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ChicoSuave, do games w Dynamic Lighting Was Better Nine Years Ago | A Warning About 9TH Gen's Neglect

Damn, this video is garbage. Lots of yelling about smudging and “HOW COULD THEY?!” And then complains about how people aren’t implementing any effects like he says. And that part about “I told Epic Unreal 5.5 wasn’t ready!” Like he actually matters to Tim Sweeney.

Avoid the video. Nothing of substance or value is within.

Bombastic,

He makes some fair points but I fully agree with your sentiment.

Had this man made a less confrontational and more educational video, he would be much more widely regarded as a fair source. Alas, he thinks the raging grants him clicks

catloaf,

The sad part is, he’s right.

jordanlund,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Hard to take it seriously when he would have been, what? 3 years old 9 years ago? ;)

NuXCOM_90Percent, (edited )

General rule of thumb:

ANYTHING that has a “lazy devs” narrative is shit and not worth your time. Because anyone with a modicum of intelligence about how games actually are made isn’t going to throw that shit can because they understand just what kinds of pressures development teams are under.

The reality is? Yeah. Some stuff very clearly has been under-focused on. Part of that MIGHT be related to the complete wasteland it is for funding for indie devs coupled with the mass layoffs amongst major publishers and platform holders but that would be completely insane to see any correlation between them.

The other is that we are more or less insisting devs support two completely orthogonal lighting systems this generation. Without raytracing? You need to really zhuzh up everything like in the old days. With raytracing? That all looks wrong and you need to change all the lighting to be hyperrealistic so that it looks the same (rather than what a dimly lit subway ACTUALLY would look like) without people realizing it. Once we reach the point of having one scheme (and DOOM The Dark Ages or whatever is targeting that), things get a lot simpler.

caut_R,

I found that channel a couple weeks ago and without having much insight into the development side of games myself, I just thought their videos couldn‘t look more shady if they tried. Especially the plugging of their own company (?) and call for donations among other things left a bad taste. They should work on their presentation IMO.

A_Random_Idiot, do games w Do Not Buy NZXT | Predatory, Evil Rental Computer Scam Investigated - Gamers Nexus

Is this the first time Steve has said an uncensored fuck?

Its at least rare enough that it stood out enough for me to pause the video and go back to hear it again to confirm.

icedterminal,

Same. My jaw dropped. Absolutely loved it.

Enoril,
@Enoril@jlai.lu avatar

Yeah… i had to replay it too. He was quite upset.

Steve has no patience for people or company that lack empathy and abuse people.

Remind me his reaction to the email of Artesian CEO, he was quite upset too.

A_Random_Idiot,

i dont remember this, got a recap/link?

Enoril,
@Enoril@jlai.lu avatar

This one: youtu.be/d9NzY8TDCAY?t=19m00s (’Steve Loses It’ chapter)

A_Random_Idiot,

I appreciate you digging up the link and even timestamping the relevant area. Top class, thank you very much.

Also I forgot just how utterly massive of a cunt the Artesian CEO was. Man had significant Elon Musk vibes, Just didnt have the money or family money to stop his fall.

aniki, do games w ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY!

I love how the latest generation of gamers are finally finding out that Asus has always been, and always will be, a dogshit company.

TrickDacy,
@TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah even in this video the guy was saying they used to be great, but after having like 3 motherboards fail prematurely and dealing with their crappy RMA process, I learned long ago that their reputation isn’t deserved. I did buy a couple of their routers which seems fine for now but I won’t be giving them more money in the future after watching this

aniki,

Back in university at the turn of the millennia I was a front-line desktop support guy and the amount of Acer and Asus laptops that came in just completely falling apart was insane.

TrickDacy,
@TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

Sounds like a nightmare. I don’t have a lot of firsthand experience with Acer but I did peg them as low quality too somehow

celeste,
@celeste@kbin.earth avatar

I was in college around the same time and recall doing my usual minimum research for a new system and still to this day think "acer's crap, right?" when someone mentions it, even though the memory of why is gone.

aniki,

Acers would start with a QWERTY and after a few months would be down to Q–R-T. If you were lucky one of your USB ports hasn’t detached from the motherboard.

Ashtear,

I don’t have experience with their systems, but I had to go back to the store twice for an Acer monitor. First monitor had a dead HDMI port, second had a gap in the chassis at the top. Don’t know why I didn’t just go with a different one after the second replacement; it would end up developing a line of shadowing after about 18 months.

LowtierComputer,

The Toshiba satellite. Pure trash.

fluckx,

Fucking Asus transformer pad.

