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dino, do gaming w Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko

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oicasado, do gaming w Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko

I am so very hyped. Also I’m ready to be disappointed, but I’m so ready

muhyb, do gaming w Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko

To be fair, after all those layoffs and that trailer, I’m far from being optimistic.

hai, do gaming w SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck'
@hai@lemmy.ml avatar

Good, I believe that SteamOS has the ability to bring Linux to the masses, but we don’t need a repeat of last time.

Cold_Brew_Enema,

Of last time?

paraphrand,

Steam Box era SteamOS. About a decade ago.

asexualchangeling,

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  • paraphrand,

    Yeah.

    captain_aggravated,
    @captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Back in 2013 or so, Microsoft launched the Windows Store alongside Windows 8, and was making some noises that sounded a lot like shutting out independent software stores like Steam and requiring everything on Windows to be sold through the Windows Store.

    Valve reacted to this by saying “Welp I guess it’s time to start investing in gaming on Linux” and launched Steam Machines, little PCs designed to be connected to a television to bring the Steam experience to the living room couch. They ran a modified version of Debian Linux along with their own tweaked version of Wine that could run some Windows games alongside several (including Valve’s own library) that shipped Linux native versions.

    The project itself was a bit of a flop; they relied on other companies to make Steam Machines, like Alienware and such. But a lot of things came from it.

    1. Valve demonstrated they had the wherewithal to take the gaming market with them if Microsoft got too greedy.
    2. Big Picture Mode, Steam Link, and the beginnings of Proton among others came from the Steam Machine project.
    3. The Steam Controller came from this project, which I’ve heard GabeN talk about as a major learning experience they drew on during the design of the Steam Deck, aka why the Steam Deck has perfectly conventional controls.

    They spent most of the 20teens adding steady improvements for Linux gaming to the point that we switched from having a list of games that ran on Linux, to a list of games that don’t run on Linux because that became easier to manage. Then they launched the Steam Deck, an unqualified successful Linux gaming platform. Then I came here, and then it was now, and then I don’t know what happened.

    Cold_Brew_Enema,

    Thanks!

    Amends1782,

    Awesome summary, I had forgotten most of this it was so long ago. Thanks a bunch

    lordnikon,

    Steam machines madre the same mistake the 3DO made I’m glad they recovered and something very good camel out of it.

    kalanggam,

    Genuine question: what happened last time?

    Zpiritual,

    Nothing. Nothing at all.

    DebatableRaccoon,

    Steam Machines. They were supposed to bring PC gaming to the living room but didn’t live up to that promise.

    mindlight,

    StreamOS was a bitch to install on an ordinary PC then. I tried multiple times and just got a black screen or it didn’t boot at all.

    It sucked.

    core,

    I ran it. it was fine for the games I played but it made my fans rev up like jet engines.

    doublepepperoni,
    @doublepepperoni@hexbear.net avatar

    What was the last time?

    The_Walkening,

    Valve tried selling Linux boxes for gaming back in 2013, but noone wanted to sell/make/buy them b/c the library wasn’t there and it’s a hard sell when Windows is already baked into OEM hardware pricing anyways (so it wasn’t any cheaper to buy a pre-made Steam Machine than it was a similar-spec windows box).

    Blackmist,

    Isn’t Android very heavily based on Linux too (even if a lot of it is hidden at the surface level)? I can’t think of anything more mainstream than that.

    I’m old enough to remember the Phantom Console bringing PC gaming to the masses too. Safe to say the Steam Deck is quite a lot more successful than that, given the only part they ended up making was a keyboard and mouse you could use from the sofa.

    zagaberoo,

    Android is Linux. It’s funny because this is the rare case where Stallman’s pedantry comes in handy. Android is absolutely not GNU/Linux, the OS family known as ‘Linux’, but the kernel is the Linux kernel.

    If people don’t see Android as bringing Linux to the masses (which I don’t), then it’s dubious SteamOS would either. If it’s just a container for Steam, it’s not really the same thing as Linux adoption. ChromeOS actually is GNU/Linux, but I doubt many would count that either.

    Even so, more consumer products with Linux inside means more improvements that benefit everyone.

    sederx,

    Because it’s not. The kernel is meaningless if the user space is gimped.

    taanegl, do gaming w Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks

    This is what corporate speech control looks like, kids. Not even once.

