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DeriHunter, w Black Myth: Wukong – The First Hands-On Preview

Looks amazing and I don’t know it for a fact but it feels like the devs takes the time to perfect the game and it will come out polished… Of course this just my feeling

PeterPoopshit, w No Man's Sky 7th Anniversary Video

Wow I feel old now. 7 years? Already? In my mind No Man’s Sky is still a “new” game.

weirdo_from_space, w Killer Bean - Official Game Trailer

Fuck yeah, Killer Bean is back let’s go!

I wonder how the story will shape up because the first sequel series we’ve got was trash.

Secret300, w Killer Bean - Official Game Trailer

“This is a third person, roguelike shooter. Every time you start a new single player campaign, everything changes. The locations change, the missions change, the characters change, the bosses change, and most of all, the story changes. Characters who you trusted before, may turn against you. Enemies who tried to kill you, may end up helping you. Simple missions can turn into deadly traps. No two campaigns are the same.”

If they pull that off cleanly this game will actually be so amazing

Jamie, w Bethesda's Pete Hines Calls Out Former Blizzard WoW Team Lead Over 'Rushed' Starfield Start Screen Comments
@Jamie@jamie.moe avatar

It just looks like every other Bethesda start screen.

vaultdweller013,

That aint a bad thing, their start screens are simple but functional. Why put too much effort into it when 80 percent of the time it wont even be active for more than 5 seconds. Make it look nice but dont go overboard.

Skies5394, w 'A triumph': Brian Fargo, Mike Laidlaw, and other RPG architects weigh in on Baldur's Gate 3

This was a triump. I’m making a note here, huge success.

MrMcGasion,

That’s Mark Laidlaw.

(Technically Jonathan Coulton, but I couldn’t resist with Mike Laidlaw being in the title)

Call_Me_Maple,
@Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world avatar

It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction…

Aurenkin,

Larian studios. We do what we must, because we can.

PenguinTD,

For the good of all of us. Except the ones who are dead.

(edit: if you play evil route replace “good” to “evil” )

Bonesince1997, w Luck be a Landlord is now banned in 13 countries on the Google Play Store

“Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.”

For those curious about the game. Game details from Metacritic.

givesomefucks,

So it’s literally a slot machine simulator…

And the guy who made it doesn’t understand why it’s being taken down for gambling?

ironeagl,

So you think an FPS should be taken down for murder?

givesomefucks,

No because that’s not killing anyone.

But a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out.

So a slot machine simulator getting banned in countries that ban gambling makes perfect sense.

But the creator apparently thinks it’s because those countries just love capitalism so much…

I don’t know what’s hard to understand

ZombiFrancis,

Well the UAE for instance recently made a deal with a Las Vegas casino. Wynn Resorts.

Exceptions are made, clearly.

givesomefucks,

I googled that.

It’s set to open in 2027 because they’re confident by then it will be legal.

But it’s 2023 and it’s not legal. So sure, if in 2027 it’s legal and this mobile slot machine simulator is still banned, maybe it would matter

ZombiFrancis,

Really, Luck Be A Landlord just needs to call them ‘duty free luck draws’ or something. Or disguise the slots as horse races. Gambling is rampant in places like the UAE, it’s just gamed,(haw). So that’s all LBAL would need to do. I doubt it’s worth the effort for the sales in the countries banning it though.

ABCDE,

But it’s 2023 and it’s not legal. So sure, if in 2027 it’s legal and this mobile slot machine simulator is still banned, maybe it would matter

Except gambling on racing is legal.

Feathercrown,

Are you just trolling?

bogdugg,
@bogdugg@sh.itjust.works avatar

a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out

Uhh, no? That’s not what gambling is?

kmkz_ninja,

Didn’t you know that every choice you make throughout the day is gambling?

Poob,

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  • Cybersteel,
    @Cybersteel@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s gambling with your life man.

    Poob,

    See my previous comment

    hughperman,

    Every random number generator is gambling, dammit. Right down to quantum mechanics.

