wreckedcarzz

wreckedcarzz, miesiąc temu

That’s what I think when I read endurance/mtbf of hard/solid state drives of like 100+ years. Bitch you released this last week and I know for a fact that you didn’t withhold sales for 100 years for validation of your claims. Also funny how I should reasonably expect 100 years out of it, but you will only provide a warranty for the first three…

wreckedcarzz, miesiąc temu

gestures to the other 99% of gamers

wreckedcarzz, miesiąc temu

Yeah! Other publishers should open their own stores and compete!

…

Oh wait no fuck oh god oh what have we done

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

Well, and because 2 is fucking abysmal as a game. The starter car shouldn’t feel like it’s on rails regardless of speed, mostly - it’s a fucking racing game, get it right. (modern nfs is in the corner giggling but that piece of shit is always trying to force me to drift, again with an un-upgraded starter car with like 150hp, so it’s no better)

I was a closed beta tester for 1 and 2, and was very excited for both, but going from 1 to 2 is a huge step backwards in handling alone. Whereas I pre-ordered 1 and got several others to as well, I told everyone I know to avoid 2, bought it on sale a while after launch, was immediately disappointed they never addressed this, and it sits with… 13 hours on the clock. As a reference, I have 4,048 hours played in Forza Horizon 5.

I have no idea how they fucked up so badly. It’s a travesty.

(I play with keyboard/mouse out of preference but also because of physical disabilities, so while I /could/ use a controller and maybe mitigate this, grab a controller and try playing with one hand, see how great that experience is x_x) .

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

Of course not.

I have taste.

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

Dom Nintendo 🥺👉👈

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

For 1y though? Mod defo has microscopic pp

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

Any more details? :o

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

Tbf I’ve read that they missed their third deadline for an early access release. I was interested in the game but if what you have after like 5 years still isn’t enough for even early gameplay scrutiny, maaaaybe some major mistakes were made. And then never addressed. For half a decade.

I’ll hate on big companies and executives alllllll day, but I’m an equal opportunity hater whenever it’s warranted.

wreckedcarzz, 5 miesięcy temu

I got this email a few days ago. It’s definitely CP2077. Their example even shows like 5 titles in a sample account and that game is far and away using the most space. As to why, I have no idea.

Also to answer the “how do you know”, it’s the only GOG game I play that has a decent amount of playtime. Everything else is in the single digits. I assume lots of others are in a similar situation.

E: and the pedestrian, but I finished that in one sitting, and it’s in double digits because I let others try it out. I think there are a whopping 2 saves for that game for me.

wreckedcarzz, 7 miesięcy temu

Afaik nobody has cracked it as it’s always-online, though I’d be happily incorrect about this is one can slide me some sauce. I’m one of the affected players in the shutdown (still play occasionally) so the ability to continue playing this game would be very nice.

wreckedcarzz, 7 miesięcy temu

This applies to many things. That guy down the street who acts super macho and has a lifted truck? Don’t date him unless you want to be disappointed. The quiet nerdy dude with a prius? Absolutely freak in bed, and a hung power bottom that will ignite things within you.

(based on a true story)

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

I have quite fond memories of playing this games story, and never touched the mp (none of my friends had it). I liked it enough to pick up the second one shortly after release; it’s still in my pile of untouched steam games, but I really should play it sometime. I just started on Borderlands: the pre sequel, after receiving it as a gift at launch. Patience I guess, I’ll get to it eventually.

It’s interesting - I view cod as a try-hard series, both in playerbase and in development (money printer go brr). Call me counter culture or something, but I just don’t jive with the whole masses and their hype train. I really liked COD4, but that was likely because it was my first exposure to it. I went on to play, what, World at War (?) and thought it was trash, that one where “what do the numbers mean”, and then MW2 which was /fine/ for a once-and-done playthrough. I haven’t revisited the franchise since. “oh no, bad people in sand place are doing bad things and you should not think about it and just indescrimimately murder until we say so” as the story, give it “future ultra warfare X” behind the cod name, and bam, buy your next yacht. Two, why the hell not.

I also really liked Spec Ops: The Line, another game where seemingly nobody else has heard about it. Maybe the twist of not always being the good guys, coming to terms that war actually has depth beyond ‘double kill’, not always being on the offensive, not always “fuck yeah America”… is why I like these two titles in particular. COD, anything Tom Clancy or Battlefield, is just so… cookie-cutter bullshit. I like The Division/2 as well, likely for the same reason. We/Nato aren’t always the good guys in a conflict.

I dunno. Maybe I’m just getting old.

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

I got into steam because I could (using modded files) download valve games for free. It was like piracy but without the torrenting and gameboxart.jpg.exe shenanigans.

