CosmoNova

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Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding angielski

For a while, meta progression felt like a clever way to keep games fresh. You’d unlock new gear, perks, or passive bonuses between runs, and that sense of forward motion made failure feel productive. I still remember how ground-breaking this felt the first time I played Rogue Legacy. The game nearly made me look forward to...

CosmoNova,

The antithesis to what you and OP are describing would be The legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild. But even fans of that formula are tired of it after 2 games in the series because as much freedom as it gives you, it‘s overwhelming.

I think what I‘m trying to say is that trends have cycles. They come and go. What you said is a valid opinion that I can kot possibly disagree with. However, these down sides become more apparent with time until we‘ve had enough and move on to the next thing. I am sure we‘ll remember most of those games fondly one day regardless. Nostalgia will kick in one day and we‘re able to look past the flaws again.

CosmoNova,

I didn‘t like the first one so this was a hard pass for me. However I didn‘t even know the sequel was out yet. This thing completely drowned among better priced indie games.

CosmoNova,

Do AAA game CEOs even realize AI is the main reason sales are down? The very hardware to run your slop has become unaffordable, you clowns! Bloating about AI is about the most tone deaf thing you can do right now.

Besides, we don‘t want slop in our games. If you actually used your products you would know why.

CosmoNova,

He is absolutely right about that.

I had yet another tiring conversation about AI usage with my boss at work the other day. Had to look at examples from competitors and how they use AI. What can I say? It was slop. Felt off. It wasn‘t the worst thing I have seen but god damn the shit people suddenly look past when AI is involved drives me up the walls. That lack of quality would not fly if I delivered them. But when it‘s AI people half their expectations apparently.

So yeah props to Suda 51 for not conveniently starting a tangent about AI when discussing wages with his employees.

CosmoNova,

I mean they‘re little Android devices so I expect them to pull that off. Most of them can comfortably run games like Hollow Knight or N64 roms.

CosmoNova,

That‘s rare for small handhelds but it doesn‘t really change anything.

CosmoNova,

Pretty much, yeah. Markets have become a circus for clowns to prove each other how reckless they are. They haven‘t reflected growth in a while. Instead they have become tools to hollow out entire industries or serve as glorified Ponzi schemes.

CosmoNova,

I appreciate modding projects like this one and TF2 remains one of my most played games of all time. I‘m through with it but godspeed to them!

CosmoNova,

You‘re right. I love Fable. The first one that is. I‘ve played two and three as well simply because I enjoyed the first one so much. I probably won‘t play this one. Ever. Microsoft can piss off.

CosmoNova,

They‘re essentially a corpse that gets electrocuted every now and then to emulate nerve signals.

'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike (www.pcgamer.com) angielski

Even at a casual glance, it’s not hard to see the similarities between Minecraft and Hytale, its latest block-based sandbox competitor. As Hytale’s early modding scene flourishes, one modder is taking those similarities to their logical endpoint, deciding that if the games overlap so neatly, Minecraft and Hytale players...

CosmoNova, (edited )

Hytale is essentially modded minecraft. Doesn‘t mean it shares the exact same code or engine but damn it‘s modded Minecraft.

Hero shooter Highguard reportedly didn't even pay for the Game Awards slot that's earned it so much preemptive hate—the showrunners thought it deserved the spotlight (www.pcgamer.com) angielski

Remember when Apex Legends was shadow dropped? It’s a risky move for such a high-profile game to skip all the pre-release marketing hype entirely, but it paid off, and it’s clear why Respawn went that route—“photoreal PvP hero shooter” was an eyeroll-inducing prospect even back in 2019, so letting the game speak for...

CosmoNova,

Monster Hunter Wilds and Matrix 4, huh? It looks to me like the Game Awards don‘t have the best track record for choosing their last big reveal if that‘s what people expect.

CosmoNova,

I would guess it‘s probably closer to Roblox or modern Minecraft. Hypixel started the project to have a constant money flow so expect monetization left and right.

CosmoNova,

After so many years of development drama and criticism surrounding Hypixel themselves even before they actively worked on this… I think I‘m good. Playable doesn‘t mean you will get the full experience for a one time payment. Hypixel live and breathe live service.

