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teawrecks, do gaming w Games that restore faith in the industry?

Animal Well and Outer Wilds come to mind.

mox, do games w Is there a video-game .ics/calendar that I can subscribe to keep up with recent releases?

If you don’t find one, you might consider looking for RSS (or Atom) feeds that list new game announcements or reviews. Maybe one of these, for example.

Lost_My_Mind,

Ok…this thread has Sunny, Chris, and Mox…I cannot be the only person getting pro-wrestling vibes from this post.

SepulchravesLibrary, do gaming w What game do you wish you got into as a kid?

Definitely the Silent Hill series for me. We were more of a Resident Evil household growing-up

Chozo,
@Chozo@fedia.io avatar

From what I've seen, the SH2 remake looks really good. Honestly, it's a fine starting point if you want to get into the series as SH1 is pretty inconsequential to the rest of the games, so you can definitely just skip it and not really miss out on much.

I really hope that Bloober gets the greenlight to continue remaking the rest of the series. I'd love to see a modernized SH3.

petrol_sniff_king,

SH2 remake is sooo good. I’m in disbelief, honestly—and I’m still not convinced Konami will take Silent Hill f seriously enough. God willing.

But yes, if you’re interested, play SH2 remake.

SepulchravesLibrary,

Thanks for your replies! I’ve started playing SH2 remake just today and I’m thoroughly enjoying it thus far. Bloober Team really surprised me with this one.

The following are incoherent rambles pls don’t bother to read/don’t be mad

I’m finding this hard to articulate without rambling but despite enjoying it, I’m not feeling truly immersed in the moment-to-moment gameplay as much as I’d like to be. The reason being this is my first exposure to SH2 and I personally feel like I’m trying to retroactively “catch-up” on almost 20 years of missed themes and nostalgia, therefore I’m trying to absorb & consider every element of the story a li’l too much.

Phenomonal sound design btw.

I want to smash every window in the town

petrol_sniff_king,

Yeah, that’s a tough one.

I’d say “well, don’t,” but that’s pretty obviously useless. :p

I think I can say this much, though: Silent Hill, being so metaphorical, it’s kind of built like a big puzzle? It’s okay to “not get it” while you’re playing. Most of the stuff I know I’m pretty sure I picked up from fan wikis later on.

So, easier said than done, but: try not to think so much, haha.

The remake is also a little better about explaining its own plot, I think just by being a little more obvious. So, by the end, some things might click into place a little more.

And yeah, the sound design, (minor early game spoiler) have you noticed that >!the radio!< >!is a positional sound?!<

!Normally, you hear it kind of left and behind you. My instinct that the sound is supposed to be telling me where to look was so strong that I kept turning away from enemies I knew were right in front of me. That’s so genius I almost feel it must have been an accident.!<

SepulchravesLibrary,

You live up to your name, thank you King! I’m going to try to put that critical part of my brain away, just enjoy the ride and worry about having a deeper delve & thinking about the themes after my first run-through.

I’ve recently upgraded TV and sound systems and that li’l detail about the radio is genuinely so helpful.

petrol_sniff_king,

Oh hell yeah. The perfect system for Yamaoka’s industrial scrape music.

Let me know how it goes. I’ve been real excited to see people experience this for the first time, haha.

Jimmycrackcrack, do gaming w Is the OSx version of Disco Elysium on GOG Native to Apple Silicon?

To answer my own question, I found this from googling …gog.com/…/4408596960797-Disco-Elysium-The-Final-…

Which seems to indicate that it is, but you have to take some active steps to make sure that’s what’s run when you actually play the game. I find that a bit confusing but it sounds simple enough. I don’t know what GOG galaxy is but I assume it’s a storefront like Steam. Sounds like if you run by opening Galaxy and hitting play, it won’t be the native version and will run through Rosetta 2 but if you run it from your applications folder it’s the native version. This is a bit odd because that makes it sound like by default what you have installed is BOTH versions which sounds like an awful waste of disk space but maybe I’ve misunderstood.

After I bought the game I went looking for where to download it and found it in the games section of profile page on GOG but when I downloaded it, it was an installer that starts downloading the Galaxy thing. I can’t imagine having any use for that and since I’ll likely never launch what will at the moment be my only GOG game from there it’s just a potential source of confusion so I clicked on the download backup installer option. Hope this ens up being native, I think the game is meant to have very modest requirements indeed in any case so if it turns out to somehow be running through Rosetta 2 I suspect it’ll be imperceptible anyway.

