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HerrVorragend, do games w Sony Reportedly Pauses PlayStation VR2 Production to Clear Backlog of Unsold Units
@HerrVorragend@lemmy.world avatar

Well, who could have seen it coming?

Just about anybody, would be my guess.

I bought the PSVR1 at launch back in 2016, excited to finally BE in a virtual world. And for some games, I was absolutely blown away by the immersion. Skyrim, Dirt and RE were awesome in VR. Especially Skyrim was everything I was looking for.

I waited and hoped for more true games but all that kept coming was mostly short ‘experiences’ that felt like early 2000s shovelware, just in VR.

The best VR games were not Sony games but mostly third party games remade for VR.

When the PSVR2 came out, I decided to wait and see if Sony had learned their lessons and had at least many deals with third party studios to remake existing games in VR.

For now, it does not look that way, and a few exclusive tech demo games and some years-old PC ported games just do not justify buying a PSVR2.

Aielman15, do games w Star Citizen 1.0 'Twinkles on the Horizon', Dev Says — 12 Years and $669 Million Later - IGN
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In a blog post, CIG chief Chris Roberts said 2024 will see the launch of Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 (yes, Star Citizen is still in alpha) […] However, there is still no release date or even release window for Star Citizen 1.0. CIG will share the roadmap later this year.

Lol. I wish I, too, was able to convince people to give me 600 million dollars to do fuck all for 12 years.

scrubbles,
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They didn’t do fuck all! They have an extremely unstable alpha of one game mechanic! They just need another few hundred million to get everything else done.

Oh and there’s yet another engine upgrade they’re going to do, and then implement this cool technology over here, and VR, and cryptocurrency, and AI…

TootSweet, do games w Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Doesn't Really Care About the Series' Chronology

This is news? We knew this decades ago.

habanhero, do games w Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam

Looks like Bethesda discovered ChatGPT.

Some of those replies are as bland, hunky-dory and sanitized as can be, with a dash of “you’re playing it wrong”.

SuddenDownpour,

Corporate speak incentivizes bland language. Standing up for as little as possible brings as few enemies as possible, after all. Unfortunately, an empty, bland proposal can only result in empty, bland art.

dohju, do games w Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam

Luckily only tried it once on gamepass. For sure has some interesting parts to it (I did like the ship designer) but it hit me on the second location I explored - this is pretty much a Skyrim reskin. The are randomised dungeons everywhere for no goddamn reason whatsoever, my goddamn spaceship can only fit like 5 suits… alright. Been there, done that, I’m out.

Looking for a re-release in 5 yrs with all the add-ons and mods, maybe I will get it then.

SasquatchBanana,

Why get it then and support this bs? We got this trash because people kept buying Skyrim and circlejerking it

Draedron,

Pirated it but it wasnt worth the disk space. Tried it for a couple hours but it was so boring. I have done a quest for a bank where I was supposed to collect money. It went like this: Fast travel to the ship. Fast travel to the planet the person is on Talk with them. Fast travel back to ship Fast travel to bank planet Fast travel to bank. Talk to bank guy to get money. Next bank quest. Rinse and repeat

jomoo99,

Badabing badaboom now that’s a $90 value

Honytawk,

I just wonder how someone can encounter randomly generated content when all these handcrafted locations exists where all the story and quests happen.

I played like 30 hours before I even came across random generated content.

And those things definitely felt like end-game stuff.

acosmichippo, do games w Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

oh good, this reminds me I haven’t bothered to leave a negative review yet. let me correct that.

scrubbles, do games w Nintendo Switch 2: Everything We Know - IGN
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Ah gaming journalism in the 2020s.

Everything we know so far about “product”

unfortunately we know nothing about “product” yet, but here’s an unfounded rumor and a fuzzy picture! Thanks for clicking on our garbage article and giving us as revenue!

variants,

Or when you look up on how to do something real quick there’s an article with like three paragraphs “In this game you can do this and you are here because you want to know how to do this, here in this article we are going to show you how to do this now watch this video because it might explain how to do this in this game that you want to know how to do”

scrubbles,
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Oh my god I hate those. Those are the real articles and places terrified for AI. they’re excited because they can write more bullshit with it. They should be terrified because AI is great at summarizing and I expect extensions that will summarize it down to a sentence

variants,

Oh yeah I love the little summarize bot for articles here on some lemmy instances to save a click

MJBrune, do gaming w Unity Has Apologized For Its Install Fee Policy and Says It 'Will Be Making Changes' to It - IGN

Far too late to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Faydaikin, do gaming w Baldur's Gate 3: Act 3 Bugs and Missing Content Becoming a Problem as More Players Near End
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

The game has only just gotten it’s first patch and they wrote in the notes what other things could be expected in Patch 2.

