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UndercoverUlrikHD, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts
@UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev avatar

Each time I check the r/totalwar subreddit, there seem to be another PR fuckup from CA. It’s really sad considering they were peaking just a few years ago with TWW2. Stopped maintaining my mods due to it.

wildginger, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts

Its crazy to me that a ban from the community page removes your contributed mods too.

Guess it must be pretty bad if your mod creators, the ones making you free content to keep your players around, are getting banned for being pro boycott.

Aggy,

If they ban the right creator, I wonder if a bunch of mods will start breaking similar to that guy who removed his packages from npm, breaking everything

DarkenLM,
alienanimals, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts

I just upvoted every Steam review highlighting the company’s shitty practices. Thanks for the heads up!

n3er0o, do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts
@n3er0o@lemmy.ml avatar

The part where they said “The right to discuss is a privilege—it is not an entitlement you earn by playing the game” made me laugh out loud. What a ridiculously bad public take hahaha

redhorsejacket,

Right? Like, if I want to be as charitable as I’m capable of being, I could understand that sentiment if you are talking about your own official forums on your website. Like, sure, if you own the content and the forum, you have the power to determine what is and isn’t acceptable on your platforms. It’s a stupid determination, mind you, but it’s within your power. However the impression I gather from the article is that they’re referring to the Steam forums, which is absolutely asinine to me.

wildginger,

They are referring to the steam forums, and in one of their own comments in said forum they say that theyre required by steam to have those forums, in response to someone asking why they dont shutter the whole thing if they cant handle responding to bug fixes and the like.

So its not actually a privilege, its a requirement to sell the game.

D1G17AL, (edited ) do games w Total War Warhammer 3 devs will remove Steam users starting boycotts

They even closed the Steam discussion thread and didn't have the decency to properly link to the "New Discussion" wherever the fuck that is taking place. CA have their heads so far up their ass that every bit of shit smells wonderful to them at this point.

Edit: Found the link

clearleaf, do games w Cities Skylines 2 dev stuck to launch date despite “potential kicking”

They should have called it early access then it could have been a jpeg of the blender default cube and nobody would care

Ffkhrocks, do games w Cities Skylines 2 dev stuck to launch date despite “potential kicking”

‘Despite the technical problems outlined in our own review of Cities Skylines 2, Colossal Order says the game is “ready enough to be released.”’

Next time they’re at a restaurant someone should bring them undercooked chicken that looks done on the outside but is raw in the center. When they complain? “The chicken was ready enough to serve”

Rubanski,

A better comparison would be a raw steak when the customer asked for medium well.

glimse,

Quite the hyperbolic comparison you’ve got there

CynicRaven,

Hey dude, Colossal Order and Paradox gave them salmonella, how could you be so callous!

chunkystyles,

Imperfect game is as bad as potentially fatal food poisoning, obviously.

NAS89,

my dad died from playing Cyberpunk on release RIP in peace

Montagge,
@Montagge@kbin.social avatar

Hey guys the chicken is going to be undercooked depending on your tableware so don't order it yet if you think your chicken will end up undercooked.
I'M GONNA ORDER THE CHICKEN! WHY IS THIS CHICKEN UNDERCOOKED? WHY WASN'T I WARNED?

echodot,

It’s not quite the same thing though is it.

It’s a bit like developing a microwave meal and it turns out that it only really cooks in 2 minutes if you have an ultra powerful microwave then putting out a press release that says I know it says it’ll cook in 2 minutes on the packaging but unless you have a really powerful microwave add a few minutes to it.

The responsibility is still on the players to have reasonable expectations of the game depending on the hardware that they have.

Also it’s 100% my fault for pre-ordering the damn thing, I don’t know why I did that. But that’s on me because if I really wanted to I could have refunded it.

bekopharm, do gaming w Starfield remake created in two days actually lets you fly seamlessly from space to the surface
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I know, late for the party. Know what else has “seamless” flying from space to surface?

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/e12f4362-1800-408a-b5ef-ff5c25f87f29.jpeg

This tiny FOSS game here nobody heard of before: Pioneer Space Sim

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/64016963-7a86-419a-937a-7e80126fd447.jpeg

Yes it is nowhere state of the art in looks but considering it’s very slow development from what’s mostly a one dev show I find that a lot more impressive.

Also yay for orbital mechanics.

simple, do gaming w 2022’s best indie game hits 200,000 Steam reviews at 98% positive, and it’s on sale

Is pcgamer allergic to putting the game name in titles? It’s Vampire Survivors.

Auzy,

Yeah. Let’s not turn into reddit or Murdoch media and click bait everything

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Thanks, for a second, I thought we were talking about Patrick's Parabox, 2022's best indie game.

Vordus,

Not Trombone Champ, 2022’s best indie game?

TallonMetroid,
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If they tell you the game in the title you have no incentive to click.

Jorgelino,

Problem is that’s literally the only bit of relevant information that’s not already in the title.

This article has no purpose other than holding this one word hostage until you click it.

Black616Angel, (edited ) do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

Yeah that’s right! Games like stardew valley, factorio, Terraria, Binding of Isaac, Hades and others could really learn from those brave heroes and finally remove the Battle pass and all the other payed content!

Edit: /s… Duh!

tuskytiger,

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  • FriendlyBeagleDog,

    Those titles don’t, the person you’re responding to is being sarcastic because the article sorta implies that removing the microtransactions from an indie title is somehow novel.

    WhyAUsername_1,

    Hades had battle pass?

    Tau,

    That’s the joke

    WhyAUsername_1,

    I feel like an idiot… c/woosh I guess, to myself… 😂😂

    shift_four,

    No, none of these did. That’s the joke.

    Destraight, do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

    A game that I never heard of is removing their battle pass, and monetization options. Ok?

    DigitalPaperTrail, do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

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  • optissima,

    They disabled it so they can implement it in 2 years. !remindme 2 years

    FireTower, do games w Redfall can be the next Cyberpunk 2077, if Microsoft wants it to be.
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    Maybe I’m off base, but does anyone really want a game about fighting vampires? Cyberpunk (the genre) is incredibly popular, vampire stuff seems to be pretty much relegated to the background in fantasy RPGs especially when compared to say zombie games.

    RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

    The bigger problem is that this game even had a battle pass and other monetization tactics at all.

    Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

    JoshBadWriter,
    @JoshBadWriter@mastodon.social avatar

    @RightHandOfIkaros @ylai Yeah, that article has the wrong takeaway from this.

    The devs aren't heroes for removing the F2P elements. They never should have been there to begin with.

    520,

    True, but a lot of people never listen to the fact that they fucked up and they should do something about it. That fact alone deserves some kudos.

    pory,
    @pory@lemmy.world avatar

    Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

    RightHandOfIkaros,

    Yes, but especially Early Access games.

    raydenuni, (edited ) do gaming w Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

    Good change, obviously. Monetizing cosmetics in this game has always struck me as odd. The game’s not ugly, but it’s not pretty enough to sell skins in my opinion.

    If anyone’s curious about the gameplay, Monster Train is a favorite deck builder of mine and Inkbound topped my list of games I was excited about. It exceeded my hopes and expectations and I can’t think of anything else in the co-op space that comes close to the level of coordination and build variety found here. Great 1p as well and it’s progressing beautifully in early access with some excellent redesigns on various systems and new classes.

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