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hypnicjerk, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

4.5 million seems like not a very high budget unless it’s only meant to be seed money and release into early access like last epoch.

Voyajer,
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

The article says it’s only seed money

hypnicjerk,

thanks for comprehending the reading so i don’t have to

ytsedude, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

Looking like Mass Effect is not a bad thing. ME rules. If the gameplay is just as fun and characters/story just as interesting, then I’m absolutely down. That said, the NPCs are giving me cliche, overly-talkative, super annoying vibes. Hopefully that’s just from the editing. After the utter failure of Starfield, a solid sci-fi RPG would be very welcome, even if it’s a little derivative or overly reminiscent of its predecessors.

swab148,
@swab148@lemm.ee avatar

I’m looking forward to fighting a space bear

drasglaf,
@drasglaf@sh.itjust.works avatar

Maybe you’ll be able to have sex with a space bear!

swab148,
@swab148@lemm.ee avatar

One can only hope

formergijoe,

If I had a nickel for every RPG where I can have sex with a bear I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t alot it’s just weird it’s happened twice.

MagnyusG, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

every single bit of dialogue in that trailer sounded awful.

“I’m not just a pretty face” like, male Shepard was based off a super model, but it was never addressed in the games, they made him look rugged enough. This guy just seems like a glammed up clown.

Shard,

Like a high res Sims character

formergijoe,

I hope you can customize your character and make him ugly as hell.

Dariusmiles2123, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

I loved Mass Effect but I ain’t so enthusiastic about what I’m seeing for now…

Clearly the main protagonist looks a bit cheesy…

samus12345, do games w The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer

Super hyped, I’ve wanted a sequel with Ciri since finishing 3.

Please don’t Cyberpunk this up, CDPR…

CitizenKong,

They will cyberpunk this, because they also witchered Cyberpunk. As in “delivered less than promised and then mostly fixed it with patches”.

chuckleslord,

Yep, it’s their business model. People were pissed about Cyberpunk because they’d only played Witcher 3 after it was complete.

Don_alForno,

I played Witcher 3 day one and have no idea what you’re talking about.

samus12345,

And I’m quick to forget that Witcher 3 had some nasty bugs at launch, too. I was stuck with at that damn giant in the ice cave for like a month before they fixed it.

Strawberry,

what does that mean, cyberpunk is awesome

samus12345,

It took over a year before it was made into something worthwhile.

Raab,

As with The Witcher 3, which is now regarded as one of the best games of all time.

samus12345,

Witcher 3 was buggy, but still a great game at launch. No so with Cyberpunk.

Raab,

I disagree respectfully, I personally compare them.

SuperSaiyanSwag,

Witcher 3 came out in May of 2015 and set the record for goty awards at the time. I don’t think it took that long to patch it up.

Raab,

I distinctly remember it taking at least until the first expansion for it to be considered one of the greats. GOTY Awards have never been a true tell for quality of a game in my opinion.

SuperSaiyanSwag,

I think it took a month for it to be polished enough. I remember this because it was when cdpr spun its upcoming patches into a great pr move by calling them “free dlc”. I think it was like 11-12 weeks of continuous “dlc” and Reddit was eating that up and dunking on other devs while praising the game to be the best game of all time. I legitimately remember post on Reddit showing some glitches in the game and comments saying something like “the game is glitchy, but at least it’s just funny glitches and nothing game breaking”. Also, first expansion came out 5 months after the release, so it still tracks that the game was patched up somewhat quick.

FeelzGoodMan420,

Awards are bullshit, agreed. Also the first expansion was just 10/10.

Raab,

Hard agree

DrDystopia,

I love 2077 but CDPR keeps on ruining my modded excellence with worthless patches. I wish they’d just give up and leave it to the many amazing modders to add content and fixes. 🤷‍♂️

Fades,

The worst release for CDPR ever, I say this as a CDPR fan.

