Thanks!
My biggest complaint with TP2 is that, between the two games, they added forced TAA like so many other games. TAA introduces blurring that drives me into a rage. The original came out before all that and was great, so I’m not super excited to try the modified version, though I might grab it just to support them a little more.
Talos Principle 2. It’s a solid chamber puzzle game like Portal, but the philosophy audio logs were so good that they shifted my real world views into a less nihilistic place.
Animal Well had some code breaking I enjoyed.
One of the quick time events in Wolf Among Us is my favorite gaming moment.
Beast attacks you thinking Belle is cheating on him, doesn’t listen to reason. Quick time events to defend yourself turn into quick time events to kick his ass. The game keeps going “Press A! Hell yeah, punched him in the head. Tap X for a flurry of blows!” That’s your only guidance, no paragon or renegade binary choice how to handle it.
If you nail all of the quick time prompts, you beat him nearly to death and Belle is horrified. Or, if you are thinking critically, you can opt to purposefully fail the prompts and stop as soon as the fight leaves him. You would think you’re failing based off of the prompts and noises, but he’s not a puddle of blood and you didn’t lose your sanity, and as far as I’m concerned it’s a much better outcome.
One of the great things about lemmy is that when I block someone toxic it has a significant impact on the quality of my feed.
I went to Wendy’s the other day, and they have this automatic pre-recorded English-fluent woman cheerfully ask for your order. While an actual person didn’t indicate that they were ready, I know they won’t do a second intro message either way, so I started to order. A heavy spanish accent comes over the speaker “Fucking wait, god.” My only thought was “Fair enough” and I waited.
Whoever implements these systems is crazy. We don’t pay people enough to be policed that heavily.
As a customer, I would feel much more comfortable talking to someone who doesn’t sound like they have a gun to their head.
Temporal Anti-Aliasing. It’s a cheap and effective way to get rid of the jagged edges of a rendered image, but temporal effects like TAA and all of the other tools derived from it, like a lot of other AA options and most frame generation techniques, introduce blurring and shadow smearing.
I tried posting a three second clip from TP2 showing it clearly, but Voyager didn’t seem to like it. This post is an extreme example, but you can see it in most modern AAA games. Cyberpunk had it bad (another game I adore).