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Bilbo, do games w The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game

I initially assumed “cozy” meant it would be a casual phone game which obviously would suck. But it’s a Steam and console game, so I’m excited!

owenfromcanada, do games w The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world avatar

I’m gonna try for third breakfast.

TeaHands, do games w The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

Shut up, as they say, and take my money.

Buffalobuffalo, do games w CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience'

On steam will the update automatically install? I am finally like 90% done with the main sorry line and I would rather finish it as is before starting over to do all the side quests.

LanternEverywhere,

I don't know jack about squat, but maybe there's a way to turn off automatic updates.

Lileath,
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Afaik it is impossible to not update the game automatically if you have internet. But it could be that it will be possible to downgrade the game to an earlier version although that depends on the dev making this function available.

Iusedtobeanadventurer,

GOG allows you to play rolled back versions of a game, through the launcher. I don’t believe steam has that capability.

Lileath,
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On Steam rollbacks are possible with the ‘betas’ feature, but few developers use them. Total War: Warhammer 3 allows rollbacks after bigger updates because those typically break older saves. The option to roll back is hidden in the properties option.

theneverfox,
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It does, you just have to go into the game properties menu and there’s a version option

Lenny, (edited )

Seems like you’d have to jump through hoops to avoid updating and continuing to play it while connected to Steam normally. #1 you should go into the Properties of the game and set it to not automatically update. But that won’t fix your issue, as it will trigger the update when you attempt to launch it. Also set it to not allow updates while playing the game, just in case.

Some games you can go into the steam directory and launch the .exe yourself, and that might work. There’s also Steam Offline Mode, but you may want to set it up today before the update drops and test how it works (I’ve never used it). Maybe you’ll have luck disconnecting from the internet before launching the game after the update is available. If you’re not able to completely disconnect your machine for whatever reason, you can get a program like NetLimiter and block the steam applications from accessing the internet temporarily.

GL

Chailles, (edited )
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If you find the appmanifest file for the game (it’s in the steamapps folder where your games are installed) and set it to read-only, Steam can’t update the game. I think it’s based on the appid so the file should be called appmanifest_1091500.acf. You can open it up like a textfile where it’ll have the name of the game inside if you wanted to make sure.

kemsat, do games w Cyberpunk 2077 2.0's revamped police force is finally good enough

This is a good change, but I hope the game doesn’t become just another GTA.

scottmeme, do gaming w Microsoft would buy Valve 'if opportunity arises,' said Phil Spencer in leaked email

Microsoft needs to to have a massive anti trust lawsuit thrown at them

Sabata11792,
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Microsoft is a US company operating in the US. That means US law dose not apply.

Hiccup, do games w Diablo 4 continues to walk back changes from its fiendishly unpopular 1.1 patch, boosting XP gain on World Tiers 3 and 4

All I want is another diablo 1/2 expansion at this point. I just think they’ve lost the script with diablo.

LiveLGNProsper, do games w Stadia's death spiral, according to the Google employee in charge of mopping up after its murder

I just went to PS5 when the shut it down easy peasy and that was the last straw for me I deleted my Google account and all google services.

canis_majoris,
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I stuck with Gamepass because I am a PC gamer. I toyed with PSN but the PS5 controller was not natively recognized by the client at the time I was testing it, which is dumb as fuck. Steam will pick up the controller and use their drivers for most games, but the PSN service just didn’t work with the PS5 controller natively.

LiveLGNProsper, (edited )

Yeah I used to play on PC too but some of the AAA titles had terrible ports that required more performance in my opinion than needed and it was cheaper to switch to ps5 there is no perfect solution I guess lol but the ps5 can play those titles with damn good graphics and not drop many frames but on my PC framrate just sucked and I got sick of windows bull shit as well.

Heavybell, do games w Payday 3 developer drops Denuvo from the game before it's even out
@Heavybell@lemmy.world avatar

I used to play PD2 with international friends, but latency being what it was I could only really play loud missions. Here’s hoping modern netcode somehow solves the issue of being spotted by guards that are behind a wall from my perspective.

FartsWithAnAccent, do games w Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California's otherwise important new right to repair bill
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Extreme? Fuck off, lol

Crotaro, do gaming w Old School RuneScape punishes innovation, prevents player from using their own severed toe to skirt anti-botting rules

Well that sure is an article I never expected to read.

But I also think Jagex should have given it a more firm “No”. Or at least a “Please don’t”. Depending on how long it takes to grind mining and what the potential reward is, I can see one or two people going for this without having their appendages removed for actual medical reasons.

CorrodedCranium, do gaming w No Man's Sky is enjoying its 'biggest month in the last few years', coinciding with the launch of Starfield
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I would be curious to hear what other new game releases brought waves of people to a different title.

Quentinp, do gaming w Starfield NPCs keep getting bodied mid-sentence and it never isn't funny to me
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Sniping pirates and leaving them sitting in odd poses is oddly sad. Sometimes they freeze in place sitting on a couch or whatever. Low G has some weird stuff going on when you kill someone too, although watching dead bodies slowly float down is a neat touch.

Surp, (edited ) do games w [Rumor] Nintendo Switch 2 reportedly uses Nvidia's DLSS to boost frame rates
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Is anyone else done with Nintendo? I bought the switch when it first came out after buying every other dang console for years and it just snapped in me finally that many of their flagship games are the same lifeless thing every time and not even as close to fun as their predecessors that I can still play today. Mario party was such a fucking let down for me. The only game I was able to get into so far was smash bros and it didn’t last too long. Tried that animal crossing game during pandemic but it was so bad you were just a manipulated slave to animals getting you to put chairs in your house…it was Soo boring. I tried Zelda too but man I didn’t enjoy weapons constantly breaking. I think the last straw for me was the new Pokemon games and how bad they ran. I came to the conclusion what’s the point of buying this thing when I just have way more fun on PC for way cheaper price for games overall? Can’t even play with anyone on Nintendo anyways without paying for access to their servers while also having to have Internet. Even if you get a ballin PC overtime the game library is way more extensive and less expensive for the most part with sales and steam key sites. Nintendo never budges on pricing for anything.

smeg,

Mario Odyssey was the best Mario game I’ve every played, so not all bad. I just borrowed a Switch to play it though. Nobody is forcing you to pay the Nintendo tax!

theragu40,

I’ve played the switch more hours than I think any previous console. For all its flaws the switch is home to so many quality Nintendo experiences at this point that if someone finds that this is the generation that they’ve tired of Nintendo then it’s possible they simply don’t like Nintendo style games anymore.

Mario Party indeed was a pile of shit. But there are so many incredible games.

And009,

I like it

TwystedKynd, do games w Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn't optimise Starfield for PC: 'We did [...] you may need to upgrade your PC'

I’ve got a mid-grade PC and haven’t had any issues except the potato people with weird speaking animations and that ugly green filter over everything. Used a mod to take care of the second thing. While I am enjoying the game quite a bit, I’ve long wished that Bethesda could up their art style and animations. Thank fuck they got more than 5 voice actors now.

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