Exec 1: Should we do research into what gamers want to play?
Exec 2: Nah, just smush together whatever everybody else is doing, slap on a new coat of paint, and then ship that shit. The idiots will eat it up and we’ll be rich.
Gamers: Who asked for this? I didn’t ask for this. I don’t want to play this shit. I’ve got better shit that I can play for free.
Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash...
I totally agree. I recently bought on sale Final Fantasy 1 for mobile, mostly because I didn’t feel like digging out my PlayStation and putting in one of the original remastered disks. To be honest, the load times were pretty long on a kind of it being PS1. But the prices they’re asking for for all of these remasters are excessive. Also some of them have 3D instead of pixel sprites; FF4:TAY in particular was ruined that way. You know what I’d like to see; all of the newer Final Fantasy is done in pixel art style. Like from 7 onward. That would be fun.
Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can “journalists” even entertain reporting on this?...
This is like suing an MMO because you want to solo raid dungeons so you can enjoy the content without having to play multiplayer.
Don’t get me wrong, their opinion is fine. But the lawsuit is idiotic. Just do what the rest of us do when we’re screwed over by circumstance and choices: build a bridge and get over it.
The only circumstance I could see a “too hard” lawsuit maybe possibly hypothetically working out is if the customer was disabled. They might have a slim chance if they could use the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) to sledgehammer the game developer with. I personally don’t believe it would work, but I’m not a lawyer so what the hell do I know.
It’s more likely a cost benefit analysis. Fighting the Unions is lawyer expensive and PR expensive. Gamers are noisy after all, when riled up. Microsoft is evil, but also like Trump, they understand optics.
Well large corporations are at least 50% dead weight by volume, weighted overwhelmingly in management and at the executive level. So naturally it’s the ones doing all the ACTUAL work who get terminated whenever the line isn’t going up hard enough. Capitalism folks, it’s doomed us all and there’s no way we can fix it and those who could never will.
What’s interesting to me is of course how cheaply Bioshock got made compared to today’s blockbuster hits. Somewhere, we took the wrong turn in regards to modern game development, truly....
Yeah it’s amazing what you can accomplish when you’re not blowing millions of dollars on the salaries & golden parachutes of completely worthless executives.
That’s Australia. They have weird anti-violence laws, and God-fucking-forbid anyone learn that blood exists. I think their stupid drug portrayal laws are why the first Fallout had to call them “chems” instead. It’s all pretty stupid moral crusade bullshit.
Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren’t filled with microtransactions? For example: easy puzzle games, match-3 games, low-difficulty adventure games, or clicker-style games....
Edward Kang, 20, flew from Newark, New Jersey, to Jacksonville, Florida, to confront someone he had an online dispute with, Nassau County, New Jersey, Sheriff Bill Leeper said. Court records show he was charged Monday with second-degree attempted murder and attempted burglary....
They REALLY missed the boat on this one. Maybe if it was 8 years ago. Nobody’s gonna care now. Minecraft is old and leans too hard on bedrock, nevermind that it was PC early adopters that made it what it is. This is the problem with success; it makes good indie stuff with potential into sold-out corporate trash. Happens all the time and Minecraft is no different. Eventually it’ll get sold off to some holding company in Romania or something and be deleted from the Internet.
It’s especially weird to have all that time dedicated to something nobody cares about. Who goes looking to see if a game or movie was made using Dolby?
The keywords here are “copycat,” “clones,” and “shovelware.”
Just like how there’s a million versions of the same shit phone games that are just trash clones of something from the app stores or even old flash games like we’re on pre-sellout Kongregate and Armor Games.
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with...
Personally, it’s Faith from Farcry 5 for me. Uninteresting dialog that can be summed up to “I was bullied once” and that’s it. Literally every other character is so much more interesting. Jacob gives you a sequence where you run through a gulag which he then uses against you, John tries to kill you and is openly hateful...
That shithead skeleton from Undertale. If I an ever forced to play that game, it’s all genocide all day, idc that it’s the hardest mode. That game looks like ass and its fans are insufferable, but that fucking little skeleton deserves to be ground up and snorted.
I’ve hated Unity since its buggy trash first showed up in flash games Sure they ironed out the bugs and it went mainstream, but I never forgot how it shouldered it’s way into the picture. Now it’s pulling this shit and I’ve got that inevitable mixture of smug and disgusted that accompanies the all-to-familiar experience of “I said this was a bad idea but did anybody listen to me? Nope.”
That’s not much of a brag. Just because the monsters in this game won’t mysteriously fly off into space only to reappear right behind you seconds later, doesn’t mean we should celebrate.
