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altima_neo, do games w Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Not just ultrawide support, but also interpolated frames for super smooth frame rate.

secret300,

What is that?

zalgotext,

In a nutshell, interpolated frames are basically just extra generated frames that go between the frames outputted by the video game itself. They’re used to combat things like motion blur, and to make animations look smoother.

MTK, do games w Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says

I hate when sequels are prequals! We want 2078!

thatKamGuy,

I’m going to hold out for Cyberpunk 2222, personally.

HiDiddlyDoodlyHo, do gaming w Ori developer Moon Studios head warns it may have to shut down following review bombing [VGC]

That sounds less like review bombing and more like poorly received mechanics and broken promises. Am I missing something here?

Vodulas,

Right? “We made a mediocre game that doesn’t deliver on the promises we made. Pls give good review now”

That being said, I have not read the Steam reviews, but it could be that they are getting bombed, but the situation described in the article is just people not liking the game for valid reasons

Mister_Feeny,

I went and read a good chunk of negative steam reviews for it. And yeah, the vast majority of the negative ones are about mechanics, or performance, and seem perfectly legitimate. A lot that basically even say, "I don't recommend now but seems like it will be good once they cook for a bit."

I did see a couple made super recently that were basically negative reviewing because of this dude's statements, but not many.
And funny how the only reviews I could imagine being considered review bomb-y seem to only have happened because of his whining about being review bombed.

Mostly it looks like the game's recent "The Breach" update was legitimately poorly received by the playerbase, the studio head decided, "No, it's the children who are wrong."

Ulrich,
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

Ugh, this discussion happens every time this topic comes up. There’s nothing about the phrase “review bombing” that implies the reviews are somehow illegitimate. It just means a large number of negative reviews in a short time.

Vodulas,

Yes, it does imply that

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_bomb

Specifically malicious intent

Ulrich,
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

While it mentions malice in the first few words, I would argue many of their examples are not malicious, including the one given about the first known use of the phrase:

One of the first appearances of the term “review bomb” was in a 2008 Ars Technica article by Ben Kuchera describing the effect in regards to Spore, in which users left negative reviews on Amazon citing the game’s perceived lackluster gameplay and digital rights management system.

based on this article I’d say it has more to do with the organized nature of reviews. It even says:

Review bombing is a similar practice to vote brigading.

Vodulas,

I would argue the first use was malicious and that it spawned even worse instances after. It is a known favorite tool of gamergaters and right wingers

Ulrich,
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

Giving a game bad reviews because of “lackluster gameplay” and DRM is malicious?

Vodulas,

With the intent of tanking review scores so the game does not sell as well is, yes.

Ulrich, (edited )
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

What other purpose for reviews is there than signaling to others whether or not they should buy the game?

Do you think the negative reviews for No Rest For The Wicked don’t have the intention of making it not sell as well? And if not, why do you think players leave them?

Flamekebab, do games w PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US
@Flamekebab@piefed.social avatar

What would I even play on it?

BigTrout75,

Used PS3 games!

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Don’t forget emulated PS1 and PS2 games!

Related: I got PS+ for my birthday and saw they had Indiana Jones in the catalog and downloaded it without really looking. I thought it was the new one; it was a PS2 game. lol

hitmyspot, do gaming w Ex-PlayStation boss says games should be shorter because development costs are ‘not sustainable’ [VGC]

Most games that are long are artificially so, with padded out content and grinding to advance. Short excellent games sell well. Huge expensive messes don’t.

Just like movies, large blockbuster, high budget content can sell well but does risk sacrificing its soul and purpose. Occasionally one is both excellent technically, artistically and fun too.

Or you can have smaller games with a more specific purpose which won’t sell as well. Some low budget games are bad. Some high budget games are bad. Neither is a mark of quality, they are just different ways of making games with different outcomes and purposes.

Games need to turn a profit to be visible, so they should be looking at what’s the optimum way to spend their budget and make sales.

As gamers, we should be rewarding good games, and avoiding microtransactions and all the upsells. I don’t buy any cosmetics or additional content (unless it’s a continuation of the game that makes sense as another chapter). I want to avoid that side of gaming as it doesn’t lead to good games. I pay full price at launch for my favourite game series, but not extra content. Other games I purchase later on sale.

barnaclebutt, do games w PlayStation Stars will no longer give credit for money spent on subscriptons

A good reminder to cancel PlayStation plus.

MagicShel, do gaming w Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will no longer grant ‘Erotica’ points for taking photos of women [VGC]

I have a very feminist outlook on things, but I enjoy some problematic things. I know it’s not very progressive of me, but it is what it is. I acknowledge they are problematic.

Which is just to say, I don’t like this. I understand, but I’m not a fan.

tacosanonymous, do gaming w Tango Gameworks employee shares pictures from the Xbox studio’s final day
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee avatar

The shareholders aren’t making enough money until every worker’s dreams are crushed.

frog,

Not even then. I think the thing that’s easy to forget about shareholders is they’re not doing this because they’re evil and get off on watching people suffer. They’re doing it because their own personal inadequacies are so vast that the only way they can cope with life is by trying to fill that enormous emotional hole with money. As a result, even when every other person on the planet has been crushed and ground into paste, and just one person with this mindset finally owns everything… it still won’t be enough for them. They will still be left with that unfillable emotional hole. They will still be empty inside.

inclementimmigrant, do games w Ubisoft CEO defends Skull and Bones’ $70 price despite its live service leanings, calls it ‘quadruple-A’

Leave it to Ubisoft to add an extra A to the already shitty landscape that is AAA gaming.

guyrocket, do gaming w Netflix is reportedly exploring adding in-game ads to its gaming service
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

This guarantees that I'll never even TRY their service.

Brilliant move, Netfilx. Be sure to mention the in-game ads in all your marketing materials too. I'm sure people will FLOCK to your service in DROVES.

falsem,

Yeah, you're supposed to wait until you actually have a user base to enshittify it.

stackPeek, do gaming w Hideki Kamiya thinks Japan should be proud of ‘JRPG’ and wants to use ‘J-Action’
@stackPeek@kbin.social avatar

JAV (Japanese Audio Visual collective)

emm... I think JAV means completely different. I thought it was japanese adult video?

bionicjoey,

I’m pretty sure OP was joking

vala, do gaming w Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC

Just want to remind everyone that PalWorld is a really good game. Its still getting major updates and has an insane amount of high quality content to explore.

QuantumTickle, do gaming w Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC

Did they ask Digimon when they made the patent?

Kissaki,

Wikipedia says Digimon release 1997, Pokemon 1996.

ConstantPain, do games w Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says

Our wages too…

Prunebutt, do games w Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says

Supposed proponent of the “free market” thinks that the market was unfair to massive corporation. More at 11. /s

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