The wait for Alan Wake I to II was so painfully long, but so god damn worth it. I feel like I remember seeing Alan Wake III on their near plans though. So hopefully soon

Firebreak was fun and really solid, definitely lacking a lot of content though. I think Remedy’s scale and (I believe) It being handled by a sister studio they setup definitely provided a hurdle.

Once i saw everything there is to see, there’s not a lot keeping me coming back except when i get an itch for the gameplay loop again. I got maybe 100 hours out of it playing with friends. and even then, thats just me.

Yeah. I think you have explained it far better than I have. I believe he has a mental dependency to it.

I hope he’s able to find something to. We’ve tried to help him but he’s made it clear he doesn’t want or think he needs help. So the best I can do is be supportive towards his mental health and hope he realizes he needs help

Is Kratom an opioid? I’ve never had any plans to even consider it, but I had no idea it was one. Those issues you described though make a lot of sense on how he got hooked. He’s never had good self control and it’s easily available where I am

I’m not really sure how to put it into words. I think the words I’m looking for are a dependence vs. an addiction.

Dependence is like withdrawals and stuff from the chemical, while addiction is his brain is hooked on the effect that comes from taking it

My thought was Kratom. My dad takes it to help his depression, lately though I think it’s turned into an addiction. I think it’s more of a personal addiction though. Like getting addicted to the effect of pills rather than the pill itself

With the game’s narrative on being a meta commentary on the creative process given physical form sometimes, the idea of trading places feels highly appropriate. I love all the little layers this game has going on with its narrative. It feels like you can dissect at many different levels

What matters is you’re enjoying yourself. But yeah, remedy always knocks it out of the ball park, especially in story. They’re one of my favorite studios for that alone

That’s how I first played it. It… wasn’t a great experience. It’s tolerable if you adjust the graphics right but it wasn’t pretty and it still got pretty choppy in Cauldron Lake specifically

It’s one of my favorites of all time. I just wish it was on Steam for easier access

There’s a deer that pops out and scares you a little in the second one. It’s not too big of a jumpscare. But I made my friend play it and the deer scared the shit out of him

Ah. Damn. That sucks. The lack of video options are one of the few things I never liked about console gaming

It really is. I’ve got a whole stack of screenshots from past playthroughs. It’s somewhere around 1000 lol.

Could the motion sickness maybe be Frame Gen or DLSS/FSR? I had a friend who couldn’t use those because they made him severely motion sick during movement

I’m playing with enhanced graphics on. But besides that it still looks great imo on original graphics. The only glaring issue I have with them is some Geometry has this glaring “Jaggies” thing going on with the texture. You see it a bit on forge a bit think. Or Halo 2’s doors in the Arbiter

As an adult, I’m thankful to have a group of 5 that I can usually count on to be there right now. I know there will probably be a day where I won’t have that, so it makes me treasure having them more right now

Ooh. You bringing up your Fedora issues reminded me of when I dual booted Ubuntu Unity and Windows for a while on my laptop. I had the exact same issue on there

The screenshots for Halo always have a unique quality to them, especially Reach and 3. At this point I need to challenge myself to make a Halo screenshot that doesn’t feel Halo-y lmao

The grind is definitely noticeable looking back. Is this the only one with a lot of grinding?