Today’s game is New Vegas, and it also marks the end of New Vegas for me. For the screenshot I originally considered doing my ending slideshow, but I thought that might 1) contain too many spoilers (though I doubt there’s many people that haven’t played it) and 2) make for too long of a post as I got almost all the slides....
Forcing you to shut up or go to court isn’t great either, though.
On the big stuff where they’re liable for a lot of money and you might be able to get a pro bono lawyer, sure.
On the small stuff, though, the prospect of having to pay for a lawyer and likely have your case thrown out by a judge for not being worth the expense and effort of suing a foreign company is probably going to deter a LOT of legitimate claims.
If, for example, I want to return a game in accordance with the rules and they won’t let me, I’m not gonna lawyer up and sue them from the other side of the Atlantic.
still seems to me that consumers are getting more options which is usually a good thing.
Nope. They’re switching from one mandatory method which favors companies liable to get into big disputes where a court case is advantageous to the consumer, which isn’t the case with them, to one that favors a company wanting to avoid a lot of issues too small to warrant a lawyer.
It’s not anywhere near as bad for consumers as when a utility company that poisons thousands of people forces everyone to corporate-friendly arbitration procedure (likely with the “neutral” third party much less neutral than the ones Valve used), but it’s certainly not GOOD for Steam users to not be able to complain without lawyering up.
Which is why it’s best to let the user choose rather than force one or the other.
The reason why we always hear about companies forcing arbitration is because arbitration is best for them when it comes to the big stuff that the news report on, compared to court.
The reason why we never hear about the opposite is twofold:
it doesn’t happen as often and
“yamanii didn’t get their refund approved even though they were entitled to according to the rules” isn’t something that makes headlines or even makes it to court.
I don’t think it is. If it’s anything like the US court systems I know more about (criminal, juvenile, immigration, main civil court), it’s extremely backlogged already.
And that’s even before considering jurisdiction and how much more a lawyer licensed to practice in at least two countries charges.
Even IF you decided to go through with it in spite of everything, you could easily end up spending thousands of dollars fighting an $80 case and STILL be likely to lose.
But doesn’t the change open up for litigation in small claims court?
More like mandates it. For those who live in the country to even have ACCESS to it. The vast majority of Steam users don’t (while the US has more users than any other single country, it’s still only ~14m out of 120m) and would also need a lawyer licensed to practice in both countries afaik.
So nah, I don’t suspect that this change will benefit the users in general, rather the opposite…
Honestly looks a lot better than I thought since reveal. This looks more akin to Final Fantasy 7 Remake combat where you can pause the game to give out commands and use abilities.
the game is Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. I took this while exploring during the main story. I’m in love with the way this game looks graphically. The way the lighting is handled is gorgeous
Today’s game is No Man’s Sky. I took this while searching for a Floating Island planet added to the new update. Still haven’t found one but found this beautiful system
This is one of those genuinely funny bugs, tbh. I remember Singles 2, the slightly more naughty competitor from years ago, had a ton of these weird quirky interactions, like masturbating with guests around and stuff.
They keep winning the cases themselves in courts very much rigged in their favor, sure, but for each headline, they risk alienating more gamers who don’t appreciate them bullying comparatively tiny sites who are just providing games that Nintendo themselves refuse to sell.
Less than a day after I find out from an old article that there was supposed to be a modernized remake of Gothic 1 on the way to be published this year and got all excited. Fucking fantastic 😮💨
That’s not at all how it works, no. They have a licensing deal with Hasbro to be allowed to make a game with Hasbro’s IP. Hasbro didn’t hire them to make the game.
who’s preparing their own ‘virtual tabletop’ for a while now.
D&D Beyond is not a video game. It’s not even a toolset for a video game. There’s no clash there.
I always suspected it’s not because they won’t, but they can’t due to the licensing issues
This is probably still true, though: according to the release, you won’t be allowed to publish NSFW mods made in the toolset (because apparently that’s legally too close to Larian making D&D porn) even though you’ll still be allowed to do so NOT using the toolset like people have been doing for months.
I’m guessing that not letting people make or change maps and quests is either the same thing or simply just a much bigger undertaking to make a toolset capable of right now 🤷
Why can’t you just set a standing order of “make unit x” or “make unit x while we have gas until we get to 50 of them”? That’s strategy. Having to tab back to a building and manually queue a couple of units every several seconds is just creating busywork for players
I agree completely. Related: have you considered turn based strategy games?
