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TheLowestStone, do gaming w Kiki
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Two pyramids? You wish. Original Lara Croft had one massive wedge.

IndiBrony,
@IndiBrony@lemmy.world avatar

A Toblerone, mayhaps

TriflingToad,

shopkeeper: “hey where did that Toblerone go?”
my suspiciously Toblerone shaped tits:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/989661da-8893-4881-94ce-f45a7156c8d5.jpeg

TriflingToad,

HAPPY CAKE DAY 🎉🐛🐛🎉🎉

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

And girls cosplaying as Lara Croft by putting a box in their shirts will never stop being funny.

EccTM, do gaming w (SPOILERS) Bethesda is shit - Fallout 4 (2015) Impressions

Now try Starfield.

You’ll find it so shallow that Fallout 4 seems like the Mariana Trench.

ISOmorph,
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Hard disagree in my case. But that might be because it’s a new IP. When I play Fallout 4 I can’t stop myself of thinking what was and could have been. I obviously don’t have that with Starfield and found it much more enjoyable

EccTM,

I found Fallout 4 had good gameplay, but the main questline didn’t connect with me at all. I’m currently playing through Starfield at the moment, have like 220 hours playtime, I honestly wish I wasn’t finding it so boring but it’s easily the most bland Bethesda game I’ve ever played.

The story writing seems kinda half-arsed, but my main issue with Starfield is in the environments. Every location feels the same, and the planets are all just barren deserts with a random base and two caves plopped on it. At least Fallout 4’s environment felt hand-crafted, and not just like they rolled three dice.

What part of it do you connect with most?

ISOmorph,
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I thought the main story was pretty enjoyable tbh. I can still remember some side quests really vividly as well, which is a good sign. The batman nod for example, or the 0 g casino. There was a lot of copy and paste, agreed, but the gunplay was fun so I didn’t mind that much. Also I spent hours on ship creation, thatwas cool

EccTM,

every time I got lost in the ship builder, I’d spend an hour on some crazy design, be a piece away from saving it, and the game would just lock up and stop responding to input. Only ever happened in ship builder. I lost like 4 hours to that flippin’ bug!

xylol,

I like them both, to me starfield just feels like a newer fallout 4, but I also like space and the guns, but at the same time after playing oblivion a ton in highschool all bethesda games just feel like the same thing with a bit less. at least with fallout and starfield you could build up bases and stuff, ive actually been replaying oblivion remastered a ton since I havent really gamed in a long time just because its so familiar but new at the same time after all these years

plm00, do gaming w Let's hear both sides

4,572.1 hours played. “Not Recommended”

Come on man do you hate yourself?

DragonTypeWyvern,

I’ve got that in League of Legends, so yes.

Do not recommend. 8/10 in 2016, 0/10 in 2025. Tread not upon the path.

plm00,

Yeah that’s fair.

Rin,

Yes

kazerniel,
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I’m like this with Genshin. I’ve played it for almost 2k hours, love the exploration gameplay, environment graphics and music, but the monetisation system is extremely predatory, and the character designs and writing are bullshit, so overall I still wouldn’t recommend it to others, or only with heavy caveats. But it really scratches my exploration itch, so I’ll keep playing it myself 🤷

Ricaz,

Usually happens when a game was good initially, but then publishers get greedy and push RMT/pay-to-win/freemium features to please investors.

Maybe not a great example, but I played Eve Online for many years, and while the game is actually very playable with RMT (it feels fucking great to destroy somebody’s virtual property they paid 20$ to acquire), it kinda got out of hand and diminished the thousands of hours I put into the game.

thermal_shock,

That makes sense

ArchmageAzor,
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Reminds me of Destiny 2. There was a period where the game was amazing, so great to play. Then it hit a downwards slope.

Croquette,

Destiny has the best gun play hands down. It’s shame the monetization is so predatory

ByteOnBikes,

I read one recently that complained the devs didn’t listen to them about this one extremely specific sounding request, and therefore cannot recommend it.

The review was at like 1400 hours, and they played 1900 hours.

Which means for another 500 hours, they continued.

jjjalljs,

I think i already commented on this somewhere else, but a lot of bethesda games are like that for me. The vanilla game is kind of shit, but with a lot of mods it can kind of be hammered into something I enjoy. it’s still kind of bad, but sometimes you just want to eat junk food. I wouldn’t recommend someone go to McDonalds, but sometimes it’s just right there and it’s easy.

