wreckedcarzz

wreckedcarzz, 19 godzin temu

Re 2, I was and am angry about how MS handled the Xbox exclusives. They spent the 90s making games for the pc that were great, and then the Xbox drops and the pc market is ignored for years. “just buy the console” makes no sense when I have a far superior machine right here, and when multi-player is behind a subscription. I was gifted an Xbox a few years after launch, along with Midtown Madness 3, the only game I wanted - and never gave MS a cent of my own money. I stayed on Halo 1 for years, then when Halo 2 finally dropped for the pc, I got it and enjoyed my first playthrough on my computer. My first playthrough of H3, ODST, and 4 weren’t until the MCC dropped on steam. I got Forza bundled with the Xbox, but it wasn’t until Horizon 3 released on pc that I got into it.

I fucking despise the 15-year window where MS just abandoned their loyal customers on pc to milk people with their inferior box and subscription bullshit. The smartest move they have made was re-embrace the pc as a customer base. And 8 year-old me could have told those moronic C-suites in 2001. They isolated a core customer base for short-term profits, and they have earned nothing but resentment for it.

The Xbox should have always been a product for “I don’t understand computers, but I want to play games”, while the pc should have remained a “I know what I’m doing, and I don’t need a walled garden”. MS fucked up massively, and lost out on revenue trying to force their hand for a decade+. The fact that they release on both is nothing but positive, as they get customers from both camps, and they finally are undoing a bit of the hate and resentment they caused.

wreckedcarzz, 6 dni temu

It’s actually quite small

wreckedcarzz, 17 dni temu

Then there is me, who has only had it when it was on $1 promo and I used it to get a 10% discount to buy a game, and then immediately cancel the pass.

I guess if it stayed $1 indefinitely I’d keep the sub, but beyond that, nope.

wreckedcarzz, 22 dni temu

Don’t forget the multi-player subscription!

wreckedcarzz, 22 dni temu

pulls cover off, scooby-doo style

stadia

wreckedcarzz, miesiąc temu

Phew, I’m glad this just applies to in-game npcs

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

Kotaku: “sold to click-farm powerhouse Valnet”

That very same page: click-bair links after paragraph 1, paragraph 2, a top-anchored video link after paragraph 3, and an endless list of links at the bottom of the page. And that’s with DNS ad-blocking and ublock. I’m curious what it looks like without, but I don’t want to get tech-cancer.

Don’t throw shit if you are also covered in it, Kotaku. I never really liked the site but I don’t remember it being in this sad of a state…

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

“you can pay us, and we won’t break your legs for a while longer” -ms

W10 IoT is a thing, and will get updates for a few more years, no mafia shakedown required.

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

Disagree - I’ve done it, it is easy and straightforward, but anyone who hasn’t installed an OS on bare metal and used a certain tool that you can get from Github to activate MS products, isn’t going to explain the process as “super easy”. More like “a mother-fucking pain in the ass” and “why did you suggest this” and “what the fuck is an iso”.

This is definitely “I’ll swing by this month and install it” territory, not “here’s a guide, ez pz” for anyone older than 40 who didn’t major in CS.

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

Running an EoL operating system is surely what you want to do with your personal dat-

Aaaaaaand it’s been compromised

wreckedcarzz, 2 miesiące temu

ClamAV, if you want more than just common sense. Firewall is built-in to kubu.

wreckedcarzz, 3 miesiące temu

I found out recently that steam now let’s devs create subscriptions as opposed to one-time charges, so it’s 110% that

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

Yeah, I have the option on graphene

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

Okay, you develop and release a game for free then, only being allowed to charge for it after a few years.

What, you don’t want to do that?

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

cesspool of bullshit games

You sure you aren’t confusing Steam with the EA App?

(god that name is completely braindead)

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

It’s because EA games have been regurgitated trash since like 2010

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

The NFS series (“look how they massacred my boy”), The Sims, Burnout mostly. Battlefield as well, I’ve watched that series implode from the sidelines instead of in my face.

O.o @ your last sentence there. I’m a flaming gay furry, diversity is great.

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

I do hold nfs hp 2010 as well as nfs mw 2012 in a good light, so that’s why “like” 2010 :p

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu

Normal is taking a publishers promises up the ass to fund the game. Granted if I see the next Need for Speed up on early access for $60 then yeah, I get what you are saying, but early access was made so small teams (or solo devs) can not starve while working on a passion project.

A couple of games that come to mind are BeamNG, which only released on early access after 3 years in development (and offering the full game at a very low price); it’s still in development, almost 13 years so far, with regular updates. And Motor Town, which afaik is a team of two people, one making the world and the other doing everything else; they have been in development for 3 years now.

An example of a successful game that started in early access and was finished is Wreckfest. It took something like 5 years. If I remember correctly they had to take a publishing deal midway through, which is unfortunate, but the finished project is great.

