Allero

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Don’t resist her fire~

Allero, miesiąc temu

The time has come.

I remember vividly myself as a child playing Homeworld 2 multiplayer with my older brother (over the LAN?)

Had hard time wrapping my head around 3D navigation, but enjoyed having fun time with him and that’s what matters

Kinda scared to return and see what is it now, as third game finally rolled out. Probably quite nostalgic? :)

Also, for Hiigara! For Kharak!

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Developers generally have a choice between going to one of the massive publishers (which allows for better promotion and for expensive games to pay off, but comes at a cost of their will over devs), or to self-release, which means way less players will even know about the game, not to mention buy it.

Arrowhead realistically only had the first option.

That’s not to say there’s no fault of theirs in the situation, just that it’s not a free choice and that Sony is still the main culprit

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Yeah, like, you know what is best for PC players, it just doesn’t come together with financial interest :D

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Honestly I’d rather have a cheater in my lobby than Riot Games deep into the sections of my PC they should never have accessed.

With that said, I do not play Valorant for this reason (and also because it would require me to dualboot since Vanguard cannot be ported on Linux, lol)

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Made me imagine a page where everyone everyday can leave 1 vote on how good the government performs

If the scores are too low for a prolonged period of time, the government is dismissed.

(Obviously a very first-second concept with millions of flaws - just a thought)

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Two-party system is the enemy of democracy to begin with

But maybe even they would be more inclined to do better everyday

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

If that would be true, all games would be indie titles.

Unfortunately, those promotions DO matter, and absolute majority of indie games never pull it off, because we never even get to hear about them.

Promotion makes a difference between a cool game no one knows about and a game everyone plays.

And when everyone is expected to buy your game, you have much bigger budgets to make the game not just conceptually good, but also greatly executed.

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Many countries actually have such systems in place today, even Russia (lol) - not that they work too well.

Normally, there are two sources of issues here: petitions can in fact be declined, and, in cases where the signature count depends on scale of the petition they can be intentionally escalated as to make it impossible to gain enough signatures. Besides, in many cases petitions can be left unanswered for longer than promised.

Long story short, the system is open to shenanigans and doesn’t make the government truly accountable.

We need the system that would actually make politicians rapidly lose their jobs when they ignore public opinion.

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

That’s what I normally do - pirate or ignore AAA’s, but always buy indies.

The problem with the union idea is that most games just won’t pay off huge investments, so there needs to be someone competent who filters out profitable games, and funds games based on expected returns…and at that point we get, essentially, a publisher company. Or maybe a cooperative. But barely a union.

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Completely depends on who is allowed to vote.

If slaves would have a vote, they’d certainly strongly choose one option :D

Same for the discriminated groups.

If they don’t have a vote, this depends on the rest of society in the short run, but can cause violent rebellions in the long one. Democratic system does not eliminate possibility of revolt.

Allero, 2 miesiące temu

Long story short: Sony decided (after sales!) to make it impossible for players to get into their already purchased copy of Helldivers 2 without a PlayStation Network account. Originally, players could just use their Steam accounts.

The problem, aside from bloating and privacy concerns, is that there are many regions in which PlayStation Network isn’t even available, meaning hundreds of thousands of gamers would just be locked out of the game they bought.

Now, after immense pressure (players immediately dumped game reviews into oblivion, and bombarded the developers, forcing them to renegotiate with Sony) it was decided not to make PlayStation Network linking mandatory.

Allero, 5 miesięcy temu

And even then it was amazing. Honestly, some games of the era just never lost relevancy, and I play a few myself to this day.

(Picture - Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, 2003, the best lightsaber fighting game of all times)

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/aca3cae1-f24a-4fa8-afa9-273be1cd4ad5.jpeg

Allero, 5 miesięcy temu

The industry has long invented a near-perfect solution:

MAKE IT TWO LESBIAN GIRLS

• They are gay
• They are loved by straights
• Straight girls who see it invariably turn bi
• Yay!

The only side still uncovered is gay men, that’s all.

Allero, 6 miesięcy temu

Female character will most likely be aesthetically superior for many males, no matter how many customizations you make.

Allero, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu)

Unironically, sometimes I’d like to be a chameleon that can turn female-looking in a whim (and back, if desired)

Games make it incredibly easy.

Not trans, though. Genderfluid? Maybe. But I still need my masculinity.

Allero, 6 miesięcy temu

Watched video too, and it gave me an insight: feminine characters lay better on my gentle and caring personality, allowing me to better express myself.

I can play such caracter more organically, and there’s also less social friction when in multiplayer (interestingly, even when party knows I am, in fact, male)