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Toes, 29 dni temu

I suspect a big part of the process has shifted focus from making an enjoyable experience to how we can milk this for every dollar it’s worth and then some.

It’s risky trying to explore new avenues as a large company you’re expected to deliver unimaginable returns on your investment. So copying the games that did well will hopefully perform better that quarter. As opposed to spending resources on expanding the engine or trying out a novel idea.

On top of that I suspect the executives are envious of the addictive cash burning cycle that gacha games provide.

I feel like too many games have and continue to copy the formula established by Minecraft and Far Cry 3. I find the experience of exploring a new zone, climbing a tower, unlocking material xyz then rinse and repeat. To be boring and unimaginative. But it seems like I’m the weird one here and people seemingly adore it.

I thought the inventory management of BoTW was awful. It’s not fun to complete a cool quest line get a cool item and for it to break forever after two fights. Wtf

Crafting games such as Valheim have nothing to do aside from grinding for the sake of grinding. Sure building a cool house had some appeal but it’s overall just intentionally tedious.

Baldur’s Gate III was a breath of fresh air. I actually have been thinking for a while that maybe I just didn’t like games anymore until it came out.

I’m also about to start my first Elden Ring run with a group of friends for the first time soon. Excited for that.

The Dark Pictures Anthology has some fantastic stories if anyone is interested.

Toes, 2 miesiące temu

RPG and FPS don’t need to be exclusive tags.

For example cyberpunk does a pretty good job marrying the two.

I prefer games with a strong character creator which tend to be RPG games. I’ve been really enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3.

However, games like the sims, left4dead2 and the Borderlands series are pretty fun too.

Toes, 2 miesiące temu

So what’s fun about that series has changed overtime.

When I first got l4d1 I was excited to share a spooky experience with friends. I found the atmosphere of the campaigns and characters interaction to be enjoyable.

When l4d2 came out I was a seasoned player and I felt that the level design was worse (but still fun) than the first game except for Hard Rain, that campaign was very challenging. However the addition of melee weapons was huge and the new variety of monsters appreciated.

But what kept me coming back was how much love went into the game over the course of its lifetime. All the l4d1 campaigns and characters got imported, extra campaigns were added. All for free (on PC) to enjoy.

The workshop added infinite replayability as there’s so many custom campaigns and other whacky content to explore.

Also the PvP mode where your team takes turns doing the campaign and playing as the zombies was easily the best way to play the game in my opinion.

So if you didn’t get into the game with a group of friends back when it was the zombie game to play. I could see why you might not think it’s fun or if you didn’t have any friends to play with. It’s not a great single player experience and the AI sucks.

Toes, 2 miesiące temu

Haha, it’s not for everyone. But my favourite games have been games like the sims or SimCity.

Have you ever played rimworld or CDDA?

Toes, 2 miesiące temu

Yeah it’s pretty basic compared to modern games.

At the time ‘world at war’ was the other popular zombie game and it’s also pretty simple by today’s standards.

I like the lack of progression, it’s nice to know everyone starts the same with each game. No special meta build just to enjoy the game.

I think the game back4blood seriously shot themselves in the foot by lacking the co-op verses mode l4d had. It’s the biggest complaint I hear against it, that and the lack of workshop support to make your own campaigns and content.

Toes, 2 miesiące temu

oof these threads got hit by Thanos

Toes, 3 miesiące temu

Not that I’m aware of but it’s open-source so you could in theory mod it in or create a feature request on their git page hoping someone else does it.

There’s already a bunch of feature requests in a similar situation.

Toes, 3 miesiące temu

Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf Mod for L4D2 is essential.

So many people just open a game and play it, ignoring the settings.

The default controls in StarCraft 2 set you up for failure in custom games. Turning off simple command card and allowing the selection of enemy units helps a ton.

When playing interactive story games like until dawn, try to pick up everything in each room before continuing. Be nice to the animals!

Breath of the wild is more fun if you do the major dungeons in reverse order.

When playing with emulators let the game go through its idle intro card and listen carefully to the sound if it distorts or pops then your game is likely to be unstable try changing more options. Such as enabling interpreter mode for the audio.

When playing Super Mario World, don’t be afraid to explore the stages esp the boo mansions.

When a game offers Vulkan/dx12 mode, try it.

The Nintendo switch allows you to control the MTU of the wifi connection, adjusting this can help in poor connectivity situations.

Changing your DNS to a public provider such as Quad9 can help.

Investigating if you can enable ipv6 on your network can offer you some boons.

Confirming port forwarding is working for your games will help immensely in games that rely on that. (Also resolve any double NAT issues)

Do not attempt to game on a wifi repeater, only sadness follows.

Unless you are playing fallout 3 or New Vegas on era correct hardware there are mods to make it more stable.

Everyone needs to play hat in time.

Toes, 4 miesiące temu

Good luck with your future endeavours

Toes, 4 miesiące temu

I’m really hoping for a sci-fi game by them.

Toes, 4 miesiące temu

That would be cool, imagine if they did rouge trader next?

Toes, 4 miesiące temu

Forgive me Karlach, your armour is too good for early game to give up. 😭

Toes, 5 miesięcy temu

I have a theory, they are gonna do an orange box kinda thing with it.

All the threes of every game in one. Plus a much newer engine with minimal restrictions.

Toes, 5 miesięcy temu

Businesses think in quarters, seeing a cost centre through man hours is a huge no-no for boasting a healthy valuation. They use a model far more suited towards selling tangible products than something long term.

Toes, 7 miesięcy temu

Something seems odd about that, the 2070 should be capable of playing the game maxed @ 1080p

Toes, 7 miesięcy temu

Might be worth cleaning the computer if you haven’t in the last few months. If you’re unfamiliar with the process check out some YouTube videos on it, this is as mandatory as changing the oil in a car regularly.

There’s tools like cpuid that can indicate if throttling is occurring.

Toes, 7 miesięcy temu

I’m out of the loop on this. What’s the racist content in question and how does clearing the disclaimer impact the game?

Toes, 10 miesięcy temu

Make sure your games are on a SSD, this isn’t optional anymore; modern games often rely on loading assets as they are needed and if they fail to do that it could appear to stutter, among other issues. This is particularly important for UE games.

Additionally that smearing effect you mentioned could be FSR loading low resolution textures. Try tweaking your settings related to it.

Confirm, that your AMD drivers are up to date. Also If your ram supports XMP or a equivalent feature enable it to benefit from your ram. This is often overlooked.

Enable “Above 4G Decoding”. Consult your motherboard manual for details on how to do that.

Additionally if your game offers a choice between directX or Vulkan.

Choose Vulkan, if you experience problems try the DirectX options.