Aganim, (edited ) do games w What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games?

Morrowind.

Can you find this person whom wandered off into the ashlands? They went east-ish.

I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit in the Construction Kit to find out where in Vivec’s name I had to go this time. Usually it turned out I just barely missed the person or location I had to go before starting an hourlong search.

But despite that still a game I deeply love.

ArtificialHoldings,
@ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world avatar

The number of times I totally overshot distance based on the quest description and ended up in the Ashlands…

Twinklebreeze,
@Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world avatar

That’s what I like about the game. The NPCs tell you where to go to the best of their ability, and you follow to the best of yours. I like it a hell of a lot more than quest markers.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@sh.itjust.works avatar

There is at least one occasion where NPCs just straight up lie to you in quest directions though. I can’t think of it off the top of my head but I remember it existing because I complained about it on a forum.

On one hand - great worldbuilding! “Local dumbass gives you bad directions” is a funny and memorable point on top of what might otherwise be a forgettable side quest. On the other hand, I spent the better part of four hours looking for whatever egg mine or ancestral tomb or whatever it was he asked me to find before getting fed up and having UESP tell me “lol no actually it’s off in this complete other direction”, and I’m pretty sure I assassinated that NPC after I turned in his quest.

Milksteaks,
@Milksteaks@midwest.social avatar

Yeah I remember some fuckin guy said you can find the herb east of balmora. Que an hour long search and epic journey for the ages only to finally read a guide that says the guy lied

GoodLuckToFriends,

Jesus, the finding people thing was tough, but finding the quest item that I had already looted from a grave and either dropped or sold to a random merchant? Game ending, man.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@sh.itjust.works avatar

This was me lmao. On my first playthrough of Morrowind as a teenager I dicked around and did everything except the main quest for ages. Around level 18 I decided to actually progress the main quest. Hasphat, check. Arkngthand, no sweat. Talk to Sharn Gra-Muzgob, she says to fetch the Skull of Llevule Andrano. Cool, go to Andrano’s tomb, looks kind of familiar. Where is the Skull of Llevule Andrano? Cause it sure ain’t here in his tomb. Whoopsie.

Never found the skull, never progressed the quest, had to start a new character to actually experience the main story. I wonder how many potential Nerevarines failed to ascend due to missing minor quest items. Wish I could ask em that inside the Cavern of the Incarnate.

GoodLuckToFriends,

Yes! That’s the one! That damnable skull!

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

So many failed nerevarines. If only they knew they were just an exploit INTENDED FEATURE away from saving Morrowind

ampersandrew, do games w GOG seems to be considering paid membership option
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I got the same survey. The ones that they definitely do not want to do, if they value their reputation, are things like “increased cloud save storage (that’s still probably less than what Steam offers)” and things that they took away, like 1.0 installers. But some of the other options look to be more squarely aimed at the enthusiasts of the preservation program that this subscription is designed to financially support, as well as one or two actually good features like legal account sharing. Hopefully they go down that route instead.

MudMan, (edited )

It's on par with Steam, I think. You get like 200 megs per product. I know because my Witcher 3 install is above that and it's annoying. That wouldn't be a dealbreaker as a subscription benefit, I don't think.

With the rest I do agree.

I can tell they're struggling and have been for a while. It isn't easy to compete with Steam, and the thing that would have done it (having DRM'd new games in the service) was voted down in a similar survey some time ago.

I would not be against some Patreon-like crowdsourced solution for behind the scenes stuff and prioritization rights. GOG, or something like it MUST exist. Steam is bad enough with their current dominant position, it can't be the sole remaining option in this market.

I would much prefer to be able to give them more money in exchange for more games, though. I am constantly frustrated by how often some indie game is only available on Steam, and I've started buying things full price on GOG but waiting for sales on Steam as a matter of policy.

Sorse,
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It’s on par with Steam, I think.

IIRC Steam lets developers code how much storage to use, with a 5GB cap per game

MudMan,

Is that where it is now? I haven't looked at the documentation in an age. I think most stay lower because ultimately cloud storage is a cross-platform concern and different first parties have different requirements. Plus you want to keep it under control anyway. At any rate it's not a huge concern and other services like PSN or Nintendo Online already charge for it, so... not a dealbreaker as long as the base implementation stays free.

CosmoNova, do games w Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me?

