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llii, w A new fan-made port of Wipeout can be played in a web browser

I whish games would recognize that some lanugages keyboards have the Y and Z keys swapped.

MomoTimeToDie,

I wish some languages would realize their keyboards are wrong

sugar_in_your_tea,

Or that some people use non-“standard” layouts like Dvorak and Colemak. It’s not hard to just use the key code instead of relying on the key label.

simple, w Baldur's Gate 3 is now the top rated game on Open Critic

I wouldn’t expect that to last long though, a lot of reviewers still haven’t played enough of it to give it a rating so right now the sample size is pretty small. Even IGN hasn’t submitted their review yet, and usually they’re early. The game is just really big.

vezrien,

I agree with a lot of your post - but it started at 92, after a few days it was 95, then 2 weeks after release its 97. If anything, more reviews will mean a higher score.

520,

That assumes everyone is going to be rating it in the 90s, which is far from a guarantee even for games that absolutely deserve it. Especially when the cRPG genre isn't exactly an industry darling.

Virkkunen,
@Virkkunen@kbin.social avatar

Do game journalists even rate things less than a 90 anyways?

M0oP0o,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

Depends on if the cheque clears.

LucidNightmare,

People downvoting you is fucking hilarious. I hate to break it to them, but both movie and game reviews were bought out quite some time ago. Watch gameplay, read multiple reviews not from the critics, but from real people who actually tried to enjoy the game instead of doing some mediocre checklist.

M0oP0o,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

I think if it was not the case we would have seen a lot more failing grades lately. I mean some of the titles did not even work on launch yet somehow 9/10?

LucidNightmare,

Exactly. The same critics they are desperately waiting for their approval are the same ones who will give a trash and micro transaction bloated piece of shit game over a 90, but then a well developed and labor of love below a 90 because the better game was indie and didn’t pay them for the review.

Bluescluestoothpaste,

I mean yeah dude and bg3 is a brilliant effing game you saying it doesn’t deserve great ratings?

bionicjoey,

Ign shouldn’t have much issue with it. There isn’t too much water

kadu,
@kadu@lemmy.world avatar

They get memed a lot about this, but I actually agree with that ORAS review. The water does hurt navigation for a huge chunk of the game.

520, (edited )

I also agree but for different reasons...

For those that live under a rock, Pokémon heavily relies on a weakness/strength system based on 'types'. Both the Pokémon and individual moves have types. Hitting weaknesses will wreck faces, while hitting strengths is practically useless. This is an important preface to my point.

In the regular land terrain, you can find Pokémon of pretty much all types, which forces you to change up your own Pokémon to adapt.

In water terrain though, the Pokémon you'll find, both in the wild and on trainers, is 99% water as a main type, and it is here where we come across the real problem.

Without any grinding, you can absolutely blitz through any challenges in those areas with a few reliable Electric or Grass types or even moves, to the point where it's just not fun to do.

But at the same time, you have to go through these areas to progress, and the game heavily encourages you to use Pokémon/moves that hit weaknesses. It's been teaching you to do this the entire time. which means most players will experience the drag and not set their own fun to counteract this. That is a legit negative.

dom,

It really is bad design. I have no idea how it became a meme when the criticism is so obviously linked to this

520, (edited )

I think they just summed it up really badly. At the end of an IGN score, you've got compliments and criticisms at the bottom, summed up in short sentences.

'over-reliance on Water Pokémon' or 'some routes are boringly easy' would both be infinitely better sentences than 'too much water', which on the face of it, and without context, does sound like a bullshit bullet point.

dom,

The “too much water” was intended to talk about too many water pokemon, as well as the poor navigation of water levels.

To me, when people try to discredit ign because of “too much water” I immediately know their opinion is worthless because they didnt read the review and couldn’t piece together what the criticism was in the first place.

Rayspekt,

I'm out of the loop, can you fill me in on that to much water meme?

520, (edited )

'too much water' was a summary negative point in the IGN review of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games.

On the face of it, that complaint sounds fucking ridiculous, but is actually very valid due to the way those games handle waterways; they are the only terrain filled almost entirely with a single Pokémon type, with all others having wide varieties.

This makes large sections of the game a pathetically easy and boring breeze even by Pokémon standards; one reliable Electric or Grass type and you're set.

