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ByteOnBikes, wczoraj do games w Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release

When it first came out, for some reason, I thought all games would start following Valve’s lead and introduce commentary.

And now two decades later, I don’t know if any other games have.

Then again, we have other ways like game devs talking on podcasts/live stream.

ByteOnBikes, wczoraj do games w Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release

I thought it was just me! I played every HL game as a teen. Now 20 years later, my old eyes seem to struggle a bit.

And yeah, changing FoV is what solved it for me.

ByteOnBikes, 5 dni temu do gaming w Anyone have a sudden loss in gaming?

Absolutely a depression indicator.

Post-election, my wife and I are going hard on co-op games again. We are not feeling so great.

But prior to that, we were casually gaming, maybe 1-2 hours a day at most.

ByteOnBikes, 9 dni temu do games w Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player

Sony has a history of being terrible with security.

They literally built malware two decades ago.

ByteOnBikes, 9 dni temu do games w Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player

Ubisoft did that too for a while, forcing Ubisoft logins. And they’re continuing to lose staff and shut down games.

ByteOnBikes, 12 dni temu do games w Cassette Beasts | The Gauntlet Update Launches Nov 20

Nice! It’s in the Humble Bundle and in my wishlist!

ByteOnBikes, 12 dni temu do games w Fields of Mistria review: A boring, soulless Stardew reskin

I didn’t upvote or downvote.

Your opinion is valid. I think some parts could be reworked. I see what you’re saying, but how you’re saying it is what is rubbing people the wrong way.

Honestly, I like these opinion posts, because even if I’m a fanboy, I might agree with certain things.

ByteOnBikes, 12 dni temu do games w Fields of Mistria review: A boring, soulless Stardew reskin

Secondly I don’t blame devs for not beeing active on social media with the community. Especially when your game is rather small this task can be really mentally exhausting and we all know how easily people get toxic on the Internet.

I took fault with that as well.

I am a developer who makes games on the side. I mostly do gamejams and release games on itch.io. It’s a pretty positive community.

But I did get one comment (only one) that some troll told me to stick to my day job. Like I am? I do this to create art and fun, and make bank working a boring software job. I put all my passion into making this game in a short gamejam window.

I know some fans love reading about “the struggle”. They see the developer eating ramen and crunching 160 hours as passion. To me, that’s abuse. Because survivors bias, there are people with 100x the passion but their game doesn’t sell.

Everyone who puts out a game is doing it for different reasons. You have no idea if the dev team was crunching late hours while their child was dying from cancer. Or if they were coding this on their golden yacht using AI bots. To judge them because they don’t share that as not having passion?

It’s a toxic metric and would strongly recommend removing it.

ByteOnBikes, 13 dni temu do games w Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script

7/10 doesn’t mean it sucks. Just means adequate.

I played the Division 2, Ac Valhalla and FarCry 6 for 100+ hours. They helped me during the worse times of the pandemic.

But if I was talking to friends or making recommendations, we’d be taking about games that are better than that. The Elden Rings or the Ghost of Tsushima

ByteOnBikes, 13 dni temu do games w Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script

Ubisoft games have such a weird “design by committee” feel to it. Like they poll the internet every few weeks and make decisions off of that. New hot game has battle pass? WE HAVE BATTLE PASS.

They also seem to follow a checklist of mediocrity. Every game needs a dozen collectable items. Every game needs to have the same l types of quests that GTA3 had. Every game has to have a massive open world. Every game needs a online component and live service. Every game needs a incredible hook, which then they Marvel-safe it to avoid offending online babies.

Their games come off with 7/10 energy. Ubisoft games don’t move the needle. They’re pretty adequate as a game. But when I have thousands of games to choose from every year… Ill pass.

ByteOnBikes, 13 dni temu do games w Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script

Polish isn’t going to help change the Ubisoft reputation of churning same looking games filled with massive bloaty copy-paste open worlds where you do generic fetch quests, collect hundreds of feathers, and watch watered down PG-13 storytelling that’s tamer than a Marvel movie.

ByteOnBikes, 17 dni temu do gaming w Thrilling gameplay

You’re not kidding! I was obsessed with getting thumbs ups

ByteOnBikes, 17 dni temu do gaming w Thrilling gameplay

A bit later in the game, you can kill the ghosts. I think you get their weapon right after.

ByteOnBikes, 17 dni temu do gaming w Thrilling gameplay

Same. The intro is long like any Kojima game.

Then I tried it a year later and forced myself past the 5 hour mark.

Then another five hours.

Then 40+ hours later, I realized I do love this game. This really stupidly weird game.

ByteOnBikes, 17 dni temu do gaming w Thrilling gameplay

I am so angry that I didn’t just enjoy the heck out of Death Stranding, I freaking love it. Why did I spend 20 hours finding mats to build a highway so I can travel a bit faster?