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naticus, 8 dni temu

I know, how dare they?! Wait, am I allowed to respond in agreement with you???

naticus, 19 dni temu

Yeah I quit WoW in 2009 and never went back, which would have been 15 years ago now, and lines up with what the OP was saying for timeline. I remember all the coming class changes that would homogenize things drastically, and already being rather annoyed with how things already were, I dipped without a regret, other than losing touch with friends from there. I’m only in contact with a few of them at this point and that’s a little sad, but we all move on eventually.

naticus, 22 dni temu

A friend begged me to play this and I just didn’t for a couple years despite owning it. Once I finally did it quickly became an all-time favorite. You should fix this yourself.

naticus, 26 dni temu

I demand the goat puzzle be left intact for a new generation of gamers to become infuriated.

naticus, 26 dni temu

Big “QUIT HAVING FUN” energy.

naticus, miesiąc temu

While I agree it can be painful to do anything multiplayer without dedicated network support in the game itself, it’s a nontrivial thing for devs to add. Expecting every dev studio to be network experts as well as having the infrastructure for the cloud peer connections is why Steam finally added a way for games to simulate couch co-op between remote players. I try to buy games on GOG as my first choice but there are definitely factors (including price) where I’ll consider Steam instead.

naticus, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

Doing things with a direct connection to friends is something no one does anymore. Port forwarding for a game? Yeah it’s fine for people who are technically minded like I’m sure anyone in the community is, but walking a friend through it on their router just to play with them is a nonstarter. No, the cloud connection is how this is handled now. I haven’t seen a game in a decade do it via a direct connection from player to player.

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That’s news to me, but looked it up and confirmed you’re absolutely right. That blows my mind, because in many circumstances it can be impossible for players to connect, especially in a double NAT situation or you’re playing on a network you have no control over (e.g. university network).

But comparing a safety feature to a technical requirement is a bit misleading here, no? This is more about making sure gamers can just play rather than having to reconfigure network equipment, which they may or may not have access to.

Honestly if Steam is down at this point, I’ve got bigger things to worry about personally. Does it happen? Do I curse the name of GabeN? Sure, but it’s such a rare instance and happens maybe once a year for a matter of an hour or so typically.

But let’s not confuse using a client app as being DRM. On GOG Galaxy, it’s not doing anything DRM related other than providing you access to download the game itself. All the client is doing is providing a “friends network” that everyone is connecting to and creating a cloud bridged connection. This solves any double NAT problems, obfuscates your IP, removes any need to make network config changes, and no one has to think about it.

naticus, miesiąc temu

I completely agree with you that Steam itself is DRM and that we use it for convenience.

But I do disagree with the same statement about GOG Galaxy because it doesn’t provide the same digital decrypting functionality that all DRM provides. They don’t do it because they don’t have to, proven by the ability to download the EXE and BIN files directly even in Galaxy. I liken the Galaxy app to using a VPN or other network tool like Hibachi people have used when a game only had couch co-op support.

Either way, your point is made, but I don’t see an issue with running a client app that provides so much. I don’t inherently trust Valve or GOG, but they haven’t done anything that I know of to betray me as a gamer or consumer. I do NOT however see a point in running a client app that also has additional launchers required afterwards like all Ubi games. DRM on top of DRM is anti gamer imo.

naticus, miesiąc temu

I don’t know of an instance where it’s not used as DRM. Maybe on F2P games since there’s no license management? Would be interested in knowing where you’ve found it isn’t used. And yes, more clarity on what is happening under the hood would always be welcomed by me. I do feel I have a decent grasp of things just because of my IT background and work with cyber security, but closed source software will always have its secrets.

