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  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workstoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it?
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    10 days ago

    I’m a HUGE cyberpunk fan, so I made the mistake of buying it at release. Some of my most impressive issues:

    • Trees would draw “on top” or in front of everything else, even when blocked by other objects. So in greener areas, my entire screen was filled with trees.
    • The scripted driving sequences would get me stuck in “driving mode” about half the time after the scripted sequence is over. So I’d be walking around like a car, not able to strafe or jump.

    So, I refunded it, outside of the refund period, but they were nice to me.

    When the expansion released, and everything seemed a LOT better, I bought the game again, and I loved it! It’s a pretty OK game, with a great story and absolutely amazing sidequests.

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Election volunteer/worker/observer what's the weirdest stuff you've seen during election day ?
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    17 days ago

    I’m in the Netherlands, helping out at a station in a school gym. This station had three booths, with one low-height voting booth, both for shorter people, but also for people in wheelchairs and whatever other reason. A man in his mid-30’s comes up in a wheelchair, we check his ID, hand him a ballot and the famous red pencil, and point to the direct of the booths, where someone has the temerity of allready occupying the wheelchair booth! GASP, SHOCK!

    The guy proceeds to absolutely flip his shit, calling us bigots, racists, haters and nazis for not letting him vote from a wheelchair. That “people like us” have always hated him. For what’s it worth, note that both him and me are roughly the colour of fresh milk.

    It was super awkward, because the man was “punch-your-face” angry, and I was the only person there who was under 60… But like… he’s in a wheelchair, and I’m sure he’d hurt himself a lot more than me. I was seriously considering just wheeling him out, but he hadn’t voted yet, and assholes have rights too, and the optics aren’t exactly great on that. One of the old ladies who also volunteered told me “Don’t worry girl, we get a few like that every time, just let him go and laugh about it over dinner”.

    The kept ranting on his way out the door.

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your favourite tree?
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    20 days ago

    Despite being really really invasive here in Europe, I love the Staghorn Sumac.

    It’s very pretty, with great flowers and soft furry branches (like antlers). You can make an amazing “lemonade” from the fruits and you can eat the shoots raw.

    And eating the shoots raw is a great idea, because it branches out like crazy. If your neighbors have one of these, you’ll soon have half a dozen too.

    They also grow pretty fast, and the wood is super pretty (and super curvy, so you won’t be making any boards out of it)