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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,
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I would absolutely love skill checks being back!

UKFilmNerd, do games w Long-Gone Classics The Sims 1 And 2 Are Finally Coming Back To PC
@UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk avatar

I loved original The Sims and lost a lot of time to it. However, I was frustrated that I couldn’t match the time like in real life.

Did anyone manage to get people to work before 10am!? The Sims took ages to get ready! 😂

Essence_of_Meh,
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

I just started playing the original game two weeks ago or so and time management is pretty much my main complaint right now. It feels a little too close to (or even more punishing than) real life, where there’s barely any time to keep up with my character’s needs after coming back from work.
It can be done though - I’m slowly getting used to how things work again and my sim has been leaving in a slightly better mood then before. Just need to get into a proper Sims mindset, I guess.

otp,

there’s barely any time to keep up with my character’s needs after coming back from work.

Damn, I guess I’m a Sim

Psythik,

That’s the one thing that frustrates me the most about these games, too. Minutes fly by like seconds, but the Sims move in realtime! There’s never enough time to actually do anything in the game! So I keep my Sims unemployed and just cheat.

Been playing The Sims since 2001; in all those years I have never seen anyone release a timescale mod for any of the games. So when do play, most of my time is spent in Build/Buy mode.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

They move in realtime, but they finish a meal in 10 seconds. Bathroom breaks and baths also take ~10 seconds. Not to mention that clothes changing is a single spinning jump. Wish it was that easy in real life

LunarLoony,
@LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Was there an alarm clock in the first game? There was in TS2, and it’s a bit of a lifesaver (except when they went to sleep dead late and then refused to go to work)

ModernRisk, do games w Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit

No sympathy, it’s his own fault. Sure, enjoy pirates games but don’t taunt, stream and publicly shout where to get them.

Enjoy leaked games in silence and talk about it once it hits official release date.

NuXCOM_90Percent, do games w Concord Director Steps Down As Studio Behind Historic PlayStation Flop Waits For Sony's Decision

My assumption is they are making sure they get their severance/golden parachute before the mass layoffs begin. But I guess it is still better than “This is a really hard day for me to fire everyone who put their trust in me. I am going to go drown my sorrows in a prostitute that is waiting with blow in my lambo outside” that we usually get.

MudMan,

You are vastly overestimating how good contracts for creative roles in the industry are, especially for a mid-sized studio of under 200 people. But even if that wasn't the case, the guy isn't quitting the company, he's apparently stepping down as creative director and staying on in some other role, according to the article.

NuXCOM_90Percent,

Ah. Shame on me for not reading the article. Usually associate the director of a big game as high up enough in the studio that they still get good money.

In that case… this is completely pointless and is just an attempt to avoid needing to figure out the right tone for the “This is the worst day of my life and I am so sad that I just fired a couple dozen people because of my business decisions” linkedin post that is usually associated with the mass layoffs. He isn’t even metaphorically falling on his sword. He is just washing his hands of it.

MudMan,

From the linked article:

“Ryan deeply believed in that project and bringing players together through the joy in it,” said one former developer, who said he felt Ellis had poured a great deal of himself into the game, leading to a ton of stress. “Regardless of there being things that could have been done differently throughout development...he’s a good human, and full of heart.”

Sources told Kotaku that Ellis was too emotional to speak at points during a post-launch studio-wide meeting after it had become clear that the game was bombing.

Phegan,

You are conflating CEOs with game directors.

heavy, do gaming w Starfield’s Paid Mods Ignite A Review Bombing On Steam

Did someone make paid horse armor yet? Lol

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

Me, the sophisticated Rollercoaster Tycoon enjoyer meow-floppy

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

Unfathomably based

Vespair, do games w Multiversus, WB's Smash Clone, Is Coming Back This Spring

Fuck WB. I’ve got no plans to interact with any of their products or properties going forward.

ImplyingImplications, do gaming w Helldivers 2 CEO Is ‘Extremely Disappointed’ With Dev Behavior

Openly mocking the dissatisfaction of fans after a terrible launch was a pretty bold move from the dev team.

Dreyns, do gaming w Helldivers 2 CEO Is ‘Extremely Disappointed’ With Dev Behavior

Yes, even if it’s a nice idea, missing extraction because i got one shot by a meteor is not really funny. It just feels unfair.

