EvilBit

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EvilBit,

There was an attempt…

store.steampowered.com/…/Underworld_Ascendant/

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EvilBit,

I used to sing Sub Terrania’s praises long before it was cool. That game is a gem. The development team was a bunch of demoscene madmen who were able to wring miracles out of the Genesis and eventually created IO Interactive, which went on to make Hitman and the upcoming 007 game.

Their later game, Red Zone, is a technological flex like nothing else.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyrinx

EvilBit,

It really was brutal, but in the way that makes you very aware that it’s your fault for sucking at it.

EvilBit,

Excuse my ignorance of genre names, but isn’t Rogue Trader a fully blown Warhammer CRPG?

Random Screenshots of my Games #57 - Aperture Desk Job (lemmy.world) angielski

I was actually in the middle of a Half-Life review (spoiler for my next post!) and I got a new Steam Deck in the mail, which thoroughly distracted me for the past few days. That, and I threw my back out, so sitting comfortably at my gaming PC has been impossible lately. Instead, I’ve been lying in bed, enjoying some of my...

EvilBit,

Valve did the same thing for the Index VR kit. They create these little brief but fully produced games to demonstrate the functionality when they release new hardware, and they’re delightful.

EvilBit,

That first paragraph is AI slop as fuck.

EvilBit,

Doesn’t it also end with you literally exploding Hitler’s face?

What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection. angielski

No games that lead to players being pissed at other players, even outside of the confines of the game. I’ve had that happen with, for example, Secret Hitler, so no Secret Hitler....

EvilBit,

Cottage Garden is very satisfying. You Tetris together garden pieces to fill plots and you can cover a single spot with a sleeping kitty. There’s scoring and competition, but it’s not antagonistic in any way.

I’m also a big fan of cooperative games in general.

EvilBit,

If you like Horrified, you should try and track down the Ravensburger Wonder Woman game. Similar style but has an awesome mechanic to prevent coop quarterbacking.

Players strategize using a set of face up cards, but receive some face down cards afterward and have to program 3 actions using the whole set without communicating, adapting plans based on the newly revealed cards. Then each action plays out simultaneously for all players. It makes sense in action and is really quite elegant. I’m a big fan.

EvilBit,

Ping me back with your thoughts if you find yourself a copy!

EvilBit,

Oh no, two live service cesspools didn’t get released.

Anyway…

EvilBit,

It’s hilarious and incredible how we still haven’t made a Metroidvania game that solidly and undeniably bests the game that added the -vania in the first place.

EvilBit,

Gunstar fucking Heroes. You’re a gentleperson and a scholar.

EvilBit,

Hollow Knight never did it for me for some reason. I’m sure it’s great, but I just can’t get into it. Like, at all.

Day 180 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (pxscdn.com) angielski

I finished Max Payne 2 today. I didn’t realize going into this how much Max Payne had setup for other Remedy Games, specifically Alan Wake. The in-game show Address Unknown has so much in Common with Alan Wake II such as the evil double, alternate reality New York, and the implication of a “Next Level”. it’s uncanny....

EvilBit,

Max Payne 2 is one of my favorite games of all time on any platform. Great memories. I don’t like how Remedy went so far down the artsy unintelligible plotting road after that, but they’re still one of the best developers out there in my opinion.

EvilBit,

I mean, Hi-Fi Rush is RIGHT THERE.

EvilBit,

Binding of Isaac is some OG classic stuff if you haven’t played that one, and Neon Abyss is a fun side-scrolling game on a similar vibe. Rogue Legacy 1 (very OG) and 2 and Dead Cells are also side scrolling , with a dash of Metroidvania.

If you like Slay the Spire, Astrea is the same thing but with dice, and Monster Train also scratches the same itch.

EvilBit,

I would like to see them go back to just plain old numbering and call this one the Xbox 363.

Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package? angielski

The issue is that I think there are Steam bundles that can’t be gifted, such as the Valve pack and that kind of thing. That also makes something like Civ 6 less likely, just because of the DLC bundles. I can also use Fanatical or Humble but frankly the region thing might be an issue....

