TotK isn’t as freeing. At my first blind playthrough, I casually went for the wind temple just to find out that you need a quest to go there and have a bird NPC character to always follow you that is just in your way, but you need it to complete the game and advance. In BotW. I could just head for Vah Medoh, complete it and then head to the gerudo village.

Edit: The underground is just really empty, and the sky has a few islands, which is kind of disappointing since I’ve waited at least 5 years for the sequel.

I’ve tried sable, but It’s a little too calm for me. I maybe haven’t played enough, but I think this just isn’t my game. Correct me if I’m wrong, but thanks for the suggestion.

After Watching the Trailer, it gave me some Firewatch Vibes. The story seems very interesting. I think I will give it a try. Thanks.

The Trailer does look promising, but after seeing Gameplay footage it looks kinda boring. I’m not that into turn based games, in fact, the one and only turn-based Game I’ve liked is UNDERTALE. Thanks.

I actually played No Man’s Sky at launch, and honestly I didn’t think that it was such a disaster. But I haven’t played recently but I will pick it up again.

I’ve enjoyed watching YouTube Videos about Project Zomboid, so I think I will like it. Thanks.

As I said in other comments, I think RDR2 won’t be a game I will play in a long time, since it seems to me that it is like a movie, not really a Game.

GTA V isn’t really a game I like. It’s somewhat boring for me, since you can do almost anything.

The Call of Duty Games look cool, but I’m unsure about the whole franchise. I think it could be excellent, but the whole franchise is somehow unsympathetic for me.

I’m currently looking at the tags of Metro Exodus, which has been on my list for a long time, and I’ve noticed that it has the “horror” tag. Are the horror elements a key part of the game like Jump scares or anything like that? I don’t like being scared, but if it’s not a key part, I might consider it.

Thanks for your Recommendations.

Outer wilds does sound like a really fun game. Thanks.

Prey looks great, and I think I will like it very much. Judging from the Steam review’s it’s very versatile which I like.

Watch Dogs 2 Also looks very cool. The story peek from the Trailers looks like it matches with my overall interests. The trailer really hooked me, but I’m still looking through other suggestions, thanks.

I have bought Cyberpunk right after Release, but then after watching some reviews, it just waited in my Drawer (physical copy). Because of that mishap from CD Projekt Red, I’m a little hesitant on that. I know that the patch is out, but I somehow not ready to play it yet.

Control seems promising, but I feel like the story is Whack. Guessing by the name, it seems like I can control everything, so that has some appeal.

Alan Wake 2 seems interesting, but not as compelling as Prey or Watch Dogs 2.

Just played through it, nice and cute little game. Thanks.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is, as someone already stated, I think a huge investment. I think it isn’t a Game where I can just go and play, but I think it is more like a game I need to actively think and have more than two hours to get back in. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Satisfactory is awesome, but since the 4th Update or so it has become too advanced for me.

But thanks for the recommendations

Isn’t the remastered edition the version who all hate because of the launch with the huge bugs and other errors? Also, since it is from EA, does it like have unnecessarily Micro transactions built in? Apart from that it looks really promising, thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Spiderman does look interesting, but I don’t know. I guess I’m searching for another Zelda:BotW. Which isn’t Tears of the Kingdom. I really like that game, since it’s the only one where I am free, not bound to some quests or something. I can go anywhere I would like in every order I want to and so on. I just think that the Spiderman Games aren’t as freeing.

Path of Exile 2 looks fascinating, since I haven’t really played a good Dungeon Crawler in a long time.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is definitely on my list, but I think to understand it properly I need lots of time, so I will put that aside for now.

Thanks for the suggestion. Might be a hot take, but what I dislike about Red Dead Redemption 2 and also Horizon Zero Dawn is that it is like a movie. Just a cutscene after another and I feel like that you aren’t really free in RDR2. But I didn’t play it so it might be better than expected!

Thanks for the suggestions. I already own Helldivers 2, and it is great, but I would like something more single-player since my friends aren’t online all the time and playing with strangers is just half the fun.

Teardown does look really promising. Especially that it’s literary, a game where you can just blow up anything!

I went for 64GB because I wanted my RIG to be future-proof. I chose an AMD GPU, because I use Linux (of course on Lemmy ;)), it’s also a Statement to choose AMD over Nvidia because of the outrageous pricing. Honestly, any newer GPU is an upgrade in perspective to my old pc.

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This Kurzgesagt video

So every year I go donate Blood, since I’m Bloodtype 0. Aside froom that there are these:

• KDE
• FDroid
• Tutanota (Yes you can donate)
• Yet Zio (yet-calc App)
• My favourite Artist in Music
• A political Party which stands for Privacy
• EFF
• Tor

Used an iPhone very long ago as my daily driver (I think the iPhone 4… the neon green one) until I discovered android.

I switched because Had so much more choices and that you weren’t locked down. If you have an iPhone you have to use Apple’s services no matter what. Want to uninstall safari, because it is a really awful browser? Well you can’t. Want privacy? No that’s not possible (I know what Apple advertises but just because an iPhone is built to be privacy-friendly doesn’t mean that services from Apple are privacy-friendly. And how will you prove that an iPhone could be considered privacy-friendly anyway?)

What also triggers me: with newer iPhones you do not have a universal backup option thingy. If you use your Phone with your right hand it is really annoying to constantly reach for the upper left corner to go back. On android: You can decide what gesture to use to go back. You can use three buttons or swiping gestures etc.

As other users mentioned, with android you have lots of choices. I for example have a Fairphone 4. I can replace my display myself without needing to pay extra for Apple Care. My Brother has a folding phone, I hate it, but there is the option.

Another great factor is customization. Apple does a great job, Android just does it better in some ways. “How?” You might ask, well, you can choose what launcher you want to use. You can choose what icons you like, and you even can choose an alternative App Store like F-Droid. And you can even choose the whole OS, like Lineage OS and Graphene OS. I for example use Kvaesitsio as a launcher, I mean look how beautiful it looks.

Picture from my Launcher, Kvaesitsio

Until I’ve read your comment I always thought that I would be a good idea but now I’m all against it.

Ignore the critics

Let’s say you’re planning to read a new book, watch a Movie or, in my case, considering purchasing a new video game. I usually check review sites like Metacritic to see if it was well-received. For some reason, critics always seem to praise the worst games and shame the best ones.

I know I could just skip reading these reviews, but since I don’t have a lot of money, I need to make smart choices. Sometimes, the reviews from the users help a lot.