Technically, this account has not.

Ms. Adair Taylor. She pushed me over the edge and turned me into an angsty teenager.

Quote from: Arren on September 04, 2016, 06:29:08 PM

I'm not a huge fan of dungeon crawling if it's on the grindey side. I'm sometimes masochistic in games.

Bruh
You're contradicting yourself

Not necessarily. Not all masochism in games is grinding, after all.

ill participate

i dont know how stuff works around here
everything is new and scary and its full of strangers

I only play moe cancer Japanese erotic visual novels.

Even if I won't necessarily enjoy it, I'd like to try one some day.
Any recommendations?

Pretty good.

Not ridiculous like some users but not out of place in any way. More like a Cheese Potato with a bit of history attached.

Now whatchu think of meh?

Sir, the target is escaping. Permission to engage?

That doesn't surprise me. I haven't discussed with every member of this site, and you're one of them.

I'm surprised you remember me at all. Wrong quote, but I'm still responding to the one you sent to me.

I've always thought that No Man's Sky looked really ambitious, but didn't have a lot of substance. The post-launch reception isn't dissuading that impression.

Like i look at the guys around me and im like thank fuck im not that

Having to check with someone else if you have time to do something without them later
Etc etc

It's an encumbrance I'm glad to not shoulder.

As for no mods I only see the argument that they're not representative of the experience the developers made, but improvements to that formula can be made to make the experience more enjoyable to the player

That's only if all you care about is enjoyment--in which case, there's really no fixing that. I don't necessarily play games just to have fun. That seems very base to me.

I agree on baseness, I should have made my point clearer. I don't think enjoyment in the context of a game needs to necessarily be fun, as people can also derive pleasure from tragedy. A personal example springing to mind is this little story. What I should have instead said (and what I later said) was about the ability of the mod to expand the designer's vision, which you have addressed below...

To me, when a developer releases a game, it's like submitting a test. What you got wrong is what you got wrong, and there's no turning back once you've already handed in your paper.

We have different subjectivities here. I see games more like scientific papers, they're first conceived and developed by the original "research" team. Upon launch they go through various "peer review" procceses (whether that's the horde of critics or the players themselves) and then through play the endeavors of their ideas are tested. At no point are the findings definitively finished, new adjustments can be made to portray the researchers ideas.

I'm surprised you didn't add a 6.) Legally

Figured it was implied by #1.

Assuming that one was true

You might want to try Transistor. It's sort of like Bastion (same narrator) but with a pseudo turn-based system.

Really good game.

The person who bought Bastion for me on steam and everyone I talk to who has played Bastion or Transistor usually recommends Transistor. The thing is... it's not on sale currently, and I'm not willing to pay $20.00 for it (if I wait long enough, surely the price will drop :\). Maybe I will get it as a Christmas present *fingers crossed*

The one game I really wanted to play, but didn't want to pay for yet is Hyperlight Drifter. The art style looks gorgeous and the gameplay looks like an isometric dark souls without adopting a similar color palette to the souls series.

What games did you play over the summer, and what were your brief impressions of them?

What's an example of a game which does not have a normal difficulty, or at least some kind of default?

I cannot think of why reason 1 would be considered correct.

I have disagreements with reasons 3 and 4. One size does not necessarily fit all with controls, nor should it. If a player's personal, subjective control biases enable them to experience the intentions of the developer, those controls have served their purpose to the game. They should not be homogenized.

As for no mods I only see the argument that they're not representative of the experience the developers made, but improvements to that formula can be made to make the experience more enjoyable to the player, or perhaps a different set of mechanics improves other aspects of the game the designers wanted to convey, but didn't;or those areas the designers didn't even think of which present novel ways of expanding on their content in the future. Bethesda's approach to analyzing fan mods and incorporating them into their games allows them to evolve features they might not have thought of otherwise which expands their initial vision. I don't see a problem with this.   

I'm surprised you didn't add a 6.) Legally

Good luck enforcing that ban.