Also, definitely like the play on words with your username lol. I have a domain that is a pun on my last name, so I always like seeing creative ways people use their own names.

naticus, miesiąc temu

Missed opportunity to call it the Wii Wii.

naticus, miesiąc temu

Yours is better, but not 12yo humor enough for me. Lol

naticus, miesiąc temu

Let me just dust off my JNCOs from '98. I knew they’d be back!

naticus, 2 miesiące temu

I have to get back to where I was… I was a few chapters into CS3 and put the entire thing on hiatus from burnout. Working thru Sky 3rd now and really looking forward to Crossbell for the first time using the official Western releases. Have only played the Geofront mods to this point and so pumped to see their efforts realized in an official way.

naticus, 2 miesiące temu

And here I am blown away by the screenshots and want to wishlist it, only to see I already had it on my wishlist and remember NOTHING about seeing this previously.

naticus, 4 miesiące temu

Parkour

naticus, 4 miesiące temu

When the only choices are parkour or menus? Yes.

naticus, 4 miesiące temu

Only thing surprising is that it took this long for it to happen. Everyone else knew that there would be immediate forks made but seems they took a month to catch up to speed with the internet.

naticus, 6 miesięcy temu

Was just thinking about My Time at Portia. Pretty new gamer friendly and when things start feeling tedious, a new mechanic is introduced to make everything you were doing easier. Haven’t played My Time at Sandrock, so can’t speak for the sequel.

naticus, 7 miesięcy temu

This guy forks.

naticus, 7 miesięcy temu

Yeah really sounds like the organizers are out of touch with what the competitive, organized teams are needing. And $400 entry fee? Yeesh, that’s how you get an immediate no from all your casual teams and then your pros see there’s no one signed up.

naticus, 8 miesięcy temu

And “Remake” is really a subtitle because it’s not a remake of the original, but rather a sequel.

naticus, 8 miesięcy temu

I kept trying to figure out the joke about the name Swen Vincke and was failing. Cocks. It was right there in front of me everyone. It was Cocks.

naticus, 9 miesięcy temu

Sounds like the free-est of syncs.

naticus, 9 miesięcy temu

And on the other hand, Karl Jobst has always been very well researched in his videos, so I’m a big torn here. Definitely going to keep an eye on this and see where it goes before making my own conclusions.

naticus, 9 miesięcy temu

Lemmy isn’t supporting Nazis, you’re being downvoted because making accusations without sources is just yelling into the wind. “Just Google it” and “do your own research” is synonymous in practice and adds nothing to the conversation and only is rumormill level gossip.

Provide links to some sources if you have some legit concerns, because that’s definitely news to me.

naticus, 9 miesięcy temu

Essentially “Remake” was the subtitle of the game, rather than a term like remaster. It was subtle until the end, but you’re remaking the story’s timeline. It’s a sequel, not a remaster or reimagining of the original.

Also, yeah you’re definitely high. Like damn dude.

naticus, 10 miesięcy temu

Lol your link confused the hell out of me until I realized you were linking from your watch later list.

naticus, 10 miesięcy temu

Yeah, it actually opened my own watch later list. Never seen a YT link do that.

naticus, 10 miesięcy temu

In no particular order:
Witcher 3
Trails/Kiseki series
Mass Effect series
Outer Wilds
Doom 2016

naticus, 11 miesięcy temu

Wow, was surprised to see there was a mention of MO: Astray. I got I as part of a Humble Choice bundle a few years ago and randomly gave it a go. Didn’t look at anything about it, which is not my usual… MO.

ANYWAYS, I absolutely adore this game and highly recommend. Like he says, the game is very clever, never outstays its welcome, and it will surprise you regularly. It has a solid storyline and the way it tells it to you is unique, but I don’t want to give that away.

I’m always trying to find new Let’s Plays of this game, it’s just a satisfying romp.

naticus, rok temu

I wanted to say Outer Wilds too simply to have OP join us in our search for that high of another player experiencing this game for the first time. Nothing quite like seeing the game “click” when they finally get those big plot points.

naticus, rok temu

Lol I don’t even have to imagine that. It’s funny you point out 23 years because that’s exactly how long I worked at my previous job before moving on in 2022.