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EvilBit, do games w Is a Quest 3 really worth it?

I will echo some of the other sentiments.

Meta sells a lot of their tech at a loss. You are not buying a VR headset with just your dollars. You are taking a huge kit of cameras and sensors hooked up to the world’s most advanced internet-connected telemetry and strapping it to your face. The data it gleans is how you’re covering a large portion, if not the majority, of the cost.

In my opinion, a PS5 and PSVR2 is the best way into VR for most people right now. I have that and a Valve Index and while the Index is awesome, it’s pretty dated and fiddly and while my computer runs it pretty well, catching up to more modern tech will cost me $2000 in upgrades and the fuss associated with building/upgrading/buying/migrating a PC.

I’m hoping Valve releases their rumored standalone headset sometime before the end of the world.

Katana314,

Much as I trust Sony more than Meta, part of the issue is that 80% of the cool stuff from VR comes from indie teams running an ItchIO page or Patreon, not established publishers.

Supposedly, PSVR2 can work with PC now but I don’t know how refined that integration is.

EvilBit,

I agree that there’s a ton of good stuff coming from the indie scene and also some amazing modding of existing games out there (check the Flat2VR discord - they just modded full VR support with motion controls into Silent Hill 2 Remake), but despite all the complaints about the PSVR2 library, there is more than enough gold in there to keep a lot of people entertained for a very long time, and some of it is truly AAA stuff. The headset itself is extremely well designed and easy to pick up and play, and the amount of tech you get is pretty nuts.

I’ve heard it’s pretty minimally supported on the PC because they’re kind of trying to get away with building half of a bridge (spoiler: it won’t work) but even without features like haptics and eye tracking, it’s a reasonable baseline headset. There may be some Bluetooth inconsistencies for some though, if I remember correctly.

quafeinum,
@quafeinum@lemmy.world avatar

The integration is ok and the psvr2 is quite nice with the oleds. I have the adapter and it works. BUT VR is an utter joke… specially on the ps5 itself. So unless you are a furry and really really really need that much vr porn then I’d wait another 5 years and spend that money on hooker and blow instead.

Yokozuna, do games w How do I download anything from Nexus Mods?
@Yokozuna@lemmy.world avatar

When did nexus mods become shady?

Brokkr, do games w How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers?

Since it sounds like you are just getting into this, it may be helpful to know that Nintendo has confirmed that there will be a 2nd version of the device and it is likely to have full backwards compatibility (meaning it will play all of the games from version 1).

The release dates for this device are likely to be announced soon.

So if you can wait, you could either get the newest version or you could get the current version for a big discount.

MNByChoice,

Thank you! Great to know.

Mango, do games w Nintendo Confirms Backwards Compatibility for Switch Successor!

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this lie from a console manufacturer.

caseyweederman,

Nintendo’s got a pretty good track record.

ChapulinColorado,

At the hardware level yes, software, yes as long as you don’t mind repaying for something you bought previously (potentially) and also don’t mind it being unavailable a few years later.

Source: had Wii U and switch.

Entropywins,

You and the 3 other wii u owners had a rough time… that generation and move to switch was super weird.

smeg,

The WiiU could run the entire Wii OS, so that’s pretty good for backwards compatibility

chiliedogg,

While they’ve shut down online services for some of the older consoles, the backwards compatibility of the Xbox has always been excellent. I was playing Crimson Skies for the OG Xbox on my Series S a few weeks ago.

Mango,

Can’t do that with a 360 though.

chiliedogg,

360 was absolutely backwards compatible with the OG Xbox.

Mango,

Oh whaaat. Which consoles were hecking it up? I remember being mad.

chiliedogg,

It took about a year for it to get near-full compatibility with old games since it was emulated on the 360.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

The one I remember being really weird was the PS3.

v4ld1z, do gaming w [Official Art] Tourniquet Promo Art - Tomb Raider

There’s you can nitpick about the reboot but for its time, it was a phenomenal game. Had a lot of fun with it

DdCno1,

The presentation was genuinely astounding. An absolute marvel for the hardware it runs on and it still holds up today, at least visually. Gameplay-wise, not so much, unfortunately.

Dymonika,

Gameplay-wise it’s still fine!

Dalvoron, (edited ) do games w 2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC!

Shadows of Doubt

An alternate universe corpo city filled with generated crimes to solve. You get a case board, scan for fingerprints/footprints, talk to witnesses, look up sales records, check out cctv cameras among loads of other stuff. All of it is happening live in the city - everyone has schedules, an apartment, a workplace, an inventory, an email account, a blood type, a shoe size… - so that murder/kidnapping/robbery literally happened in the game while you were crawling through vents looking for an envelope with sensitive documents that someone asked you to steal. Just yesterday I got to a crime scene super quickly and caught a murderer leaving the scene of the crime with the murder weapon on their person. There are deus ex style body augmentations too.

