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conciselyverbose, do games w Grand Theft Auto 6 fans have become so desperate for information they've convinced themselves that the moon is teasing an upcoming reveal

I would absolutely add 20 super obscure conspiracy nut teasers to every promo and just never acknowledge anything if I was working for one of these companies.

sugar_in_your_tea,

You don’t even need to try very hard, just throw in some nonsense and someone will make up a plausible explanation.

Kolanaki,
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just posts “a” to the company Twitter

conciselyverbose,

I'm talking like throwing some messages in binary through specific set of sub pixels of images for a year that all come through because they're my actual plans, then switching them to obviously insane nonsense that will take way longer to disprove and finding a way to get someone to notice.

oddspinnaker,

I’m always curious about how hard it is to make insane nonsense that’s hard to disprove. Like, 100% randomization seems like it could be easier to detect vs. more believable things added by people.

So then you have to spend time making it believable…

conciselyverbose, (edited )

I was thinking kind of like steganography.

"If you take the green subpixel at (46,85), (75,32)... it contains just enough letters you could read as words that form a story detail. And in this post it's a gameplay hint. And this one is a character name" but the same locations enough times in a row that it's hard to be random. Then post a crazy fan theory post after the early ones are known facts about the game and I've embedded crazy shit in a few.

NegativeLookBehind,
@NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social avatar

Nut teasers, you say?

Zehzin, do games w CCP knows Dust 514 should never have been a console exclusive: 'If we had been on PC the whole time the game would literally be alive'
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

I played that thing and I sincerely doubt that, unless it was made into completely different game that isn’t ass

Aurenkin, do games w VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it

I didn’t see a source for the statistic in the article which is a bit disappointing as I’m really interested to learn more about it. It seems pretty high but also there’s quite a lot of uncertainty built into it.

From my experience with VR I found I got sick after a long enough time but was able to get my ‘vr legs’ and have much longer sessions even on more intense games like Windlands where you swing around like Spiderman (super fun if you have the stomach for it).

The other thing to note is that for me at least it’s a spectrum. It’s not just ‘VR makes me sick’ but it depends a lot of the game or activity and there are a bunch of ways for games to try and reduce it. It does take time to get used to some of them though.

Hopefully things become better with time and more folks get to enjoy it because it’s a lot of fun in my experience.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

but it depends a lot of the game or activity

Yea, some games I can play for hours.
Others make me feel weird after a few minutes.

I can spend a ton of time in Alyx, or doing barrel rolls and corkscrews in Star Wars Squadrons.
I have a hard time finishing a level in After the Fall.

Daefsdeda,

I have had a lot of friends over and try it and since they are making up their statics I will do a statistic purely based of my experience. About 5% of VR triers experience nausea when the frame rate isn’t smooth in a moment of movement.

Afrazzle,

Jet Island was the game for me that grew my VR legs, Windlands sounds similar except you also have Ironman thrusters and a skate board. After that I could then spend hours in dirt rally 2.0 which poetically would’ve gave me a bad headache before.

sugar_in_your_tea,

I don’t think VR is going to work for us. My SO and I get carsick really easily, and my SO gets sick playing or watching FPS games on a normal screen. It’s mitigated somewhat by adjusting FOV and higher refresh, but it still causes issues within an hour (usually like 30 min).

I wonder how much of this statistics are from people like us, for whom even “tame” things like being a passenger in a car can cause motion sickness.

Zoldyck, do games w I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal

The only way the industry will learn is to simply not buy any if the shitty games. Plenty of other games out there that are worth it.

WHYAREWEALLCAPS,

Like games that came out three years before!

lowleveldata, do gaming w Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous"

Can we kill him?

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

You can, let us know how you get on champ!

muse, (edited )
@muse@kbin.social avatar

He's violently murdered in game and you get to stuff his body in a trash chute. And you get paid for it. 10/10

Chozo,

I would reload that save over and over and over.

luciferofastora,

I saw a streamer do that once with a character they absolutely despised. Save, kill, reload, kill, reload, kill, reload a couple times until they finally had it out of their system.

bermuda,

Me with Preston in Fallout 4. Another settlement needs our help? No, Preston, I think your body no longer needs your head.

