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RonnyZittledong, do gaming w Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value
@RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world avatar

There will always be morons that just don’t get it. It is how Q Anon went from a 4chan joke to what it is now.

TexasDrunk,

Also what happened to t_d on Reddit.

stufkes,

What happened? Who is t_d?

TexasDrunk,

Reasonable question! It was a sub called “the_donald”. It started with a bunch of folks saying outrageous things that were satirizing Trump and his followers. Unfortunately it wasn’t outrageous enough because it was slowly taken over by true believers who spouted the same outrageous shit because they actually believed it.

Feathercrown, do games w Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit

Come on, not every guy with a beard is–

“Hi this is Gaben”

OOOOOOHHHH MA GAWD

bfg9k,
@bfg9k@lemmy.world avatar

Thats: gayben@valvesoftware.com

inclementimmigrant, do gaming w Elon Musk says too many game studios are owned by giant corporations so his giant corporation is going to start a studio to 'make games great again'

So the next greatest game will just be “around the corner” and “nearly complete” every year for decades then?

pivot_root,

Don’t forget, he knows more about manufacturing game development than anyone currently alive on earth.

Ephera,

I mean, it sounds like he might’ve found the industry that really matches his way of not working.

distantsounds,

Him and Todd Howard would get along

UpperBroccoli,

I know Todd gets a lot of hate, and some of it is deserved, but… c’mon. Just no.

explodicle,
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

Cyberdaikatana

originalfrozenbanana, do gaming w 2K removes its pointless launcher from Civilization 6, while also announcing that Civilization 7 players will never have to suffer launching the game twice for no reason

Idk if this is “a reason” but leaving the launcher running without actually playing the game does count as playtime for steam, which may result in folks not being able to refund it if they don’t like it, and increases overall hours played.

Whether that’s part of why these games have useless launchers, or whether those things actually pan out that way, who knows.

glitchdx,

Launchers also generally act as advertisements for the publisher’s other games.

rockSlayer,

I don’t think that’s part of why they do it. I’m an avid civ 6 fan, and I can say that the launcher is pretty unobstructive. Between launching from steam and launching from the 2k launcher, it takes about a minute. It’s likely to collect data, but honestly the only useful data they’d get is the pc hardware, the length of play, and common mods. 2k probably saw that they weren’t getting sellable data and decided to scrap the idea, honestly it’s probably the only decent thing the company has done in years.

Markaos,

The data collection can just as easily be done by the game itself, the launcher doesn’t have any special privileges

Vilian,

It’s likely to collect data, but honestly the only useful data they’d get is the pc hardware, the length of play, and common mods

Are you sure that they don’t look at every folder in your system for imagens etc?

SilverFlame,

There was a period of time (probably about 3-6 months) when the launcher would cause the game to crash on launch. I had to mod it out.

hexaflexagonbear,
@hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net avatar

Maybe, but for Civ 6 specifically the launcher came out a few years into the game’s lifespan, so I’m not sure they were doing it for whatever marginal revenue benefit that would be. I’d imagine selling DLC without Steam or whatever storefront getting a cut might be a motivating factor.

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

That’s just a by-product of how Steam works. Playtime is counted as long as the Play button says “Stop”.

For games without DRM (e.g. KSP), you can launch it from the Steam install folder without Steam running. Everything works perfectly but your playtime won’t be counted for the same reason.

arudesalad,

Coincidentally, ksp also uses the 2k launcher as it was published* by a take two label, private division (rip)

*after they bought the ip

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It does but only because of the default Steam executable. It can be run directly without the launcher.

Gradually_Adjusting, do gaming w Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Gamers: be like this every time. Raising hell works.

SuiXi3D,
@SuiXi3D@fedia.io avatar

Steam giving out refunds works.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

They value the goodwill of their users; being a privately owned company they have the luxury of thinking that far ahead.

Alk,

Didn’t work with the kernel level anti cheat. Not enough hell was raised.

