They’re gonna be in my backlog for a while, but earlier I got Kerbal Space Program 1 ( with DLC ) all for less than $15USD before tax and the Steins;Gate visual novel for something like $3.99 before tax. Would have gotten S;G Zero as well, but I am low on funds as of now.
Dizzy Devil Ducky
I am Zach, AKA AceFuzzLord, AKA Dizzy Devil Ducky!
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Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•What emulated games hold up in 2025?English1·16 days agoI personally think smaller scale 2000s collect-a-thon games like Ty the Tasmanian Tiger hold up pretty well. Never knew that specific series existed until maybe a year or two ago and I gotta say, it’s pretty good and runs real smooth on Dolphin on my Steam Deck ( and coincidentally better than the legitimate PS2 copy I have ).
I personally also think the PS2 Star Wars Battlefront games still hold up well enough. Love the lack of monetization and lack of online play because I hate competitive play as a more casual player.
Those games are definitely pass my recommendation checklist due to the amount/quality of content, and/or replayability level.
Another couple games that pass that checklist would be Final Fantasy X ( I never finished it, but had been enjoying it all the way ) and Sly Cooper 1 ( due to the time trials for each non-boss level adding a good amount of challenge and length ). Both on PS2.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Games@lemmy.world•What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium qualityEnglish1·27 days agoIn my opinion ( haven’t played or really seen the DLCs, so I’m just talking about base game ), Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
Definitely had ups and downs when I did my only playthrough. Absolutely middle of the road compared to the official games ( completed gen 3, part way through gens 4-7 ) I have played and still even middle of the road compared to some of the fan games I’ve played over the years.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Games@lemmy.world•What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?English19·1 month agoTechnically I don’t think there’s a tutorial level per say as much as there is a tutorial set of levels, but Baba Is You.
The game starts off with only the controls on how to move and teaches you about how you can change the rules of the level to beat it if it isn’t possible normally, without explaining anything. Just from you exploring and testing different things. The only other time you’ll ever see any other form of level hint is maybe in the level names or if you end up in a position where you have to undo or restart the level from breaking the " [ object ] is you " rule in some way.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Games@lemmy.world•What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?English17·1 month agoA lot of the game before you escape the testing track, minus maybe the point you are told about momentum jumps, feel like one big tutorial without even realizing you’re in one. It’s done very well.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Games@lemmy.world•How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years?English2·1 month agoI personally make a guess depending on certain games as to how long I’ve played them. I’ve definitely lost track of how long I’ve played certain games ( especially on console ) like Borderlands or Sonic Unleashed on xbox360. Especially since I never wrote any of that kinda stuff down in middle/high school because I didn’t care how long I had been playing in total.
Though, I will say that I like and dislike how Steam tracks your progress in playing games. I was roughly 4-6 minutes off of playing for 2 hours in order to buy some game related account themes but now I’m 2.7 hours in accoring to them because I ended up leaving it on in the background. In the future, I’m not gonna remember I did that, so I’ll assume I actually played all that time. There’s no nuance in their monitoring. If the game runs, so does their meter of how long it’s been on, regardless of you playing or not.
Though, I assume a good solution would be using any form of note taking program and jotting down your play times and dates and any other notes you want. Or using a spreadsheet with that same information. As long as you don’t lose that/those file(s), depending on what solution(s) you choose to take, it should be fine as long as you actually remember to do it and aren’t lazy about that, like I would be.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•[Deleted]English3·1 month agoA lot. Though it’s hard to put a price on some things because they’re software for discontinued products ( old game consoles, Amiga software, etcetera ) and aren’t sold as they were, even if some of them are still sold for other platforms.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Die Another Day. Judy Dench.English5·1 month agoThe original Japanese version of The Ring. Keep the Ring spirit, whoever played Sadako.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!English19·1 month agoThat is absolutely egregious. 200GB game with a 45GB update? You’d be lucky to see me installing a game that’s around 20-30GB max anymore because I consider that to be the most acceptable amount of bloat for a game anymore.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Gaming@beehaw.org•Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 1stEnglish1·1 month agoProbably. Though it also doesn’t help with how old it is considering I can do fine enough on city skylines.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Gaming@beehaw.org•Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 1stEnglish5·1 month agoI absolutely suck at it, but I started a save on SimCity 3000. I have a lot of learning to do because my city is 100% dying, so I should probably run through the tutorial…
I have also been doing very minor chip damage on completing Gemcraft: Chasing Shadows. I’m far enough along it takes a long time for me to beat any levels. And probably even longer when I finally am able to beat the 200+ wave level.