What makes BG3 so great is that it doesn‘t just have voice acting, it has full acting. The actor of Astarion worked for 4 years on it and claimed it was the equivalent to shooting 4 seasons of a TV show. It‘s a huge scope that almost nobody can or want to afford. I mean those studios who can just don‘t take that part very seriously and are eyeing with simply opting to use AI instead. I doubt it will ever be recreated, maybe not even by Larian themselves.

koncertejo, do games w One-handed games?
@koncertejo@lemmy.ml avatar

You might be interested in the videos made by Champutee, a one-armed gamer who has done several experiments with both genres and controllers to continue enjoying gaming.

smeg,

That’s an incredible username!

Zacryon, do gaming w Stay strong this upcoming sale. The game you want but don't have temporarily licensed (AKA "own") is not going anywhere.
@Zacryon@feddit.org avatar

Nope. I’m gaming to have fun, not to work off some backlog. And if I buy a game, barely touch it and never play it again, that’s fine. Keep the fun in games and don’t treat it as an obligation.

franklin,
@franklin@lemmy.world avatar

i think they mean sometimes people leave fun on the table because of fomo

Flamekebab,
@Flamekebab@piefed.social avatar

To be fair, FoMO can be justified. That multiplayer game isn't going to be worth playing in five years time. That game that has cool new tech isn't going to dazzle once things move on, etc..

SuperSaiyanSwag,

Also, with big single player games like Elden ring, it was fun seeing community discover new things as days went by.

TankovayaDiviziya,

Yes, but it is more about the cost. Games are pricey enough as they are. Why keep the games perpetually unplayed but then buy new ones and put them aside as well?

Viri4thus, do games w Is anyone else playing Avowed? What are your thoughts so far?

Refunded, was expecting an Obsidian interactive world got served a dead open world with static NPCs, static everything. The only saving grace is combat but it’s not nearly deep enough to carry the game. I’ll get it again when it’s at 10-15€ which is the price I’m comfortable playing for this level of competence. Was back to Kingdom come in a flash.

Malix,
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kinda sounds like The Outer Worlds, in a way. Which is kinda the feel I got from some youtube videos I watched about the game. Got to wonder how on earth the current 70€ pricetag is in any way justified.

Oh well, wishlistforgotten, maybe some sale notification at some point comes a long

LandedGentry, (edited )

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  • Malix,
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    I thought it was okay, though not without it’s issues. The itemization (everything being “standard -> better -> betterer -> best”) and the size of the playable areas were kinda weak.

    IIRC Finished the main game twice, couldn’t be arsed with the dlc though.

    Flagstaff,
    @Flagstaff@programming.dev avatar

    I thought it was okay

    Huh…

    Finished the main game twice

    Well, we must have very different definitions of “okay,” then. That sounds like it was more than okay if you could go through the whole thing twice!

    Malix,
    @Malix@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Well, it’s a gametype/genre I tend to enjoy greatly - so I can probably overlook quite a bit of jank/issues/whatevs and still get some enjoyment out of it. First round was the “blind go”, second round I wanted to see what can be done differently and what kinds of different outcomes there are. IIRC not much changes when doing stuff differently. Admittedly the second round around was bit of a slog - I think I played it through, but not 100% of it.

    To me the “okay” means more of a “more fun than not”. The game isn’t great by any means, but it’s not also off-putting to play, but I don’t feel like I need to re-install the game ever again. Also, the game isn’t terribly long either.

    But, opinions, everybody has them. :)

    sheogorath,

    The price tag exists solely to drive people to subscribe for Game Pass. With the kind of content the game offering, it’s a perfectly good 40 dollar game, not a 70 dollar one. A good spin-off to the PoE franchise while still moving the world forward.

    flicker, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?

    “No reason”

    They’re nazis, friend! That’s all the reason we need!

    ProfessorScience, do games w Large Language Models in Video Games?

    I think using LLMs to provide the dialog for NPCs in a RPG is a use case that’s just begging to happen. Ie townsfolk that don’t just give the same few replies every time, and who react to things you’ve done in the past beyond just whatever prewritten options the developer thought of.

    Undearius,
    @Undearius@lemmy.ca avatar

    For those that haven’t seen it, this produces hilarious results.

    youtube.com/watch?v=vWMLVZF3pGc

    DudeDudenson,

    Even with the annoying YouTuber trying to make silly content out of it I’d say it actually kept into the roleplay pretty well

    474D,

    Wow, even with its flaws, that went way smoother than I expected

    Stovetop,

    That is…actually far better than I thought it would be. It’s clearly not ready yet, but I could see the potential.

