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Hisnitch, do gaming w The Game Awards 2023 Discussion Thread

Spider man won no awards and Balders Gate took the win. Pleasently surprised on both accounts.

ConstableJelly,

Did you…hate Spider-Man 2 for some reason? (Haven’t played it myself yet)

Hisnitch,

What? No! I’m just surprised that Spider-man 2 didn’t win anything at all. Even Alan Wake 2 won stuff and the game had only been out for less then a month before the nominees were announced.

ConstableJelly,

Haha ok, just curious. You said pleasantly surprised on both counts, which I took to mean you were happy it didn’t win any awards.

I’m super excited about playing Spider-Man 2 (as well as Alan Wake 2), but I’m also a patient gamer so just keeping an eye out for even a little bit of a sale.

averyminya,

I was also surprised but I think it coming out really recently and being a single console exclusive massively hurt its chances.

highsight, do games w The Game Awards 2023: List of Winners

Really happy that Alan Wake 2 got the awards it did. Especially in the Narrative and Game Direction fields.

That said, it’s tragic that Lies of P was nominated for best RPG instead of action game. I really believe it earned best action game this year.

JakenVeina,

No way it beats AC6 for me, but I wish it could have gotten something, it’s a really remarkable first-entry into the field.

They had a “best first game by a new studio” or something category last year, didn’t they? Isn’t that what Stray won?

communication, do gaming w The Game Awards 2023 Discussion Thread

Oh my goodness Light No Fire looks so good. I really hope they’ve learned the right lessons from No Man’s Sky, because that trailer looked like everything I want from a game.

j_p_,

As a huge fan of No Man’s Sky (maybe my favourite game), this is the game that really got my attention. It looks stunning.

Poopfeast420,

Since Sean Murray went right back to promising everything, it doesn’t look like it. Although from the reception it looks like gamers haven’t either.

communication,

I actually didn’t get that sense this time. Certainly the trailer left a lot to the imagination, and that’s letting me imagine impossible features that weren’t shown. But I thought Murray was very tame in his explanation. He didn’t really promise anything beyond a giant procedural world with multiplayer, and we know they can deliver on that. Everything else might suck. I get why people are skeptical about this, but I’m feeling confident that the final product will match what was shown here.

Poopfeast420,

Saying they’ll create (fantasy) earth seems like a lot, to me that’s not just some random rock in space, but who knows.

ChildEater,

I have some faith in Hello Games. I think being skeptical is absolutely the right call, but from what I can tell Sean seems like a decent guy that just got way too excited and started promising the world to people.

The worst part of the NMS incident is that other companies have started doing the same thing deliberately.

hascat, do gaming w What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Sierra entertainment! I was a big fan of the kings quest games, and Sierra online was my first experience with online gaming.

MJBrune,

I was super into Sierra as a publisher. They seemed to back some of the highest quality games no one knew about. Ground Control, Gunman Chronicles, Homeworld, Aliens vs Predators 2, Empire Earth, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, and of course Half-Life. They published some quality games.

MaggiWuerze,

Don’t forget the SWAT series. Really loved the third game and always played the ‘Children of Terrone’ map on lan parties

MJBrune,

The SWAT series was amazing but now I just look back at it as copaganda.

Thelsim,

I loved the Quest games! They were my first real introduction to the English language. Simple phrases like Open Door and feed chickens were a great way to build my basic vocabulary. I kept pestering my dad for translations until he got fed up and taught me how to use a dictionary :)

I have so many great memories playing those games, on my own and together with my dad. It really was a bonding experience.

TimTheEnchanter, do gaming w What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Maxis was the one that came to mind for me, too! I played everything of theirs that I could get my hands on. Still playing The Sims after all these years!

Telorand,

Will Wright is a genius, and deservedly so, but just did some reading on what he’s been up to, and I’m not sure if this new venture will fly.

axios.com/…/will-wright-voxverse-gala-gallium-blo…

Sounds like SecondLife (another of his creations) with NFTs, or the various failed attempts at a Metaverse, except rich crypto-whales get to be the Lords, and the rest of us are the surfs. Then again, maybe there’s some aspect to it I don’t understand.

