Arkane games are always those games that require the “click” to enjoy.
I started every single Arkane title and stopped it for months before the world and what not pulled me back. That second time I finally get it and enjoy the hell out of the game more than before.
I doubt it’s gonna last more than a few years at most. It’s got 124k miles on it and tbh I never really cared for it like I should’ve. (I’ve had it since 2016 but my mom owned it before me) It’s worth 2.4k now for better or for worse.
Yeah… It’s a good deal for the car but the time just isn’t right. I’m moving to Colorado from Florida so I do need a good car to drive that far. However, after some sleep and reading the responses I’m just going to hold off on the car. I think as the time gets closer I’ll get something but obliterating my savings that ultimately took years to build on a single car is overkill.
To be fair the price includes 10 or so original indie titles which if you go by the store front’s average game pricetag ($5.36) that accounts for $53.6 worth. (And that’s really not fair to some of the games I’ve played)
Correction: The first season of games that come with the device total out at 24 so going off of that original 5.36 average you’d actually have about $129 give or take worth of game value, leaving the actual Playdate device at a $71 purchase for the device itself.
I have a playdate and have seen this sentiment a lot.
Imo the charging mechanic would ruin the usability of the crank in many of the games. Some games require rapid cranking and having a charging mechanic would not only be another point of future mechanical failure, but also slow it down too much.
It’s also worth noting that the device also has a gyroscope so it can detect tilting, shaking etc as well. It’s very versatile for it’s size. It’s NOT an emulator (though it can run an emulator), it’s a fully original handheld console.
$200 is a fair price because that includes something like 15-20 games. Every game for the playdate is original and hasn’t existed before it came out.
I’ve seen Obsidian and have been meaning to give it a shot!
IDK how spreadsheets work :( (thought I do plan to use this list to learn)
I appreciate that, I enjoy playing through an entire franchise or at least giving each game a chance even if they’re forgotten/subpar
I’m using LibreOffice but word would work just as well. I thought about Excel/the LibreOffice equivalent but I’m just not familiar with it enough to be useful with it.
And this is generally every game/franchise I own/want to own so it goes as far back as I can make it go back. I also plan to add a LOT of games via emulation that I used to play when I was younger.
Haha thanks I hadn’t gotten to that series at all yet. I’ll add it though thanks again!
More or less… I utilized formating tools and the format painter a good amount…but yes even the check boxes are just text
For me personally 3-5 were solid Far Cry titles! I haven’t beaten 2 yet though. They are “AAA” titles and the corporate parts show, especially in 5. But I love the sandbox environments and the stories are dumb fun imo. Great “brain off” games (stealth is fun too)
“Done” doesn’t always mean complete, generally that’s where games go that I didn’t finish, never returned, and don’t plan on ever playing again.
But to answer your question
Far Cry: horrible update, AI is broken, don’t care to fix it
Far Cry Primal: Didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it, caused major eye pain too so I couldn’t play long.
Penumbra: Requiem: Abandoned the vibes of the previous two penumbra games which were the precursors to the amnesia games, didn’t enjoy the puzzles either.
Planet Centauri: Development Hell, no interest anymore.
Sniper Elite: weird funky controls just not enjoyable for me got about midway through before tapping out.
We happy few: mostly abandoned by the devs, game suffered due to being rushed.
Out of those I beat 3, the rest I either didn’t make the return window or kept for library collection reasons.
I tried to sort by genre too many times and failed due to how specific some games get. So now they are sorted by completion.
I also have a huge word document that has a very detailed, color-coded checklist of every game I have sorted alphabetically & by franchise, this was made so I could include any games from my other devices.
And grass is green
I agree, huge open worlds are often exhausting for me, and the developer need to fill it often ends up with cheap copy and past Ubisoft methods (collectibles, etc)
If Skyrim was the size of say, Assassins Creed Odyssey, it would’ve honestly suffered horribly, largely because one of Skyrims best features was the fact that their map was handcrafted and full of detail and secrets.
Sure you can add secrets to a procgen map, but that developer process that lead to the best ones are largely gone.
As an American I didn’t even think of the automatic transmission. That makes a lot of sense too.
Modal transport design is probably a huge reason why this works. I would be interested to see the pedestrian deaths in a packed busy city like NYC vs the wide suburban roads of the rest of America.
My theory is that roads designed with the purpose of driving faster (designed with a higher modal level) are commonly placed within high pedestrian areas within the US (Stroads) and due to that higher modal mental state people are “comfortable” and thus use their phones as their brains are less occupied. While in a busy city street they’re in that 1st modal mental state so they are focused on their surroundings way more.
It’s far more different than BioShock. BioShock is imo a linear shooter I never understood the “immersive sim” tag for BioShock. But Prey is non linear within a space station. You can break away from the main task whenever you want and investigate other things which all play into the main story. You can play Prey 10-20 times and have a different journey each time if you try. The Gloo Gun, Mimicry, etc are all things that allow you to play differently each time and find unique new paths. Talos 1 is chock full of details. The only similarity with BioShock is the reveal, the wrench, and some minor combat similarities. But it’s far more than that.