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juliebean, do piracy w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

i have no idea what connection you think there is between piracy and adblockers. if anything, wouldn’t killing all adblockers encourage more piracy, not less?

Four_lights77, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?

Disco Elysium. It’s much more than funny, but it can also be really funny. Cuno is really funny.

CumBroth,
@CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Came here to say this; just wanted to add that it was simultaneously the saddest game I’d ever played.

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

It’s both the saddest game I’ve ever played and perhaps the most uplifting one. It balances the knife’s edge between nihilism and hope so well. It can also be hysterically funny, yes. It’s truly unique in terms of writing.

reka,

It’s funnier than 95% of film or TV comedies. The writers are amazing.

JJROKCZ, do games w Why do modern strategy games hate the grid?

I do not miss the grid at all, I hate being conformed to grids instead of more fluid real movement. It’s just more immersive to order my troops to move as a real person could move, not slide on a rail and stand there in this open space like a chess piece

bighi,

Your comment doesn’t make sense. There’s no relation between a grid and standing out in the open. With free movement, if you order the character to finish their movement in the open, they’re going to be out in the open.

And I also don’t see the relation between grids and “sliding”.

Lazylazycat,

Yeah, I’m pretty sure in X-com there wasn’t any sliding? It was all very fluid movement, but you could easily see where you troops could move to.

nevemsenki,

Jagged Alliance 3 has grid, but the movements are more fluid than I’ve seen in a while. It’s all about polish and execution.

WoofWoof91, do piracy w How can I use yuzu If I don't have a switch in the first place?
@WoofWoof91@hexbear.net avatar

here you go, this should get you up and running

filgas08, (edited )

I’ll try it, thank you very much

yay it works!

tetrabrick,
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IgnacioM,
@IgnacioM@lemmy.ml avatar

Idk why but markdown guides on github are my comfort food

TwilightVulpine, do gaming w The Steam Deck is changing how normies think of gaming PCs.

Putting the connotation aside for a moment, is it even accurate to call people who are interested on niche secondary gaming devices as "normies"? Whatever may be their backgrounds, seems to me like they are dedicated gaming enthusiasts.

angstylittlecatboy,

I’d say they are. “Mom groups who want to play Animal Crossing-esque games” certainly aren’t what I’d think of when I’d think “dedicated gaming enthusiasts,” at least not what most people are thinking of.

Steam Deck lacks publicity relative to Nintendo Switch or even traditional PC gaming, but the product itself is absolutely more accessible than traditional PC gaming, even if not as accessible as consoles.

millie,

I mean, why not? Women play games and gamers do in fact sometimes breed or even adopt.

Misconduct,

Mom groups that play animal crossing or SDV are gamers just like anyone else. I see this sentiment a lot and it reads like sexist gatekeeping every time.

skullgiver, (edited )
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  • Misconduct,

    I’m pretty obsessed with gaming to the point it’s probably unhealthy and I still refuse to call people normies. It’s so cringe to me.

    snowbell,
    @snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

    Thinking “normie” is cringe is cringe

    Misconduct,

    Disagree

    snowbell,
    @snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

    Agree to disagree

    shiveyarbles,

    Agree to disagree is cringe

    snowbell,
    @snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

    lol okay

    cambriakilgannon,

    The more someone devotes themselves to a hobby the less socially approachable they tend to become. At least in my experience

    circuitfarmer, (edited ) do gaming w Steam Deck VS rivals
    @circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    SteamOS (and Linux gaming in general, thanks to Proton) is absolutely great and has been for at least a year or two now. The reduced overhead and lack of update bullshit honestly makes it better than Windows gaming in every way, IMHO. Getting it running on non-Steam Deck mobile hardware is likely a bit of a chore, though. Frankly I don’t even understand why anyone would waste time with the competitors.

    Chickenstalker, do games w PC Game Recommendation for a Broken Arm?