Probably because announcing it would require sharing the reason for it and thus lead to questions about why they and others are still ruining other games with Denuvo…
I originally answered “definitely not the original ones!” ør something tø that effect, but found that it might be needlessly combative, so I changed it to just TIL 😁
which is why most folks are probably not talking about the old games when they say they like wolfenstein and doom
I wouldn’t be so sure about that, what with the “It runs Doom” meme and the fact that most people on Lemmy seem to be old fucks like me who played them when they originally came out 😄
You’re right and I’m sorry for any confusion as I very much intended to blame the human silica packet for his sexual ineptitude and general repulsiveness lol
Yes and no: they were bought by Bayer 5 years ago, so they don’t exist under that name anymore, but I don’t know how much of their worst bullshit they’re still doing under the new name.
For example, I was unable to confirm or rule out whether they’re still doing the suicide crops and food DRM bullshit as Bayer or not…
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Not mods per se, but there’s walk-through guides living up to their name by walking you through every step of every puzzle. As someone who loves CRPGs but is absolutely awful at puzzles, they’ve saved me countless hours in BG3 alone, let alone game’s in general.
An example search string would be “Baldurs Gate defiled temple puzzle”
As for the barrels, I can’t find one about those specially, but the Fair Fire mod removes unavoidable fire damage fromsurfaces, so that might be of interest 🙂
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Day 75 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (lemmy.world) angielski
Today’s game is New Vegas, and it also marks the end of New Vegas for me. For the screenshot I originally considered doing my ending slideshow, but I thought that might 1) contain too many spoilers (though I doubt there’s many people that haven’t played it) and 2) make for too long of a post as I got almost all the slides....
Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users (lemdro.id) angielski
Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening angielski
The mod who bypass' the PSN login for God of War Ragnarök got removed on Nexus Mods (ghostarchive.org) angielski
Nexus Mods link
'Cities: Skylines II' Found a Solution for High Rents: Get Rid of Landlords (www.wired.com) angielski
Denmark is the 5th country to pass the #StopKillingGames EU threshold - 340K out of 1M signatures in total! angielski
Link to sign EU initiative: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard | High-Level Combat Gameplay (www.youtube.com) angielski
Honestly looks a lot better than I thought since reveal. This looks more akin to Final Fantasy 7 Remake combat where you can pause the game to give out commands and use abilities.
What games popularized certain mechanics? angielski
I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry....
Dead Rising remaster will make Frank West less of a creep (www.polygon.com) angielski
Capcom is removing the lecherous ‘Erotica’ bonus from photos
Day 20 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (lemmy.world) angielski
the game is Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. I took this while exploring during the main story. I’m in love with the way this game looks graphically. The way the lighting is handled is gorgeous
New Darksiders game teased by THQ Nordic (wolfsgamingblog.com) angielski
Avowed is getting delayed to early 2025 angielski
Source: twitter.com/klobrille/status/1819042520321401194
Day 14 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (lemmy.world) angielski
Today’s game is No Man’s Sky. I took this while searching for a Floating Island planet added to the new update. Still haven’t found one but found this beautiful system
DF Weekly: Some original Xbox One units failing to update, disabling most console functions (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Day 12 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (lemmy.world) angielski
The game is (Modded) Skyrim SE. I took this picture while walking from Riften to Whiterun
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) The Sims 4 just got surprise incest, and it's not even the first time (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
This is one of those genuinely funny bugs, tbh. I remember Singles 2, the slightly more naughty competitor from years ago, had a ton of these weird quirky interactions, like masturbating with guests around and stuff.
Nintendo has DMCA’ed Sudachi’s GitHub (x.com) angielski
Valve rumored to be working on Android emulator for Steam (www.notebookcheck.net) angielski
Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev "Piranha Bytes" Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down (www.ign.com) angielski
GTA: Vice City Remastered (lemmy.world) angielski
Avowed Story Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
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South of Midnight | Official Gameplay Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Getting Official Modding Support (store.steampowered.com) angielski
It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Bethesda Quietly Removes Denuvo DRM from Ghostwire: Tokyo (www.ign.com) angielski
Talk about having essentially forgotten about it. I bet!...
Virtual Boy Pro for Nintendo Switch - Announcement Trailer (2024) (youtube.com) angielski
Ever Wonder How An In-Game Economy Is Designed And Maintained? (aftermath.site) angielski
Denuvo Unveils New Tech That Will Make It Easier for Devs to Track Down Leakers (www.ign.com) angielski
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world) angielski
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The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world) angielski
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
EA flop Immortals of Aveum reportedly cost around $125 million, former dev says "a AAA single-player shooter in today's market was a truly awful idea" (www.gamesradar.com) angielski
Personally I would not call Immortals of Aveum an AAA game. 😅...