Veraxus

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[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Daggerfall remains, to this day, one of the best games ever made. I still have my original boxed copy, and several pre-patched CDs that Bethesda would mail out back in the day. I replay it a few times a year, because it's held up so well and there is nothing else that scratches the same itch.

I frequently wonder what Bethesda would be like today if Peterson, Lakshman, and Lefay had stayed at the company and Todd had been chased out, instead. Those three created The Elder Scrolls from scratch - lore, gameplay concepts, all of it. They had a TES Bible covering the story from Arena to Oblivion... and one by one, Todd excised all their influence from the franchise.

I miss the oppressive, grimdark atmosphere and lore, the complex world simulation, the unprecedented freedom, the unflinching maturity, and the epic, massive dungeon crawls.

I don't see anyone trying to make a game like that again, ever. Certainly not Todd Howard's Bethesda.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Admitting the genocide part out loud... and there will still be no consequences for Israel's bloodthirsty terrorist government.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

I'm on Debian + GNOME right now, which works fine for me, but I plan on trying out Pop! OS in the next couple weeks. I've put off a long time because it's downstream of Ubuntu and I'm no longer a fan of Canonical's direction.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The big anti-cheat tools (BattleEye and EAC) are already compatible. The only remaining problems are a small number of developers that intentionally announced that they will be proactively blocking linux... like Bungie.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Now if Valve can just give us an up-to-date version of SteamOS for desktops...!

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 24 points 8 months ago

I am getting really tired of these right-wing dictatorships trying to play the "discrimination" card whenever their governments are criticized for their heinous actions.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

...are they going to apply this rule to Nintendo or Sony...

They absolutely should. Closed ecosystems should be illegal. They are literally an intentional form of unethical, predatory trust.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Nah, BDSM is all about consent. I don't think he requested that consent before inflicting that amount of widespread pain.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 22 points 8 months ago

Monstrous right wing imbecile is right wing monster, imbecile. Full story at 11.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Every time I see that phrase it makes my eye twitch. ALL pricing is artificial. Always. No exceptions.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

I'm in California, where it is legally required for them to provide an online cancellation if that's how you signed up.

They have a cancellation link, but if you click it, it takes you to a fake error page.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

The thing that has struck me the most is how much lighter it is. Nobody seems to be mention that, but that one small thing makes such an outsize difference.

The battery life is also very noticeable, and you can multiply the benefit by using energy conserving settings.

The other big difference is control responsiveness. If you play fighting games or other games with intense timing and accuracy needs, you WILL notice the difference.

The OG Steam Deck is still great, but the OLED is just better in so many little, meaningful ways.

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