wizardbeard

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Without any info on how they compile the "Top 50 viral" list, I'm not sure how significant this really is.

Never heard of that chart before, so this feels like it was just an easy article for click farming.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Original Super Mario Galaxy logo: U R MR GAY

Galaxy 2 logo: (backwards) YA I M R U

Super Mario Bros movie logo: U R MR BI

And now, HE MR GAY

There's precedence for it to be gay, based on the stars on the original game box art.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah, paying off loans.

Alternatively and less boringly, upgrade my desktop and peripherals, new laptop for me and my wife, get nice homelab/server stuff, smart home stuff/sensors, surround sound system for my family room and office/gaming room, proper furniture for my office, new matresses for almost every bed in the house. That would most likely eat most of it, give or take ~$2,000.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 week ago

I never took to 7 like I did to this one. Couldn't really tell you why.

I miss how they ditched the more unique character karts for the generic mix and match parts now. Let me race in a backhoe again you cowards!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't hate the song, but how in the fuck do you start a workout to that?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh my god does he pray!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's become a wealth/status symbol for people who don't like the more traditional bougie shit. Lets them still delude themselves into thinking they're salt of the earth types.

I can afford for 2/3 of my vehicle to be functionally useless! Dohohohoho!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Am I stupid, or is that the equivalent of using a novelty check for like $25 for these rich motherfuckers? That seems like it would be chump change for them.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've kept it up for 5 months. Downvotes and disparaging comments haven't stopped them. Just block them if it bothers you.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To anyone saying they like the battle system of "turn based with QTE/rythm" you might also like Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario (original N64 and Thousand Year Door), and the Mario and Luigi series (first three of them). Mother 3 also has a rythm element matched to the >40 battle tracks. Go emulate them rather than trying to track them down at scalper prices.

They all use turn based battles with timed button presses for extra damage with attacks, blocking/dodging, and specials. Definitely not as pretty, as good a story, or as complicated mechanics, but same sort of battle system.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Where the fuck is Todd getting this feedback from?

I'm sure there's some people that didn't like it because "but muh self insert silent protag", but the usual criticism I see has been hashed out entirely and has been incredibly consistent for fucking years.

You weren't given much in the way of actual choice, at times the short option summaries felt wildly disconnected from the actual dialogue the MC spoke, and limiting a series known for the roleplaying down to (at best) two versions of yes one option for later and one option to open a sub dialogue tree for more info was like removing a track and field runner's kneecaps to try and speed them up through reduced weight.

You could technically summarize that up as people not vibing with the voice acting, but the issue is ultimately a profound reduction of choice, world, and story depth without anything to replace it.

Bethesda seems to think that they can have their cake and eat it too by simplifying existing systems in an attempt to appeal to more casual players, while adding more systems that are only an inch deep to try and keep the existing fans.

The end result is that everything in these games becomes half baked gruel. There's nothing to invest yourself in because even if there's tons of systems, none of them have enough depth or polish to be particularly enjoyable. All the new bells and whistles sound cool on paper (settlements, procgen infinite planets, ship building, customizing weapons and armor, legendary enemies with different modifiers, procedurally generated base defense missions) but end up as just disappointments.

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