eidolon @shaderphantom@awoo.space

I wish more modern AAA games were as ambitious about defying conventions as this game is. This is easily the most refreshing and captivating RPG I've played in years.

Retrospectives seem to compare it a lot to Dark Souls and honestly it makes a lot of sense. There's a whole lot of underlying nuance to the battle rules in both that richly reward players who take the time to learn and experiment around them. Playing smart turns a slog into a breeze.

I'm reading that Vagrant Story's battle system was divisive on release and many people had trouble hooking onto it. Which is odd, because while I find it complex and cognitively challenging — and probably dreadfully boring to watch — I was pretty much instantly hooked. It really feels like it's building on itself as you finish boss fights and accrue support magic to help respond to situations. The weapon crafting feels like it's rewarding me a lot for being conscious of the battle mechanics.

mmmmmm been eating sourdough have you?

every time you sniff freshly baked bread you're really just huffing yeast farts

@owashii@snouts.online instantly the best teacher

unreal engine amateur devs really should turn off camera motion blur entirely and stick to object motion blur

the default camera motion blur setting is great for cinematics and absolutely TERRIBLE for gameplay

The game convincingly fakes Fresnel rim lighting with barely any performance issues. Most games didn't even try Fresnel until the Xbox 360 came out...

Vagrant Story is an insanely ambitious game in terms of presentation. That opening sequence is more advanced than many PS2 games...

YOU'RE AN AMAZON JILL

Resident Evil was great, but wow, fuck game scenario design that can softlock you because you happened to need more healing items than the game provided you

Controller drivers are such bullshit on Windows tbh

well, cannibal Alex Jones is certainly a fresh meme for the new decade

Resident Evil has been pretty good so far

@Moot@snouts.online expedia's checkout flow completely breaks (with zero feedback, it sits on a loading spinner) if you block some of the tracking scripts, because the JavaScript for the checkout page pulls data from one of the embedded tracker scripts

you lie down in your bed to sleep

[bfg division intensifies]

@Duende@snouts.online sorry, everyone in IT hates Jira too much to service your ticket, you'll have to come to the service desk

@Duende@snouts.online @owashii@snouts.online @hyperlink@snouts.online suspended, but not because it was an abhorrent idea