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RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

The bigger problem is that this game even had a battle pass and other monetization tactics at all.

Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

JoshBadWriter,
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@RightHandOfIkaros @ylai Yeah, that article has the wrong takeaway from this.

The devs aren't heroes for removing the F2P elements. They never should have been there to begin with.

520,

True, but a lot of people never listen to the fact that they fucked up and they should do something about it. That fact alone deserves some kudos.

pory,
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Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

RightHandOfIkaros,

Yes, but especially Early Access games.

li10, do games w Counter Strike 2 is surprisingly awful on Steam Deck right now

You’d have to be a masochist to actually play this on steam deck or with any controller.

Unless they have some sort of “steam deck only” matchmaking, but even then it’s just not made for controller.

noobdoomguy8658,

It’s not a standard xbox controller. There’s a gyro with several ways to handle it, including flick, which does take a little time to get used to, but works really well as a mouse substitution for such an environment. Some people are just that good with a thumbstick as well and can easily enjoy casual gamemodes.

Steam Deck is a capable beast, even for a game like Counter-Strike.

DopamineDaydreams,
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The same was said about the steam controller, but in the end it was still shit compared to a mouse. It's just not feasible in a game as competitive as csgo.

azvasKvklenko,

It’s not for everyone, but calling it shit just because it doesn’t work easily for your liking is
a bit much since it’s still usable to some. I beat plethora of shooters on gyro and it wasn’t that much harder than playing on mouse once I got used to it.

forgotaboutlaye,

Controllers in general are also extremely accessible, and expandable for those that might struggle using a tradtional mouse and keyboard.

Whirlybird, (edited )

Eh, people always say this yet data shows it’s not true. Many competitive games have had controller vs m+k and found no discernible advantage. Halo for one, gears of war is another I remember.

I play with an elite controller and I have had zero problem winning and going mvp against m+k players in any game I’ve played. I play PUBG where m+k use is rampant and I still maintain a 30-40% win rate in squads, often in 2 man squads.

noobdoomguy8658,

CS:GO is dead, though, and neither of the popular and beloved entries to the series was ever solely focused on the competitive scene - the community and the casual fun also matter in the world of Counter-Strike, and that’s one of its parts that can be enjoyed on a controller just fine. Of course I don’t expect to be able to perform just as well or better than the M+K players when playing on a controller, regardless of its gyro capabilities, especially in the competitive modes. Counter-Strike is just much more than just a competitive game.

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li10,

I’d say in this instance there’s a massive difference between CS and OW tbh.

I can believe that you could do well and enjoy OW on controller vs M+K, as the game gives you a lot of tools that reduce the need for good aim.

In CS, I just can’t see how you’d work around that though. To each their own, but I don’t see how CS could ever be enjoyable on controller vs K+M.

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    pec, (edited )

    At its core, CS is a competitive shooter. Having casual maps and modes is fun but the game should not cater to this play mode. If valve tries to make it casual friendly they will disappoint the competitive players and will not be able to compete with other casual shooters.

    Basically I don’t want then to cater too much to the casual scene

    AdmiralShat,

    Valve caters more to the casual scene than most companies do by allowing custom servers and an in game custom server browser.

    How much more casual can it get?

    Corkyskog,
    @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Being on a console, on the couch.

    AdmiralShat,

    CSGO was made entirely for the purpose of being a console game, no body played it on console so they abandoned it

    You are perfectly capable of setting on the couch at any time. The computer does not stop this. You are actively making the decision to not sit on a couch, as an adult you’re allowed to do this.

    noobdoomguy8658,

    This isn’t what’s happening, though? What are you on about?

    Aurenkin,

    You can use a keyboard and mouse with the steam deck. Probably not super common but definitely doable.

    BolexForSoup,
    @BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

    It’s plenty common. I have a dock all set up as do many others!

    candle_lighter,
    @candle_lighter@lemmy.ml avatar

    Gyro aim is very good and can easily compete with a mouse

    sockman,

    Not in a game like counter strike with flicking and very precise spray patterns.

    candle_lighter,
    @candle_lighter@lemmy.ml avatar

    Both of those things are easily done with Gyro. You should try it out :D

    sockman,

    Of course, I don’t doubt that. But someone with say 500 hours in csgo playing with keyboard mouse will absolutely destroy someone with 500 hours playing with sticks/gyro. But honestly I can’t think of a single streamer or pro that doesn’t use keyboard mouse

    mojo,

    Gyro is a nice improvement on joystick gaming, but it sure as hell isn’t even remotely close to mouse aim

    OrekiWoof,

    My friend plays basically the same on gyro and on mouse, he’s 3-4 ranks below global elite. Why do you think gyro is so much worse?

    mojo, (edited )

    Yeah I don’t believe that at all

    Small adjustments from rotating a controller will never be nearly as precise as moving a mouse.

