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commander, (edited ) do games w Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar'

I play PC because my copy of StarCraft from like 2000 still works and I can use any computer/gaming peripheral in history that still physically works to this day on a PC. A PC is more compatible with PS4 peripherals/gamepads than a PS5. Plus not paying for the privilege to play multiplayer games that a developer is hosting in AWS

The experience being so similar between a PC and a console is more an indictment on locked down PCs as consoles than against PC. E-waste

magic_smoke,

My PC is so backwards compatible it can run games meant for OS’s my OS’s main competitor, and their ancestors as well.

Better yet it can literally run those OS’s over things like KVM/Qemu and DOSBox.

I guess Nintendo made that Wii container for Wii U like once lol.

SupraMario,

You can also upgrade it part by part, and not have to let the entire thing get replaced every cycle.

setsubyou,
@setsubyou@lemmy.world avatar

To be fair, connecting some of the hardware I used in the 80ies is not straight-forward. But not impossible.

Cocodapuf,

Bam! Fucking mic drop!

LiveLM, (edited ) do games w Valve is fixin' to start some arguments over the holidays because 'All adult members in a Steam Family' can see your Steam Replay page

While I don’t get why Valve did this, if your Steam Replay is starting arguments it’s time to kick the arguing party from the family share lmao

Suavevillain, do games w Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot
@Suavevillain@lemmy.world avatar

It is so lame that originals get delisted. I still hate that about the GTA trilogy when the remaster sucks.

donuts,

For what it’s worth, they actually updated the trilogy to make it suck less, by a lot.

chiliedogg,

They actually updated the remaster a few weeks ago and it is a huge difference.

Now the only glaring issue is the music, since the originals came out before game studios knew to secure licensed music rights in a way that would allow future re-releases in different formats.

Klear,

They can update the remasters all they want and it won’t make delisting the originals any less shitty.

chiliedogg,

Agreed. But I was responding to the claim that the remasters suck. With the recent updates, that’s not as accurate unless the music is the most important part of the experience for you.

The improved controls, higher resolution, gameplay tweaks (fucking David Cross RC missions in the original were ludicrous), and restored lighting make a pretty compelling package. If the remasters launched in their current state they’d be considered excellent.

prole,

It only really makes sense when the remaster is trash (like GTA I guess). Otherwise, all I can see it doing is increasing sales of both the original and the remaster…

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

It only really makes sense when the remaster is trash

I gotta disagree. Even when the remaster is (arguably) better than the original, there’s a lot of value in the original art assets and the more rudimentary gameplay as a historical guidestone. For the same reason you wouldn’t tear up the original Mona Lisa because we’ve got a high resolution digital copy, you don’t just scrub copies of the original version of Pong from the internet because we have Wii Tennis.

ipkpjersi,

That’s one thing I really hate and why video game preservation is so important. We need to keep games alive forever so future generations can enjoy the classics and all the masterpieces out there.

EvilZ,

Agreed however … I had a discussion about this for Fallout 1 a d 2 and one of the comments was that it should be remastered to be like fallout 3 or 4…

I get it but… Just leave classics to be classics… If classic are being changed and remastered than… It’s not a classic anymore…

Nexy, do games w Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content
@Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

twitter, facebook, instagram, etc are not a problem. steam is 👍

vale,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9cdbad20-a3e0-4920-b3ac-dff8d7ae1e24.png

I know they’re not entirely related but it’s the first thing that came to mind so I had to make it.

flux, do gaming w A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year⁠—ZA/UM's devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team
@flux@lemmy.world avatar

This is one of the saddest stories in gaming. Author was depressed and friends help him create a game. Game is considered one of the greatest games ever created only the publisher screws original team out of the rights to the game mimicking the exact type of short sighted bullshit that creatives have to deal within the Disco Elysium world.

Kyle_The_G,

I loved this game, DLC would have been a day 1 buy for me

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

The whole situation is great performance art though, no notes.

Rageagainstbelief,

Probably my favorite game maybe because of some similarities with the main character I loved the redemption arc. I loved the capitalist socialist critiques. I wish more games would focus on that dichotomy.

DrSleepless, do games w Leaked email reveals Phil Spencer's damning verdict on AAA games: 'Most publishers are riding the success of franchises created 10+ years ago'

He’s right

jwagner7813,

And they’re hoping that you and I aren’t paying attention

bluespin, do games w How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history

This reeks of sponsorship. The expansions isn’t even out yet

Primarily0617,

journalism aligning solely with corporate interests to tell you what you like

it's so meta i love it

Chozo,

1: PC Gamer has already played and reviewed Phantom Liberty.

2: Of course every outlet that can write about Cyberpunk is going to right now. It's what people are searching for. They want clicks on fresh content that is relevant to their readers' interests.

sp3ctr4l, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Reminder that ModDB still exists, and works.

EDIT:

Seeing as this is fairly decently upvoted now:

www.moddb.com

and also, I found this

github.com/loicreynier/awesome-modding

absolutely gigantic compendium of tons of mods, websites that have tons of mods for various games that are not nexusmods.

Elevator7009,

link for lazy folks like myself www.moddb.com

sp3ctr4l,

Sorry, I probably should have included that.

I’ve been modding games and making mods for games since before Nexus or SteamWorkshop or anything even existed… I guess people just genuinely have never even heard of moddb these days, like how gamefaqs is an ‘ancient relic’ or w/e.

goldenquetzal,
@goldenquetzal@lemmy.world avatar

I had never heard of it! Thanks for sharing

sp3ctr4l,

I also just found this:

github.com/loicreynier/awesome-modding

basically just a huge compendium of everywhere all kinds of mods for anything are hosted, that’ll give you an idea of how the game modding scene is actually rather dispersed, not only monopolized by nexusmods.

not sure if its in this huge list but:

fpsbanana

is another one i am quite familiar with, been going strong with mostly source mods… possibly since the late 90s, at the least the early 2000’s.

