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Etterra, do games w Baldur's Gate 3's companions were overly horny due to a bug

I thought it was a feature.

SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE,

How do I keep the bug? I like the horniness! There should be a switch in the options to enable extra horny.

fsxylo, do games w Baldur's Gate 3's companions were overly horny due to a bug

God I wish I loved this game as much as I love the headlines it makes, but my max CHA archfey warlock failing every other persuasion roll just left a bad taste in my mouth.

BrainisfineIthink,
@BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one avatar

Have you tried having better luck?

fsxylo,

Yes, but on the way I tripped over a black cat and fell under a ladder onto a mirror, which then broke.

holupwaitaminute,

It took me til halfway through Act 2 to realize you’re supposed to click on roll bonuses like Guidance before rolling in order for them to be added to your total

Naz,

The fact that you didn’t know this means you were not getting the guidance bonuses from the deity.

If that happened to me in tabletop, I’d probably go knock over some tables at their respective chapel

(Take it as in-lore and with good humor lol)

Kolanaki,
!deleted6508 avatar

To be fair, even with the bonuses, and karmic dice enabled, you can still end up rolling a 1 multiple times in a row.

That’s why I save on the roll screen before I toss the die. Go through inspiration/tools first. Then reload if I get fucked over. Because it just sucks failing a DC10 when you can only fail on a 1, since the game does not let you just take a 10.

Madbrad200,

Disable karmic dice and save scum before you roll.

fsxylo,

The save scumming is what pulled me out of the game. :( Felt like I was meta gaming and I didn’t want to do that in a D&D game.

jhulten, do games w SAG-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry

So this is slightly misleading. The board approved a strike authorization vote which will run from 9/5 to 9/25. If the impacted members authorize a strike the negotiation team will have that as leverage day one of contact negotiations.

Skoobie,
@Skoobie@lemmy.film avatar

I agree. Once I realized the distinction, tho, I’m still happy. Having the authorization in hand when negotiating, especially after taking into account the current double strike, will presumably give them more leverage than ever. I’m cool not having any new media for a couple years if it saves the industry.

Xianshi, do games w BioWare lays off senior writing staff as part of its recent job cuts

They’ll probably get an LLM to write their game plots now. 🙄

CitizenKong,

The Reapers have won.

Lost_My_Mind, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

I love Nintendo games. I HATE the company behind the games. And it’s not like this is recent shit either. This goes all the way back to the 80s. They tried sueing Blockbuster for including game manuals with their rentals.

So if you remember blockbuster printing the important bits of the manual, like controls, on the plastic dust cover, that was their workaround to “including copyrighted documents”.

And the only reason they sued for copyright infringement was because they tried to sue to end rentals completely, but blockbuster wasn’t breaking any laws. So Nintendo tried doing whag cops do, and bust you for something smaller, just to get you into court. Then try’d try to wear you down with lawsuits by showing you had a history of law breaking.

Problem was, Nintendo just got a history of suing anyone and anything.

Alternate timeline there’s a version of Nintendo who never sued anyone, but won THIS lawsuit, because they didn’t have that history of wasting the courts time for decades.

JoeKrogan, do games w Ubisoft announces studio closure as it lays off 185 staff
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

The employees should form a cooperative, they are the ones with the skills, the actual producers

AFC1886VCC, do games w Ubisoft announces studio closure as it lays off 185 staff

Fuck Ubisoft

TheFeatureCreature, do games w Elder Scrolls Online developer votes to unionise
@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world avatar

Good on them! Hell yeah.

caut_R, do games w Payday 3 developer likens launch to being a rock band when "the whole stage collapses and everyone leaves"

I came to Payday 3 from Payday - The Heist… It‘s such a surreal experience how there‘s two dozens cops surrounding you taking a turn at firing a bullet each while in PDTH you’d get lasered down by three of em lol

And managing armor sucks IMO

MonkderVierte, do games w "Modding is pretty big" says Baldur's Gate 3 director as over 1m mods are installed in less than 24 hours

Klei, Take-Two, Mojang, pretty much built their games on community mods. Heck, even mobile and desktop user interfaces are based on community mods.

daddy32,

Which klei games have the strongest modding?

MonkderVierte,

Hard to say. For Rimworld, there are lots of engine-level mods/fixes and expansions, so i guess this one?

daddy32,

That one is not from Klei :) I’m asking because I like all the Klei games I’ve tried, but didn’t get much into modding with any of them…

MonkderVierte,

Oh, right. Really thought it’s from the same studio as ONI and Don’t starve.

From the two, i think oni has more modding?

Mossheart,

Rimworld is from Ludeon Studios.

a_wild_mimic_appears,

i would say Oxygen not included has the largest amount of mods with the most impact of the Klei games - Don’t Starve has some nice mods too though

daddy32,

I’ve checked and Invisible inc has a still active modding community too!

