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squirrelwithnut, do gaming w Five Years Ago, Anthem Was A Warning

I actually liked Anthem, and I wish it would have gotten more support to fix some of the problems. I think it had way more potential than some other GAAS that have come out recently. (cough Suicide Squad cough)

The worst part about it for me was the really bad net code. Enemies would teleport around, shots wouldn’t register or register too late. And their relative damage system didn’t seem to work properly most of the time. It made the combat feel bad, but you could tell that the combat that was there would have felt amazing had the net code been refined a bit.

There were other smaller problems too, but nothing that couldn’t have been addressed in patches. It really is a shame EA gave up on the game.

LordGimp,

If you liked anthem, might I suggest the mother of all robot ninja shooter games, Warframe?

squirrelwithnut,

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I’ve tried Warframe several times and I just can’t get into it. The combat and movement feel too floaty to me, and I’m not a fan of the artificial wait times for getting or crafting gear. Story is also important to me to some degree, and there wasn’t really anything in the way in interesting characters or plot hooks in what I played. I know a lot of people like the game, but I don’t think it’s for me.

LordGimp,

I will agree the crafting system is incredibly unintuitive even before you get into the more obscure aspects like helminth or archon shards, but there is some story if you really want to dig for it. Honestly I was pretty firmly a casual player until I got to the chains of harrow and from there I was hooked. It’s not a constant thing for me, but a couple months out of the year I like to check back in and see what’s new. The movement and combat are big sellers for me though. I find myself reverting to/wanting the warframe movement system in pretty much every other game I play after lol

squirrelwithnut,

Yeah. The movement is what I’ve seen unanimously praised by people that like the game. I dunno, it’s been several years and several major patches/expansions since I’ve tried the game. Maybe I’ll give it another shot eventually. It’s F2P, so might as well try it every once in a while to see if it clicks.

Katana314,

Those have been my main issues too.

I also just feel no sense of “identity” with such vague constructs of armor at war. Are they human? Are our enemies human? Does anyone have a face?

BorgDrone, do gaming w PS5 Pro Likely Launching Ahead Of GTA 6, Analysts Say

Also, PS6 likely launching ahead of GTA 6. PS6 Pro likely launching ahead of GTA 6. PS7 likely launching ahead of GTA 6.

SatouKazuma,
@SatouKazuma@lemmy.world avatar

Are you implying the PS6 is going to launch in the next…two years give or take, or that somehow R* will let the game slip almost another decade?

beebarfbadger,

Third Half-Life 3 DLC likely to launch before GTA6 too.

hoshikarakitaridia, do gaming w Nintendo DMCAs Palworld Mod That Makes Everything Pokémon

Unfortunately that sounds like a clear cut case. Iirc they have copyright to the creatures themselves, and that case is very straightforward to prove.

vanderbilt, do gaming w Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games
@vanderbilt@beehaw.org avatar

So long as they are comfortable with me never buying them.

rishado, do games w Steam’s Most-Hyped Zombie Game Is Out, And It’s A Dumpster Fire

Zombie media is trash in general. If you’re a shit writer, zombies are for you. Not surprised when that’s the main selling point.

ChaoticEntropy,
@ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk avatar

They seem pretty late to the party.

wahming,

There’s a ton of quality zombie media, the subject has nothing to do with the quality of the authors.

Cybersteel,
@Cybersteel@lemmy.world avatar

The best ones are more about the human stories.

Toneswirly,

Zombies are just a sauce on top of the storytelling. Something is not bad just because it has tropes you recognize from other bad things.

Good Zombie Games are aplenty: Left 4 Dead Project Zomboid 7 Days To Die Plants Vs Zombies Day Z State of Decay (ish)

rishado,

Agreed but zombies make it too easy for shit writing to succeed. Zombies are slow, fast, smart, brainless, loud, quiet, strong, weak, all at the plot’s convenience.

Rose,
Toneswirly,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant

It was actually a format issue with lemmy. My comment had line breaks after each game name, like a list, but the format didn’t keep. Now get off me nuts

alyaza, do gaming w Workers Accuses Sega Of Threatening Mass Layoffs Over Unionizing
@alyaza@beehaw.org avatar

this is not super surprising—Sega was rather hostile to the unionization campaign to begin with.

Car, do gaming w Ex-PlayStation Boss Has A Warning For The Game Industry

It would be great if Sony would commit to its own creative endeavors.

The PSVR suite has some great potential, but outside of like… 3? first party games, it doesn’t have anything that you can’t find elsewhere. And for the titles that are available on other platforms, they tend to be updated more frequently or are otherwise more feature rich elsewhere. There’s a lot of power behind the platform, but almost nothing to use it for.

PSVR 2 is not compatible with PSVR1 from the PS4, so all of your accessories and games don’t carry over.

The newly updated Meta Quest 3 can run standalone or linked up to a computer. I don’t expect Sony to ever open up compatibility outside of its ecosystem, but history has shown that Sony is fine with abandoning ideas that don’t immediately print money.

themusicman,

VR is dead in the water. It has always had serious flaws as a consumer product, but now the public opinion forming around the “metaverse” concept is the final nail in the coffin.

I reckon Apple might be able to give AR a shot, but that won’t have any effect on the gaming industry.

Just my predictions as a nobody. I’m sure many will disagree…

paultimate14,

If PSVR2 was PC compatible I probably would have bought it by now.

