Why should they use some kind of filter to achieve the same fuzzy, plasticy look that bad AI art tends to have? It’s not like that magically appears when you make 3D art.

I can see that, but honestly, Kuon is just slow and clunky. Deliberately, yes, but way past the point where it can be enjoyed by anyone but the most hardcore fans. The developers overdid it. It’s one of the main reason why the game wasn’t well recieved. To avoid combat you have to play the game the slowest way possible, while the movement is already slow to begin with. At some point the decisions you make in the game are less driven by aspects of the game’s world, but by how much of your own time you want to invest.

When I played it back in the day, I really wanted to like it but just couldn’t, because I felt like the game tried its best to waste my time.

The Siren games are really unique in my opinion. There was such a lot of effort put into the environment alone that always makes me come back. I never finished one though.

The only games that felt a bit similar to me were the Project Zero games. I even like them a bit more because you are much more able to take the environments in.

Yeah, when you look at it, it’s not very good craftsmanship. You can see the traces of the rotating tools. Since it doesn’t look bad overall, that’s a sign of someone not really putting a lot of effort in it. The creator could, but didn’t really want to.

For that price, it has a really, really bad surface. You can see the marks of the rotating tools.

Isn’t “artisan” supposed to mean “made by an artisan” and not “mass produced trash”?

I think Remedy always manages to make their games just slightly too long to be completely enjoyable. It’s sill a great game, but the DLCs felt a bit dry to me.

The rules didn’t really change. It was all just based on a single court decision that nobody cared to challenge until 2018.

It’s not that it didn’t age well, it was seen as very goofy when it came out, too. If I remember correctly, there was a copy protection that censored boobs in pirated versions.

I just wanted to remind everyone that Thief: The Black Parade exists. https://www.thiefguild.com/fanmissions/26275/thief-the-black-parade

My newspaper does this. It’s rather left wing, but once in a blue moon a neoliberal gets to write the editorial. The letters to the editor write themselves.