    PlzGivHugs,

    What about Vampire Survivors, as well as numerous other games, using spinners or other slot-machine-like animations to represent RPG drops? Should all of these games be banned for the same reason? If anything, many of these better re-create the slot machine experience with their flashy effects and more substantial results.

    givesomefucks,

    I’m not exactly up to date on mobile games…

    But if their primary gameplay is a slot machine simulator, then yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re also banned.

    Although people who play a lot of mobile games would explain the type of replies I’m getting. So it probably wasn’t intentional, but you did help, thanks!

    PlzGivHugs,

    These aren’t mobile games, they’re desktop games, and this isn’t anything new. These same themes and effects have been used for decades. As someone else points out, even the retro Mario games have you use spinners and slot machines. RNG is exciting and helps make a fun and engaging game. I mean, by that same logic, a game like Catan should be banned because one of its primary mechanics is just being rewarded for favorable dice rolls, as you would be when gambling on dice.

    Croquette,

    There is a metric fuckton of slot machine games on the playstore. This game, which isn’t gambling, is being limited while other slot machine games aren’t.

    It would be different if the policy was applied equally to other apps as well.

    ABCDE,

    But if their primary gameplay is a slot machine simulator, then yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re also banned.

    You’ve been told multiple times it is not.

    Feathercrown,

    LbaL is also on Steam btw, I played it there a few years ago

    pruwybn,
    @pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    In Super Mario Bros 2 you use a slot machine to get extra lives at the end of each level - I hope they’ve banned that game too.

    Guy_Fieris_Hair, (edited )

    FPS games aren’t actually killing anyone.

    And a slot machine simulator is not actually gambling. Gambling is the wagering of something of value (“the stakes”) on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. (Wikipedia) . If you are not paying or receiving money you are not gambling. You are just playing a game.

    Homeschooled316,

    Present evidence that fake gambling causes real gambling. Not evidence that it actives dopamine receptors. Actual gambling.

    Fantasy and fiction don’t cause maladaptive behavior. One day society will accept that this is still true for audiovisual media, just as it had to be slowly accepted for music, just as it had to be slowly accepted for books.

    givesomefucks,

    This is like saying meteorologists who predict the rain cause it…

    hyperhopper,

    The fps isn’t killing anybody and spinning the wheels in luck be a landlord isn’t taking anybody’s money.

    Neither is bad.

    ABCDE,

    But a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out.

    u wot? It’s not a slot machine simulator either.

    steb,
    @steb@kbin.social avatar

    Similar to some countries banning games that depict skulls or blood, these countries have banned games that depict gambling. This is different from banning games that contain loot boxes or actual gambling.

    all-knight-party,
    @all-knight-party@kbin.cafe avatar

    Uh oh, looks like all the Borderlands games are illegal. Gearbox better watch out

    givesomefucks,

    Too bad lootboxes are banned in a lot of countries so you couldn’t make a closer analogy…

    Kolanaki,
    !deleted6508 avatar

    The only loot boxes in Borderlands are the actual boxes of loot you find in the game world playing the game like any other box of loot in an RPG. Unless there’s a new one I haven’t heard of that contains MTX loot boxes.

    Detheroth,

    Google “Borderlands Golden Keys”. Been in the game since BL2 and was causing a stink even back then. Sure there is nothing exclusive to the Golden Chests (that I know of), but they are a quintessential Lootbox.

    Kolanaki, (edited )
    !deleted6508 avatar

    You mean the event exclusive shit you don’t actually have to pay for (outside of attending the events/seeing social media posts/the few that come with a DLC pack)?

    Per Gearbox’s official site for the game:

    How do I get Golden Keys? Golden Keys can only be unlocked by redeeming SHiFT codes. You can get SHiFT codes from official Gearbox sponsored events and social media accounts.

    Kolanaki,
    !deleted6508 avatar

    The only loot boxes in Borderlands are the actual boxes of loot you find in the game world playing the game like any other box of loot in an RPG. Unless there’s a new one I haven’t heard of that contains MTX loot boxes.

    givesomefucks,

    Even for someone with a username made out of emojis…

    Come on man, you can’t be that stupid

    Edit:

    Nevermind, saw that post history. That’s what I get for being an optimist

    Kolanaki, (edited )
    !deleted6508 avatar

    It sounds like you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. Have you ever actually played any of the Borderlands games? Or are you like @Detheroth and considering the event/pre-order exclusive codes needed to unlock golden keys as a lootbox, despite them not actually selling them for money? FFS, you can cheat to obtain these things by just copying your save file, since they’re stored locally on your profile.

