- 31 Posts
- 55 Comments
2·3 months agoI finished the second half of Hrot, a boomer shooter. It plays like a mix of Dusk and Quake 1, set in Czechoslovakia in the 80s.
Really good atmosphere, nice enemy variety, good level design with lots of secrets, great music, average gunplay.
I had a lot of fun and reading up about all the references to real life Czechoslovakia and Chech culture was quite interesting and educational.
I started playing Dave the Diver. It has a lot of charm, but it feels like two mobile games stiched together. I kinda like it, but I wish there was more to it.
Danger Danger!
1·3 months agoNope. But thanks for trying! :D
A pretty famous song from the 80s. I only remember the intro, which sounds similar to the intro of “Take my breath away” by “Berlin”. Just a bass, going Dum Dum - Dum Dum. I know nothing else, not even if the singer is male or female. Tried to find it a few times, no luck.
A “tremendous turn off” he says?
Sounds exhausting. How about the menu? Study it like there will be a test on it tomorrow.
Keep the change.
I am still riding the MP3 train. Music from indies and smaller bands I buy on Bandcamp or directly from the artist. Bigger bands from larger labels and really obscure stuff I get from Soulseek.
Discovering music got more difficult after leaving Reddit, I lurked on a lot of genre subs. Now I mostly find new stuff through friends or Youtube recommendations.
FTL and Into the Breach
1·5 months agoI started with X-Com: Terror from the Deep on the PS1. Loved it, sucked at it. I can still remember the fantastic atmosphere though, fueled mostly by my men horribly dying every few turns and the great music of the PS1 version. An example.
I put some time into the reboot, but never made it far, as I insisted on playing on ironman. Tried XCOM2 when it was in a humble bundle, but the timed missions made me quit.
Gave XCOM2 another try a few days ago and timed missions made me quit again. I know I could mod them out but I am not really a fan of changing gameplay elements on the first playthrough. Any tips on how to handle them?
0·5 months agoDer Mammut-Zahnstocher, thank you very much!
Some Singleplayer Escape from Tarkov. It’s a mod for Tarkov that you can play offline, which replaces real players with bots. My god, finally I can enjoy the game without the damn hackers and the shitty netcode. Sure, it is not the same, but it’s fun enough to entertain me for a few hours in the evening.
I also played Ultima Online for about an hour. Never played it before and was curious. It certainly has charm but it didn’t age well, even in the enhanced version. The graphics are tolerable, but the controls are… difficult. I kind of want to play it some more though.
Lastly, I fooled around in the current “skate.” beta for an hour or two. In the last few playtests little had changed, but this time they added a whole new area, which was nice to explore. I am really excited for the full version, but I fear EA will go overboard with the microtransactions.
Simon Viklund made fantastic stuff for Payday 1 and 2.
Also Mick Gordon’s work for Doom and Killer Instinct.
2·6 months agoWell, it is from 2010. But I will still recommend Alpha Protocol.
11·7 months agoYes, whenever I play Killing Floor 2. But I prefer the instrumental versions:
I guess you could call Mick Gordon independent. He freelanced quite a few video game soundtracks.
Wolfenstein The New Order - Prototype
Wolfenstein II The New Colossus - Right Trigger Warning
1·9 months agoIDLES are getting pretty popular and they are very vocal about social justice and politics. Still not a top 100 charts band though.
Things were a bit different in the 80s and 90s I would say, with songs like “Land of Confusion” by Genesis and “Civil War” by Guns n’ Roses charting in the top 10.
I think the reason we dont hear much music that is critical about current events in the charts is a consumer problem though. Mary and John just don’t want to listen to stuff that is uncomfortable. Record Labels would definitely produce music like that again, if it would be profitable.
Yea, until devs started leaking the dates way in advance for some attention. I prefer official communication over the dev of “Washcloth Simulator” spoiling the surprise.