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Gadg3tm, do games w Starfield install size revealed, available to preload now
@Gadg3tm@lemmy.world avatar

Time for another SSD

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

We have gone from cartridges, to CDs, to kind-of cartridges.
We have kinda gone full circle! Now we need something lile a holocron or like a Cortana AI chip to store an even bigger amount.

theRealBassist,

I’m here for data holocrons.

Just like set into an interface built into your desk and boom, hard drive.

Make it open up like jedi holocrons and I’ll buy 10 just to play with them

AlexisFR,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

Yeah, add to that MSFS with all extensions, and now my 1 TB 970 Pro isn’t enough : (

irish_link, do games w Rainbow Six Siege X update detailed, as game goes free-to-play on June 10

I get free to play, however I am getting frustrated when I purchase a game and then it goes free to play.

Tetsuo,

I get it but I don’t really mind when it’s a very old game. It’s not like your copy of R6 siege has that much value many years after release.

Same goes for OW.

irish_link,

Absolutely true, unfortunately for me I usually purchase games later in their lifespan after most bugs are worked out. It’s not like it goes F2P a year after I purchase but I guess I am just complaining.

If more people get to play it and the game is given new life it’s a good thing.

Phineaz,

Well, can’t speak for R6S, but OW most certainly decreased in quality after it went F2P. We pretty much stopped playing a few months later.

ZeroHora,
@ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

Same goes for OW.

I paid for a 6 x 6 Hero Shooter they gave me a F2P 5 x 5 version with a lot of changes and I cannot ever play again the game that I paid for. I do mind a lot.

Tetsuo,

I bought OW at release and it’s one of the best value I ever got in gaming.

The game was around 40€ many years ago and I had all heroes since release, plenty of lootboxes and skins. And I played hundreds of hours on it. Yes they killed their game in the recent years but that doesn’t mean I didn’t get any value from it. I honestly think they were pretty generous for the first years considering it wasn’t price at 60€ like some CoD.

ZeroHora,
@ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

The problem isn’t the amount of value, they’ve essentially removed OW1, there’s no way to play it again from a game preservation perspective is goddamn awful what they’ve done. Probably the only time you can play it again is when they release an Overwatch Classic for $29.99 in 10 years.

DudeDudenson,

Comically enough they put it in sale on steam

Codilingus,

Ranked will not be F2P. If you already own Seige, you won’t have to pay again for ranked.

TsarVul, do games w Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits 1m sales in just one day
@TsarVul@lemmy.world avatar

It runs so much better than the first KC:D. Good job, Warhorse Studios.

By the by, someone playing the game for an additional 19 hours after giving it a thumbs down on Steam for woke DEI speaks to its quality.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f654c06f-14f9-4d16-b350-6fcab8fcc9d6.png

Elevator7009sAlt,

I’m asexual, not aromantic, but thinking about this from an aromantic perspective I completely get wanting more close platonic relationships that don’t turn romantic. That would actually be inclusive, a lot of people try to put romance everywhere, and I get it! It’s fun to do! But aromantic people like to have representation too, and options to be friends but not romantic helps them feel represented.

Too bad this guy’s “checkbox insert” means it’s probably (I might be wrong) an “omg gay people exist in my game, gross” complaint and not a “hey platonic relationships are important too, don’t make every significant relationship romantic” for all the aros (or even non-aromantic people who think friendship is important as well as romance) out there.

TsarVul,
@TsarVul@lemmy.world avatar

Absolutely. Portraying a relationship as less meaningful unless there are romantic underpinnings somewhere is weird. It’s just the “checkbox insert” thing cynically insinuates that they like had a gayness quota to fill. Whatever, my point is that it’s undeniably a good game. Check it out if you’re into medieval Europe stuff. You don’t have to play the first one, although you’d be missing out.

Elevator7009sAlt,

Every time I see a sequel I get curious about the first. KCD1 seems like something I have a 50/50 shot at either loving (roleplay!) or hating (QOL stuff, probably the combat), not sure which side I’ll come out on.

TsarVul,
@TsarVul@lemmy.world avatar

Suffice to say, you have a rough start of it. You’re born into the peasantry. You’re fragile. You can’t fight your way out of a wet cardboard box. I don’t know why this stuck with me in particular, but you’re illiterate. As you progress, life gets easier. Point being, the roleplay necessitates hard as hell combat and lack of QOL stuff.

IDK I’m into swords and horsies. Give it a shot, I’d say.

Broadfern,

I’m like, borderline aro(?) and yeah having the option to proceed down a meaningful friendship path with my favorite characters/have them move in (shoutout to Krobus in SDV) is awesome when provided.

