technomad

Hate those sharp looking points on the bottom. Weird looking dpad too, but it might be alright. I wonder what size it will be and how the rest of it is shaped. I'm still waiting for that no compromises small sized handheld pc. The orange pi neo looked like it might have been just that, but seems like it just fizzled out or something.

For sure, I thought I was pretty much done with turn based. They just don't hold my interest the same way as they could when I was a kid. The active dodges and parries are pretty fun though, albeit difficult. I'm really surprised that they didn't implement timed attacks as well. There was another game that I played fairly recently, Sea of Stars, that did similar mechanics with timed attacks too.

I played BOTW on Wii U for a while when it first came out and (hopefully we can still be friends after this, lol) I couldn't get that into it. I didn't enjoy the weapon degradation system, which seemed to be a core concept. I don't know much about the modding scene for BOTW, but I wonder if there's mods that can change this and make it more akin to the traditional games in the series?

I bet the stamina mod helps a lot. I could see it being a really enjoyable experience, in a totally different way than the intended experience, with some of those basic changes like that.

I got stuck too, for a few rounds at least. I learned you can run past him and there's a grapple point just past. Nice work finally beating him though!

I meant to mention earlier too, if anyone doesn't know, there's also an audio cue as well for the dodge/parry timings.

Wholesome :)

I've been playing Clair Obscure a bit, definitely enjoying my time with it. I also played the Synthbeasts demo a little the other day. It's pretty good, but really needs a hotswap mechanic for controllers.

What mods do you have on BOTW?

Edit: Almost forgot! Also, I played the Haneda Girl demo for a bit too, it's really good!

I agree with the others that it's a bit too dense. Shortening it up and making it a bit more succinct would help.

Also, one small note (just add the word 'put'):

...kidnapped imprisoned & -put- in centers of detention...

Just a small note, the 'X' would be more appropriate if it was drawn on top of the crown instead of the other way around.

Oh fuck off with that technicality bs.

Lol

One of the videos I watched said a good way to get better is to practice timing your dodges on enemies first (since the window is more forgiving), then once you start hitting those 'perfect' dodges you can swap over to using the parry mechanic. I've managed to get a little better at it since doing that. Admittedly though, some enemies can still be pretty difficult (that trumpet/horn enemy is a fucking asshole...)

That's a sick looking headless bass

Oh that's awesome! Please be sure to post more when/if you feel like it 😁

If someone ever gave me a post it note like that I'd keep it forever. That's cool shit right there.

https://virt-manager.org/

Might be another good option to keep in mind, I've been finding it very useful.