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Bieren, do gaming w Snake has a simple solution to most problems

Yeah. But he has a box. The bosses don’t have a box.

Thorry84, do gaming w Snake has a simple solution to most problems

And don’t forget about the trauma dumping during the boss fight

Thekingoflorda, do gaming w I finally released my horror game called The Backrooms 1998 where the monster can hear your microphone on all consoles and steam! If you can, please do leave your feedback as It really helps out!
@Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world avatar

Seems like your launch is going quit well, congrats!

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals

I think it’s really hilarious thay they think it will sell enough to have multiple games, considering how bad this game is being received. Thats not even to mention how dysmal the sales were for Star Wars Outlaws, Skull and Bones, and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.

This game will be a colossal flop, and Ubisoft absolutely deserves it. That is what you get when you ignore feedback from literally everyone.

GamingNews,

The previews say, it is not that bad. Considering the previous history of the franchise, I think it will sell good.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Even if this game functioned worse than Unity at launch, there’s basically no world where it’s a “colossal” flop, but it would affect sales of the next game. Plenty of previews are positive, so even if this entry is less well-regarded than its predecessors, it will still have its fans and likely do better than Outlaws.

GamingNews,

Yes, I am excited for it

RightHandOfIkaros,

Plenty of early reviews for were positive for Concord and Dragon Age Veilguard, but those ended up being pretty worthless reviews. Access media has ruined critic credibility. It would be stupid to trust a reviewer that knows their media outlet won’t get review copies of the next game from a publisher if they review the game badly, because that will absolutely change the review to be more favorable.

If Star Wars Outlaws, a game connected to an IP that absolutely has a way bigger market than Assassin’s Creed, did that badly, I can almost guarantee that Shadows will not do better than Outlaws.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Concord reviews being semi-positive don’t matter when the audience knows that their purchase is worthless without a critical mass of other people purchasing it. Veilguard actually did do well; probably profitable already or will get there in the next few years on the game’s “long tail”, and it does have its fans. It was just under EA’s projections/expectations, but we also understand from reporting what that game was rescued from. What we know about Shadows is that its pre-order numbers are tracking with Odyssey, the second-best-selling game in the franchise, and people have been dying for this series to go to feudal Japan for a long time. It would take extremely negative reviews to truly sink this game financially.

Melonpoly,

How can you say that Veilguard did well while not knowing if it was profitable or not?

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

We know they sold 1.5M copies in only a few months at an MSRP of $70. We know that very few games cost more than $100M to make, and last I heard, this one barely squeaked over that line. You can do the math there. It won’t take long for this game to become profitable if it isn’t already.

scrubbles, do games w Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals
!deleted6348 avatar

That’s a huge problem I have with the franchise though! It’s been their cash cow so every game has some sort of riff on the whole future story bit, but they can’t commit to any of it and there’s no end in sight. So I refuse to get attached to their overarching story because I have no confidence that it will every complete!

The two scenarios that will play out are (and I’m not saying which one is likely, just these are the only two):

  • Assassins’ Creed continues to be huge -> They will never end the overarching story and it will keep trickling in
  • Assassin’s Creed dies out -> They won’t know it until their last one bombs so bad that the suits never make another, leaving it open

So why be invested in the story at all?

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

The intrigue that they set up in AC1 and 2 in the future story had me hooked. Then, as good as Brotherhood was as a video game, it jumped the shark at the end of that game as they realized they could no longer afford to get Kristen Bell in the VO booth every year. I never even played AC3, but I heard the story spoiled on a GOTY podcast at the time, and I basically facepalmed when I heard it described.

SkunkWorkz,

They cornered themselves by trying to make that future story span multiple games. Especially because everything was written around one character, Desmond Miles and later Layla Hasan. They could have done a “Who do you think you are?” type of format and introduce a new character every game who has to explore his past to solve a problem in their future and just make every story stand alone with an ending but in the same universe. That way they can write better stories without the bagage of the previous games. The whole save the world with the Pieces of Eden story was so dumb

Ashtear, do games w Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals

What’s the source for this?

GamingNews,

Game developer is the source

Ashtear,

Can we get a link? If you mean www.gamedeveloper.com, they’ve only had one article specifically on Shadows this year and it’s about a service platform for the series, not the story.

GamingNews,

Open the article and you will get the source.

