The alternatives are sitting at a loading screen, or the game freezing to compile a shader every time it needs a new one. Would you prefer one of those?
If you don’t retain some kind of actual ownership, they will not be allowed to use terms like “buy” or “purchase” on the store page button. I hope there aren’t huge holes in this that allow bad actors to get around it, but I certainly loathe the fact that there’s no real way to buy a movie or TV show digitally. Not...
Much like California’s other good-sounding laws, the fine print is what gets you on both ends, both in the law and in the EULA you agree to when signing up that’s going to say that all transactions are explicitly a terminable and revocable license.
As someone who grew up playing games like World of Warcraft and other AAA titles, I’ve seen how the gaming industry has evolved over the years—and not always for the better. One of the most disturbing trends is the rise of gacha games, which are, at their core, thinly veiled gambling systems targeting younger players. And I...
Fallout 3, New Vegas, Elder scrolls Oblivion are my three favorite games of all time If I had to put my finger on them. But it’s not enjoyable anymore to simply download them and try to play through them again. There’s just something about trying to replay them and it just doesn’t work. Maybe I spent too much time playing...
Voice acting has been good enough in the past few decades that it’s usually usable without re-recording. Maybe remastering at most.
There’s also plenty of tooling to upscale textures too, even without AI. The biggest hurdle (for assets, at least) is 3D models. You can slap a subdivision modifier on them to make them higher-poly, but you’d still have to make sure the UVs didn’t get messed up (or whatever it is that they’re using these days). And also verify that nothing weird happened like new geometry hiding or showing something in-game. (Collision probably doesn’t need to change if you’re just increasing polycount.)
Really? Mine is laggy for some reason, and feels mushy. I can see there’s a firmware update for it when I connect it to a switch, but it won’t update. I hardly ever use it.
Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash...
Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It’s true they’ve always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I...
I’m pretty sure you can still join servers like that. I haven’t played in years, but last time I did, the server browser was still there. A lot less lively because it was hidden compared to the matchmaking button, but it was still there.
Metroid Prime used them too, and it worked fine. The game was designed around it, so enemies were either already on your level, or were slow enough to react that you could stop and aim.
The remake has other control schemes, but I don’t use them because I like the one the game was made for.
TL;DR: Any recommendations for a game like Overwatch that actually functions? XDefiant was promising, but it doesn’t have “roles” that don’t require shooting, so my friend got frustrated....
This. It’s old now, but the medic class doesn’t require shooting. The spy doesn’t either, usually. But the medic is a great way to pay a support role. It used to be one of my favorite things for chill gaming.
I mean, most of the team should be watching because they’re trying to do their jobs, not because they’re ogling the actors. And this is even more removed from sex than movies’ simulated sex, because I assume they’re in full mocap suits and everything.
Hell, you don’t even need both people doing motion at the same time, as long as you have the poses roughly correct. You can edit the motion curves to make the rhythm match.
That used to work for me, the first time I tried playing, but I gave up partway through the game when I beat the marauder the first time (taking multiple tries of course because it was my first run) and the game crashed without saving that progress.
I tried playing again last week, and messing with Bluetooth settings didn’t help. I either got the same garbage quality or no sound at all.
I don’t know what they did in this game that’s so screwed up. No other game has this problem.
Hello, thanks for stopping by. I’m currently in the process of saving the Super Replays from the classic team for myself, kind of putting my money where my mouth is regarding a previous response I made about the shuttering of Game Informer....
From what I see in the archive link I posted, it only contains patches, not playable games, neither original nor patched. You need a copy of the game already to make any use of it.
Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can “journalists” even entertain reporting on this?...
Zelda 64: Recompiled is a project that uses N64: Recompiled to statically recompile Majora’s Mask into a native port with many new features and enhancements.
Software-wise, sure. It’s easy to dump the BIOS and game. The hard part is emulating the hardware. Consoles often have quirky architectures and special chips that don’t map to PCs very well. And the chips themselves often have quirks that either aren’t documented, or work in a way that disagrees with documentation. But the game developers often relied on those particular quirks for their games. For example, if there was a bug in the GPU that caused textures to become blurry when loaded in a certain way, a developer might exploit that as a free blur filter. (If you’re interested in actual examples, try the Dolphin dev blog. I think it’s really interesting.)