Early access is an alternative way to stay afloat while making a game. At least, that’s how it should be. Everything in life has risks. Losing $10-20 after a year of playing a game in development just to have the dev croak, lose interest, change career paths… Isn’t that big of a deal. I’d much rather take that frustration and channel it to piece of shit publishers that axe games a few years after release, taking the full amount and running.

wreckedcarzz, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

Unbound is… an improvement over heat, yeah. I own a copy, only because it’s a birthday gift and it was $10. I also own heat, got it for $1.25, want my $1.25 back. Whatever the one with the upgrade cards system is trash - and I pre-ordered it. NFS 2015 is… Soulless, awkward. Nevertheless, they all pale in comparison to their older brethren. I’ve been on the nfs train since 3, I own almost all of them, across multiple systems. It’s been an honestly depressing downward spiral - and my friends agree, so it’s not just a sole data point. I think I’m the only one who has heat or unbound, even though I poked people when heat was a dollar, even when unbound was five. That’s… not good. These are people who also love racing games, also love the series.

Burnout got a remaster on the EA App. I bought it, because the ultimate box on pc never included big surf island, and I wanted to experience it. But also, EA bought Criterion to shutter the competing series. They belong in that list. EA killed the game, then they gutted and merged the studio, then restarted the studio in name only trying to do damage control. Then, they used it for a quick buck with burnout, with no effort at all. Similar how the re-release of TS1 and 2 is. EA is essentially serving shovelware itself at this point, ruining the last of their goodwill from the ‘good old days’.

I’ve read battlefield (whatever the latest one is) was half-baked on launch, and from friends who play it, told me to get CoD instead (which is a low blow if I’ve ever seen one; that’s a series that needs to be put out to pasture, imo). Older versions apparently have shitty/broken multi-player game browsing now, and the player base is dwindling because of it. I can’t independently verify any of this, just trusted friends and reviews. The last one I played myself was bad company 2, and I thought it was alright, no big problems.

shrug

E: yeah, it was payback with the card bs

wreckedcarzz, 6 miesięcy temu

Yeah, but then you’d need the epic store/launcher, so…

wreckedcarzz, 6 miesięcy temu

GOG installer is offline

You download it immediately after purchase, and should archive it somewhere, same as everything else you purchase digitally

how does that work

…

wreckedcarzz, 6 miesięcy temu

It’s like you’ve never heard of archival or how to keep data safe, protected, or backed up.

Also intentionally missing the valid point when compared to physical items just shoots yourself in the foot for any further arguments.

wreckedcarzz, 6 miesięcy temu

Kelso from That 70’s Show: “BURN!”

wreckedcarzz, 6 miesięcy temu

The one downvote from a cheater 👌

wreckedcarzz, 7 miesięcy temu

Exhibit A:

nfs games up to and including MW 2012

These are solid, enjoyable entries in the series. Peaked with Underground 2 and MW 2005, but the takeover/acquisition of Criterion pumped new life into HP 2010 and MW 2012.

Exhibit B:

nfs games released after MW 2012

These are dogshit. Heavy dlc, meh progression, horrible to play on a keyboard, stupid upgrade systems (cards? cards? are you retarded, EA?), always-online, shitty online servers, horrendous physics, so arcadey that they make actual arcade racing games look desirable.

You’ll note that this game is in the second group.

I got it as a gift a couple weeks ago, they paid $10 for it, which I was holding out for >$5 to buy myself; it’s actually better than the last iteration, but not by much. That game - heat - I thrashed on at launch and 6mo later, and when the premium or whatever edition dropped to like $1.25, I finally bought it (10h demo before) and honestly, I want my $1.25 back. Here, $5 for unbound is about right, near the upper limit.

If they hadn’t killed Criterion (the reboot is in name only, the talent jumped ship with the forced merge), nfs might be awesome still. They have to do a metric fuck-load to save this series. I have almost every game, I’m a massive fan of the series… But for the past decade, it’s fucking dogshit.

wreckedcarzz, 7 miesięcy temu

Vista, followed by XP.

wreckedcarzz, 8 miesięcy 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, 8 miesięcy temu

gestures to the other 99% of gamers

wreckedcarzz, 9 miesięcy temu

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

…

Oh wait no fuck oh god oh what have we done

wreckedcarzz, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy 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, 9 miesięcy temu

Of course not.

I have taste.

wreckedcarzz, 9 miesięcy temu

Dom Nintendo 🥺👉👈

wreckedcarzz, 10 miesięcy temu

For 1y though? Mod defo has microscopic pp

wreckedcarzz, 11 miesięcy temu

Any more details? :o

wreckedcarzz, rok 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, rok 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, rok 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, rok 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, rok 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, rok 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, rok temu

monopoly

No, you need uplay for that

wreckedcarzz, rok 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, rok 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, rok temu

Achievement unlocked: Starting to Excel

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

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

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

wreckedcarzz, rok temu

I just got an incredible idea for a game…

wreckedcarzz, rok 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