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Asafum, (edited ) do games w Final Fantasy XVI is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store

According to a friend who had the displeasure of looking at the file size, he claims it’s 170GB when all is said and done… Stupid Sony square refusing to let steam preload…

RolyRamen,

What’s Sony got to do with this? It’s entirely developed and published by Square.

Asafum,

Yeah true, I had Sony on the brain from a previous comment in this thread lol

ouch,

170 GB is insane. Publishers should really get punished for making larger than average deliveries. Most of that size usage usually comes from poor optimization.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

They’re typically optimizing for fidelity and performance ahead of install size. Multiple LODs can balloon an install size quite quickly, but they’ll give you better bang for your buck in other areas, and storage space is a concern that dissipates more in time, as you upgrade to newer machines.

ouch,

I have seen this theory floated a few times. The problem is that reading uncompressed files from disk can often be slower than reading less data and decompressing it on the fly efficiently. Would be interesting to see actual studies of this for common game data.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

It was faster to load the higher resolution data back in the early 2010s on HDDs, so I don’t imagine it got any better for using compression now that we’re on SSDs.

mako, (edited ) do games w Final Fantasy XVI is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store

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  • ampersandrew,
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    Expansion packs are a very old concept. That brand new game came out over a year ago. Also, it’s $25 for both DLCs.

    flicker,

    very old

    Agh, gawd.

    fontane,

    Square wasn’t going to do DLC for this. The players demanded it.

    dadarobot,
    @dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    The DLCS aren’t cosmetic - they’re “additional” storylines.

    Why are you defending the practice of selling incomplete games with the option to pay to play the entire game ON DAY 1?

    What? Is it additional storylines or part of the main game? Who fucking cares, dont buy it if you dont want to. I only recently played the yuffy story on ff7r and it didnt add shit to my experience.

    LolcatXTREME,

    No, these are DLCs for a game that’s over a year old

    radicalautonomy, do games w Final Fantasy XVI is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store
    @radicalautonomy@lemmy.world avatar

    I want to open a Final Fantasy-themed Vietnamese restaurant in south central Arizona. I’m going to call it “Pho Enix”.

    Not sure where to open up shop, but I’m thinking Scottsdale.

    GladiusB,
    @GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

    If you don’t have Hrothgar themed servers I won’t even consider it

    radicalautonomy,
    @radicalautonomy@lemmy.world avatar

    If the budget is there then I’ll consider it, kupo!

    theangriestbird, do gaming w UFO 50: Review Thread

    I did not know this one was so close to release! I am glad to see that it is awesome, and now I don’t want to know anything else about the game because I want to be surprised!

    GammaGames, do gaming w UFO 50: Review Thread

    I didn’t know about this game until today when an interview with the dev popped up on my podcast subscription feed, it looks good! I might have to go in blind

    bundes_sheep, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 15th

    Now that Satisfactory came out of early access and is now 1.0, I’m starting a new playthrough. I’ve got 1400+ hours in the game, 30 or so in my new save.

    Carighan, do games w Final Fantasy XVI is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    There’s already a fan-made fix to add things such as FoV and ultrawide and framegen support.

    Faydaikin, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?
    @Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

    Soma is definitely up there. It’s slowburn and not jumpscares. But when that shit hit, it hit hard.

    Megaman_EXE,

    I thought it was pretty good! There were definitely some tense moments for sure

    Faydaikin,
    @Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

    But what type of spooky are you looking for?

    Megaman_EXE,

    Oh man, absolutely anything to make me feel dread or have me not knowing what to expect. Which is vague, I know. I feel like I’ve played so many horror games that they start to feel too gamey? If that makes any sense? It’s like I can predict when scares will happen or the gamey aspects sometimes don’t immerse me.

    Oddly enough, subnautica really had me on my toes a few years back. Fatum Betula was an indie that also gave me some heeby jeebies but wasn’t exactly scary either.

    I feel like I’ll probably need to crawl through dozens of indie titles or something. Or possibly go back to titles made prior to 2005. I’m also not caught up on recent games in the past couple of years, so maybe there’s something special I’ve missed.

    But I’m also just curious to hear what made everyone else scared, too!