It’ll be polished off before you know it. Plus, I have a sneaking suspicion there’s plans for a DLC. More content is likely to come.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Here's an idea, how about it gets polished before release.

Rolder,

Didn’t they push up release so they would come out before Starfield?

wahming,

For games with a shitton of content, I’m not sure it’s entirely possible. You just can’t have every single combination of stuff checked out after every change

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

There were 1st level spells that had missing info or flat out wrong info. This is content players are immediately going to interact with.

There's a major NPC whose story line gets broken beyond repair in multiplayer if you don't do things just right. This is only a few hours into the game.

I don't think I'm setting a very high bar here.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

Compared to a lot of Triple-A games out there, it is polished.

It’s a pretty big game with a lot of variations. And as i said; It just got it’s first patch and more are coming.

It took Bethesda about 12 years before they got around to fixing the “Games for Windows Live” thing in Fallout 3. Which literally made the game unplayable. That was a problem.

I’m sure they’ll get Wyll fixed for you, if he hasn’t already been in this patch.

But now I’m intrigued… If you don’t think you’re setting the bar high, what games are you comparing BG3 to that were that bug free at launch?

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Scope is not an excuse for bugs and I'm tired of people making that argument. If they couldn't deliver this scope as a polished game, maybe they should have reduced the scope.

gk99,

Gonna be real with you, this is a terrible take. I’d much rather have games pushing boundaries at the cost of some bugs rather than a bunch of the same old regurgitated elements over and over to be safe.

GTA3 had plenty of bugs, the Purple Nines glitch being particularly infamous. Literally nobody out there is saying “wow, I wish they’d stuck with the top-down style games instead of going 3D because this bug has seriously inconvenienced me.”

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

What boundary is BG3 pushing, exactly?

Faydaikin, (edited )
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

We wouldn’t have any games with the stardards you’re suggesting. I think you’d be hard pressed to live up to them yourself, if I’m being honest.

No product is without it’s faults and flaws.

I’m sorry you happend to be one of the people that got that bug.

If it’s as big a deal for you as it sound like, I’d recommend getting a refund. It’s as simple as that.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

We wouldn’t have any games with the stardards you’re suggesting.

This is the most ridiculous and hyperbolic thing I've read all week.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

All games launch with bugs. Not necessarily game-breaking bugs, but bugs nonetheless.

There is simply no way developers can account for every tiny potential conflict in their code. So thank god for the internet and that fixing them post-launch is a concept.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

My guy, stop stabbing that straw man, he did nothing to you.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

No idea what that’s supposed to mean.

The simple solution for you is just not buying games at launch.

iAmTheTot, (edited )
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

You're exaggerating my position to make it easier to attack. In other words, you're trying to argue against a point I did not make. A straw man.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

Probably. You didn’t answer the few questions i asked.

You said you weren’t setting the bar high, but failed mention any other game for comparison when I asked.

Just kept insisting that the two bugs you encountered at launch were completely unacceptable.

I’m just thinking you’d have a hard time with anything that has been made the last 20+ years. It sounds absolutely awful.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

I'm not interested in comparing BG3 to other games. I'm interested in judging it on its own merit. And I've encountered far more than two bugs. Plenty of games across 20 years have been released with fewer bugs than this game, what an absolutely absurd comment.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

You see, that’s are kind of comment that makes you seem hostile, which in turn makes it look like you have no basis for your claim.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Calling absurd arguments absurd is hostile?

Not once have I attacked your character or used crass language. Not really sure what you want, but I'm quite done. Have a great day.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

You too, mate

artic,

I would rather have bigger scope but less polish

Cethin,

It’s pretty damn polished. There’s just a lot of possibilities and they rarely mess up. With biggest Act 3 issue is performance is worse, which is expected when you’re going from wilderness to dense city. It still runs pretty fine on my old PC on ultra. It’s about 25fps, which for top down strategy is fine. I could lower graphics if it were an issue.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

We have different opinions on what polished means.

regalia,

It’s very polished considering the complexity and scope of the game.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Agree to disagree mate. When level 1 content that players are immediately going to interact with is broken, I don't call that polished.

regalia,

What are you referring to?