    Get your mom to type or move the mouse for you. Don’t go any further than that…(Reddit flashbacks).

    oneshibbyguy,

    Oh god, why do I know this one

    ShaggyDemiurge, do gaming w What game mechanics do you love and hate?
    @ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Open world is severely overrated

    Akip,

    I agree a handcrafted well put together tube level is superior to an empty generic generated world

    Zoidsberg,
    @Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca avatar

    Especially when they are just a series of on-rails missions with “ride a horse through this forest for five minutes” breaks in between.

    bermuda,

    especially when so many games like to cram anything and everything into the open world. Yahtzee Croshaw of zero punctuation called it “jiminy cockthroat.” You have stealth, a crafting system, a skills system, collectibles, etc. Like, not every open world game needs stealth. Just because Far Cry 3 did it back in 2012 doesn’t necessitate your character to be hiding in bushes while guards walk past every other mission

    Jomn,
    @Jomn@jlai.lu avatar

    Yes, I feel like at least 75% of games that are Open Word would be better if they weren’t.

    FightLightPollution, do gaming w Process optimization games?

    Factorio. The factory must grow.

    bungle_in_the_jungle, do games w Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?

    Lol. The amount of times I’m actually typing something and then think “nahhhhh, not worth it” and delete the whole thing anyway I think my friends are all used to this 😅

    spankmonkey,
    @spankmonkey@lemmy.world avatar

    I accidentally hit characters and assume they all see me ‘typing’ for the next 12 hours until I notice.

    victorz,

    I think the “typing” status is debounced to a few seconds only. You won’t appear to be typing if you stop actually typing. At least that’s how most messengers work that I use.

    ComfortableRaspberry, do games w (PC) Chill farming games (non-Anime)?
    @ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org avatar

    I guess no cuteness / anime excludes the rune factory series so I’d go with the following recommendations:

    • Stardew Valley is an all time favorite .
    • Kynseed feels like the fever dream of someone who once heard of these kind of games. But you can decide for yourself if you want to focus on questing, farming, becoming a business mogul or whatever. Time is not really relevant in this game since you character doesn’t have to sleep and you can just get kids or adopt them and continue you game with them if your character gets old.
    • Graveyard Keeper has a very different spin on the whole genre, it has a dark sense of humor and not knowing what to do, when the bodies pile up can be stressful but I enjoyed it a lot.
    • Travelers Rest is a game where you build your own tavern. I only played it for a few hours in early access but it felt relaxing and looked nice so far. It’s out for a while now but I haven’t returned yet (stupid sexy Hades II… )

    There are also cross overs with other genres like Moonstone Island which combines building your own home and collecting pets and discovering new islands with their help.

    t_berium,
    @t_berium@lemmy.world avatar

    Many thanks for the tips! Graveyard Keeper and Traveler’s Rest look interesting. The rest is pretty much exactly what I don’t want in terms of style haha.

    vladmech,

    Traveler’s Rest looks like it has some legs, thanks for that rec!

    grue,

    My initial impression of Moonstone Island is that it’s kind of like a cross between Stardew Valley and Pokemon. Does that sound about right?

    Broadfern,
    @Broadfern@lemmy.world avatar

    Not who you asked, but I’m in the middle of a playthrough right now and yes that’s exactly it. The deck building doesn’t feel grindy like Pokémon though.

    ComfortableRaspberry,
    @ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org avatar

    I haven’t played since they added a bunch of updates and features but a while back it lacked the deep bonds you can forge in Stardew Valley but they added more content to this part of the game so I guess it became better in this regard. Collecting pets is likely still the main focus.

    You start in a base island where you can forage building material and start collecting pets. You then build flying objects (I think you start with a kite?) to leave and discover other islands with different pets and different difficulties (finding out the difficulty is through fuck around and find out afaik).

    The building is besides some very basic objects entirely optional but having a barn fit your pets it’s very important. But then you can go out, discover islands and collect pets.

    What felt a bit annoying was that there are specific items needed to open dungeons on some of these islands and these items may only appear during a specific season. I was a bit frustrated when I finally found the summer dungeon and it just became fall.

