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CubitOom, do games w Smaller rally/racing games I recommend you try!

You can do rally and drag racing in My Summer Car.

After you build the car that is.

SweetCitrusBuzz, (edited ) do gaming w Linux users: Are we over-reliant on Steam?
@SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org avatar

Yes. However, before they started supporting and prefering linux, and working on proton then getting any game working on linux was a real mess and the average person couldn’t do it for most games.

Sadly most other games stores in the digital space like gog don’t give a shit about linux, thus there is still no galaxy on linux, nor are their preservation efforts coming to linux for a long time.

Lfrith,

Yeah, I set up heroic launcher to play some games from GOG, but achievements didn’t work when I tried it and save sync was kind of buggy. So for GOG just stuck to playing on Windows, since I do want my achievements and time tracked.

I wish other big platforms tried more in trying help escape Windows instead of just being bystanders and not even bothering with Linux launchers themselves.

muhyb,

Time tracking and achievements work for me. You might need to update GOG reditrubutables package though Heroic should do it automatically.

Lfrith,

Must have gotten an update since I last used it. That’s a nice change.

muhyb,

Yeah, it is. There is even a cloud sync feature now (though it’s still in beta, mostly works). Only thing missing is limiting download speed. Apparently GOG need to do that through gogdl.

SweetCitrusBuzz,
@SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org avatar

Yeah, it’s sad that they don’t, gog really needs to get on it imo. Though have you tried running galaxy through proton?

I want that too, heck even Epic could easily make their games native to linux with a single button press but they don’t want to.

slauraure,

For the games that natively run on Linux I don’t see any difference in how they’re preserved. Haven’t encountered anything that doesn’t run on modern systems.

With that said they could get an easy win by making a Linux version of Galaxy and borrowing Proton to run non-Linux titles.

SweetCitrusBuzz,
@SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org avatar

I have, sadly. On steam once the native linux version of a game wouldn’t run but the windows one would through proton.

However, yeah I agree, they could so I don’t know why they don’t.

finitebanjo, do games w The Steam controller was ahead of its time

Behold! The perfect controller layout, from the far future:

spoilerhttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fdafc80c-adae-49d0-8df0-dc0bb359e3fe.jpeg

Blackmist,

It’s weird how quickly Sony discovered the perfect layout and how little it’s changed since.

Analogue triggers are the only really great addition since the original Dual Shock.

The gyro aim on the PS5 (well technically all the way back to the PS3, only not as good) are actually really nice too, but I can count the games that use it on one hand. I’ve no idea why devs are so adverse to using them.

The PS4/5 touch pad would be OK if it wasn’t just used as a giant Select button, because for some reason the actual Select button is now “Share” which literally nobody ever asked for.

slaneesh_is_right,

If only it wasn’t made for tiny hands.

Blackmist,

You’re an original Xbox controller kind of guy aren’t you?

From the PS4 onwards they did at least acknowledge that most people don’t have tiny child-sized hands, and that most consoles are bought by adults.

finitebanjo,

But you can reach all the middle buttons without changing grip.

raker,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7394223a-57b1-4316-ba06-9a00fa615e78.jpegCan confirm. Mine is about 22 years old. Unfortunately the USB adapter isn’t working anymore.

Omega_Jimes, do games w The Steam controller was ahead of its time

It’s an outstanding controller for games with mouse input, but it’s less than fantastic for traditional controller games, imo.

It’s also very divisive. I love it for couch Civilization, but I have an 8bitDo for expedition 33.

Blackmist,

Yeah, I couldn’t get on with it at all. Most games are designed for a right analogue stick, and not having one just kills it.

altkey, do gaming w What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?

Singleplayer games with time-based farming simulator minigames you won’t complete without gaming the date\time in your system (easter eggs are welcome tho). Grindy platinum achievements well outside even a dedicated minority’s norms, just getting bigger numbers or save skamming for opposing endings. Button-mashers with an undisclosed randomization of a final result under the hood.

apotheotic,

Toby Fox was forced to add trophies to the PlayStation release of undertale and deltarune, and made them oppressively annoying in protest, so I feel like there are exceptions to this

SatansMaggotyCumFart, do gaming w You would think the dinosaurs would have been a greater discovery then the artifact she is chasing

Tomb raider came out six years after the Jurassic Park movie so Lara Croft knew what she was doing.

catsarebadpeople, do games w The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact
@catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works avatar

Good. Your choices are bad

MITM0, do games w Thank you, Thor! 🥳
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

I am happy that it’s a Peripeteia developer saying this. The game is a mess (because it’s Early access) & needs a looooot if optimization, but boy it’s something else.

