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BaroqueInMind, do gaming w The Day Before studio say the game's downfall was thanks to "a hate campaign"

In summary, the writer says the game indeed sucked and it was not caused by racist hate coming from random bloggers, whom by the way they never named. That dev can continue to go fuck itself into bankruptcy.

bekopharm,
@bekopharm@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

The idea of random bloggers having any impact in 2024 made me laugh. Thanks for that :D

– a random blogger

_haha_oh_wow_, do games w Capcom is worried that mods “offensive to public order and morals” will ‘tarnish’ the rep of their PC games
@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

You know what tarnishes the rep of your games? Shitty business practices.

theangriestbird, do gaming w Stop blaming teeth for Cities: Skylines 2 performance problems, say devs

“… Characters feature a lot of details that, while seemingly unnecessary now, will become relevant in the future of the project.”

Custom Dentist Minigame DLC confirmed!

jarfil,

Either that, or “News Cameraman with Carnage Closeup Mode DLC”…

kromem, do games w Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announce layoffs and "organisational review"

The game whose mismanagement still most upsets me.

It had/has the potential to be so incredible, and they screwed it over.

They were one of the first to have VR, then saw low numbers and wrote it off when they were really just too early to the market. Like - if they actually supported a PS5 version and supported PSVR2 with its foveated rendering right now, they’d probably be the bestselling VR game on PSN.

But no, instead, they dropped VR entirely for their poorly developed on foot expansion.

If they actually had resources pouring into the game, just think how amazing the world could be paired up with where generative AI will be within around 12 months. Actually intriguing plot lines playing out in local space voiced by the ship AI. That right there could have been a subscription add on.

But no, instead they just keep shuttering it more and more.

A real shame.

kaboom36,

A game like elite is one of the few kinds of games I think generative ai would be incredible, for example: a unique ai generated storefront for selling equipment, everything from the layout to the advertisements seen on the station for it could be so immersive if done right

Sanctus, (edited ) do games w Lords of the Fallen’s Steam reviews improve as performance patch lands, devs advise players not to use graphics settings “their rigs cannot handle”
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah this was a messy one. But I used their default settings and it was jumping frames everywhere. Can’t really blame the consumers. Also, intro cutscene has been about 10-20 frames. I know a 2080 TI isn’t new but its not supremely ancient either.

LolcatXTREME,

Yeah having reflections or global illumination above medium automatically turns on raytracing. Setting both to medium should give good performance.

Sanctus,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

My point being, the only thing I did was cap fps to 60. Their default settings did everything else. Also, the intro video plays before you can change any settings. How is it the consumer’s fault if even that is running terrible? Lol

Piecemakers3Dprints,
@Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world avatar

How is it the consumer’s fault

It never was. We should never accept their bullshit attempts to gaslight and dodge culpability.

Sanctus, (edited )
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

I will say yesterday’s patch did wonders. Disable cross play if you haven’t. That seemed to be a huge problem. As soon as i enabled it to play with my cousin my fps dropped back down.

naevaTheRat,
@naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Huh I have a 2060 and it runs fine at 1920x1440

Just clicked auto set and forgot. a few drops during cutscenes.

Maybe a driver issue for your card vs mine? Did you update drivers and rebuild the cached texture thingy

Sanctus,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Check my comment down below. I updated my drivers beforehand.

naevaTheRat,
@naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Ah cool! good to know.

I’ll keep that in mind as a tip for people.

Hope you’re having fun! This game takes me back to 2014 ds1 haha. Including all the rage as nobody knew where to go or even what stats did.

antaymonkey, do games w Indie gaming is on the verge of an immersive sim eruption

I’ve never heard the term “immersive sim” before, but if Half- Life, Deus Ex and Thief are examples, then sign me up.

bionicjoey,

Bioshock, System Shock, and Dishonoured are also examples.

vividspecter,

Prey (2017) is another example.

GrammatonCleric,
@GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world avatar

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  • FooBarrington,

    Please read up on what an “immersive sim” is, because you’re plain wrong.

    JowlesMcGee,
    @JowlesMcGee@kbin.social avatar

    You can argue half life, but Deus Ex and Thief are the quintessential "immersive sim" forbearers (along with system shock 2). When they say sim, they mean the game reacts to play action in ways that aren't predetermined or scripted. The idea is they value player agency and their impact in the game world over pre-set events

    MysticKetchup,
    @MysticKetchup@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s not a super descriptive term for sure, but I have no idea what it would be called otherwise. It’s similar to things like Metroidvanias or Soulslikes in that it’s a very specific niche without a clear delineation of what it is, but fans will know it when they see it

    totallymojo,
    @totallymojo@ttrpg.network avatar

    When I hear immersive sim I think of Arma and not Bioshock.
    I don’t know how sim plays into the genre.

    mateomaui, do games w Baldur's Gate 3 patch 3 releases today and lets you change your appearance and pronouns

    Aw hell yeah, more meltdown videos on the horizon

    mojo, do games w Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email

    What the fuck, this will actually kill Nintendo. Aren’t they way too big to buy?

    quams69,

    Yeah, also they probably have no interest in being bought. I wouldn’t worry about what a greedy MS corpo wants in this regard

    EnglishMobster, (edited )

    Microsoft is bigger.

    Nintendo’s market cap is about $56.7 billion.

    Microsoft’s market cap is $2.44 trillion, with $111 billion worth of cash (not equity, cash) in the bank.

    Microsoft is 43 times bigger than Nintendo. They can pay for Nintendo with only cash, if they desire.

    These trillion-dollar players are an order of magnitude larger than anyone around them. They can do what they want, same as how Apple ($2.8 trillion) can easily buy Disney ($150.5 billion) if they wished.