I also discovered that Portal is now 7.63GB in size currently, after buying The Orange Box for $3.99 and wanting to check out a mod I found for Portal that I didn’t realize wasn’t released yet. Don’t know how big the game originally was on launch, but now it’s nearing the 11.88 GB size of Portal 2, which I find insane.
I also kept failing at Zuma Deluxe due to bad luck and skill issues on my end.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend?English32·1 month agoI got to start a furry visual novel I found on itch(dot)io called Promises to Keep. It’s not complete yet, but so far I’m loving it. The character art is nice and the backgrounds are pretty good and I’m really liking the music.
I am absolutely glad I randomly found it on itch.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Games@lemmy.world•What games are just objective masterpieces?English4·2 months ago• Sonic the Hedgehog ( Genesis/Mega Drive )
• Chuzzle Deluxe
• Borderlands
• Baba Is You
Those would be some picks I would say are objective masterpieces, but that’s subjective, I guess.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•This ad that claims that windows 11 is 3 times faster than windows 10English171·2 months agoThey’re technically not wrong. It’s 3x faster at stealing your data, so it’s 3x as faster at something.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Bought a Bluray Disc. Sony still tracks you.English1·2 months agoThe only reason I had my bluray player connected to the internet was because the yahoo who dropped it off at the thrift store didn’t bother signing out of their pandora account, so I could listen to ad free music. Otherwise I would never connect to the internet since all the old applications ( including a blockbuster app of all things ) probably wouldn’t even work.
Knowing this could happen, I will definitely be sure to completely disconnect from the internet the next time I turn that thing on since last time I tried using pandora it wasn’t working.
Ever since I first heard it a few months ago, it has never left my mind for even a second.
Free by Crush 40
Sadly this great song was tied to a spin-off series killing game.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Gaming@beehaw.org•Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 18thEnglish2·2 months agoJust the other day I figured out the Plants vs Zombie fangame has not only a community server ( discord, sadly ), but they also have a demo out! I had an old build using an old engine that has more levels, but I downloaded and played the new demo and it’s amazing so far. Officially called 植物大的僵尸: Universe ( Plants vs Zombies: Universe in English ).
Totally looking forward to the games completion ( assuming neither EA or Talkweb don’t destroy it ) because it’s a very ambitious project trying to take content from, if I remember correctly, pvz1 international, China’s exclusive pvz1 journey to the west edition, 2 international, pvz2 Chinese edition, Online, and the card game ( not 100% sure if I’m right on that one being added ) and rolling it into a single game.
Demo currently gives you Emperor’s Mausoleum from Online and Ancient Egypt (the pvz Online version), with just base levels for now. Minigame side levels, which are present in the old build I have, aren’t currently available in the latest demo they have linked in their discord. As a big enough fan of the non spin-off titles, this makes me very gitty.
Otherwise, more dungeon clawler and that’s about all for non-mobile games. I did try modding Sonic Lost Worlds on PC, but I can’t with my setup.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Everything wants me to pay rentEnglish53·2 months ago- Definitely gonna keep my subscriptions as minimal as I can, like I currently am: just a VPN. Obviously I have a few others I’ll need in the future like utilities, internet, and phone, but those are the bare minimum you need since you can scrape by without paying a dime for content thanks to piracy, so long as you are careful.
- I have a couple of ones that I’d say are both high on the list ( no idea which is higher because they’re both pretty annoying to me ).
The first is that when I do dishes at home, I put certain things a very specific way when filling the dishwasher and putting things away, which is why I absolutely hate when other people do dishes. I’ll deal with other people doing the dishes, but then I always feel like I gotta go and put things back where they belong when I’m not the one to put the dishes away.
The second is more furry fandom specific. So, when it comes to fursuits, some people might ditch the fursuit head and just maybe wear the paws or other pieces of it if it’s not a single piece costume. My gripe is specifically that: not wearing the head. I don’t care if you poodle ( wear a partial and show some skin ), talk in suit, or whatever, but I think it’s extremely disrespectful to the character your suit is based off of, whether it’s your fursona, OC, an adopt, liberty suit, whatever, to not wear the head at a bare minimum. It’s why my opinion the bare minimum you should do for a fursuit commission should be the head.
Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•people trashing the self-service section of the post officeEnglish1·2 months agoI’m all for taking those people and shoving their boxes over their heads.
There are definitely some good pokemon fangames on PC that aren’t super difficult from what I remember.
Most other fan games I could think of are either too long, have a good amount of difficulty, or have some sort of QOL thing preventing me from recommending it.