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  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldHigh value
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    2 days ago

    Yuk. Skyrim stripped out everything that made Morrowind special. It feels more like a Ubisoft game than an RPG.

    Morrowind is old and has retroRPG jank, but as long as you don’t run everywhere it’s not that hard. There’s even OpenMW if you want some modern quality of life features.





  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldFtM
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    It’s more that they do what drag typically mocks - that kind of hyper performance of feminine conformity. Classic drag has always been mocking the way that conservative women perform gender roles.

    It’s supposed to look like they got work done, because it reflects their commitment to the idea that women should be always performing “woman.” Women are meant to be looked at by powerful men, and they are acceding to that understanding.





  • If you liked FOMT/the idea of farming games in general, you would probably like Stardew. IMHO, it is really good at balancing things so that you aren’t locked into optimizing anything - you could farm minimally and focus on the social elements and have a good time too. The stuff in the meme doesn’t feel too much like pressure, because you’ll just naturally encounter everything by the end of year one and know how to find it by the end of year two for the community center (the main goal of the game), and if you want to optimize everything for cash you can buy out an equivalent “win.” It’s very sandbox-y.

    Unlike the Harvest Moon games, gender doesn’t matter for who you marry, which is something I personally always enjoy in a “cozy” game. There’s even a cute option where you can chose to move in a monster as a friend instead of choosing to get married.

    One of the funniest things I’m noticing on my current play through is that the easiest way to romance the alcoholic is to give him alcohol. The quickest way to consistently casually gain a bunch of hearts is to hang out at the bar every night and give everyone there a beer.



  • Similar to Harvest Moon, with a good dash of influence from the Rune Factory side series specifically. It was originally made to fill in the farming game niche - hard to imagine now, but there was a time period where there weren’t good new farming sims coming out.

    FYI: the new Harvest Moon games have zero to do with the people who made the original Harvest Moon. The localizers got the rights to the “Harvest Moon” name and started making garbage slop farming games to take advantage of the name recognition.

    The original creators are making games under the “Story of Seasons” name, including Switch remakes of Friends of Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life.










  • I think a key thing to bear in mind is that you don’t have to stay in the U.S. and be a part of it.

    I cannot afford to leave. Because I am one of those people that the law binds, but does not protect, my cis husband got essentially ALL of our resources in the divorce. I had to drop out of my master program, and I am working as much as I can with gig work and no benefits to at least try to afford to get to a safe state.

    I’ve had multiple job offers rescinded when they discovered that I was trans. Had an offer on my dream job last year - they literally cited Trump’s EO when they revoked my offer.

    People keep saying “apply to be a refugee!” but places like Canada don’t want us. The UK wouldn’t be safe, it looks like AFD is gaining power in Germany. It doesn’t seem like Europe is the safe place; it feels like nowhere is safe.

    I don’t have a lot of connection in my personal life either. My parents didn’t want me, and most other people in my state are hardline conservatives. I pass as a man, but as a gay man, and I’m just not welcome in my local community.

    It just feels like base human nature is to be stupid, cruel and lazy - that this is the path that everything eventually goes.