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urda, do games w Day 390 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
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Friendships are tested at Block Fort

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

They really are. Mario Kart in general i’m pretty sure was designed to destroy friendships

Beryl, (edited )
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Block Fort is the best battle mode map there ever was. Give us a good battle mod back Nintendo ! They’ve been crappy ever since.

omgitsaheadcrab,

This right here. I don’t know how many hours I spent on block fort with 2-4 players. It just fantastic and nothing has come close since

ReCursing, do games w what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?

Off the top of my head, in no particular order:

  • Portal (or maybe Portal 2)
  • Doom (the 1993 one) (or maybe Doom 2)
  • Stellaris

All great games

you_are_dust, do games w what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?
  1. Super Mario RPG. I played through this game so many times as a kid.
  2. Dust: An Elysian Tail
  3. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
edgemaster72,
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

A fellow Dust enjoyer, nice

Rai,

Based and uwu-pilled

chunes,

Shadow of Mordor is just so much fun to screw around in. Does a really good job making you feel badass

Deceptichum, do gaming w This happened to me in Roller Coaster Tycoon and The Sims.

When the answer is to grab the fork seventeen levels back, and to not use it on the dog 3 screens before so that you had it to look at after answering a riddle written backwards in Spanish that is actually an in-joke from the devs childhood you’re damn fucking right I’m not wasting my time to “figure it out”.

Video games are not reality, I can’t look at an easily surmountable barrier and just walk over it like I could in real life to solve the issue, I have to take some deranged imagined route by a dev. I can’t logically work my way out of a situation that is some guys bullshit idea of a solution.

Soapbox, do gaming w This happened to me in Roller Coaster Tycoon and The Sims.

This is exactly it. I definitely used a lot of walkthroughs as a kid. I also feel like games in the 90s and early 00s were just plain harder, or sometimes poorly designed.

These days I only look something up when I have got to a point of near rage over how much of my limited gaming time has been wasted, and I need to know if I am just a moron, or if it’s a bug, or bad game design. Of course, then I get mad that I can’t find it written out, and have to skim around in some fucking YouTube video to figure it out.

lunarul,

For me it’s the opposite. I remember getting stuck in a game for days or weeks in the 90s. I would get to a point where I would just try to click everything on the screen, use every item with everything else, try all possible item combinations, etc. These days, if I’m stuck for more than an hour or two I’ll just Google it. I’d rather move on faster and get to play more games in the limited time I have for such things.

Soapbox,

Oh I had that same experience too. Especially with Mist. I never got far in it. I’m convinced the game was broken.

CubitOom, do gaming w What are your experiences using Linux for gaming?
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All my games work, however I avoid games that require kernel level root kits to run so your mileage may vary.

If you ever have an issue with a game running under proton. Look up the game in ProtonDB and make sure to use the filter to match your hardware.

termus,
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I get avoiding those games on principal… but is there any harm that can come from playing those through Linux?

CubitOom,
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Its a kernel level rootkit, so if you have that installed your computer is no longer yours. They could in theory, read your RAM and use it to read encryption keys and have full access to your system and you would never know.

termus,
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A kernel level rootkit for windows though. What is it going to have access to in Linux? Isn’t it just reading Proton’s windows files that are created for each game ran through it?

CubitOom,
@CubitOom@infosec.pub avatar

You may be right, but I don’t know enough about proton to say it’s a well isolated sandboxed environment. I’d rather not have it on my PC at all.

verdigris,

They won’t run on proton. “Kernel-level” means it’s well below the level that Proton runs at.

termus,
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Helldivers 2 runs fine through Proton with it’s anti-cheat. It was claimed to be kernel level.

verdigris,

My understanding is that actual kernel-level software would have to at least have a Linux-specific driver included. Otherwise if it really is running entirely through Proton, it’s somehow faking the ring 0 access. I’m not entirely sure, but I do think that anti-cheat must work differently from the big ones like FACEIT and Valorant.

nyahlathotep, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?
@nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works avatar

Is this because everything in america has to be bigger?

? it’s the same size?

Anyway, I guess they thought it looked cool? idk it’s just part of the back cover, it’s not molded into the plastic or anything

eru777,

As someone pointed out, they are actually not the same size. I was mentioning the grooves being part of the “everything needs to look bigger and meaner in USA”. As part of the whole marketing strategy that still goes on to this day. E.g. In kirby game covers in the US he looks angry.

cRazi_man, do games w How can i casual gamer enter a game online competition?
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Fighting games are great for this. Street Fighter 6 is great (and the biggest). But there are others (Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Guilty Gear, Super Smash Bros, loads more and more upcoming new ones). Fighting games have usually have local clubs/events where you can play casual matches. They’ll also do local tournaments, and there will be bigger regional and national competitions to find. But it’s a great starting experience to go to a local tournament and lose £5 entry fee by losing 2 back to back best of 3’s.

Dudewitbow,

as an addenum, if you live by a major university, most universities have a weekly tounament for various games. if you arent up to snuff yet, there will likely also be casual setup, or better, bring your own setup to play casuals on with others. (e.g low effort one would be a pc version of a game running on a laptop for a mobile setup)

dont be intimidated and think you also have to register for the tournament if you arent experienced yet.

