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curious_betsy, do games w Amplitude announce Endless Legend 2, an oceanic 4X with Manor Lords outfit Hooded Horse as publisher

Sounds amazing, only thing i didnt love about the last one was the combat. Fix that and its a 10/10 for me

DrSleepless, do games w Amplitude announce Endless Legend 2, an oceanic 4X with Manor Lords outfit Hooded Horse as publisher

I’m gonna buy it just to zoom in and out of the map.

Omegamanthethird, do games w Amplitude announce Endless Legend 2, an oceanic 4X with Manor Lords outfit Hooded Horse as publisher
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Dang, I got excited that we were getting another Amplitude.

yggstyle,

You, like me were probably thinking about this glorious game… and were equally disappointed that it wasn’t. 🥲

drone509, do games w Amplitude announce Endless Legend 2, an oceanic 4X with Manor Lords outfit Hooded Horse as publisher

I really liked the first one, despite its flaws. My cousin and I played hours of it. Excited to see what comes next.

BlameTheAntifa,

Together? Because I’ve never been able to play any of their games without major desync problems. The same desync bug has been in every one of their games since the beginning.

drone509,

We definitely had those too. Shorter games were pretty doable, and to be honest all we had time for anyway.

hypna,

I played this so long ago, and every game has flaws, but I don’t recall any big issues. What are the flaws you remember these eleven years later?

mosiacmango,

Extremely lopsided balance between factions. Most had interesting mechanics, some basically useless and some wildly overpowered. Apparently the new-ish aqua faction has an overwhelming mobility advantage, things like that.

They added these game changing titans to the game at one point that you could defeat and employ, but this was either just luck of the draw or not possible for some factions.

Combat was meh to boring, generally. The “look at us go” turn based zoom in fights were very boring to watch, and more boring to play.

The game dragged. Just dragged, to finish. I played dozens of times, and I dont think i fully finished the game more than maybe 3 times.

All that said, the games world building, plot, and overall interesting mechanics makes me hopeful for this sequel. If they can keep the fascinating lore going and fix the “game” issues, i’ll be there for it.

drone509,

The battle system and the bad desync issues on any multiplayer game longer than short-medium.

Yokozuna,
@Yokozuna@lemmy.world avatar

I loved it as well. Honestly, all of the DLC well fitting except the last one which wasn’t bad but I wouldn’t play with it on every campaign like all of the others.

Plus being able to host and let everyone else without the DLC play with those factions was awesome. I honestly might download it and play a campaign or two.

apotheotic, do gaming w Celeste devs cancel lush platformer Earthblade to focus on smaller-scale projects

Copying my response to a similar thread

I’m absolutely heartbroken but I respect their decision and it sounds like the appropriate way forward

Celeste came out of their approach before - I’m sure more incredible games can come out of this approach again.

RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Lysergic FPS Mohrta is a medieval western gothic blend of Morrowind and Doom

So where is the Morrowind? I don’t see anything that reminds me of Morrowind, except that it is first person and has some elements of an RPG. But nothing explicitly Morrowind. One could call this a mix between Doom and Ultima and still get the same description.

Also, this games animations need a lot of work. They don’t match the texture quality (which seems to be inconsistent with some textures looking good and others looking extremely flat), and make the game feel like some slav-jank 2002 mod.

Lojcs, do gaming w Hyper Light Breaker early access review: a flashy but hollow roguelike with few of Drifter’s charms

It’s 3d??

GammaGames,

Yeah, I also thought it was a weird decision when it was announced. Risk of Rain made the jump though so I was hopeful, but this still has time to turn around

toxicbubble420, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

it’s only one studio, CI Games, based in Poland.

GrindingGears, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

Nothing screams, “I’m a piece of shit”, like basically putting on blast you are a piece of shit. I, too, never fully agreed with DEI as a whole. But I understand and appreciate the context and the point, and the necessity. It’s nothing to be mocked.

I also don’t look at the video game industry for inspiration though. Somehow the video game industry has a more rape-y and toxic culture than even the grimiest hockey dressing room. All that incel rage, I suppose.