    This isn’t an exact science, but you can use market cap to ballpark these things and get an idea of how much an acquisition would cost. For example, Twitter had a market cap of $31 billion in August 2022, and Elon bought it a few months later for $44 billion. That’s a 1.4x increase, so applying the same math buying all of Disney would “only” cost about $214 billion - which both Apple and Microsoft (and Google) could do. Nintendo would cost about $80 billion, which Microsoft could do without even taking out a loan.

    The issue isn’t necessarily the price; it’s the regulators.

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

    What is Microsoft even making money on these days?

    googles

    https://www.kamilfranek.com/microsoft-revenue-breakdown/

    Azure, Office, and (still) Windows, apparently.

    Only 8% of revenue is gaming. They sure do went to grow that.

    InEnduringGrowStrong, do games w The next Sims game will be free-to-play with paid DLC
    @InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Prepare for microtransaction hell

    MountainWizard,
    @MountainWizard@feddit.de avatar

    Just by reading the headline I can tell that’s will be a terrible Game. But it will make a lot of money.

    ConditionOverload, do games w Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag can’t be bought on Steam due to a “technical issue”, not an incoming remake, Ubisoft insists
    @ConditionOverload@lemmy.world avatar

    Weird to think it was because of a remake. The game isn’t old and still holds up very well.

    GreenMario,

    Last of Us part 1 remake says hi

    mateomaui,

    Yeah but the original wasn’t on PC for TLoU

    Virkkunen,
    @Virkkunen@kbin.social avatar

    They didn't remake the game so they could port it to PC, they did it so they could sell more banking on the triple dippers

    mateomaui,

    Both is correct.

    I mean if you don’t understand that they’ve ported or remade their PS exclusives to PC because they also wanted a new untapped player base that didn’t own playstations, I don’t know what to tell you, brah.

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

    It's not weird to think as the remake being in the works has been reported many months before they pulled the game from Steam.

    It's a decade old and big studios are creatively bankrupt, so they just love simple redoing old shit and reusing the old work.

    Skyrim wasn't the game that started this shit, but it sure was what popularized it with studios.

    Daefsdeda,

    It holds up well until you try to run it. Terrible issues on PC they never fixed…

    ConditionOverload,
    @ConditionOverload@lemmy.world avatar

    Weird, I don’t get those issues on my PC. I usually install it every year at least once to play through it.

    Daefsdeda,

    I think it can go one of two ways. Either it runs fine

    Or you need windows 98 compatibility mode, change some ini setting, set physx or whatever its called to off and be finally able to play.

    Then see yourself standing in your ships boundaries, unable to move. This all happened to me and I just stopped playing.

    It did play well a few years back but that was on windows 8.

    garretble, do games w Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm
    @garretble@lemmy.world avatar

    I have a friend who was laid off from there today. Definitely feel bad for them.

    Kolanaki, do games w Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm
    @Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

    “It was just Terry because he kept stealing pens from the supply closet for his own personal use.”

    Lost_My_Mind,

    20 years ago I had a boss that always held his pens in his mouth.

    So one day, when I was the only guy in the office, I took all his pens, and one by one stuck them up my butt.

    Then I put them back in his cup.

    Varying9125,

    are you familiar with ass pennies?

    InternetCitizen2,
    @InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world avatar

    Wtf

    CatsGoMOW,

    Bender bit a poo penny!

    Aielman15,
    @Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

    What did your boss do to deserve this?

    I mean, what specifically?

    lagoon8622,

    He held his pen in his mouth 🤬🤬

    Sonor,

    username checks out

    Anahkiasen, do games w FromSoftware fanatics are making brand new RPGs with the Dark Souls dev's 25-year-old game-making tools

    I really recommend Lunacid mentioned in the article from the dev doing this, it’s really an amazing retro dungeon crawler with lots of great horror touches since it’s the same dev as Lost in Vivo and such.

    Gradually_Adjusting,
    @Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

    Rare bookmarked comment

    HipsterTenZero,
    @HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

    fuck yeah, lunacid. Newest of the fallen, take up your sword and fight.

    charade_you_are,

    I went to look this up on Steam and I found that it was already in my library lol. I think I remember briefly trying it and I just suck at this type of game so I gave it up.

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

    Lol, so the “just make good games” crowd need to use bigotry as crunch to salvage their games’ reputation.

    Jax,

    Yes, marketing schemes often capitulate to the lowest common denominator. This is why Veilguard happened, and it’s why we’ll see some equally atricious dogshit from the opposite end of the spectrum.

    ConstableJelly, (edited ) do gaming w Remembering Prey, Arkane Austin’s masterpiece

    I don’t know if Prey is my favorite game of all time, but it’s on the short list. I can, however, say that it is the game that most fills me with awe. Talos 1 is an extraordinary playspace filled with incredible detail, choice, style, and diversity. The narrative, possibly the weakest element of the game, still packs in a lot of cool ideas and genuine surprises.

    Prey also contains by far my favorite opening “level” of all time. Without spoiling, the immediate tonal shift, the creepy mystery, the complete recontextualization of your first 10 or 15 minutes, it’s an absolute spectacle.

    In a perfect world, all these devs get absorbed by WolfEye Studios or something and they get a bunch of funding to make another massive masterpiece.

    Damage,

    I only played until my first encounter with the enemy that hunts you, for some reason I couldn’t get past that dude or escape and got frustrated enough to give up

    ConstableJelly,

    The Nightmare Typhon that has a timer? That sucks. I don’t remember having too much trouble in my first playthrough - I have memories of just hiding in a bathroom that it was too big to enter until the timer ran out for one of the encounters. But I can imagine that if you’re in a particularly bad area when it comes for you it could cause problems.

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