    Fast flicking wide turns is going to be far too slow even at the fastest joystick speed, which would screw up aiming in other ways as well

    Strafing would be very limited even if you somehow overcame all those issues and were magically a human robot. Your controller can only rotate so much to track the player over a distance.

    Joystick movement is simply never as precise as mouse, including with gyro that has a separate slow speed to try and be accurate as possible. Which doing that then means you can’t strafe or quick turn.

    Mouse can do it all with significantly less effort, and with a much higher skill ceiling. Which that is what matters if you’re in competitive play. If you’re not trying to be competitive, then fuck it, use whatever is fun.

    DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs

    Nope… always online multiplayer PvP game ain’t System Shock …and it sure as hell isn’t Deus Ex

    spittingimage, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts
    @spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

    “The right to discuss is a privilege” - someone is very confused about the difference between rights and privileges and also wrong.

    Stanard,

    I had to check. They actually said this. I’ve never played Warhammer (I have been interested, just haven’t gotten around to it) and I don’t know these devs at all, but contradicting themselves with just seven words in the same sentence is actually kind of impressive.

    spittingimage,
    @spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

    Games Workshop is renowned for shitty treatment of their customers. Looks like whichever studio develops their IP for games will do the same.

    rikudou, do games w Only Up, one of 2023's biggest Twitch games has been removed from Steam, due to developer's stress
    @rikudou@lemmings.world avatar

    The game’s Only Up. Seriously, fuck these clickbait titles.


    To all the OPs out there: You don’t have to copy the title verbatim, you can make it easier for your fellow Lemmings by making it less clickbait.

    nanoUFO, (edited )
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    That’s a my bad of not noticing the title, let lemmy generate the titles and do some minor editing but I miss this.

    Macaroni_ninja, do gaming w The Day Before mods lock down Discord, urge players to refund
    @Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

    One would think the gaming industry and consumers learned from the last 35 mistakes where big AAA titles had a dumpster fire launch because it was unfinished, unoptimized or over promised but no. This is gaming now.

    Still attacking the devs and borderline creating a witch hunt is a bit too much. Just vote with your wallet. Or if you bought it refund it ffs.

    I blame everyone who pre-orders as well. You are part of the problem!

    Fribbtastic,

    Just vote with your wallet

    But that is the thing, they do vote with their wallet. They still buy the games.

    “Voting with the wallet” goes both ways.

    DrM,

    I couldn’t disagree more with you.

    1. There was no preorder
    2. This was a Kickstarter Project where a lot of people backed
    3. For years the devs didn’t give a lot of information to the backers
    4. There was a class action lawsuit for scamming against the developers because they just took the money and didn’t do anything with it
    5. Now they published something so they can say “here we did something with all of the money” yet it’s obvious that what they developed did not take years.

    It’s pretty obvious that they only published the game in the current state because of the lawsuit. The game is a total scam and they deserve the hate from the people that invested a lot of money when backing. Backing on Kickstarter has something to do with trust. Of course, the project may never be finished and that’s okay. But it’s obvious here, that they just took the money and did not use it for the game.

    jon,
    @jon@lemmy.tf avatar

    Backing a Kickstarter for a game is the same as preordering. Money leaves your pocket and enters the studio’s before the game is out.

    DrM,

    This has nothing directly to do with The Day Before, but: Backing a Kickstarter is something completely different and that has to come into peoples heads. Preorders are for a mostly finished product that will 100% ship. The devs have enough funding from investors and publishers, the game will be released no matter how little preorders they will get. Crowdfunding however is for an idea in its infancy that might never be finished. Crowdfunding is an investment.

    But where is the difference in this case, The Day Before? Well, easy: When you invest in a kickstarter, the company has to use the money you invested to actually develop the game. They can’t buy fancy cars with the money, they need to put it to good use. If the company uses the money for their own personal benefit, they can be sued for that. For preorders thats not the case.