    JCreazy, do gaming w Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations

    Do people still play palworld or did it end up dying out after all the hype? I know a guy that bought it because of the hype, played it for a few hours saying how cool it was and hasn’t played it sense.

    caseyweederman,

    I’m in the same boat.
    “OH MAN THIS IS SO COol I can’t wait for the rest of the content oh it turns out I can”

    AndrasKrigare,

    I’ve been having trouble putting my finger on what it is about it like that. I waited a little bit past the hype to play, and when I started I was completely hooked. Then I got busy for a few days and couldn’t play it, but never really felt like picking it up again

    I wonder if it’s because it has a lot of different mechanics, but they aren’t particularly deep? So it’s addicting as you keep discovering new ones and how they interact, but then dies off?

    caseyweederman,

    I think that’s exactly it. You’re excited by the promise.

    Default_Defect,
    @Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

    I knew this would be the case when my friend insisted I buy to play with him. Hes an unfortunate barometer for games that will either lose hype quickly or get shut down soon after release. You name a game that had a hard fall off and he was its biggest proponent during its honeymoon period. Game had its servers shut down? He played the shit out of it.

    Crikeste,

    Such a shame because your friend sounds like a cool person. I think it’s just that the gaming industry has become so bloated and mismanaged that a lot of new products are hyped to hell, then face plant hard.

    Default_Defect,
    @Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

    He is, and I spent a lot of money buying and playing some of these games against my better judgement, but I can’t do it anymore. Especially not if they’re gonna charge a $70 fee just to start.

    Zahille7,

    That’s how most games are lol. Of course you have your fanatics who have to play the new game and nothing but the new game (looking at the Abiotic Factor discord server), but once I finish the current content I’ll move on to something else until a new update.

    I’m cycling through Abiotic Factor, Selaco, and Going Medieval right now.

    magi,

    It got boring real quick

    kyle,

    I’m kind of an early access freak, but I put in about 80 hours and enjoyed it. There were definitely problems early, and I don’t plan on going back to it for at least a year, enough for them to release substantially more and it feels fresh.

    Cort,

    Same here. I heard they released a handful of new upper tier pals but I’ll wait for the next major revision to go back

    Zahille7,

    I’ve heard that this Sakurajima update (wild name, btw) is pretty huge, bringing an entire building system overhaul, new pieces, as well as new pals and an entire new map.

    p5yk0t1km1r4ge, do gaming w Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations
    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

    Of course not, because they didn’t do anything wrong. Just a bunch of pissed off pokemon fanboys pissed that Palworld was way better at the pokemon concept than Pokemon itself was.

    Donjuanme,

    I mean…

    I’m glad there are so many Pokemon, and that Pokemon were not unique enough for the most part to be trademarked, but if you think they didn’t lift very heavily from a single source you’re fooling yourself and making flippant accusations of your straw-manned opposition.

    Also I’m questioning if it was actually “way better” or just edgier for the memes that games would latch onto and vehemently defend. It seems to have been very successful in the latter even if it wasn’t their intent.

    ampersandrew,
    @ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

    They iterated on a stale formula in a way that those customers had wanted. Palworld is also far more competently designed than you’d expect from its premise, but that premise is the kind of satire that only people familiar with Pokemon would write in the first place.

    p5yk0t1km1r4ge,
    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

    The other guy: NuH uH gIt Ur FlOoPiNt StRaWmAn AcCuSaTiOnS oUtTa HeRe!

    p5yk0t1km1r4ge, (edited )
    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

    I mean…it is, literally, factually better than pokemon is at its own formula. Not really a disrespectful take, and far from a strawman. And you’re kidding yourself if you think being inspired by something is the same thing as theft. Fun fact: pokemon lifted off of dragon quest. The fact that it is so successful is literally because it does pokemon better, but sure, “flippant accusations” lol. Congrats, you are the exact type of fanboy I’m talking about

    Donjuanme,

    Dude, if you think I’ve played Pokemon since red/blue, or I’m fanboying here, I’m glad to be part of your strawman because it’s delusional.

    p5yk0t1km1r4ge,
    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

    Sure bro it’s cool. Have a nice day!

    all-knight-party,
    @all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

    At its own formula? I thought Palworld had a whole like crafting and base building/management side. That's not really what I wanted out of a pokemon type game, and so I didn't get Palworld. I can understand it being a better game for somebody who likes that, but I don't know if that qualifies as Pokemon's formula.

    p5yk0t1km1r4ge,
    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

    The catching of pals, the way you do it, mounting your pals, fighting in real time instead of turn based, the boss battles, the exploration are what people are specifically saying it does better than pokemon, and I 100% agree with that take.

