I recommend turning the lights off and keep the sound volume nice and crisp for full immersion!

As others mentioned, if any worthwhile subreddit goes dark, then the mods will be replaced and it’ll be brought back.

Creating some noise works only if anyone is listening and willing to respond and enact change. Absolutely not in this scenario. The sad reality is the vocal ones are in the minority in the grand scheme of things. The 50k people leaving is, probably, pocket change and aren’t the ones that the platform is geared towards nowadays.

I installed pavucontrol, but there were no differences in options. I also made sure the Pods were set as the output and not muted.

Absolutely. Companies/publishers/etc. are rewarded for putting out the bare minimum because they can still get a “the most profitable game we’ve released”. At a certain point the “brand” essentially becomes a money printer.

That’s pretty neat! Thanks for sharing. NSFW in general has so much “inertia” in terms of users. If NSFW migrates elsewhere then that’s a sure sign of times changing (IMO).

If releasing broken games wasn’t profitable, then it wouldn’t happen. The vast majority of people don’t read reviews or keep up with scummy industry practices etc.

A cousin of mine bought sonic boom on release and was super happy with it. They never finished it or were aware of the controversy whatsoever.

Super niche, but

• scalie/furry/yiff art (yeah yeah, I know)
• anime tomboys (also yeah yeah, I know)

These would need a separate instance due to NSFW and hosting costs.

I appreciate it! It helps me understand what turned me off. I’ll look into giving it another shot when I want a break from Deep Rock Galactic.

I’m here to report that I completely “dig” this game (the demo); this will be my day 1 purchase. As others have reported, this plays like Anno; town center, levels of citizens, + resources, but with a twist where you also manage “the mine”.

Oh totally. I didn’t mean to imply “all procedural content = bad”. Terraria comes to mind and is one of my favorite game of all time. The “world” is procedural when created, but there are “key” areas/objectives that don’t change. I’m thinking more along the lines of Fallout 4’s “radiant” junk that big publishers salivate over because mountains of endless+cheap content = ($o$)

Wrapping up Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (3DS); surprisingly lengthy and enjoyable! I’m also planning to play both Partners in Time & Bowser’s Inside Story at some point.

Then I have Amnesia: The Bunker in by library. Taunting me.

I’ve enjoyed all SteamWorld games. It’s amazing how they manage to nail the different genres/styles of game. It’s reassuring seeing people create games out of passion; I’m happy to support them.

Steam even has a demo which I’m absolutely going to try out.

That’s one of the big things that bothered my in Breath of the Wild. I wanted to go to this cool looking location and find something neat, but I knew that I’ll either get a weapon that breaks in 5 hits, a seed, or an orb. Really deflated my sense of exploration when I realized this was the gameplay loop.

Pretty much a lot of procedural “content”. I guarantee big publishers will capitalize on all of this AI to replace writers with generated stories/quests/etc. No idea what to make of this.

I have the base game. I played for a couple hours but haven’t got the “hook”. It feels very… unfulfilling… “objective marker on map, done, next”. Maybe not for me or I’m playing it wrong?

Honestly I still come back to old school RuneScape every now and then for that comfy nostalgia. Even as I type I get that pang to go questing.

It really comes down to having a “place” to engage in. I don’t think beehaw/lemmy has a furry community yet. This is further complicated with “art” (which I understand, hosting+moderation). One of the things I’ll miss from reddit is those communities. Granted, I was lurking more for the “art”.

I went and finished it :) I made a post with my thoughts, but overall I ended up enjoying it. Thanks for rekindling my interest!

The atmosphere in Rebirth is much weaker compared to Amnesia. But it has rare moments of “lucidity” when you catch a scent of atmosphere. There is certain thing Rebirth has which Amnesia was missing, as weird as that might sound, but I think you’ll get it once you reach a certain point.

There are some puzzles here and there, but they didn’t stand out at all because they’re so straightforward.

Outer Wilds - (I loved this one so much 10/10)

This is my most favorite game. Such a wonderful setting, gameplay, story, atmosphere, everything. One of those experiences you wish you could forget so that you could experience again for the first time.

Thanks for clearing it up. I imagined moderated content along the lines of reddit.