One of my favourite cases was a woman who got murdered. I had the husband pegged for it but couldn’t pin it on him. His fingerprints were all over the place and he was on the cctv but they lived together so that wasn’t really evidence. The case went cold. A couple of days later the HUSBAND is murdered and I’m stumped. Just go looking for anything related to the guy and hope I stumble across something useful by accident. So eventually I break into the husband’s boss’ apartment and find a bouquet of flowers with a note for the boss from the husband. It turns out the husband is having a secret gay affair with his boss. The boss kills the wife so he can be with the husband. Husband doesn’t want to be with a murderer I guess so the boss kills him too!

It’s occasionally a little buggy still. I was supposed to follow someone, take a photo of a briefcase handoff, follow the recipient and get the briefcase back and have done this type of case before. Yesterday though the handoff never happened and I waited with the original owner for a few in game hours. My guess is the recipient is dead or was someone I knocked out earlier while I was solving another case and I messed up their schedule.

GoodEye8,

I second Shadows of doubt. I haven’t played the release version yet (I’m still building factories in Satisfactory) but I can give my most memorable detective work from early access. I was doing side jobs because my murder case had gone cold. I had a gig where I needed to find proof that the clients partner is having an affair. The information I got about the potential lover were some vague physical traits like eye color and shoe size. But the key information was that the lover’s partner worked as Wait staff. So I

  1. went through every restaurant, bar, diner etc in the city.
  2. Got a list of every wait staff member.
  3. Found out where they live.
  4. Broke into their house.
  5. Found their partner information.
  6. Found the potential lover.
  7. Started looking for key evidence to tie them to the affair.

The last step is where my gig ended up in a roadblock. I’m not 100% sure but I think it was bugged because I did everything I could come up with. I went through the clients partner personal stuff and found nothing. I went to their work and found nothing. I went through the lovers personal stuff and found nothing. I went to lovers work and found nothing. I even planted a tracker on both of them and followed them around to see if I missed something and I still found nothing. I even checked the mailboxes. So the key evidence was probably bugged and I couldn’t find it.

Despite that I haven’t had such a unique experience in any other game. It’s up there in my backlog waiting for me to return, but first the factory must grow.

ampersandrew, do games w 2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC!
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

The Thaumaturge (Steam, GOG, Epic)

I’ve played the Witcher games before, but this RPG is the most Polish game I’ve ever played, in a very good way. The RPG systems are fairly light, and the progression system is very atypical, but probably the best way to describe this is a narrative adventure game like Life is Strange but with a turn based combat system along the lines of what I understand Child of Light to be, where each action takes a certain amount of time, and it displays that order at the top. The combat is fun, and the RPG systems and branching paths offer some replayability, but I think the real star of the show here is that the story is just so different than basically any other game I can think of. It takes place in 1905 Warsaw, where national boundaries are constantly redrawn around an expanding Russian empire, what that means for the citizens and their politics, and how the superstitions of their day play into that.

Someonelol,
@Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

The game was a lot of fun. The only issue I had with it was how the endings branch out. I won’t go into too much detail but let’s say I didn’t expect a seemingly benign choice leading me to become such an asshole.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I can see that. I was pretty happy with my ending though, and I have a feeling there’s no way to make everyone happy. The game does let you know right at the beginning that the player character is no saint.

MarcomachtKuchen,

I’m happy the game is getting some love. Played the demo and thought the game was really unique and solid in what it wanted to be. Sadly my financial situation limits my budget for games otherwise I would have bought it just to show some support for the studio

ouch,
callouscomic, do games w Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening

You could could say their stock went limp. They be soft.

Thann,
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

Ubersoft

miseducator, do games w The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom | Review Thread

It may have taken 38 years the series’s titular princess to finally get her own game

Ahem…

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06185e3d-1858-42eb-ab32-4ed9a8f60312.jpeg

Carighan,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

They said to get her own game. Not her own interactive nightmare.

Rai,

SQUADILLAH!

jacksilver, do games w Stardew Valley 1.6 is Coming November 4th.

Anyone have a high level breakdown of what this update contains?