    ThunderingJerboa,
    @ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social avatar

    I mean it isn't but sort of is at the same time. It firstly depends on what kind of kickstarter it is. There are many ways where its just a system for a publisher to gauge interest in the project. Those are typically just preorders however many others are just throwing money into a well and hoping something comes of it. I get people's hatred of crowdfunding and it can easily be a trap. Where a ton of people are just there to get the money and leg it or who are simply too incompetent to use the funds properly. Hell even experienced developer can be too incompetent, double fine studios/Tim Schafer is a poster child for this. While I love their work, they had a horrid run with crowdfunding and I guess it should have been expected since they are always late and overspend on their budget when they were working with publishers.

    Now with all the negatives said, I think crowdfunding in all its forms can lead to wonderful project that simply couldn't have existed due to a lack of interest by publishers. Hell I doubt we would had Baldur's Gate 3 without crowdfunding and this isn't talking exclusively about BG 3 since the Divinity Original sin games really got the ball rolling for Larian Studios. Crowdfunding can lead to the rebirth of genres once thought dead.

    Carighan,
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    Sadly, legally, it ain’t the same.

    That is important because in some jurisdictions “preorder” has legal implications and importantly, obligations for the seller. A kickstarter does not. Not yet at least, over in Germany there’s a discussion about whether crowdfunding is just a form of taking preorders (in the legal sense), which would grant customers the same legal protections then.

    MotoAsh,

    You’re both right.

    Kickstarter is a separate kind of the same problem: Greedy fucks leveraging systems against us. Any time money is exchanged, there WILL be shitheads trying to get some for nothing.

    It becomes a problem when the systems at hand reinforce those shysters. Kickstarter is rife with scams, and capitalism in general is rife with lazy greedy fucks. The problem is, they don’t get punished for being lazy greedy fucks.

    They have to rip off and harm a bunch of people before anyone will do a damn thing, and even then… If it’s a rich person or corp, the government might just shrug and say it’d be too expensive to enforce the laws…

    There is a BIG problem, and it’s not the consumers.

    Macaroni_ninja,
    @Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

    It was the most wishlisted game on Steam, people are actively ignoring all the red flags and blindly throwing their money at anyone who can produce a half decent video online.

    I’m not protecting the devs, the whole story is a huge scam and they straight up lied but again:

    Stop pre-ordering, paying on kickstarter or buying stuff in early access unless you are absolutely sure you know who gets your money and what you are getting in exchange.

    Yes the devs are scum, but does it really justify the cyber witch hunt? A lot of people just hopped on the hype bandwagon and jumped over the hate bandwagon without even knowing the details.

    Just fucking refund or sue the bastards. I will only repeat myself: consumers are part of the problem. Stop buying incomplete buggy shit based on promises and pre-order bonuses.

    Watch reviews, performance tests before buying. Everything is fucking digital, they will not run out of keys if you wait an extra day.

    Carighan,
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    and they deserve the hate from the people

    No meaningless dev of a meaningless video game is ever worth a witch hunt. As a consumer, you have better things to do with your time. Like in this case, digging around in your nose, watching paint dry, or pouring another coffee. All quality uses of time that aren’t the waste that is getting angry at these devs.

    MentalEdge, (edited ) do games w MW2 remastered multiplayer mod shut down by Activision day before launch
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    Literally just sat and benefitted from the hype to get some sales, then shat all over everything right before people actually start having fun.

    Nevermind that if it went live, likely would have meant even more sales.

    AceSLS,

    I really hope those people will refund the game. Won’t hurt Activision much, but every bit counts

    Stovetop, do games w All your favorite Cyberpunk 2077 mods are disabled in Phantom Liberty, CDPR says

    This is a nothingburger clickbait article.

    Mods are still allowed, they just unselected all of them from the load list with the patch installation and left it up to players to re-enable them manually. It’s the right move to avoid people wondering why the game is horrendously broken should many of their now incompatible mods try to load.

    Hyggyldy,

    Jfc people will pump out an article about anything if it’ll get clicks.

    Kichae,

    Especially when they can just type in a provocative prompt and get 500 words of generic rage bait in a second.

    ono,

    Take note of the account that posted it. It won’t be long before you notice a pattern.

    BURN, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts

    That’s pretty terrible and should put people off buying anything from them. They increased pricing, and when community backlash happens they just ban everyone who dares express an opinion that isn’t positive.

