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Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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Small space bar, weird enter key. Other than that only thing I'd really want is a trackpoint.

That style of enter key is common on European and Japanese keyboard layouts. Similarly, the small spacebar is common on some Japanese keyboards to accomodate for extra language input keys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_input_keys

Ask and ye shall receive. I love how the answers are always provided :)

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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Quite the opposite. So enthralling one obsesses over it and incorporates it into their own dreams and fantasy. Nintendo is quite special. The Studio Ghibli of gaming.

I'm pretty objective since I've beaten every Zelda and I can't agree. Their games just aren't at the same level as anything modern. They use a big marketing budget to push their otherwise medicore platform. Although I think n64 was decent.

> anything modern.

Which is? What makes it modern?

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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What are you even talking about lol? Animal Crossing has huge problems? Like what? It's a simple game about managing friendship and an island. It does that perfectly. There was some issues with multiplayer, but even those where minor and are being fixed. BOTW is empty????? Have you never played a large map game ever? It's absolutely amazing and one of the top rated games of all time. You're just being an iconoclast f…

Ac,- Multiplayer is unpolished, and you can only have 1 main player. Also https://www.wired.com/story/animal-crossing-i-am-not-relaxed... Botw is empty. Yes, large maps are common in 2020. Elder scrolls, assassin's Creed, and GTA come to mind as full but large worlds. Instead of walking to a destination, you'd often run into side quests. I'm wondering if you've only Nintendo gamed and are just unaware.

> Elder Scrolls

The sheer seriousness with which that series takes itself and how ridiculously cringey it ends up being, due to broken AI and a host of other problems, is something of a hilarious meme:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcybVOrBgpzUxm-mlBT0WTA/vid...

If that's your idea of "anything modern" then yikes, pass.

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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> Don't cheat, it's a nice game. Cheat if you want to, or need to, or whatever. If it makes the game more enjoyable for you or if you need an accessbility assist for any reason or just because you like to see content that might be locked behind arbitrary gates. Not everyone approaches games with the same intent, and not everyone can approach games with the same abilities. Cheating is a way to both experience games di…

I didn't read the GP's comment the same way you did. Cheating in a single player game is like looking up a spoiler for the end of a movie. There's nothing wrong with it, but you should be aware the game may not be as much fun afterwards.

Sure, but it's harmless compared to cheating in a multiplayer game. Cheating in a single player game may or may not impact your enjoyment, but cheating in a multi player game will almost certainly reduce the enjoyment of others (even if it may increase your own).

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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You can actually get this as an item in the game and customizing it will give you the option to chose one of those backgrounds. I'm not sure how you can acquire it by normal/elgit means, but if you are able to extract your save file from Animal Crossing New Horizons you can use a save editor (google kwsch/NHSE) to add this item to your inventory. ps. Don't cheat, it's a nice game.

> Don't cheat, it's a nice game. Cheat if you want to, or need to, or whatever. If it makes the game more enjoyable for you or if you need an accessbility assist for any reason or just because you like to see content that might be locked behind arbitrary gates. Not everyone approaches games with the same intent, and not everyone can approach games with the same abilities. Cheating is a way to both experience games di…

That sounds more like modding than "cheating"

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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> Don't cheat, it's a nice game. Cheat if you want to, or need to, or whatever. If it makes the game more enjoyable for you or if you need an accessbility assist for any reason or just because you like to see content that might be locked behind arbitrary gates. Not everyone approaches games with the same intent, and not everyone can approach games with the same abilities. Cheating is a way to both experience games di…

I didn't read the GP's comment the same way you did. Cheating in a single player game is like looking up a spoiler for the end of a movie. There's nothing wrong with it, but you should be aware the game may not be as much fun afterwards.

Would you classify mods as cheating?

In every open world RPG I will always give myself unlimited inventory and durability, I can't stand those mechanics.

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I didn't read the GP's comment the same way you did. Cheating in a single player game is like looking up a spoiler for the end of a movie. There's nothing wrong with it, but you should be aware the game may not be as much fun afterwards.

Would you classify mods as cheating? In every open world RPG I will always give myself unlimited inventory and durability, I can't stand those mechanics.

It really depends on the mod. The one you describe here I would personally consider cheating if there was a reason for the limitation in the first place. If it saves you multiple dangerous trips for instance.

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You can actually get this as an item in the game and customizing it will give you the option to chose one of those backgrounds. I'm not sure how you can acquire it by normal/elgit means, but if you are able to extract your save file from Animal Crossing New Horizons you can use a save editor (google kwsch/NHSE) to add this item to your inventory. ps. Don't cheat, it's a nice game.

> Don't cheat, it's a nice game. Cheat if you want to, or need to, or whatever. If it makes the game more enjoyable for you or if you need an accessbility assist for any reason or just because you like to see content that might be locked behind arbitrary gates. Not everyone approaches games with the same intent, and not everyone can approach games with the same abilities. Cheating is a way to both experience games di…

Cool, just stay offline if you do though.

I don't want people dropping hacked in items on my island, it kind of defeats the purpose of progression for those who aren't cheating.

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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I didn't read the GP's comment the same way you did. Cheating in a single player game is like looking up a spoiler for the end of a movie. There's nothing wrong with it, but you should be aware the game may not be as much fun afterwards.

Would you classify mods as cheating? In every open world RPG I will always give myself unlimited inventory and durability, I can't stand those mechanics.

Cheating is "act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage."

You're not being dishonest or unfair when you mod or (use a) cheat in a single player game, you're free to do as you please, however if other players are involved, there are categories of mods that would fit that description.

Re: Show HN: Tom Nook's Laptop

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> Don't cheat, it's a nice game. Cheat if you want to, or need to, or whatever. If it makes the game more enjoyable for you or if you need an accessbility assist for any reason or just because you like to see content that might be locked behind arbitrary gates. Not everyone approaches games with the same intent, and not everyone can approach games with the same abilities. Cheating is a way to both experience games di…

Some people believe that if you cheat, even in a single player game, it lessens the reward for them. FWIW: I've experienced "cheating" both utterly ruining and enhancing a game.

Animal Crossing is multiplayer but even if it were single player, it's a game that spans real time.

Cheating typically involves skipping that wait, which means people start talking about events in the future with certainty, technically spoilers that have to be avoided for a fixed amount of time.

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