WolfLink,

The meteors are funny IMO. But it definitely isn’t good game design to have a mechanic where you just randomly die with no way to defend yourself.

Also people need to chill out. Things get buffed and nerfed. The meta changes. We are already getting our first taste of power creep with the mech suits.

Dreyns,

Yeah the balance changed seemed reasonable imo

just2look, do gaming w GTA 6 Devs Slam Rockstar Games For Return-To-Office Mandate

Would be a shame if GTA 6 got deleted…

moosetwin, do gaming w The Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Son
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

This is really depressing, why go after an actor when the writing is at fault?

SuiXi3D,
@SuiXi3D@kbin.social avatar

Consider the average person's intelligence. Then realize half (or so) are stupider than that.

Kecessa,

There’s a couple of actors in my province that had a hard time finding work after playing a certain role because people were mad at them personally and producers didn’t want to touch them with a 10’ pole!

Skua,

It's not like threatening the writers' kids would have been reasonable either

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

It would have at least been more logical…

Senal,

I wouldn’t expect logical thinking to be a strong characteristic in someone who’d threaten kids over a videogame.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

No one said you would.

Senal,

OK, so let’s assume that’s a good faith literal interpretation.

Let’s try it this way.

Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren’t generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.

I could however be wrong in this generalisation given I only have my experience to go on, if your experience leads you to believe people who threaten kids over videogames are not running with a logic deficit then your statement makes sense I suppose.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren’t generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.

You’re just repeating yourself.

“Logical” is not a binary position. It’s a spectrum.

Senal,

So, not a good faith take then, oh well.

“Logical” is not a binary position. It’s a spectrum.

Agreed, not sure how it’s relevant but it seems we agree on something after all.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Ah yes “bad faith”. Right up there next to the Strawman in “Don’t actually have any argument to put forward for $500, Alex”.

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  • Someusernamehuh,

    No it’s because the quality of the story drops dramatically at the end

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  • potustheplant,

    The ending doesn’t make sense at all but ok. You do you.

    SuperSaiyanSwag,

    Why does it not make sense?

    Someusernamehuh,

    I don’t care about abby and her physical appearance, my issue was purely the santa Barbara section. Had the game ended before that started it would have been fine. By then ellie was fine leaving abby alive as killing abbys friends had not helped her process the death of Joel. They just extended the story for no reason and it made it worse

    BorgDrone,

    I think different people have different reasons for disliking it.

    For me it’s the writing. Specifically: the first half does it very best to make you hate a specific character, then the the second half has you play that character. I get what the writers were trying to do. The problem I have with it that is doesn’t make for a fun game. I don’t want to play a character I hate.

    The writers were so intent on making a specific point that they forgot that they were making a video game. A video game is different from e.g. a movie in that the player is a part of the story, they take on the role of the character they are playing.

    For this to work there has to be some part of the character the player can identify with. When playing Ellie, the player can identify with the rage she’s feeling. For Abby, there’s nothing to identify with. She’s mad that Joel killed her father but Joel was entirely justified in killing him. Her father was a bad person and deserved to die.

    It makes it very hard for me to put myself in her shoes. As a result I just didn’t enjoy playing as her and quit the game after realizing that it wasn’t just a short section but the entire second half of the game.

    Willie,

    Because writing has no face, you can't show writing how much you hate it, because it doesn't change and has no feelings. Meanwhile an actor does. It's just stupid emotional stuff.

    Carighan,
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    me, looking up from wiping with SOIAF What?!

    mnemonicmonkeys,

    TBF, she did go on a tirad against players when the game was getting ciriticized. I found it weird that she took the criticism of the game’s writing so personally despite her not being one of the writers.

    Keep in mind that I’m not excusing the death theats. That shit isn’t okay. I’m just pointing out why she may have been targeted for harassment.

    millie, do gaming w According to Kotaku: 25 Days Into 2024 And 5,800+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced

    Seems like a good time to go indie. Big game companies are bloated and unhealthy. Specialization is so niche that there clearly isn’t the kind of interdepartmental communication there ought to be, and it’s pretty obvious that the money people have their hands in way too much.

    That doesn’t seem to me like an environment that’s conducive to art.

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