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jackpot, do gaming w I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

yeah java minecraft (NOT BEDROCK) is great, you can mod the shit out of it too on a pc.

RaoulDook,

You can get them both with the one license now, so you don’t have to pick. I like having the 2 options available and I don’t let my kids buy anything on the bedrock one where they have the Minecoin BS to buy stuff. They only have real money (paper) and no digital-compatible methods to pay for anything.

But the mods on Java edition are excellent, and the fact that it runs on any computer OS is a big plus. I can’t recommend anything more than Minecraft for a kids’ game.

DarkenLM,

I never understood the "Minecraft Bedrock was made so it could run everywhere" argument. Like, wasn't Java's moto "Write once, run everywhere"? Why settle for a garbage version of the original, when the original can run on every computational device made within the last decade?

ArcticAmphibian,

When Java was made, nobody guessed that a phone or console would ever be as powerful as a PC. “Everywhere” really meant “Everywhere powerful enough (just PCs).”

Could MC Java be ported to a phone? Yes, but C++ is just so much more efficient for a small device.

DarkenLM,

Well, considering most android apps are written in Java (mostly Kotlin, but it uses the JVM still), I guess it could.

However, Bedrock is vastly inferior in terms of quality, and performance is not an excuse for it.

realitista,
@realitista@lemmy.world avatar

How does this work? I have a Minecraft Bedrock license for my Playstation, can I somehow get a Minecraft Java license from this too?

RaoulDook,

You should be able to see the license in your Microsoft account. I think everyone got both licenses sometime earlier this year.

HumbleHobo, do gaming w Cyberpunk dlc sucks. 10 side missions and like 5 story missions for 30 bucks.
@HumbleHobo@beehaw.org avatar

Ummm, since we are being critical, I’m going to say that low effort bug reports get sent to the recycle bin on my dev team. Also, what’s up with the tone of your post? You sound like you hated Cyberpunk 2077 in general and so you felt the need to scream it from the rooftops.

I’ve played Phantom Liberty now for a couple days and I’ve never seen anything you’re reporting, so you’ll need to give more detail, like are you playing this on PC or Console, and which console? What are your settings? Also lose the bad attitude man, we are all here to have fun.

sederx,

I like cyberpunk. Not sure where you see an attitude

And why would you need to know my “settings”??

Jako301,

At least the “character getting ejected” bug can have a direct connection with framerate issues and the corresponding settings. Most of the other stuff you’ve mentioned can be impacted by localisation, subtitle and accessibility settings.

sederx,

everything is default. games runs at 60fps

Epicurus0319, do games w Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore?

Because Fandom has ruined the interface, and most people just watch YouTube tutorials

Fhek, do piracy w What are the best alternatives to The Pirate Bay in 2023?

Whatever is in the megathread.

thantik, do games w PSA: If you still have a Mojang account for Minecraft: Java Edition, you have less than a week left to migrate to a Microsoft account to avoid profile deletion

And when you DO migrate it to a Microsoft account, and DON’T want them to have your phone number, they’ll fake “There’s been suspicious activity on your account, we HAVE to have your phone number now!” until you give it up.

Auk,

Can confirm, I found creating a new Microsoft account and doing literally nothing with it for around half an hour is suspicious enough to lock the account and require a phone number.

storksforlegs, do gaming w I watched 2 hours of starfield gameplay and an hour of review
@storksforlegs@beehaw.org avatar

People are getting pretty spicy with the responses. OP was just underwhelmed by a game getting a lot of hype. Like lots of people are going to like it, but not everyone. I think theyre just trying to generate discussion, not say “everyone who likes starfield is an CHUMP!!” or something.

sexy_peach,
@sexy_peach@feddit.de avatar

haha thanks yeah I just shared my thoughts, but this is the internet after all ;)

BentiGorlich, do gaming w What's a good game you played with an awful tutorial?
@BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de avatar

All Paradox Interactive games ever created 😂
The worst I had was Hearts Of Iron IV. I played a 2h tutorial only to not understand a single thing the real game threw at me afterwards...

EvaUnit02,
@EvaUnit02@kbin.social avatar

I adore those games, and while I think they've made great strides with CKIII and Vicky 3, I agree that the tutorials are severely lacking.

Uncle_Bagel,

You gotta just start with an easy country. The CK2 community used to call Ireland “Tutorial Island” since it was low key and a good place to learn the mechanics, same with Spain in EU, or Belgium in Vicky.

