Agent_Karyo

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

I can't wait till they add true turn based combat to Pillars of Eternity.

I played about 3-4 hours and the loved setting and the world, but the real time combat did not work for me.

I don't mind real-time combat, but it has to be in third person.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

I don't think it's that popular, more like a cult classic of sorts.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if it is better known in Scandinavia and parts of Eastern Europe.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I've been meaning to try one of these lofi late night shift at a retail store horror games.

Not sure which one to try though, there are multiple with their own specific hooks.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

After some thinking, I decided to pursue a revival for PS2 emulation on Android devices. A little side note, I don’t use Android, I’ve been an iPhone user since I’d received my first phone, my intentions were for the community remaining in Aether, as well as the overall Android community given how AetherSX2 went down. I first tried by recruiting new developers but come to find out it’s not an easy task whatsoever. I did manage to recruit two developers to the initial project, but busy schedules and a lack of progress led to stagnation, so I put my ambitions on hold for the time being.

Interesting that one of the lead devs of a PS2 Android emulator uses an iPhone. Nothing wrong with that, just peculiar.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

There are multiple film studio management games (with different approaches to gameplay mechanics) that are probably a much better choice:

• The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
• Hollywood Animal - Played the demo, it's a different concept that one would expect from a "movie tycoon".
• Movies Tycoon
• Blockbuster Inc.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

Thanks for sharing.

Might have to try this, it's basically free in my region.

The concept sounds awesome, but it seems the implementation needs some work.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

Soma adds Halloween theming in PATHOS-II for a time limited period?

I am surprised I've never heard of this. Seems a bit out of character.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

Arguably the issue isn't so much in the gaming landscape as the history behind the game.

His previous "game" was a crypto/NFT scam where they sold land (as NFTs) to people who were speculating they could make IRL money from renting out this "land" to plebs.

It was a complete failure. I played it for an hour on a free sever (or something similar). The gameplay was complete shit, it was tedious and grindy (like mobile titles), a repetitive and uninspired experience, graphics were ugly, the multiplayer elements didn't really make much sense.

All the NFT buyers got destroyed while Molyneux collected tens of millions.

Allegedly that money was used to "invest" in Masters of Albion.

But the real kicker is that Masters of Albion seems to be based on that NFT scam game engine (which IMO is beyond saving).

I wouldn't be surprised if this a managed exit from his previous crypto/NFT scam "game".

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I would prefer if neither one was a thing.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

The only time I ever tried loot boxes was with TF2 and Dota2 back in the early to mid 2010s.

I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I was looking for in gaming. These days I mostly play indie games where monetisation is not issue. Even gave up on Paradox because I am not okay with their DLC approach. I don't mind paying for DLC, but one has to look at their release of Cities: Skylines 2 to see that they've really become the "EA of Europe".

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

If they have the resources (I am assuming Cloudpunk performed significantly above their initial projections), I have no issues with them taking longer (as long as they aren't stuck in development hell).

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

The city in the original was a huge, you could get lost exploring all the different neighbourhoods. Almost all of them had their own style and design.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

If you Piefed, you'll get big sacks of money instead.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I guess it depends on how you define PC. But older consoles also used CPUs that were found in desktops (and laptops), although they weren't PCs in the strict sense.

• Sega Mega Drive (and other consoles) used the Motorola 68K that was also used on Macintosh and Amiga.
• Game Gear and Sega Master System used the Zilog Z80 which was also used in the ZX Spectrum and other computers.
• N64, PSOne, PS2 used MIPS CPUs which were often used in high-end computer systems (SGI).

Consoles did often have custom GPUs though.

That being said, these days both Playstation and Xbox are literally locked down, custom form factor, AMD Ryzen CPU + Radeon GPU PCs.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I wouldn't limit it to x86 though.

Playstation 2 supported Linux and it ran MIPS, which was the architecture used in SGI Indigo systems, perhaps most famously seen in Jurassic Park's "it's a UNIX system" scene.

It seems that even Playstation One has an (early) public Linux port.

There is no right answer of course. :)

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I would argue that this actually makes his opinion more relevant, as executive management is more likely to think like Ybarra, as opposed to someone that regrets the decline of Blizzard.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I still play the original Majesty to this day (it's been a quarter of century since I tried the demo from a gaming magazine CD).

There have been a lot of attempts to make a real sequel to Majesty. This seems like the closest one, but I have yet to play it myself.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

So basically it has little to do with the original VTMB and what made it great (other than the brand name).

They should have just made a random vampire adventure game.

I think The Chinese Room makes solid games, but they have zero experience in immersive, complex RPGs.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

The combat was honestly subpar (especially guns), but the quest design, character design, conversation and skill/clan system was super well done (I would argue these are critical elements for gameplay).

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

I wonder if it would be possible to make a single-player release for EOL.

Agent_Karyo, miesiąc temu

But those 81 cities take up a tiny portion of global land area.

A quick Excel import of the table from Wikipedia suggests that the "urban area" for those 81 cities is 190 K KM(2).

Total land mass on early 148.94 M KM(2).

So the world land could hold ~63,400 such cities.

It would likely take many years to build a city like Guadalajara (#81 on the wikipedia list).

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu

I generally use Steam forums/news for relatively niche indie/AA games in the economic strategy/city-builder genres. Rarely do you encounter overly heated discussion with some exceptions around Denuvo use or a particularly intense debate about gameplay approaches.

But I have seen some sections of Steam that honestly look surreal due to the level of toxicity and the overall bad faith tone.

Valve should honestly police this stuff, they have more than enough resources to do so, but they won't since it goes against the "scalability and automation" mantra of modern technology companies.

P.S. I don't consider free speech issues to be relevant in this case. One can always start their own site/forum and spam it with whatever they like. If product owners finds this valuable, they can join the shitbox.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

I am not American, I have a completely different perspective on this topic than most North Americans (lived there for a decade, as well as Europe and Asia for many years).

I was using the term in a very broad sense. Think of it as more of an "off the cuff" remark.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu

I clearly am a gamer, but I hate that term. I wish there was a more neutral, almost formal term.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu

Yeah, that sounds about right. Although it does a bit funny. :)

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu

There is no mention of asynchronous online gameplay on their page. Just single player or "classical" coop.