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.

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.

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

I glanced briefly, but couldn't find a topic on it. What's the stance on NSFW (i.e. porn, art, etc.)?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

I get waiting. Gives the reviews time to mellow out and the devs to patch issues.

You're not missing out on Rebirth (unfortunately). I, like everyone else, was expecting an "Amnesia" game (like Soma or the original title). I have no idea what happened during development. Maybe they wanted to try something different, but it just didn't work. You were CONSTANTLY interrupted with flashbacks. Like every 30 seconds or everytime you picked up some note. I hear it gets much better the second half of the game, but I just couldn't sit through it. I love the opening sequence a lot though (watching the city "flash" while in the plane). I thought I was in for a great time.

Penumbra was a treat. I played it after the original Amnesia when I wanted more. Holds up surprisingly well and is spooky, especially Black Plague. The setting of The Bunker is reminiscent of Black Plague now that I think about it.

sonder

The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.

Salt and Sanctuary (more for it being unpopular vs bad hivemind).

I love Metroidvanias, but combined with Souls-like elements makes for a very fun concoction. This one in particular I have so much fun exploring. The story telling and world building adds to the mystery and the fun of unraveling the story. It has a very good variety of enemies/bosses/items. It also oozes so much atmosphere. One of the better Metroidvanias (I played a fair number of them).

Another one is Dark Souls 2. I get it being disliked; can't be helped as it had a lot of departures from the first. But out of all 3, this one I played x3 as much. I absolutely love the sheer variety of locations (it's ridiculous); exploration is super fun and rewarding.

Also, it's available on GOG for us that prefer it :)

Thanks for letting me know. I'll give it another chance. A lot of effort went into this game and I don't want that to go to waste (if that makes sense).

I think most of the hate was from the initial release. At this point blatant hate is undeserved and it might be a meme at this point or a bandwagon to hop on where everyone knows "DS2 bad".

I also keep wanting to come back to DS2 for the long journey with so many cool locations.

Salt and Sanctuary really holds a special place for me. The atmosphere is absolutely top notch; we're talking Hollow Knight levels in my opinion. The map design is also phenomenal along with tons of secrets and shortcuts. Not sure if the recent patch fixed it, but the combat is kinda unbalanced from what I recall. Heavy armor is more or less useless so you might as well go fashion-souls. And 2-handed strength weapons are king.

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.

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.