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CybranM, do gaming w Larian Studios Is Officially Done With The Baldur’s Gate Series

Imho the DnD settings kind of held the game back anyway, the combat in Divinity 2 was a lot more fun since they didnt have to constrain themselves to the super basic DnD item system.

Nacktmull,
@Nacktmull@lemmy.world avatar

I hope they will make Divinity 3 next!

Ragnarok314159,

I would like to see a Games Workshop collaboration. GW sucks with their mini stuff, but their tabletop rules would make an excellent successor to BG3.

AngryCommieKender,

Which editon is it based on? I’m assuming not 3.0 or 3.5 since you called the item system basic. I’m waiting for a good sale before I get BG3

Fridgeratr,

It’s based on 5th edition

Heavybell,
@Heavybell@lemmy.world avatar

I dunno, I like BG3 a lot more than DOS2. I like actually being able to move and not feel like I wasted my turn doing so, and I feel like I get a lot less “fuck! I didn’t want to go there!” situations eating up all my actions in BG3. Having distinct action / bonus action resources, where the latter can be converted into extra movement, is a good system IMO. Now if only they allowed you to use your action as a bonus action if you wanted…

Sibbo,

Arguably, they could just make movement a separate kind of action in DOS as well.

There is one skill in DOS2 that grants a free movement action every turn. I use it for my backstabbing rogue, and it rocks!

slazer2au, do games w GameStop's New Billionaire Boss Calls For 'Extreme Frugality' In Email To Staff

Does that extend to his and the rest of the C suites salaries?

Banda,

Ryan specifically says

“I’m not getting paid, so I’m either going down with the ship or turning the company around. I much prefer the latter.”

I assume he’s not taking a salary for his role. I highly doubt that extends to the rest of the c suite though.

hyperhopper,

But is he getting a hefty stock based compensation package? Can he sell those stocks before he bails?

hackitfast,
@hackitfast@lemmy.world avatar

Undoubtedly.

Who thinks he’s being the CEO out of the good in his heart?

LastYearsPumpkin,

Then he’s not using those stock sales to help the company, he’s using it to enrich himself.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Yes, and that is the same thing as being paid even if the CEO pretends that it isn't.

AliasAKA,

Yes, and he’ll do the old “force austerity to temporarily drive up profit margins for a quarter or two, then once it’s clear the next quarter will be crap, sell all of the stock that was awarded (auspiciously with a very short vesting window, if not just given outright)”

Typical bs, probably worth shorting this stock over the next year or so

sugar_in_your_tea,

Nah, GME to the moon!

n3m37h,

Can you go to the moon instead?

sugar_in_your_tea,

Nah, GME is there. Screw em.

ryannathans,

He has 0 salary, he isn’t getting paid for any of this. Hence the end of the letter. You obviously didn’t even read it.

I expect everyone to roll up their sleeves and work hard. I’m not getting paid, so I’m either going down with the ship or turning the company around. I much prefer the latter.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Playing with other people’s livelihoods is the hobby of so many rich people.

yata,

Billionaires can afford to not get paid. Billionaires expecting normal people to get paid less is the pinnacle of arrogance.

prole,

he isn’t getting paid for any of this

Ah yes, billionaires making business decisions out of the kindness of their heart. Super likely.

These people don’t make the bulk of their wealth through a paycheck.

ryannathans,

No shit, he’s an activist that bought in and turned the company around when it was being run into the ground by consultants working for short sellers. He owns about 15%

Now compare that to executives with no personal stake in their company, making millions in salary and not giving a fuck about anyone else

ryper, do games w Epic Games Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce, also selling Bandcamp

They’re also increasing the price of V-Bucks to try to get even more money out of Fortnite players.

guacupado,

This is the part that blows my mind. When you have a money-printing machine like Fortnite and you still manage to lose money, maybe it’s the CEO you need to be firing.

UltraGiGaGigantic, do games w [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games
@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml avatar

I guess turn the boobs butts and dicks up to 10,000 then. In every game.