    Tearcell,
    @Tearcell@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

    @p5yk0t1km1r4ge @Donjuanme it has fun, tactical pvp now? I may have to reinstall!

    Nikls94,

    I love the Pokémon franchise, even grew up with it. And Palworld was just a way better experience than let’s say Scarlet and Violet.

    Yes, it was made for PC, which is way more powerful than the switch, yet it ran perfectly fine with ~50 fps on high on my 10 year old PC, while the switch struggles to keep 30.

    Granted, a lot of the monsters look like amalgamates of 2-3 Pokémon - but they looked good, like Katress, that fire-gyrados, even that Dragonite-Goodra-Altaria mix looks good IMO.

    The world was generic, but unique enough to be explored - and it is too big for the amount of Pals that existed.

    I had fun with Pokémon as well, but I only got to play the DLC after I finished Palworld. I did not catch the legendary turtle as of writing this comment because the game is just… boringly slow.

    GeneralEmergency,

    I don’t think you have played either Pokémon or Palworld. Because they have nothing in common.

    4am,

    Yeah that’s kind of the point.

    (Also wtf are you smoking? “Travel the world collecting animals to be on your team” is the core concept)

    GeneralEmergency,

    One is an RPG and the other is a crafting survival,

    Palworld is just ARK with the dinosaurs replaced by off brand Pokémon,

    Glytch,

    Except Palworld isn’t what you described. It’s "build a base and capture mons and people to out to work at your base so you can climb the tech tree and build guns to fight the boss mons

    4am,

    Yeah, ok? The fresh mechanics Pokemon has needed for a long time now. Also, still rounding up ‘mons to build a team to accomplish goal.

    It was similar enough that Nintendo had to tell its fans to shut the hell up about it.

    Palworld is the facelift Pokemon needed.

    Glytch,

    Stapling a survival crafter to a bad pokemon knockoff is not my idea of “fresh mechanics”.

    Psyhackological, do gaming w Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved'
    @Psyhackological@lemmy.ml avatar

    When you call yourself Dr Direspect only stupid wouldn’t believe that in some time it becomes your reality. It was unavoidable.

    HawlSera, do gaming w Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations

    Kinda surprising considering Nintendo has more hatred for the concept of Fair Use than a member of the Klan has for a Spike Lee movie.

    HawlSera, do gaming w Less than 6 months after laying off 40 employees, Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive drops another 95

    That’s… not a good sign

    ubergeek77, do games w Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions
    @ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat avatar

    They have to restrict themselves to pickpocketing roaming NPC fascists.

    What? Fascists? RuneScape doesn’t have…

    Oh. HAM, I almost forgot about those guys.

    RisingSwell,

    I see so many new accounts that HAM always shows up, gotta get that bone crossbow

    KingThrillgore, do gaming w Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved'
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    Boy there’s a strong correlation between being a streamer/YouTuber/online video creator and being a sex pest.

    Laurentide,
    @Laurentide@pawb.social avatar

    I don’t think streamers and video creators are more likely to be sex pests. You’re just more likely to hear about a sex pest if their career involves trying to be seen by as many people as possible.

    zbyte64,

    IDK, it could be like with priests, where the job attracts a certain type because of the perks…

    KingThrillgore,
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    There is also the fact that a lot of streamers start young, with no guidance or mental development so they act on their worse impulses

    AsherahTheEnd,

    Actually I just think there are far more sex pests than you would hope, and they are literally everywhere. It’s very alarming.

    AsherahTheEnd, do gaming w Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved'

    Literally all he had to do was NOT inappropriately message a minor. And what did he do?

    God I love it when rich and famous people get what they fucking deserve for the shit they do.

    Eheran, do games w Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions

    100 hours to do something 500’000 times means you have 0.7 seconds each time on average.

    dorron,

    An in game tick in osrs is 0.6s so that’s bang on

    KingThrillgore, (edited ) do gaming w Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved'
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    He also is “stepping away” for a while which I guess is code for “CAA can’t save me” so I guess in six months we get another conservative podcaster on X, and a new KiwiFarms thread for Hershel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm.

    I have a pillow sack full of nickels at this point, which leads me to think we have a serious problem with streaming/youtubing as a career.

    TheDarksteel94,

    Eric? Isn’t his first name Guy?

    pyre,

    when is kick signing him?

    MikeOToxin,

    Pillow sack full of nickels for smackin’ paedos, I hope.

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