CosmoNova,

All these images will get leaked if they haven‘t already. It‘s a nightmare situation.

Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period (www.nintendolife.com) angielski

I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with...

CosmoNova,

Well I saw Pokemon Legends ZA for 48% off recently. Not that it‘s worth that much or that I would ever buy a Switch 2. I actually stumbled upon that sale randomly. But the fact it‘s on sale already speaks volumes. Nintendo is likely in panic mode.

Rockstar still hasn’t dropped a solid explanation for cutting loose 30+ GTA 6 devs. angielski

And yeah it’s not passing the vibe check. The layoffs smell less like “business decisions” and more like classic union-busting tactics. Protests are popping off, lawmakers are raising eyebrows, and the studio’s silence is only making things louder. When trust breaks, even hype can’t cover the cracks.

CosmoNova,

Also look at the „GTA VI ?“. All the parts have different sizes, the VI is weirdly placed to the right and the question mark is placed in a super weird way. The letters don’t even look like a cohesive typeface. That‘s textbook AI.

CosmoNova,

Except Wario isn‘t really there anymore. Probably because the greedy guy is running things in the background.

CosmoNova,

You weren‘t kidding. These are all real winners for the players. And I wouldn‘t say last year was totally packed. At least not for me but this is a great list of games to add to your pile of shame.

CosmoNova,

I don‘t say this often but that is a legitimate skill issue on your side.

CosmoNova,

Is Groombox actually that big or is it based on what the CEO says it is worth? I remember reading some ridiculous statements about their net worth.

CosmoNova,

There won‘t really be a next Xbox. I think Microsoft made that very clear. It‘s all cloud gaming for AAA from here on out.

CosmoNova,

I mean they just announced a handheld „Xbox“ that can‘t even play Xbox games but relies on Xbox Gamepass and your PC library. They don‘t do consoles anymore.

CosmoNova,

I don‘t see why. All the hardware you need is already integrated in their data centers.

CosmoNova,

This is a fine list of games to play.

CosmoNova,

Lootboxes are sooo 2010s though. It‘s all about season passes and general FOMO. I doubt they will correctly identify and properly regulate „addictive features“ in a way that puts an end to that but I guess we‘ll see.

GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You (www.gog.com) angielski

So… Is this a good thing? Bad thing? Gut reaction says that probably not the greatest for GOG, being detached from a huge publisher like CD Projekt probably isn’t great for a niche marketplace. In their faqs it states that GOG had a strong year financially but they would of course bill it that way. The question about why the...

CosmoNova,

Witcher 4 will be an Epic Games and console exclusive, won‘t it?

CosmoNova,

People still contribute to this scam? That‘s a shame.

CosmoNova,

I agree but we have barely seen anything of what cloud gaming will become. Platforms like Steam will introduce it too. Especially after the Steam Machine is turning out to be such a headache for them because of uncertain hardware prices. This will happen and I am very afraid a lot of users will welcome it with open arms. We could be witnessing the end of home computers right now.

CosmoNova,

I think it will pop. But oh no! Now what do we do with all these data centers equipped with endless GPU power and RAM that we are building? Oh, I know! Cloud gaming! In fact let‘s buy up even more GPUs and RAM then rent the computing power to companies Epic Games, Valve, Apple, Nvidia. Look! Microsoft is already adding it to Gamepass+++! And what‘s that? Is that Google Stadia with a steel chair?! Better be quick folks!

This is the future of mainstream gaming. I wish I was being sarcastic. It will be horrible.

CosmoNova,

Execs genuinely couldn‘t care less about what people want. They are the architects of this trend away from physical media.

I’m making the prediction that any hardware that isn‘t essentially just a screen that connects to the internet will become more and more expensive to the point no one can afford them. Major brands that we all know and use today will withdraw from manufacturing end consumer products.

I‘m guessing 10 years from now virtually everyone will be forced into cloud service subscriptions for gaming because the hardware to run these games won‘t be sold to us anymore. For a while Chinese companies might try fill the void the likes of Nvidia and AMD left but that will be short lived too.

