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duchess, do games w Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Review Thread (92/100 OpenCritic)

Looking forward the discounted PC port.

Coelacanth, do games w Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Review Thread (92/100 OpenCritic)
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So it’s this versus Expedition 33 for GOTY then? I feel for Sandfall, that’s some unfortunate timing if they end up upstaged by Kojima.

simple,

I'd argue their timing was very fortunate since GTA 6 got pushed to next year. That game would've dominated the popularity votes on all the GOTY shows.

ampersandrew,
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It’s definitely not decided yet. A breakout hit could still come out of nowhere, which seems to be happening more and more often lately, including Clair Obscur. There’s also still the likes of Donkey Kong Bananza, Mina the Hollower, and Hollow Knight: Silksong coming later this year, and those are just the ones on my radar that seem likely to review that well.

Coelacanth,
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I have a very hard time seeing any of those competing with either Clair Obscur or Death Stranding 2, apart from maybe Silksong (if it actually ever does come out). But even then I’m not sold.

Mina the Hollower will probably duke it out with Blue Prince for the indie game of the year.

ampersandrew,
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The OpenCritic score is a very reliable predictor for winning the Game Awards, which is itself mostly an aggregate of review outlets. Donkey Kong is the next game from (probably) the Mario Odyssey team, and Odyssey has a 97 on OpenCritic, with Bananza looking to have a lot of the same design ethos. If I were a betting man, I’d be putting my money on Bananza winning GOTY. The previous Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight both hover around 90, so it’s possible but not the most likely thing in the world that Silksong or Mina exceed 90 by a wide margin, but they’ve got a better shot than most.

duchess,

Is being GOTY of any significance? Does it matter?

Coelacanth,
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FromSoft reported sales of Elden Ring increased by over 200% following its GOTY win, if I remember right. It definitely has an impact. I can’t imagine it’s irrelevant in terms of attracting or keeping talent either, and it probably would help maintaining creative integrity and sticking to your vision in talks with investors.

ampersandrew,
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It’s interesting to note that the Game Awards started having a tangible effect on sales in the past handful of years. Games that used to come out in November now come out in October at the latest, because that’s the deadline for Game Awards nominations.

mysticpickle,

Stellar blade sold more than 3 million copies in less than 10 days ::jiggle::

Stovetop,

Stellar Blade is a 2024 game, so likely not GotY this year if it wasn’t even close last year.

ampersandrew, do games w Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Review Thread (92/100 OpenCritic)
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I only wish Sony would let me play it this year.

Semjaza, do games w Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Nice write up.

Must admit I’m kinda disappointed the screen shot of Kaepy G isn’t one where the head is twisted nearly upside down.

But it also made me come in and read your thoughts on it. It’s a comfy game to play. Good luck with the project.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I tried to get one of his head but i couldn’t get the animation to time right outside of the dialog, and i’m kind of tough on myself about not using dialogs or preset camera angles for my screenshots

Semjaza,

That’s fair, I have respect for rules like that and also know that camping out for a rare quick animation would kinda ruin the effect when you want to be playing.

duchess, do games w Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I also kept the 4:3 ratio, and the original resolution and framerate, too. The game was designed around this and it felt more right to me. But SoH‘s free camera is awesome of course, really freshened up the game.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I swap back and forth between graphics, but freecam always goes on for me. It’s so nice with modern controllers

donuts, do games w Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I keep a spreadsheet of Water in games, and OoT is at the top next to Super Mario 64 and Galaxy.

Haha this is really interesting! What else is on the list? Have you played titles such as Sea of Thieves or Subnautica?

master_of_unlocking,

Was also going to recommend Sea of Thieves! The water is incredible in that game.

samus12345,
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Nintendo is just really good at making water i guess.