However, that sentence was in the TL;DR bullet points of the review, which sounds fucking ridiculous without context.

WarmSoda,

I thought it came from thier review of Spider-Man?

520,

Nope, here's the Know Your Meme page (IGN itself no longer shows the pros/cons section)

https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/866746-ign

WarmSoda,

Thanks, I learneded today

Kbin_space_program,

However, there are:
• Jumping puzzles dependent on either high strength or specific spells.
• Inventory management is critical, particularly grabbing a few emptied crates/chests/backpacks and dumping them into your personal storage chest so you can quickly sort.

Both of those, based on previous reviews, make a decent score from IGN unlikely.

HellAwaits,

Imagine caring what IGN thinks.

NanoooK, w It costs $100 to unlock all of Street Fighter 6’s TMNT content | VGC

Don’t buy the game then. Editor won’t stop if their sales don’t decrease.

else,

The game is great and easily the best japanese fighting game experience for casuals. (Mechanically I prefer anime fighters though.) For once a Japanese game has all the bells and whistles instead of almost purely focusing on the multiplayer.

The cosmetics are what they are. At least it’s not p2w but it’s up to consumers to not spend if they don’t agree with paying more in a game they already bought.

Edit: downvote me all you want but the truth is that street fighter 6 was a very big step forward for japanese fighting games in terms of what they offer consumers. The fgc hasn’t had games that can truly appeal to and bring in new players so I can’t help but be happy for it. The only exceptions would be NRS’s games and smash.

cantstopthesignal,

I don’t know why people hate on this so much. Cosmetics are how they want to make money and it doesn’t fuck up the game play.

WarmSoda, w Translators for Baldurs Gate 3 worked for 3 years translating more than 1 million words and Altagram Group only credited their execs and leads

That’s how being a vender works.

deranger,

I’d say that’s okay if only the company is credited by name, but the execs names were included. If they’re including names, include all the names. It’s not a long list from what I saw on Twitter.

SuperSleuth, w The Lords of the Fallen: The First 13 Minutes of Gameplay

It seems like this game took a lot of “inspiration” from FromSoft’s titles. That’s opening it up to critiques and comparisons to FromSoft’s game design.

Like how the riposte mechanic doesn’t look like it really impacts enemies in the same satisfying way.

icepuncher69, w The First 16 Minutes of Blasphemous 2 Gameplay

Great, i love blasphemous 1. 2nd now looks even better.

Call_Me_Maple, w Assassin's Creed Mirage has gone gold and is coming out a week early
@Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world avatar

Let’s hope that it’s actually ready.

Coelacanth, w This Fallout New Vegas Mod adds a real-time reflections system
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

WallSoGB really just burst onto the scene last year and established himself as one of the absolute top tier FNV modders alongside lStewieAl, Xilandro et al.

Incredible the things people are doing with this game. We got true picture-in-picture scopes earlier this year, now real time reflections. What’s next?

nick, w This Fallout New Vegas Mod adds a real-time reflections system

The FNV modding scene is great. I just installed Living Desert last night and was very impressed.

Lojcs, w Assassin's Creed Mirage has gone gold and is coming out a week early

What’s the point of coming out a week early?

keefshape,

Ask Larian. They seem to have garnered some extra good-will.

Secret300, w Xbox backwards compatibility sends old Call of Duty games back into the Top Five | UK Monthly Charts

people finally realized that you don’t need 100GB of textures and micro-transactions to have fun. Never thought I’d see the day

ABCDE, w Switch hits 30m lifetime unit sales during July | Japan Monthly Charts

Thought that was very low until I saw that this is just in Japan. Wow.

steal_your_face, w Quake II - Official Trailer (2023)
@steal_your_face@lemmy.ml avatar

If you already own quake ii on steam this is a free update which is cool.

Altreus,

I just discovered this. Insane! Not that I’m complaining. Wanted to stream it but wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get it … Win!

Lolors17, w Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time"
@Lolors17@feddit.de avatar

If I’m being honest, they deserve it. I played Overwatch 2 maybe 10 Times, the constant reminder that you aren’t playing for fun, but for a totally original and new character or something very useful like a skin in the battle pass is quite annoying. The 5v5 was at first glance refreshing but got old at a rapid pace. Just play Team Fortress 2 if you’re looking for a great shooter.