If it has a better library I’d be at least considering it. I’d like to play Horizon, but that’s not worth spending over $500 for. Gran Turismo 7 would be intriguing (both VR and regular) if it didn’t have micro-transactions.

Honestly the library issue kind of applies to the whole console. I kind of understand that the pandemic led to more cross-gen games, and multi-platform games are good for the industry as a whole. But I’m still not seeing a lot of reasons to buy a PS5 on this list. The list disregards PC versions, which I kind of get because Sony is publishing AAA games on PC and you often need to spend 3x the cost of a PS5 to get a PC powerful enough to run them. But some of these indie games like Stray and Tchia feel like a stretch.

Car,

I share your thoughts. Feels like for better or worse, this generation has exceedingly few true console exclusives. The Xbox ecosystem offers more sales in my corner of the world plus the option for gamepass if you’re so inclined, so it seems like a better value.

I finally picked up a PS5 on sale for a family holiday gift. I originally wanted to grab one for VR, but the longer I hold off, the more I’m seeing that it’s simply not a competitive package for that gaming space. I don’t have a gaming computer, so I’m limited to a few options, but for what my kids are interested in, a Quest 3 just offers more.

It’s kind of dumb. I want to spend my money on VR, but I don’t want to waste it. It’s a bit of a catch-22 where the ecosystem needs supporters now to grow, but people like myself don’t want to support it because it hasn’t grown (to meet the competition’s offerings, anyways)

paultimate14,

I’ll say that fewer console exclusives is for the better.

Maybe my issue is just how console gaming has changed, and how all 3 companies have screwed consumers.

If I buy Stray on PS5, will I still be able to play it 10 years from now? 20 years from now? Will the PS6 and 7 be able to play PS5 games? Does it matter if I have the physical or digital version? Am I going to be able to rip and emulate PS5 games on a PC at any point? Once my PS3 dies, I lose my digital games and at the mercy of the emulation community to play my physical games. Once my 3DS dies… It’s all gone, and piracy will be the only way to play the games I paid for.

I already bought Stray on Steam. It’s not a guarantee, but I like my odds better there.

I bought my PS5 expecting that there would be some great exclusives there eventually, and that even the ones with PC versions would be better on PS5 (at least at launch and while I’m still rocking an RX580). But all Naughty Dog has done is remakes so far. I love Insomniac, but I’m not a Marvel fan and I miss their more creative work.

The biggest use I’ve gotten from the PS5 has been using the DualSense in PS4 games because I don’t like the DS4.

AgentGrimstone, do games w Every Franchise Xbox Now Owns After Buying Activision

I’m surprised I have avoided being invested in any of these franchises.

RGB3x3,

It’s probably because so many of them are mediocre or don’t really exist as modern games. It’s kinda sad that out of that list, there are so few 10/10 series there.

Psythik,

So you’ve never played Fallout: New Vegas?

Wow, just wow. You’re missing out.

AgentGrimstone,

I haven’t. I did try Fallout 4 but it just wasn’t for me.

Psythik,

I’d still give it a try. FO4 was one of the worst games in the series.

Silentiea,

I liked its mechanical innovations, especially in how power armor works, but…

And I’m assuming we’re just not talking about 76?

Psythik,

Yes they improved a lot of the gameplay in FO4, but Bethesda sucks at writing a good story. Just look at Starfield.

And yes, FO76 is worse. I was careful with my wording in the other comment.

Silentiea,

There was a project to port the story from FNV into FO4, but I haven’t checked on the progress in a year or so.

Pixlbabble,

That’s Obsidian

SternburgExport, do gaming w Capcom President Says ‘Game Prices Are Too Low’

He’s right. Free is a pretty low price for a game.

icepuncher69, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Fine With Bigots Leaving Over Removed Starfield ‘Pronoun’ Mod

I dont know who is the most pathetic group here, if nexus mods for taking down a dumb harmless mod for ridiculous reasons or the moders that made a mod that takes out a dumb harmeles feature for ridiculous reasons. Nexus mods sucks either way and the mod devs suck too.

WEAPONX, do games w Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 getting remasters early next year

I hope they will modernize the controls and camera.

Jackthelad,

In a way, the tank controls were part of the challenge.

Hopefully they give you the option to use classic or modern controls.

verysoft, (edited )

Yeah, would spend ages as a kid lining up for a jump, only to end up jumping off to the left into a pit of wolves. Good times.

Oh, in game too.

Nefyedardu,

*and make it optional. Like REmake

AlexanderTheGreat, do xbox w Starfield's Main Character Is Silent So The World Can Be Huge
@AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world avatar

Good, unless you’re writing is going to be top notch I don’t need my character having three word lines that make me a dick no matter what I pick.

Zron,

“Welcome to our RPG, please select your dialogue options:

  1. Yes
  2. sarcastic yes
  3. funny yes
  4. yes but later

Enjoy your ‘role play’”

Fallout 4 was a nightmare from a character standpoint. I don’t have much faith in Bethesda writing, but at least we’ll be able to have more options than the above. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll even have skill checks back.

AlexanderTheGreat,
@AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world avatar

I would absolutely love skill checks being back!

Olhonestjim, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I still don’t have a 4k TV either. The PS5 is friggin HUGE. My space is at a premium.

You know what? I barely play the games I already have. I should just go to the gym.

Unpigged, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I play, like, fine games. In very irregular binges. Why the fuck would I shill out 500 Euros, to raise my binges’ fps?

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

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