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stphven, do games w Are there games with real collision detection?

To add another point to the discussion: a lot (the majority?) of “fake” collision detection isn’t there because of hardware limitations. It’s there by design.

Take a look at 2d platformers. They’re about as computationally simple as you can get. Yet they’re still full of “unrealistic” physics. Coyote time, double jumping, air control, collision boxes that don’t match the sprite, gravity isn’t consistent, you don’t stagger if you slam into the wall or floor, etc, etc. This is on purpose, because realistic does not mean fun. “Realism” is not a magical word that makes games better.

There have been games where, to use your example, your character’s sword bounces off anything it hits, rather than clipping through. The reason most games choose not to do this is because it’s usually pretty annoying. The game’s intended experience is most often to let you play as a badass experienced warrior. The kind of person who doesn’t fumble their blows.

Realism is just another tool in the designer’s toolbox. An example of more “realistic” physics being used deliberately is Shadow of the Colossus. If you swing your sword at a wall, it bounces off, and your character staggers back clumsily. This is because the game is specifically about playing a character who is not a badass, but an inexperienced nobody.

Kit, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Inscryption absolutely blew my mind. I’d toss Undertale on there too.

LaserTurboShark69,

Inscryption totally lost me after the cabin. Felt like having the rug pulled out from beneath me.

jordanlund, do games w Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, shit, there’s a sale?

store.steampowered.com

Hmmm… old games I already own, games I won’t bother downloading…

Epic Mickey Rebrushed for $30 isn’t bad.
Space Marines II for $47.99 needs a bigger discount…

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Space Marine II came out only a few months ago, expect a deeper discount mid '25.

affiliate, do games w Palworld announces Terraria crossover

2025! is quite a ways away

randombullet,

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affiliate,

what if i can’t wait that long

Leg,
@Leg@sh.itjust.works avatar

It’s not that long. You’ll be okay.

Iheartcheese,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

Skill issue tbh

Masta_Chief,

To quote a legendary sbemail:

That is not a small number! That is a big number!

dependencyinjection,

Unexpected factorial.

charonn0, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

“Here come the test results: ‘You are a horrible person’. That’s what it says, ‘a horrible person’. We weren’t even testing for that!”

bungle_in_the_jungle, do games w Greatest video game ever played?

Portal (1&2)

grandel,

Portal is amazing, also the community DLC but unfortunately not my greatest.

I’d go with something like Satisfactory or Dota 2 (gasp).

CaptainHowdy, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

Work work

TodaviaTyler,

Zug zug

chrizzowski,

Job’s done!

anarchyrabbit,

This is why I came here!

caseyweederman,

Me not that kind of orc.

PraiseTheSoup,

More lumber is required!

LovableSidekick, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

<span style="color:#323232;">ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
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Mandy, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

Zug zug

Anticorp,

Awe, more work?

mercano,
@mercano@lemmy.world avatar

“Join the army, they said.”

“See the world, they said.”

“I’d rather be sailing!”

theskyisfalling, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

Extremely random one but the TVs in Max Payne show a slideshow of some drama show where the dialogue goes

“My Lord”

“My Lady”

“but my Lord, I must insist!”

Fuck knows why that lives rent free in my mind.

dutchkimble,

Hope this stays in the remake

theskyisfalling,

I must insist…!

purrtastic, do games w I spent 6000+ hours of my life building this character

https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/20b692ec-2894-4ce6-afb3-154974966d98.jpeg

Seriously though, I never got near those numbers. I did put about 2500 hours into TFC and TF2 before it became a bot hellscape.

lolrightythen,

Maybe 2500 on 2 accounts that were both my gf and I on rocket league. Usually on the same team. Over several years in our 30s.

Maybe hit 1000 on worms2demo online as a kid.

Respect

Brumefey,

At some point you don’t play the game because you enjoy some relaxing time on it, but because you have to. That’s were I put my limit, now. No fun, stop playing.

Katana314, do games w I don't think it's possible for me to complete this Steam achievement

Still a fan of the player mocking in The Stanley Parable around achievements.

One example has the narrator taking you on a chain of complaints starting with “…Are you seriously just doing this for the achievement??”

AnarchistArtificer,

Yeah, that kind of mocking is a direct attack at me, and I honestly like it because I feel like my weird achievement hunting is definitely mockable (especially because I already know how ridiculous I am and thus will not change in this respect)

AmidFuror, do games w [Satisfactory] 130 hours in, i have built a turbofuel-powered oil rig. (more pictures and details in description)

Great. More fossil fuels destroying the climate and putting billions of people at risk of poverty and displacement.

And don't get me started on electronic Monopoly!

Blisterexe,

That’s the thing, it’s on an alien planet, so the only ones at risk are the horrible aliens

AmidFuror,

Oh, so you support genocide?

Blisterexe,

They wouldnt die if they didnt impede on my automation, exploration and exploitation. So really, it’s their fault.

thesporkeffect,

It’s for the good of FICSIT… …and humanity

ouch,

Mostly FICSIT, though.

Psaldorn,
@Psaldorn@lemmy.world avatar

The stingers genotype would not be missed.

CarbonIceDragon,
@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social avatar

Satisfactory is a weird game where coal and oil are renewable, but trees, as far as I’m aware, are not.

AmidFuror,

Next you'll be telling me the wind turbines in the game cause cancer.

21Cabbage,

and you burn through nuclear fuel like nobody’s business.

Blisterexe,

Funnily enough, there are no renewable energies available

scrubbles,
!deleted6348 avatar

On purpose, I think the game did a great job at highlighting certain… Horrible practices we have lol

CarbonIceDragon,
@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social avatar

I mean, theres geothermal

Blisterexe,

true, forgot about geothermal.

Wooki, (edited )

Plenty of mods that do renewables!!

CarbonIceDragon,
@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social avatar

well no, there just arent any wind turbines as far as I remember. No solar either

Deconceptualist, do gaming w This is spot on for so many games

Eh, except so many double-down (or triple) on the swamps and caves while omitting more interesting settings like glaciers, oases, rainforests, and river deltas.

Kowowow, do gaming w Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually?

Disco elesium eventually

GlennicusM,

Play it ASAP, it’s great.

LittleTarsier,

I just finished my first playthrough and wanted to start a new game immediately afterward. I’ve never felt like that after a game before. Disco Elysium is an amazing game.

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