    Writing this made me want to replay it since they added a bunch of interesting stuff. But even in it’s unfinished state I would have recommended it.

    Devmapall,

    I second travelers rest. I’m not too far in it despite owning it for years. It’s very chill. I don’t think there’s any real time limits. The only real issue I’ve had with it was accidentally opening my inn and not realizing a crowd has developed with no one to serve them.

    Graveyard keeper is pretty good too but I stopped playing after needing extra kinds of materials. It’s been a while but the farming of the resources was just a little too much for the type of experience I was after. I’ll get back to it eventually. I liked the idea of the game a lot.

    ComfortableRaspberry,
    @ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org avatar

    I had the same experience with Graveyard Keeper but gave it another try a few years later. Either they balanced it more or it bothered me less, but the second time I was able to complete it without ending up hating it :D

    swordgeek, do games w What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?

    Portal I and II.

    Psychonauts I and II, with the caveat that there used to be a HUGE skill spike in the penultimate chapter of #1. I gather they’ve softened it, but don’t know how much.

    catty,

    Portal I

    Still suffering from the trauma of there being no cake

    Omegamanthethird,
    @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

    I know Portal isn’t a shooter. But Portal made me think of them. I feel like a lot of FPSs would fit OP’s question. Half-Life 2 and most of the Halo games come to mind.

    Magnus, do games w Signatures skyrocket for **Stop Killing Games** campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 48 hours. (Details on how to help in text body of post)

    Signed the UK parliament one, sadly drowning in those Brexit benefits when it comes to the other.

    ProdigalFrog,

    Thank you for your help! :D

    Odo, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

    E.T.

    Yes really. I played it all the time as a kid and didn’t think it was any more difficult or abstract than the rest of the 2600’s catalogue. Granted, we kept the manual, which made a huge difference in understanding and enjoying its bizarre logic, but still. I had no idea it was so hated until at least a decade later.

    vrighter,

    it was actually way ahead of its time, for a game. One small bug (the workaround for which was in the manual) ruined its reputation. But I genuinely think it was a good game.

    Also written in 6 weeks by one guy. Freaking impressive

    tiramichu,

    What was the bug and workaround? :)

    vrighter,

    when climbing out of the pit, it was very easy to immediately fall back down (due to the pixel-perfect collision detection).

    And here is an excerpt from the manual: “Even experienced extraterrestrials sometimes have difficulty levitating out of wells. Start to levitate E.T. by first pressing the controller button and then pushing your Joystick forward. E.T.'s neck will stretch as he rises to the top of the well (see E.T. levitating in Figure 1). Just when he reaches the top of the well and the scene changes to the planet surface (see Figure 2), STOP! Do not try to keep moving up. Instead, move your Joystick right, left, or to the bottom. Do not try to move up, or E.T. might fall back into the well.”

    tiramichu,

    Wow yeah. That must have been a really infuriating gameplay issue, no wonder players were upset with it.

    A shame the game was so rushed or I’m sure the dev would have fixed that in code.

    vrighter,

    he was forced to release it quickly to coincide with the film’s release. For comparison, it used to take a team of devs a couple of months to make a game. He had 6 weeks.

    Also, if you read the manual, this essentially never happened to you. It was easy to avoid.

    You also needed to read the manual. The game did stuff that other games at the time didn’t, for example, a contextual button. You couldn’t know what would happen unless you read the manual to learn what the icons meant. A lot of people never did and so decided that the game was bad.

    andros_rex,

    Yeah, I played it as a teenager on emulation and was pretty mystified at why it was considered so much worse than the other things available on the system. Why would people love Adventure but hate this?

    vrighter,

    i bought an original cartridge and played it on the vcs i iherited from dad

    sad_detective_man, do gaming w If you hear Latin, you're in trouble.
    @sad_detective_man@leminal.space avatar

    Claire Obscure was so fucking good

    The_Picard_Maneuver,
    @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world avatar

    Game of the year, no question.

    omega_x3,

    Simon you weren’t that tough,…wait where was experience screen? Oh shit!

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