Please send it back for free and we’ll check if the damage is under warranty. If not you’ll need to pay 50$>to get your device back.

FUCK. OFF. Ship it back for free if it isn’t under warranty. Or have a contract with a shop nearby that can determine if it’s under warranty.

Last time I bought anything Asus.

fluckx,

Actually that’s a lie. I have their routers in house which, for now, all seem to run pretty decently

aniki,

I bet they are rebranded! :-D

fluckx,

Maybe I’ve got a broken set. The ones that were assembled properly

tuckerm, do games w The Talos Principle 2 | Demo on Steam Available Now

Portal (1 and 2) and The Talos Principle are the only puzzle games I've played that not only had a story, but also managed to make the puzzle gameplay actually make sense within the story. Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles. I'm sure there are other games that do it, but those are the only ones I've played and they were fantastic. That's a hard thing to pull off -- how do you make a compelling narrative, complete with characters, around "moving some boxes?"

Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

themusicman,

Have you played The Witness? Not quite as story driven, but just as cohesive and my personal favourite of the 3 (by a small margin)

pixel_prophet,

Could not really understand the hype for it, having to do the same kind of line puzzle over and over just felt stale.

themusicman,

If that were the full extent of the game, I’d probably agree. I can’t say much more without spoiling it

Ultraviolet,

I don’t see how anyone can consider the sound puzzles in the jungle, the Tetris piece puzzles in the swamp and the color theory puzzles in the greenhouse the same kind of puzzle and be arguing in good faith.

tuckerm,

I have not -- I'll add it to my list!

themusicman,

The game has multiple “endings”. My only advice: Don’t start a second playthrough or browse any online communities until you’ve reached the credit scroll. I wish someone had told me that before I started…

zeekaran,

Did Antichamber have a story? I don’t remember if it did, only that I loved that game.

nekusoul,
@nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de avatar

Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles.

That observation actually made me go through my library looking for more examples and, yeah, it’s surprisingly few. There’s ‘The Entropy Centre’, which also falls into the “You’re a test subject” category. Other than that there’s the Zachtronics games, where the reason for puzzle-solving is because it’s your work.

Hadriscus,

Quantum Conundrum too ! it’s excellent, but a bit difficult. I never finished it 🤫

raydenuni,

In Zachtronics Infinifactory, the setting is that aliens have kidnapped you and force you to build things for them, in return for kibble and other things humans like, such as a little league third place trophy. Always enjoyed that.

Cocodapuf,

Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

Hey, thanks for the tip! I totally just gifted this to a couple of my friends.

Ansis,

Try QUBE too, it’s great.

pleasemakesense, do games w Riot Games and r/leagueoflegends moderators being called out for censorship over the state of their game.
@pleasemakesense@lemmy.world avatar

Thought it was well known the reddit league mods had some sort of connection to riot (even some being riot employees?)

e-ratic,
@e-ratic@kbin.social avatar

IIRC the recruitment of new moderators has to go past Riot first

Aielman15, do games w Flappy Bird Returns but now with microtransactions
@Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

You either die as a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.

TORFdot0,

Or in this case die a hero and then someone pays to desecrate your corpse and reanimate you

mihnt, do games w Godot is Getting EPIC // 10 Games & Projects Made in Godot
@mihnt@kbin.social avatar

The title is in poor taste all things considered.

insomniac_lemon,

I don't get it, was it changed?

mihnt,
@mihnt@kbin.social avatar

I see the word EPIC in a gaming title and my brain immediately goes "OH NO, not them again. What fucked shit are they trying to convince everyone of now?"

obinice,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

Is Epic taking them to court or such?

brawleryukon,
@brawleryukon@lemmy.world avatar

Quite the opposite. Epic gave them a $250,000 MegaGrant a few years back.

They even offer Godot through EGS.

bela,

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  • brawleryukon,
    @brawleryukon@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s almost as if Epic actually does have developers’ and the industry’s best interests at heart despite the shit takes from the terminally-online Gamer™ crowd…

    Vordus,

    It’s not entirely against their own self-interest. More accessible engines on the market means more beginner devs who may graduate to Epic in a few years, and more products to sell on the EGS. Also more devs potentially means more asset store customers.

    Regardless, it’s certainly more helpful to the industry than Unity at the moment.

    Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow,

    Mozilla’s primary revenue is from Google, because Google doesn’t want Chrome to be broken up by the FTC. Same reason Microsoft kept Apple afloat in the dark times before Jobs returned.