Gigan, do games w Whats your favorite Main Menu music?
@Gigan@lemmy.world avatar
MuThyme,

Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven’t played 5 though).

There’s a lot of variety between them all too

Baaron87, do games w What moment from a video game made you cry?

The end of disc 1 for the original Final Fantasy VII. (I’m being intentionally vague here for anyone that hasn’t played it and will be playing the newer FF7 games)

spriteblood, do gaming w Steam Sale Games

Wandersong is $7 USD right now and it's a real gem if you like more casual games. It's a 2D adventure game where you interact with the world by singing. It's cozy and heartwarming, and I'd recommend it to anybody who might be into that kind of experience.

Also Prey is the opposite of heartwarming but it's one of my all time favorite games (easily top 5) and it's somehow $3 right now.

Same goes for the whole Dishonored series.

Ultimatenab,

So erm… I read your paragraph on Wondersong and thought, “that sounds amazing, I must get”. Go to the game page “this game is already in your library”… Fine fine, I’ll get on with my backlog.

myfavouritename,

I love seeing recommendations for Wandersong. It’s a completely different type of adventure game with a unique, and lovely, plot.

spriteblood,

Their next game, Chicory, is currently in my backlog and should probably get kicked up to the top.

JoeKrogan, (edited ) do gaming w Get ready for shitty games from WB next year that are full of always-on and battlepass
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

Another publisher to mark as ignored on steam

SatouKazuma,
@SatouKazuma@lemmy.world avatar

I didn’t know you could do this to entire publishers. TIL.

mojo, do games w For the people playing City Skylines 2 how do you solve 'High rent"

Eat the land lords

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

I am the landlord

tuxtey,

Do you prefer salt and pepper or a nice marinade?

bhamlin,

I’m waiting… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, do gaming w Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

My Steam Deck is pretty much a Vampire Survivors machine.

Deconceptualist,

Probably shouldn’t mention Brotato and Holocure then. Oh, oops 😉

Grimpen,

This happened to me recently. I’ve slowed down now that I’ve got all the unlocks, just a couple secrets to go though…

kratoz29, do games w What are your go-to sources for game reviews and finding new games?
@kratoz29@lemm.ee avatar

Huh, I think I haven’t thought about this hard enough, as I’m a Patient Gamer… But I think Reddit and Lemmy are good sources for this :)

kromem, do games w What did you think of Sea of Stars?

The production of it is excellent. Art is great, combat design was very good, music is good.

But the writing leaves a lot to be desired.

Like, if you could combine the writing of Undertale with the production of this game, you’d have a game that would rival the classics themselves.

As it was I really struggled to stay engaged with Sea when the dialogue felt like it was written by a Disney intern in their first week on the job.

sosodev,

The writing definitely feels very amateurish. Which I agree is a mismatch with the otherwise high quality nature of the game.

I like the overall themes though. It was serviceable enough for me.

ViscloReader, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

Outer wilds, tunic, a short hike, fez,

Broken_Monitor,

Tunic was shockingly good. Looks like its for little kids but there is a lot of surprises and neat puzzles tucked away in there. Absolutely worth checking that out

lorez,

Second this. Tunic is a masterpiece.

businessfish,

a short hike reinvigorated my love for indie games! it’s such a beautiful game with a cute little story and fun things to do, and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.

Evotech,

Outer Wilds is amaaaaazing

devbo,

what are these alternitives for?

ViscloReader,

Yup, I did not answer the question, I just put some personal recommendations

devbo,

nevermind then. guess i dont care.

whileloop, do games w Cities Skylines 2 player feedback
@whileloop@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t like how we have 2 games called CS2 in the same year. Since Cities has worse performance, I say we all agree to abbreviate it some other way, like 2 Cities 2 Skylines.

EighthLayer,
@EighthLayer@lemmy.world avatar

C:S2

metallic_substance,

Let’s just call it CS:GO. The GO is for glitchy optimization

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