Recent content by stroopwafel

Fun to play? Crysis 2 and 3 are bland, boring and the story is stupid. No one even gives a shit about those games.

Yeah, but the thing is none of those examples have to do with wages but rather excessive profit margins on patent rights or in the case of the housing market disastrous monetary policy from the federal reserve; ie the same reason that inflates the stock market. It are those parasites at the top...

This couldn't be further from the truth. China's economic growth lifted millions out of poverty and created vibrant cities and an entire middle-class that didn't exist before. They went from a country completely impoverished to millions of people living modern lives in prosperous cities with all...

To each their own. I played all three Crysis games and found them mediocre. 2 and 3 in particular were really the kind of dated 'cinematic' FPS that was so en vogue during the PS3/360 era. None of those games had the kind of freeform and emergent gameplay of Far Cry but instead rather boring...

That is because those sectors make use of the exact same distribution network. When there is a shortage of shipping containers b/c trade with China is a one way street it doesn't matter what goes in them. That is why I said the long supply lines themselves aren't necessarily the problem but...

The difference is that Witcher's gameplay isn't fun. So if those 30 minute cutscenes won't draw you in very else will. While gameplay in Far Cry is very fun with the story just being silly window dressing. It's like whatever you prioritize in a game.

The U.S. trade deficit with China says otherwise. It's true they might not be the cheapest supplier anymore but industrial output of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam are only a fraction of China's. It's not easy to relocate a plant and most companies don't take the risk. Espescially in unsafe countries...

The world is too dependent on China from manufacturing down to the amount of ocean carriers and port terminals with the U.S. trade deficit compounding this problem further but the upside is that long supply lines guarantees a lasting if uneasy peace. With so many interdependent parts it makes...

Far Cry is the only FPS I play so having a 'familiar' game like this every 3 years is fine by me. Not that I dislike FPS but the choice is either on-rails like CoD singleplayer or online/competitive both I don't enjoy. The kind of FPS I do enjoy is really what Far Cry delivers so I'm always...

I'm really looking forward to Elden Ring but first they announced the game to obviously build hype followed by more than a year of complete radio silence and then we get one(!) gameplay trailer with the game being unceremoniously released only a few months from now. The game itself seems very...

Tales of Arise. One of the most fun jrpg's I played in a long time. It has all the charm of a classic from the 16/32-bit era but with the actual production values of a modern game with an art style that does justice to the genre. Tales finally got the budget it deserved.

I don't understand why racing games have to always be boring as shit. Why not make a game like those chase scenes in the movie Ronin or a a game with races on public roads with life or death traffic dodges. Instead every racing game is just the same monotonous loop or it's some ridiculously over...

Yeah, but privatizing clinics and elderly homes only means nurses can ask more money b/c they usually pay better. Lots of doctors also moonlight as plastic surgeons in private clinics for example. Regardless of how the amount of nurses(or other healthcare workers) is divided they remain a...

Like anyone would prefer this OVER THIS But to each their own I guess lmao.

Bloodborne with Sekiro as a close second. I love the Souls series as well but the quality isn't entirely consistent. Dark Souls 1 starts to dip after acquiring the Lordvessel with rushed levels that are a chore to navigate. Dark Souls 2 misses Miyazaki's touch with other than a few standouts...