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Cyberpunk 2077 is finished, I got the "Things Done Changed" for my V. He was a star which shone too bright and was due to be snuffed out because the only way to fix what was killing him would end his career as an Edgerunner. Totally fine in my opinion because becoming a face in the crowd isn't a curse which he is burdened with, he has a second chance to find happiness. Sure, V is not as strong as he was; now he will have to run away from gunfire instead of towards like before. He can start fresh at least and find purpose out there in Night City somewhere.

Despite that, I still wondered what would happen if V ever did get a chance to become an Edgerunner again; Get himself tangled up in dangerous biz which only a clever person could hope to extricate themselves from. The ending of this game got me thinking about how that could happen, almost interested in writing a brief or long adventure about it using the Cyberpunk TTRPG source material and Cyberpunk 2077 as inspiration. I thought of a brief scenario and shared it on Mastodon but...I don't think I will bore anyone on here with my ideas.

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I've gotten back into Cyberpunk 2077; This game went from a disaster to becoming the version which should have been released! So many systems reworked, being able to ride the Metro in cinematic style, and the new story of Phantom Liberty makes this game great. It's still disappointing that the pool of romanceable characters is so small, with only one gay man in the entire line up. At least the other parts of Cyberpunk 2077 are so much stronger, like the lore about the Cyberpunk universe; talking about the game makes me want to continue my Phantom Liberty play session!

#gaming

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ROFL The Onion saves the day with hilarious satire, as the news is fucking grim with a mix of hope. https://www.theonion.com/crying-man-refuses-to-take-boner-pills-unless-they-stra-1851454962 #TheOnion #Satire

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A dark, but delightful The Onion satire post! It's giving Midwestern vibes and gross, absolutely perfect to me! https://www.theonion.com/mall-still-hasn-t-removed-rotting-santa-claus-1851423144

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Ah, The Onion is wonderfully on the mark with this satire post once again! The smell of piping hot satire in the morning wakes me up. https://www.theonion.com/walmart-baby-registry-questionnaire-includes-checkbox-f-1851416496

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I honestly feel that Life by You is going to be a banger...Yeah, it's experienced several early access delays. However, I think the approach Rod Humble is taking with this game is a mature and intriguing one. I am absolutely stoked about this game! https://www.gamesradar.com/unlike-the-sims-life-by-you-is-absolutely-pro-nudity/

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 7 points 2 months ago

Ah, telling on themselves in a way which is easily made viral, nice!

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 6 points 3 months ago

sigh Well, it shows they learned absolutely nothing about their misstep with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game. J.B. Perrette and the executives meddled with this game and soiled it due to their rampant greed; if only they'd left the developers who were passionate about this project just work their magic. There are so many games in the mobile and free-to-play markets it's not likely any of WB's trash will get much traction there either.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

An offline mode is the only way I'd consider buying and playing Nightingale; I do love survival games, but I need them to be offline adventures balanced for single-player experiences! As an introvert the last thing I want to do is encounter another person in a game.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

@mike591 I'm excited for this game because they've built up a lot of sensible gameplay elements so early on in development. The social system seems more interesting than The Sims 4, where you could become best friends and marry someone on the same day you met them (I've done this so often, even with conflicting personality traits). It takes both time and effort to befriend the other Paras! That is what I desire from a social sim, investing time into creating the story for my character and having that time feel meaningful.

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I've been enjoying Nexomon- Extinction so far, it's a sassy game that's quite fun to play! The game mechanics work as intended and there were only a few things which I questioned before an NPC provided an answer. Leveling up my Nexomon seems like a potential slog though, I've gotten used to experience sharing in Pokémon games; I must unlearn this behavior. There are cores which can act like an Exp Share, which is nice because there are two party members that don't need to hog a large chunk of experience! I've been juggling those cores around to passively level up Nexomon which were behind in levels while using stronger creatures to tank damage.

I appreciate the game's aesthetics because it reminds me of older Pokémon games, while remaining unique. The setting matches up with the desperate situation this world is currently in as there are settlements and camps throughout the land outside of their one big city. Humanity seems to be close to potential extinction. Nexomon Tamers are responsible for desperately keeping the wild Nexomon at bay so others can labor on in safer surroundings. I'm going to keep playing today and get further in! As the need to know what happens next is strong, I felt that similarly with Coromon too.

#gaming

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

All the flexibility of Bloodlines 1 is gone, it seems like we are stuck with a single character who could be from just a stingy roster of four clans. It's reported that Phyre's gender can be player chosen, I read an article about it. The writing at least seems interesting, but they only showed a small portion of the opening; The quality of the narrative and dialogue could obviously degrade as a player gets further into it. I'm honestly disappointed that The Chinese Room was even given this game to develop, they didn't seem the type to be able to pull a game of this scale off. Especially with the rich history of this iconic World of Darkness tabletop game! If anything, Larian Studios would've been a better choice. Obsidian Studios (give them an awesome budget and some additional technical help, they'd make a wonderful game too).

I'll naturally withhold full judgement or dismissive disinterest upon reading some reviews from Gaming Sites that I trust.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

ROFL There quite a few of us who do! I've been having a great cup of Darjeeling tea in the morning with breakfast for quite a while. Admittedly plastic bottled teas are more commonly enjoyed by more people which is certainly the cause of increased microplastic consumption. It's rare to see bottled tea in a glass container (at least in my area of the USA).

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

I'm more than happy about the Xbox version of Persona 3 Reloaded...It shocked me that Xbox was getting some more Atlus love! If anything, I would hope Atlus saves the effort for a successor to the Nintendo Switch, which seems to be in the hands of some dev studios (based on rumors).

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

This isn't a necessity for Riot; the American Gaming Corporations are addicted to layoffs because it's a naked display of their power. If they were made to take responsibility for their bad financial decisions, CEOs and other corporate leeches would have their unnecessarily high pay cut.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

That's why I honestly respect Nintendo execs because they will take pay cuts over laying off staff when the going is tough! They might occasionally do shitty things or make out of touch decisions but at least they care about the health of their companies. Game companies can't make good games without talent.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

The narrative director had little to do with the technical elements of the game; that jab should've been directed at the higher ups who forced this game to be pushed this game out the doorway too soon! I'm sure the developer team was disappointed with the broken launch of their game, but we need to be reminded that CDPR doesn't get off scot free. The hype they're trying to build needs to be cooled with reminders of their past behavior.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

This is the better outcome in my opinion! I'd read the heck out of this fic. 😏

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I currently play games on my PC, Switch, and Xbox Series S. I buy Xbox Anywhere titles whenever possible so I can enjoy it on my PC or Xbox!

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