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Yeah I think playing 1 through 3 is my plan. I’ve seen a little bit of footage of the DQ3 Remaster, it looks pretty nice! I haven’t really liked the visual style of the HD-2D games but I like the look of DQ3 for some reason. I think it’s that the way they handle the lighting and shaders looks more appealing to me. I know DQ1 and 2 are getting the same treatment soon as well so that’s pretty cool.

I started Dragon Quest 1 on the NES the other day, it’s the first Dragon Quest I’ve played. I picked it because I was curious about it since it’s a game that had such a massive impact on console RPGs, and also because redditors said it was a bad choice to start with it and I will always do the opposite of what redditor gamers say. It’s pretty cool, doesn’t feel too crusty for being such an old game. Pretty basic but that’s what I was expecting and not bad. I was surprised the game has a built in turbo, why isn’t every game doing that?? Fucked up that modern RPGs are making me mash A through text boxes when this game from 1986 doesn’t.

I’m also playing around in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 a little bit because they butchered it in the 3 + 4 remake and it annoyed me enough to go download the original and set it up lol. I’m not gonna do another full playthrough but it’s nice to scratch the itch a little.

2nd Edgeworth game is definitely worth a play IMO, same with The Great Ace Attorney 1 and 2. All 3 are pretty great and are at least as good as the original trilogy. I also thought Dual Destinies was pretty meh and felt the same way about Spirit of Justice. Both just kinda feel unfocused and I found the shift to 3D really killed a lot of the charm in regards to the art and animation. TGAA does much better visually I think, it feels more like they were willing to take steps away from the iconic style the DS Games had in a way that Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice isn’t willing to do, and looks much better for it. Similarly, having a fresh setting and cast of characters lets the writing in TGAA shine, whereas DD/SoJ feels bogged down by neither being willing to move away from the Phoenix Wright cast, nor willing to commit to a story that actually builds off of the previous games in a meaningful way. I ended up just not caring by the end and honestly, it kinda felt like Capcom didn’t care about the overall plot either. DD/SoJ aren’t terrible games by any means, but I don’t feel like they hold up to the rest of the series. I personally think you can skip SoJ, at least until you are out of other AA games to play and are hungry for more, and if you are willing to overlook its flaws.

I’ve had several people on other instances decide I’m not really trans and just faking it because I’m an evil tankie. It’s probably the biggest reason I stopped posting outside of Hexbear. I hate to admit it since I know it’s exactly what that type wants to hear, but it really did upset me when I would spend a significant amount of time replying to someone and trying to engage in good faith, and they would immediately dismiss me because their asshole liberal trans friend disagrees with me and obviously they speak for all of us.

Thanks, I couldn’t remember how to do it the right way and the lemmy markdown guide is kinda vague so I didn’t get it at the time. I think it should be good now!

I’m sorry, I couldn’t suffer alone.

From the bluesky replies:

I actually choked on my drink while reading this. A statement so truly bizarre that it nearly killed me.

Looks cool! I’ve been getting into dungeon crawlers a little bit too, I’ll have to check this one out at some point. I feel like I’ve been seeing more and more people get into the genre recently.

I got an Anbernic RG28XX as a gift for myself recently after someone here mentioned them and I’ve fallen in love with it, so I’ve just been putting random shit on it for quick pick up and play sessions. Mostly I’ve been trying the UFO 50 games on it since it’s basically the perfect collection for a pocket handheld IMO. Some of the games in the collection run poorly (no Grimstone ) but most feel great. I want to start a longer game too but I’m not sure what I want to commit to yet. Right now I’m leaning towards Madou Monogatari (the Mega Drive version) but I’m also thinking maybe Dragon Quest or Moon? IDK yet.

Got my ass kicked in a Super Smash Bros. Melee bracket today. Other than that I started OFF a few days ago, I finished the first two zones but haven’t played since then. I’ll probably continue it soon though.

Ah shit sorry it didn’t work out for you If you’re still trying maybe make a post in the technology comm, there’s some pretty knowledgeable users there who might be able to help you out.

Update: I remembered that The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls exists and decided to finally give that a try. Pretty cute game so far, it’s got a good sense of humor. I wasn’t expecting the battling to be fully automatic but that’s okay. Music is pretty good so far too but that’s no surprise with Totaka composing.

I finished Super Metroid recently and haven’t really doing much gaming since. Thinking about starting the new Fantasy Life but I’m lacking motivation. I really liked the 3DS one but I dunno. If not that I’ll probably start Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow again and try to actually finish it this time

FYI I just got a booster recently since it was about 6 months from the last one and as far as I can tell all of the 2024-25 Novavax Covid shots expired recently. Here’s a Reuters article claiming the last batch expired on April 30th, but it’s unsourced. I know I wasn’t able to find one at least.

He does know. They all know. They just want to kill disabled people without consequence.

I had a good experience with Linux Mint. It was easy to set up and any problems I had were easy to solve thanks to it being based off of Ubuntu and therefore having a large number of relevant resources and forum posts for troubleshooting.

Edit: Rereading your question and I just realized you asked for most secure, and I have no idea how Linux Mint compares to other distros in that regard. So uhh sorry for my unhelpful reply lol

I played a like 3 hours of old Oblivion recently and it just made me want to play Morrowind again. So now I’m playing Morrowind as an Argonian conjurer. I’m also playing Super Metroid for the first time, it’s a pretty cool game so far! The controls are kinda messing me up after playing Zero Mission first, but I’m getting used to it. My wife was saying I should just play the Redux hack but I’m stubborn and want to play it normally first.

Specifically June 5th at midnight Japan time, so effectively June 4th for a lot of people

Glad to hear Fedora’s working out nicely so far! I just set up Mod Organizer to use a couple Oblivion mods on Arch like 2 weeks ago and it was super easy, I just added MO to my Steam library and ran it with Proton and it worked just like that. Hopefully it’ll work nicely for you with Skyrim as well.