SatyrSack, (edited )

www.stardewvalleywiki.com/Version_History

EDIT: Sorry, that is far from “high level”

kryllic,
@kryllic@programming.dev avatar

New Content and Features

  • New Festivals and Events: Added the Desert Festival, Trout Derby, SquidFest, and a new environmental event in summer.
  • New Farm Type: Meadowlands Farm, which includes a coop and two chickens.
  • NPC Dialogues: Expanded dialogues, including custom gift reactions and dynamic dialogues.
  • Multiple Pets: Players can now have multiple pets after maxing out hearts with their starter pet.
  • Ginger Island Map: A new world map for Ginger Island that shows real-time positions.
  • Winter Outfits for NPCs: NPCs now have winter outfits.
  • New Items: Big Chest, Dehydrator, Mushroom Log, Bait Maker, Heavy Furnace, and Fish Smoker.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Gameplay Adjustments: Bee houses now work with flowers in garden pots, and the gold clock can be turned on or off.
  • Translation and Localization: Improved translations and added options for different fonts and font sizes.
  • Crash Fixes: Addressed various crashes, including those related to NPCs and specific events.
devilish666,

I thought this already fixed with Nexus community, if i recall it’s SVE

Cenzorrll,

Not everyone can install mods

AlligatorBlizzard,

Especially the people getting this update, PC has had this update for like six months already, this announcement is for Switch and mobile versions. Android is the only one that can install mods and not always well.

ech,

In short - a lot.

riodoro1, do astronomy w Elon Musk destroys astronomy

But people are still shilling for starlink. I was always downvoted for mentioning the kessler syndrome or light pollution. All for progress, I guess we really need that fast internet in the middle of the atlantic.

MartianSands,

People down voting you for bringing up Kessler syndrome were correct to do so. It’s a complete non-issue for starlink-sized objects at that altitude.

Light pollution is a more reasonable objection, and the effects on the upper atmosphere of all those satellites burning up would be as well, but not Kessler syndrome

booly,

It’s a complete non-issue for starlink-sized objects at that altitude.

Yeah. The mass and altitude are too low.

The thing with Kessler Syndrome is that collisions create debris, which cascades with more collisions, until there’s too much debris. But each collision actually results in the loss of kinetic energy or gravitational potential energy overall, so that the subsequent pieces are less energetic and/or less massive. Start with enough mass and enough altitude, and you’ve got a real problem where it can cascade many, many times. But with smaller objects at low altitude, and there’s just not enough energy to cause a runaway reaction.

LordCrom,

Fellow dark sky supporter. Between all the led billboards, sprawl, and all the attempts at education failing… I doubt our children will have any view of the stars at all.

Unless there’s a hurricane that’s wipes out power… Stargazing was excellent for a few nights then.

cordlesslamp, do gaming w Dota 2 now #5 by simultaneously viewers

What the fuck kind of name is “Mobile Legends Bang Bang”? It’s like they give it a whole 5 seconds to come up with that name. It’s like they don’t even care.

shapesandstuff, do gaming w I have been getting into emulation (discussion)

I love how much the emulation scene is doing for game preservation

Plus its super interesting from a technical point too

Gamers_mate,

Emulation has come a long way. It is a great way to experience videogame history without original hardware.

melroy,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Until archive.org soon will be ceased. Other big ROM sites were forced to close as well.. It's madness!! And we are not doing enough to prevent this. For example: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/06/one-of-the-webs-oldest-rom-sites-removes-games-by-nintendo-sega-and-lego

shapesandstuff,

Yeah its a shame. Idk how much “we” can do about corporates misguided copyright craze

Gamers_mate,

we really need to archive archive.org tbh. If there was an open source fediverse alternative that would be great. The hard part would be the amount of storage needed for the whole thing.

melroy,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

We need to leverage existing solutions like how Ana archive is working. Which makes use of torrents. https://annas-archive.org/
Like read this carefully: https://annas-archive.org/datasets

Gamers_mate,

cool I haven’t heard of ana archive. Looks interesting.

Essence_of_Meh, do games w Crew 2 is on sale for a dollar on Steam, Epic, Xbox, & PlayStation until 23rd of September
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

Ubisoft also announced both The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest will have an offline mode (twitter post, screenshot). Looks like the Stop Killing Games campaign is working.

Speaking of, if you’re in EU make sure to sign the The European Citizens’ Initiative petition - we’re already over 30% required signatures!

Chozo, do gaming w Moneyless Harvest Moon-type game?
@Chozo@fedia.io avatar

I long for a moneyless, classless game in this genre where the incentives are community thriving, trust, pleasure, and all the other aspects that make life worth worth living outside of capitalism.

I think Sim Ant technically meets these conditions.

friendly_ghost, (edited )

Amazing, I’ll check it out

Edit: Oh wow 1991! Won some awards back then, too 🐜

storksforlegs, (edited )
@storksforlegs@beehaw.org avatar

Whats the best way to play Sim Ant these days? Ive always wanted to try it

friendly_ghost,

You can download it here: abandonia.com/…/SimAnt+-+The+Electronic+Ant+Colon… You’ll need DosBox or some other emulator to run it

storksforlegs,
@storksforlegs@beehaw.org avatar

thank you very much!! 👏

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