I can also see the “empty tokenism” as in, players deserve more fleshed out queer relationships instead of rainbow stickers being half-heartedly slapped on existing characters but yeah unfortunately the reviewer is probably a pearl clutching “woke DEI other-buzzword bad” type.

PostPeruser,

For sure i get that. I really liked how BG3 handled it in that regard, had very deep connections to characters, whilst keeping it aromantically.

In this case though, do people have the option or is it a quest line you have to follow through in this regard? Haven’t played it yet

ampersandrew, (edited ) do games w Dino Crisis 1 & 2 just got enhanced PC re-releases, courtesy of GOG
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

There’s also a new GOG Dreamlist, where you can vote for your favorite games of yesteryear to get the same treatment. If I might nudge you to the search box and vote for some of the following, you’d have my thanks:

  • 007: Agent Under Fire
  • Burnout before Paradise
  • Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
  • SoulCalibur 1-5
  • TimeSplitters 1-3
caut_R,

TimeSplitters for sure

7arakun,

Burnout 3 on PC would be a dream. It’s one of the reasons I still keep my 360 around.

Essence_of_Meh,
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

If we’re making requests I’d like to add some of my own wishes as well:

simple,

Soul Calibur 2 running natively on modern PCs would be a dream come true.

rtxn, do games w Looks like Dragon Age: The Veilguard just received its final major update

BioWare goes on to state that it is now happy the game is in a “stable place”

Corpo speak for being comfortable with losing.

sp3tr4l,

A flat line is technically a form of stability.

verdigris, do games w Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024

Animal well is great, but still has one massive problem; the keyboard controls can’t be rebound, which is an absolutely unforgivable miss in 2024. Beat the game but had to use a controller… I really don’t understand why he still hasn’t added this basic feature.

coriza,

Quake was released in 1996 and if I recall correctly at the time the arrow keys were the standard but one famous Quake pro player used WASD and it helped launch it to today default.

My point is, I don’t think it was ever OK to not have customizable keyboard controls, and having it also give you permission no be perfect in your chosen default. I understand not including the option to have multiple keys assigned to the same control (although I don’t excuse it because it is not rocket science), but not have configurable controls at all? It was unforgivable in the 2000 and it is exponentially more unforgivable today.

unmagical, do gaming w Why the gradual death of the console exclusive makes business sense

By allowing more people access to your games, more people have access to your games to purchase … with money … that goes to you and helps your business’s button line.

Droechai,

And money can be used to buy goods and services!

inclementimmigrant, (edited ) do games w Spec Analysis: PlayStation 5 Pro - the most powerful console yet

I mean duh?

That said, I think the bigger question is how are consoles going to respond to the vastly growing cost of GPUs and power consumption.

SuperSynthia, do games w Helldivers 2 has "performed well ahead of expectations" and topped more than 8m sales

I may honestly check it out. Watched some gameplay vids last night and it looked like a blast. I’m especially intrigued by friendly fire always being on, as that was such fun gameplay addition but this is entirely baked into the experience

bigboig,

I’m definitely glad one of the call outs is, “I’m sorry”

Neato,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

I was about to throw orbital strike buoy and my teammate accidentally melee striked me causing me to drop it. Was confused since I didn’t even know that was a thing and as we were figuring out the orbital strike blew us to hell. And that’s how I got the AAAAaaah! achievement.

Fun times.

SuperSynthia,

Fucking sick

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world avatar

You won’t regret it. I’ve gotten so much fun out of this game so far.

SuperSynthia,

You sold it to me!

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world avatar
Katana314,

Y’know, I distinctly remember the friendly fire being the thing I didn’t like about the first one. It was initially very “Oh haha you killed me!” but then something kept you from getting to play again for a long time, and so it was hard to just shrug it off. I’m assuming it’s something somewhat different now.

SuperSynthia,

From the vids I saw, a lot of it is early hijinks at first. Then when shit starts hitting the fan constant communication necessary so you don’t accidentally merc your homies

formergijoe,

It’s not as bad as the first one. Some weapons and stratagems are more prone to it (looking at you airburst radius that always seems too big) but since there’s more of a height component you aren’t constantly getting shot by teammates. and because you aren’t confined to the same small area there’s less of a chance of stratagem strikes and hellbombs killing everyone.

There is a bit of a learning curve in terms of knowing the radius of certain stratagems and backblasts and arc range of some of the weapons, but once you get past that friendly fire incidents are much lower. That being said, if you run into someone else’s line of fire you are partially to blame as well.

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

With all the talk I may have to break down and give it a try. Haven’t done an online shooter since medal of honor allied assault lol.

Aussiemandeus,
@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone avatar

You won’t be disappointed, it’s a great game.