Then I liked Counter Strike, and portal was coming out… and now I have a few thousand bucks in games.

Still don’t like having to run a nanny program to be “allowed” to play the shit I paid for. But steam is the best of that garbage pile.

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

monopoly

No, you need uplay for that

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

Best I can do is wake your laptop in your messenger bag, update, catch fire and burn your house down while you sleep.

Take it or leave it.

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

So what you’re saying is… you want EA to be the dominant force and directional pioneer in PC gaming.

Do you also masturbate to pictures of the Comcast logo?

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

Achievement unlocked: Starting to Excel

Would you like to share this Gaming Moment™ with your friends? Yes / yes.

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

I hear there’s a website for that… amazing how you can get anything drm-free if you know how to sail.

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

I just got an incredible idea for a game…

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

It’d be another big player, it’s not going to be some indie startup that suddenly breaks out into the light to dazzle everyone. And all the other players in this space have their own, worse, storefront and launchers…

Just imagine uplay, but with steam/valves loyal userbase and therefore everyone else sold their games on it. shudders

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

slideshow*

but yeah, I quite like it

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

Tl;dr obvious issues already addressed in testing patch, wanted to get game out on stated release date to let players enjoy it regardless

I just got in bed after playing for 12h straight, and it has some minor issues, but I don’t regret my purchase at all.

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

I was getting 7 fps in the main menu before poking at the settings, but my VII is damaged due to a new faulty 1kW psu that suicide-bombed my machine. I’m amazed it works at all, tbh.

Ultra with 1080 and no motion blur (e: and no AA), I’m getting the same as I got in 1 on 1440 (25-30, also with half dead gpu). I have hope that the additional fixes will bring it on par with 1 for fps.

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

Radeon VII (damaged from a psu failure, though). 1080 ultra, no motion blur, no AA. 25-30 fps, as expected on this card (a fully working one I’d expect ~70, it’s about half dead).

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

Avoiding the sites ads and other garbage, I fed the url through the Kagi summarizer (“key moments” mode); here’s the output, verbatim:

• Shawn Layden, former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, has concerns about rising costs, consolidation in the industry, and game preservation.
• Consolidation through acquisitions can reduce creativity as studios are absorbed into larger companies and projects.
• Blockbuster games requiring huge budgets and long development times are risky and could limit creativity.
• The focus on only a few popular genres may prevent gaining new players who are not interested in those genres.
• Preservation of older games is important culturally but the industry has no unified effort to make past games widely accessible.
• Backwards compatibility has improved but many games from platforms like PS3 remain difficult to play on new consoles.
• Layden worries large acquisitions could reduce the number of creative voices as smaller studios are absorbed.
• The entry of tech giants like Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon could disrupt the game industry.
• Layden believes companies need to take more risks, find broader appeal, and develop more sustainable business models.
• While some acquisitions save studios, Layden remains concerned about the long-term impact on creativity within the industry.

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

No ads, ‘read this!’, ‘watch this video’, slide-out bullshit though. I got two paragraphs in and the text was like 1/4 of my phone screen, the rest were ads/links/slide-out offers. Fuck allllll that noise.

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

See, that’s the thing: I can’t install stuff for everyone’s phones. But I can offer a solution for others when I feel that it’s worth taking a minute of my day to do something for the benefit of many. So I did.

Or, more obviously: tf you complaining that I’m trying to help everyone? Lol

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

I asked it for key points though, as a wall of text seemed counter-intuitive. Out of curiosity, here’s the “summary” style:

Shawn Layden, former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, has expressed concerns about consolidation in the video game industry leading to less creativity as large publishers acquire more studios. He worries that independent studios will lose their creative spark when absorbed into massive projects from big publishers. Layden also questioned if the industry can continue growing by relying only on the same popular genres. Additionally, he advocated for better preservation of older games, arguing publishers have an obligation to make their entire history accessible to new generations. However, game preservation often does not help the bottom line. In summary, Layden makes compelling points about the need for disruption, more risks with new IP, and greater access to gaming’s past to ensure its vibrant future.

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

Yeah, I roll with NextDNS + Iceraven with uB, and + (at home) I also run a secondary DNS check locally on my router for adverts (and other categories), in the unusual chance that either uB or ND let one through. I have built this dome around my/family’s devices, but I get that it’s tedious and many don’t understand how to do this, but want to get the benefit. Plus in this particular instance, I find it really cool how the Kagi ai tool works (I’ve used it a few times myself when I don’t want to read a novel-worth of an article) and I’m paying for the privilege anyway so why not share the output.

Just wanted to help out a little :)

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

“hey gang, who wants to go sailing with me?”

“yarr!”