    AeroLemming,

    This is why all games should use independent forums moderated by passionate community members. If only there was some federated, open source platform they could move to in order to discuss the game anonymously and without repercussions from the devs…

    Redshlrt, do gaming w New Steam RTS is basically a surprise Command and Conquer sequel

    Game: Tempest Rising

    Niggling__Niggard,

    Thanks, it’s incomprehensible how OP didn’t even manage to mention it in either the title or the blurb up above. Is he a bot or something?

    Broken_Monitor,

    Its not a surprise either, these guys have put out a couple preview trailers and have been promoting the game for like a year now. Looks cool, been on my wish list for awhile

    Blizzard,

    And why does he keep calling it “Steam RTS”? Kind of suggests it was developed by Valve.

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    Yeah, I get what you mean.

    commandar,

    It's SEO-optimization nonsense.

    DrQuint,

    Specially weird given that there was a whole thing with Neon Prime MAYBE having RTS elements. Someone might confuse themselves crossing those wires. This title just sucks.

    leave_it_blank, do games w Legendary Half-Life YouTuber plans class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft for killing The Crew

    I got the game for free, and I’ve been playing it since every three months for a few days, just driving around. I bought the sequel, but it sucked.

    I never used the multiplayer component, I treated it like a single player game. And now it’s going to vanish? This whole world? They can’t be serious. This isn’t a multiplayer only title, it’s single player with an optional mp stacked upon it. At least put an offline patch out… Assholes!

    But that’s the crux with only buying licenses. Or games with always online requirements. I hope fans find a way to crack the online code!!

    yamanii,
    @yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, no one is arguing games shouldn’t have online, just that they continue to work after the devs are done with them, have an End of Life plan like the late Avengers game, or the gacha Megaman X Dive that got an offline version sold on steam and consoles.

    theangriestbird, do gaming w Starfield remake created in two days actually lets you fly seamlessly from space to the surface
    @theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

    I love that the thumbnail for every article about Starfield is an uncomfortable close-up of a character’s dialogue face.

    Quentinp,
    @Quentinp@lemmy.ca avatar

    I just know what she’s saying too “we you have a free moment i need to talk to you”

    totallymojo,
    @totallymojo@ttrpg.network avatar

    It’s what you see like 70% of the game.

    Psythik,

    There’s a mod for that

    Kolanaki, (edited )
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    I’ve only seen one truly uncomfortable close up and it was when a dialogue initiated right in a doorway so the camera got pushed right up the dude’s nose and I could see the empty space in his head lol

    I prefer to play 1st person and I’ve always been quite okay with the camera angle for talking to someone, personally. It’s kinda how I would see people I’m talking to face to face IRL, except I don’t have to look down. I only dislike when multiple characters are involved and it does that jump cut to zoom in on a dude across the room. That’s not natural at all.

    Player2,

    Oblivion flashbacks

    theangriestbird,
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    ME5SENGER_24, do games w The new Diablo 4 Berserk crossover skins will cost you up to $150

    And some idiot will pay

    NONE_dc,
    @NONE_dc@lemmy.world avatar

    *idiots Theres always more than one, thats whys this things still happens.

    Zizzy,

    At these prices it only takes like 5 people to break even on the cost of making it

    Diplomjodler3,
    @Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world avatar

    If there weren’t so many pathetic losers paying for this sort of crap, none of this would be happening.

    ImgurRefugee114, do gaming w Where Winds Meet players are tricking AI-powered NPCs into giving them rewards by using the 'Solid Snake method'

    The ‘solid snake’ method?

    lime,
    @lime@feddit.nu avatar

    without reading i’m going to assume it’s either dropping porn mags on the ground or clapping their dummy thicc asscheeks

    ImgurRefugee114,

    Dummy thicc asscheeks?

    lime,
    @lime@feddit.nu avatar

    nnngh, colonel

    albbi,

    The Colonel’s daughter…

    DebatableRaccoon,

    The Colonel’s daughter…?

    Endmaker,

    It’s mentioned in the article.

    ImgurRefugee114,

    The article?

    Endmaker,

    Nevermind. You got me. Well-played.

    sirico,
    @sirico@feddit.uk avatar

    I got you?

    psx_crab,

    You’re that ninja

    RickyRigatoni,
    @RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com avatar

    Psycho mantis?

    Rose_Thorne,

    Metal… Gear‽

    DoucheBagMcSwag,

    a Surveillance camera?

    Kepion,

    Psycho mantis?

    wildflowertea,

    Wonderful.