LoamImprovement,

Not OP but I can at least throw a minor pet peeve in that hat - Mage hand only works once per short rest, instead of as an at will as the cantrip should.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Many spells have/had missing text or flat out worked wrong.

regalia,

Examples? I haven’t seen that a single time

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

They are literally noted in the most recent patch notes. Shield had the wrong duration (until long rest, VERY different to how it actually works), Warding Bond made no mention at all that the caster also takes damage (pretty key detail). Many spells didn't have listed ranges or areas, I haven't looked to see if those are all fixed now.

regalia,

Oh, who cares lol

Bezier, do games w Morpheus Actor Laurence Fishburne Reveals He Was Turned Down for The Matrix Resurrections — So He Might Not Be Back for Matrix 5 Either - IGN [Morpheus' character dies in The Matrix Online]
@Bezier@suppo.fi avatar

Smith: Now what? Things have changed. The market’s tough. I’m sure you can understand why our beloved parent company, Warner Brothers, has decided to make a sequel to the trilogy.

Neo: What?

Smith: They informed me they’re gonna to do it with or without us.

Neo: I thought they couldn’t do that?

Smith: Oh, they can, and they made it clear they would kill our contract if we didn’t cooperate.

The film itself explained pretty well why it exists and why it was how it was.

inb4_FoundTheVegan,
@inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

I honestly can’t tell if you’re trolling or not…

Is that seriously in the new one?

Bezier,
@Bezier@suppo.fi avatar

I copied that directly from imdb quotes section.

I knew resurrections wasn’t going to be a very serious movie, but it caught me off guard when they just went and spelled this out in front of me.

inb4_FoundTheVegan,
@inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

Jfc. That’s so sad. Fuck you WB. For this and many other reasons.

overload,

It may have been the best part of the movie too

Bezier,
@Bezier@suppo.fi avatar

Sure made it more memorable

NotKyloRen,

I’ve watched it. It is, though it also makes more sense in the context of the film’s plot.

NuXCOM_90Percent,

Just to provide context for those who didn’t watch Resurrections:

Neo is back in The Matrix as Thomas Anderson and is actually a video game developer and his claim to fame game is The Matrix. His business partner shows a lot of signs of being Smith “reborn”. They kind of lampshade that the people who own the rights to their game were going to make another one regardless of whether the creators were involved so it is up to them to either step aside or make the best of it.

Honestly? Resurrection has grown on me a lot, in large part because the credits sequence of all things recontextualizes the entire movie.

spoilerBasically, the first act of the movie is (re-)awakening Neo so all the marketing makes it feel like a reboot of 1. Except then it takes a pretty big shift as we find out that everyone who fought in the original wars is old and retired, if not dead. And The Machines want Zion to return as a power source except a faction of The Machines believed in Neo and fought, leading to basically the premise of the MMO where there are two big factions. One wants to return and the other wants to stay free. And a key part of The Matrix is that it requires a Neo and Trinity to provide just the right amount of rebellion (which is more power) but to torment them so that they can’t ever move on and have a happy ending. And the rest of the movie is basically The Kids rescuing Trinity and Neo and Trinity both having The One powers. Culminating in basically a repeat of the ending of 1 where they challenge The Machines and fly off into the distance. All while a fucking ska cover of Rage’s Wake Up plays. And… that is kind of what made me really like the movie even if I really fucking disliked watching it? Because… we (GenX/Millennials) fought our fight and… what did we accomplish? The world is a shitty place that gets shittier by the moment (exponentially in 2025…). We choose to go back to our cages because we are too afraid of the world outside of it and our lack of comforts. And that is what the movie was about. Humanity escaped The Matrix because of Neo… and Humanity went back in because the outside world is scary. And Neo and Trinity are going to have to fight our war again and maybe we’ll care this time but we probably won’t. Rage Against The Machine should have been the anthem of a generation and it mostly was ignored or loved by the machine de la Rocha et al were raging against. And… that is also the thing that gets too real. Because we have a generation that were inspired by what we did. But… what fucking kid even cares enough about Rage to want ska covers? Much like… what kids actually care enough about The Matrix to want a sequel? The sequel is still for the crowd that largely didn’t learn the message of the originals.

So yeah. I don’t LIKE Resurrections but I also kind of love that it exists? Even if… it existing makes me depressed?