Corigan, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

Fucking come on…

If your motivated by fear of right wing backlash maybe you’ll be motivated by a left wing backlash you spinless fucking turds.

Naia,

Like I feel they should want right wing nuts to be mad about the game. They won’t stop talking about media that are mad about and so many conservatives will still buy the thing even just to destroy it and virtue signal to the other idiots.

The left? Some may still buy it, but most don’t talk about it at all. The idea of “go woke go broke” has always been a message of intent, not reality, at least in the modern era.

Nothing makes me want to try a game or watch a show more than legitimate, non surface level representation that incels whine about.

ElcaineVolta, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme
@ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I am really good at not buying games from chud studios, I can just play Dark Souls forever, don't try me.

Blackmist, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

They’re all NFT based asset flips, aren’t they?

hperrin, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

DEI is the new CRT is the new reverse racism is the new politically correct is the new welfare queen is the new communism.

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

none of these words are in the bible

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

CRT? What’s wrong with cathode ray tubes?

SweetCitrusBuzz,
@SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org avatar

Critical Race Theory.

realcaseyrollins, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme
@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club avatar

I don’t know if leaning into the Velma effect will be a profitable long-term play

CTDummy, (edited ) do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

As much as I don’t care for DEI as a guiding “doctrine” for hiring, I also think companies shouldn’t be anti-diversity by law. Like intentionally hiring people because they aren’t white, no (and feels like tokenism/racism) but also intentionally hiring only whites (or the majority race) is a bigger no. Especially if more qualified candidates are being passed over solely because they’re PoC. Also companies should be inclusive so as to not be shit companies in general? Can someone tell me if/why my take is dumb or poorly thought out?

hperrin,

Because DEI is intended to (and very often successful at) help hire the most qualified people. No one is color blind, and pretending people are only perpetuates inequality.

CTDummy,

I guess I was hoping for something a bit more rigorous but still your reply makes sense. Thanks for the input.

hperrin,

DEI is the reason phones can take pictures of black people now. Once Google started hiring more black people, they could make changes to the software that used to always default to trying to adjust exposure for white skin. Now everyone’s skin tone looks good on Google phones. And all because Google hired a few black people who actually knew it was a problem in the first place.

The same goes for any representative technology. The internet didn’t just start working for blind people automatically. Companies had to start hiring blind people before they knew it was an issue. We had a blind engineer come in to our team at Google and tell us how shitty our product was for him to use and how to fix it. Most people wouldn’t think a blind man could be a good software engineer, but he helped us make our product work for millions of additional people that wouldn’t have been able to use it otherwise.

Everyone has different experiences, and just because someone knows how to build what you tell them to doesn’t mean they can make a good product. It’s only when you have diverse input throughout product development that the product you make will truly be good.

CTDummy, (edited )

Hell yeah, thanks a lot for taking the time to spoon feed my ignorant butt. Very informative reply, thank you. I guess a reply would be “that can be done without DEI” but then that just circles back to your no one is colourblind remark. If google wasn’t diverse organically without DEI, I don’t have much optimism other corporations would be.

Kit,

Piggy backing off of this, the DEI council at my job ensures that everyone has what they need to succeed in their role. For example, the All Gender restroom didn’t have feminine sanitary products which was troublesome for some of our non binary staff. Instead of forcing them to use the women’s bathroom, we installed a dispenser in the All Gender restroom.

Also, many of the field employees shower at the office after their shift because it’s dirty work. But the shower facilities were just one big room, high school style, which made several LGBTQ employees uncomfortable. We pushed for individual shower stalls as a DEI effort and now everyone feels more comfortable showering.

These are things that straight, white, cis people probably wouldn’t think of. The DEI council allows minority voices to be heard.

melp,

This is a lovely and illustrative example.

melp,

I posted above a few studies that show unconscious bias in hiring practices against people of color. There is a reason why DEI exists. It’s like OSHA laws. Every rule for these programs has a great misfortune behind it.

CTDummy,

Neat! I didn’t see that, I’ll give them a read.

It’s like OSHA laws. Every rule for these programs has a great misfortune behind it.

A very succinct way of phrasing it. Cheers for that and for posting the studies.

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