MattTheProgrammer, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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Any Splinter Cell after Chaos Theory

Also,

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

followed by Assassin’s Creed: Unity

followed by Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

towamo7603,

I liked Double Agent for trying something different, but Conviction and everything after was utter trash.

Defaced,

I really liked blacklist, it’s a shame the pc port is completely fucked into oblivion…I lost my PS3 disk in a move a few years ago and never found it again. I really need to get a new copy.

afansfw, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Prototype 2. I loved the main character of the first one and the idea that even a monster was not as evil as human corporations. The jump to him being a main villain in 2 was too abrupt, there needed to be more story reasons to justify the change, or they shouldn’t have made him a villain at all.

NocturnalMorning, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Final Fantasy Remake Part 1

They changed the story and introduced Whispers to the game, something about Fate trying to drive the story the way its supposed to be. Then they made Sephiroth the final boss of what is now known to be a trilogy (bcz money)…

My absolute favorite game got ruined bcz they decided they needed to “shake the game up”. And now part 2 “Rebirth” is some multiverse bullshit.

I hate everything about this corporate BS they turned the remake into. But, I have to live with it bcz its not my game.

Best I could do is buy rebirth used from game stop so Square Enix didnt get any of my money.

Instead, I play the original from time to time, and I have to try to block out the remake changes they have made.

The franchise was so successful, that Square Enix made idiotic spinoffs and added characters to iconic scenes who weren’t there. They’ve just completely ruined the original game with how much they’ve milked the franchise. Its tragic to me, and not many people care that much.

I really wanted a remake that made the changes that were necessary to play to a modern audience, clear up the confusing story points more fleshed out so they were direct, and maybe changed up a boss or two. Basically I wanted the same thing they did with Resident Evil 4 remake, but instead we got a garbage trilogy.

kadaverin0,

Funny, I said the same thing on Reddit around the time it was released and was fucking crucified for it, lol. I called it a shallow button-masher with FFVII aesthetics and bad fanfiction for a story. I didn’t get any coherent rebuttal besides people malding over turn-based combat and how rewriting iconic scenes and plot points is good because reasons.

NocturnalMorning,

Yeah, depending on where you say this people will absolutely rail you for it. I dont understand why people are accepting of this crap.

vrighter,

imagine having never played the original (me, unfortunately, at the time). Then, what are the whispers all about?

NocturnalMorning,

I mean, its not a terrible game. I just really wish they would have stuck to the original story. If you havent played the original, thats probably a good thing when playing the remake bcz then you don’t have a comparison.

missingno, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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Puyo Puyo Tetris. I put out a lengthy video essay about how this game is directly responsible for everything wrong with the series today, and a followup.

TL;DR: Outsold every main series game, and by an order of magnitude. Succeeded in spite of Puyo Puyo rather than because of it, did a terrible job making new players actually want to play Puyo Puyo and just led them to bounce off it and play the other game instead. But even in spite of how much I initially disliked it as a game, I thought its success could lead to bigger and better things for the series, perhaps we could finally get a main series game localized next. Never happened, instead Sega rehashed this crossover four times. Main series is dead, never coming back.

S_H_K,

I have never seen such strong opinion about Puyo puyo WTH?

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

I'm passionate about my favorite game. I'm sure you have games you're passionate about, right?

S_H_K,

Fair and valid point Sir tho you have to admit Puyo Puyo hardcore fans are a rarity.

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

Well, we'll remain rare as long as Sega does such a terrible job marketing this series...

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w what video game deserves to be in a museum?

All of them.

jewbacca117,

Rogue Warrior?

RightHandOfIkaros,

I said all of them, so yes.

daniskarma, do games w Which of theses games should i play?

You can try both, see what you like.

I still like Minecraft Java more than Luanti.

My main grip with Luanti is world size. You can totally get to the world end in a few hours. I like the infinity of Minecraft.

REDACTED,

This somehow caught me off guard. How is a world where you have to walk many hours from point A to point B is too small for you? Can you even realistically explore it all?

daniskarma, (edited )

Of course. I’ve explored bigger extensions of terrain in Minecraft.

Other example, a server like 2b2t would be impossible in Luanti. Or any big multiplayer server.

insomniac_lemon,

Isn’t Luanti’s world height way bigger, though? ~62K vs MC’s ~400 are the numbers I see.

I mean I get that’s a different thing, but aside from exploration it determines build height. Also to me it’s a more visible limit, because falling made it obvious how short MC’s maps were.

daniskarma,

Yes. But world exploration tend to happen on horizontal.

Also additional height is often used as a way to store alternative dimensions (like nether or end). As there’s is not another built in way to do so.

Anyway it would me nice to have the horizontal extension. But at this point is not a planned feature and it would break a lot of things, so it’s not something that Luanti would likely ever have.

TabbsTheBat, do games w Which of theses games should i play?
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Minecraft feels a lot more polished, it has more content, and more players meaning higher chance of your friends being on there, and minetest is… free :3 so if you have minecraft or considering getting it you’re not losing anything by also trying the latter. I think the project is neat, but it was not something I could stick with for a long time

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