Deconceptualist,

I don’t know what GOG galaxy is but I assume it’s a storefront like Steam.

Yep, basically that. No you don’t need it to launch games, I would skip it if this is your only game from GOG.

Sounds like if you run by opening Galaxy and hitting play, it won’t be the native version and will run through Rosetta 2 but if you run it from your applications folder it’s the native version. This is a bit odd because that makes it sound like by default what you have installed is BOTH versions which sounds like an awful waste of disk space

I don’t game on Mac these days but that seems very plausible.

If you do want another launcher option, Heroic works on Mac. I’m not sure if it gives any different options on what version to install. heroicgameslauncher.com

Tropper, do gaming w Is Assassin's creed shadows going to be some free to play bullshit or will I be able to just buy it?

I’m not entirely sure, but I think Mirage on the App Store is a trial version with the ability to buy the full version, which is why it’s listed as free to play with micro transaction.

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, Mirage is not a free to play game. Must be a trial version, with option to buy the full game.

QuentinCallaghan, do gaming w Recommend me your favorite linear games!
@QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz avatar
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
  • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  • James Bond: Everything or Nothing
Droechai,

Do you know how to get xinput to work with Sands of thyme? I bought the game on steam but it doesn’t recognize my 360 controller and mouse + keyboard is not ideal

QuentinCallaghan,
@QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz avatar

Can’t say anything about that, as I played the game on GameCube.

Droechai,

Thanks anyway!

llii, do games w 66 hours in, i made a factory that makes 25 motors per minute. [Satisfactory]

I want to play this game, but i don’t have the tiiiiiime! Urgh :(

DarkThoughts, do gaming w TIL Stein Gate is also a game

I wish Japan would stop it with the terrible German language inclusions in their media.

ChaoticNeutralCzech,

So you Germans find it cringey? I am a fan of German and can’t get enough. Frieren! Stroheim! Jäger! Mondstadt! Such beautiful words!

DarkThoughts,

Calling someone "freezing" is stupidly cringe, yes. German verbs generally make for bad and very confusing names. Stroheim is also wrong, it would be Strohheim since it is a compound word of Stroh (straw - as in the dry grass type) and Heim (home, or asylum, depending on the context). In this case here it is even Denglish, as it says "stone gate" but with one word being German - and within German, a space separating a compound word like this, is a "Deppenleerzeichen" (fool's space). And don't even get me started on Japanese trying to pronounce German words, especially vocalists in their songs... It's like little kids singing along to Japanese lyrics. It's usually not understandable by native speakers. Jäger in Japanese media is often used for Nazi-esque characters btw, like Eren in AoT

tobogganablaze,

As a German, I don’t mind it at all. I guess it can be a bit confusing when watching German subs/dub. But I always think of it as a neat little easter egg when I come across a German name.

badcommandorfilename, do gaming w TIL Stein Gate is also a game
CapitalType, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?
@CapitalType@moist.catsweat.com avatar

Literally any JRPG

coolmultitool, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?
@coolmultitool@lemmy.world avatar

DO NOT play shadow of the colossus… Not a big gamer but never felt so alone in a game…

ChewTiger,

You’re absolutely correct. It’s lonely in an achingly beautiful way.

EvilBit, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

Midnight Suns is perfect for you. It’s part team tactical deck building combat, part superhero relationship simulator. You alternate between fighting evil as part of a squad of heroes (the DLC includes Deadpool) and spending time hanging out and talking with other heroes. And it’s just a phenomenal game all around.

Edit: OP, you okay?

HubertManne, do games w My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them

I left mmos due to my wife spending to much on "free" games for awhile. I miss them in some ways but also am sorta glad. They were easy to over indulge in and I have a lot of responsibilities. single player, buy once and done, games along with streaming shows or movies is so much easier to take or leave. No limited events or dailies or anything.

Katana314, do games w My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them

I’m able to keep these games around because I’m pretty good at ignoring FOMO and microtransactions. I don’t need everything. One fun skin that I like when I’ve already enjoyed the game more than I’ve paid? I’ll consider it. But I don’t need everything from events - sometimes they’re just a good reason to play it together with friends at that time, like when the carnival is in town.

Still, there’s enough games out there that no one really needs to consider those types of baited experiences, especially if you know you’re susceptible.

JoYo, do games w My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them
@JoYo@lemmy.ml avatar

i just started playing on Ascension wow private server.

their take on classless is so nice.

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