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DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions

And with that, I’m looking forward to acquiring the complete edition.

Mononon, do gaming w PlayStation 5 beta firmware allows you to stream your games at 4K

I don’t really understand this. It’s like streaming PS5 games but exclusively from a PS5? If you’re internet is good enough for streaming, why wouldn’t you just download? Seems like such a niche thing. Always better to have the option than not, just seems like a strange addition.

bpmd,

Probably testing and prepping for that Q handheld thing. No way they make that for remote play only.

Mononon,

It’s running Android and they don’t have a streaming app for Android. I guess they could make an exclusive app for it, but seems like a lot of work for a super tiny audience.

Katana314,

I guess it enables quick game demos? If a mildly interesting game is 80 GB, or the devs want to let people try it before they buy it but don’t want to code a demo, there’s a few options there.

Still, you’re right, not a big use case. Xbox has an advantage due to controller simplicity. I’m pretty sure you can play Game Pass games using a DualShock, even on a web browser.

sadreality, do gaming w Assassin’s Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions

Well there is an easy solution here... Vote with your money.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Especially since what they showed was very much not a return to the roots of the franchise that they promised.

ImaginaryFox,

That's been easy to do with Ubisoft games. Real test is when it's games you really want.

Anarki_,

It’s okay. Whales make up for those who stop and think.

sadreality,

Others people's financial decisions impact us all after all huh

0U714W, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions

They ran Assassin’s Creed into the fucking dirt. I’m not buying this shit. Who cares?

Disgusted_Tadpole,
@Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml avatar

To be fair, the last ones are quite good. It’s sad to see those games with such a toxic business model.

BobbyBoucher, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions

And water is wet

Mubelotix, do gaming w Cities: Skylines 2 releasing with mechanics from original game via DLC
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

No use for a game that doesn’t run on Linux

usrtrv,

Yea such a shame since the first has support. A lot of other games published by Paradox has it. Has there been any word from the devs yet?

Dubious_Fart,

Yeah, but its linux version was absolute unstable dogshit that was plagued with bugs.

Meanwhile, the windows version via proton ran 3x faster, and almost crash free (and i say almost because once you get to a certain point in modding there will always be crashes)

I’ll take a windows version via proton any day of the week, if Cities:Skylines linux version is my alternative.

usrtrv,

Hmm very different experience for me, I don’t have any problems with the native Linux version. Hardly any crashes or performance issues. I don’t use any mods so maybe that’s the reason.

Dubious_Fart,

I never even got to the modding with the native version.

NuPNuA,

Proton seems to solve that issue with the majority of titles on my deck.

ripcord, do gaming w Assassin’s Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions
@ripcord@kbin.social avatar

This article is just awfully written.

loobkoob,

It's the second article from this site I've seen today - both posted by the same account - and they've both been horrific. The Cities: Skylines 2 one had some awful title gore, too.

Part of me wants to just block OP so I don't ever see this website again. But part of me doesn't want to because I want the news still, and I think there can be valuable discussion in the comment sections even if the article itself is awful.

atocci, do gaming w Cities: Skylines 2 releasing with mechanics from the original game via DLC

Oh man I read this title backwards and went into that article expecting to be angry. I thought it was saying that features from the first Cities: Skylines would only be available as DLC in 2. Very happy it's the other way around.

Andjhostet,

It's very poorly worded

YuzuDrink,

Thank you for this. I had the same impression, and was starting to get annoyed; but if it comes with more features out the gate, then that’s nice!

Awkwardparticle,

I got my pitchfork out and started to sharpen it.
Cities Skylines is one of my top games, even with loads paid DLC. The modding capability and community make up for it.

illi, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions

Truly a return to the roots!

circuitfarmer, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage new leak confirm microtransactions
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I have enjoyed the last couple (no, I don’t buy anything from mtx, and I’ve only gotten the games on deep discount or used). But there is definitely a point in all of them where you hit that Assassin’s Creed grind – the grind that is intentionally made grindier to try and entice you to speed it up by purchasing an indulgence. When it starts to slow the game down to ridiculous levels, that’s normally when I stop playing.

It’s a shame too, because there is a lot to like otherwise. Not the deepest games by any means, and they’d be leaps and bounds better without the microtransactions and the related adjustments to game balance, but still a lot to like.

Ser_Salty,

From what they’ve shown, Mirage won’t really have that grind, since it’s not an RPG game, nor is it as big as the last three games.

Katana314,

I guess it can be different for different people. Maybe I just never reached that “endgame point” but my progress was always marked by custom dialog and new quests in Odyssey, even if that sometimes meant a side quest rather than main quest.

The term ‘grind’ can be either a positive or negative depending on how much someone likes the core game loop. For something like Monster Hunter, it’s used in an appreciative way.

bl4kers, do gaming w Cities: Skylines 2 releasing with mechanics from original game via DLC
@bl4kers@lemmy.ml avatar

Any word on if people teleport to their employer like the last game? I felt like that kinda ruined the experience

NuPNuA, do gaming w GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year

Is anyone else finding themselves less excited for a GTA now that the Housers have both left Rockstar? I really worry the over the top satire of American culture by Scottish writers may be lost.