SuiXi3D,
@SuiXi3D@fedia.io avatar

Not enough folks refunded the game over it.

SuperSaiyanSwag,

But that was there at the launch right?

xavier666,

And it only took 100,000 negative reviews

Woozythebear,

300k*

darreninthenet,
@darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It didn’t help they hadn’t thought it through either… the game was for sale in countries where you can’t get PSN 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

cradac, do games w Thanks to a bug, players have found a 'realm of naked men' in Baldur's Gate 3

Oh my god that’s digusting! Where? So i can avoid it, obviously.

mateomaui,

Apparently they watch while you sleep.

Kolanaki, (edited ) do games w Baldur's Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me
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Bethesda’s RPGs have always been shallow in the choice you have with dialogue and altering the story, but deep with the detail, world-building, and mechanics of gameplay. Arena is almost no different in the gameplay loop as Starfield. They went through various phases of how to use rules and complexity of certain systems, but have since settled in a formula established first by Morrowind and refined with Oblivion and further with Skyrim.

They are not about the story. The story is just kinda there to drive some motivation and give context to your own thing. They excel at immersing you in the world and allowing you to just play however you want without restrictions (such as being a god in everything without having to start over and build specific characters to do specific things). They have a pretty good track record of doing good environmental story telling and adding in all those little stories in notes and terminals that aren’t even tied to quests.

But when it comes to stories and dialogue? They had ONE game that was a masterpiece, Morrowind, and the rest have ranged from absolute shit to pretty good. And not one of them, not even Morrowind, actually have the same kind of choice and sweeping changes affected through dialogue get in a story-focused RPG like Baldur’s Gate. Bethesda will likely never have a game as well written as Morrowind again, because that isn’t what they are about.

They are very much about the action over the words. Despite the jank as fuck AI, the combat is still fun somehow (and imagine how much more fun it could be if the AI didn’t suck!), it’s incredibly easy to lose yourself in the world because of how detailed it is, and there are plenty of shenanigans to pull once you begin to dive in and see how everything works. Like, I can’t wait to completely fill one of the huge craters near my base with watermelons and then dive in.

FMT99,

This is it. Forget all the tracked on nonsense. The base building, the character management, production chains all that nonsense…

If you focus on the combat/looter aspect of the game, that part is actually pretty good. A world apart from the janky combat of Fallout, it actually feels pretty visceral.

Kolanaki, (edited )
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They may not explode like in Fallout, but there is a new fun spectacle in town: Shooting out backpacks on low gravity environments and launching your enemies off world.

sugar_in_your_tea, (edited )

And this is why I didn’t buy Starfield. I loved Morrowind and was disappointed with Skyrim, and I think it’s because I prefer a tighter, more linear story and don’t like “messing around” as much. I watched a gameplay video, and the things that player got excited about (all the side content) really didn’t grab my attention, and the story itself seemed a bit flat.

I probably would’ve loved it as a kid, but that’s not what I’m looking for these days.

So for me, BG3 is the better game. But younger me would’ve preferred Starfield. They’re both great games, just for very different audiences. And I could totally see someone having exactly the opposite opinion as me, which just shows how great both are.

Mateoto, do games w Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Fortunately for Glukhovsky, he is not actually in Russia and was sentenced in absentia. His current whereabouts are unknown.

I assumed he was already in prison as the article built up momentum. Classic clickbait.

BreadstickNinja, do games w Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'

The reaction to Clair Obscur has been wild. I had a friend I haven’t talked to since high school - when we were both big Final Fantasy fans - reach out to ask if I’d played it. A bunch of guys at work are talking about it who I didn’t even know were gamers. I hope we see a lot more of these passionate, creative projects and the infrastructure to support them.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@sh.itjust.works avatar

I was skeptical about it. I saw a lot of it being compared with Final Fantasy and I’ve been largely pretty disappointed with most Final Fantasy offerings since X.

