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Deestan, do games w It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation

The laws of captialism entropy:

Any organization that sees success will attract profit-driven leadership, and will become such over time. The soul from the original founders will be watered down, dampened, or ejected.

A profit-driven organization will over time become more and more profit-seeking, never less. Once this reaches a certain threshold, we start to use phrases like “enshittification”. Valve hasn’t gone shit yet imho, but their soul and passion doesn’t seem to lie in games anymore.

The next excellent product comes from new, growing organizations or small teams that may grow into such.

It is best to just treat it as any other law of nature and so we move on from Blizzard, Google, EA, Valve, Epic Games, Unity, etc and go swim in the wonderful vibrant indie scene.

Kecessa,

This is just a reminder that Gabe Newell is just another billionaire and he collects yachts, he’s not your friend!

Megaman_EXE, do gaming w I don't hate Body Type replacing Gender, I hate laziness

One thing that always irks me with character customization is how often games have more customization options for girl characters. I have always assumed that developers only allocate so much time and resources to character creators and call it a day.

sys110x,

Not always true; I was quite disappointed with the lack of labia options in Cyberpunk 2077.

Megaman_EXE,

Hah that’s true. I thought it was odd that they mentioned how you could customize genitalia and then they had 2 options for penis’s and only one vagina option. It definitely seemed like an advertising strategy more than anything

ByteOnBikes,

I was disappointed that I spent time crafting my sausage but at no point in the game was I allowed to waggle it around to show dominance.

EddoWagt,

I don’t even know why you can choose between circumcised and uncircumcised in that game. It feels like they wanted to add more sex things but didn’t get around to it

Coelacanth, do games w Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

I haven’t seen Rayman Legends mentioned, so I’ll throw it out there. It’s a pretty flawless game for what it tries to be, and it’s a lot of fun to play with a friend. The musical levels are just extraordinarily crafted. Definitely recommended if you’re into platforming at all (and even if you’re not it’s worth a shot!)

MajorHavoc,

It’s a pretty flawless game

Indeed. It’s a little spooky.

After completing the whole game I thought, that was really fun, other than…wait… The whole thing was fun. That can’t be right…?

LordGimp, do games w Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?

Remnant 2 and Deep Rock Galactic are the best that come to mind rn.

Remnant 2 is dark souls with guns and coop actually changes the game in some ways to better enable teamwork to make the dream work.

Deep Rock Galactic is just a wonderful little title about space dwarves mining a crazy bug planet. 100% randomly generated. Each of 4 classes feel like they bring something unique to each mission.

hydration9806, do games w Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?

Stardew Valley. My wife and I have sunk well over 1000 hours into it and we still aren’t bored. The amount of mods for it is insane and gives so much more depth to the game, but vanilla is super well done as well.

wide_eyed_stupid, do games w Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?
@wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe Valheim?

TheDemonBuer, do games w Geoff Keighley: No Silksong in Gamescom. Team Cherry are still cooking.
@TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world avatar

We just got a leaked image from inside Team Cherry:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3e3ececd-eba6-4a5e-b69a-5b9986421cf9.jpeg

Hadriscus,

Are these dyed sushi ?

MentalEdge, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

I’d be suggesting Battleborn if it wasn’t dead…

Maybe Predecessor (paragon reboot)?

Marvel Rivals might be a bit too close to Overwatch, or maybe that’s a good thing?

You might consider just not playing ranked. In anything. Assigning a number to my skill level and that of others had a negative effect on my relationship with games and using them to have fun. Recognizing that and just playing to play instead of to appease the rating system, has led to much more fun coming out of my fun.

It doesn’t mean you can’t get better at the game over time, only that you’ll be the judge of your progress, instead of an arbitrary number that won’t ever feel truly fair.

zalgotext,

Yeah playing quickplay in Overwatch has all the sweaty counterswapping and flaming for off meta picks as competitive, except with a 5-10 minute queue time instead of 20-30

MentalEdge,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

I completely disabled both text and voice chat, and haven’t looked back.

olafurp, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?

Return to the Obra Dinn

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

My first thought as well.

JackbyDev,

By the time I got to the end and didn’t have a few secret achievements I was angry because I solved the puzzle entirely. Great game, probably my most common recommendation, but it doesn’t fit this category exactly.

That said, I was much less frustrated than I woukd be for other games.

Kayday, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?

If you don’t mind using an exploit for the pantheons, Hollow Knight is a very fun game to 100%.

If you don’t use the exploit, you will become a shell of your former self.

jballs,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

The pantheons was the only thing I never beat. Shit’s crazy.

Linnce,

I thought I would never beat the pantheons… Until I did. On both PC and PlayStation. As long as you enjoy it, I guess it’s just practice.

Coelacanth, do games w Black Myth: Wukong - Review Thread
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

I’ll wait for some more performance reviews and maybe even a few patches, but this sounds promising. Was looking forward to this game so I’m glad it seems like it delivers.

apotheotic, do gaming w What's your favourite and/or least favourite gaming hardware?

Favourite: Steam Deck, hands down. It has totally revolutionised the way I play games. I very often choose to play games on my deck instead of on my far more powerful pc.

Least favourite: Smartphone. The closest I’ve come to having an enjoyable traditional gaming experience on a smartphone was Sky: Children of the Light but even then I was constantly getting frustrated with the touchscreen controls and dealing with my phone getting as hot as the surface of the sun. Its also just not a comfortable shape to hold while you game.

sleepybisexual,

Yea, phone games have awful controls. But at leasts its not a shitty proper stick

apotheotic,

Fortunately no stick drift

sleepybisexual,

I have a drifting pair. Even without drist the ergonomics are bad. But I’ve seen worse

betahack, do gaming w Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?

parasite eve

vagrant story

fable

command and conquer

starcraft

castlevania - all of them

devil may cry series

kid icarus

mega man series

metroid

metal gear solid

Diablo series

doom

unreal tournament

ultima

morrowind

bladurs gate series

planescape

kotor 1/2

twisted metal black

ico/sotc

deus ex

and on and on and on

Brocon,

This list reads like a who is who of my best gaming memorys. Thanks man.

betahack,

👍 wish I could play these games all over for the first time to get that excitement all over again

BananaPeal, do gaming w Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?
@BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works avatar

Lots of great suggestions here, but if you’ve never played the original Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, and Super Mario World, you should. There is a reason they’re considered classics and everybody should experience Mario’s roots. My 8 year old plays them every so often and he keeps progressing.

SMB 2 is a good game as well, but it’s quite different from the others. It is the origin of a few series staples, though.

Imprudent3449, do gaming w #StopKillingGames update: Finland just passed the threshold.

The amount of work he is putting into this is really impressive. Being from the US it kind of sucks to see his play out in every country but ours. Is 'merica just a lost cause or is there something else we can do here?

Beaver,
@Beaver@lemmy.ca avatar

Get ranked choice voting, breakup monopolies and overturn citizen’s united.

TexMexBazooka,

Watch, educate, vote and if all else fails, leave

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