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jordanlund, do gaming w Hogwarts Legacy - a weird (90 hour) review *no spoilers
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

I 100%ed the game and as I was reading your review I was like “Wait, something’s off… this isn’t the game I played on PS5…”

Then I saw:

“A huge caveat: I purchased this through the switch store, and it should have absolutely not had a switch release!”

Oh… yeah… Oh no. Now it makes sense. Yeah, the game was never intended for the Switch and compromises were made.

FiremanEdsRevenge,

Yeah, I was about to say the game was surprisingly great. Seeing the op played it on the switch, I can understand the subpar experience.

Cataphract,

The first 4k video of gameplay I saw blew my mind lol. You can actually see depth and aren’t confused squinting at a low res model trying to figure out what you’re looking at from a small distance. I was shocked when we first played BOTW and it’s problems running properly (lots of lag for a game made for the system), this title made me realize the switch is just dead to me now.

SadSadSatellite, do gaming w Reviewers giving high scores to poorly optimised games really grinds my gears

I see this opinion fairly often, and it honestly confused me. My rig is not a showcase by any means, and I had no issues with sh2 or dead space.

I’m thinking more people need to optimize their OS.

bread,
@bread@feddit.nl avatar

You just aren’t perceiving the issues that are there. SH2 stutters. That’s a fact.

Fubarberry, do gaming w Reviewers giving high scores to poorly optimised games really grinds my gears
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

In my experience it’s largely been unreal engine 5 games.

The issues with both Doom DA and Indiana Jones is that they have mandatory ray tracing that can’t be disabled. I generally think that ray tracing is a often a waste, it’s far too resource demanding, other lighting techniques can offer very similar visuals for a fraction of the cost.

mtlvmpr,

Sure it wastes your resources but the devs don’t need to do much so it speeds up their workflow. You are a sacrifice they are willing to make.

Fubarberry,
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

The audience being a sacrifice doesn’t always work out when they’re the ones expected to buy the game.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

“I’m willing to sacrifice potential sales in order to have an easier dev cycle” - I’m frankly amazed that the higher ups ok-d that

termus,
@termus@beehaw.org avatar

Arkham Knight was the first I noticed it really bad on, no RT present. Since then it seems most Unreal titles suffer from it in some kind of way.

Thcdenton, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?
@Thcdenton@lemmy.world avatar
reksas, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?

bj would have been beyond devastated about what is happening now

Excrubulent,
@Excrubulent@slrpnk.net avatar

BJ saw it in 60s US, and you know what he did?

He got to work.

EntirelyUnlovable,
@EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world avatar

There’s a line in New Colossus where he’s in the USA during a parade for the Nazis and everyone is cheering and he says something like “look at them, cheering for their own destruction” and I keep being reminded of it

jeffw, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?
@jeffw@lemmy.world avatar

I was literally googling earlier today to see if there were any updates on the next installment. Maybe it was subconsciously influenced by current events?

Renacles,

Machine games has been working on Indiana Jones for the last few years, I doubt we’ll see anything for a while.

prole,

Hold up, so they went from making the Wolfenstein games, to making an Indiana Jones game where (according to people here) you beat up Nazis?

Based studio…

Renacles,

Standing on a pile of Nazi corpses definitely reminded me of Wolfenstein, even as Indy.

Based af

prole,

I look forward to the PS5 version coming out.

Aurenkin, do games w Any game recommendations for the Steam RTS Fest?

Not sure if they are on sale or not but a few staple RTS games that are definitely worth checking out imo:

  • Command and Conquer series
  • Age of Empires specifically 2 and 4
  • Supreme Commander (with the Forged Alliance expansion)

Probably way more, RTS isn’t a major staple of what I play but these titles are pretty diverse and will give a good taste of some of the genres best IMO. Of course Starcraft as well but I don’t think that’s on steam.

SapphironZA,

Look into the FAF community for supreme commander. Dramatically improves the game with an active multiplayer community

misk, do games w Metal Gear Rising is seriously overrated
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

This post is overrated, you Philistine.

john89,

I’m the exact opposite of a philistine, which is why I’m not afraid to be critical of garbage like this.

It was overhyped and underdelivered. Unfortunately, the snowball effect has taken hold so those who cannot think for themselves will never realize it.

Kolanaki,
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Philistine - a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them.

I think you fall into the latter part in this case.

john89,

Not really. You’re just upset because I dared to be critical of something you and the bandwagon like.

Unfortunately, the snowball effect has taken hold so those who cannot think for themselves will never realize it.

I rest my case.

Kolanaki,
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Being critical usually comes with reasons and not “it’s shit and everyone who likes it is dumb.” You’re not actually being critical. You’re just hating.

john89,

I have provided reasons, although I also don’t need to.

I’m guessing you wouldn’t be this upset if I said Metal Gear Rising is good without providing reasons?

simple, do games w Favorite retro games?

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It inspired and perfected a genre of games. It holds up incredibly well.

EvilBit,

It’s hilarious and incredible how we still haven’t made a Metroidvania game that solidly and undeniably bests the game that added the -vania in the first place.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@sh.itjust.works avatar

Hollow Knight gives a pretty fucking solid try, to be fair. But yeah, I do agree.

EvilBit,

Hollow Knight never did it for me for some reason. I’m sure it’s great, but I just can’t get into it. Like, at all.

kayzeekayzee, do games w Are there any games like Starfield?

Escape Velocity: Nova is hands-down one of the best space rpgs ever made, and it’s a real shame that almost nobody talks about it.

moncharleskey,

Endless Sky is a solid spiritual successor in my opinion.

chonglibloodsport,

Wow you aren’t kidding! I was expecting some 3D modern graphics thing but it’s literally a new Escape Velocity game without the EV name!

Thanks for this. Wishlisted!

Edit: oh it’s actually free!

moncharleskey,

It’s a great game, and reeeeeally scratches that itch. There is a solid port for android as well.

Kit, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?

In 2005 I was playing Final Fantasy XI Online and met a group of 5 Japanese players in an expansion area. We wound up partying together for 8 hours straight. They all spoke English in chat for my sake, and we had an incredible rhythm together. We discussed new anime and a few English cartoons that had recently made it to Japan. We took a selfie together at the end of the 8 hours. It was the best gaming experience of my life. I’ll never forget it.

the_artic_one,

That entire game was just forever chasing the high you got from that one time you had a really good party. I’m already finding myself glossing over the fact that 99% of them were awful and you only settled for them because you didn’t want to wait around another 30 minutes for chance of a better one.

PmMeFrogMemes, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?

Red Dead Redemption, when crossing into Mexico for the first time and the sun starts setting and Far Away by Jose Gonzalez starts playing. That shit blew my mind.

rayquetzalcoatl,
@rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world avatar

I still get goosebumps from that song for this reason! Nick Drake’s Three Hours gives me a similar feeling.

Strayce, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?

Dialing in to a local BBS to play 4-player deathmatch DooM 2, circa 1995.

slazer2au, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?

Far cry 2 team Deathmatch first team to 100 kills win on clearcut.

I got 55 of the required kills and was banned from using the 50cal sniper on all future games.

kat,
@kat@orbi.camp avatar

That’s bad ass

XeroxCool,

Far Cry 2 brought me joy experiencing the open world format. I fell in love with the desert at night there and now I try to visit real life arid regions at night.

Omgboom, do games w What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?

I once stole 20 billion Isk from a guy in Eve Online. I was hard for days.

damnedfurry,

It’s unfortunate the Viagra and Cialis didn’t do the trick, but we do have an alternate treatment we can try.

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