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by mercer 6y ago
Interesting. When I played God of War one of the things that really stood out to me too was how solid everything about the game felt. I can't recall many games where something like that was noticeably better than everything else. Reall
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by mercer 6y ago
Why would Sony pull the game and offer refunds if this is an AAA release 'just like any other'? Plus, I played a number of AAA games unpatched recently and none of them were as bad as this game. This really is quite something else
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by mercer 6y ago
Even with just one ending, a game can do branching well for all the sub-story endings that most games have. Hell, even The Witcher 3 did this incredibly well. Spoiler incoming for those who haven't played it yet. "The Bloody Bar
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by mercer 6y ago
Personal incentive. I wanted to play the game as soon as it was out, and the download can take quite a while.
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by mercer 6y ago
Yeah, I do hope CDPR pulls off something similar. For many reasons I doubt it (even though they managed to turn a buggy Witcher 3 into one of my favorite games ever), but I do hope so. I'd easily pay 30-40 bucks for this game if they f
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by mercer 6y ago
It's so, so much more than that. Even if the game had no bugs, it's nothing like what it was presented to be. And no, not by the 'fanboys' but by CDPR themselves. I'd probably have bought the game on discount if I k
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by mercer 6y ago
While I do have immense sympathy for the devs, it does bother me that none of them blew the whistle. Many, if not most, should've known that this game was nothing like what was promised, and practically unplayable on PS4 or XBONE. Ye
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by mercer 6y ago
It's /exactly/ the type of thing I like to see on HN. It's sorta weird, very nerdy, and got me reading up on, of all things, manhole covers. We clearly have different ideas of what 'hackers' might be interested
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by mercer 6y ago
I've gotten to accept 30 FPS on console, but honestly I avoid getting too used to more than that right now because the difference is definitely very noticeable. I did something similar back when most gaming moved to 1080p. I could acce
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by mercer 6y ago
> Alright, I'm pretty burned out on this conversation so this is gonna be my last post. I sometimes try to have proper conversation, but these days try to make sure I'm not dealing with some form of alt-right bandwagon trolling
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by mercer 6y ago
Lol.
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by mercer 6y ago
Great comment. I think a big part of the problem, that I feel Cyberpunk actually highlights really well, is the degree to which problems are ultimately defined by and related to the individual. And, unfortunately, constrained. Take the hipp
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by mercer 6y ago
I find 'mandatory' to be a bit of a blurry concept, knowing what we know now about the malleability and susceptibility to various 'mind viruses' that we humans have. Sure, it's definitely important to acknowledge th
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by mercer 6y ago
All the most well-known cyberpunk media, afaik, is extremely political. Sure, style plays a role, but even the stylistic trappings have strong political undercurrents. There's a reason 'punk' is part of the name. One could cr
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by mercer 6y ago
Honestly, outside of all the bug reports that was a big red flag for me. In their past success (Witcher 3), storytelling was pretty much what lifted it from being a mostly mediocre game. If they went for Witcher 4 or whatnot, it's fine
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by mercer 6y ago
Judging from the game they ended up cutting corners all over the place, to the point where it can be considered a faulty product or at the very least a case of false marketing. It's quite the mess!
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by mercer 6y ago
The way I see it, some commenters here keep holding on to their 'html is content, css is styling' mantra because, well, all of us old-schoolers have held to that for a long time. Some of us realized it never really works in practi
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by mercer 6y ago
That's just dismissing all of us who like Tailwind /and/ have a decade+ of experience doing all of this 'the right way' without bothering to properly argue. It's a very cheap comment. (but not out of line with
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by mercer 6y ago
or suprise a dev because they're apparently not fully focused on politics anymore?
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by mercer 6y ago
Wow. HN mostly not giving a shit is an interesting thing to note.
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by mercer 6y ago
I've found them hit or miss, because they rely so much more on good storytelling (and sometimes visuals). I quite liked Firewatch though. Pretty art-style, great writing and setting.
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by mercer 6y ago
Myst was definitely also a game. Damn those puzzles were hard.
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by mercer 6y ago
That sounds interesting. could you tell more about that, or point me to a good article/video about it? I never got into 1v1 fighters myself, but they were a big part of my childhood.
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by mercer 6y ago
Yeah, it looks awesome but I'd be more likely to prop my phone up and use termux + tmux and an external keyboard...
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by mercer 6y ago
The problem in this discussion is that most of us are happy with Tailwind based on our experience using it, and our experience with previous approaches. And not just because it's "easier to get started". And from what I c
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by mercer 6y ago
One thing can be better than another, even if that other thing is better than something else. What point are you trying to make?
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by mercer 6y ago
I respect that perspective. I both love and often avoid Ruby precisely because of this. But even if I don't use Ruby much day to day, I really appreciate what it taught me (Rails, too) and the fun I had writing it.
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by mercer 6y ago
I've been waiting for a long time and I'm so happy with the results! For a client I had to implement uploads and the solution I ended up with took a bunch of time and ended up somewhat clunky. Can't wait to replace it with
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by mercer 6y ago
> So, there you have it. My reason to argue for a "pure" HTML structure is not just out of some idealist out-of-touch mentality. No, but it's based on a use-case that is very specific and considering that it's a relat
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by mercer 6y ago
I dunno. The vibe I get from it is very similar to React. The excitement, the arguments for and against, the focus on some kind of 'separation of concerns' purity that isn't ultimately that convincing. I waited a while before

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