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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout TV Show - Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Idk where it looks great comes from, this looks like the Fallout 76 trailers. So focused on cheesey looking high budget CGI, the colors on the suits look too fresh and vibrant(imo), power armor CGI looks honestly too expressive- not like a hydraulic walking tank.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microchips⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You’ve just convinced me I have early onset dementia. Knew that wasn’t his name but couldn’t remember at all what it was before looking it up, and could only thing of Lance Armstrong.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survive the zombie apocalypse⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Bad luck, the shotgun is full of slugs :/
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survive the zombie apocalypse⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

No reason to take guns since rounds will be gone quickly

Depends where you live, imo, no reason to take a sword because it’s easy to find one in any hardware store.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

I think that may be right for first person only

It’s not so much about the first personness of it. It is just that the only examples of games I can think of that meet what I’m talking about are first person. I never played Horizon or Zelda games(past the OG), but for the Witcher 3 and Elden Ring I personally never enjoyed them- despite genuinely trying, mainly because of the style of combat(an actually Bethesda games give you much more choice, but also more clunkiness in that) but also because of imo a lack of engaging freedom(or psuedochoice) in dialogue. Although, Witcher is definitely closer, but Elden Ring felt like an RPG only in that you had stats. Fallout: NV was not fun because of the stats, Fallout: NV was fun because it felt like you could immerse yourself and engage with a living world in a way that actually felt somewhat free. There’s a reason there are so many Youtube videos with premises like “playing Skyrim as chef” or whatever, it is fun to build your own stories, with your own character, in a world that it feels like they can genuinely interact with. FROM Soft games I think intentionally make you feel detached from the world, and the Witcher has you following the story of an existing character. The interaction and choice in Bethesda games is definitely often shallow, but at least it exists.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I have played Morrowind(well actually TES3MP) and in terms of flexibility and story Morrowind is definitely great, my issue is that my least favorite aspect of Bethesda games are the tedious winding dungeons(why NV and Starfield are my favorite because they have the least of that) and Morrowind unfortunately has a lot. One aspect of Morrowind that I really enjoyed actually though, was the opportunity to be given information to actually take notes on(I wrote down directions quest givers gave for example) and Starfield was the only other Bethesda game I’ve played with a taste of that. Although unfortunately much less.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

3rd person semi-RPGs with a vast, open world that are very similar to Bethesda games

With the “charm” of Bethesda game(that I don’t really know how exactly to describe) the only other recent games I can think of are Outer Worlds and Cyberpunk.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
What are the requirements for a Danish student?

Also again, this seems similar to the requirements for other foreign students.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Okay, so roughly the same as what I posted. Yeah I suppose it is quota 2, but as I said, it doesn’t seem much different than many other countries. It’s certainly not saying the US highschool diploma is exceptionally bad. Especially given how common AP classes are.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
In my opinion Starfield has the best story Bethesda has written. Not entirely saying much, but the main story and the side stories are at least more interesting and less predictable that Fallout 4 and Skyrim quests.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’m not saying it to justify it, I’m saying that not having loading screens doesn’t make No Man’s Sky a better game. I think Star Citizen is a better comparison to Star Field in terms of style- and is much more empty.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Except they don’t really? And I didn’t see that much. Starfield to me seemed like it was being advertised as for RPG fans, and that they would have a lot of dialogue. And that space was just a setting, not the main character.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

One example is Denmark where a US highschool diploma is only considered under quota 2

Do you have a source because from here I see

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Which doesn’t seem too different from other countries

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which means you have to have other merits than just the highschool diploma. It could be additional testing and relevant work experience.

I guess that is met by the AP requirements, but it seems like wherever they can set more strict standards they try to, including with EU countries.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

Skyrim on the other hand…

Do you think to an extent it’s just familiarity? It is relaxing for you to go back to something you’re so familiar with, you aren’t surprised by it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That’s a fair opinion to have, but my preference is actually exploring the towns. I love that Starfield removed many of the middle of nowhere winding dungeons that I got so bored of. (Dwemer/Nord ruins in Skyrim and office buildings/other skyscrapers in fallout 4.)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

Bethesda games are always boring trash.

Compared to the average game? I don’t agree. Compared to entirely exceptional games like Fallout: NV, yeah. But you don’t have many options if you enjoy open world fps RPGs, and Bethesda games are sometimes the only passable option. I mean, I’d take Starfield over Elden Ring any day, because of personal preference, not because it’s a better game- but my own preference means I also couldn’t say it’s a worse game.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
A step back in what sense? Technically? Yeah probably. Starfield is the first Bethesda game to have working ladders(one slight sort of exception in Fallout 4) lol. But in terms of story, and world building, I think it’s fair to say Starfield is much ahead in that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They are completely different games though. Watchdogs 2 had less loading screens than Hitman 3, but that doesn’t really mean much to say.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

There may be some countries.

I’ve never encountered any country that didn’t accept US diplomas, or rather treated them any different than any other non-EU diploma.

It’s possible that’s for a full program.

I am talking about full bachelor’s programs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They probably aren’t a hillbilly with Nevada plates. Other than that, this is a totally reasonable take.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They probably have dyslexia you know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That level of spelling looks a lot like dyslexia. I have an online friend working on a grad program who spells like that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
No wonder European countries don’t accept US high school diplomas as sufficient for acceptance into a college or university.
1. Yes, they do. I have been to two.
2. At least in my country, the highschools are not exactly good. Many students get ~30% attendance. On top of that, there aren’t enough highschool slots for students, so poorer performing students can’t go to highschool or have to pay for private school.