VentraSqwal,

About what Hearts of Iron? I tried that game once (3 or 4, don’t remember) and basically gave up when the tutorial ended and I still had no idea how to do anything.

BentiGorlich,
@BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de avatar

Don't get me wrong, I love most of them, but the learning curve is very steep and the tutorials in most of their games just suck...

alchemy88,
@alchemy88@lemmy.team avatar

This I agree with. Stellaris is very confusing starting out and such a huge learning curve the tutorial just doesn’t cover.

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

It’s not nearly as complex as it initially looks imo, but I also play with a million mods some of which make the game needlessly complicated so maybe the vanilla game just looks simple in comparison to me now lol

CrateDane,

Stellaris is far from the worst offender, and yet you’re still entirely right.

soulsource,
@soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Also, the tutorial has suffered bitrot quite a lot. The game has seen many significant changes since release, but the tuturial was only partially updated to reflect them.

alchemy88,
@alchemy88@lemmy.team avatar

Yeah I think this is a big one for me.

I come back after a major patch or every 6 months and its all changed again! Which is good as it keeps it fresh, but the tutorial is very lacking on the changes.

AdellcomdoisL,

Some Paradox games literally teach you how to play wrong, CKII being an example IIRC

sapo,
@sapo@beehaw.org avatar

Thank god that’s changing tho. CK3 and (though to a lesser extent) Vicky 3 both have relatively decent tutorials.

Helldiver_M,

The imbeded tooltips are a real godsend. I have no idea how I would wrap my head around Vicky 3 otherwise. The tutorial is still worthless tho.

Plibbert,

I still don’t know how to play hearts of iron IV. I’d love to learn but I’m a trial by fire learner. It’s really hard for me to make it through a 2hr YouTube tutorial with monotonous robot voices.

dawnerd, do gaming w What are some game genres / styles you like that aren't being made anymore, or are being mde but not very often?
@dawnerd@lemm.ee avatar

Sim games. Not THE sims but like SimTower, SimAnt, etc. There’s been some attempts over the years but everyones missed the mark.

Brewchin, do games w How Are You Guys Handling This?

Game Pass sounds great, but the average game play time is ~2 weeks. You’re paying $240–480/year to skim the surface of multiple games.

That’s a lot for what is essentially a demo experience. There are better ways to approach gaming.

Butterpaderp,

You could play full games, start to finish. I think it’s kinda unfair to compare them to demos. It was a pretty good deal at $10 a month.

Brewchin,

Hence me mentioning the price. When does it stop being worth it? You were clearly happy with $120/year, but everyone has their own threshold.

Butterpaderp,

10$ a year is (was) the price of 2 full price titles. And that’s about the price I pay for games in a year. How much do you pay for games in a year?

Brewchin,

Maybe $100/year? I prefer games without a “box price”, though I do make exceptions.

Most are free-to-play that specifically aren’t pay-to-win, and play them for years. I’ll also consider paying for DLC and/or “battle pass” systems in them if the content and bang-for-buck is worth it to me.

Lfrith,

I think money is better spent on Humble Choice since you can buy months that interest you and skip those that don’t, and the games stay in your library. I prefer to spend money to be able to keep games than pay to rent newer ones.

msage,

Play for a week, refund on Steam.

Free forever!

kbobabob,

I thought there was play time limits of like 2 hours for a refund

fakeman_pretendname, do games w Among 2025 games with over 10K reviews, Deltarune is the most highly rated

I’m a little shocked by how few of those I’ve even heard of

echodot,

I’ve heard of four of the games on the list and it’s the four you would think.

Rusty,

I’ve only heard about Clair Obscur because of the AI art drama.

echodot,

I haven’t heard of anything on the list until we get to 8, and I only recognise the name I have no idea what the gameplay is like.

Krompus,
@Krompus@lemmy.world avatar

Damn, have a look at each of them, there is some excellent gaming here.

fakeman_pretendname,

Absolutely, I plan to :)

Zoot,
@Zoot@reddthat.com avatar

The fact that Wolfquest, an educational game from the 2000s is on there, is absolutely mind blowing to me. I remember playing that game as a kid with my sister and it being beyond a buggy fun mess lol.