InEnduringGrowStrong, do games w GeForce Now is shutting down in Russia
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

550 something days late

Cavemanfreak,

550 something days into a planned three day special operation.

Jdreben, do gaming w 'Dad, people are sending me pictures of bears': Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke 'wasn't ready' for the bear sex scene to go so viral

Bear sex. Not what I would expect from this game but I haven’t played any in the series. It does make me want to play it just to see how this fits into the story tbh. Good marketing.

Pyro,

It’s a different dev then others.

Its a side story were you can romance the companions your with, n the main story little to no impact

Jdreben,

Amazing. Love those kinds of side quests. Reminds me of Mass Effect.

iNeedScissors67,
@iNeedScissors67@kbin.social avatar

Bioware made the previous Baldur's Gate games so that makes sense lol

teydam,

It fits right in. great RPG game has great elements that are expansive. part of the sell indeed.

FlashMobOfOne,
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That isn’t even close to the weirdest sex scene you can barge in on in the game.

But I won’t spoil it for you.

stopthatgirl7,
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If it’s the one I’m thinking of, where you quite literally barge in on…oh, I could have done without that one. Hooooboy.

Dalek_Thal,
@Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone avatar

Still got that one burned into my brain. Not to mention the joke Gale made there. Christ on a bike…

stopthatgirl7,
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I didn’t have Gale with me for that one; what did he say?

Dalek_Thal,
@Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone avatar

Paraphrasing, as I don’t remember his wording: “Crap, a half-ogre in the making!”

stopthatgirl7,
!deleted7120 avatar

Ahh, ok, that line, or a variant of it, gets said by someone in the party. In mine, Lae’vel said, “Let’s not disturb a half-orc in the making.”

FlashMobOfOne,
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I’m sure we’re thinking the same thing.

FlashMobOfOne, (edited ) do gaming w Bards are Baldur's Gate 3's best class and I can't imagine playing it as anything else
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Bard player here.

Bards are objectively the best if you want the full breadth of options to move the story around. If you want to kick ass in combat or sling more spells, other classes are better at those aspects of the game, but Bards are going to give you a lot more to play with in terms of the RP.

Not spoiling anything either, but you can always try bard and change your class later, as there is a mechanic in the game for that.

ConstableJelly,

Bards are going to give you a lot more to play with in terms of the RP.

Is that just because of the charisma? If so, then presumably paladins and warlocks could match them. Or is there more?

DonnieDarkmode,

“I ask thee again: what is the value, of a single PC level?”

Jaysyn, do gaming w Videogame fantasy settings are staler than mouldy bread right now
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

You've not played Caves of Qud, I see.

Erk,

Only stuck to a specific subset of AAA games I’m fairly sure

forrgott, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Ah, yes, because I don’t need money for rent and food, just healthcare.

What a moron.

iMastari, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

I only play computer games after I get home from working hard all day.

WanderWisley, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Can these monsters please just fuck off!

KingThrillgore, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Wait, I can get free healthcare playing video games? Where?!?

kerrigan778,

Much of the world outside the US

Doom, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
@Doom@ttrpg.network avatar

Y’all got free healthcare?

Star, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
@Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

And? What’s the problem with that? In an ideal society with present technology we can afford to feed and house literally everyone. Let artificial scarcity rule you no longer. Let the people play games, and when 'work’is no longer, the obligation of wages they wil do it willingly, happily, and with enjoyment. Or at least wnough of us will to feed all.

So what if some get fed more than they work? I like helping people. We should have plenty to spare without the parasite class.

jj4211,

With the caveat that we can accommodate everyone so long as sufficient people put in their fair share of effort. In an ideal world that will mean very short working hours and/or nicely early retirement/late entry into the work force.

Certainly the usual talking heads are spoiled rich guys that have never known labor and have not done their fair share, but it is a difficult thing to balance to make sure we do take care of each other but make sure enough people are engaged to successfully do that

Star,
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People will use labor to make food if they only have the means. No one sane would rather starve, and even the bourgeoise can be taught the value of their labor once it saves a life, perhaps their own.

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