"Concord servers are now offline. Thank you to all the freegunners who have joined us in the Concord galaxy" angielski
Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.
Final Fantasy Creator Reveals Which Entry He Thinks Is 'Most Complete', and It's Not Final Fantasy 7 (www.ign.com) angielski
RuneScape is increasing their membership price by 50%, and Reddit is trying to censor it angielski
Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash...
I've never seen a company squander as much goodwill as Blizzard. (lemmy.world) angielski
What are some video games that you would show up to a local tournament for? angielski
Sony Live Service Shooter Concord Debuts to a Tragic 697 Concurrent Players on Steam - IGN (www.ign.com)
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - Gameplay Reveal Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
The Epic Games Store Officially Launches on Mobile Devices (www.ign.com) angielski
Honestly I know people here are against Epic, but Google Play is such garbage that I welcome the epic store on Android.
Looks like I'm getting into World of Warships (lemmy.world) angielski
Size Comparison: Pluto and Australia
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There may have been a slight culture shift in gaming between these two releasing (lemmy.world) angielski
Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster games 20% off through this weekend (www.polygon.com) angielski
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/26619304...
Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty (sh.itjust.works) angielski
Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can “journalists” even entertain reporting on this?...
Someone needs to make this (lemmy.world) angielski
Bethesda Game Studios developers form 'wall to wall' union that includes artists, designers, and programmers (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Steam Is Run By Fewer Than 80 Staff, Lawsuit Docs Reveal (insider-gaming.com) angielski
Ken Levine says BioShock nearly went nowhere and was almost canceled: "We can't make those games because they don't sell" (www.gamesradar.com) angielski
What’s interesting to me is of course how cheaply Bioshock got made compared to today’s blockbuster hits. Somewhere, we took the wrong turn in regards to modern game development, truly....
$500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form (arstechnica.com) angielski
Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less (arstechnica.com) angielski
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17448835...
Konami is intent on region locking Japanese players out of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (automaton-media.com) angielski
Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions? angielski
Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren’t filled with microtransactions? For example: easy puzzle games, match-3 games, low-difficulty adventure games, or clicker-style games....
Man accused of attempted murder in hammer attack over online gaming argument (www.nbcnews.com) angielski
Edward Kang, 20, flew from Newark, New Jersey, to Jacksonville, Florida, to confront someone he had an online dispute with, Nassau County, New Jersey, Sheriff Bill Leeper said. Court records show he was charged Monday with second-degree attempted murder and attempted burglary....
Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released (aftermath.site) angielski
Starfield’s Paid Mods Ignite A Review Bombing On Steam (kotaku.com) angielski
The sun's magnetic field is about to flip. Here's what to expect. (www.space.com) angielski
So I just tried the demo for Tactical Breach Wizards, and that's... actually really really genius (store.steampowered.com) angielski
I like this. A lot. I mean as far as I can judge it just from the demo....
Netflix Announces Minecraft Animated Series (www.gameinformer.com) angielski
I’m surprised it took that long.
Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Suicide Squad Cost Warner Bros. $200 Million In Revenue (insider-gaming.com) angielski
Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos (www.livescience.com) angielski
Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden (arstechnica.com) angielski
Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. (lemmy.world) angielski
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with...
Classic Microsoft (lemmy.world)
Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business' (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Webb discovers neutron star within supernova remnant - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski
The upcoming Crazy Taxi reboot is a triple-A game, according to Sega (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
No Sega, a remake of a, admittedly great, nearly 25 year old game is not a triple A game but does make you sound like a quadruple A-hole.
Diablo 4's new mount costs more than the actual game (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
And have we come full circle to god damn horse armor.
Are there any games like Diablo but not Diablo because Diablo? angielski
Who, in your opinion, is the most annoying character in any game?
Personally, it’s Faith from Farcry 5 for me. Uninteresting dialog that can be summed up to “I was bullied once” and that’s it. Literally every other character is so much more interesting. Jacob gives you a sequence where you run through a gulag which he then uses against you, John tries to kill you and is openly hateful...
Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, maker of Fortnite (www.cnbc.com)
Embracer: Human cost of restructure is "significant" but "necessary" (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN (www.ign.com) angielski
Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto claims that the prices of video games need to increase to meet ballooning development costs.
I wonder why Godot and Unreal are getting so much interest today (lemmy.today) angielski
What are YOU planning? (lemmy.world) angielski
9/9 is coming up!
Baldur's Gate 3's companions were overly horny due to a bug (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
If you found the companions in Baldur's Gate 3 to be a little too horny, well, it turns out that was due to a bug....
Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources (insider-gaming.com) angielski