Agrivar, do gaming w POV: your modding habit has become a problem

Shit, man, that’s beautiful.

wipes a tear from the corner of his eye

adhd_traco,

First ever photograph of reality without filters

SnotFlickerman, do games w Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”

Hogwarts Legacy: Not Even Once

dzsimbo,

Even for free? Epic is giving it away. Just make sure to get the Heroic launcher.

SnotFlickerman,

A few things here:

  1. I personally think that interacting with anything related to Harry Potter continues to give it cultural dominance and longevity, so even if you aren’t personally spending money to support the giant piece of shit that is JK Rowling, you’re helping it stay relevant enough to keep making that bigot of a bitch money.
  2. It can also be argued that since Epic made a deal for giving the game away, that the money has already been paid to Rowling, whether you grab the game for free or not. The fewer people who grab the free copy, the less wise of an investment it will be seen as by Epic’s beancounters. This also ties back into the first point of the more people taking the free copy is giving Harry Potter more cultural dominance and longevity.
  3. I pirated this game when it came out specifically I could play it and write about how bad it was in terms of gameplay, story, and game design. I don’t feel like re-writing a full on review here, but I’ll just say it: It’s a bad fucking game and the only reason people have given it as much attention as it has gotten is the association with Harry Potter. If this had been an original property with no connection to the HP series with similar gameplay and story it would have been a clusterfuck of a failure on release.

Anyway I’ll shut up now but fuck Harry Potter, the only thing Harry Potter related I’ll accept anymore is Wizard People, Dear Reader, because it’s a parody.

Quetzalcutlass,

Re: 3, unfortunately, pirating the game won’t let you avoid supporting transphobic lunatics. The person who cracked the game is even worse than Rowling - as in, “makes Rowling look like a paragon of progressiveness in comparison” worse - and uses the download numbers for her cracks (and the fact she’s usually the only one willing to crack Denuvo) to justify asking for donations.

SnotFlickerman,

That’s a fair take. I deleted it promptly after playing, but anyone who is willing to fund empress’s insanity is a fool anyway. Yet, sadly, a whole lot of fools out there.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Does the game still have denuvo nowadays?

mohab,

The game has been repacked by many people though. I don’t even know where to go to get it straight from the original person who cracked it.

mohab,

How’s the action? It looked like you can launch people in the trailer and perform some kind of air combo. I doubt it leads to anything truly fun, but I’m curious.

dogslayeggs,

You can, and I find it fun. Some other reviewers don’t like it, and it can be clunky, but it is still fun for me to levitate someone and then slam them into a wall.

teolan,
@teolan@lemmy.world avatar

It’s free on epic? Shit’s free in a toilet

mohab,

I’d rather sail the high seas than interact with Epic, TBH.

prettybunnys, do gaming w Watching my integrity slip away after having to backtrack once.

I appreciate how Kingdom Come Deliverance handles fast travel.

The further you travel the more likely shits gonna get fucky on the way

mrgoosmoos,

what does “getting fucky” mean in that game?

prettybunnys,

harassed by bandits or something

mrgoosmoos,

like fast travel is interrupted by an encounter?

prettybunnys,

yeah, there are assorted encounter types you can be interrupted by, not all are bad but many are. some start unique quests.

The encounter often times is related to where you are, so if there is a bandits hideout in the woods near a place you’re fast traveling past they might hop out and try to rob you.

Or you might run into a weird person near a village.

Or you might just run into some dudes that wanna wrestle.

These people are in the world otherwise and you could run into them while not fast traveling too, but when fast traveling you’re not like to avoid “bad” situations

mrgoosmoos,

that’s good mechanics, I like it. not lazy coding that just does a flat chance per travel event. it’s a good look for the devs

Aneb,

Big reason why I just rode the horse the old fashion way and avoided obstacles myself

teft,

I like KCD for hardcore’s fast travel. There isn’t any. You have to learn the map and move your horse the old fashioned way with no compass and no map marker for Henry. It really immerses you and forces you to learn the map.

xxce2AAb, do gaming w So *this* is how it feels?

Serves you right, slaver.

sundray,
xxce2AAb,

If any blonde mullet ever said ‘trafficking’, it’s that one. Your honor, I rest my case.

A_Union_of_Kobolds, do gaming w What game changed your life?

Bastion made me feel like that. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Hell yeah Bastion. All Supergiant games really.

grrgyle,

Oh yeah, that was a really interesting choice. You had to actually sacrifice something tangible to you as a player to get the “good ending” i really had to think over that one for a while

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