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Today's game is Uncharted 1. I played through some more of this after finishing LittleBigPlanet 2 yesterday. I actually found myself booting LBP 2 up out of habit.

I made it through another good few chapters of the story and stopped at around chapter 12 due to the time. While playing through this I noticed a lot of it felt similar to the 4th one. From the setting of an abandoned city on an island, to the involvement of pirates. I don't know if it was intentional but it was really cool to notice. Almost kind of like things came full circle.

a good chunk of the chapters revolved around this bay. As pretty as it is, I can't say I'm sad to see it go. The fights in this one were brutal and I felt like enemies were shooting me through surfaces. I think I definitely took 4's Stealth and Melee combat mechanics for granted because this one can be ruthless sometimes (but very satisfying to pull of a good run of combat).

While going up stream and dodging some explosive barrels that some lunatic keeps tossing in the river, I came across this beautiful waterfall. I don't know what it is but something about waterfalls has always been interesting to me. They've always been kind of mesmerizing in a way.

There was also a second one that I drove past, but wasn't able to get a good picture of due to the stream actively pushing me away. You'll have to take my word for it that it was pretty.

I feel like overall I'm progressing through this one way faster, it may just be me though. Something I noticed while playing is that all the characters have kind of oily looking skin, and that got me wondering what it might have looked like on a CRT. I know they have a sort of natural AA effect, so I'm wondering if it might look better for me if I break one out. Though, I suppose in the end all the screenshots will come out looking the same lol.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...that got me wondering what it might have looked like on a CRT. I know they have a sort of natural AA effect, so I'm wondering if it might look better for me if I break one out.

Do you have a good one just lying around? I've been on a retro game kick lately and sort of wish I had a good CRT but they're so goddamn big and bulky so it's not like I kept one around from back in the day. But you're absolutely right about old games being made with them in mind and it's especially noticeable for stuff like pixel art games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if I had one in the garage, if not I live in an area where people seem to be giving away CRTs regularly for some reason. I’m sure I could nab one. I think the main thing stopping me is I’d have to haul it up some stairs lol