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by DaveYanakov
Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Steam Sales
Replies: 602
Views: 480582

Re: Steam Sales

I've seen a couple lets players try it in VR. Both reported major motion sickness when strafing due to the camera tilting
by DaveYanakov
Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:10 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Steam Sales
Replies: 602
Views: 480582

Re: Steam Sales

I've mostly avoided spending money on this summer sale, but I did pick up Subnautica for half off. Well worth it and from what I can glean has come a very long way since last year
by DaveYanakov
Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:45 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Your thoughts on E3 2017
Replies: 13
Views: 4488

Re: Your thoughts on E3 2017

I motion that it be referred to as the XBox 9 (IX), mostly to piss off Microsoft fans
by DaveYanakov
Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:41 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 4x Games
Replies: 9
Views: 5246

Re: 4x Games

Newer Paradox titles do have a lot of DLC, but aside from things like theme or music packs, they all add quite a lot to the experience. Hearts of Iron 4 DLC is quite good, for example. You can take control of minor nations, not just the big players. Leading the Kingdom of Romania through World War I...
by DaveYanakov
Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:39 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No Man's Sky now
Replies: 12
Views: 1969

Re: No Man's Sky now

I don't get why you'd compare the two, when they're not the same genre of games They are exactly the same game at different levels of complexity. The core appeal for both is a large, unexplored space for people to put their mark on. Elite just happens to have a lot of side paths to doing so, making...
by DaveYanakov
Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:47 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No Man's Sky now
Replies: 12
Views: 1969

Re: No Man's Sky now

To put it simply, NMS is too vast. Exploring it feels pointless because No one is likely to follow even a part of your path. As a result, the core mechanic of discovering and naming things is left hollow. With Elite, the path from the core is well traveled but there are always new branches to explor...
by DaveYanakov
Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:16 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No Man's Sky now
Replies: 12
Views: 1969

Re: No Man's Sky now

I can't justify NMS while Elite: Dangerous exists
by DaveYanakov
Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Steel Division: Normandy 44 (An RTS, makers of RUSE)
Replies: 1
Views: 883

Re: Steel Division: Normandy 44 (An RTS, makers of RUSE)

Preview gameplay. Looks like a pretty decent strategic level RTS
by DaveYanakov
Sun Apr 02, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: BTW Feedback & Ideas
Topic: Ice (and how you can't really place it anywhere)
Replies: 8
Views: 3139

Re: Ice (and how you can't really place it anywhere)

abculatter_2 wrote:Didn't the recent change of how ice affects items remove those cheaty things you could do? Or is there something more?
Even if it did it would not matter. BTW is a mod for 1.5.2 and that will not be changing
by DaveYanakov
Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Children of a Dead Earth
Replies: 0
Views: 1583

Children of a Dead Earth

How?! How is there not already a thread for this title? It is at it's core a perfect blend of a theater scale fleet command sim and a heavily armed Kerbal Space Program in the timeline where you accidentally blew up Kerbin. Throw in a dash of From the Depths system building which is the real core me...
by DaveYanakov
Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:19 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: ECO (Global Survival)
Replies: 10
Views: 2462

Re: ECO (Global Survival)

I like the Classroom tier. It's clear that they are intent on making the best environmental and civil simulator possible
by DaveYanakov
Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My Summer Car - Hardcore Life Survival Simulator
Replies: 11
Views: 4119

My Summer Car - Hardcore Life Survival Simulator

Build a car out of spare parts and enter a finnish rally. Try not to die of a burst bladder. Knowledge of how to drive a diesel vehicle is required as there is nothing in the way of tutorial or guide. You will have to figure everything out for yourself. 10/10 would urinate on the burning wreckage of...
by DaveYanakov
Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Cool Videos 2 - No Youtube Tags, Use URLs -
Replies: 332
Views: 396711

Re: Cool Videos 2 - No Youtube Tags, Use URLs -

Song covers with 10 seconds(ish) per style of music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvVBYS0tu60
by DaveYanakov
Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:09 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Frequency
Replies: 1
Views: 530

Re: Frequency

It's the one good time travel story out of at least three this season. The key to a good story based on time travel is subtlety and not only is Frequency keeping things more believable by restricting the actual travel to waves rather than sending particles, the story has a very tight focus.
by DaveYanakov
Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:05 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: KSP 1.2 in Pre Release
Replies: 17
Views: 3891

Re: KSP 1.2 in Pre Release

Tiny sliver of silver lining, it sounds like 1.2 can be considered the stable final release that will allow mods to flourish
by DaveYanakov
Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Fallout 4 is finally good
Replies: 8
Views: 1776

Re: Fallout 4 is finally good

Side note, this playthrough is extremely entertaining. I've seldom heard anyone get this excited over basic accomplishments and narrow failure.
https://youtu.be/K1EbkBU7uFc?t=2m8s
by DaveYanakov
Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:52 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Fallout 4 is finally good
Replies: 8
Views: 1776

Re: Fallout 4 is finally good

And considering the hit to my reputation that will result if they screw up their design as they continue work on their mod, I hope that level of quality continues past the two hour mark that is my current record
by DaveYanakov
Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:26 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Fallout 4 is finally good
Replies: 8
Views: 1776

Re: Fallout 4 is finally good

If Fallout 4 survival difficulty is Kerbal Space Program, FROST is Better Than Starting Manned
by DaveYanakov
Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Fallout 4 is finally good
Replies: 8
Views: 1776

Fallout 4 is finally good

With FROST Survival Simulator Essentially a total conversion in progress that makes Fallout 4 feel like it was made by the Metro team rather than Bethesda. Taking place a few years after the bombs drop rather than 200. Everything from weapons to food and water are difficult to come by. No set quest,...
by DaveYanakov
Sun Oct 02, 2016 1:39 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Cool Videos 2 - No Youtube Tags, Use URLs -
Replies: 332
Views: 396711

Re: Cool Videos 2 - No Youtube Tags, Use URLs -

Possibly the most 80's mission possible to attempt in KSP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EWKbHt7Vxs
by DaveYanakov
Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:03 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?
Replies: 15
Views: 4656

Re: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?

This breakdown actually made me think about why BTW is better than Minecraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_RJ1Kfgu0
by DaveYanakov
Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:37 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?
Replies: 15
Views: 4656

Re: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?

There's also Rebel Galaxy, which I have yet to play but is supposed to be $20 and focuses more on large naval-like capital ship battles. It's sort of broadsidey, yes. It's also restricted to a single plane of travel, which adds to the at sea feel. Unfortunately your opponents are not restricted to ...
by DaveYanakov
Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:42 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?
Replies: 15
Views: 4656

Re: Is anyone actually enjoying No Man's Sky?

They were going for the scale of the universe as the selling point but they wound up making it pointlessly large. There's not a whole lot of point trying to come up with names for a hundred different planets if no one is going to ever see them. If everyone were starting from a handful of different p...
by DaveYanakov
Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Sci fi and love
Replies: 33
Views: 10715

Re: Sci fi and love

It's become obvious that I need to go back and watch it again but I remembered transfer orbits and retrograde burns being covered pretty well. The big battle was questionable by the very nature of how weapons would actually work in space but they helped my suspension of disbelief along by never actu...