    Thevenin, do gaming w You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders)

    I strongly disagree with the premise that there’s a “wrong” way to play retro games. Don’t gatekeep. Imagine if people told you not to listen to Pink Floyd unless it’s on vinyl. It would be lost media.

    That said, CRTs present images fundamentally differently than LCD displays, and a lot of developers took advantage of those idiosyncrasies. There are scanlines everywhere. CRT phosphors aren’t square, and appear smaller when darker. Bright pixels can “bleed” into nearby pixels, particularly when using composite signals.

    Before LCDs, many (not all) pixel artists used this to their advantage, basically harnessing the imperfections of analog TV to provide equivalents to anti-aliasing, bloom, extra color depth, and even transparency. Some particularly famous examples came from Sega Genesis games. This video goes into good depth on the whys and hows, and there are some solid examples of the outcomes here.

    I’ve attached examples below (hopefully they upload). If you like the raw pixel art, then no harm done. Enjoy! But if you like the way CRTs interpreted and filtered those signals, you owe it to yourself to look up some shaders for your favorite emulator.

    https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/88cb2c28-7b07-49a7-b4b8-b6369fe83633.webp

    https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/8e5527f1-fb48-40d2-b147-4b567202db96.webp

    (Zero Tolerance, 1994, on the Genesis/Mega Drive)

    https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/e10964ee-bb75-4083-84fb-0841fdc2df2e.webp

    (Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992, on the Genesis/Mega Drive)

    thingsiplay,

    I strongly disagree with the premise that there’s a “wrong” way to play retro games.

    I understand your sentiment here and you are right too. What I think is, that the wording on this title here is misunderstood. Emulating (old) games without Shaders is not faithful or accurate in the looks. It looks “vastly” different and thus means it looks “wrong”. I interpret the “wrong” in the title as “not faithful”, instead as “bad”, like this: You’re Probably Emulating Retro Games Not Faithful (you need CRT Shaders for the oldschool look)

    Thevenin,

    Yeah, the video really isn’t making the point its title suggests. I think we’re all just primed to expect gatekeeping in video games at this point.

    samus12345,
    almost1337, do games w Castle Crashers DLC Announcement: Painter Boss Paradise

    What year is it?

    yokonzo,

    It’s 2009 wake up

    ArmokGoB,

    Where’s my Sobe?

    Rai,

    In a glass bottle.

    Zahille7,

    Hell ya

    HughJanus, (edited ) do games w 15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games

    I pretty much just assume “Free To Play” games are full of microtransactions, is that wrong?

    E: to be clear, I don’t think microtransactions are an inherently bad thing. In fact, if people want to make games where other people with more money front the costs of development, I’m all about it.

    What I hate is being reminded every 5 minutes that it has garbage skins that I can pay IRL money for.

    Lev_Astov,
    @Lev_Astov@lemmy.world avatar

    Yes, there are good games that are just totally free. I’ve enjoyed the hell out of both ΔV: Rings of Saturn and South Scrimshaw lately. Both offer things you can purchase, but you get the full experience without them.

    HughJanus,

    Yeah, the question for me is “are they shoving those things you can purchase down your throat every 2 minutes?” because I find that disgusting.

    snugglesthefalse,

    I could have sworn rings of Saturn wasn’t free

    crawley,

    I thought I heard once that the demo is just the full version, but you can just also buy it to support the devs? That might be outdated or just wrong information though.

    turbowafflz,

    Also there are several really good open source games which are obviously microtransaction free. OpenTTD from this list is an example and Osu!lazer and SuperTuxKart also come to mind

    lightnsfw,

    I have like 1000 hours in Warframe and only spent like 20$ on it. Even that wasn’t really necessarily. You can farm shit and easily make enough of the in game money for what you need selling it to other players.

    Duamerthrax,

    I know Holocure isn’t, but my gut reaction to F2P is to steer clear.

    SCB,

    F2P with microtransactions isn’t inherently bad. Legends of Runeterra is that way and is maybe the best-done F2P model I’ve ever seen.

    SeeJayEmm,
    @SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

    I wouldn’t put Path of Exile in that bucket. The cosmetics and stash upgrades are there but they don’t push at all.

    Acid2688,

    They’re all way too expensive though. I’d have bought way more if they were lower and enjoyed the game more for it.

    ago,
    @ago@lemmy.world avatar

    True, but there is nothing wrong with that really unless it’s a multiplayer game where you get unfair advantages. It’s hard to expect a f2p game to not have micro transactions.