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Also: The world has become super toxic regarding basically everything mocked in GTA. I highly doubt GTA 6 will be even a bit like previous versions. It will end up as toned-down unironically “woke” cashgrab. To me, GTA ended with GTA V.

NuPNuA,

Yeah, the fact that so many element of society have no sense of humour about themselves or the capability for self-deprecation anymore won’t help.

I don’t imagine it will even be “woke”, I imagine it will be bland and safe to avoid putting off any of the audience as it will have to recoup a huge development cost.

Milan,

GTA 6 will inevitably be labelled woke, but I don’t think that’ll be the issue. I just don’t think GTA’s humour works nowadays and needs to evolve. Even ignoring the childish poop and sex jokes, writing poignant satire in 2023 simply is a lot harder. I think ultimately Take-Two is just gonna play it safe, take no risks and the end product will be bland as a result. Just like the new Saints Row.

Ser_Salty,

It’s inevitably going to be labelled woke because it has a female protagonist, a non-white female protagonist at that!

Also there was some stuff in the leaks about

spoilera right-wing militia which you can encounter and presumably slaughter, kinda like the KKK in RDR2, so expect Ben Shapiro to get upset about that

I don’t think GTA6 is gonna be quite where they play it safe just yet, their brand recognition relies too much on crass satire of America. The Saints Row Reboot also totally flopped financially, so I don’t think anybody is going to take them as inspiration. I think the execs are just smart enough to know why GTA sells.

Koen967,

Or we could just wait for the game to have actual trailers/gameplay or even wait untill it’s released before we start saying the game is shit. We don’t even know anything about it yet.

ElBarto,

NO! We base our opinions on rumours and hearsay nowadays!

Ser_Salty,

Dan Houser and Lazlow (the guy responsible for all of the amazing radio ads and talk shows) both only left very recently (relatively speaking) and likely did a big share of writing for the game before that. And Sam Houser is still there, isn’t he?

NuPNuA,

Fair dos, don’t know where I got the impression they both left from.

AfricanExpansionist,

I keep saying that there’s not really anything left for this series to say or do… Unless they go to a whole new country or time period (RDR is this)

NuPNuA,

Well, aside from the old 2D London expansion they’ve never gone prior to the 80s, a 70s game could be fun.

Then again, it’s not like the US hasn’t had plenty to satarise since V came out in 2013, but as others have pointed out a lot of the groups wouldn’t take it in good humour any more. It would either be described as a woke commie simulator or fash adjacent

ombremad, do gaming w Red Dead Redemption: Comparing the new version for PS4 and Switch with the original

Everyone: waiting for Red Dead Redemption 2’s next-gen update due for years now (and possibly cancelled)
Rockstar: here’s a very poor port of Red Dead Redemption on Switch and PS4

hal_5700X, do gaming w GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

GTA 6 is going to be a shitshow. Everything from Rockstar/Take-Two over the last couple years is screaming this.

twistedtxb,
@twistedtxb@lemmy.ca avatar

GTA as a service with monthly subscriptions to every single thing you can think of

SomethingBurger,

Only $9.99 to unlock the sixth star!

Ser_Salty,

GTA+ subscription required to unlock a bigger wallet and carry more than 1000$

Ser_Salty,

I think the singleplayer, aka the important bit, is going to be good. Leaks looked pretty promising. Probably not going to be as revolutionary as people expect after 10+ years of hype and speculation, but still probably a top tier video game surpassing their previous titles in many aspects. Online is probably going to be biggest shitshow of all time, though. Microtransactions, FOMO, subscriptions, battle passes, the works. Every bad thing about games as a service packed into one, with the additional bonus being that Rockstar can’t program a multiplayer to save their lives, so it’s going to be peer 2 peer, with the shitties netcode and matchmaking possible and absolutely zero protection from hackers. You know, like their last two multiplayers.

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

GTAO will be the main focus. SP will be an thing due to traditions.

SocialMediaSettler,

Rockstar Games ALWAYS makes the greatest online shitshow IMO.

Ser_Salty,

If any game dev wants to know how to make a good multiplayer, just do the opposite of Rockstar lmao

Dirk, do gaming w GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

As long as they can continue milking GTA Online there won’t be a GTA 6, and if there will be a GTA 6 it most likely will be online-first.

MDKAOD,

This comment is a little silly imo. There already is a GTA6. It’s been leaked in a playable form and we already know some of the storyline. The marketing machine has already started ramping up.

Ser_Salty,

And 6 is obviously gonna have its own Online. And as somebody who was very active in the GTA Online space until a few months ago, they’re hitting the limit on what they can cram into this decade old game without it just crumbling under its own weight. Like, genuinely, the engine is struggling.

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

[GTA 6 has] been leaked in a playable form

You mean that crude alpha test code? I would’t say GTA 6 was leaked in a playable form, but hey 🙃

MDKAOD,

It compiled, and you could run around. That’s ‘playable’ in my opinion. Playable is the baseline, i.e. you can play it, but why would you want to. Bad Rats or Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing are also playable, and those are complete experiences.

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

You clearly have a different opinion on what “playable” means. But yes, in this case it’s “playable”, I guess.

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