    The AI model is too happy to serve the whims of the player, but if there was a better model that could actually be hooked in to me hanics like personality scores or reputation, I could see that as an interesting gameplay system. It also needs more checks on what they are and aren’t supposed to know (e.g. why would a Skyrim NPC associate the name Batman with heroism, or why would they know who Gandalf is?).

    A (digital) setup like Westworld is probably in the cards someday. Hopefully with more checks in place to keep the AI from rising up though!

    dp290,

    Thanks for sharing, this set me off down the rabbit hole, and it seems this is now a popular and viable skyrim mod for organic dialogue with NPCs: www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/…/98631

    Pretty mind blowing!!

    Fades,

    Awesome find!

    Zarxrax,

    I feel like if an NPC doesn’t have something meaningful to say, then they may as well not exist. Otherwise they just serve to waste the players time.

    FelixCress,

    It is called “flavour”

    Kichae,

    “How dare there be an active world in my murder hobo wankfest?”

    AmidFuror,

    They did this in Free City, and one of the bank tellers became indistinguishable from a player.

    Even_Adder,

    What is Free City? I can’t figure it out from what I found in me searches.

    AmidFuror,
    Elevator7009sAlt,

    If the feature actually worked as intended I could see myself ignoring the rest of the game and just chatting with the townsfolk.

    In reality, I imagine the NPC would totally forget what we were talking about after a certain amount of messages pass. Limited context windows and all that jazz.

    torsday,

    A challenge game developers have talked about with integrating LLMs is keeping the dialogue matched to the game world, e.g. you don’t want a Skyrim NPC mentioning a cell phone.

    Fades,

    This is my number one request for being AI to games, it would be so awesome for immersion like you say

    usualsuspect191, do gaming w Gotta get better gear anyway we can. You don't want to be looted yourself right?

    Charlie Brown up to some wild stuff as an adult

    ZoopZeZoop, (edited )

    This is what he sees while tripping on acid. In reality he was naked and is now wrapped in newspaper and has a rusty colander on his head. He is actually collecting mushrooms with a plastic knife, though.

    RestrictedAccount, do games w Tango Gameworks studio has been reborn, joining Krafton Inc

    ANUSTART

    ModernRisk, do games w What game surprised you with their length?

    I got surprised by DeathStranding.

    Did not expect that a game that’s basically about going from A to B through walking could be that lengthy, having great scenery and a weird, vague but good story.

    I’m really excited for its sequel, just hoping it will also be available for PC on release.

    Kolanaki,
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    They already said it’s going to be a PS5 exclusive.

    ModernRisk,

    Honestly, that’s a real bummer. I hope it’s a timed exclusive (so with time it will be on PC too).

    misk,
    @misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Is that correct? Kojima bought full rights to the IP couple of months ago and released Death Stranding on everything immediately. Seems like it’ll be timed exclusive at most.

    Kolanaki,
    !deleted6508 avatar

    They’ve only announced it to be getting released on PS5 in 2025. That’s almost all the information there is about the game rn. I would take it to mean timed-exclusive, but that’s still not releasing on all platforms at once.

    AustralianSimon,
    @AustralianSimon@lemmy.world avatar

    It was a PS4 exclusive too but now you can play on PC. Once the sales droop it’ll be cross-platformed.

    OhFudgeBars,

    I wasn’t surprised by the length of the base game, or even by the presence of the post game, but by how much time the game spent ending. You beat the villain, that should be it, right? Lol no, you have to traverse the whole game world without vehicles and no network support. That’s it, right? Lol no, here’s a giant boss monster. That’s it, right? Lol no, here’s a shitload of cutscenes. Then the credits, then cut to black. That’s it, right? Lol no, more cutscenes, then one last delivery… and one last burst of cutscenes, some of which should have come earlier. That’s it, right? Lol almost, you have to watch the credits again, and then one blessedly short cutscene before the postgame, and then you can finally go to the main menu and quit.

    I really liked the game, but good lord.

    KeenFlame,

    Classic kojima

    ALERT, do games w What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?
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    cracktorio

    ouch,

    First at least make sure the poor sod does not have a family!

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