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Sickday, do gaming w Good new sidescrolling beat'em ups of 2025
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Ironically Marvel Cosmic Invasion came out December 1st and it's a very solid sidescrolling beat em up

Weebdeluxe,

Thanks, as I implied I’m pretty aware of that. Have you played it?

_ed, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

More control? Sweet. Preferred it to AW2. Very stylish.

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

Not sure what’s more gross, using Epic’s garbage launcher or playing a game associated with J. K. Rowling…

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.

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

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

How can a game be written so poorly this is the solution

Fubarberry, do games w Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

You can supposedly fix this by setting environmental variables in Heroic. Go to the game in heroic>advanced>environmental variables (wiki page)

Then do the following variable:

Key: LANG, Value: en_US.UTF-8

Key: LC_ALL, Value: en_US.UTF-8

Key: LANGUAGE, Value: en_US:en

CaptainBasculin,

Reading the language off of system locale only AND not giving players option to change in settings on a AAA game that has been out for a year is unacceptable.

Still a cool trick on heroic’s part though

UKFilmNerd, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
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I don’t think I entirely understood what the hell was going on in Control but I really enjoyed playing it. The way they integrated Alan Wake into the story was brilliant.

Hopefully, this will be just as much fun to play and maybe even understand… 🤣

Postmortal_Pop,

It’s kind of messy if you’re not already into the scp / weird fiction vibe, but I’d totally suggest looking into the lore of the series. It’s very good.

Photonic,

Yeah, I already was a fan of Fringe years ago and Stranger Things now, but reading Some SCP stories is what got me into this game. With those as background knowledge the story isn’t really that complicated.

TheUnicornOfPerfidy,

And watch The Lost Room, a 3 episode mini series that came out in 2006 and must be the inspiration for Control.

Ulrich,
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I don’t think there’s any sense to be made of it, really. But somehow still really well written and produced.

False,

A lot of the story only kind of makes sense because it’s deliberately about things that are beyond human understanding. You get the story mostly through the eyes of humans who understand most (but not all) of the “what is happening” but almost none of the “how” or “why”.

jlow, do games w Building GameSieve for GOG: A Chat With the Developer
@jlow@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Interesting, I would love a service that periodically checks my wishlist in Steam to see which of them is available on GOG, but could not find anything, do you perhaps now something like that?

any1th3r3,

ITAD allows for wishlist (and collection) imports from both Steam and GOG. You’ll end up with a unified wishlist, where you can set specific rules to get notified when there’s a sale, including which specific stores have a game on sale.
That’s what I use to track any game I wishlist, with specific rules to notify me when said game is on sale at GOG.

silverchase,
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ITAD’s Augmented Steam browser add-on also shows you price comparisons on Steam store and wishlist pages.

fistac0rpse, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

Not an Epic exclusive on PC, yay! I'm sad that the masterpiece Alan Wake 2 was fucked over so much by not releasing on Steam, glad they aren't repeating that

daannii,

By only releasing in epic, they were able to make it cheaper. It is what it is.

Lootboblin,
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Epic was actually the publisher (So no Steam) and gave Remedy free hands in development and funding. It took some time but the game is now making profit. Epic takes 50%.

fistac0rpse,

Yeah, which means it will probably never be released on Steam, which is even worse than the timed Epic exclusives where they pay to keep games out of other store fronts for a year or whatever. Even Microsoft and Sony are rarely doing full exclusive releases like this anymore.

You'd think a developer as well known as Remedy would be able to find funding from a less restrictive publisher. Fucking Epic

realitista, do gaming w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

That’s just a picture maen.

TheUnicornOfPerfidy, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

I don’t get hyped for games anymore. I’m too old, I’ve seen too much and been disappointed too often. But did you just fucking seen that sheeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

ieatpwns, do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

That hammer looks like it hits like a truck and I’m here for it

Deestan, do games w What are some good games to play while sick?

Hades 2

I_Jedi, do games w What are some good games to play while sick?

If you’re majorly sick, I recommend playing a visual novel. They usually do not require much movement or thinking on your part; most only need you to click your mouse or tap spacebar to advance. You can look up a VN that suits your needs here: Link If you want a VN that has a particular genre or theme I can give more specialized suggestions.

Aside from that, you can play some simple automation or puzzle games. territorial.io works well for this. shapez 2 is also a good option.

flameleaf,

Chaos;Head is a visual novel I’m tempted to recommend specifically for this type of situation. The plot revolves around a protagonist with the power to make his delusions into reality. Lots of mind-fuckery. It’d probably be a trip to experience while sick.

Prunebutt, (edited ) do games w Control Resonant - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

I think you forgot the link to the video. That’s only the thumbnail.

Here you go

Ulrich,
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Bruuuuuhhh I’m so stoked

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