Darkenfolk,

you belong in a museum!

Wait, that site isn’t that old right? I used to use it for the battle of middle-earth mods.

Maybe I belong in a museum…

biofaust,

Up until now I thought moddb was all that existed.

SattaRIP, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Oh so they’ll do it subtly enough to think people won’t notice.

Kazumara, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

I hope these CEO’s get their reckoning some way some day.

They seem to think it’s all just business and cruelly wielding power is no issue, but I think they overestimate how isolated they are.

rayquetzalcoatl,
@rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world avatar

They won’t get any kind of reckoning that we’ll understand. They’re rich, powerful, and insulated from pain. They’ve all got golden parachutes via their weaselly networks. There will be no karma, unfortunately.

pulido,

I don’t think they will receive a reckoning, but their children might.

It’s especially disgusting when we realize rich people are setting their children up to inherit a world where everyone hates them for being rich from exploitation.

grue,

If we want them to receive a reckoning, it’s on us, the working class, to force it to happen.

DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w 'I want to acknowledge that we messed up': NZXT addresses concerns about its controversial Flex gaming PC rental program and commits to taking action

“we didn’t think that there would be coverage like this”

daggermoon, do games w Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'

Now if we could just have GOG Galaxy for Linux. It would make my life so much easier.

Famko,

I feel you. Installing Fallout London was such a pain in the ass for Linux.

A_Random_Idiot,

I wrote a guide for getting fallout london up and running if you need a hand

lemmy.world/post/18456924

Famko,

I have it installed already, but thank you for the guide. I’ll refer to it in case something breaks lol.

A_Random_Idiot,

Lutris lets you add your GOG account and download/install games directly. its not Galaxy, but its pretty flawless.

finestnothing,

Lutris is awesome.
Open source games, games with their own launcher, games on steam, gog, etc are all in it. Can pick to run things natively on Linux, use proton (pick your version or just use latest), wine, or choose from others, and it does it seamlessly. For games you already have installed on steam, you don’t need to reinstall them, it finds them and makes them runnable from within lutris once you connect your steam account, you can also install games that you own on any of your connected launchers, and browse/download your undownloaded games from them

Examples for some of the stuff I have all in it now:
Catacyslm: DDA catapult launcher (free and open source game - highly recommend you try it out. Takes some getting used to, but there isn’t much you can’t do. Also, make sure you get cataclysm-tiles or use a launcher. ASCII is pure, but hard to get used to. Also, DO NOT buy it on steam.)
All of my installed steam games
Cyberpunk 2077 and the witcher 3 via gog
FFXIV (the official launcher, not steam)
Vintage story (open source but not free - highly recommend if you like open world survival crafting games with a big emphasis on survival)

davad,

Heroic Game Launcher is pretty cool. It does game save sync with GOG games too.

daggermoon,

I know, I use it. I’d prefer an official Galaxy port though.

Prandom_returns, do games w Doom Eternal's new official mod support includes 'the very same tools' used to create the game

Can the mod community chip in and hire Mick Gordon for a couple more tracks? Just a couple. Ya’ll got any of them Mick Gordon tracks left?

kibiz0r, do games w The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO

I like the concept of an RTS.

Deciding how to invest my resources, where to expand, when to attack, defend, or retreat, scouting and countering my opponent’s plans…

…but when it comes to the physical act of doing this stuff, it feels so horribly awkward that it’s like I’m fighting the UI more than my opponent.

Clicking and dragging selection boxes as if my troops are always in a rectangle formation? Right-clicking to attack but accidentally moving instead… And ugh, the endless series of tedious build queues.

The actual mechanics feel more like data entry — the kind with real bad RSI — than military leadership.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

FYI, there are a handful of games that put unique spins on the genre out there. Most of the ones I can think of off the top of my head put you in control of a “cursor character” that’s like a commander. It puts a speed limit on APM, which I think gets the genre back to focusing on strategy. There’s also Northgard, which is like a cross between an RTS and a 4X game, and pieces of the map are tile-like, so rather than this unit moving to these coordinates, you’re commanding a unit to move from this tile to the one next to it. Then there’s the Total War series, where the battles are slow paced, and the macro level resources are handled in turn-based strategy.

bionicjoey,

Mount and Blade (Warband, WFAS, and Bannerlord) is another that I would say puts a unique spin on RTS. You are down on the ground with your troops and need to give orders like when to have certain troop groups attack, retreat, change formation, etc. You have the opportunity for your own skill as a fighter to matter, but once the battles reach a certain size, it becomes far more important to have a tactical advantage than to just be good at fighting yourself.

AHemlocksLie,

You may enjoy Zero-K more than most other RTS, at least. It’s in the Total Annihilation style like Supreme Commander or Beyond All Reason. One of the ways it sets itself apart is with a diverse array of commands you can issue to your units so they can micro themselves. I haven’t played much of it, so I can’t give a ton of examples, but it has commands to do stuff attack while maintaining distance, compared to how StarCraft 2 forced you to learn to stutter step your Marines, manually alternating between moving and shooting.

It’s also free and open source, based on the Spring engine, and available on Steam. It felt like it played well and was filled out well in terms of mechanics and units when I gave it a try a year or so ago, but I just haven’t been playing any RTS lately.

fckreddit, do gaming w An AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cards

This feels exploitative AF on multiple levels.

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