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It's a simple thing, but one good way to make games memorable is for the developers to leave you words of encouragement in the pack-in material. (slrpnk.net)
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(Obligatory "I wish we still got pack-in material in the new games" "Oh, I wish we still got - you know - packaging these days")

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is how I played Doom 3 and I fell off the chair a couple of times. It was an incredible experience.

[-] Doorknob@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Same here, even at 15 FPS.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

What did you play it on? I think I had a modded Radeon 9550 that turned it into a 9600.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Walked up on my step son playing with headphones on in the dark. He jumped.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Excellent!

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