at this point. :D

I'm specifically talking about the experience of installing and playing games, not installing the OS. I haven't had any issues with installing Windows either, but apparently we have a different experience with that part - but even then, installation/configuration of OS happens like once per 5 years so I don't really care if it takes 15 or 90 minutes. I do agree that Linux is quite easy to set up too, no issues there either.

I have no idea what you're talking about when you say "constantly having to un-fuck Windows". I just open my PC and open whatever program/game that I was planning to?

But: if installing a new game requires more than pressing install from the service I bought it from due to the choice of my OS, that is the issue that I'm trying to minimize. If one OS is more likely to give me a smoother purchase-to-gameplay experience, I'll prefer that one.

Basically if 90% of games work equally well on both platforms but 10% require extra tweaking (or literally don't work) on Linux, I'll just stick to Windows. Proton is great, but not a perfect answer for everything - but I'm not sure what you mean by "easier than Windows" since I don't know what could be easier than pressing install.

I guess I've just been lucky with my experience overall.

I obviously do use the PC for other stuff too (video editing, browser, music, the usual), but those would work equally fine on Linux - it's just the gaming part that's keeping me on Windows, and it's also the main thing I do on a daily basis.

I guess I pay for the convenience that I get when I buy a new game, simply press Install and start playing. I spend most of my free time playing games on PC, I have no other reasons to stick to Windows. I'll happily switch to Linux on the day when every new release works with no extra problems, tinkering, waiting or searching caused by my choice of OS.

This is going to sound selfish, but I don't have the "energy" of fighting against whatever the current meta is - I just have to appreciate the more invested people that drive Linux forward. I'll just follow and use the OS where I get the smoothest overall experience for gaming (including thing like mouse/kb driver support). Windows is the current answer for this, one day it'll be something else - hopefully Linux.

Shit's been progressing really fast recently - I guess Steam Deck is doing some heavy lifting when it comes to motivating developers to keep Linux in mind. Direct support will always give the best results for everyone.

I do like Nioh, it's always on my list of suggestions for people interested in that type of games. But I feel like it's also quite a different game from Dark Souls - there's room for both in the market, and I enjoy both for different reasons. While similar, Nioh's combat feels more like a fast-paced arcade-y brawler, while DS feels slower and more methodical. Personally I can't really say one is better than the other, since I just enjoy both of them - but they're different enough that it's clear that some players will prefer one over the other.

Outside of combat, I again feel like DS is a bit "slower", I spend more time just exploring and wondering where to go next, etc. Nioh areas and levels are (usually) a bit more straightforward and faster to progress due to its mission structure. Storytelling format is also really different. But again, I just enjoy both of them for different reasons.

Especially during New Game+ rounds 2 to 5, Nioh also gets much deeper in the gear minmaxing department compared to DS - I've 100%d all DLCs in both Niohs. The gearing system in Nioh is also made in such a way that sometimes it's useful to just go farm the same bosses over and over - this is something that doesn't really exist in DS. Then there's even the infinite boss arena mode. I personally often think about Nioh as "a game with DS-style combat design, Diablo-style progression". I love the end result.

As far as I know, they're planning to do similar DLC content in Wo Long too (new round of NG+ per DLC), and I'm waiting until they release all DLCs so I can go complete those too.

Blade of Darkness has been on my to-do list for quite a long time now, I really should get into it some day. :D

I was originally about to mention Fromsoft also creating Sekiro and Bloodborne in between Dark Souls sequels, but I guess it can be argued they're all just the same with different skin. AC is at least completely different. Personally I have no issues with game devs finding what they do best and just keep doing it with only minor improvements - as a player, I can just choose to play games from different devs anyway.

I often describe Elden Ring with the following sentence: "If you gave me this game with no title and told me it's Dark Souls 4, I would have no reason to doubt you".

It's great for everyone that wanted more Dark Souls, and ER is arguably a good starting point for anyone that hasn't played any of the Dark Souls, but it's still Dark Souls. If someone had tried Dark Souls in the past and realized that they don't like the game, I really wouldn't expect Elden Ring changing that.

For me personally: Elden Ring is pretty much my favourite game of all time. I feel like it's the "culmination of Dark Souls design", and just happens to be exactly what I was personally looking for in DS games - but even with this in mind, I don't feel the need of getting more of the same.

But hey, as for Fromsoft just doing the same thing over and over - Armored Core VI coming out next week, and that's quite different. :D

Browsing Lemmy's front page has replaced reddit's r/all for me, usually checking top of 12 hours from all instances.

But I still use reddit for specific forums of certain things, because it's just the biggest community for the particular subject. I usually try to check if I can find the particular subject from Lemmy and check that out first though.

I'm more of a commenter/lurker and I quite rarely make new posts, but when I do make one:

• If it's a question about something I need help with, I'll start with a Lemmy post and then possibly also make one on Reddit - more readers, more answers.
• If it's just a shitpost/meme/"content", I only post it on Lemmy.

