Video game thread

@EverfreeEmergencies  
Why would it? It’s an advertisement.
 
The one for The Sims 3 is definitely the worst, however the one they introduced for Civ 5 nearly a decade on is the one that infuriates me the most. Civ 6 blew ass and nobody plays it so they went back and fucked with Civ 5. That launcher, in addition to being ugly as fuck, has crashed every single time I’ve ever run it and occasionally brings the game down with it when it does so. Fortunately most launchers can be bypassed fairly easily if you search a bit.

@ANoobis  

 
dunnow, id say canon snek waifus are worth it enough
 
memes aside, i really dislike how dumbed down the tactics and tension are, i remember how back in xcom i lost half my squad and had to replace them with those robot tank things

@Officer Hotpants  

 
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@Anonymous #3456  
I’m talking about real games.

@Officer Hotpants  
Sims 3 is just terrible in general. What kind of game slows to a crawl when using less than half its own DLC? That said, I like the open maps more than teleporting between districts.

I wonder what version of Sims 3 is the least laggy and buggy in general overall?

@EverfreeEmergencies  
One that was milked dry and then milked some more anyway for that crusty stuff that accumulates along the rim of the carton.
 
There’s a few way to improve its performance, though, including some that you can do with nothing more than notepad. If memory serves I believe you can substantially increase both its RAM and CPU usage that way. Limiting the framerate also helps a lot. Then there’s a few well-known and apparently effective 3rd party tools & patches, but I’ve never needed more than the stuff I listed prior so I haven’t used any of them.

I find it funny that Far Cry 6 dropped a trailer just a few days ago. At that time I was reflecting on how much of a disappointment Far Cry 5 was. It looks like they’re still spinning their wheels in the same rut they dug with 3, so I’m definitely passing on this one.
 
And Ubisoft has been very careful to tell us that “Far Cry 6 isn’t a political statement”. It’s set in lawyer-friendly Cuba and you build a resistance to overthrow the dictator. Interesting that depicting the overthrow of a communist regime is something that makes devs nervous now.

@ANoobis  

Pretty much guaranteed to be a political statement. Want to bet on how many women and transsexuals will be there in La Resistance and how little heed will be paid to the supply problems they’d inevitably hit if they were in actual guerilla?
 

Is it still the open-world watchtower nonsense? If yes, pass, it was old and overdone at the second game ever with it. Maybe if they’ll come back to Far Cry 1/Crysis’s premise (I should stick a few mods on the former and replay it tbh).

@ANoobis  
I bought Far Cry 2 a while ago and enjoyed it, but something about it makes me dizzy so I couldn’t get very far.

@EverfreeEmergencies  
It’s probably from how often the games seize control of the character’s field of vision. Ubi is a little aggressive with the camera in the name of being cinematic, and it’s a first-person game.

@EverfreeEmergencies  
For me it was just too samey. There’s no real sense of progression, the majority of the map could be mistaken for any other part of the map, the environment was given that ugly ass “real is brown” treatment and, frankly, none of the NPCs stood out to me aside from the Jackal (or whatever he was called) and that guy who reminded me of the face merc from the Mercenaries series (why did we never get a third game? Those were awesome). From start to finish, it felt like I was playing the start.
 
Setting the tall grass on fire was fun, though.

Don’t you just looooooooooooooooove it when devs make a weapon in their game ‘for the memes, ROFLLOLMAO!!!1!1’?  
How the player character is remaining undetected when their gun is blaring out music is anyone’s guess

@FeatherTrap  
I do, actually, so long as they work and don’t make up half the loadout (in a serious game).

@Officer Hotpants  
I don’t. I find it extremely annoying, an expression of “Hello There, Fellow Kids!”

@FeatherTrap  
Do kids today even know what a CD is?

@Officer Hotpants  
Internet Humor needs to stay on the Internet, it’s so infuriating when it bleeds into games or movies.

@FeatherTrap  
Well, speak for yourself.

@FeatherTrap  
dunnow, the comically large spoon of gold melee weapon in payday 2 is actually great

@FeatherTrap  
It depends on how it’s presented. Oversaturation is irritating, especially if it makes no sense for the setting. But if it’s a reference here or there, it fits the story/setting of the game, or content/characters/weapons/equipment are optional, then it adds character (IMO).
 
The same arguments could be made about movie/TV/music references in video games, or the reverse - video game references in <insert media type here>. In the end, it’s all media culture regardless of source, and balance is key.

@Officer Hotpants  

 
You should ask them. “Do you know about CDs?” And if they say “What’s that,” just point to your groin and say “C deez nuuuuuuuuuuts!” Then establish your dad joke dominance by doing the Moonwalk.

@Anonymous #D004  
Nah, tell them the epic tale of the “AOL CD Plague of the Early 00’s”.  

@Officer Hotpants  
True, from what little I played it felt more like a sandbox than a campaign, although that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. More games could use the simplicity of “here’s the tutorial, here’s your main objective, go figure it out”. As far as the NPCs go, I hardly remember anything about them besides theyalwaystalkedlikethisbecauseapparentlyexpositionmustbedeliveredasfastaspossibleasifeveryonetookcaffeinatedheroinbeforespeakingtoyou

@Officer Hotpants
 
I saw you in the Civvie 11 Comment thread, ya based boomer shooter enjoyer.

@EverfreeEmergencies  
They’re used to the speed of clicking.
 
@RavenandWritingDesk  
Oh? Which one?