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MrGerrit, do games w The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game

“Samwise has won the argument!”

TeaHands, do games w The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

Shut up, as they say, and take my money.

cooljacob204, do gaming w Counter-Strike 2 probably releases next week

I'm have been over CS:GO for a while and I don't plan to return ever unless they let users disable agent skins.

echodot, do gaming w Microsoft would buy Valve 'if opportunity arises,' said Phil Spencer in leaked email

Well yeah.

How is this news?

YuzuDrink,

Thank you. Obviously “we would buy them if we could” is given; but just as obviously, this was just wishful thinking out loud.

Jaeger86, do games w How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history

Redemption? They still lied to the consumer and have done what exactly to get any trust back?

damnson, do games w How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history

Was fine in the beginning, nerds just love to complain

echo64,

I don’t even have to post gifs of how damn broken it was at launch, you already know them, you can see them playing in your brain space right now.

Primarily0617, (edited )

skyrim also had funny bugs at launch but people only care about the majority of bugs when they've already decided game bad

TigrisMorte,

It was only broken on console. PC was never broken. The issues PC had were all minor and were mostly addressed very quickly.

dan1101, (edited )

It’s weird how much people’s experience varied. There are enough people saying it was very broken and enough that say it was fine that I believe both groups. Hopefully someone figures out what it is about people’s machines, play styles, or something else that gave such different experiences.

I waited until early this year to play and it was an awesome experience.

FabioTheNewOrder,

To me for example was always fine. I got it on launch day and with my PC I experienced very minor issues and almost no crash (maybe one if I remember correctly) and, even if it wasn’t the game CD Project Red marketing department had led us to believe, it was a nice and enjoyable experience for me.

I mount an i9-9900k with an Asus motherboard and a 3070 dual fan, I don’t recall the precise model right now; not a fancy build as I use a very old case and air cooling, but it gets the job done for a 1440 experience at circa 45 FPS.

Now I’m curious to test this 2.0 patch, I’m watching my brother playing on his PC right now and, with a 1070, he’s still getting good performances and the game mechanics look nice! The skill trees are really interesting, I can’t wait to try it out myself!

echo64,

It was so broken that sony had to remove it from sale. This isn’t a “we don’t know the situation” thing. This is well documented.

Chozo,

Yeah, it really depended on what platform you played it on. I played on Stadia, and while it was buggy, it was at least stable. No crashing, but a lot of broken quest lines and T-posing NPCs. But PS4/Xbox One players had a lot of issues because the hardware just couldn't handle the game.

Poor decision-making from CDPR's execs on that one. They should've just cancelled the older-gen versions of the game, but instead they wanted to rush it out the door to take advantage of the new Covid market, and because a lot of people were still having trouble getting their hands on PS5s/Xbox Series systems. So they got absolutely shafted, unfortunately.

stopthatgirl7,
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InEnduringGrowStrong, do games w I've tested Nvidia's latest ray tracing magic in Cyberpunk 2077 and it's a no-brainer: at worst it's just better-looking, at best it's that and a whole lot more performance
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Did they ever add player reflections?
It’s so annoying waking around all these shiny surfaces, every light bouncing just right, yet be a complete ghost.

McScience,

Yeah, anything with Ray tracing will have player reflections. You usually don’t see them because they’re faking ray tracing by baking the light bounces when the scene first loads

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yeah, anything with Ray tracing will have player reflections.

Cyberpunk doesn’t/didn’t by default though.
Last I checked you could kind of enable them in a config file, but the model used doesn’t have a head so your reflections are that of a headless V.

Unless they fixed it, you were either a ghost/vampire or a headless chicken.
Pretty jank when you carry a corpse and the dead guy you carry has this perfect reflection in glass panes and puddles or whatnot but you’re just inexistant.

Buddahriffic,

You can have missing objects with real ray tracing. Like the player object itself generally doesn’t need to be rendered so it might not even be added to the scene. Unless the player is looking down. If their arms are holding a gun or reloading, it might just be disembodied arms if you could move the camera to see it from another angle.

Or, different game, but in GT7, the ray tracing doesn’t include vehicles’ self reflections. Which is probably an optimization because every reflection ray trivially intersects with the object it is reflecting from, so it makes sense to skip the reflecting object, but then you miss cases where it should be reflecting another part of itself.

Whirlybird,

Yeah, anything with Ray tracing will have player reflections.

Not true, ray tracing isn’t a “everything all the time” thing.

Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow,

It’s because there’s no player model to reflect.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yea I know but it’s still a bit lame.
You can enable an option to add the first person player model to Ray tracing, but it doesn’t have a head (on purpose so it didn’t clip in the first person camera), so you have decapitated reflections.
Same reason the player shadows are janky, first person models are often like that. You gotta adjust it so it looks good in first person but then it’s all weird in third person.
There’s technically a third person model, but it’s probably not animated, so… yea maybe some day.

Chewy7324, do gaming w Counter-Strike 2 probably releases next week

Valve announced the day Danger Zone was released with a similar tweet.

What are you doing next Wednesday?

vs.

What are you doing Wednesday?

So it might just be a big update, maybe with Danger Zone.

We really don’t know.

