There was quite a bit of trendy EA-hate. Some of the criticisms were well deserved though. The game was plagued with severe technical issues at launch: the multiplayer was especially busted.

Also the open world map feels much too small when compared to similar games. I remember the disappoint I felt when I realized “oh this is not the first zone, this is THE zone”.

Regardless, I also played Destiny (2) ; while I have to admit it is a better product, I enjoyed Anthem more.

I’m likely in the minority here, but I really enjoyed my time with Anthem.

Since it was shitcanned months after release, there simply was not enough content to keep playing… But what was there always felt special.

Play BotW first. A few years down the line, if you ever want more and are able to make time for it, play TotK. One should not play them back to back anyway.

I played the demo and really liked it at first, as it started out like a Telltalle-style narrative game.

The actual dispatching gameplay loop though, I did not enjoy all that much. It becomes quickly way too frantic for me to enjoy the banter. Plus the actual thing you are looking at and interacting with is a map with glowing icons, i.e. not what I enjoy in video games.

Shame that it will very likely be needed, but good that a company is willing to step up. The GuliKit Hall effect sticks for Switch served me well since I put them in.

I did exactly that with gulikit hall effect parts 2 years ago. It’s surprisingly easy and indeed fixes drift issues once and for all.

Tout le monde, sauf les irréductibles couche-tards ! A propos de musique j’ai revu la mini websérie “Rock Macabre” cette nuit. Toujours aussi bon mais Youtube a l’air d’avoir réduit au silence la partie musicale du final ! Un comble pour une comédie musicale.

On one side of the ring, greedy corps which want to profile you better than the NSA does. On the other, drama-hungry and social networks-fueled outrage culture.

That’s how an old game giveaway backfires and becomes the scandal of the day.

Agreed. As long as their corporate overlords do not fuck up Ars, there is no reason to avoid them.

If (when ?) it becomes an AI slop-filled shell of its former self, then it will be past time to go elsewhere.

Oh wow, I just took a peek at its history and it does not even qualify as slop. To the blocklist it goes !

I’m going to go against the general consensus here and say you would probably be better served buying a Switch 2. The Steam Deck is awesome but it is bulkier, has less battery life, and is overall less suited for a “pick up, play 10mins and toss is back” usage.

However if you are up for some occasional tinkering, the SD is far more versatile than the Switch and could even replace your laptop depending on your use-cases.

On some trackers you can straight up pay to raise to raise your ratio, or even temporarily “freeleech”. This is all kinds of iffy, flirting with the scummy.

You’d think he’d be better media trained by now. But no, here goes the foot in the mouth.

Driving manual is not particularly complicated, but it will require you to focus a lot of attention on it at first. Since you also have to cope with with differences in driving regulations, this will put you and your passengers more at risk than necessary.

It takes time (~tens of hours) to build the muscle memory so that it becomes natural. For a vacation in the short term, you should go ahead with your plan to rent an automatic.

Enshittification ahoy !

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown looks like a banger, but I am unwilling to spend any amount money on it until Ubi gets the memo and strips Denuvo from it (at least outside of the launch window).

If you do not sign your commits, you deserve to be impersonated. Well, not really, but you get the gi(s)t.

The genre is ASS games. Can’t go wrong with that.

Unfortunately, the company is now empty of employees, so the road ahead will be entirely different.

Not much of a studio the guy bought back. Just a name and some IP rights maybe.

Most GitS installments are unconnected. The only actuel sequel to the original movie is the followup movie “Innocence” which is a very different beast. You can find a complete relation graph on AniDB.

My recommendation would be to watch the “Standalone Complex” series (2 seasons + 1 special) from the early 2000’s. It’s top tier even though the CG does show its age. Then if you want more you could go ahead and watch the “Arise” tv show from 2015, not bad but not as good as SAC.

I would strongly advise against watching the recent Netflix-produced SAC_2045 : it’s painfully bad and ugly-looking.