hellerphant

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[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I think this is the best solution for these situations. I have a pair of aeroshokz and they do seem to work pretty well.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I think a crucial component is where I say watching TV passively etc. I use headphones when I am focusing on playing games only.

 

I see so many people talking about using their deck to play games while others are watching TV with their partners or whatever. But I just can’t do it. I hate not hearing the sound effects, music, voice acting when playing a game, and I tend to find myself not using the deck as often as I would like as a result.

Am I just weird?

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love Splatoon but like others here have said, I’m a casual player. Work and life is too busy for me to dive too heavy into it. Just love it’s vibe and gameplay ideas though.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

While this is true, that steam sale is calling my name! Thanks for the thoughts. Maybe I will hold on it for a while.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Haha okay, that makes more sense!

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Two years?! How long is the game haha! If it is two years long then I will probably never even get to the DLC haha!

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Tacoma and Gone Home are more walking g simulators, but I get it!

The Forgotten City was a pretty mind bending game. Also a lot of folks like The Witcher 3 from a narrative stance. Not really my jam though.

 

Hi folks! Picked up Pillars of Eternity and am planning to play through it on my Steam Deck during a recovery period in hospital. This is my first CRPG style game, and I am pretty new when it comes to fantasy settings as I have typically been more into Sci-Fi and shooters.

Is the White March DLC worth getting? Or should I play the base game and then if I actually really enjoy the game, add the DLC into the mix at the end game? I am seeing some conflicting reports.

I have already spent my meager budget in the Steam sale (surgery has wiped my savings) so I am wondering if I stretch to grab this. I see PoE 2 is also on a deep discount, but I think I will have to wait for that one.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I was pretty happy about this. Even though I have Outer Worlds on Gamepass, now I can easily play it on the go with my Steam Deck, so not mad about that at all!

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A lot of great games already mentioned here. If you want to try something a little different. Yakuza 0 has a bonkers story that is weird and wonderful, but very Japanese.

Tacoma and Gone Home are great stories and well worth a look.

I also rate the Max Payne series for some pulpy fun story with lots of shooty in between.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Came here to say exactly this. I don’t like Kotaku, and think that the AI is probably doing a better job. But this does not bode well for other publications.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Signed up for the beta.

[–] hellerphant@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Add me to the waiting list! Excited for this.

 

So the recent bad news about Overwatch 2’s PvE cancellation was really disappointing, but honestly it kinda just reminded me that I hadn’t played OW2 in a long while, so I decided to jump in and just play some games.

Queue times for Ranked Any Role is 8-15 mins. Even Quick Play Any Role is giving me queue times of 5+ mins.

I’m in Japan but that also usually means I can get games in Australia and Korea. At launch I was getting games in seconds. Now it just kinda feels dead.

They just launched the new season too, which begs the question if I was silly enough to buy the Battlepass… how could I even go about completing it.

I understand the Blizzard hate here, but I would also be quite sad to see the game just disappear and not have further development to improve it. Is this just a my region problem, or is this common globally?

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