m76

Cyberpunk Edgerunners runner up: Arcane

It was never about religion for me, just about getting together with friends and family and giving presents. We have a tree every year, but not for of any kind of symbolism, just because it looks nice. I was expelled from religious class for mocking the whole thing when I was 8.

I can't sleep either in too cold or in too much heat. If it's more than 30C or less than 15C I'm having trouble falling asleep. I'm a really bad sleeper to boot, it takes me at least an hour to fall asleep sometimes 2 even in ideal conditions. And I get terrible anxiety sometimes especially on Sundays, when I barely sleep. Like yesterday I went to bed around 11:30 and couldn't sleep until 3:00. My most horrible experience is also related to sleeping, there was an anomaly around 10 years ago where I went with almost zero sleep for two weeks. Not out of choice, but I simply couldn't fall asleep. Not even with prescription sleeping pills.

There are two ways to quit a game for me, one is quitting out of frustration, this can happen at any moment, or a planned exit point. The latter needs to be at a logical point, I'm almost OCD about that. I can't stop playing mid mission or in the middle of a conversation.

An obstacle course is where it is obvious what you need to do, you just have to go through the motions to get there. A puzzle is where part of the task is figuring out what to do first. But they are not mutually exclusive, there is a large cross section between them. I think most puzzles have at least some obstacle course element to them. And most obstacle courses have rudimentary puzzles.

I think the problem with these services is that you need too much manual data entry into them. If you neglect to update it regularly it could get out of hand. I used a service myepisodes for keeping track of tv series I watched, back when there was 6-8 / week. But as others mentioned for games the services like steam or gog make keeping track of this redundant.

If I expect something to be bad and it is, that is no consolation for not getting a good game.

I bought two mice of the same type just so I can switch when the battery runs out.

I already said that 2022 couldn't be worse than 2021 was, then it was what it was, so I'm not doing that again. Instead I just hope that all the games lined up to release in 2023 actually do come out. Games I'm most interested in are: Hogwarts Legacy, Alan Wake 2, Starfield, Test Drive Solar Crown, Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty.

I'm actually done with GT7 and selling my PS4 Pro, I'm probably done with SONY altogether.

I always try to make my characters look just right, so I probably spend 10 times the average duration in character creators. Sometimes playing with the creator is more fun than the entire rest of the game. My biggest issue usually is that the character will always look slightly different in game than in the character creator. So the ability to change the look later is a must. Otherwise I have been forced to re-start games because my character didn't turn out exactly as intended. As @Reality vs Adventure had mentioned having the right character can boost the overall enjoyment I get out of the game. Having a character that I don't like can break an entire game for me.

Outside of Gran Turismo 7 I did not buy a single new game in 2022, and even GT7 was disappointing, so pretty terrible year if you ask me.

I have abstained from all new games in 2022, but going by reputation alone it has to be saints row.

I have built all but my first PC myself from the grounds up. I enjoy building PCs. I love quirky PC cases and have had several over the years. Sometimes I bought new cases just because I wanted to try their designs. If you are even remotely tech savvy It's not hard to build a PC, just RTFM before you do it the first time and it will be fine. That said there is one pitfall with modern PCs installing the CPU when it has a socket that has contact pads. Those things are fragile, and it is still nerve wracking even for me who did it hundreds of times before, to not accidentally drop the cpu on the pads.

Cyberpunk 2077's world is amazing,I just had to stop and stare at the environment for minutes, some areas are so atmospheric. For a few moments I forgot I was in a videogame. I only wish there were more open buildings in it, because there is not much of that, even within buildings that you can access you are limited to a few corridors and rooms, which quickly shatters the illusion. Another game that impressed me was Ghost Recon Wildlands, with its huge and realistic map. It is probably the only game where the map scale seems close to real. In most other open world games the different areas are very close by and the environment can drastically change very quickly, which gives it a compressed feel. Like the world is shrunken down. For example you can end up in a snowy mountaintop in a minute starting from a rainforest or desert. I also love when games pay attention to details that most people would find irrelevant or unnecessary. Like being able to roll down the windows or use lights / blinkers in a racing game. For example Test Drive Unlimited or Need For Speed Porsche.