Dettweiler42

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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Payday 2 was good for a while, but then it got buried under a mountain of DLC and people slowly stopped playing because of the aggressive monetization. They came out swinging with the same tactics in Payday 3 with only minor content improvements, so people weren't as motivated to buy the same game again.

Cities: Skylines 2 appears to be going the same route.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 2 points 8 months ago

I could see that, with the horde shooter aspect; but you can't call in airstrikes and orbital bombardments on top of the horde (and your friends). The missions in L4D are also linear, compared to the open area/extract method of HD2.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 11 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The launch trailer is pretty good, though I honestly feel like the actual graphics at launch turned out better than the trailer showed.

In short, on one side of the war it's Starship Troopers. On the other side, it's the Terminator Wars. There is a developer assigned to act as a DM of sorts, and they influence the way the war unfolds while the entire community fights to achieve the goals of said war.

The game is both very fun and very challenging. It has a good balance of making you feel completely badass one moment, and then absolutely humbling you moments later. The missions can get very intense at a moment's notice. I've also had a pretty good time playing with randoms, and toxicity is incredibly rare (I have yet to encounter any, myself).

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Too many AI language models are just word salad. It will spit out very long responses that add nothing of substance. Sometimes it's kind of like a high schooler desperately trying to reach the paragraph requirement on an essay.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 15 points 8 months ago

I just leave it on maximum. Too many spoofed local numbers. If it's someone important a d they're not in my contacts, they'll either make it through the screener or leave a message.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 3 points 8 months ago

It's still a much better experience when pirated, since there's no DRM. Also, it'll make you feel glad you didn't pay for it when you learn they wasted the entire budget for C&C4 on a movie set and an "unbreakable" DRM that someone cracked within a few hours after the launch. They also killed the series with a very cheesy "and everyone lived happily ever after" with that one, and I never forgave them for it.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Saw the show. Calliou is a whiney little bitch, and he's a bad influence on children. The parents tolerate his behavior and let him get away with it, which teaches children to do the same.

There. I said it.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 5 points 11 months ago

Considering that writer is pumping out multiple articles a day, they most likely are to some extent.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Totally fine. The inside window isn't the important one. It's just a plastic cover for the real window on the outside.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 5 points 11 months ago

Required procedure in the airframe standard practices.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just unplug them? Most appliances still draw some electricity (i.e. phantom load) when turned off.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 7 points 11 months ago

Rock music starts blasting as your mech turns to face the bulkhead. The dropship's engines roar louder as it approaches the ground, and the wall in front of you flies upwards. Your mech's feet slam into the ground with a heavy thud.

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