I never recommend games but this bg3 and outerwilds are my favourites

SatouKazuma, do gaming w With gaming's internet usage climbing, how do internet providers keep up?
@SatouKazuma@lemmy.world avatar

Counter: How do devs actually compress their fucking games? No reason games should approach taking up half of a hard drive.

derGottesknecht,

Decompression uses the cpu, so you loose performance if you compress textures.

MangoPenguin,

Just use delta transfer, and compress for transit and decompress on the host during install like steam does.

Technology that’s been around for decades and yet for some reason so many game launchers don’t make use of it.

derGottesknecht,

I was referring to the hard drive, not the download. I think loading times increases if you have the textures compressed.

MangoPenguin,

Yeah but if you decompress on install then you’re not loading compressed textures.

TexMexBazooka,

But you’re still using the same amount of disk space

femtech,

not for the transfer which is what the ISP’s are crying about.

derGottesknecht,

Yes, but the first comment asked why games are so huge o the harddrive.

conciselyverbose,

Do you know how much space I could save (and transfers that could be prevented) if they offered alternate branches that didn’t pack obscenely large textures onto my steam deck for no reason? You already know what textures you load on low, medium, high, ultra texture quality settings. Steam offers branches that are easy for users who care to use. Why not use them?

SatouKazuma,
@SatouKazuma@lemmy.world avatar

Imagine expecting things to be simple, though. Something something Murphy’s Law…

magic_lobster_party, do games w Bloodborne Kart isn't allowed to be called Bloodborne Kart anymore, but it is still coming

This probably means one thing: Sony is making their own Bloodborne Kart!

olicvb, do games w Netflix developing over 10 games in-house currently
@olicvb@lemmy.ca avatar

Seeing how they treat their own shows, cancelling them willy nilly. Really doesn’t give me hope in them getting game series going.

I dont wanna go and get attached to a game just for Netflix to completely drop support

Mirshe,

I was about to say, this sounds like a classic tax dodge. Start developing a ton of games, drop 8 of them come next year to make the charts look nicer for the shareholders, maybe release 1 game 3 years down the line.

Kory, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?
@Kory@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes. It’s like “let’s not pursue new ideas, it’s too risky. Let’s repeat what worked once” - like in the movie industry as well. It’s boring and uninspired.

gustulus,

Same for the music industry, just pick some random 90s hit and make it 10 times worse.

Centillionaire,

This is why I’m not happy with there being so many remakes. Remakes are awesome, if it also means we are getting a totally new game as well. Nintendo seems to do this the best. New Mario’s, remakes of Zelda games, new Zelda games, etc.

I do wish they would make a sequel to Mario RPG or make an actual Paper Mario RPG like the first two were.

ReplicantBatty,

Yeah, I definitely agree that it’s kind of a systemic problem, and pretty much how things are right now. I don’t really care for that mindset of focusing so much on older games and not prioritizing new ideas or IPs. At the same time, I’m honestly a total sucker for nostalgia, I grew up playing games from like late 90s to mid 2000s, and I would be so stoked if they remade or remastered all those games I grew up on. I would throw money at whoever remastered the Need For Speed games from '98 to '06, as good as those games were for the time, they could look so amazing with modern technology. I wanna relive my teenage years but in 4k :D

pimento64, do games w Zelda boss explains why Breath of the Wild's Guardians and Sheikah tech disappeared

That has got to be one of the most miserable jobs you can do with a white collar. Imagine trying to asspull Watsonian explanations for questions that only have Doylist answers to people who will mail you anthrax if you just tell them the truth, which is that Nintendo doesn’t give a shit about lore.

sugar_in_your_tea, (edited )

Yup. I’m a fan of lore in a lot of series, but that’s not why I play Zelda.

I play Zelda because it’s fun. I like the creative puzzles that aren’t super hard, but hard enough to require a little bit of thinking. I like that there’s progression, but no leveling system, so a lot of the progression is learning to use new tools. I like the silly side quests.

I’ve never really been interested in Zelda lore, so I’m honestly okay with things not quite lining up. I guess I see each entry as a separate universe where Link saves Zelda in a different way each time. Zelda games rarely have direct sequels, and I think that was the real mistake this time around. Just let me fight Ganon or whatever in a new cycle every time, I don’t need any kind of story coherency.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Planescape: Zelda where all Zelda universe coalesce into the city of doors. Wait, wrong franchise.

Chozo,

Lore has always been on the back burner when it comes to the Zelda franchise, and I imagine is a major part of why Nintendo so rarely makes any direct sequels to Zelda games in the first place, because they really don't seem to like continuity when it comes to Zelda. The only reason Nintendo even wrote Hyrule Historia and established an "official" timeline for the series (which didn't even make sense at the time, and makes even less sense with the games released after) is because fans wouldn't shut up about it.

123, do games w $70 Mortal Kombat 1 Switch version called "robbery" as graphical comparisons flood the internet

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