MimicJar,
@MimicJar@lemmy.world avatar

I think that’s a pretty great summary. When it comes to unnecessary/years later sequels most are just garbage. I think Matrix 4 is still bad, but I have to give it credit for trying something interesting. It doesn’t work ultimately, but it tried something.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Resurrections was basically a parody of the original trilogy, along with the politics going on in the background of producing Resurrections. The Wachowskies didn’t want to do it at all, but ended up taking the reigns because WB would have made it without them, so they used the opportunity to basically shit all over WB and Hollywood and capitalism in general.

In that regard, it’s an awesome movie. If you expect more of the same kind of stuff from the originals, you will likely be disappointed.

TheFeatureCreature, do games w Spider-Man 2 Debuts to 'Mixed' Steam Reviews Amid Serious PC Performance Problems
@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world avatar

Once again another reminder why I don’t buy games at launch.

Well, this and the near-$100 price that most AAA’s are launching at now.

thermal_shock,

“AAA” LMAO

TheFeatureCreature,
@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world avatar

It’s called AAA because that’s the sound I make when I see the pricetag.

pyre,

at least in the realm of video games AAA only refers to funding, not quality. in fact it’s pretty consistently shit because terrible business practices almost inevitably result in late and premature releases because they have to meet arbitrary deadlines and believe they can always fix things later. to be fair the community is pretty idiotic and they consistently reward this behavior so they have nothing to lose in most cases.

CaptPretentious,

It didn’t refer to funding. It’s marketing only. If you ask 100 what does AAA in video games, you’ll get a wide breadth off answers, because it’s not a real term, but it sounds good and people will make up their own definition or repeat one they heard.

MeekerThanBeaker,

Legend of Zelda and other big name NES titles were $60 USD back in the mid to late 80s. That’s over $170 today. Average NES games were $40 back then, which is still around $115 today. Discounted $20-$25 games are closer to today’s $60-$70 standard edition titles.

Yes, they were cartridges with chips back then, but prices are a lot better now for a game. Today’s $100+ games are for the ultra/deluxe editions.

That said, I usually don’t buy games at launch unless it’s something from like Rockstar.

TheFeatureCreature, (edited )
@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world avatar

A direct inflation conversion like that is not invalid, but it lacks a lot of context. Games might have been more expensive back then, but everything else was orders of magnitude cheaper. People were buying homes and starting families as young adults back then. Now many in that bracket live check-to-check and struggle to put food on the table. It stings a lot more.

also to clarify: I was using Canadian dollars. Major releases are around one hundred bucks here when adding tax, give or take a little.

giantofthenorth,

So cool thing. Nobody has to care about inflation and we can all be mad and should actively boycott 70$ games so the price goes back to 60$.

SoJB,

Do you not understand how basic math works?

Like, this is seriously some addition and multiplication 4th grade stuff.

Do you genuinely think games today sell fewer copies than games of the NES era?

MeekerThanBeaker,

You must be pleasant to be around.

JeeBaiChow,

Just ignore the grand poopahs who start a discussion by launching a volley ad hominem.

psx_crab,

Now do factor in the growth of the market and also the price to produce a physical copy and digital, the market share between physical copy, and also the bonus the CEO get each year.

FlashMobOfOne, do games w FromSoftware Parent Kadokawa Confirms Sony’s Buyout Intent, but Insists ‘No Decision Has Been Made at This Time’
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

UGGGGHHHH, please let it not happen.

Grunt4019,

It will be the end of an era if it happens.

circuitfarmer, (edited ) do games w Disney Said to be Considering a Surprising Replacement for Bob Iger: EA CEO Andrew Wilson - IGN
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The corporate world absolutely idolizes the grift. Being able to “produce value” (=make more money while actually not producing anything more) is the only game left. Shareholders look at something like EA that releases the same old Madden year after year while making money hand over fist, and they fucking salivate.

Edit: and BTW, you know one giant group that grifts profit while producing nothing for the economy? Landlords.

LostWanderer, do games w Ubisoft launches NFT game with figures costing up to $63K

That was a delayed grift release, no wonder they stealth launched it (given it would’ve tarnished them even more). I hope they get a lot of shit for this scammy ‘game’.

aksdb, do games w Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev "Piranha Bytes" Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down

Actual news: two leads (Jennifer and Björn Pankratz) founded a new studio: Pithead Studios

I guess they can’t carry over any old IP, but at least we might get more Gothic-like games.

leave_it_blank,

Oh man, I hope so!

I prefer their games over anything Bethesda/Diablo/whatever stuff.

Their games, as clunky and weird they sometimes are, have soul and passion. I’m playing Risen 2 at the moment, and I just love the world. So much too see, every corner has something to find, even if it’s just a bottle of Rum.

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