Deceptichum

Deceptichum, 5 miesięcy temu

Thanks Ernest, for all your hard work!

Deceptichum, 6 miesięcy temu

Not really, Steam will refund the buyers, ban the seller, and keep the developer fee they paid. Scammers will be down $100 and everyone else will go on like nothing happened.

Deceptichum, 6 miesięcy temu

Im glad the devs added the disclaimer, its a small thing but it shows some sensibilities.

As someone who never played it growing up, hows the remaster handle? Is it still a product of its time in regards to janky PS/N64 era platforming or have the controls and camera been updated alongside the obvious graphics improvements?

Deceptichum, 6 miesięcy temu

I enjoyed Titan Quest more, but that may be down to the less grimdark aesthetics. Gameplay wise they’re both fine hack ‘n’ slashes.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

It doesn't sit right, why they would use that full well knowing what it actually entails?

This feels more like PR damage control, instead of just saying its not GaaS and the claims were a mistake.

Think our Early Access update model, expanded. No season passes. No battle passes. No subscription.

No DLC, no monthly paid “expansion” content packs?

A very specific set of no’s and a very clear yes to GaaS…

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

Hogwarts came out a quarter of a year earlier and released on every platform compared to Zelda only being on one.

I wouldn't take that as a indictment that J.K.'s terf bullshit didn't have an impact on sales.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

You csn say all you like, we literally have zero idea how many lost sales they had.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

Buddy, its the worlds 5 largest IP, id be shocked if it didnt sell millions of copies regardless.

For all we know it could have lost out on 20 million sales, but its an untrackable metric.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

Its nothing to do with cheerful, its to do with not knowing how effective a boycott was.

No one in their right mind would expect it to sell zero copies.

Tell me, how do you tell if a boycott was successful?

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

Other than mobile games or Lego versions, there hasnt been a proper Harry Potter game since 13 years ago and from memory they were extremely average movie tie in games.

Its not a series like Pokemon or Zelda that sees frequent releases. It being the first real game, and done beautifully (graphics/ recreation wise) is certainly the biggest selling point.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

Tardigrades could potentially survive, but they would starve to death.

Deceptichum, 7 miesięcy temu

I only buy my games on Cassette.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

“Tschssss nice hiss, strong smell of alien symbiote. Let’s put some out on the tray here and give it a taste”

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu (edited 8 miesięcy temu)

My only love is the star forge and an endless army under my command.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Ah , well the Epic part no doubt.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Show one Valve exclusive.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

How dare people continue to boycott shitty companies.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

This is a very easy one.

I can’t exactly boycott a food company when 99% of what I can find is probably from them under a different subsidiary.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

That’s not an exclusivity deal.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

What else do you expect me to boycott?

Other than essentials, games are the only thing I buy.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Sadly people are losing sight that this is a strategy by a capitalist company to entice users onto their service.

Nothing good will come from that.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Just pirate it at that point.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Yarr, have I got news for you laddie.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Exactly, it’s the most ethical piracy.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Nah I have Steam.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

No? Pirate shit from Epic, pay for it from Steam. Support the infinitely better company with your wallet and don't let Epic hold 'exclusive' content.

Deceptichum, 8 miesięcy temu

Valve to my knowledge has not signed any exclusivity contracts with anyone?

Deceptichum, 9 miesięcy temu

Why would anyone go to that effort when you can pirate them?

Seems like an absurd situation to worry about.

Deceptichum, 9 miesięcy temu

It’s the Valve time of engines.

Deceptichum, 9 miesięcy temu

Don’t wait for the Steam Deck 3.

Deceptichum, 10 miesięcy temu

I found the 1919 Union worker aesthetic amazing. So much better than the 1950s Cold War capitalism Fallout shit.

The anti capitalism jokes are just as relevant and funny today as they were back than.

Deceptichum, 10 miesięcy temu

I smashed it out 3 times in a row, it’s such a phenomenal game.

Deceptichum, 10 miesięcy temu

Overwatch was amazing under Jeff.

Deceptichum, 10 miesięcy temu

And he also stated that he had to fight for even the most basic beneficial things.

He also left not long after.

All signs point to them not listening to him due to greed.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

You’ve certainly described a gamespy.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

I have time and effort, can you mod me?

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

I swear it was only a week or so ago I read about him apologising for this sort of bullshit and overhyping everything.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

Yeah, it’s really going to help the citizens of the poorer EU countries when they have to pay the same high prices as their higher earning neighbours.

Truly a win for the EU and it’s citizens.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

Had you cared to read the fucking article.

The original charges centered around activation keys. The commission said Valve and five publishers (Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax) agreed to use geo-blocking so that activation keys sold in some countries — like Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia — would not work in other member states. That would prevent someone in, say, Germany buying a cheaper key in Latvia, where prices are lower.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

Valve said that the charges didn't pertain to PC games sold on Steam, but that it was accused of locking keys to particular territories at the request of publishers

It’s not like Valve played no role in this.

Games can be sold on other places besides the Steam store. This still negatively impacts consumers.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

Because they stopped doing it years ago to avoid the EU going after them.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

?

Are you deliberately being thick?

Valve doesn’t set the prices.

And more importantly no business is going to charge everyone the low price instead of charging everyone the high price if forced to pick one or the other.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

It is their fault for removing that option however.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

Not at all.

Offering those less capable of paying, a reduced price isn’t abusive or exploitative.

There is a huge difference between the things you’ve mentioned and this. You’re being intentionally dishonest at this point and there’s no further point in this discussion.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

You’re right.

Next Mario game should have Mario smoking crack, because it’s something we should also show children is a normal and acceptable part of life.

Deceptichum, 11 miesięcy temu

What?

Nothing about Starfield is that amazing that you couldn’t replicate it in something like Unreal or even Unity.

Graphics are dead easy on either. Exploration is faked, it’s fast travel to a procedural terrain/level, with a few hand made destinations in between, nothing hard. Modular ship design? Simple. FPS RPG system, simple. Physics engines already exist, storing the location of player placed objects is trivial.

What exactly about Starfield makes you think an engine would need serious modifications for a SF-like game?