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emma wrote

Reply to Thatcher's Techbase is a mod for the video game Doom II, released by British Doom developer 3D: Doom Daddy Digital on 24 September 2021. The game is set in the United Kingdom, and the player is tasked with killing former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who has risen from the dead. by twovests

i find that the difficulty in this is too hard. second level and there's already these switches that do seemingly nothing until you backtrack and find a new path has been opened. then i got stuck behind a tree, which also happened to me on release day, so it doesn't seem like any issues are getting fixed.

on the positive side, the aesthetics are neat, and i now feel inspired to finish my mod where my former coworker gets blown to smithereens.

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Moonside wrote

Reply to 2023 prediction by emma

Honestly my only complaints about BoTW are downstream of it being a children's game (I would have enjoyed a more complex characterization and story but it's understandable given the target audience - even ignoring how, say, Link and Ganon are simplistic in part because they're following the legacy of a series descending from NES era.) Something more successful storywise with similar demographic would be Chrono Trigger so I know it can be done. Actually EarthBound and Mother 3 might fit that bill too!

I expect more from video game stories as time goes on and BoTW had some of the craft in place (e.g. lovely animations and voice acting, especially loved the Rock Dad and princess Zelda). The Twitter user and game designer @docsquiddy has convinced me that most games should be build around stories, but BoTW felt like mechanics, exploration and frankly joy of movement centered title.

Actually it took me a hideous time to understand that gyroscope had anything to do with aiming, I wondered why shooting with a bow was so shaky! So two complaints.

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emma OP wrote

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we gotta consider that the only way to improve on a game where you play as a crossdressing twink is to make it a game where you play as sonic

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to 2023 prediction by emma

Cassandra, but the only reason no one believes her is because she can't stop pretending to be joking to diffuse tension created by her dire warnings

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cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote (edited )

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Hi I'm from the future.

You are correct, but unfortunately hedging your bets is unlike hedging your hogs, and I can't reward you with praise the way I might have if you were a hedgehog.

Edit: the future agrees that you can change your internet username to "The Hedged Hedgehog." The future trusts you know how.

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twovests wrote

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Even if BotW2 does not improve on BotW1 in any regard, it'll still be a very fun and good game

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