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  • Ghost Recon, Ravenfield, Battlebit etc are shooters with simple graphics. Ghost Recon was from constraints of its time (2001 release) but Ravenfield and Battlebit could be way more photorealistic (like Squad) but chose not to. And I like that. In shooters you want good visuals if you can but having consistent performance is a bigger deal than some other games. I don’t care about frame rate stutters in a turn based game like X-Com for example.

    Speaking of turn based, one of the graphically simplest games I’ve playes recently is Armored Commander II. It is very very basic graphically (think dwarf fortress or intellivision) and I shit you not it is more immersive than it has any right to. The graphics and display info gives you juuuust enough info to set your imagination into overdrive to fill in the rest.

    When your Sherman is almost out of ammo, bogged down in a muddy field and taking fire from enemy tanks in a nearby farm the actual graphics don’t really matter so much



















  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workstoComic Strips@lemmy.worldRight to Flex Arms
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    1 month ago

    Yeah it goes without saying that a gun being displayed out in the open by an unknown person is going to make people uncomfortable, and nobody will want to talk to them.

    I’ve talked with my local cops when I was a firefighter. They are okay with concealed carry and understand it’s a increasingly common thing. They told me to be sure my weapon was holstered or dropped as soon as it isn’t needed anymore and wait for them to arrive.

    Long response times in my area is the biggest thing for me. That’s not just a factor for guns but also for the medical stuff and fire extinguisher I have in my car because fire/ems is the same way.