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conditional_soup, do astronomy w Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1.94% chance to hit the Moon (according to my own calculations)

This is super cool! I was kinda hoping it would hit soonish. 2032 feels like it might as well be 3032 with how things are going. Hopefully this doesn’t mess up any of the world’s plans for lunar bases.

Kolanaki, do gaming w Why no open source Steam clients?
!deleted6508 avatar

There used to be a couple… Back when the default skin for Steam was just that ugly green shit? There was a couple different 3rd party clients that offered customizing the look before they added that function officially.

The only one I think might still be relevant is the one centered around filtering shovelware from the store. And I don’t know if you download that, or if it’s just a web client, since it is focused on the store and not much else (I also never used it personally).

Viri4thus, do gaming w Why there was a sudden increase in Breath of the Wild ripoffs in the early 2020s?

Which rip-offs? Name 3

Elkenders,

Top of my head, aesthetically, Genshin Impact, Ocean Horn, maybe Pokémon.

Viri4thus,

You mean, aesthetically, Shadow of the Colossus, Ico and the Last Guardian? The games BotW aped? And that’s just aesthetically. BotW is every single Ubisoft open world dumbed down for children with a couple of garry’s mod dodaads added to the mix. The execution and polish are top notch but there isn’t a single innovative bone to BotW, there’s ample refinement but nothing new. I invite you to expand your played games repertoire to include some of the ones I mentioned. Ueda is nothing short of genius.

Elkenders,

I’ve played all of those games. Sorry I don’t quite follow your point?

Viri4thus,

Of course you don’t. Glad you experienced Ueda and keep having fun with games. Have a great day.

Zahtu,

The climbing mechanic was a unique to that time, added with the openworlsd and survivability setup. Sure, other Games Had that before too, but could Not capitalize in IT the Same way, BotW did.

Viri4thus,

The climbing mechanic was anything but unique, even the circular stamina bar was aping shadow of the colossus, which the climbing mechanic was a copy of. Seriously, I’ll never understand the revisionism from Nintendo or Apple fans. Yes, it’s a polished product but it’s neither innovative nor a 10/10. It’s success is completely predicated on marketing and a healthy doses of copium and nostalgium.

knokelmaat, do gaming w List of GOTY winners for the five major video game awards

There seems to be an error: 2019 is Resident Evil 2 (the remake), not 4. Otherwise a fun list to scroll through!

thingsiplay, do gaming w List of GOTY winners for the five major video game awards

I personally don’t care which game wins the awards. I’m there watching for entertainment. I see lot of discussions and people take the awards too serious in my opinion. It’s like taking IGN scores serious. :D

What’s wild to me is, that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom didn’t appear once on this list.

Mothra,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Well it’s listing only one game per year and BG seems to be the winner for 2023.

thingsiplay,

Not exactly. Per year are multiple games listed. Its just incredible that Zelda didn’t won a single award, based on this list.

apotheotic,

It won awards, but it didn’t get the “overall game of the year” award from any of those 5 outlets. And, compared to baldurs gate 3 I think its quite easy to understand why. Totk was a well polished experience but it suffered quite a lot from “mile wide inch deep” syndrome IMHO. Probably one of the best games Nintendo has ever made, but it isn’t as good as baldur’s gate 3.

DdCno1,

It’s quite remarkable how Larian slowly climbed their way to the top of the industry. While they have been around since 1996, they only created eight “proper” games prior to Baldur’s Gate 3 (if we don’t count their obscure educational titles) and most of them only received review scores in the 7/10 range. It would have been far more likely for them to remain a mid-tier developer that eventually faded away, like so many other studios producing games of similar scope and quality.

I would wager that prior to “Divinity: Original Sin”, which was their true breakthrough game, most, especially outside of Europe, had never even heard of this studio.

apotheotic,

It says a lot about the passion of their team, I think. Larian was not even on my radar until a little while after DOS2 came out, and while I enjoyed dos2 I burned out in act 3. It was, however, plain to see that they poured buckets of care and attention into the game, even if it wasn’t exactly for me.

With Baldur’s Gate 3 made an upward trend in quality and kept the same love, care, and attention. If that level of care and attention is present in their previous titles (I have no idea), then I think it was all but inevitable that they’d find this critical success.

simple,

What’s wild to me is, that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom didn’t appear once on this list.

Makes sense to me IMO. 2023 was a stacked year, and while TotK was a pretty good game, it was way too close to Breath of the Wild for me to even consider it as game of the year. Other games that could’ve won the award over it include Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Hi-Fi Rush, and Octopath Traveler 2.

aStonedSanta,

Zelda fans suck this and BotW off so hard and the games are literally shitty Ubisoft fucked up versions of a series we used to love. SAD.

Megaman_EXE,

I like the games, but man, I really miss classic 3D zelda dungeons. The other day, I decided to try OOT master quest, and it was super refreshing!

LANIK2000, do games w Why are most mobile games trash?

There are plenty of good mobile games, the problem is none of em get promoted on Google Play, finding em is like a fucking treasure hunt.

apotheotic, do gaming w What game of the 2020s do you think that will top the "best games of the decade" lists in 2030?

I hope disco elysium and tunic are both in the rankings, because they’re probably two of the most perfectly crafted experiences in the last 20 or 30 years, never mind just 1 decade.

Artopal, do gaming w What game of the 2020s do you think that will top the "best games of the decade" lists in 2030?

The 2020s are not over. Not even half ways.

njm1314, do gaming w Will the Nintendo Switch become the best-selling console ever?

They’re about to release a new console aren’t they? That would seem to indicate probably not

JusticeForPorygon,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

I bet the current switch will continue to exist for a couple of years as a budget option though.

But I do doubt they will sell another 12 million units in that time.

Wrufieotnak, do gaming w What are the best video games full of references to other media?

Evoland 2! Where the first game is mainly reference and no game, the second one is a completely original story and world which includes references. I highly recommend it.

2xsaiko,
@2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Oh damn, I didn’t think I wouldn’t be the first to post about Evoland 2 of all games in this thread, it’s pretty obscure, isn’t it. Great game though.

cenariodantesco, do gaming w Killed the greatest gamer initiative out there for content

his dad worked at blizzard and basically created world of Warcraft /s

edgemaster72, do astronomy w Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1.94% chance to hit the Moon (according to my own calculations)
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

Nooo not the moon, it didn’t do nothing to no one. Come back YR4, we still have some lovely cities you could obliterate.

Cyv_, do gaming w Just played Area 51/Maximum Force at a retro-arcade. Are light gun shooter games still a thing? Any recent versions available for PC?

youtu.be/ujIN9S5N61cI’m not big into light gun stuff myself but I remember watching this ages ago and thinking it was pretty neat looking :)

classic,

Thanks for mentioning this! I found out about this lightgun after posting. It gets some decent reviews, though there are some threads discussing how the setup can be onerous. I also saw some games on Steam listed as "sinden lightgun ready." I'm going to research it a little more but tempted to get it.

mp3, do games w Why are most mobile games trash?
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

Small screen, combined with poor/touch screen controls, and wanting to make money no matter what by pushing ads everywhere because no one wants to pay $10+ for a mobile software.

The only time I consider a mobile a game is when there is an ad-free option available.

Peffse,

I still miss my Xperia Play. It’s been over 10 years… Still my favorite phone.

ADTJ,

Sony really screwed over the play after promising Ice Cream Sandwich

RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Is Elden Ring a good Breath of the Wild replacement?

Elden Ring is vastly superior IMO. I found there was less empty space compared to BotW, and far better combat mechanics.

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