Considering the amount of “yarrrr” in this thread I’ll probably get stabbed for this take, but: shows/movies take time and money to create, and running these services isn’t free either. Is $15 really impossible to pay when you want to watch a show?

Cable doesn’t answer the problem of “I want to see [insert show] from start to finish, starting right now”, so it’s worthless as a service for most(?) people. As such, I feel like cable should be forgotten as a point of comparison - it’s a different and much more limited type of service.

Let’s say I have no streaming subs running right now. I feel like I want to check out [insert show]. I find out which service has it, and buy a month of [service] for like $15.

I watch the whole show. Now I also have the rest of the library to check out for the rest of the month. Maybe I find a couple of other movies/shows from the service, maybe not. It still cost me a whopping $15 to watch a full show, and I also now have temporary access to a practically random selection of shows (“random” = depending on whatever service I ended up buying).

Sure if it’s a long show it can take multiple months to view it, but I still feel like the cost is minimal compared to what I get. Nobody is asking you to pay for all of the different streaming services every month.

I’m using a show as an example - but if we’re talking about buying a month ($15) just to watch a single movie, I do agree that it can feel a bit expensive. But in most cases you can find a few other movies that you can check out during the next month. If you’d want to buy a single movie digitally, they often cost like $10-15 per movie anyway - might as well buy a month of sub at that point.

Sure, I’ll also be happier if stuff stays cheap, but anyway. The usual works here: if you don’t feel like a service is worth its cost, don’t buy it.

It’s not like there’s lack of entertainment in today’s world - some free, some filled with ads, some cheap, some expensive. Pick your poison, I guess.

I have a bit conflicting thoughts about this. On one hand yes, the "let's fuck" option comes a bit too easily: simply talk to them a few times, ask about their day, don't be an ass and you'll get laid on day 3.

But on the other hand, the game is also filled with situations where you make a single wrong comment and the conversation instantly turns to a fight, which ends up in a bloodbath.

I guess these balance each other out. The game is just generally fast with getting to a (quite extreme) conclusion in both ways, and I don't really have a problem with it.

How do you save stuff without knowing where you're saving it? Genuinely curious, as I really don't understand what this meme is referring to. Windows search has also become better over the years, and recently it's been good enough for my uses. "Everything" is still a handy tool though.

Almost all software that I use, ask about the target location and/or filename when you save it. There's also some software with default saving location, but it's usually quite easy to find out from i.e. settings or some other part of the interface.

Also - saving stuff to unknown folders is related to the software not being clear about the target folder, I don't really know why people would blame Windows for the software being unclear. Unless we're talking about something specific to Windows which I'm just not familiar with. :D

I do understand that growling is the part that often splits opinions and I won't act otherwise, but there's quite a lot of metal songs/bands with no growling.

I guess the conclusion that "metal is mostly just annoying noise and throaty growling" is related to what gets discussed online - in most cases the vocal part of metal fans are already in the deep end of the subgenres, so only the really heavy stuff gets mentioned. So I do understand where you're coming from, no real criticism here. :D

I guess the "less heavy" stuff is less often discussed, or just forgotten about when people are talking about "metal" as a whole:

• As an example Nightwish is considered metal, and they have an opera singer: Nightwish - Ghost Love Score

• Another random example, Jonathan Young's metal cover of Hellfire (from Disney's Notre Dame). Almost completely clean vocals, but also a bit "angry" sounding here and there.

• Kardashev - Torchpassing is also one of my all-time favourites, and it's mostly clean vocals. I guess the genre of this song is questionable anyway, due to being a bit more "chill" in many parts of the song - but the faster parts are quite clearly metal. Growling is used like an "extra effect" a couple of times.

It's also perfectly fine to not enjoy any of these, just dropping them here as examples about metal songs which have a clear melody and clean vocals. :D

I do like my noise-filled growling too, though. This is one of the songs where I completely understand that vast majority of people would hate it, and anyone expecting otherwise would be delusional. I love it, but I also hate when some people act like everyone should enjoy stuff like this lmao.

Genuinely curious, because it's quite apparently about lifestyle in general: how often do you need a flashlight, especially a good/bright one? I mean, a bright one is nice to have, but it's not like I'd need one. Basically I can understand why people just pick whatever they happen to find from the first store they walk into, and they're happy with their purchase.

Currently, I don't even own a flashlight. I rarely need one and when I do, I've just used my phone's flashlight and it's been just fine for whatever I needed to do.

Before opening this thread, I didn't even know Ratchet & Clank came to PC. I generally follow gaming news and tend to hear about most of this sort of things even if it's a game that I don't personally care about, but I just haven't seen any advertising about this one. None of the "weekly gaming news"-youtubers which I follow mentioned it, etc. Even the title of this thread doesn't mention the game lmao.

My only history with the series is that back when the PS4 R&C was added to PS+, I played it for maybe 1 hour and thought "this could be a fun game if I could use a mouse". I generally don't like playing shooters with controller.

I've always been interested in the game otherwise, it's just that due to being PS exclusive controller-only game, I didn't really care. But I just now bought the game due to this thread - and I almost skipped opening this thread.