You will go retro and learn to take care of your soon old timer hardware that will become ever more pricey to fix as spare parts get more rare and ridiculously expensive expensive or you will own nothing and be happy with that.

Yes this is all speculative but it‘s a vision of the future that becomes more and more obvious to me by the day.

CosmoNova,

The problem is if nobody sells affordable hardware or hardware at all anymore, the only path they can go is cloud gaming. That means from here on onward ownership is dead.

CosmoNova,

You think prices will fall now that there are giant new capable data centers everywhere? AAA Gaming will become synonymous with cloud gaming and the hardware to run games at home won‘t be produced anymore. They’ll build even more data centers instead. It‘s a much more useful business model to establish tech feudalism for the overly rich.

CosmoNova,

I don‘t like to admit it but you‘re likely right. And there are very cool use cases for machine learning if done right. And some of these concepts are already in successful games.

Of course there absolutely is slop that I‘m refusing to buy and companies do face backlash over it. No doubt about it, but that really doesn‘t mean every single use case for AI is bad or makes for a terrible product at all.

But it is interesting to see how much pushback you‘re facing for this comment while most people seem cool with it when Larian does it for some reason. Consumers are hypocrites sometimes.

CosmoNova,

Why is one thing okay for you but not the other? A generated artwork is an artists not paid and theft. Generated dialogue is a writer not paid and also theft. All the popular models are fed on stolen content.

CosmoNova,

I loved the idea but it had too much of an impact on how a battle plays out. I hope it‘s kept but toned down considerably.

CosmoNova,

That‘s nice but I‘ll wait until reviews flock in to confirm this. There is a point when a studio is too big to pre-order. I‘ve seen this pattern before and know better than to ride the hype wave from one super success all the way to the next „more ambitious than ever“ title.

CosmoNova,

I would normally make an exception for indie games when it comes to never pre-ordering games but not here. The development of this was so shaky (if not flat out shady) that I recommend to wait until it‘s actually there and user reviews are flocking in.

CosmoNova,

Divinity Original Sin 2 is one of my favorite games of all times but this looks too gory for me. Actually it doesn‘t feel like Divinity at all.

CosmoNova,

It‘s not even remotely as gory as that cinematic trailer and the humor only has gotten darker with the Original Sin games later. Even then they didn‘t have remotely as much gore at any point. I‘m honestly a little baffled. It looks too me they‘re trying to replicate Diablo more than making another faithful Divinity game.

CosmoNova,

Not really. The games started out rather tame in terms of parental guidance labels. Only the last two got much grittier but still it didn‘t bathe in flesh and vomit. Baldur‘s Gate 3 was already much more hardcore than Original Sin 2 and it looks like they still try to top that for whatever reason.

CosmoNova,

I‘m in the same boat. OS2 had a very good balance for me. BG3 already took it a little too far for my liking BUT you could often choose not to, so it was okay. Playing BG3 and hearing the announcement about a new Divinity game got me giga hyped but I will temper my expectations after this cinematic trailer. I don‘t like the tone of it at all, unfortunately.

CosmoNova,

I think the bad reputation for asset flips is somewhat overblown. Like, of course some slop game is going to use assets but a lot of decent indie games do too. Using assets doesn‘t make a game bad. But yes a lot of games are just low effort bootlegs of whatever is popular right now.

But whats worse are games containing legit malware on Steam. Apparently that is becoming a growing problem.

CosmoNova, (edited )

I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.

They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.

And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.

CosmoNova,

It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.

CosmoNova,

Consumers have already decided mobile gambling slop is the most successful investment in the gaming industry. I don‘t trust consumers to know what‘s best for them.

CosmoNova,

How and why do they even access Steam? The Internet and Computers aren‘t „traditional ways“ of communicating and video games are not „traditional ways“ of entertainment. Do they reject modern medicine too for being „non-traditional“? Seriously out of all the anti progress bullshit, this is the dumbest aspect.

CosmoNova,

Steam always chose the path of least resistance when it comes to dealing with law maker demands even when there were more consumer friendly ways available. This is not surprising at all.

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