    The Solid Snake method of conversation has taken on meme status in recent years, as players noticed the Metal Gear icon simply repeated the last few words of anything anyone said to him as a question. As was discovered by ‘Hakkix’ on Reddit, you can do the same to game the NPCs in Where Winds Meet. If someone asked you, say, to “Find the buried treasure chest,” you’d respond by saying, “The buried treasure chest?” and so on. Eventually, the NPC gets so confused that they express their gratitude and end the conversation. Whether that’s due to confusion or exasperation is unclear, but the effect is the same.

    mushroomman_toad,

    The effect is the same?

    wildflowertea,

    They express their gratitude and end the conversation” which I believe is a synonym of “quest completed, here’s you reward!”

    frank,

    The Solid Snake method of conversation has taken on meme status in recent years, as players noticed the Metal Gear icon simply repeated the last few words of anything anyone said to him as a question. As was discovered by ‘Hakkix’ on Reddit, you can do the same to game the NPCs in Where Winds Meet. If someone asked you, say, to “Find the buried treasure chest,” you’d respond by saying, “The buried treasure chest?” and so on. Eventually, the NPC gets so confused that they express their gratitude and end the conversation. Whether that’s due to confusion or exasperation is unclear, but the effect is the same.

    lime,
    @lime@feddit.nu avatar

    the effect is the same?

    ICastFist,
    @ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

    Indeed. <absurdly long wall of expository text>, that’s why you must press on with the mission!

    BarHocker,

    Press on with the mission?

    Zahille7, do games w Wizard of Legend - Free

    Free on Epic, not anywhere that matters.

    TachyonTele,

    You don’t need any epic products to play epic games.

    Koen967,

    Don’t you need an Epic account and the Epic store, which are Epic products?

    TachyonTele,

    Oh no, poor booby little has to visit a website for free entertainment

    Koen967,

    Solid mature reaction

    TachyonTele,

    Because elitism about online video game stores is so mature, right?

    Koen967,

    Did I say anything about my stance? I just corrected your statement that nothing from Epic is needed. If you feel attacked by that, then maybe try to be accurate next time.

    TachyonTele,

    Attacked? What are you talking about?

    illi,

    Free is free

    RageAgainstTheRich,

    I don’t understand this way of thinking tbh. Its free. Who cares. I never buy anything on epic. I just claim and play free games they give away. I don’t fanboy any corporation.

    msage,

    Because that way you give relevancy to that platform, and let it take your data.

    Fuck Epic, they should make better products, not give away free shit.

    If they ever get any relevant amount of users, they will enshittify so hard you won’t believe it.

    RageAgainstTheRich,

    Yes, Epic launcher is shit. But steams features aren’t all it is praised to be either. I like some of it like the recording feature and steam link. But ANYTHING on steam involving community is absolute garbage. Guides are just meme bullshit. Discussion forums for games are filled with hate speech, points farming and incels. Screenshots is a ton of sexual stuff. Their customer service is horrific. Moderation is almost non existent. CS2 is a gambling similator filled with underaged addicts and Valve profits a ton from them.

    I own a steam deck and use it everyday. But only for games because any Steam aspect involving the platform is absolute shit.

    So besides games being discounted a ton, Steam is pretty shit and Valve doesn’t give a shit because they rake in money while sitting on their asses.

    Tikiporch,

    If you have to install Epic launcher to play it, you might as well pirate. Your odds of installing spyware on your system are much lower on the high seas.

    QuadratureSurfer,
    @QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world avatar

    Or just use something like Heroic Games Launcher instead:

    github.com/…/HeroicGamesLauncher

    TachyonTele,

    You don’t need an epic launcher to play any of their free games.

    Nyxicas,

    Yeah I mean, it's silly as shit.

    Both Epic and Valve are like multi-billionaires in the gaming industry. So it's silly to me that people are rah-rah'ing for one billionaire over another billionaire. And please spare me the launcher comparisons, I know Steam is like feature rich, though it is because of it's stupid social features and built-in Chromium browser that it had to cut off old OS support.

    I don't care for any of that shit, game is a game.

    RageAgainstTheRich,

    Exactly.

    Glide,

    While it would have been nice for OP to mention this, honestly dude, fuck off. People can decide for themselves if they want to install Epic for a free title without this kind of toxic, elitist discourse.

    Nyxicas,

    Let us know when Steam offers free games that isn't freemium garbage that wants to mooch off of you for money, honey.

    Glide,

    Ah yes, an excellent rebuttal, more elitism.

    smeg,

    They don’t have them every week but here is a list of all the ones I’ve grabbed recently

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