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supersquirrel, (edited ) do gaming w Why compete when you can buy the competition?

Because that is part of the cycle of collapse and shock doctrine these corporations rely on to keep from being clowned on by moderately competent smaller game studios who actually are excited by the challenge to convince people to buy their art instead of shoving derivative slop down their customer’s throat as the cinematic monochoice for entertainment product category no. 1254…

If you mow the grass, the longterm benefit of preserving a strict monoculture is well worth the temporary mass destruction (from the perspective of the person driving the mower, it smells quite pleasant actually).

To be clear, the blades of grass are the smaller game studios on Microsoft’s lawn.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

Poopfeast420, do gaming w Reviewers giving high scores to poorly optimised games really grinds my gears
@Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

This is much older than 2023. I remember Fallout 4, the console version was apparently almost unplayable at launch, so Giant Bomb actually lowered the score, compared to the PC version. And even that example isn’t when this started.

Similarly, what if the reviewers don’t get a specific version, that runs like shit? Like what happened with Cyberpunk, where nobody was able to play the XBONE or PS4 versions.

The thing is, as always, a review is subjective. If the game has problems, but the reviewer can look past them or doesn’t care, why should they change the score.

Someone mentioned it already, but review copies might also run outdated code, and reviewers are in contact with the publisher or devs, and they might say some problem is fixed on release. If the reviewer believes them, it probably won’t affect the score.

wirelesswire, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?

Hmmm, reinstalling Wolfenstein doesn’t sound too bad.

Hadriscus,

I’ve been toying with the idea. So many good memories from New Colossus. It might be linear, it’s such a great story. Not Shakespeare great, but honest b-movie great.

wirelesswire,

I agree with that. I think it’s time for Terror-Billy to go on a rampage again.

prole,

I can just see the NSA nerds now, “Sir, we have seen a severe uptick in downloads and installations of the video game ‘Woflenstein’… We must do something to stop the propaganda!”

Hadriscus,

Woffelstein

RagnarokOnline, do gaming w My regular depression will defeat post game depression with its decades of experience.

Red Dead 2 after the main story line… and then we got the epilogue!

SARGE,
@SARGE@startrek.website avatar

May I… Stand unshaken…

“…thank you…”

I’m not crying YOU’RE CRYING

nul9o9,

Felt like I lost a friend after that one.

Omegamanthethird, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Wandering around in Morrowind before I really knew what I was doing, being happy just to find a few coins in a tree stump or a crappy dagger.

Other games have given more extreme emotions. But no other game has instilled such a joyous sense of wonder.

sexual_tomato,

Killing Vivec and then getting the message about being doomed was probably my favorite “oh shit” moment of all time.

bizzle, do games w what was the last game you played in 2024?
@bizzle@lemmy.world avatar

Helldivers 2

Coelacanth, do games w Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package?
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How powerful is the PC? Is the question more about games optimised for mouse+keyboard, or is it about demanding recent games that allows his new machine to flex its muscles?

Since you say he likes Souls-likes Black Myth Wukong probably checks both boxes - I never ended up playing it (my backlog is too long) but it looked great with stunning visuals and I heard good things about the gameplay.

Cyberpunk with full path tracing is still one of the prettiest games out there and a pretty damn good game too after the patches and expansions.

Finally, something like Fallout: London could be an interesting suggestion as mods of that nature are out of reach of the console crowd. Could give him a whiff of what he’s been missing out on.

VonVoelksen, do games w Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community!

Is biking also implemented? Unrelated: Standard kommt nicht von Standarte ;)

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/21e540e0-c85f-4db1-a470-e450a5940829.png

schamppu, (edited )

It’s kinda supported - if you have your phone in your pocket you do get some steps, but it’s not as efficient as walking.

I’m Finnish myself and my German skills aren’t that great :D The translations for the game are made by the community, you can help correcting errors at translate.walkscape.app (the tool is currently hosted on a very underspecced server so it’s laggy, we’ll be moving it to a beefier one soon)

Edit: Well this was sooner than I thought, I’ve moved it to another server and should be very usable now.

isaaclyman,

+1 for biking. I track my bike rides with Apple Health and it’s pretty solid, I don’t know if it would be hard to make those importable to the game.

schamppu,

When it comes to tracking, smart watch support is the most frequently asked addition and biking is the second. We will definitely add biking after smart watch support, as long as we find a viable way to do that. Biking relies quite heavily on GPS data which we don’t want to deal with, so we would likely be using Apple Health and on Android some specific apps to pull that data from.

TommySoda, do games w Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community!

Hey! I almost forgot about this when I left Reddit. I was so excited to see it come to fruition some day. I’d love to beta test but I’ve moved to an office job since then so I probably won’t be able to help much.

Nurse_Robot, do games w Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community!

Loved the game when I first started, now I’m feeling stuck. I need to watch the tutorial videos!

walkscape,

Eric from the community (and a bunch of others) have been making some videos on how to get started. One I’d recommend for beginners is the Ultimate Beginners Guide video.

Also, if you feel stuck you can try wiki.walkscape.app and map.walkscape.app

Thank you so much! When we get the quest system into the game, giving some direction to the players will be much easier.

TotallyNotSpezUpload, do games w What did everyone grab during the Steam Winter Sale?
@TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website avatar

Everspace for 99 Cents. :)

MrScottyTay,

Same, not tried it yet

TotallyNotSpezUpload, (edited )
@TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website avatar

It’s great.

caut_R,

Game was hard for me to get into but once it clicked, it was awesome

Artyom,

An excellent choice, and the sequel is also great, although the gameplay is very different.

UltraGiGaGigantic, do gaming w The hills are alive with the sound of murder
@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml avatar
9point6,

Where have I seen this before, and does it involve Mario Kart?

Kovukono,

Closest thing I could think of with Mario Kart (Raccoon City is at the end).

9point6,

Yes this is exactly what I was thinking of, thanks!

nesc, do games w What MMORPG are you playing, and why?

Every year I return to play GW2 for 2-3 month it’s always a blast. It would have been better if I had enough tine to play it constantly but. I love how fluid the combat is, I love how different classes are, I love the worldbuilding.

nesc, do games w What do You think about level scaling in cRPGs?

It depends. When done correctly it can be fun, if all creatures/enemies are always scaled to your level, no. Dragon monsters for example should always pose a challenge or some kind of monsters that are you mirror images/copies, that type of thing. Maybe it’s your rival or someone that has far more experience then you do, why wouldn’t their level also grow?

edinbruh, do gaming w The four horsemen of unmet financial expectations

That’s five…

qwerty,

Well, the last 2 are kinda the same thing.

slazer2au,

The last one doesn’t apply in all situations. If you don’t subscribe then you don’t have to accept the EULA.

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