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verycoolusername, do gaming w Embracer Group Cancels ‘Deus Ex’ Video Game

This is just terrible. I love Deus Ex and was hoping to see a new game in the next 5 years.

AFreeLarryHoover, do games w Capcom Targets Smartphone Gamers
@AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world avatar

They need to target a Mega Man Legends 3 release.

Murdoc, do gaming w Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat

Man that website is annoying. Say, where’s that summary bot?

ylai,
gustofwind, do games w ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
@gustofwind@lemmy.world avatar

I’m probably the only person who thought baldurs gate 3 was a boring slog

Please bring back divinity

And009,

Well you’ve got an upvote so… There are some crazy ones out there for sure

jjjalljs,

I don’t think it was a slog, but I do find DND 5e an unsatisfying system. You spend a long time waiting to get to the cool parts of your character, and unlimited resting breaks dnd’s already dubious balance.

MDCCCLV,

It’s available heavily modded if you want a more challenging experience.

jjjalljs,

I tried a Pathfinder mod, but it wasn’t quite doing it for me. I’m not sure what would do it for me exactly. I’m being a stereotypical customer where I don’t know what I want, but I can tell you what I don’t like, heh.

MDCCCLV,

Was it a collection or a single mod?

jjjalljs,

There’s a single mod that purports to convert the game to pathfinder 2e. I’m not sure if the balance isn’t to my taste or if I was doing something wrong, but my characters all had very low hit chances on their first attack. Missing isn’t fun for me

I believe it was this one: mod.io/g/baldursgate3/m/pathfinder2ndedition#desc…

lichtmetzger,

The story was excellent, the combat was a slog. Still finished it and overall enjoyed it, but it felt like they were being limited by the DnD system a lot, ultimately worsening the experience.

melroy, do games w ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Lol. there will be aliens on earth for sure before GTA 6 will be released

rafoix, do games w Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins

lol MS customers are going to get screwed. They’re making Sony and Nintendo look pro-consumer.

big_slap, do games w Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins

just kill xbox already man

kepix, do games w The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

you mean too many shit games. its insanely hard to put anything into whishlist, cause every game is one of these:

  • phone game fps on rails, ported to pc, runs even worse than on mobile
  • anime girl doing something generic, the gameplay is pretty much abismal at this point.
  • pixelated sidescroller with the classic brown-green mario lookin map, but the leveldesign was random generated
  • action roguelike that pops up an upgrade every .1 seconds
  • ue5 horror game, where the first scene is an idiot going to a dark shed with the same flashlight model everyone used for 20 years now. runs at a cinematic fps on the lowest setting with dlss.
  • visual novel but the aspect ratio doesnt fit any known screen resolution from the past 29 years
  • good lookin game that is sitting in early acces for 7 years now. gets a balancing update every year, but we all know the campaign is never gonna get finished.
  • ragegame where its hard to control your own character cause "hahaxdfunny"
  • hardcore game that doesnt show you a tutorial, expects you to learn it from ingame, but since its hardcore it only has empty servers. devs tells you to engage with the toxic 200 ppl community in his little discord server.
  • super popular multiplayer where noone communicates, but you are suppose to work together
  • a game that was clearly made within a week, plays well, but its short and has no control settings. you never see the dev again on the internet.

there are so many games, cause it is just too easy to make something. the end is a neverending sea of slop. the worst part is, real gems are just almost impossible to find anymore.

Valmond,

Well said IMO.

Soon to come: AI made games? 😬

daniskarma, (edited ) do games w The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

How is having more options a problem?

I’m playing games that came out 10 hears ago, and I have a backlog of many years and I couldn’t be happier with it.

It’s better than no having anything to play.

At a industry level we all know that gamedev is not a great career. Specially if you are indie the most common profit is 0. But it’s ok. You can do it just for the love of it as I do. I spent time making games just because I love it. No everything have to turn a profit.

rozodru, do games w The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

It’s not a problem for me just because of the cost. I want to play Expedition 33 but I’m not sure I want to pay $70 to do so.

I’m happy just playing my old ROM collections or booting up Cyberpunk or whatever. but now I just can’t justify dropping $70+ on a game anymore.

sigh, I’ll probably just end up going back to EVE Online.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Not every game costs $70. Expedition 33 in particular only costs $50 when it’s not on sale, unless you’re in a different region where $50 USD converts to $70 in your country.

rozodru,
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

yup, am a Canuck :/

MudMan, (edited ) do games w The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

And you know, if wouldn't hurt my ability to play more games if more of them were shorter.

From the article:

In 2024, a staggering 18,626 games were released on Steam, according to SteamDB, a website that tracks data on the popular PC platform. That’s an increase of around 93% from 2020, when 9,656 games were released.

By my count, if you don't sleep or eat and only play videogames you need every game to be about 30 minutes long on average.

I mean, it wouldn't hurt, but I'm gonna say it's not enough.

In all seriousness, I'm more concerned by the competition from social media and on demand video. I'm typing this, which isn't that interesting of an activity. Idling online is a huge time sink, and it's getting bigger.

brendansimms, do games w The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

EVE ONLINE UNTIL I DIE

Quazatron,
@Quazatron@lemmy.world avatar

I’m still playing Doom, the original!

rozodru,
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

please, don’t. I’m on another 3 month break from EVE and I don’t want to go back just yet but….please…don’t I’m tired boss.

this has been my life since 2003. EVE, take a break, EVE, another break, EVE, so on and so forth.

nore, do games w Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years

EEE

P1nkman, do games w ‘Subnautica 2’ Leaders Say Krafton Sabotaged Game Over Payout [new events in the Subnautica 2 story]

Krafton deserves zero sales on this game. Let it fucking tank, make Krafton go bankrupt.

someacnt,

Sadly companies like this never go bankrupt, they are good at milking dry.

SolidShake, do games w Microsoft Plans Major Job Cuts at Xbox Gaming Division

Makes sense after how successful the oblivion AI remaster sold.

augustus672,

Can you provide proof that AI was used? It’s not disclosed on the Steam page which Valve requires for all games.

SolidShake,

Yeah. They used UE5. Which has insane AI tools. So, you know how you can walk around and see all the detail? Well if you think bathesda hand painted in new brush and details and redid ALL the character models etc etc you’re nuts. But what’s funny is, in the character models. You can literally see the AI used because nothing is significant. The motions are all exactly the same except the main character. The mouth movements are the exact same. Everything is exactly how it was but just overcoated with a new engine. And UE5 literally advertises their AI capabilities.

BlameTheAntifa,

I want to respond in a rational, reasonable way, but this is so factually incorrect and utterly unhinged I am not sure where to even start. Ordinarily I’d be all about dumping on Bethesda, too.

SolidShake,

Dude … You can literally tell if you didn’t glaze so hard.

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