Quoting: EikeFor the records, that's 70% increase!
(You have to take the original number as reference for an increase, so it's 85/40 = 1.7 = 170% = 70% increase.)

85/50, not 85/40, but I guess you already noticed as the 70% is correct.

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Quoting: GuestI think i see what you mean. X-Com is more of a strategy game with a lot less dialog/text, so it is easier to voice.

True, but man there's games out there with hours upon hours with scripted text voiced. There's no technical limitations on doing so, it's "just" work involved.

Hours upon hours of studio-produced voice over by professional actors can't be cheap. And there aren't many genres of game with as much text/dialogue content as an old-school, non-linear cRPG. It's "just work" only if the developers happen to be competent voice actors with a decent studio setup.

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Quoting: ixnaribut will it be enough to convince Joe Average to buy this instead of playing CS:GO for free?

Quoting: liamdaweTO4: Tactical Operations, the upcoming free first-person shooter

This is free as well.

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Quoting: DesumThey really need to having kids read more stoic literature in class.

Agreed, kids (and adults) should read more literature in general.

Quoting: DesumIt's pathetic how thin skinned people are these days and I think making it so easy to tune everyone out has contributed to that.

I don't think people are any more thin skinned now than they always were. And tuning people out is surely much harder now in the era of social networks than before. The problem is, most of what you read and hear are opinions and reactions to these opinions, whereas information and moderate analysis are drowned out by the noise. You gain more than you lose by filtering it and ignoring those who shout the loudest. Too bad we only tend to filter out loud voices we disagree with.

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Quoting: M@GOidSince you prefer the symmetrical analog stick layout, give the DS4 a shot if you can.

I have played some games on a PS4, and I must have used a DS4 to do so. I've only owned Logitechs myself, but that doesn't mean I've never touched a different brand. :)

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Quoting: TactikalKittyHow did you get it? I changed to Wine-devel and still on Version 4.16.

^_^

I think it usually takes a working day or two for a new version to land in the WineHQ Ubuntu package repository, if that's what you're asking.

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Quoting: tuubiEither you're much better at these games than I am or you haven't played Hollow Knight. Or Alwa's Awakening.

I finished both. Hollow Knight has few tough bosses, but its health system allows to gain health easily. There are heavy-going platforming sections near the end of Alwa's Awakening, but that's unusually for metroidvanias, so it shouldn't make you beware of this genre. Also, if you die in Alwa's Awakening, you still keep all items found, doors unlocked, bosses dead. And I'm not a harcdore gamer, I don't like high difficulty and still cannot beat the last worlds of Super Meat Boy.

I haven't played Catmaze much, but so far it was easy, all enemies are slow or even stationary, and you get tons of HP and MP for beating them. I encountered one boss, won at my first try, and there was a savepoint right before it. I'm also playing Minoria, and that game is much, much harder. Every enemy is a challenge, and if you die, you lose everything you've got after the latest save.

My only gripe was with your statement that metroidvanias aren't usually difficult. I don't think most people consider something easy just because they can beat it with considerable effort, or if it involves lots of dying and retrying. Some metroidvanias are easy, others are not.

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Quoting: M@GOidAs of the F710, it was given to me by a friend, who bought it when it was advertised on the Big Picture launch. He hated it. All our friends who tested it also disliked it, being costumed to the PS and XB controllers. I have put less than 50 hours on it, and the black rubber paint of the bottom started to came out. The Dpad is loose, so are the analog sticks. The triggers are much harder and 10mm (.39in) further from the analogs compared to the others. The shape is very uncomfortable compared to others. It is the noisiest of the 5 controllers I have (One, 360, DS4, Steam Controller). The only plus side of it, for me at last, is that the 4 face buttons have a sharp, positive action. In the end I cannot recommend it with so many better alternatives out there.

All of these properties, except for the rubber paint, the F710 shares with the F310. I wouldn't have said I liked the ergonomics if I found the shape uncomfortable, or the triggers too stiff, or the thumbsticks too loose.

I know the F710 is not likely to be the objectively best controller out there, and I acknowledge your warning about the noise (which is likely to be very similar to the F310), but things like trigger and stick stiffness as well as size are surely a matter of preference. Also, I wouldn't even consider something that requires Steam to function properly, so that's narrows the field a bit.

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Quoting: M@GOidIf you find its ergonomics good, I urge you to test something else, like the DS4 or the Xbone S. They offer a much quieter experience, and spare parts are easy to find.

I really don't like the asymmetric thumbstick layout in the Xbox controllers, nor the small, loose triggers in the Dualshocks. And I've dealt with the noise thus far. Or is the F710 noisier than the F310?

I'll give it some thought in any case. Maybe borrow a couple of different controllers from friends for a while to see if I could get used to them. Less noisy buttons would be nice of course.

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Quoting: ageresThese games aren't usually difficult

Either you're much better at these games than I am or you haven't played Hollow Knight. Or Alwa's Awakening.

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