    Faydaikin,
    @Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

    Welp, as a tie-over I can recommend plowing through some of the stuff on Gamejolt.

    There’s a few pretty good indie spookies for free. They aren’t too long, but have some pretty good concepts if nothing else.

    But yeah, one tends to get a bit numb on horror after a while. It helps to take a break every now and then.

    Megaman_EXE,

    I don’t know if I’ve ever been on gamejolt before, thanks, I’ll take a look!

    Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I’m chasing that next scare. Something to wow me again, haha. I’m sure there’s gotta be something out there

    DampSquid, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?

    Alien: Isolation. That shit is unplayable it’s so scary.

    Megaman_EXE,

    It was definitely intense, that’s for sure. The aliens AI is pretty cool. At release, it was very exciting to see how advanced it seemed.

    Cyv_,

    It has a VR version and I’m pretty sure if I tried it I’d run into a wall in a panic a few times at least.

    state_electrician,

    When it came out, I saw the trailer and decided that it’s not for me. Way too scary. Then recently I watched a commented speed run and thought “Yep, I was right”.

    Megaman_EXE, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?

    Recently, some games that shouldn’t have freaked me out, but did, were parts of Outer Wilds and Subnautica. Subnautica, in particular, got me with a very good jump scare that I think made me jump harder than any horror game has in the past decade lol.

    I find games that induce dread really help with being scared. If you have any niche titles I would love to hear them too. I must have missed a lot probably anything prior to 2005. But even recent titles there’s a chance I could have missed them too!

    WalnutLum,

    You should play voices of the void then. Game is chock full of random spooks with lots of very quiet and relaxing downtime, so they hit pretty hard when they happen.

    rumschlumpel, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?

    Minecraft probably. I avoid legitimate horror games (and movies) and the fact that you don’t have saves can get a little stressful when you’re down in a cave, don’t know how to find your way back (and thus probably won’t find your body) and then basically get jumpscared by dangerous enemies or holes in the ground.

    Megaman_EXE,

    Lol that’s true. Nothing like a creeper or two to sneak up behind you in the dark.

    autumn,
    @autumn@beehaw.org avatar

    if you want to know how to get back, pick a side (i chose left) and always put torches on that side going down. to come back up, keep the torches on your right. 🔥

    rumschlumpel,

    Doesn’t work that well when the way is constantly twisting and splitting. Cave layout can be extremely confusing.

    N0x0n, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?

    F.E.A.R (the first one only) was absolutely scary and psychologically nerve wrecking…

    The multiplayer was amazing though, the nail gun was something else !

    Megaman_EXE,

    The nail gun was so satisfying! The AI was cool! The way they would flank was pretty good for the time! The light and shadows were really great. Lots of tension mixed with the gun fights. In a lot of ways, Condemned reminds me of it, too.

    N0x0n,

    The AI was cool! The way they would flank was pretty good for the time!

    So truee ! Yeah I remember that was something really unique to FEAR ! Never had seen a similar AI in other games :/

    Megaman_EXE,

    Yeah now that you mention it, there really haven’t been too many releases similar to FEARs gameplay style since then. It was a very unique combo of fps and horror. I would love to see someone tackle that style again

    djsoren19,

    It’s a shame that I’m a quivering pussy, because I think the combat against the replicants in FEAR fucking rules. The shooting feels awesome, slow-mo karate is awesome, the game feels awesome to play.

    …and then the game goes quiet after the shooting stops, and it delivers some of the spookiest atmosphere I’ve experienced even after two decades of age. A single light fixture moves suddenly, showing the shadow of something just behind me, and I jump out of my skin and have to take a break from playing.

    Kolanaki, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?
    !deleted6508 avatar

    Subnautica can straight up give you thlassophobia.

    Megaman_EXE,

    Absolutely! It was probably one of the scariest games I’ve played in recent memory. The dread it made me feel was unmatched compared to a lot of horror titles

    HeckGazer, do gaming w What are the scariest games you've played?

    Killing Floor VR

    Megaman_EXE,

    Oh man I haven’t gotten a chance to try VR yet and I bet that would help immerse me in a whole new way. I can’t wait to see how VR improves over time

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