Strawberry,

I’ve never played another cdpr game

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

Play Deus Ex: Mankind Divided & come back

Geth,

I’ll bite. Patched 2077 is better than making devided in almost all aspects, although both are worth it.

MITM0,
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

Clearly you haven’t tried Mankind Divided, but hey there are 2 indie games in development called Peripeteia & DeepState if you don’t mind the retro-graphics

Geth,

I have finished Mankind Devided, and while it’s a good game it is also very restricted and very small in scope compared to 2077.

darkkite,

I play the deus ex games over and over and cyberpunk surpases them IMO.

DE does less with more, but 77 offers better combat, exploration, and better relationships. The stuff with megan reed in the first was ineffective, but the characters you meet in 77 jackie, panam, judy hit much more. you not only explore more characters, but yourself more than jenson ever does.

youtu.be/bgJazjz9ZsA?t=7821

if you watch this small clip you’ll notice how deus ex rarely allows you to enter/exit important buildings via glass windows. in 77, while your cannot enter your apartments that way you can for many gig locations, but you might need the augs, or tech expertise to open a sliding window.

adding mods on PC that add hardcore, realistic hunger and sleep, vr and this clears the modern deus ex games. I do want Adam’s story resolved though

darkkite,

I’d argure each CDPR game improves on the one before including cyberpunk, but since it was a new franchise and perspective it was like creating witcher 1 all over again except… The combat offered more choice that the witcher games, better 3d level design, pretty solid endings (better than deus ex, and mass effect).

Murvel, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

No good deed goes unpunished after all

yesman, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

This person appears to deserve recognition and respect. It is also a macabre PR stunt to defect criticism for layoffs during what’s essentially an industry party of self congratulations.

Two things can be true.

thedirtyknapkin,

sure, but that’s not his fault.

CosmoNova,

I honestly expected TGA to be more tone deaf and not address it at all after speeches about the „golden era for gaming“ from previous years. The entire award show is a PR stunt anyway. At least this single award spreads some awarenes and reminds us layoffs aren‘t just a number, but real people.

MarcomachtKuchen, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

I 100% trust this guy. He’s just a incredibly genuine guy who wanted to help and has done an incredible amount of work. So happy he got the award.

Don_alForno, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

but I’m back to feeling rather ambivalent about the whole thing, which to my eye looks like nothing so much as an alt-universe Mass Effect.

And that’s supposed to be a bad thing?

More Mass Effect is always a win in my book.

Deceptichum, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Looks pretty boring.

I’ll just wait for Outer Worlds 2 to scratch my sci-fi rpg itch.

Godort, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

Man, that fucking sucks. The work this dude is doing is worth respect.

NOT_RICK, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Never has it been easier for small people to attempt to knock people down to their level. It’s a shame people feel alright being so nasty to a complete stranger

Phegan, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

People be licking boots out here.

HK65, do games w The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer

Is it just me or is her face a bit weird? Like too much jaw?

I’d love to play the game as Ciri though, hope they make up a good story, it felt the Wild Hunt was her story, IDK what can top that.

fsxylo,

She looks like a supermodel, what weird gooner take is this.

HK65,

I was not commenting on her attractiveness, just that the defining character features seem to be different. She doesn’t look “older” or less attractive to me from Wild Hunt, just a different person.

It’s not as bad as when they dropped the voice actor for Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell though.

fsxylo,

She looks higher resolution.

HK65,

Her head looks more round and less angled.

She just looks different. It’s a bit of an uncanny valley for me, but I’ll get used to it.

Fades,

You’re the one taking it to gooner/sexist territory, is fans of the series now the characters and when the overall face-shop changes but keeps defining features like the scar on her cheek, it’s a little unexpected and strange at first.

fsxylo,

Me, a fan, instantly recognized her and noticed nothing “weird” about her. Caring at all about her jaw shape or whatever intrinsically makes you a gooner.

dance_ninja,

Might be a character redesign. Geralt definitely got that treatment from 2 to 3.

