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Kolanaki, do games w Steam's Oldest User Accounts Turn 20, Valve Celebrates With Special Digital Badges - IGN
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One more year and my Steam account can legally drink and smoke. I’m taking it to Vegas!

delitomatoes,

You can start drinking at 18

queue,
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In America, probably not. It’s 21 for all states due to a federal law. If a state has it lower than 21, they get way less funding for Federal high ways, as the bill was aimed to lower drunk driving.

paddirn, do games w Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance - IGN

In TTRPGs encumbrance seems to be the #1 rule that players conveniently forget about and GMs only ever seem to bring up when they want to fuck with the players. It’s probably one of the more annoying, unexciting aspects of TTRPGs to keep track of. I like the approach that BG3 has taken, you essentially have an unlimited Camp inventory, but your personal inventory is limited. Is it realistic? No, absolutely not, but neither are Bags of Holding, which are basically a GM’s way of throwing up their hands to say, “Fuck it, I’m not dealing with this shit anymore.”

conciselyverbose,

I'd guess less because they think it's any kind of better to allow unlimited inventory than it is because manually tracking it on paper is tedious.

It's not the same issue with a computer.

geosoco,

Absolutely, but video game designers actually amplify the issue by making so much useless shit able to be picked up and adding so many mechanics into a game, where as TTRPGs are often more focused. Starfield (or any bethesda game really) has hundreds of useless items that people can sell, random loot drops, and resources for multiple forms of crafting. It's a fantasy future where we could just let folks "teleport" to a private satellite storage facility or something similar to a bag of holding. Instead we just make gamers focus on inventory management which I doubt anyone finds "fun".

I think there's a delicate balance and I don't think we've hit it. I would love to see some data about how much time people spend doing inventory maintenance in the course of common RPGs. It's one of those modern things like making expansive worlds without fast travel that just feels unnecessary.

cyanarchy,

It’s really not any different from the mechanic as it’s been used in previous Bethesda titles. The soft limit of depleting my oxygen meter rather than hobbling my speed is a little more forgiving, particularly if I’m still picking through a free fire zone.

And once I learned that I could sell to stores directly from my ship hold, my problems kinda dried up. It’s mostly learning what things in the field are worth hauling back to town when it’s not the apocalypse and duct tape just isn’t that special.

geosoco,

Absolutely, but you still have to learn that and it's still work. Early on I had no idea how many credits "a lot". Their defense/damage system is arguably unnecessarily complex in a way that adds to this. Do I need more corrosion protection, radiation, airborne, or thermal? Does it even matter?

Even with some of the advances, it still like an artificial problem that doesn't actually make the game any better. It doesn't really add any difficulty or challenge, and it's certainly not "fun". There's still a lot of streamlining they could do.

Chailles,
@Chailles@lemmy.world avatar

You have no idea how long I kept rope in my inventory in BG3 thinking it’d actually be of use one day.

bouh,

It depends. There’s a fine line between managing logistic and soreadsheet grade chores. Managing logistic can be interesting and it can bring a lot to the game. But if it is merely checking boxes and numbers on a spreadsheet it’s a chore that’s better left out of the game.

Anticorp,

Zelda has a good system for this. You need to decide which weapons, shields, and bows you keep, but you have otherwise unlimited storage. It adds a degree of realism and management, without negatively impacting the gameplay.

Mordachai_Shedbacon, (edited ) do games w Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance - IGN

Jim Sterling release a video on this earlier this week
Probably just a coincidence…

Ookami38,

Holy shit I’m out of the loop. With as much respect as is possible has Jim sterling always been a woman? Like seriously I’ve seen the name a TON, but never actually watched a video lol

Now, on-topic, yeah, I agree with 100% of what she said, and said word for word some of the stuff she did just earlier today lol.

BruceTwarzen,

No she used to be a man. I used to watch his old videos on YouTube, and only a few month ago i remembered it, and looked if he had a podcast, so i started listening to the jimquisition podcasts and was really confused how he's not in it. Only then they said James Stephanie Sterling i finnaly got it. She seems to do fine, she's also a wrestler now.

Ookami38,

Yeah I caught the introduction of “James Stephanie Sterling” and was like… -record skip- wait what? Not that it matters, just was a surprise, and I couldn’t find anything specific googling lol

kugmo, do games w Xbox Exclusive Replaced Delayed: 'At This Point We Can't Afford to Release a Sub-Par Game'
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Starfield’s quality really shook them huh.

NewNewAccount,

Good or bad?

li10,

Buggy and disappointing to a lot of people.

woelkchen, (edited )
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Buggy and disappointing to a lot of people.

And here I am, thinking that it fits Game Pass with its “7/10, would not buy it but it’s alright if it’s on GamePass” quality games just perfectly.

ArrogantAnalyst, do gaming w Baldur's Gate 3: Act 3 Bugs and Missing Content Becoming a Problem as More Players Near End

I finished the game after about 85 hours and yeah… act 2 and 3 need some polish. I ran into more than one gamebreaking bug. But overall it was still a really really great experience and taking the complexity of the game into account I think the overall polish of the game at release was quite good.

