WanderingPoltergeist
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WanderingPoltergeist

@WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social

Former Reddit user looking for an alternative! I love Creative Writing, games, anime/manga, Android, movies, books, practicing phone photography, and long strolls to nowhere in particular. I'm also on Mastodon talking about day-to-day stuff like my progress in Animal Crossing New Horizons or whatever has caught my fancy!

I'm a card-carrying homosexual if that truly matters duckies!

I'm @WanderingInDigitalWorlds on Mastodon, I joined the @mstdn.games server!

siracusa, to random
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Yeah, I’m sure this will solve the problem. https://mastodon.social/@verge/112292423327133735

WanderingPoltergeist,
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I know that the South Korean school week is six days (likely to prepare them for jobs that force them to work this schedule), but damn this is a terrible choice for their executives! Hello burnout, my old disruptive friend. 🤪

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Ah, telling on themselves in a way which is easily made viral, nice!

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WanderingPoltergeist,
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ROFL The irony of this unreflective man is truly amusing! His whole personality is a jump scare; the worship of a narcissist is a terrible idea.

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Currently, the only way you can play V Rising Offline is by putting the Steam Client in Offline mode.

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Your choice, I would've preferred an in-game method of turning off the connectivity myself. It will affect my own choice if I pick this game up or not too.

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sigh Well, it shows they learned absolutely nothing about their misstep with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game. J.B. Perrette and the executives meddled with this game and soiled it due to their rampant greed; if only they'd left the developers who were passionate about this project just work their magic. There are so many games in the mobile and free-to-play markets it's not likely any of WB's trash will get much traction there either.

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An offline mode is the only way I'd consider buying and playing Nightingale; I do love survival games, but I need them to be offline adventures balanced for single-player experiences! As an introvert the last thing I want to do is encounter another person in a game.

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I'd love to see this...Real consequences for this lame excuse of a human being! However, I'm sure some republicans will come to Trump's rescue as he has all of them by the balls/ovaries. A shame as this tanning spray-stained fool wields no actual power. It's his followers that hold the power of a cult.

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I feel like they want to be fooled at this point as well; to push their hopes and dreams on a person that is "rich" as they feel powerless in their own lives. The billionaires are running the show now, currying favor with even a strange Manhattanite failson who mismanaged all that wealth is less of an onerous ask for them. Until they feel empowered to make meaningful changes, Trump is just their figurehead of a doomed future as they won't use their collective power to make a real difference.

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What is it with people? I’m the only one in the restaurant for lunch. Two guys show up and sit right next to me.

#human #failure

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Yeah, in a restaurant that's empty it's weird to sit directly next to a person that's deliberately alone! I would give anyone who's sitting by themselves the room which they seek by choosing the opposite end. Not everyone wants to be social so giving them the space to just relax and eat is respectful. As an introvert, I want that space from others as well!

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anybody else getting a ton of spam in the form of discord links on literal cans of spam?

WanderingPoltergeist,
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Thankfully, this hasn't happened to me yet! Soon I will get spammed hell to back...Directly after posting this in fact.

CactuarJoe, to gaming
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Initial impressions: Wow, that went from zero to Weird™ in 0.53 seconds. Nice :D

WanderingPoltergeist,
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That's why I ultimately fell in love with Cassette Beasts...It embraced the strange with a great soundtrack!

renwillis, to pokemon
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The hardest question for a person who plays 30-100 games that takes weeks or more to finish....... WHAT TO PLAY NEXT????

After Chained Echoes, I'm thinking #Switch it up (pun intended) and do Monster Sanctuary? Turn-based monster catching RPG BUT, side-scrolling with #metroidvania exploration?

I got it on the super cheap sale for $5, could be one heckuva palette cleanser before hopping into a JRPG or to prep me for Persona 5 Royal.

#videogames #gaming #rpg #games #nintendo

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Monster Sanctuary is a great palette cleanser, the mix of Metroidvania with a well-made turn-based combat system; I've gradually been playing it in-between finishing big games! It might be tedious at first, but the game really picks up after the 2nd area when one gets into the swing of gameplay flow! I found myself making so much progress once I synced up with the game's pace. As an incremental player, I've been making progress in multiple games; I paused my playthrough again until returning to Monster Sanctuary in within a few months likely.

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You're welcome!

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If #neurodivergent people are #neurospicy, does that make #neurotypical people #neurobland?

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I've never really thought of it that way! The natural thought of mine is, 'They find it hard to understand the problems of a neurospicy person like me because their mental palette is different. They don't know what it's like to live in a state of varying levels of anxiety, what that does to the human body. For them it's just a temporary state before they can move on from it. The anxiety which inhabits my mind is a constant frenemy which I can channel for slightly more positive outcomes. It's exhausting as fuck.'

I feel the neurotypical are simply like a neutral oil; flavor comes from their passions, hobbies, what brings them joy or rage.

Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic, announces new 'entertainment universe' in Fortnite (www.pcgamer.com)

"Our exciting new relationship with Epic Games will bring together Disney's beloved brands and franchises with the hugely popular Fortnite in a transformational new games and entertainment universe," Walt Disney Company CEO Robert A Iger said.

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This will make any corpo stooge wet themselves with joy, however, as a consumer I'm repulsed by the idea! I don't want an entertainment universe, just awesome games to play; Preferably games that's single player, no microtransactions, and zero live service elements (that is becoming a gradual impossibility). As a consumer, I now know the companies to avoid buying products from.

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@mike591 I'm excited for this game because they've built up a lot of sensible gameplay elements so early on in development. The social system seems more interesting than The Sims 4, where you could become best friends and marry someone on the same day you met them (I've done this so often, even with conflicting personality traits). It takes both time and effort to befriend the other Paras! That is what I desire from a social sim, investing time into creating the story for my character and having that time feel meaningful.

WanderingPoltergeist, to gaming
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I've been enjoying Nexomon- Extinction so far, it's a sassy game that's quite fun to play! The game mechanics work as intended and there were only a few things which I questioned before an NPC provided an answer. Leveling up my Nexomon seems like a potential slog though, I've gotten used to experience sharing in Pokémon games; I must unlearn this behavior. There are cores which can act like an Exp Share, which is nice because there are two party members that don't need to hog a large chunk of experience! I've been juggling those cores around to passively level up Nexomon which were behind in levels while using stronger creatures to tank damage.

I appreciate the game's aesthetics because it reminds me of older Pokémon games, while remaining unique. The setting matches up with the desperate situation this world is currently in as there are settlements and camps throughout the land outside of their one big city. Humanity seems to be close to potential extinction. Nexomon Tamers are responsible for desperately keeping the wild Nexomon at bay so others can labor on in safer surroundings. I'm going to keep playing today and get further in! As the need to know what happens next is strong, I felt that similarly with Coromon too.

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@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted Personally, I catch and evolve as many as possible as I love to collect those creatures! EXP Share did lighten some difficulty in Pokémon games but most of the battles were also under tuned which compounded the issue. There were very few difficult fights in Pokémon games collectively as a result. It's sad that the Pokémon journey felt like a joyous stroll rather than a real adventure.

Nexomon-Extinction certainly doesn't pull its punches, rewarding strategy and preparation with an earned victory every time! There are encounters that I've barely won because it's a challenge and every decision matters. Team composition and balance of types is crucial as well. Nexomon-Extinction feels like the Pokémon game that I've always wanted but was doomed to never receive because older gamers aren't the target audience.

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@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted The only reason why I'm playing this game is because there are no microtransactions or any garbage associated with mobile games in the PC version. It's a typical buy once and enjoy game, I'm not a fan of the free to play model especially how many developers choose to implement it. It's scummy, manipulative generally and that's something which needs to go away in the gaming space.

Also, I just shared my love for the catching and collecting mechanics because it's a relaxing thing to do in times of stress for me. I didn't misunderstand you at all, we all enjoy games differently.

WanderingPoltergeist,
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@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted Its fine, sometimes people don't understand one another initially. I'm verbose in my replies so that might have also been a cause of said misunderstanding.

Yeah, Nexomon-Extinction for its price point is surprisingly free of the garbage that plagues mobile games! It shocked me as well and I found it hard to process at first. You'll have fun with this game because it challenges those who have been starved of challenge by Pokémon games! The Nexomon designs are intriguing, I'd love to pick their brains on where their inspiration comes from.

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@DNU I'm close to finishing the game myself, Nexomon- Extinction has been a solid adventure! I have a higher opinion of the story only because the satire really vibes well with me!

WanderingPoltergeist,
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@DNU There are games I have fond memories of, but my memory of specific events is all but gone. I usually remember themes more than story details (especially for games I played years ago). I understand your lack of memory associated with Nexomon- Extinction.

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@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted You're welcome!

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Extended Gameplay Reveal (www.youtube.com)

You know how in the early 2000s, a lot of PC games got sequels on consoles, and players complained that they removed complexity from the game to make it work on consoles? This feels like that. I don't see anything here about quests, skills, character sheets, or different ways to solve problems depending on your character's...

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All the flexibility of Bloodlines 1 is gone, it seems like we are stuck with a single character who could be from just a stingy roster of four clans. It's reported that Phyre's gender can be player chosen, I read an article about it. The writing at least seems interesting, but they only showed a small portion of the opening; The quality of the narrative and dialogue could obviously degrade as a player gets further into it. I'm honestly disappointed that The Chinese Room was even given this game to develop, they didn't seem the type to be able to pull a game of this scale off. Especially with the rich history of this iconic World of Darkness tabletop game! If anything, Larian Studios would've been a better choice. Obsidian Studios (give them an awesome budget and some additional technical help, they'd make a wonderful game too).

I'll naturally withhold full judgement or dismissive disinterest upon reading some reviews from Gaming Sites that I trust.

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