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If Todd Howard's hyping of Oblivion, Fallout3, Fallout4, and Skyrim have taught me anything - the game will come nowhere to delivering anything promised - will be massively buggy - and I'll easily sink 100s of hours into the game not caring in the least bit and having a blast the entire time. Purchasing it again and again on every platform as the years pass. Though with gamepass I suppose I don't have to worry about purchasing it anymore.

While Morrowind was my entry into the series in 2002/2003 - I had never heard of it until my head chef at the time told me I needed to purchase it. His hype delivered. But I have no clue what the hype of Morrowind pre-release was like or what was promised vs delivered. But I imagine it was quite similar.

You just unlocked a memory of why I now scroll down every shop menu before even looking at what they have for sale in any game.

That's the reason. Some random gameboy game from like 30 years ago.

There was an old PC game called MegaRace. Somehow I changed my controls and set steering to Left was Right and Right was Left. I never noticed this for the entire time I played it.

When I bought Test Drive 4 the first race I proceeded to drive straight into a wall. After struggling for a while I went back to MegaRace and instantly realized what my issue was.

Fast forward a decade or two later after doing only console racing games, proceeded to buy Dirt Rally and use my keyboard and muscle memory kicked in and drove straight off the track. I basically have to set driving games I play keyboard with to reverse steering. Thankfully a wheel, seat, pedals, and shifter have alleviated this problem in my current life.

I couldn't imagine storming the base on Mars with only the basic starter rifles in the MicroProse version. Though apart from the Hovertanks it might be actually doable.

That said I watched a friend play the fireaxis version of XCOM2 and he never put his troops into cover, just had them standing out in the open - yet somehow managed to beat the game using this "strategy". He blew through troops like tissues during flu season though.

I always get stuck trying to replay FF8 because I can never properly get enough items to ever upgrade anyone's main weapon- which is usually good enough to get through till mid-late game there's some point that requires more physical weapon use and I just get roadblocked and give up. I could probably follow a guide but I always think I can do it myself.

More on track with your game though - I love Legend of Dragoons art style for their character sheet, but it feels so slow navigating it. I'd really really love a remaster.

No model is really the wrong option though - I was on a budget and needed to get the most for the least. And you get to jump right into it instead of instantly taking it apart.

Just enjoy that new steam deck fan exhaust smell while it lasts.

Is "Quest tools" something available in the game itself, or is that something different entirely?

And it's a bit hard for me to talk about series progression because I haven't played in chronological order. I did A link to the Past, the original NES, then Twilight Princess(wii), BotW, then A link between worlds(3ds), ocarina of time(switch emulation), and am currently having a difficult time getting into Majoras Mask(3ds remaster).

I don't know if it's the 3ds format or the game itself that's giving me trouble getting into it. I couldn't put Ocarina of Time down and it's throwing me off with MM. i figured it might have been just going straight from one to the other so I told myself I'd beat Pokémon X and then Fire Emblem Fates(going through other series generations I skipped out on), and try again. X is down and FE:F is underway, so I'll find out eventually.

I can say while I enjoyed the shrines of BotW - I'd have rather had fewer yet more detailed and larger dungeons instead. I never really felt lost in BotW. I wasn't a big fan of the Fire Emblem style weapon durability, nor the crafting - But Star Ocean 2 really is the only game I've truly enjoyed crafting.

I wouldn't say that the series has progressed to Mainstream like games like Call of Duty did where the formula has gotten bland and they try to appeal more to new players than veterans. But it definitely doesn't have the same heart as the original or ALttP, or even Ocarina of Time.

~Elder Scrolls~ edit Elden Ring was, to me, a fantastic Zelda game. Though I have yet to beat that as well.

I hope my incoherent ramblings made some sense of an answer to your question.

I'm not certain how it works on your VPS, but I run my Plex server on my raspberry pi - and it got out of control - so just set permissions to 000 on the metadata folder. Now no matter what Plex tries to do - it cannot store metadata on my pi.

There isn't any noticeable performance hit to it needing to grab metadata online each and every time it's accessed - LAN or WAN. And any bandwidth usage isn't really a concern since it's not going to be anywhere near streaming tv, movies, or music usage.

I know it's not exactly an answer to your question - but it is an alternative solution. Nobody who uses my server has even noticed that I did this.

So if you have the ability to alter permissions - delete the folders contents and then try just denying access to the folder and see how that affects your server.

I remember my spouse about 10 years ago now telling their grandfather he shouldn't drink so much Diet Coke because the aspartame used in it could give him cancer - so I'd say it's been known a while.

While I haven't seen it in person, I'd be willing to bet you're correct. However with that option only on the 512gb model - I can't really say if it justifies the price you're paying just for that feature - or the other minuscule bits you get with the 512 model.

This was replacing my rpi4 as my primary desktop, so it spends most of its time docked and hooked up to an external monitor anyway. The amount I've used it outdoors, the matte protector has done well enough. I'd have felt foolish spending that extra hundred+ just for that feature I rarely need.

If you're wondering what model to get, if you can use a screwdriver and follow simple instructions you can purchase the 64gb model and then get a 256gb NVME ssd(Samsung pm991) for ~35 off amazon. Takes only a couple minutes to remove/install the drive. Takes longer to reinstall steamOS to your device.

I did this in March when the first steamdeck sale happened. Haven't had a single issue with my ssd - other than the updater saying my ssd needs a firmware update but fails on the install.

Don't use a cheap no-name brand(Onn, etc) USB stick for your steamOS recovery image. I tried several and they all would claim install success but the OS would get stuck in a boot loop in the reboot after "successful installation".

I ended up buying a cheap Sandisk and it worked like a charm. I also got an anti-glare screen protector which does wonders for outdoor gaming.