Driving a VW Golf ?
May have mentioned this before, so apologies if repetitive. I don't talk cars often (I owned Hondas/Toyotas and an Acura before this; pretty boring).
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Dude, I almost bought a Golf, but my area has roads that need high clearance and weather that I don't think a Golf would've been the best choice. Also, yeah, it's a Golf, but still...
don't underestimate them!
If I were a kid (at the time), I may have gone that route. Maybe not, because I've always liked to sit higher up, but I truly do get the following of the Golf for those that IYKYK.
Bought a (
Stage 2+) Q5 modded to (better than a) SQ5 instead (the OO must have
also had a mid-life crisis: they did the catback/radiator/pullys/supercharger/grill/blackout/EVERYTHING), but there are times I might have made that different choice. Both are surprisingly ridiculously easily mod/tunable for fairly cheap. Not being a mechanic or anything of the sort, I think the (dealer-meant) software is really neat as well (you can program a bunch of weird/'fancy' stuff, even with the FOB) and why I didn't buy a comparable (x3 [x5 was a little too big/expensive] for me) Bimmer, which I still think looks freakishly ugly (you may not agree and I respect that; you have to understand I looked at them both for a REALLY long time). Also, a high-end Xdrive was impossible to find ANYWHERE (at that time).
Also, I would never be the type to want nor be able to afford a Cayenne. I had a friend with one, and it gave them nothing but trouble, but anyway.
I'm a geek (and was a half-hearted wannabe 'ricer' child); I wanted a sleeper car so I would be less-likely to get a ticket. I get that some people want flash, a certain brand, and have no taste (kidding, kidding
).
These days I'd probably go electric (if I could find one I liked, could afford, and work for the conditions in my area). This was the ONE time I forewent SOME practicality to have some fun, if some would call it that.
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Still playing a bit of The Talos Principle 2 - been stuck on a few puzzles, and refuse to cheat
Also been playing a bit of horizon zero dawn in preparation for the soon to be released forbidden west !
Good on ya for playing TP2 TWIMTB...Experienced.
As for Horizon ZD and FW: Glad you're having fun. I enjoyed those games a very average amount and they left me very whelmed (although I'll always appreciate some of the story-telling devices and ofc Lance Reddick). That said, if you give me a game where I can run around hitting something with a stick, and the stick-hitting animation feels solid and/or have that tangible resistance/slowdown (that I can't articulate very well but iykyk), I will probably play that game. It's kind of like Monster Hunter to me. Do I enjoy it? I very much played it for quite a while and did not hate the game-play loop. I do, however, quite enjoy the weird characteristics of the stick (insect glaives) in MHW, likely very much more than most people.
Back to Horizon, I sincerely appreciate the devs went back and added
this to it, which I thought was VERY thoughtful and noteworthy. While I understand why they wouldn't do that (for story reasons), I'm glad they did. While I had already finished the game by that point, some areas gave me flashbacks to
this and
this, which apparently subconsciously traumatized me as a child, as I still remember them and wince.
