djsoren19

gonna be real, WC1 was not a huge title at the time. I think a lot of people look back, rightly, at WC3 being one of the greatest RTS of all time and then think the whole series was lauded at release, but Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was just okay.

I think it had like a year long beta where people were playing before full release. I know I was personally playing in 2013.

Kinda wild to see nobody mention System Shock, the game that invented audio logs. It may seem quaint in retrospect, but at the time all shooters were in the vein of Doom, and story in a shooter was considered "like story in porn." System Shock was not only the first to communicate the plot and next steps to the player through found audio logs, but it also filled the player in on side stories and provided characterization to the survivors on Citadel station.

The game recently got a remaster, and despite very few gameplay changes, still holds up really well in 2024. You can really see the bones of later games in it, such as story focused shooters like Bioshock or F.E.A.R. and I'd really recommend it to anyone interested in playing a great retro game.

I think the fault lies with Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed. They really championed the idea of a bloated open world stuffed with systems that don't really interact with each other, and now AAA gaming just keeps trying to stuff more mechanics in the pile.

Dark Souls is literally just Legend of Zelda for adults, which had a stamina system at about the same time Kings Field did. It's honestly hilarious to me that it became known as the father of the genre, but the immediate copycats were also aiming for a similar tone to FromSoftware so I guess it's fair.

Not even just survival horror, RE4 was a landmark title just as a third-person action shooter. It had a huge influence on the generation of third person shooters that came after it.

because it's flat out wrong. WoW aped most of its systems from Everquest, which most of WoW's development team was actively playing. They made some improvements on the genre, but the bones existed as early as 1997 with Ultima Online.

Maybe this could work, but I'd put all of my faith on Tratchenberg. Maybe if Fede just directs the action scenes it could turn out alright.

In case you weren't aware, it's actually pretty easy to pay for a VPN in unmarked funds. Most will allow for BTC transactions, but some VPNs will even allow you to use giftcards for a place like Target.

I mean, there are a lot of Zionists in Israel, not just in government. Don't forget that there are citizens stealing homes from Palestinians just because they know the Israeli government has their back. There's also rampant discrimination against Palestinians in Israel, and there really hasn't been many anti-war protests on the side of "stop what we're doing to Gaza." Most of the protests have been against the Israeli government due to unrescued hostage, they don't care at all about the Palestinians.

Yeah on a broader scale these people are victims of their government's propoganda in the same way Trump supporters are victims of propoganda, but that doesn't mean you have to defend them.

Even the pro-Putin Russians are being treated well and "deprogrammed." I heard that a major struggle Ukraine is currently having is a lack of therapists, as captured Russians are struggling to come to terms with the cognitive dissonance between what they've been told about Ukrainians, and how well Ukrainians have treated them.

ah but you see, it's like 5¢ cheaper per bottle to put it in plastic now, so think of the corporate profits that would be lost if they switched back!

Sure they'll kill an ecosystem, but think of the shareholder value they'll generate while it happens!