EvilBit,

Or I guess a Humble Bundle subscription.

EvilBit,

To this day, if I turn to my best friend and say “sup”, his response will either be “Oh, not much, just… keeping it real.” or just “Word.” Vice versa as well.

These are the exact responses Seaman gives, which we deliver with proper intonation and all.

EvilBit,

I remember them boasting that an architect contributed to the level design. Turns out, real world environment design didn’t map to early 2000’s game design very well.

Now designing a modern VR game or something, that might be a different story.

EvilBit,

It says, flugeldufel.

It says, auschgefarben.

Is a Quest 3 really worth it? angielski

I have been really tempted to jump into VR for a little while now, I tried it when the quest first came out, the very first one but it was too blurry and made me dizzy. I’ve considered getting back into it again, but the thing that has made me really hesitant is I’ve heard that VR is not in the greatest place and that it’s...

EvilBit,

I will echo some of the other sentiments.

Meta sells a lot of their tech at a loss. You are not buying a VR headset with just your dollars. You are taking a huge kit of cameras and sensors hooked up to the world’s most advanced internet-connected telemetry and strapping it to your face. The data it gleans is how you’re covering a large portion, if not the majority, of the cost.

In my opinion, a PS5 and PSVR2 is the best way into VR for most people right now. I have that and a Valve Index and while the Index is awesome, it’s pretty dated and fiddly and while my computer runs it pretty well, catching up to more modern tech will cost me $2000 in upgrades and the fuss associated with building/upgrading/buying/migrating a PC.

I’m hoping Valve releases their rumored standalone headset sometime before the end of the world.

EvilBit,

I agree that there’s a ton of good stuff coming from the indie scene and also some amazing modding of existing games out there (check the Flat2VR discord - they just modded full VR support with motion controls into Silent Hill 2 Remake), but despite all the complaints about the PSVR2 library, there is more than enough gold in there to keep a lot of people entertained for a very long time, and some of it is truly AAA stuff. The headset itself is extremely well designed and easy to pick up and play, and the amount of tech you get is pretty nuts.

I’ve heard it’s pretty minimally supported on the PC because they’re kind of trying to get away with building half of a bridge (spoiler: it won’t work) but even without features like haptics and eye tracking, it’s a reasonable baseline headset. There may be some Bluetooth inconsistencies for some though, if I remember correctly.

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    EvilBit,

    Dude, I’m not disagreeing with your point, but your presentation is beat up from the feet up.

    Caveat: been drinking because gestures at everything

    1. At one point, you say it’s $950 a year after establishing that the actual cost is $950 after two years.
    2. Your investment counterexample arbitrarily includes a $200 monthly additional investment which blows everything up and makes the example pretty much incomparable
    3. Your investment counterexample also assumes an immediate initial outlay of $950 rather than distributing that over 24 months.

    Basically you’re comparing two wildly different scenarios, which makes your point seem pretty broken, regardless of how right your actual thesis is.

    TL;DR: Cancel your MMOs, play retro and discounted indie games, and stay in school, kids.

    EvilBit,

    Ugh. Fucking AI slop. As if Lemmy was so huge it was actually worth putting that garbage on here anyway.

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    EvilBit,

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    EvilBit,

    Max Payne 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. It’s the only game I ever finished, then beat 2-3 more times in succession on increasing difficulties just to get a different ending.

    EvilBit,

    It’s like Max Payne 1, only better in every conceivable way. It’s the perfect sequel.

    Edit: I envy you getting to experience it for the first time!

    EvilBit,

    Yes. The writing is on the wall, I think. Between Valve and Microsoft, I think the line between console and PC is about to blur, hard.

    Valve starts selling a new generation of Steam Machines, Microsoft develops a handheld and pivots the Xbox brand to be a PC gaming label standardized to a handheld and set-top form factor, and suddenly Sony and Nintendo are swimming in a much smaller ocean. The PlayStation 6 not being PC-compatible suddenly makes it “a weird non-PC” instead of a category leader, and the Switch 2 by all accounts just becomes an echo of the previous generation, treading water on Nintendo franchises.

    Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone? angielski

    I need some suggestions on what to play. Single Player games only. Most of the games make me feel lonely and alone. In most of the games, the protagonist has to deal with the problems on their own, like Control, Crysis, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War (I liked the original 6 more than the new ones, even though the new ones had...

    EvilBit,

    Midnight Suns is perfect for you. It’s part team tactical deck building combat, part superhero relationship simulator. You alternate between fighting evil as part of a squad of heroes (the DLC includes Deadpool) and spending time hanging out and talking with other heroes. And it’s just a phenomenal game all around.

    Edit: OP, you okay?

    EvilBit, (edited )

    I feel like we’re only a year or two away from announcing a game and its remaster at the same time.

    EvilBit,

    Original is awesome. I feel like the remaster basically just turned it yellow and deleted the fog and called it a day.

    EvilBit,

    I’m not a finance person, but selling equity capped at 10% isn’t a “buyout”, is it?

    EvilBit,

    But I’m just asking, naively, is 10% a “buyout” by any reasonable definition of the term? I thought that was just a “stake”. I thought a “buyout” meant buying all of someone’s stake.

    EvilBit,

    Gotcha, that makes sense. Thanks!

    EvilBit,

    But what if Ron DeSantis steps through?

    EvilBit,

    Aww, Floridian?

    EvilBit,

    I feel like this is a good litmus test. If you have to double the price of the original, your remake/remaster is coming too early.

    EvilBit,

    I noticed the announcement trailer doesn’t even show any footage of the original, which makes it the only remaster trailer I think I’ve ever seen that doesn’t do a split screen or other comparison at some point.

    And the first thing they mention is new Spatial Audio and haptic triggers. It’s like selling a new car and bragging about the cup holders first.

    EvilBit,

    Alien Isolation. Resident Evil 7. If you can do either/both in VR, DO IT.

    Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? angielski

    Hello all! My buddy and I finally finished up Baldur’s Gate 3 this week and we are not left with a giant co-op game shaped whole in our hearts. It was such an incredible experience and it was truly even more fun running through it together. We are excited to hop into another game, but we have no idea what to play. We’ve...

    EvilBit,

    If you don’t mind horror games, the entire Dark Pictures Anthology and The Quarry are really fun shared stories with branching paths.

    EvilBit,

    Both! And the way they work is different based on the fact that locally you can both see the screen but online you have different views.

    EvilBit,

    It’s not impressive, but it’s nice to get a mainstream release that maxes it out within reason for the vast majority of people with zero effort or inside knowledge. If you aren’t happy with anything less than 8k 144Hz, then you can make that happen for yourself by other means. But for the millions of people with 120Hz TVs from a Memorial Day sale, this really is a meaningful offering.

    SteamOS could see a general distribution release, work with other handheld gaming PCs soon (www.techspot.com) angielski

    One of the Steam Deck’s primary advantages over more powerful handheld gaming PCs is its operating system, which is designed to mimic a game console interface within a Linux PC environment. Valve has long planned to bring the OS to other devices, but a recent Steam Deck software update includes the first mention of a rival...

    EvilBit,

    I think they need to do this now before Microsoft does it first. Xbox is flailing and the daylight they can see from there is the Xbox/PC ecosystem. Turning Xbox from a box to a brand that merges PC and console into a fluid system would be the best way to pivot the market and put Sony on the back foot.

    EvilBit,

    I mean technically yeah. But it might also mean some meeting-in-the-middle on what PC/console even means. It’s probably push PC fanning even more toward being console, with the benefits of more consistency and less cheating, but the downside of being less flexible and more crowded with console players. Probably also a bigger push for buying PC games through the Microsoft store when possible.

    EvilBit,

    For what it’s worth, Windows 8, while tragically mistargeted, was a marvel of streamlined engineering.

    But your skepticism is sound. Microsoft hasn’t been able to execute a bold and cohesive vision in at least a decade, if arguably ever.

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