Picked it up recently on the recommendation of another Lemming and, holy shit, this might be the best RPG I’ve ever played. Hands down, it’s that good. God bless the French. This game is making me feel things I haven’t felt since I was a teenager.

naticus,

Seriously, I keep trying to get people to get a taste of it, to the point I’ve even gifted it. It’s been fascinating and beautiful and devastating. Haven’t finished it yet, but getting very close and I only regret it’ll have to end soon.

CaptPretentious,

I originally wasn’t going to get it. I saw the Persona style combat menu and RPG… I have limited time to play games so I have to be picky.

I caught someone playing it… oh yeah, bought the game right away. The writing is amazing, and there’s no “grind” you often find with many of the JRPG-style games

Tattorack, do games w After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

Good riddance. Seems like Sony got the message; we’re sick of everything being a “live service”.

justOnePersistentKbinPlease,

Well, no.
Deep Rock Galactic has fully optional skin packs to make money and they're doing great.

Warframe has been chugging along for over a decade now and they're doing great. Beating the pants off of Destiny 2 for average player count.

The live service trick is that live service only works if the company actually cares about the product. Those two companies stand out because they legitimately care and have great communication with their communities.

scrubbles,
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I’d say also it depends on the franchise. Depp rock? Be a funny space dwarf yelling rock and stone? Hell yes imma do that with some friends.

God of war? No. Much more serious tone, I want to do that alone to explore the narrative

Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

So far Warframe has been the ONLY example of a good live service game. It’s the OG when it comes to the model, but it’s also the exception, and not the rule.

JoMiran,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

Destiny historically vasscilated between “fucking amazing” and “dumpster fire”. The problem has always been that it is near impossible to maintain that level of quality and entertainment consistently while also innovating on a regular basis. It is very difficult and very expensive.

ByteOnBikes, (edited )

They moved into “dumpster fire” territory significantly more than “fucking amazing”, sadly. Like one good expansion, three bad updates and two bad expansions, one good update.

ByteOnBikes,

Don’t forget Path of Exile.

Id argue a bunch of early access games that get constant updates are Live Service games too.

And indie games like Terraria and Minecraft were the best examples of live service.

Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

“Live service” is a game that has an always online requirement. Just getting updates on the regular doesn’t make it a live service if the game works just fine without an Internet connection.

Single player Ubisoft games are all “live services”, due to some of them needing a constant connection to Ubisoft’s servers, and them having in-game shops that only work while online.

stephen01king,

I’m not sure you got the right definition of live service game. What you said is the definition of always online games.

Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

They’re the same thing. “Live service” is how Activision-Blizzard rebranded games that required to be always online. They also solidified the outline of things publishers at the time were already doing with their always online games, such as endless content players will have to buy.

Those documents leaked many years ago, and soon after that the moniker was changed from “always online” to “Live Service”.

stephen01king,

You got any links to one of those leaks? That sounds kinda interesting.

Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

I’ll try and find them, but first I heard from it was from Jim Stirling. “The Jimquisition” on YouTube, I think. Haven’t kept up with that guy in years.

stephen01king,

Thanks in advance.

stephen01king,

I’d consider No Man’s Sky a pretty successful live service game, as well.

codexarcanum,

DRG and Warframe also hit the critical requirement of actually being games that are fun to play!

I haven’t played a lot of WF, but I’ve got hundreds of hours on DRG. There is no grind. Getting holiday loot takes 5 to 8 matched total, and the Seasons are long and very relaxed. I maxed out XP for this season already and the next probably won’t start until at least this summer.

The community is going strong, the game is fun, Ghost Ship seems stable and like a nice place to work. It’s so stupid that more companies don’t see that they could run like this instead of chasing “get rich quick” corporate schemes that always alienate the fans.

MothmanDelorian,

DRG doesn’t make me feel like they are taking advantage of me with their transactions because they aren’t required. It’s nice that way.

scala,

Warframe’s MTX is so fair too. All of it can be earned in game, get items sell items for Platinum (paid currency) get the item from the shop.