GamingNews,
Ashtear,

Thanks. For those that don’t read Japanese (and want to drop it in their favorite MTL or what have you), here’s the relevant interview answer from creative director Jonathan Dumont:

――ネタバレは避けますが、ゲームのオープニング時の映像はちょっとびっくりするような、怪しげな感じでした。本作をクリアーするころには、その謎は解決するのか、あるいは謎に近づくことができるのでしょうか?

ジョナサン これは現代編の新しい出発点です。時間とともに発展するストーリー部分があるため、今後の複数のシリーズでも続きのストーリーが語られることでしょう。ここで目にするのは、長年のファンにとってすばらしく感じられる部分であり、新しい物語を予感できるはずです。また同時に、新しいプレイヤーにとっても非常に期待を持ってもらえるようなコンセプトになっていると思います。

otp, do gaming w I finally released my horror game called The Backrooms 1998 where the monster can hear your microphone on all consoles and steam! If you can, please do leave your feedback as It really helps out!

the monster can hear your microphone on all consoles and steam

Hmm…the Switch doesn’t have a microphone, does it? Sounds like I should get it on the Switch for an advantage! Haha

DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals

So no satisfying ending or payoff?

Why play now?

Squizzy,

Ezio had three interesting endings and payoffs. I dont trust ubisoft to do it but sequels dont necessitate poor prequels.

tanisnikana, do games w PERIPETEIA: An indie ImSim

The creator of this game has a habit of attacking people as “brain damaged.”

Don’t buy his works.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3233db22-944c-4d3b-b9db-bad2ba85fa5b.jpeg

Odo, do games w Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals

The article that OP was trying to link to: pkinsight.com/assassins-creed-shadows-story/

Ganbat, do games w PERIPETEIA: An indie ImSim

Looks cool. Wishlisted, maybe I’ll be able to grab it eventually.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

I have to warn you, it’s a wee bit unoptimized right now But the levels are pretty vast

Ganbat,

Good to know, but honestly, it’s gonna be so long before I can actually think about getting this that it probably won’t apply anymore. I’ve got all of $37 and some Discover Rewards points right now.

HereIAm, do games w Day 220 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots

Can’t believe you didn’t build a little outpost on that mountain!

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

I almost considered and but decided I wanted a cabin in the woods instead. I still want to use it for something though (assuming I ever end up playing the world some more)

fxomt, do games w Day 220 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots

God i miss legacy minecraft. Way better than bedrock.

I still have it on my original xbox one (not the og og xbox lol) and i’m overwhelmed with memories everytime i play it.

I was heartbroken when they discontinued it, and it took me years to actually migrate to bedrock ;'(

Thank you for reminding me of it :^)

Rozz,

If you can play on a computer you can use a launcher and play any version you want.

fxomt,

Thank you :D

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

There’s so many little things about Legacy that I feel like really make it feel special, and bedrock is missing all of those. Things like the fog, or the UI designed with consoles in mind. Stuff like that. 4J just really understood it, I wish they had been allowed to managed bedrock edition

fxomt,

Absolutely. I can’t point out what’s so nostalgic about it and its graphics, maybe the gamma? the simpler minecraft? just playing on a controller? It also felt that the OST played at more fitting times then Java/bedrock edition.

There’s just something magical about it. Especially the minigames, i almost forgot about those!

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

I miss the mini-games so much. I wish they’d come back in some capacity (that isn’t the Minecraft Store)

modfxomt,
@modfxomt@lemmy.world avatar

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ms_lane, do games w PERIPETEIA: An indie ImSim

Looks good, but I question your motives for not just linking it.

You’re trying to game search engines with dishonesty and not about that.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

How does one game search engines by not linking ?

itsgroundhogdayagain, do games w God of War trilogy remaster announcement set for March 2025

Stop with remasters ffs…

Korkki,

They can’t. It’s too sweet of a deal when there is an already existing fanbase ready to give them their money for much less work and risk than building a totally new game.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

I mean… potential steam release though which I am 100% onboard with

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

If this were still two years ago, I might even hope for a GOG release. I have a hard time trusting Sony now since they started requiring PSN logins.

SolidShake,

Why? You have to login to Xbox for Xbox published games. You have to login into blizzard to play Diablo or overwatch fron steam, you have to log into EA launching from steam or Microsoft.

