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  • aliceblossom@lemmy.worldtoDogs@lemmy.worldRuined them
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    2 months ago

    I’ve always been of the mind that the walk is for my dog - not for me. If he wants to stop and sniff something for a long time I let him because that’s what makes the walk enjoyable for him. I will concede though that it’s easy for me to adjust the total length of the walk based on how much stopping he does but that might not be the case for everyone.




  • I got to play the closed beta. I really wanted the game to be good, but it had one major issue and one design choice that ruined it for me.

    1. When you die during a mission you lose your entire mech. This is brutal but I don’t dislike it for that reason. To me, interest in mech games comes from customizing the mech and building up this cool unique thing over time. In this game, your mech is so ephemeral that it’s impossible to actually grow attached to it. In addition, the customization is fairly shallow, because otherwise losing your entire mech would be that much worse and putting it back together would be that much more tedious.

    In addition, I think the above design decision is partly fueled by their monetization scheme. Manufacturing parts in time locked and guess what - you can pay to accelerate/bypass it.

    1. The network quality was trash. In a game with such brutal consequences for death, it’s unacceptable. One time I stood on an elevator, realized I didn’t want to go up it and immediately hopped of. A couple seconds later, I rubber-banded back onto the rising elevator, but the position immediately forced me to slip off where I then fell to my death, losing everything.

    Other than that, I had only minor complaints, like the menus.

    All that being said, the actual feel of the mechs and gameplay was really solid. So if you don’t mind the above, you might enjoy it.






  • In a similar vein to deadcade’s comment, Ripcord also exists also an alternative. If this exchange had happened a few months ago I would’ve recommended it above anything - but unfortunately it hasn’t been updated in a very long time at this point and it’s starting to cause some core functionality to not work.

    EDIT: It’s pretty much exclusively the Slack functionality that doesn’t work anymore. The Discord side is great and is IMO has a much more useful UI, ex: you can group arbitrary channels from any number of servers into a single group which is presented in the UI pretty much as a new server. No more server hopping to check out all of your favorite channels!


  • Haven’t seen these mentioned yet:

    1. Terror In Resonance

    This is one of the newer shows made by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo). Follows the crew of a small terrorist organization as they implement their various plots - lots of intrigue that makes you want to keep watching.

    1. Megalobox

    Follows a boxer’s journey in a semi-dystopian future. Very mature and themes of adulthood, especially season 2. And I mean real life mature, not gore and titties. I’ve never watched an anime that I found so relatable as an adult human being. Music is also extremely top tier and I’m personally a huge fan of it’s animation style.