Its time for Gordon freeman to do unholy things with a headcrab!

samus12345,
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kinther,
@kinther@lemmy.world avatar

Oh god why did you have to put that image in my head. No wonder it hides in the vents

Appoxo,
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EdibleFriend, do gaming w Nintendo DMCAs Palworld Mod That Makes Everything Pokémon
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Nintendo is going to be watching this motherfucker till the end of time

Synthuir,

Just ask Gary Bowser…

CaptainEffort,

That poor guy got screwed. His life is forever changed because of a fucking Switch mod

roofuskit, do games w Nintendo switch 2 akin to PS4/XBO power
@roofuskit@kbin.social avatar

And Nintendo will "once again" outsell hardware that out performs theirs.

Boxtifer,

Unless it’s the wii-u

moody,

I feel like a PS4 equivalent handheld is definitely respectable nowadays. That’s about the performance that the Steam Deck puts out.

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

That's true, but also we rarely use the switch as a portable in our house and my kid could care less. We don't need Mario Kart to be 4k 120 and Breath of the Wild is designed to look great with lower graphics quality. We have a PS5 and a 4k TV with VRR and we switch between the two all the time.

Boxtifer,

Same here but the switch looks like garbage on the TV. Bayo 3 specifically was very dated looking.

The switch is used by more than kids anyway.

wreckedcarzz, do games w Gaming Website Polgyon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Layoffs
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

Kotaku: “sold to click-farm powerhouse Valnet”

That very same page: click-bair links after paragraph 1, paragraph 2, a top-anchored video link after paragraph 3, and an endless list of links at the bottom of the page. And that’s with DNS ad-blocking and ublock. I’m curious what it looks like without, but I don’t want to get tech-cancer.

Don’t throw shit if you are also covered in it, Kotaku. I never really liked the site but I don’t remember it being in this sad of a state…

YesButActuallyMaybe,

That site just isnt the same anymore. It’s like being run by the mittani

slaacaa, do games w How Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Gamers Billions

Not my president 😡

Tap for spoiler(I live in Germany)

Etterra,

Well to be fair you already went through this shit once. Speaking of which, you’re gonna send troops over here to help us out this time, right?

Strider,

Schwein gehabt!

stardust, do gaming w Launching A $60+ Game Seems Like A Bad Idea Right Now

There comes a price point where it’ll push more people to wait for discounts, and when that happens it makes it more likely those people will end up waiting even longer as the hype dies down.

There’s stuff like inflation and so on, but it’s also affected people’s buying power which will lead to them starting to cut down luxury goods.

erwan,

The discount cycle is on purpose. First you bank with the impatient whales who will buy not even the full version at $70 but the deluxe version with useless cosmetics at $100+.

Then after some times has passed, you do a sale at $45 so people who are willing to pay just this price buy it.

Then lower again, and again until all potential customers have bought the game at the maximum they’re willing to.

stardust,

Already aware of trying to capture price tiers. Pointing out that perception of cost is still generally the same despite inflation and that out the door lower prices that the competion have sometimes led to more financial success than that strategy.

MeatPilot, do gaming w Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content
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I heard if you go into your bathroom and turn off the lights. Then close your eyes and spin around three times well saying “Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo!”

It will summon their lawyers and they will drag you to court through your bathroom mirror for violating copyright.

Blizzard, do gaming w 60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows

The remaining 40% was Baldur’s Gate 3.

thingsiplay,

Only because it didn’t came out at the beginning of year.

zik, do gaming w Baldur’s Gate 3 Is One Of 2023's Best Games, Don't Turn It Into A Weapon

I mean one studio makes a great game and a bunch of other studios make shitty games… then gamers like the game which is better and want more games to be like that. Traditionally that’s called market forces, not a weapon.

haloduder, do games w [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games

So much fucking censorship and agenda-pushing on the internet.

It makes me sick how many useful idiots are being herded like sheep just to satisfy those with more money than them.

TachyonTele, do gaming w Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game

Leave Bethsoft alone guys. They’re all out of fun game ideas and need something to do.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

They’re all out of fun game ideas and need something to do.

They could try fixing something for a change

Fizz, do gaming w Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar
sir_pronoun,

You’re… planning to do WHAT to the goombas?!

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