The exception is the Fan made skins that are a few bucks. But those directly support the fan created skins.

Warframe is mostly pay-2-convenience.

The latest story expansion Warframe 1999 was phenomenal. If you havent played it yet, definitely follow through the main story it’s all tied together. One of the best stories that continue to deliver.

SnotFlickerman, (edited ) do gaming w After years of holding out hope, 2024 was the year I finally gave up on BioWare
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

https://i.chzbgr.com/full/6039747584/hE525CD30/papea-kills-off-developers

Seriously this sentiment is old as hell. This comic is old as hell.

The BioWare of today is not the one that made the original Baldur’s Gate. Shit, it’s not even the BioWare that made the original Dragon Age.

They’ve been a hollowed out shell chasing whatever “AAA” style sells the most for a long time now. If Baldur’s Gate 3 had come out before Witcher 3, you can bet your ass Veilguard would look and play a hell of a lot more like BG3, because it’s painfully clear they did everything they could to crib the speed of the combat in Witcher 3, which was the hot shit when they started development. Similar to how Inquisition was chasing the Open World fad. If Baldurs Gate 3 had been the hot shit when they began development? Veilguard would have played like that instead.

It is what it is, and this has been this way since at least Dragon Age 2/Mass Effect 2.

scrubbles,
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They’re just so risk-adverse. It’s the same as Andromeda, and Ubisoft is another great example. They’re so worried about getting the most players that they’re afraid to take risks. What if players don’t like this, what if the audience is smaller? Everything is done by committee and it becomes a fairly flat game.

boatswain,

Just as an FYI, “averse” is what you want there, rather than “adverse”. Likely an autocorrect thing, but figured I’d mention it just in case.

overload,

Strange that that’s the case. The thing that made the Witcher 3 good was the writing of the side quests, not the combat.

Not sure if I’ve played a game that’s pivoted to be more like the Witcher that has met that standard in that regard.

Vodulas,

The Witcher games have all had terrible combat, just getting slightly better each game. The folklore and universe are really what sells the Witcher games. Though the first one was still real bad.

Vodulas,

I hated the combat in Witcher 3. The combat in Veilguard does not feel the same to me, so if it is biting the Witcher, it also improved it. I get they were probably chasing trends, but Veilguard is a solid action game. The author clearly has a bias to CRPGs, and a soft spot for Origins (as do I), but that does not make Veilguard a bad game. Just different

savvywolf, do gaming w To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks
@savvywolf@pawb.social avatar

Finally, representation for gay people who are into irony.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, do gaming w The Doom mod that turns Margaret Thatcher into an undead cyberdemon has been removed by Bethesda yet again, this time for 'disobeying a ZeniMax employee'
@RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social avatar

“Disobeying a ZeniMax employee” being apparently some kind of crime gives me a sudden, near-desperate urge to disobey a ZeniMax employee.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar
mp3, do gaming w The Doom mod that turns Margaret Thatcher into an undead cyberdemon has been removed by Bethesda yet again, this time for 'disobeying a ZeniMax employee'
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

this time for ‘disobeying a ZeniMax employee’

Reddit mod energy there

shnizmuffin, do gaming w The Doom mod that turns Margaret Thatcher into an undead cyberdemon has been removed by Bethesda yet again, this time for 'disobeying a ZeniMax employee'
@shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol avatar
smeg,

Faced with the return of one of humanity’s greatest threats, you have no choice but to head to THE TENTH CIRCLE OF HELL:

🇬🇧 THE UNITED KINGDOM OF 🇬🇧 GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

I think we should put this on the tourist brochures

kindenough,

About that tourism...

On the other hand we Dutch run ads in the THE TENTH CIRCLE OF HELL, begging the Doom spawn coming for some nice debauchery, not to visit Amsterdam. True story.

leraje,
@leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

We do tell people. For example, when you get off the train at Reading station it clearly says “Welcome to Reading”.

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