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MurrayL, do games w Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games

I can’t imagine a way of remaking DA:O for modern audiences without losing what made it special to begin with.

caut_R,

Can you elaborate? Would jacking up the graphics, animations, and sound mess with the atmosphere? It‘s been a hot minute since I‘ve played it so I‘m not sure what the issue would be.

ms_lane,

Blood magic would be out. Which ruins the game immediately.

starchylemming,

never played the game. what is it and why would it be out?

ZeroHora,
@ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

Is a form of magic portrait as evil and in the best cases morally grey. Is also one of the most fun builds in DAO.

The more modern Dragon Age games don’t let you create truly evil characters; you’re mostly just a douche and morally grey options are scarce. I don’t think they would remove it in a remake, but they certainly won’t let you use blood magic in a new Dragon Age.

Nima,
@Nima@leminal.space avatar

why would blood magic be out?

JustARaccoon,

remaster, not remake

Nima,
@Nima@leminal.space avatar

i would love to see an Origins remaster. I’m not sure what would ruin what made it special.

can you give some examples for what you mean?

dinckelman, do games w Former BioWare exec producer says EA was pitched multiple times to remaster the first three Dragon Age games

At this point, I doubt this will happen, because they’ve purposefully sunk Dreadwolf/Veilguard into the abyss, and probably wrote the entire DA series off, as a loss, all together

lath, (edited )

There's bad blood there, but the original DA team should be completely gone with the last members having been sacked during Veilguard debacle.

Maybe EA would like to shit on it one more time with a crappy remaster, who knows.

MurrayL, do games w Sources: Everwild has been cancelled as Xbox layoffs hit Rare | VGC

Founded in 1985, Rare is one of the UK’s most historic game developers, best known for Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007, and Banjo-Kazooie.

Microsoft acquired Rare in 2002, and it has since gone on to create titles such as Kameo, Viva Piñata, Kinect Sports, and Sea of Thieves under the Xbox banner.

Says it all, really. Rare has been mismanaged into the ground for the past 20+ years.

unknown1234_5, do games w Capcom reveals Resident Evil Requiem started as an online game, ‘but we realised fans didn’t want it’
@unknown1234_5@kbin.earth avatar

i bet a well done co-op mode would be appreciated though

MoreZombies,

“I’m glad you’re here, Leon. It really takes the sense of danger out of this spooky corridor.”

feddup,

I played 5 a lot because it was coop and I could play it with my wife, I need more good coop games!

unknown1234_5,
@unknown1234_5@kbin.earth avatar

I'm sure you've seen it before, but jic have you tried it takes two?

feddup,

Yea we loved that game. Overcooked 1 and 2, moving out. Currently playing Minecraft again, teaching our daughter to play it. RE 5 had a good balance of fighting and puzzles.

Coelacanth, do gaming w Final Fantasy Tactics writer says its political message is still relevant because the world hasn’t improved in 30 years [VGC]
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

“Hasn’t improved” is a very polite way of putting it, but wouldn’t “gone to shit” be more accurate?

theangriestbird,

VGC did machine translate a Japanese interview, I wonder if the interview was more “colorful” in Japanese

Ashtear,

I don’t think he’s particularly strident here or anything in Japanese, but the headline here would have been better off sticking with the machine translated “nothing has changed” in the article.

There isn’t any optimism in Matsuno’s words here. I would have added “as always” to “economic disparity remains the same” and “again” to his comments about armed conflicts. He sounds tired of the cycle.

Green_Mouse, do games w Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support
@Green_Mouse@piefed.social avatar

The fact that they are adding more features and modding for these fan ports is incredible, I just hope that Nintendo doesn't come in and shut down these fan ports like they like to do with fan games/projects/etc.

mic_check_one_two,

like they like to do with fan games/projects/etc.

Cries while staring at the defunct AM2R project

Green_Mouse,
@Green_Mouse@piefed.social avatar

I remember a few years ago I played and finished AM2R, such an incredible game, of course, not on the level of the official remake, but still.

qwerty, do gaming w Hideo Kojima says he’s left staff a ‘USB stick of game ideas’ for after he dies | The Metal Gear creator says he wants Kojima Productions to continue creating original games after his death

Why is he planing to die?

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

He hasn’t yet discovered that he is, in fact, immortal.

dormedas,

Cuz it’s egomaniacal behavior. He thinks he’s so cool and unique and innovative that his ideas are worth something even after he perishes, sometime in the next TWENTY or so years. It’s not like he’s bedridden right now.

TheAgeOfSuperboredom, do gaming w Hideo Kojima says he’s left staff a ‘USB stick of game ideas’ for after he dies | The Metal Gear creator says he wants Kojima Productions to continue creating original games after his death

And he’ll just come back as a BT to ominously hover over the team.

endeavor, do games w Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC

Im amazed its selling so well considering its pointless.

Ushmel,

Does playstation still dominate international sales? I remember that being a thing for previous generations

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

According to this chart, yes, the PS5 is leading by roughly 40 million units compared to the current XSX

Kinokoloko, do games w Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC

This is the first console generation where I bought and sold a console before the next gen came along. I got one of those PS5 emails while they were still somewhat limited, and decided to jump on it like a dumbass. Two years later, sold it to recoup the cost of my Steam Deck. The only real exclusive it has that I played was the Demon’s Souls remake, and that just wasn’t enough to convince me to keep it around. Looks like the other exclusives I have missed out on since then is…(checks notes)…Astro Bot…and that’s it. Oh well.

