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RickyWars, do gaming w If the same game is available and on sale on GOG and Steam, on which platform you rather buy it?

Always GOG. While I’ve loved Steam for years and still do, I’d rather have a stronger ownership over my games.

Faydaikin, (edited ) do gaming w What is up with Baldur's Gate 3?
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

I don’t think I have a lot to add to what was already said here.

But I will say that the Baldurs Gate series already had a pretty big following. It had an established fan-base, like Fallout. But unlike Fallout, Larian chose to stick with what people liked about the originals and expand upon that.

So there’s another tiny reason to add to the collective.

Jotain, do gaming w I don't want to "Press any key to continue" to the main menu
@Jotain@suppo.fi avatar

There was (is?) a requirement from Sony and Microsoft about how long a game can take to load as part of the game licensing process. One of the ways it is measured is by counting time from game boot to how quickly the game can react to user’s keypress. A “press start to continue” screen is the most simple thing you can load that passes this requirement. After that the game can do heavier operations such as loading save data, checking DLC or pulling latest messages from online server without having to worry too much about how long these operations take.

EvaUnit02, do gaming w Rant: Frustration Related to Ethics of Games Companies
@EvaUnit02@kbin.social avatar

I'm a former game dev and I can tell you, at least from my experience, there was no golden age where developers and customers were treated fairly. It's the primary reason why I left. Hell, I once interviewed at a place that showed off how the offices had beds in them, as if that was a selling point.

That said, I'd probably be someone who you'd consider "doesn't care about the bad things these companies did." I'm just too fuckin' old to be mad about shit all of the time. If I was only going to patronize folks and companies who matched my own set of ideals and ethics, I would be more than just gameless. I would be homeless and penniless as well.

What I do is simply detach products and services from those who provide them. I can buy a thing from a person I find distasteful. I don't have to invite them out for a drink and I certainly don't have to avoid taking them to task for their poor or unethical behavior. Moreover, ethics and behavior are saleable. If someone comes around who offers something comparable to something from someone I find distasteful, then I can go patronize the new person instead. I have jumped ship from many service and product providers for that very reason. If you want my business, then you better ensure you're either the only person who can provide what I want or ensure you're the person I want to buy from.

kat_angstrom, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

Got 1700hrs in it; 42 bases across a 30+ galaxies. Mines for Sodium, Indium, Phosphorus, Rusted Metal, Sulpherine, Pyrite, and a few more. Built a few architectural wonders, too. Good times

ordnance_qf_17_pounder, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

It’s barely recognisable from the below average game that released in 2016. There used to be nothing to do in it, now there’s so much to do that it’s overwhelming. It’s a very good game now, and you have to give credit to Hello Games for what they’ve done to make it what it was always supposed to be.

Still some things I don’t love about it, but on the whole it’s well worth playing if you’re into that type of game.

13igTyme,

The way the game launched makes me never want to buy a game from them again. It’s nice it’s better now, but now the game is almost 10 years old. They straight up lied about what was going to be in the game a release.

Now they are working on a new game and I’ll read things about how ambitious it is and fans hope they can deliver.

Lol no. They will do the same thing and lie about what’s in it to get people’s money. They may eventually make the game better, but they should be doing that before releasing pure lies.

Rooster326, (edited )

As someone who bought it at launch, I give them credit for it. Hats off to them…

Still am never buying Hello Games games, or anything by Sean Murray, ever again.

$60 for an early access tech demo where they lied about dozens of features. It is still missing promised features after all of their work - which speaks more to the amount of bullshit they spew than the feature set because the features checklist is as shallow as a puddle.

fistac0rpse, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

Not an Epic exclusive on PC, yay! I'm sad that the masterpiece Alan Wake 2 was fucked over so much by not releasing on Steam, glad they aren't repeating that

daannii,

By only releasing in epic, they were able to make it cheaper. It is what it is.

Ulrich,
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

I’ll gladly pay more to not have to deal with Epic’s endless fucking captchas.

Lootboblin,
@Lootboblin@lemmy.world avatar

Epic was actually the publisher (So no Steam) and gave Remedy free hands in development and funding. It took some time but the game is now making profit. Epic takes 50%.

fistac0rpse,

Yeah, which means it will probably never be released on Steam, which is even worse than the timed Epic exclusives where they pay to keep games out of other store fronts for a year or whatever. Even Microsoft and Sony are rarely doing full exclusive releases like this anymore.