    If you had argued over the season pass shit, you’d have somewhat of a point, though not anything to do with gambling. But you decided to focus on lootboxes.

    ABCDE,

    For someone who calls everyone else stupid, you’re pretty damn ignorant yourself.

    p03locke,
    @p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Anybody who has played the game will know how much of a dumbass take this is. It’s no more a “slot machine simulator” than Doom is a “military training simulator”.

    moosetwin,
    @moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar
    Kolanaki,
    !deleted6508 avatar

    Star Fox has a secret level with a slot machine as a boss and the only way to beat it is to successfully get a jackpot. It’s as much of a gambling sim as this dude’s game is.

    Iunnrais,

    His is less gambling. In starfox, it’s purely random. In his game, you strategically select the symbols that can appear on the machine to make combos more or less likely.

    Iunnrais,

    It’s not even a slot machine simulator. It’s more like a deck builder card game with a slot machine theme.

    Darkard, w Bethesda's Pete Hines Calls Out Former Blizzard WoW Team Lead Over 'Rushed' Starfield Start Screen Comments

    It’s looks like almost any video game ever. Menu, space in the top right for marketing.

    Some games put something more visual in the middle. But why does it matter. After playing BG3 for a while I’m just mashing the continue button as soon as it comes up.

    hughperman,

    any video game ever

    In the last 10ish years, more like.

    qooqie, w Old School RuneScape's poll for new sailing skill

    You fuckers better vote yes this shit cool af

    Zeus, w The wait between major video game sequels is getting longer

    i would like to say "good, it means more time for a polished game and hopefully less developer crunch"; but from the article's chart i can't see much of a trend at alla chart (missing the labels unfortunately) showing absolutely no increasing trend in time between releases

    hemko, w Old School RuneScape's poll for new sailing skill

    No voters unite! Osrs has no new skill, osrs needs no new skill

    dom,

    I know nothing about this, genuinely curious. Wouldn’t the new content be optional? If so, why couldn’t you just ignore it

    thanevim,

    Indeed it would. From what I have read and seen, I actually think this could be a lot of fun, and would be enough for me to start back up my membership. But every player uninterested in it can simply ignore it the same way they ignore having fun with Cooking

    SouthernCanadian,

    Devil’s advocate, it’s not optional if you want to keep your max cape, which is probably the best QoL item in the game

    hemko,

    Not only max cape but it affects almost all game forward. Imagine you make an account and opt out from magic or prayer.

    FracturedEel,

    And also you have to sell your soul to get one so

    ryannathans,

    You sound like you’d fit in at !2009scape

    comedy, w 'A triumph': Brian Fargo, Mike Laidlaw, and other RPG architects weigh in on Baldur's Gate 3
    @comedy@kbin.social avatar

    Don’t get me wrong - I’m absolutely happy that this game is doing well, that people love it, that it isn’t exploitative, etc. those are all great things.

    But do we need a daily article essentially restating the same thing?

    snooggums,
    @snooggums@kbin.social avatar

    Yes! Articles about popularity should always be as populous as the popular pop culture topic.

    Pop.

    EthicalDogMeat, w Old School RuneScape's poll for new sailing skill

    I haven’t played for years but I enjoy the memes and YouTube content. Sailing would mean more content to watch so I hope it passes

    Guntrigger, w Bethesda's Pete Hines Calls Out Former Blizzard WoW Team Lead Over 'Rushed' Starfield Start Screen Comments

    It looks good. Reminds me of Halo start screens. I wonder if there’s a rousing orchestral accompaniment.

    18+ naz_arrete, w The wait between major video game sequels is getting longer
    @naz_arrete@shelter.moe avatar

    @nanoUFO more time better game

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