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Unreal 2, at launch, was the most absolutely 7/10 game I’ve ever played. Just a very generic singleplayer FPS, and not the sequel to Unreal that everyone was hoping for.

I say “at launch,” though, because almost a year after the game’s release, they added multiplayer, and that is still my favorite multiplayer game.

Nah, I don’t think so. I mean, sure, arch is a little cringe, but it’s not that bad. Cool terminal, btw.

Yeah, it definitely seems like it was to just make it take longer.

Same here, I always liked SA1 more than SA2. I remember being so amazed that you could pick any character to play next and then you’d find out, in any order you chose, how their stories would intersect with one another. SA2 felt like a downgrade without that. I also liked the art style of the first game over the second one.

Yes, I meant Deadly Shadows. It was liked overall, and moreso as the years went on, but I remember plenty of people thinking it was disappointing at the time. Heck, there’s one in this very thread. :P I haven’t played the first two (and I know that I need to), but I know that it deviated from those quote a bit, and that seemed to be one of the main things people disliked about it.

Thief 3. I had never played a Thief game before and thought it was great. Apparently, fans of the first two games were disappointed with it at first. I think the criticism didn’t last long, though. Everyone now seems to agree that it was good.

Oof. Marvel Tokon was just revealed three days ago, and is being made by a developer that everyone already knows and loves. This has to be the most unfortunate timing I’ve ever seen.

Edit: OK I spoke too soon… apparently the people who worked on Killer Instinct are working on this. This could be good. Still going to be less hyped than a new Marvel fighting game, though.

The first two Sonic kart racing games were good, but I heard that the third one was a step down from the first two. (I’ve only played the first two myself.) I liked the fact that the first games had split screen for couch multiplayer on PC – that’s not common.

Glad to see Crimson Viper come back, I thought she was going to be a new series mainstay after being in both Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

The trailer was definitely unexpected. :D

I’m wondering if the fediverse in general (but especially Lemmy) would benefit from some kind of “fediverse help wanted” board for moderators, donations, technical help, etc.

edit: People who run a Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed/etc instance might be hanging out in the Matrix chat room for the software they are running; that might already serve this purpose.

If you really liked the interactions between the characters, honestly I think The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog did that better than any of the other games did. If that’s the main appeal for you, you’ve already played the best one. I haven’t read the comics myself, but like others have mentioned, that’s probably what you’re looking for.

Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 feature many of the same characters as The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, but the dialog isn’t really as polished. It’s an English translation of a Japanese game at a time when they were still trying to figure out how to do cutscenes in 3D Sonic games. But based on your criteria, I’d say those are a good starting point, though. They’re both on Steam. (The first game is called Sonic Adventure DX because it has the “upgraded” graphics that many fans think is actually a downgrade in art style. There are mods to change things back to their original look. I think this SADX mod installer installs all of them for you.)

Sonic X Shadow Generations has many of the levels from Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, but lacks the same cutscenes and characters. The gameplay is great, though.

And if you liked the OST, then you’ll definitely like the music in the 2D games, especially Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic Mania.

What you are referring to as pedantry, is in fact, semantics/pedantry.

Android itself does plenty of data collection on its own; I’m not sure if the brand really makes much of a difference here, unfortunately.

I installed Sailfish OS on a Sony Xperia phone a few years ago, and that worked well enough. I had a couple of Android apps that I needed to use for work, and Sailfish has some kind of Android environment built in that lets you run Android apps. I worked for me, but I didn’t try any payment apps or others that tend to be picky about what type of phone you’re using.

Calling this a Marathon game makes no sense, and I don’t just mean aesthetically. The business case can’t possibly be there, either.

Anyone who has a nostalgic attachment to Marathon (👋) won’t be interested in this new game, and anyone interested in this new game probably doesn’t care about the name “Marathon.”

On top of that, there’s the fact that Marathon kind of looked like Halo. When Bungie made Halo, they were clearly taking after their own art style from their previous games. Which means Bungie could have announced that they’re making a singleplayer first person shooter that kind of looks like Halo. Everyone would have lost their minds. Instead, they announced yet another live service game, and no one is interested.

In case anyone misread the headline the way I did: The PS5 is selling about the same as the PS4 did at this point in its lifespan. The headline kind of makes it sound like the PS4 is still selling as many consoles as the PS5 today.

Honestly, I’m kind of surprised that it’s selling that well at all, considering how much of this generation has just been remasters of PS4 games.

With Forza coming out on PS5 a few days ago, and now this, it definitely seems like Playstation owners will be playing Halo soon.