• 0 Posts
  • 34 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: August 15th, 2023

help-circle













  • I fondly remember the old opera days, up until the latest presto version, 12.18. If you knew what you were doing, you were able to fully customize the entire browser, all of it’s toolbars and context menus, it was incredible.

    Once they switched over to the Blink engine, all of that was lost. It’s entire USP gone, just like that.

    I’ve tried Opera 2 or 3 years back, just to see what it is like, and it’s just another pointless chromium based browser, offering nothing to keep me using it, and the more i see posts and ads from this company, the more I feel like I made the right choice.

    I’ve also tried the “spiritual successor” to Opera 12, Vivaldi, but it too couldn’t win me back over from Firefox.






  • The game had a free-to-play weekend a few months ago, and I must say that it was somewhat disappointing, particularly in terms of gameplay, but not “aweful”. I personally find the monetization model repulsive. The game is just barely half a year old, but it already has 3 season passes for $10 each. It remains on my wishlist for whenever it is available as a complete bundle for a few euros, but I definately don’t see me getting it anytime soon.

    As far as gameplay goes, I much prefered the Lego Expansion for Forza Horizon 4 back then.

    As far as playing it on the steam deck: It played fine I wasn’t able to notice any framedrops, but the fan was spinning up more than I would have expected, given the graphics.

    EDIT: If you’re looking for a fun “toy racer”, you might be interested on Hot Wheels Unleashed: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/730504/ It also suffered from a predatory monetization model when it was released, but the GOTY edition is a complete bundle. I’d recommend not getting its sequel (Hot Wheels Unleashed 2), until it too gets the GOTY treatment as a complete bundle.