So why does a PSN account make you “untrusting”? You just want to cheat on those games or what?

Aielman15,
@Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

Sony has stopped releasing games on GoG ever since they required login to the PSN. For example, you can buy God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn on GoG, but you can’t buy Ragnarok or Forbidden West.

They lifted the requirement a few weeks ago, but the games still have not been released on GoG, and at this point it’s doubtful they will.

SolidShake,

I buy games on epic. I have never purchased a game or have installed gog. Idk get a boner over denuvo removal as denuvo doesn’t effect the games I play

N00b22,

I buy games on epic

I have never purchased a game

Choose one

SolidShake,

Oh… so epic has free games every week that you can get.

N00b22,

That’s still not purchasing a game

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Even if I wanted to cheat in some old God of War games (I don’t), so what? Who does that hurt?

What I don’t trust, for good reason, is that that server will always be there to authenticate my game. Allegedly it requires talking to their server at first install, and that works now in the year 2025, but who’s to say it will be there in 2035?

Splinter Cell: Blacklist came out in 2013. A friend of mine bought it this past winter sale. The UPlay launcher that existed when that game came out has now been renamed and reworked, and the launcher that comes up when he tries to play it asks him for a product key that he was not provided (there is a function for this in the Steam overlay, and we checked, and it was not available for this game). Now I’m sure that he could eventually get it working if he had the patience to wait through Ubisoft support, but A) he shouldn’t have to, and B) what if Ubisoft goes out of business in the next couple of years? That’s not an unlikely scenario at this point, and all the online requirement did was introduce an additional point of failure in the thing that he paid money for. I’m old enough and have been playing games long enough to see these points of failure rear their heads plenty of times now.

The login requirement for the likes of Diablo 3 and 4 are exactly why I’m not buying Diablo 3 and 4. Honestly, even Steam’s DRM, which isn’t present on every game and usually works seamlessly, has still caused some friction for me lately, and every time it annoys me, I get that much closer to only buying games on GOG. The threat of these games getting an online requirement patched in after the fact is enough to make me rather emulate them than deal with that nonsense, if I was so inclined. If they put their games on GOG, I don’t have to trust them, because it’s impossible for them to do that to me.

SolidShake,

That’s not how it works but okay 👍

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

How do you require an online account without requiring internet access to that server?

SolidShake,

How do you download the game without Internet?

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Oh my god, do you think this is some kind of hypocrisy? If I have internet now and download a GOG game’s installer to my hard drive now, I have it forever, even if I’m in a place without internet access like on a train. Even if GOG goes out of business. Even if Sony goes out of business. Even if the internet ceases to exist. When Blizzard turns the lights off on Diablo 4, that game is gone due to no fault of your own.

Grass,

The history of sony data breaches. Also nobody wants any of those other accounts either, and diablo and overwatch look boring and manipulative as fuck and not everyone plays those. I haven’t touched an ea game since nhl 98 on snes. I wanted to play horizon, god of war, and spiderman and there is no justification for enforcing log in for any of those.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

They’re not requiring logins anymore. they’re going to taunt with exclusively bonuses. Foregoing the required login.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

They lifted it on four games but omitted some others, which isn’t great, and they’ve shown a willingness to patch this in after the fact, so I still don’t trust them. EA did the same thing with the likes of Jedi: Fallen Order and such, so they’re on the same shit list.

GargleBlaster,

I’m with you most of the time, but at least in this case the games are older and they’re still releasing fantastic new installments in the series. (looking at you gta trilogy or whatever that hzd Remaster is)

dinckelman,

Making brand new content costs a ton of money, and Sony clearly made colossal missteps in regards to that recently. With this, they’re hoping for what’s essentially free cash

SolidShake,

Don’t buy them?

robbinhood,

I think the worry is that pushing out so many remasters depletes resources that could be used to make other games.

Not actually sure if that’s true, tbh. I think remasters are often handled by different companies/studios/teams rather than the teams working on all new projects. Although if Sony is tight on cash, funding both teams at once could prove really difficult.

Itsamelemmy,

Or do the one everyone is fucking asking for. Bloodborne

zipzoopaboop,

Sony needs to make up for 12 failed/cancelled live service games somehow

mohab,

Odd take in this context. The last game in this trilogy was released almost 20 years ago—if they're not gonna remaster this, what are remasters for exactly?

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