Sanctus, do games w Intergalactic actor reveals Neil Druckmann’s coaching on overcoming online harassment
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

This game looks fuccen sicc. So whatever else is in store, the artists know what’s up at least. Don’t see a reason to hate on this as bald chicks are a huge part of that aesthetic. I better only see bald and half or partially shaved heads.

RobotZap10000, do games w Intergalactic actor reveals Neil Druckmann’s coaching on overcoming online harassment
@RobotZap10000@feddit.nl avatar

Do the chuds really want every single protagonist to be a reincarnation of Chad Thaddeus Bradley?

BossDj,
Ledericas, (edited ) do games w Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit

palword wouldve solved some of its problem by not naming it to close to POKEMON names, or gimmicks, or copy verbatim some of its features. they only noticed when things were named exactly like they did in the pokemon consoles.

kinda wierd thing to target, when flying was in WOW for 2 decades before this lawsuit.

-after looking at another post, they also copied the pokemon and changed it very little of the pal-creature, palword needs ot do better to have a stronger case.

korazail,

I think there is potential that this was intended.

PalWorld was SO on the nose modeled after pokemon plus Breath of the Wild that it couldn’t be anything but a stab at Nintendo. And yet, it seems that (I’m not a lawyer) they skirted around ever actually infringing on copyrights. If you want to build a zoo full of creatures, there are only so many ways you can combine things without making a fire dog or ice dragon, and then comparisons can be made. PalWorld has many creatures that I don’t recognize as being similar to existing pokemon. Given that Nintendo has not gone after PalWorld for copyright infringement, I’d say that means they don’t have a case.

Patents are another angle, and I’m far from a patent lawyer. Have you ever read one? They are full of jargon and what seem to be nonsense words, especially a software patent for a video game. I found an article that describes how Nintendo can use a ‘new’ patent to attack PalWorld, but near the end he clearly calls out that there is a difference between ‘legal’ and ‘legitimate.’ I can’t seem to find the actual ‘throwing a ball to make a thing happen’ new patent, but I’d assume PalWorld doesn’t infringe the original patent, or Nintendo would have just used that one. The article author also notes how Nintendo applied for a divisional patent near the end of a window for doing so, which presumably extends the total lifetime of the patent protection. A new divisional patent last year probably means we have 40 years of no ‘ball-throwing mechanics.’

I hope that this whole thing is a stunt. PalWorld was commercially successful, and even if they lose and have to modify the game, it will remain successful. I think that there’s a possibility that the developer and publisher are fighting against software patents kind of in general and used PalWorld as bait that Nintendo fell for.

If they lose, then there will be a swath of gamers who are at least mildly outraged at software patents. Popular opinion can (occasionally) sway policy.

If they win, then we have another chink in the armor of software patents as a whole. See Google vs Oracle regarding the ability to patent an API.

If we can manage to kill software patents for gameplay mechanics, like throwing balls at things, being able to take off and land seamlessly, or having a recurring enemy taunt you, then we get better games that remix things that worked.

Imagine how terribly different games would be if someone had patented “A action where a user presses a button to swing their weapon, and if that weapon hits an enemy, that enemy takes damage.”

Critical_Thinker,

Imagine how terribly different games would be if someone had patented “A action where a user presses a button to swing their weapon, and if that weapon hits an enemy, that enemy takes damage.”

I’m sure nintendo will have a patent for using a command for a menu to use an effect that buffs, heals, or harms. That way they can prove they are the ones who invented JRPGs too.

thingsiplay, do gaming w Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit [VGC]

One more reason to not buy Nintendo games and play them for free.

neon_nova, do gaming w Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit [VGC]

A good reminder to not buy the switch 2

Psythik,

I have a feeling that it’s going to flop like the Wii U. It’s nearly the same as the OG Switch and in both the looks and performance departments. 4K 120Hz support, my ass

It’s got less than 10% the CUDA cores of a 4090, a GPU that can’t hit 120 FPS in any modern AAA title without DLSS. The console won’t even come close to hitting 120 in any title—period—not unless Nvidia creates a DLSS setting more extreme than Ultra Performance.

As always with Nintendo, It’s all going to come down to the games, and given that they have been slapping a fresh coat of paint on the same games since the Wii, I doubt anyone but the most hardcore fans are going to be willing to drop $80 on them. A good chunk of the Switch’s top selling games are literal re-releases from the Wii U. Tears of the Kingdom is literally the same game as BotW, even has the same map. Laziest sequel ever. It should have been a DLC.

Escew,

I want this to happen so bad but my local GameStop had a line out the door to preorder and they sold out. Nintendo has these people by the balls.

Psythik,

The same thing happened with the Wii U but it still flopped. Nintendo’s hardcore audience believes that the company can do no wrong, so they will always be lining up to be the first to get their latest system.

For the console to succeed, Nintendo needs to sell to more than just their core fan base. They need to convince the every day, casual gamer that their machine is different enough from the last one for them to even notice the Switch 2 isn’t the same thing as the Switch. It already happened to the Wii U. Most people who aren’t following this shit thought that it was just an addon for the Wii. I think it’s going to happen again.

They also need to convince console and PC gamers that their system is unique and powerful enough to hold its own, and they’ve already failed on both fronts.

That’s why I think it’s going to flop. I hope I’m right.

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