Gives me Ghost in the Shell vibes

bjoern_tantau, do games w For people who want to play their favorite games but are unable to, what are you currently doing?
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Due to Long Covid I can only lay in bed and most games are too intense for me. So I actually do watch let’s plays.

I really like Welonz. She has a really nice mix of indies and big titles, regularly tries out a great variety of games. She is very thorough and while she might not find all the secrets she will go out of her way to show alternate endings and stuff. And she has an interesting voice, so rumor has it that she is actually a ten year old boy.

darkguyman,

While I have no problems with let’s plays, I still feel like they’re kinda subjective. No commentary playthroughs are on the opposite end of the spectrum but I feel really really bored watching them and I can’t say the same for let’s plays.

linrilang, do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

23% played? That’s basically 100% by Steam standards. You’ve officially made it.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Yeah, I have far fewer games and have played a lower percent of the ones I have. There are just so many bundles that have one or two games I do want and I just add the rest to my library.

grrgyle, do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop

Perhaps this is a weird part to single out, but it surprised me

I mainly played on the 3DS from when I was 6 until I was 15, so I don’t have as much experience with other consoles.
[…]
The 3DS was simply Nintendo’s best era, and I don’t think we’ll see anything like that again given the current direction of their latest consoles…

Curious if others agree. I would’ve thought that it would be the SNES era, but that’s probably betraying my age more than anything.


Great article! On par with gaming publications, and actually probably better than most Nintendo Power articles I remember from back in the day. Great job!!

Daughter3546,

I guess nostalgia really is one hell of a drug. I am in my 30s and I view the GBA and NDS as the best Nintendo consoles.

skankhunt42,
@skankhunt42@lemmy.ca avatar

30s. GameCube, gameboy colour, n64, and xbox360. If I had to pick one it’d be n64.

Zoomboingding,
@Zoomboingding@lemmy.world avatar

Rofl this is what I most disagreed with as well. 3DS certainly had some bangers, but I think many would list it among the weakest first-party lineups

alk,

I’m in my 30’s and I think I agree with this. The amount of bangers for the 3ds is insane, and the virtual console lineups on both the 3ds and wii u were unmatched any time before or after. Even today, the 3ds is the best console to buy used and hack. You have QR-code access to ALL titles, including virtual console titles. It’s a Nintendo emulation powerhouse. Technically you can do all of that on the switch, but it’s much harder to do, much harder to get content, and not nearly as many things are compatible.

grrgyle,

I never had one but sounds like I missed out. I also wasn’t thinking of rereleases or emulation.

alk,

I actually never had one while it was “recent” (I skipped from the ds to the switch) but I’ve since bought a refurbished one and loaded custom firmware (very simple compared to other consoles) and played some of the top rated games and a few niche ones. I fell in love, and I use it for emulation of other Nintendo consoles up to N64 and all handheld consoles. I’m even working on a full living pokedex using only a 3ds and a switch, which is completely legit using Pokémon bank and Pokémon home and the virtual console, all official Nintendo software.

missingno,
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I'd say the DS was the best handheld of all time, and GBA was close behind it. 3DS had its share of bangers, but if you compare its library to the DS it's not even close.

3DS was the era where we started to see the conflict between handhelds being a place for experimental low budget titles, versus the need for larger budgets on better hardware. This also just made it more difficult to juggle supporting handheld and console platforms at the same time. And halfway through the system's lifespan, mobile gaming exploded in popularity, which really ate into the system's marketshare. There's a very observable trend in how third party support kept dropping over time.

grrgyle,

Username tells me you know your stuff

alk,

I’d argue that the backwards compatibility between the 3ds and ds makes the 3ds just as good as the DS if you’re counting ds games. Though if we’re talking how good the games are of each generation instead of how useful and fun each console is with all available means of play, it might be a different story.

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

I'm judging each platform's library individually. Though if you do want to look at it that way, I would still say DS + GBA > 3DS + DS.

Also, tbh, I never liked DS-on-3DS due to the screen resolution being such an awkward factor. Scaled looks awful, letterboxed is too tiny.

smeg,

Simple explanation: if you have one console full of fond childhood memories then of course that’s the one you consider to be the best!

essell, do games w Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?

Have you considered that you don’t have to send a full message when you mistype?

People know that happens

Why are you not fighting for this?

nimble, do games w Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?

Vencord has a plugun for this. It’s a third party discord app.

x00z,
@x00z@lemmy.world avatar

Vencord is not an app by itself. It injects into Discord.

Vesktop is a client that comes with Vencord and is much easier to maintain, especially on Linux.

Taminator101, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #22

I love these posts but you health comes first. I hope things get better for you.

billbasher, do games w What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?

Dredge is a pretty unique one that I had a lot of fun with. Firewatch is good but short

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