TimLovesTech, (edited ) do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage
@TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

For anyone not clicking thru:

In full, the don’ts are:

  • Do NOT insult other influencers or players.
  • Do NOT use any offensive language/humour.
  • Do NOT include politics, violence, nudity, feminist propaganda, fetishisation, and other content that instigates negative discourse.
  • Do NOT use trigger words such as ‘quarantine’ or ‘isolation’ or ‘Covid-19’.
  • Do NOT discuss content related to China’s game industry policies, opinions, news, etc.

I see this as them wanting influencers to focus on their game, instead of using the game as a platform to wade into these other topics that focus on the country they happen to live in. And this being an election year in the US ,and the Right having spread wild conspiracy theories about China for years now, them not wanting any of that stuff to overshadow their art doesn’t seem all that crazy of a take. Basically they are saying they want influencers to talk about the game and to leave politics to /c/politics.

Oh and this is of course only sent to influencers, so just people they are giving the game to for free. The rest of the world (including influencers that buy their own copy) are of course free to do whatever they are legally allowed to in their jurisdiction.

Edit - I just want to add an edit after reading the IGN article someone linked above, that I am not siding with or defending any of the gross things coming from people working at this studio. And I guess this would come down to if people can separate the art from the artist, which I personally struggle with in many instances.

Jaderick,

The use of “feminist propaganda” over “misogyny” seems very deliberate.

tja,
@tja@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yes, because it seems the studio doesn’t have any problem with misogyny

TimLovesTech,
@TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

Oh for sure. I do wonder what part the Chinese government takes in shaping the wording of “exports” like this too.

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

None, Azur Lane chinese is completely different and censored from Azur Lane’s JP and global versions.

kazaika,

I might give them the benefit of the doubt and say its a translation issue

Hexadecimalkink, do gaming w Borderlands is failing already.

The trailer looked like a wannabe Guardians of the Galaxy clone.

jlsalvador, do gaming w Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be

TLDR; the reviewer is upset because the PSVR2-PC adapter doesn’t come with a Display Port cable, and his Bluetooth adapter is not compatible. So he can’t review the unit on time until he receive both items. 🤷

Fiivemacs,

And that’s perfectly valid…if Sony is selling something to make their device work on pc, include the things to make it work or don’t claim it’ll make it work without needing a bunch of other crap.

The average person won’t do prior digging to find out how the company is lying to them, they just trust…sadly.

averyminya,

At the same time, unfortunately it is pretty standard among electronics in general. Photography, synthesizers, music equipment in general, PC parts… When you buy a pc case, you expect the bare minimum to include screws, but they don’t always include things like SATA cables.

However for VR, a simple adapter should definitely be included. I just can see why it wasn’t given the history of electronics.

Eggyhead,

It’s been known since before launch that it wouldn’t come with a display port cable. Not sure about the Bluetooth thing. I couldn’t say for sure, but I Imagine it probably says something in the item description and on the box itself.

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

Wait. Is it not normal to have a box full of extra cables and adapters just laying around?

<.<

pipariturbiini,

Hello, fellow IT person. One day we will need the VGA cables we have saved.

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

I had to drop everything and move halfway across the country on somewhat short notice (long story) and could only take what fit in my car. One of those things was my random cables/adapters box and it came in handy almost immediately. No one will ever convince me to throw that shit away.

Viking_Hippie, do games w DF Weekly: Some original Xbox One units failing to update, disabling most console functions

We’ve informed Microsoft, we’re confident the problem will be fixed

Famous last words

sunzu, do games w Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now

Sounds like a management issue, how is the guy paying for the services gets shitted on here

I also don't understand why I am being scolded by a guy I paid 30 bucks too for alpha testimg...

I never complained.

Badeendje,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think it is targeted at you or me. Ofc there are some gamers out there that would be whipping the dev given the chance.

But the main issue seems to be unrealistic and poorly managed expectations. From management, devs themselves and gamers.

I think the silent majority knows what they are getting into and understand sometimes you buy a melon, but mostly devs just take longer than people want.

sunzu,

the silent majority knows what they are getting into

You are correct here but the headlines like these make me wonder if I am an idiot for spending money on the alpha game. I don't like the one as paying silent majority. They need to work on their PR IMHO

Badeendje,
@Badeendje@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think we are idiots for buying certain early access games. I personally judge games based on the state they are in at the moment they are offered and take some of the promises into account. But also so far I have had relatively little issues beyond game balancing etc with many games. And usually crash issues get fixed quick.

The satisfactory devs have a good interaction with their community and manage expectations properly.

So in this case the dev could take an hour every other week and write a blog post or something. That was also a good way the dev of banished used to do it.

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