Sami, do gaming w Counter-Strike 2 probably releases next week
@Sami@lemmy.zip avatar

The counter strike twitter has been pulling this shit for a while ever since source 2 rumors started picking up steam so I wouldn’t get my hopes up

Waker, do games w How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history

Impressive, but imo still not as good as No man’s Sky redemption.

Afatmess,

Or Final Fantasy XIV

Waker, (edited )

Great redemption but they did close the servers so I kinda feel like that’s a whole new game hahaha

Also, FFXIV has been great for a long time now I think… NMS had more incremental updates with improvements for longer I guess. Maybe that’s why that’s the first thing on my mind when I think of any game redeemimg themselves.

Nevertheless still an amazing improvement on FFXIV.

vlad76, do games w CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience'
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’m looking forward to playing it again. After BG3. And in between Tarkov. After Starfield. I guess by that point Elden Ring DLC might be out. Also need to play RE4 remaster. . Also didn’t a Harry Potter game come out recently? Also Atomic Heart had a DLC. Still need to try Hell Let Loose…

Maybe one day.

123,

Also

VentraSqwal,

Ya I’ll probably bump it up ahead on the list because I loved the game so much. But I know what you mean, I’m way behind on games. I just beat the FF7 Remake and am in the middle of Horizon Zero Dawn (ya, the first one).

Redredme,

You forgot about armoured core 6. Which, you just must play, especially with that backlog.

bbigras,

You forgot about armoured core 6. Which, you just must play, especially with that backlog.

I suck at souls games but I like robots. Should I still give it a try?

Breezy,

Yes, its not a souls game anyways, just a hard mech game. Which is kinda the staple for mech games.

Also though you can suck at soul like games but still enjoy them. Honestly the first step into getting good is figuring out which type of cheese you prefer. Ive always been partial to big sticks turning enemies into pancakes. It works on most games that are similar. Havent found a weapon to do so in lie of p yet, but thats a good thing for me since it changed my play style.

bbigras,

Thanks!

PoetSII,

Harry Potter and Starfield ain’t worth your time mate

vlad76,
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Harry Potter probably not. But I’ll try Starfield.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

If you’re a fan, I’d say the beginning when you’re in Hogwarts and Hogsmeade is worth playing. But as soon as the plot takes you south, just stop playing.

Starfield is…a Bethesda game, no doubt about that. You’ll probably like it okay if you like their games, just don’t expect to be impressed or anything like that.

vlad76,
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Bethesda games are a skeleton for mods for me, so I’ll pick it up after the modding scene matures.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

If someone has the time and resources, they could make a really good game out of it.

rip_art_bell,
@rip_art_bell@lemmy.world avatar

BG3 is amazing

scottmeme, do gaming w Microsoft would buy Valve 'if opportunity arises,' said Phil Spencer in leaked email
@scottmeme@sh.itjust.works avatar

Microsoft needs to to have a massive anti trust lawsuit thrown at them

Sabata11792,
@Sabata11792@kbin.social avatar

Microsoft is a US company operating in the US. That means US law dose not apply.

flux, do games w CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience'
@flux@lemmy.world avatar

I’m actually a fan of the game because I can see the vision they had. I think people are more harsh because they see how great it, “could have been”. But to this day so many weird bugs, qc issues that are not even graphics related. Basic qc like overlapping dialogue, mission problems, things disappearing, etc. I’m rooting for the team to keep up improvements. But for them to tell me I’d have a better time starting over is a little annoying. If this is so much better what was I playing before ? Sure, more money, feedback and most of all time is going to make a better game.But they know there are things they could have done better if they are suggesting starting over.

GunValkyrie,

They are suggesting you start over so you can enjoy the rebalance of the game with the updates. They aren’t saying you have to, just that you’ll get the most out of it if you do.

bluespin, do games w How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history

This reeks of sponsorship. The expansions isn’t even out yet

Primarily0617,

journalism aligning solely with corporate interests to tell you what you like

it's so meta i love it

Chozo,

1: PC Gamer has already played and reviewed Phantom Liberty.

2: Of course every outlet that can write about Cyberpunk is going to right now. It's what people are searching for. They want clicks on fresh content that is relevant to their readers' interests.

derin, do games w CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience'
@derin@lemmy.beru.co avatar

Nah - I think I’ll enjoy it on my old character, if that’s all right with them.

Crazy to think I’d just spend another 100 hours redoing missions and revisiting old content for new progression systems.

I’m happy the game is finally finished, but it’s kind of insulting to tell us to go back and “play it all again, it’s finally ready”.

Rampsquatch,

I fail to see the insult, it’s not like they’re going to call you names if you don’t do what they recommend.

Cethin,

I think you’re taking this wrong. They’re saying you can play it all again and the experience will be somewhat different with the new systems. They are saying you’re a loser if you don’t or whatever. Basically, they’re saying the update effects the existing game too, not just the DLC.

nehal3m, (edited )

Maybe it’s because they view playing the game differently than you do. Personally I see it as a game you can ‘run’, sort of like a rogue-like. There’s different ways to execute missions, a few different ways to interact and varied builds for a character. I’ve played the game twice now, once as a corpo gun slinger and once as a street kid hacker. For this update I’m doing a nomad ninja.

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