I imagine that FC6 should play at least as well as FC5; and I’m glad that you enjoyed it!

I was primarily referring to the fact that it has the lowest review % on Steam of the modern Far Cry games (FC6 at 70%, 3-5 all at 80%+).

I’m sure I’ll give it a try once the kid’s a little older, I have more time on my hands, and it goes on sale to the point that I can pick it up without second-guessing the decision (probably sub-$20USD?)

It has Metastasised.

Far Cry 5 did a lot right, and significantly improved on the formula that was in place from Far Cry 3 (which was also an incredible game, at the time).

I tried Far Cry 4, but found myself not liking the map design (not sure if it was the verticality, or the colour palette); but I might revisit it again one day. Have never tried 6, but the general consensus seems pretty ‚meh’.

It feels like the odd-numbered Far Cry games tend to be better received, so hopefully Ubisoft can continue that tradition with the inevitable Far Cry 7!

Still going through Prince of Persia: Sands of Time from last week - the combat is quite repetitive, though the platforming is as good as I remember so that more than makes up for it!

I can definitely see how Assassins Creed was eventually born from this series.

Kid’s just fallen sick, so I’ll likely STILL be playing this in next week’s thread too - so don’t judge me too harshly - I promise I still have that gamer cred! 😅

Leaning more into the management style of games, might be worth checking out Two Points Hospital (spiritual sequel to Theme Hospital), and the more recently released Rwo Points Museum?

For the price they were asking, I honestly would’ve expected physical (e.g. floppy disk shaped flash drives) copies of Doom 1&2, equipped with controls onboard to play the games directly off of them.

Makes me all the more glad I wasn’t tempted by the $666 USD Doom 1&2 CE they were spruiking over Easter.

I still want a physical copy in my library as a precaution against the apocalypse, regardless.

I guess I’m just old (and pessimistic about humanity’s future)… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes, that’s what happened: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-purchased-x-formerly-known-as-twitter-for-33-billion/

For what it’s worth, xAI is still a private company - so at least it’s not retail investors on the hook, just venture capital.

Started on Prince of Persia: Sands of Time this Easter weekend; no particular reason beyond just a nostalgic yearning.

Thankfully, it still holds up!

Oh, no doubt - but he’s no longer personally on the hook for Twitter’s $44b debt-loan!

So when it eventually fails, it’ll be a corporate write-off and Elon’s wealth across Tesla and SpaceX are protected.

He’s already sold Twitter/X to xAI; he’s got his arse covered when the bottom eventually falls out.

Oh my God, oh my God, OH MY GOD!

That looks PERFECT! 🤩 Thanks for bringing to my attention, wishlisting it on Steam now!

♥️!!

I’ve been hoping for a voxel-based RTS revival game for ages! This is a bit more old-school (still longing for that Red Alert 2 era), but still looks very interesting - will hopefully give it a play over this Easter long weekend and report back.

Stupidly enough, I believe that paying employees more actually results in higher profits for the company long-term!

If an employee isn’t stressing about making ends meet, and rather can focus on taking pride in their work because they feel respected, then it would show in the presentation of the food, and upkeep of the restaurant.

Cleaner, friendlier restaurants where the food looks (somewhat) like what’s advertised will see an increase in traffic and therefore revenue.

That’s the neat part - they totally can, and will!

Going old-school for this one, but I remembered absolutely loving the RPG Story Mode in Point Blank on the PSX.

I would sell a kidney (not necessarily mine), if it helped produce a PC/Steam remake with mouse compatibility (seeing as Light Gun games have basically gone the way of the dodo).

Honestly not surprised, catering to Gamers^TM honestly feels like a fool’s errand; there seems to be an ever growing divide between what the vocal minority demands to see, and what the silent majority of the market ends up consuming.

Catering to the former is like dancing on a knife’s edge, its only a matter of time before you fail to live up to their expectations - and that’s even if there’s enough of them to even be able to support a journalist’s career to begin with!

Catering to the mainstream segment will usually cause you to fall on the former’s bad-side anyway, as they unleash a torrent of vitriol and hate at the journalists for not focusing on whatever manufactured outrage is de jour at the moment (previously woke, now DEI).

I’m not encountering a paywall either through embedded Safari or Firefox (iOS); worst case seems like 12ft.io should work?

It was usually said when referring to the PlayStation secondarily:

• “I have a PlayStation at home, you should come over sometime!”
• “I just bought Resident Evil 2 for the PSX, it’s really scary!”