Styxie

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[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Saying one thing and then doing another in order to mislead.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 65 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Orban is in my opinion very good at gaslighting both the EU and his domestic supporters. He talks shit about the EU at every possible opportunity, but then when he shows up for Council meetings in Brussels, he'll usually sign up for whatever he's asked that month. Then he goes back to Hungary and immediately tells voters that he gave the EU leadership hell and that he got a great deal for Hungary. This is mostly my opinion, but I think everyone in the EU expects this conduct from Orban, and they just go along with it for the sake of progress.

His voters on the other hand genuinely think that he's a national hero for standing up to the no good, despicable, very bad EU leftist bureaucrats who also just happen to subsidise their economy. I kind of admire his batshit approach to politics, but disagree with everything he says. Basically, he's all bark and no bite. Just ignore whatever mad shit he's spouting and assume he's saying it for the benefit of his deranged supporters and won't follow through on it.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 21 points 9 months ago (6 children)

He should probably stop trying to take Avdiivka then. At this rate, there's only going to be 15% of his army left by the end of the winter.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 15 points 9 months ago

Happy birthday Romania! An amazing culture and beautiful country.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

Well from my perspective, 4k monitors came out about ten years ago, so it's not ultra-high end. It's actually quite old. I've been holding off on getting into 4k for so long, but the prices keep going up. The expectation was that prices are supposed to go down over time. Hence, I no longer feel like PC has the edge it used to.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I looked it up, and a 6700XT costs the same price as a PS5/Xbox in my country. Add onto that all of the extra components you'll need to build a PC and it's way in excess of what a console costs. Sorry, but the cost of entry for PC just doesn't compare to consoles.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl -2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Look, you're welcome to nitpick graphical fidelity, but I think current gen console games running on a 4k tv look excellent. They're also a fraction of the price compared to PC hardware. That's a better proposition compared to PC gaming these days for anyone looking to get into gaming. I get that that's not a popular viewpoint among the PC crowd, but that's why I posted it.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 27 points 10 months ago (33 children)

I've stopped advocating for PC gaming after about 15 years of being a PC enthusiast. It's just too expensive these days. I think the Steam Deck is a good entry point, but not everyone wants a handheld console. I can 100% respect anyone who looks at the price of a gaming PC and just picks up a Playstation/Xbox for $500 instead.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

I finally finished Assassin's Creed Valhalla, after nearly 300 hours. Holy fuck, there is so much video game in that god-damn video game. It just keeps going for so much longer than it needs to. Then on top of that they went and added several new features like raiding, and a roguelike game mode which I enjoyed.

It's a mediocre game, but it's a fun time if you're like me and just enjoy exploring big maps, collecting items, upgrading gear, etc. I enjoyed the DLC, but I'm not planning on picking up Dawn of Ragnarök because the mythical storyline just doesn't interest me.

 

So it was around 2016 when I started to feel like I was in a rut when it came to gaming. There was a lot going on with games as service type models, and I just wasn't excited about anything related to gaming.

Anyway, I let my PC lie dormant for a few years, and took up a couple of new hobbies like playing D&D IRL.

Jump ahead five years and I started feeling really nostalgic for some of my old favourites: Dark Souls, Total War, management sims, and RPGs. It was awesome to be able to just pick up where I'd left off with the same PC, the same library of 5-10 year old games, and a renewed sense of interest in a collection I'd forgotten about.

For example, I put nearly 200 hours into Rome II Total War, a game I'd written off not long after it came out, but has been greatly improved by mods since I played it ten years ago. There are also newer titles like Assassin's Creed Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, which I'd completely missed when they came out. I've also enjoyed Elden Ring, and I'm thinking about finally trying out Cyberpunk 2077 now that it's had 3 more years of development to fix everything.

The patient gamer mindset is honestly such a great approach for this hobby. I really recommend taking a break from gaming if you feel like you've lost your passion for it. As much as I enjoy gaming, you can burn out on it, and it's a great feeling to rediscover your favourite titles all over again when you return years later.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I've been playing for 5 hours and needed a piss for 3 hours.

[–] Styxie@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

XCOM 2012 is my favourite turn based stratedy game, I really like the Long War mod. Saving earth from an alien invasion is such a cool fantasy.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey because I love Greek history and mythology, so being able to explore that part of the world is really appealing to me.

Warhammer 40k Dawn of War. It's just the best 40k game. I wish Relic would remaster it.

Sunless Sea. It's one of my favourite visual novels, and it has RPG elements. The writing is hilarious, and weird. It's like halfway between Charles Dickens and HP Lovecraft. Pilot a ship around a vast underground sea, fighting monsters and talking to Victorian wierdos.

Spelunky. I've been playing it for 10 years now, and completed it hundreds of times. I'd recommend it a lot.

STALKER Call of Pripyat. It's an alternative history first-person shooter set in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl power plant. It's semi open world, and unlike any other game I've played for its story and atmosphere.

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