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

And from 1 to 2, which was desperately needed.

kandoh,
@kandoh@reddthat.com avatar

Her face looks longer to me. I assume they’re trying to make her look more like a real person.

Mistic, (edited )

Problem is (well, not really, but still), she already looked like a real person. Personally know people who look a lot like Ciri, it’s not the most uncommon look in Slavic countries.

It may be just the trailer. In some scenes, she looks like herself from the 3rd game, just aged, but in most, she looks a bit… weird. It’s really hard to tell what’s going on because when you try to compare the models, they do match up.

icecreamtaco,
@icecreamtaco@lemmy.world avatar

Reminds me of xiv. It always looks great ingame but half the time their cgi trailers mess up peoples face anatomy

index,

It looks like they created a monster trying to fit a bunch of features in a face. It’s on all thumbnails, same as clickbait videos. It’s a marketing stunt.

Fades,

I agree.

As someone else pointed out, Geralt looked quite different in the game vs the first cinematic launch trailer.

youtu.be/Swij8vsEEgQ?si=17YapBZ2Qzk1Bwhz

So who knows, time will tell. Also keep in mind it’s a new engine

just_an_average_joe, do games w The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer

Guys i need some input. I know im gonna get downvoted, but i really want some input and constructive criticism. Especially from woman.

How do you play a woman character? Like especially the witcher game?

Cuz i remember how many sex scenes were there, W3 never shy away from that aspect. And as a man I know and feel comfortable making those decisions for gerald you know? But if it is ciri, I would feel reaaaallllly weird controlling her “body” (you know?)

Like combat stuff and any other aspect, its the same. But when it gets to stuff that’s by design gendered, I honestly don’t know how or what to do.

Then there was this aspect of, ciri being a daughter of gerald. And I played gerald so internally i see ciri as like a daughter, and I would be kinda weird if the game starts to explore her sexuality or smth.

Like how many of you would wanna control/watch sex stuff for a character like that?

Shou,

She’s an adult, and a videogame character. You’re not actually her parent either. Just a player who experiences the game through a character.

eupraxia,

I haven’t played the witcher specifically, but I do think it’s worth pointing out that this is the usual experience for women playing mainstream male-led titles with romance arcs. women have been playing and enjoying the witcher for a long while, including its sexual elements. if it’s possible for us it could be possible for you too! I know if I’m replaying Mass Effect I’m actually probably more likely to play as male Shepard (because I can’t be gay with Tali 😫)

ultimately one of the coolest things a game can do imo is encourage you to step into the shoes of character unlike yourself in a situation you’ve never encountered and ask you to make decisions as them. If you’re uncomfortable roleplaying romantic enounters as a woman, there might be some value in trying anyway! you may find the experience to be more similar than you’d expect. I recognize it’s probably more complicated if you have more paternal feelings toward her, but telling her story from her viewpoint does mean including elements that conflict with how she’s seen by Geralt - it’s her story now and it’d be a disservice to only include what’s comfortable from Geralt’s POV.

In any case, sexual content may be in the game and referenced here and there, but if it doesn’t interest you I expect you’ll be able to not see it. correct me if I’m wrong but my understanding is that you could play Geralt as aromantic and asexual if you wanted, yea? I imagine the same would be true here too.

just_an_average_joe,

Hey thanks so much for taking the time to answer in detail. I really appreciate it.

It is a bit strange that even though society at large has made so much progress in gender equality, there are still cases that stump me like this. Cuz I don’t remember playing any game with a female protagonist that also had a romance element, but then again I haven’t played that many games in general.

ano_ba_to,

You’ve played Cyberpunk 2077? Majority of players played female V. I don’t think they struggled to play as her either.

epicsninja,

See, I played the Witcher 3, and did not experience any Sex Scenes, because I wanted to kill monsters, not have sex. So I do not expect my experience with The Witcher 4 to be any different.

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