Infinite_Indecision,
@Infinite_Indecision@midwest.social avatar

How did you beat it that fast? I’m 70ish hours in and only starting to get close to done with act 1 maybe.

uberrice,

By at some point saying ‘OK, enough side quests, let’s move on with the story’. I plan to replay this game multiple times, so I do not mind missing some side quests in my first playthrough.

Transcendant, do games w Starfield Global Release Times and PC Specs Revealed

Network: Broadband Internet connection

Narrows eyes in suspicion

Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

cries as realises my once-mighty 2070s is no longer ‘recommended specs’

Waker,

Also on the 2070 boat :( I think I might sell it 2nd hand soon before it’s worthless hahah

Kolanaki,
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Network: Broadband Internet connection

Narrows eyes in suspicion

Bethesda.net/workshop

Transcendant,

That link gives me a 404… do you know why it’s included internet connection in the recommended (but not required) specs?

Kolanaki,
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It’s not a link; i was saying the Internet connection is only even mentioned because of the Bethesda.net service and access to the Steam Workshop; both are for getting mods, and Bethesda.net is also where you’d get paid cosmetics and whatnot if they have them. It’s not required to play, which is why it’s only in recommended.

Transcendant,

Ahh I see, thanks for the explanation.

ADHDefy,
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Same. I just bought the 2070S like... 3 years ago? 2 or 3. I thought it would let me max out games for closer to 5 years, but here we are. lol

Transcendant,

Some of my friends were laughing at me as the 30-series was about to release when I got the 2070s. I was the one laughing when none of them could even get a 30-series a year later, without paying scalper prices! It’s done me really well, feel like we got in just at the right time before prices went nuts and availbility dropped.

Seems to be better now, last time I checked the prices weren’t overly-insane and there were plenty of units available.

mhague, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say

I don’t get why they write an article and then play a Mario kart ad over half my screen. I’m not clicking to close their ads I’m clicking back to leave the site.

Just wanted to know if the lead designers, project managers, etc. were being fired or if it’s just the people who carry out their visions being axed. I can guess the answer though.

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

No info on that, but apparently firing over a 100 people (out of 300 or so people)

One person, who asked to remain anonymous in order to protect their career, told IGN there’s no word yet on exactly how many staff are affected, but the standard 45-day consultation process starts today, June 23, which according to UK law is triggered when an employer proposes 100 or more redundancies within a 90-day period. IGN understands Build A Rocket Boy currently has around 300 UK employees, with around 200 abroad.

madame_gaymes, do gaming w Marathon Delayed as Bungie Promises to Reveal New Release Date This Fall - IGN
@madame_gaymes@programming.dev avatar

We’ve entered a new era of postponing the release date for releasing the release date. Doesn’t bode well.

sculd,

They really need to take their time on this one. Without major change releasing the game will be a suicide.

Mongostein, do gaming w As Gamers Express Concern About Borderlands 4 Potentially Costing $80, Gearbox Chief Randy Pitchford Says: ‘If You’re a Real Fan, You’ll Find a Way to Make It Happen’

I got the first 2 free with GwG (RIP) and the 3rd for $12 on sale.

Guess I‘m not a real fan.

termus, do gaming w As Gamers Express Concern About Borderlands 4 Potentially Costing $80, Gearbox Chief Randy Pitchford Says: ‘If You’re a Real Fan, You’ll Find a Way to Make It Happen’
@termus@beehaw.org avatar

Fuck Randy Pitchford.

simple, do games w Mewgenics Is One of the Most Exciting Roguelikes I’ve Played in Years

Very excited for this. I played Binding of Isaac for hundreds of hours, I hope that game recaptures that addiction.

Saucepain,

Right up there with you! This sounds great.

NOT_RICK, do games w The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct Will Be 60 Minutes Long, Nintendo Confirms
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I am hyped

Madbrad200, do games w Minecraft's 'Vibrant Visuals' Upgrade the Start of a New 'Graphical Journey'

Would be nice if they revisited the raytracing implementation

simple,

I’m surprised they never followed up on it, it was kinda cool. I really liked the reflective blocks.

comrade19,

I think it’s such a good implementation but it does make it a bit harder to play when you’re in dark places

CommanderCloon,

They only implemented those in bedrock edition, available in the MS store… I’d rather they add it into Java edition so us Linux gamers can use them, and not tie them exclusively with NVidia

MrScottyTay, do games w Minecraft's 'Vibrant Visuals' Upgrade the Start of a New 'Graphical Journey'

Not a fan of the water, the new visuals somehow make the texture look even more obviously tiled

Keener, do games w Lego Confirms Pokémon Collaboration Set For 2026

Mega Blocks already have this covered. I’m curious to know what major differences there’d be to justify the inevitably high cost of the Lego branded versions

Kecessa,

The most major difference will be quality and less reliance on custom blocks?

We bought some of the Mega Blocks Pokemons for my SiL’s kids and you can feel that the quality just isn’t on par with Lego

Keener,

I’m currently working on the Charmander with my daughter. The quality feels fine, but I’ll definitely be curious to try out a lego one when it releases

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