How did Call of Duty come up with something so truly awful? (lemmy.world) angielski
This “loading shaders” thing in Call of Duty and Warzone is THE worst garbage I have ever encountered in any game I have ever played.
Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it (www.theverge.com) angielski
If you don’t retain some kind of actual ownership, they will not be allowed to use terms like “buy” or “purchase” on the store page button. I hope there aren’t huge holes in this that allow bad actors to get around it, but I certainly loathe the fact that there’s no real way to buy a movie or TV show digitally. Not...
The Legend of Goose: The Honk Waker - Mod Release Showcase (youtu.be) angielski
I Have Tried To Stop Playing Wild Bastards, And Found I Simply Cannot - Aftermath (aftermath.site) angielski
Gacha games are out of control. Gambling shouldn't be so widespread angielski
As someone who grew up playing games like World of Warcraft and other AAA titles, I’ve seen how the gaming industry has evolved over the years—and not always for the better. One of the most disturbing trends is the rise of gacha games, which are, at their core, thinly veiled gambling systems targeting younger players. And I...
Are we ever going to see a remake of any Bethesda game? angielski
Fallout 3, New Vegas, Elder scrolls Oblivion are my three favorite games of all time If I had to put my finger on them. But it’s not enjoyable anymore to simply download them and try to play through them again. There’s just something about trying to replay them and it just doesn’t work. Maybe I spent too much time playing...
Kotaku being Kotaku (lemmy.today) angielski
At this point I’m going to Ladbrokes and betting against everything Kotaku promotes. They are like Jim Cramer of the gaming industry.
Acer’s announces its first handheld gaming PC: the Nitro Blaze (www.theverge.com) angielski
How to decide what kind of controller one should purchase? angielski
I have a question(s) regarding the various types of game controllers....
RuneScape is increasing their membership price by 50%, and Reddit is trying to censor it angielski
Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash...
It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation angielski
Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It’s true they’ve always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I...
A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed. (www.ign.com) angielski
Weirdest gaming story I’ve heard this year
What games popularized certain mechanics? angielski
I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry....
Looking for Overwatch alternatives angielski
TL;DR: Any recommendations for a game like Overwatch that actually functions? XDefiant was promising, but it doesn’t have “roles” that don’t require shooting, so my friend got frustrated....
Actors demand action over 'disgusting' video game sex scenes (www.bbc.com) angielski
TL;DR: Video game actors being told to mo-cap sex scenes without being told beforehand
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ rerelease that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com) angielski
4K, 120 FPS, and more
‘Fallout: London’ Sets GOG Record, Gets Hotfixes In Big Update (www.forbes.com) angielski
(Note that Fallout London is a fan-mod, not an official new fallout game)
Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha angielski
steamdb.info/app/1422450/charts/...
Doom Eternal's new official mod support includes 'the very same tools' used to create the game (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
DOOM Eternal: PC Mods Preview (slayersclub.bethesda.net) angielski
Preserving Classic GI Media angielski
Hello, thanks for stopping by. I’m currently in the process of saving the Super Replays from the classic team for myself, kind of putting my money where my mouth is regarding a previous response I made about the shuttering of Game Informer....
ROMhacking.net shuts down after 20 years; database has been moved to the Internet Archive angielski
Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty (sh.itjust.works) angielski
Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can “journalists” even entertain reporting on this?...
Fallout London - Official Launch Trailer Premiere (www.youtube.com) angielski
Zelda 64: Recompiled (github.com) angielski
Zelda 64: Recompiled is a project that uses N64: Recompiled to statically recompile Majora’s Mask into a native port with many new features and enhancements.
Former Bungie, Pokémon Lawyer Explains How They Caught Leakers (www.bloomberg.com) angielski
Unsolvable epic store captcha angielski
“Incorrect response. Please refresh the page.”...