    HughJanus,

    Which is why I avoid them

    Skyrkazm,

    Grimm’s Hollow. It’s free and has 0 micro transactions. Enioy my friend:]

    klyde,
    @klyde@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s so fucking stupid lmao. Crying about stuff that doesn’t even do anything but make you look different.

    HughJanus, (edited )

    I think you may have missed my initial reply where I stated specifically stated that I was not concerned about “stuff that makes you look different”.

    RickRussell_CA, do games w A Brief History of the GTA Game Series, The Most Famous Game in History!
    @RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world avatar

    The Most Famous Game in History!

    Tetris would like a word.

    GrammatonCleric,
    @GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world avatar

    Senet would also like to have a word (nobody said video games)

    DoucheBagMcSwag,

    Sensationalist click bait knows no such thing

    Pratai,

    Pac Man as well.

    sailingbythelee,

    And chess is just rolling its eyes.

    VaultBoyNewVegas,

    I honestly thought of Mario first but yeah, Tetris, Mario, pacman and maybe space invaders would be instantly recognisable to everyone. If I was to show my non gamer dad a picture of Niko, CJ or Trevor/Michael/Franklin then he would have no idea who they were. Where as the other games he absolutely would recognise the characters or the names.

    DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w Proton is the Future of PC gaming. But how does it work? [Gardiner Bryant, YouTube]

    YouTube face… And useless red arrow?

    Definitely No thanks

    Mr_Blott,

    I was curious about how much you could actually read in the 11 minutes that this YouTube drivel wasted on getting a point across

    I tested my reading speed and it was 346 wpm, so I’m guessing the average is about 300 because I read a lot

    3300 words is an absolute fuckton of information.

    I’ve no idea why anyone would waste 11 minutes listening to about two minutes worth of information

    Vodulas,

    Not everyone can sit down and read for very long, some people want something to listen to while they do other things, some people learn better in audio format, and some people just like watching videos. It’s fine if it is not your jam, but that is no reason to denigrate someone choosing to watch a video instead of reading an article.

    SturgiesYrFase,
    @SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

    I had an argument shortly after the great migration. Someone had posted a video essay on something gaming related and the person I responded to was adamant that a video couldn’t be an essay. It was a two hour deep dive into the topic, with graphs/journalistic photos/news video snippets, and the video info section had a citation list longer than your arm.
    This person couldn’t understand that just because the creator had decided to present their essay in video format, didn’t mean it wasn’t an essay. All they had to say basically boiled down to:
    only stupid people watch a video this long when you could read the equivalent amount of information in less than half the time.

    Needless to say, that got my hackles up a tad.

    Vodulas,

    Yup. It is just needlessly aggressive and gatekeepy.

    SturgiesYrFase,
    @SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

    Exactly! There’s no reason to be that way, other than to feel superior to someone. And that’s just kinda a shit way to be!

    dallo, do games w The ROG Ally is Still Getting Better (Updated Review)

    The ROG Ally is Still not running Linux by default

    Gabagoolzoo,

    Yeah it can only get so good before Windows starts to show its ugly face. Steam Deck works so well because it runs games within it's own compositor with absolutely no bloat or distractions.

    echoplex21,

    Honestly a positive for me . Xbox Gamepass is the main reason I have a handheld . It doesn’t work natively on Linux.

    dallo,

    I don’t like to not own my games, but you do you.

    echoplex21,

    Pro tip: you can do both ;)

    smort,
    @smort@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah I’ve played some games on GamePass on my Deck via MS Edge and xcloud. It works pretty well for anything where input lag isn’t a factor, like turn-based games.

    I tried Rocket League and Forza just for shits and giggles, and while it’s not unplayable, it’s also not responsive enough to be enjoyable

    Boxtifer,

    Just install windows on it then?

    WeLoveCastingSpellz,

    yes but you can flash either chimera or nobara to turn it into a steamdeck

    Blisterexe,

    Or bazzite

    MeekerThanBeaker, do games w Introducing Steam Families

    Same household only? Why can’t they just allow a certain number of people in your “family” use it? I have no kids, but I’d like to allow my siblings or in-laws use my games. They live in different cities.

    bread, (edited )
    @bread@feddit.nl avatar

    I really doubt they’ve got an IP lock in place; just set up a Family and invite your siblings and in-laws.

    Edit: tried it with a buddy, and it is in fact IP locked; he was unable to join until I set up a VPN for him to connect through. After initial setup, you don’t need the same IP address.

    radix,
    @radix@lemmy.world avatar

    They do point out that they will be monitoring how it’s used, and could adjust things later.

    Sounds like corporate-speak for “if people abuse this, we’ll lock it down harder.”