The first game that really wowed me with its water was Wave Race 64, so this tracks. I first noticed that home consoles were getting better graphics than arcades when I saw WaveRunner’s water compared to Wave Race. It was really a “writing on the wall” moment for seeing the end of the arcade.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Sea of Thieves is a yes, basically any game i play with water goes on it. Subnautica i have played but it was on a cheap laptop with a duo core CPU and 6 GB of RAM so… i didn’t but it on there out of courtesy to give it a fair shot. I want to pick it up again on Steam though to give it a try. I’m not to invested in the lore though so i’m probably going to hold off until the sequel too buy it so i can play with friends

Yingwu, do games w Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Very nice. I played it for a bit recently but I quit at the water temple, didn’t intend to but it kinda made me. To no ones surprise I guess?

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Water Temple is one of my favorites, though i’m used to the 3DS version with the QoL changes so that probably helps. I do get why it can be annoying though

brsrklf, do games w Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Yes, I got it. I mean No! No, don’t repeat that!..

Stop. For the love of Hylia, please shut up.

…Fuck you, old bird.

aeronmelon,

“Did you get all that?”

[Yes.]
[No.]◃

MelodiousFunk,
MyNameIsAtticus,
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I first played the game on 3DS a long time ago, and god, i spent like 20 minutes going through the dialog trying to figure out why i couldn’t escape. Somethings are just part of the experience i guess

mesamunefire, do games w Day 340 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Nice! I just got it working without any issues https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart

Thanks!

Dee, do gaming w Kiki

Anyone got a copy of this gif without the caption? Need it for to repling to nudes.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w Day 340 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Are they planning on adding network support for multiplayer? Or is it already a feature?

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I haven’t seen anything about it but would kill for online multiplayer. I’m hoping it happens in some capacity

BigBananaDealer, do games w Day 340 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
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good memories trying to do the shortcut on rainbow road. also mario kart n64 had the best music

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I’ve only been able to pull it off once but it was so fun watching my friends look confused as i threw myself off the edge only to get a massive jump. Though, i also avoid using exploits too much when playing with them so that probably contributes to my difficulty pulling it off

cecilkorik, do games w Day 340 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I still just can't respect a rainbow road that has guardrails.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Fair enough lol. I love the track for how freakishly long it is and feeling like a victory lap, but i can see the appeal of the later one’s challenges

TheLowestStone, do gaming w Kiki
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Two pyramids? You wish. Original Lara Croft had one massive wedge.

IndiBrony,
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A Toblerone, mayhaps

TriflingToad,

shopkeeper: “hey where did that Toblerone go?”
my suspiciously Toblerone shaped tits:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/989661da-8893-4881-94ce-f45a7156c8d5.jpeg

TriflingToad,

HAPPY CAKE DAY 🎉🐛🐛🎉🎉

captain_aggravated,
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And girls cosplaying as Lara Croft by putting a box in their shirts will never stop being funny.

silverchase, do games w Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is pretty great. Anyone else playing this?
@silverchase@sh.itjust.works avatar

I was super impressed with the demo from Steam Next Fest last year. It’s definitely high on my list for Steam sale purchases.

One neat feature the game has, which was unnecessary but that I appreciate, is the pixel perfection settings. The game uses “soft” pixel precision by default for smooth scrolling and sharper text, but you can enable strict pixel precision, which snaps everything to the pixel grid.

hellerphant,

Oh dang, I never noticed that before. Will play around with it after work and see how it feels!

silverchase,
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I played around with the pixel settings in the Next Fest demo. It’s honestly more of a curiosity than something that really matters, but I’m glad someone on the game thought of this. The most notable change with pixel-perfect mode is the text font becomes lower resolution to be strictly snapped to the grid. Other than that, you’ll find that the backgrounds scroll choppily. I’d imagine it would feel good that way on a smaller screen.

It’s that eternal struggle you may have seen if you play modern games with pixel art. How strictly should the game follow the grid? I think Pipistrello’s default “soft” mode is my sweet spot. Rotated and resized pixels are yucky, but I’m okay with smoother scrolling and sharper text. Celeste is that way as well.

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