You'd think a developer as well known as Remedy would be able to find funding from a less restrictive publisher. Fucking Epic

Krompus,
@Krompus@lemmy.world avatar

At least there’s a chance they’ll just give it away for free.

brrt,

Free as in you have to create an Account and use their launcher. Both of which will probably send lots of data about you to them.

leave_it_blank,

I’m still waiting for Half Life 2 on gog.

It is what it is.

SinningStromgald, do gaming w Watching my integrity slip away after having to backtrack once.

I almost never fast traveled when I played Skyrim. To busy exploring every random cave and building along with climbing random mountains because why not.

dan1101,
@dan1101@lemmy.world avatar

I didn’t fast travel except all the treks to and from High Hrothgar. That got old quickly.

SinningStromgald,

Pretty sure I went there once in all the time I played Skyrim.

pdxfed,

Would be a great name for a dispensary

dan1101,
@dan1101@lemmy.world avatar

There is one in my area called Skooma.

dan1101,
@dan1101@lemmy.world avatar

From what I remember if you did all the Greybeard stuff you were up and down there many times.

Nythos, (edited )

First to meet the Greybeards

After the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller

The Civil War meeting

That’s just off the top of my head having not played Skyrim in yonks

RickyRigatoni,
@RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com avatar

I tried that and gave up after being attacked by five bears within the same quarter mile stretch of road.

MrShankles,

The mountains I managed to clip my way up… I spent way too much time doing that. Climbed the “Throat of the World” before I got the shout that would clear the wind barriers—because why not lol

Redacted, do gaming w What's going on over at dwarf fortress?

Ah the fish wrestling game

5190tent, do games w What are some lower size games that work well on linux handhelds?

One of the smallest games in terms of disc space is Animal Well with under 40mb.

Suck_on_my_Presence,

And it’s a great game at that

GottaHaveFaith,

Really??? Watching the trailer I thought it would be at least 1-2 GB

ieatpwns,

That dev is a magician

prole,

Was going to say Animal Well. Amazing game

doingthestuff, do gaming w It feels good to support

Patient gamers ftw!

nailbar, do games w Gaming Pet Peeves

Unrealistic loot.

Like when you kill a wolf and get shotgun shells as loot.

But also more subtle stuff like enemies in a remote place that don’t carry or have any kind of food and drink with them.

And when the enemy is clearly carrying a weapon, but it’s not lootable and you get some random stuff instead.

ArsonButCute,

I think shotgun slugs would be good loot from a werewolf, but they should be a junk item or a crafting item to combine with gunpowder and casings to make new ammo, not ready to use shells that’s just silly why does a werewolf have those?

Devial,

Reminds of the old pile of gold (empty) meme

Vupware,

In Hades II, there is a zone which has sentient gold bag enemies and flood littered with gold. Neither of these things provide you gold apart from standard drop rates.

Blahnominous, do games w Gaming Pet Peeves

Only having one master audio slider. Please at least give me one for music, voice, and sound effect mixing separately.

almost1337, do gaming w Look how much I'd need to purchase a fraction of their game time!

It’s too bad there are no private servers like Turtle, Ascension, or Epoch. It would really suck to be able to play an enhanced version of classic wow for free.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Yep. What an absolute shame that they don’t exist…

catalyst, do games w What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you?
@catalyst@lemmy.world avatar

I would have swore there was a moment in Disco Elysium where a character makes fun of you for talking like you are trying to exhaust all the options in a dialog tree. But now I can’t find it. Anyone know?

rustydrd,
@rustydrd@sh.itjust.works avatar

Don’t remember that dialogue, but the OP made me think of the Jamrock Shuffle (constantly running around town like a crazy person).

catalyst,
@catalyst@lemmy.world avatar

Yesss that was so good lol.

It’s possible I’m thinking of another game entirely on the other thing. Haha

leftzero, (edited )

Also a certain obsession with containers, if I recall correctly.

And at some point Kim mentions the detective’s surprising endurance (especially given his physical and mental state) which allows him to keep running tirelessly all over the place.

Spoilers about the later.Turns out Harry was a gim teacher before being a cop, and still has some good health from that time, despite everything that he did to himself after.

Famko,

That was during the dream sequence at the end, no? You can even correct the character saying that they’re not lists, but trees or something like that.

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