He’s the one throwing a tantrum and calling me names because I don’t like what he likes.

I’m guessing you’re taking his side because you also have low standards. I see it all the time and don’t expect more at this point.

Weird, you’re overcomplicating things and receiving a worse experience as a result.

Just use ublock origin or adnauseam. Make sure you update/enable all of the blocklists in the settings.

It’s the consumer bandwagon.

You may have to go through the uBlock Origin settings and add/update all the blocklists.

That’s fair. I think a hybrid solution of owning/streaming is best.

Free streaming sites are the easiest way to watch something and we should be recommending them more often.

Even better, if it supports LAN you can torrent it and with friends for free with a program such as Hamachi.

Yes.

In the original version of Oblivion, they run like they do in Morrowind.

It was until Skyrim that Bethesda properly implemented partially turning the character when running sideways or diagonally.

Pretty sure your concept is flawed from the start.

It might sound nice as a ‘what-if’ scenario, but as soon as you get into any of the details, it falls apart and hopefully shows us why games and stories are typically focused on the people doing something.

Now, if you want something a bit more likely to succeed, you can make a “Damsel in Distress Simulator.” From the get-go, you can start to think of gameplay mechanics like combing your hair, talking with guards, taking care of birds, etc etc. The ideas just flow, instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

In fact, this could loop around to your idea of helping the rescuers by opening up opportunities for the princess to sabotage her captors. You can have a Majora’s Mask-like timer which keeps track of how far the knight is from saving you.

Seriously.

Aren’t there enough PVP games that center around rewarding whoever puts more time into the game?

You should have an adblocker like ublock origin or Adnauseam installed.

Dunning-kruger effect on full display right here.

This guy thinks he knows so much, yet doesn’t even know about adblockers. Sad.

https://hydrahd.sh/

As for thr PC, automatically turning the player is honestly a bad idea in first person. It can be disorienting for some palyers.

I’m referring to 3rd person. You can’t see the character model in first person.

NPCs don’t have a camera following them, so they can’t run in a different direction than what it’s facing.

Hm. I was able to play it without issue on my Linux computer.

I don’t see a reason why the Steam Deck would be unable to play it or have any issues that I didn’t.

If buying it is a concern (which it should be), you can always torrent it.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Super Mario Wonder

Broaden your horizons, start using emulators.

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Super Mario Wonder

Any of the Warriors games (just don’t buy it, don’t reward them for releasing the same damn game 20+ times)

Legend of Mana (highly recommended, please don’t sleep on this)

Destroy All Humans 2

Ratchet: Deadlocked

Divinity: Original Sin

Resident Evil 6

Halo: Master Chief Collection

Lego Star Wars

The Tales games are long and go up to 4 players. I’d recommend them if you have more people to join.

Be prepared for a few roadbumps while you acclimate yourself to using emulators. It won’t be smooth at first, but it gets easier the more familiar you become with it.

Kirby.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land can be played co-op. You can play it for free on your computer using the Torzu emulator.

Also The Sims.

Sad. End of an era (almost.)

Why exactly do these companies exist in the first place?

Can’t anyone make their own reviews and publish them to the internet?