LargestDong,

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  • Mr_Dr_Oink,

    They dont push it on you, except when you need to grind 45 levels a season just to be able to play the new character that anyone willing to pay already has.

    Maybe thats not a problem for you, i dont k ow your situation, but i get enough time for maybe 2 or 3 games a night except when i have nothing else on. I BARELY scraped getting rammattra and i had to win 35 games as support to get lifeweaver (which sucked as a solo player). Now theres another one i have no hope in hell of unlocking unless i want to cough up the cash.

    That isnt fun, its a fucking drain. Its boring and its a complete slap in the face for anyone who supported overwatch 1 and waited years for the version of overwatch 2 that we were all promised that isnt going to happen.

    No thanks. Im going to play baldurs gate 3.

    99nights,

    God forbid you have an actual life when it comes to others and gaming.

    LargestDong,

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  • Mr_Dr_Oink,

    So you are saying that you had a different experience to me and that is exactly my point. Putting aside the fact that i glfind it very unlikely that you got the new hero “with ease” i did not and winning 35 games as support as a solo player is not easy or fun.

    Regardless saying you dont need the new hero shows you dont really understand the mechanics of the game. You are supposed to be able to change your character to counter the choices the opposing team have made. If the new character is a good counter and i dont have them then i lose out. Simple as that.

    Zardoz, w Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time"

    Guess that’ll be the last time they put a game on steam

    Call_Me_Maple,
    @Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world avatar

    Nah, the next CoD is most definitely coming to Steam. Blizzard had to know that these reviews were coming from the discourse online alone. Plus, pretty sure that it’s Microsoft’s decision to do so now anyways and there’s no way their going to limit their potential profits by locking out a platform like that just over some bad reviews.

    Contend6248,

    You poor soul, do you think they give one single fuck?

    Blizzard is tone deaf, all they look at is the moneyflow

    r1veRRR,

    How is everybody just now finding out how capitalism works? Any public company is LEGALLY REQUIRED to care only about shareholder profits. It is literally illegal for them to do anything else.

    upandatom,

    This is not true.

    the_post_of_tom_joad,

    That’s a widespread belief my friend, that is just not true.

    chiliedogg,

    Fiduciary duty is a real thing. Agent/principal relationships require the agent to try and get the maximum return for the level of risk.

    Even if a CEO doesn’t have a written fiduciary duty in their contract do, the company as a whole usually does.

    The CEO of a public corporation reports to the board who report to index fund managers who have a agent/principal relationships with all of their investors.

    upandatom,

    Your examples are not counter points to the original claim of

    Any public company is LEGALLY REQUIRED to care only about profits. It is literally illegal for them to do anything else.

    chiliedogg,

    The comment was basically shorthand for “a fiduciary duty exists between corporate leadership and shareholders, creating a legally-enforceable requirement that the only consideration be maximum potential return on investment for existing shareholders and risk.”

    r1veRRR,

    It’s absolutely true in practice. CEOs have gotten sued for not acting in the shareholders best interests.

    And in relation to the original comment I replied to, are you truly saying that companies, esp. public companies, are not, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, beholden to making money for the shareholders? Any “nice” company will make less money, will not compete well, will then fail or be bought out by the less nice, more profitable company.

    the_post_of_tom_joad,

    Im not a lawyer, but I’ve looked into this misunderstanding before and it stems from what constitutes "breaking one’s fiduciary duty to investors. While deliberately acting against the interests of investors is illegal, ive yet to hear of a lawsuit, let alone a successful one, brought by an investor for not making all of the money. Id be interested in hearing an investment oriented lawyers perspective since from what i understand, the full extent of fiduciary duty has not been tested that way in court

    JustZ,
    @JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

    Lawyer here, it is true.

    Board of directors and company officers have a fiduciary duty to the stockholders and the corporate entity.

    Acts done outside their authority as stated in the articles of corporations are said to be ultra vires. They are absolutely actionable.

    When the directors or officers breach the fiduciary duty to shareholders, they are liable under what’s called a derivative action, because it is derivative of the contract represented by the stock certificate.

    Kraivo,

    They only come to steam because of desperation

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