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zeppo, do gaming w Why don't idle games mine for crypto?
@zeppo@lemmy.world avatar

I assume you mean for the computer owner, not the game developer? Assuming it goes to the owner of the hardware, not really that useful. CPU mining is incredibly slow and GPU mining would not even necessarily break even on electricity costs. If someone wants to mine, they should just run a dedicated mining program. Wasting electricity to do pointless calculations for tokens is an outdated idea anyway.

slazer2au, do gaming w Why don't idle games mine for crypto?

Because it would be inefficient and people don’t like it when you use their computing power for your own gain. I should mention that there are known instances of this happening. A site being compromised and a JavaScript mining applet has been added to the site.

Also, Firefox blocks cryptominers by default.

blanketswithsmallpox,

inefficient

Right… however ANY efficiency when already using a rig for an idle game is literally more efficient, hence why I wondered.

Also it wouldn’t matter whether the mining benefits the owner or user. In reality if the user wants to try with the CPU, they’ll be making $1 for every $20 wasted in power letting their computer idle hard. However that’s still $19 rather than $20. You could at least give the creator the crypto rather than yourself if it’s free which is kinda my point.

It’s literally a case of I’d prefer nobody benefit rather than someone else.

slazer2au,

You do know that PCs don’t consume all the power when idle right?

I have a server with 2x800W power supplies and it idles at 110w. If I were to run a crypto miner on it my power bill will go up far more than the game creator will make.

The only winner in small scale crypto mining is the power company.

blanketswithsmallpox,

This isn’t about a computer on idle… This is about a computer running a game non stop that people think is Idle… When it’s not. It’s often running a game doing massive number calculations regularly. Sometimes showing hundreds to thousands of separate things on the screen constantly.

I think a lot of the comments here just don’t seem to understand how many resources an Idle game can actually take up lol.

boonhet,

And if you mine crypto at the same time, it either uses even more resources, or the game runs slower.

blanketswithsmallpox,

the game runs slower.

Yeah… hence the point of an idle game.

WeLoveCastingSpellz, do games w Legend of Zelda

Twilight Princess is the perfect LOZ game

MargotRobbie, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations

Baldur’s Gate 3 isn’t exactly open world in the strictest sense, but the maps are so massive that you can get the same sense of wonder and exploration as something like Skyrim or BoTW.

sleepybisexual,

Game looks good, but I doubt I can run it

Lightsong, do games w Legend of Zelda

Majora’s Mask

OoT

Skyward Sword

Twilight Princess

Totk

Botw

Wind Waker

Phantom Hourglass

In that order. Only Zelda games I played.

ranandtoldthat, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations

Not precisely open world but has the same feeling of exploration, discovery and unlocking, Supraland. Harder puzzles, unlock things that make combat easier. Combat is pretty similar to botw.

fri,

Yeah, don’t underestimate the Supra- series of games. I thought Supraland looked childish, but then I started playing it and couldn’t stop. It’s SO fun.

The jokes are hit and miss, but the interconnected world, steady progression and cool mechanics make it stand out. And you can freely draw on the map to mark points of interest!

There are currently 3 games out in the series, with 4th (Supraworld) being in the works.

sleepybisexual,

What platforms is it on

QuantumBamboo, do games w Legend of Zelda
@QuantumBamboo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Link’s Awakening was my first game on my Gameboy, so will always have a special place in my heart! Ocarina was my first N64 game too, and it blew my mind! Nostalgia plays some part in how I feel about those games, but both are still solid games to this day.

BoTW and ToTK both managed to push the boundaries of gaming, and the sheer joy of discovery in both games makes them stand out. I do also love ALttP though, and in its own time it was just as revolutionary I reckon. I didn’t play it until the 2000s though.

goombakid, do games w Legend of Zelda

BotW and TotK for sure. Mainly for the exploration of Hyrule in two different forms. Visually appealing as well.

LttP would be 3rd. Story and gameplay was great.

Probably unpopular, but I loved WW as well. Soundtrack is wonderful to listen to.

Defaced, do games w Legend of Zelda

A link to the past for sure, it’s one of the greatest games of all time. My favorite modern Zelda is skyward sword, the dungeons in that game were so well crafted it’s insane the amount of effort and detail they contain. Least favorite has got to be breath of the wild, it’s a wonderful open world game, but an absolutely horrible Zelda game.

retrieval4558, do games w Legend of Zelda

Maybe I’m getting to be an old head but it’s OoT for sure

Dymonika, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations

Noita is on sale!

tehcooles,

My god, do this one. I have like 800 hours into this game. It’s amazing.

Dymonika,

I finally picked up the Glass Cannon perk for my first time last night, and died from accidentally launching a default/starter bomb.

Uruanna, do games w Legend of Zelda

I’ve been playing the series since LttP. Twilight Princess is my top, for presentation and storytelling.

I feel like Skyward Sword tried to repeat that, but the dungeons and style / atmosphere of the world of TP still come out on top (even though I’m not very much into gothic style and furries). I think SS is way too cartoonish and happy-go-lucky for a world where the surface has been abandoned to the demons and yet everyone who lives there is cool (gorons, kiwis, moles, proto-Zora), that’s a massive tonal dissonance between the narration and the actual environment and it just takes me out.

The next ones on my top list are Minish Cap and Link Between Worlds.

HEXN3T, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations
@HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I don’t know how weak you’re talking, but Horizon Zero Dawn has that same engaging, high skill ceiling combat that BOTW/TOTK does. The minimum specs don’t look too bad, and the game is quite well optimised. Forbidden West is probably a no-go, though, and it’s a much better game which serves as a true direct sequel. They’re great if you like story, too.

The Zero Dawn Steam page.

As well as Forbidden West.

Everyone else has already made great suggestions too. This was the only different suggestion I could make.

sleepybisexual,

Looks good but yea, too weak

Tho it is a good game, played some on my sousins ps4 1 time

Domiku,

I played all of Horizon Zero Dawn on a Steam Deck, so it might work for you. You can get it for like $10 on key resell websites

ICastFist, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Others have mentioned Elder Scrolls, but nobody recommended Daggerfall yet, so it’s one of my picks. Yes, the 1996 game, which you can play on Unity for a much, much better experience overall. Since the game is free, you don’t need to pay a thing. Combat won’t feel good, tho.

If you enjoy space games, X3 Albion Prelude might be a good option. It’s “open world” in that you can go anywhere right from the start, but the main gist of the game is to get rich so you can get the capital ships. Ship to ship combat is fine, each ship class has strengths and weaknesses. It has a learning curve and can feel needlessly convoluted at times

Kingdoms of Amalur isn’t really open world, but its combat is awesome. Get the original, non-remastered version, and it should run on your stronger PC, hopefully.

Dymonika,

which you can play on Unity for a much, much better experience overall

How?

ahornsirup,
@ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz avatar
ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I put the link on the Daggerfall word, it’s this one - www.dfworkshop.net

GrayBackgroundMusic, do gaming w Open world games, need recommendations

It’s not Zelda like, but if you like factory games, Satisfactory is as close to open world as a factory game gets. You land on a planet and have to build a factory to launch things into space for corporate overlords. It’s first person, lots of climbing and building. There’s a tiny bit of combat, not the focus tho.

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