    Even if people are using it to share with actual family around the country, they may get caught up in future updates that remove that feature. Also note that any publisher can opt out of the sharing. If EA or Ubi or some other big company doesn’t like the lack of limits, they may be able to force Valve’s hand in changing the policy.

    The idea is wonderful, but there are a ton sof ways this could end up worse than the old system.

    1984,
    @1984@lemmy.today avatar

    This is technical but you could set up a wireguard vpn server and let your friends connect to your computer. Then you all look like you are sitting in your home network from the steam servers point of view.

    Or just install Tailscale which makes it even easier and is free for like 3 computers.

    Your friends will have a bit of lag though since all their connections have to go through your computer to the steam network. But I believe it may not be noticeable.

    Trainguyrom,

    Or just install Tailscale which makes it even easier and is free for like 3 computers.

    Free for 100 devices! You can legit install it on every device virtual and physical device in your home and maybe run out of devices for the free plan. Right now I use it to secure the connection between my VPS proxy and my Minecraft server, as duct tape fixing some network fuckery, and as my primary means of connecting to services inside and outside of my LAN

    1984,
    @1984@lemmy.today avatar

    That’s very generous of them. I thought it was just 3. :)

    ouch,

    Bait and switch. Stay tuned for enshittification.

    Trainguyrom,

    Oh yeah I fully expect it at some point in the future. Right now their business model appears to be “get the nerds hooked on using it on their personal stuff to see how awesome it is to then sell enterprise licenses” and they’re in the “establish growth” phase so I think there’s a few years before enshitification begins.

    There is a competitor called Netbird that does similar and is fully open source and self-hostable. I haven’t tried it yet but it looks good on (virtual) paper

    ouch,

    Thanks for the Netbird link, wasn’t aware of it.

    If I’m not badly mistaken it’s also possible to self host Tailscale. For example:

    github.com/juanfont/headscale

    I haven’t tried either. Probably should at some point, but I haven’t really found a use case yet.

    Trainguyrom,

    By my memory of what I read headscale is a reverse engineered backend using the official tailscale client, so more opportunities for breakage or the weird issues that come from a reverse engineered server with a stock closed source client. I also could be horribly misinformed and/or misremembering

    Trainguyrom,

    I think it was initially 5 before they upped it to 100. They said they initially assumed they’d have tons of people using the subnet routing to share more than the limited number of devices, but found that wasn’t the case so they upped the free accounts

    60fpsrefugee,

    I don’t think they put a restriction on household Internet IP, just that you can only share with people within your region.

    MeekerThanBeaker,

    Region meaning country/continent? One of them lives across the country.

    Virkkunen,
    @Virkkunen@fedia.io avatar

    Region meaning country

    firadin, (edited )

    Because the point of this is to force friends and adult family members to purchase extra copies of games. Do yall actually think Valve is giving away free game access?

    To those who are saying it’s not IP locked: people on reddit are all saying that the newer sign-ups are locked but they didn’t clear older sharing from early beta.

    shasta,

    You can likely use it from different physical locations. But just know that I’m order to set it up, you have to login with your account on their computer at some point to enable the family sharing feature. So unless you go there qnd do it, or remote into their computer to do it, or give them your password, you can’t use that feature. Some level of trust in each other is required.

    Virkkunen,
    @Virkkunen@fedia.io avatar

    That is not how the new families work. The new on all you need to do is sent an invite and they'll be able to join the family. No need to log in their computers or authorise anything, just a simple invite.

    potustheplant,

    It actually is how it worked in the beta at least. I’ve been using it for several months with my friends and the invite wouldn’t work unless I had logged into steam on their pc previously.

    Virkkunen,
    @Virkkunen@fedia.io avatar

    That is certainly not the case, either something unexpected happened or either of you didn't have the families beta on. I have never logged in someone else's PC and neither have someone logged on mine, I always use Steam on beta and I was able to send family invites to my friends, however only the ones in my region (country) were able to join.

    potustheplant,

    I did (and do) have the families beta on. Maybe that’s the way it worked for some people? I don’t know, but it certainly is what happened in my case.

    shasta,

    How new is it? I just set this up about 2 weeks ago and it required logging into both computers

    Sylvartas,

    But just know that I’m order to set it up, you have to login with your account on their computer at some point to enable the family sharing feature

    I doubt it, because I think that’s literally how it used to work

    PunchingWood,

    Because people will absolutely abuse it for other means, like selling shared accounts and what not.

    scrubbles, do games w The Witcher 4 : Everything We Know So Far
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