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love how the soldier just straight up kicks the button, I assume Valve simply did it since it's a more telegraphed and easily visible animation than actually pressing a button (which there is an animation for I'm pretty sure, when you have a guard open keypad-locked doors in a few sections), but it looks amazing

No other game is able to impress me and subtly piss me off quite as much as Genshin lol. All of the single player content is incredible and I'm really digging exploring the new areas... and I generally hate mindless exploration - but Genshin is one of the best at it.

Of course the gacha mechanics are still there and still annoying, but the more content they add the less annoying they become because you're soft-forced into them less and less.

Really digging Inazuma and all the not-so-subtle jabs at the Japanese lol.

Also the opera scene at the end of the Liuye arc was top notch. Incredible stuff.

Anyway the game is huge and free nothing to lose by trying it if you're bored except 80gbs of hard disk space. Definitely DO NOT spend any money on it. I have tons of hours in it now and have not spent a dime and don't regret it.

Without the gacha mechanics it would easily be one of the best games of all time. With them I'll give it a solid 7 or maybe even an 8. Glad the post about it recently got me back into it.

If anyone feels like talking bout their fav characters or whatver I use Razor for my carry and Xiangling and Xingqiu for my swaps and the last spot I've been rotating Sucrose / Barbara / Lumine / Fischl depending.

Anyway yeah, back on my Genshin bullshit.

*This may not be true for you due to several factors such as your geographical location

no joke, i've had folks tell me they think disco elysium is just "making fun of all sides" and "pointing out the stupidity of politics".

Looks awesome

I'm going to do these periodically.

Title kinda says all.

I'll have my own reply later.

Special weekly question:

What do you like most about 2023's repertoire of video games?

Remember they name. All they know is journal updated, ask they questions, kiss tiefling and Lie:

Im tired of having to spend thousands of hours to stand a chance against others, im tired of video games turning into a second job. Im tired of playing against sweatlords who systematically abuse every single exploit they know of to ruin servers and destroy people’s fun. Im tired that every new game has to be an esport now. Im tired.

So yeah im fully done with mp games. However i still like games, and recently i realised i basically only enjoy singleplayer games. So yeah, Anyone got good/niche/unknown singleplayer game recommendations?

EDIT: im an idiot i didnt specify what sort of games i enjoy lol. Sadly ive already played disco elysium, i actually got 100% on it on steam, hah.

Recently I played Control, and i consider that title to be one of the best games ever made, so i really enjoy that kind of game but oddly the RE4 remake that resembles Control bored me so bad I turned it off 2 hours in. Basically I really enjoy shooters and games woth very strong narratives.

But my favorite game by far has to be RE:Village, that game blew my tiny mind, everything about it was amazing, the impeccable art direction, the gunplay, the enemies and the story, just . But by far the greatest thing about that game was the winter mood, i played it in the dead of winter and love the season, it genuinely shaped my expectation of what video games should be like. I also had a lot of fun hunting treasures and prizes down.

Don't ask me where my shirt went.

What the fuck this looks awesome