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Quoting: GuestI don't get why people cry about achievements - if they talk about the steam/gog things, people have been unlocking them in unintended ways for ages, and any personal goals are unaffected by this.

I presume it is because people like to feel special and get personally offended when it's pointed out the benchmark they use for that belief isn't really well suited to that in the first place.

I might put this one on my wishlist. How are the regular difficulty levels compared to Hollow Knight (that is my only good point of comparison)? I really liked Hollow Knight, so something similar might be really fun.

I haven't played Hollow Knight yet. I'd say the first two boss cells are rather accessible (first one is easy, second one is modest challenge), then from 3 up it gets hard. I also think it also depends on your playstyle, which weapons you favour.

Thanks! I read the actual update on Steam (something I think a lot of people on this thread may have missed) in which they talk about and address pretty much every concern one could imagine, plus the assist options seem like a really nice bonus for some of my family to enjoy it too!

Now, wether to buy it on Linux or Switch, lol.

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Quoting: GuestI don't get why people cry about achievements - if they talk about the steam/gog things, people have been unlocking them in unintended ways for ages, and any personal goals are unaffected by this.

I presume it is because people like to feel special and get personally offended when it's pointed out the benchmark they use for that belief isn't really well suited to that in the first place.

I might put this one on my wishlist. How are the regular difficulty levels compared to Hollow Knight (that is my only good point of comparison)? I really liked Hollow Knight, so something similar might be really fun.

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Quoting: itscalledrealityIs it really fair that they mix $500+ hardware sales with software sales and then compare?

This is meaningless. The Valve Index is listed as a top seller but it also costs $1000. Of course it’s bringing in money.

Well let's see. V Rising is 1.5M sales per This article. It's 20$ on steam. The Deck on the top sellers list is 400$ (steam page, top sellers, #7 . So that's 20:1 for the same revenue.

So that's 75,000 Decks for the same revenue. Of course, I'm missing the time frame (all time sales, weekly, etc).

That also assumes some integrity of Valve's numbers with their own product (and any comparison numbers released too). It's their store, they could just be "promoting" it to the top 10, although I find that unlikely at this point.

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Very nice they are adding support! We need more stores with more support. Hopefully they continue improving it!

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Only managed to play Opus Magnum. It was so good.

Congrats on the new job though and best of luck!

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Quoting: CyborgZetaI tried playing System Shock, but it's too archaic for me (and before anyone calls me a "zoomer", I'm 32). If they keep SHODAN's voice and remain true to the original, the remake (if it's ever finished) might be what I need.

You were 4 when the original came out, "Get off my lawn!" 😜 J/k.

It does stand on the other side of the line where the traditional WASD with mouse look took over. It has the older interface (like Daggerfall) that can be really hard to use, especially if you are more used to fast paced FPS.

It also had that "old school" difficultly BS:

Spoiler, click me

like to beat the game you have to go back through the entire station to get 1 digit of the self destruct code from every level, wtf?

Or

Spoiler, click me

Diego ambushing you by the exec elevator

And some truly good old school difficulty, like the wiring schematic mini game, and a few of the traps.

I didn't back it, but if the reviews are good, I'll buy it.

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Quoting: AciDLucky for us, we still have Minetest and Terraria (this one is not open-source, but have much, much, MUCH more depth and items than MC).

Agreed, it's a shame Terraria doesn't do proper split screen on PC (but does consoles, apparently). Otherwise I'd have my kids try it.

They just realized Minecraft updated and are super pumped RightNow. They've been playing since before they could read

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This looks very cute. Might be worth checking out for the kids

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Quoting: PhiladelphusJust that thumbnail has me wincing—since I don't feel like watching the video, anyone want to spoil it: is the upgraded glass worth it?

Me too! That is horrible basic tool safety. I've seen to many accidents cause of things like that.

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Thanks for the round up! I really hope you enjoyed writing articles like this as much as I like reading them!

I hope you all decide to do more in the future.

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