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madame_gaymes, 5 days ago

They work for Ubisoft or Bethesda

madame_gaymes, 25 days ago

We’ve entered a new era of postponing the release date for releasing the release date. Doesn’t bode well.

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

Prodeus is a fun multiplayer DOOM-like with old school vibes

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

Yup!

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

I’ve wanted to do this, too, but some times it’s difficult because I’m really into the tactics of the game. I generally blow past a lot of the story these days because I’ve played and seen so much of it all, but there’s always new ways to do combat and some strategies I haven’t tried with particular battles. Having said that, if you are into the story, I suppose I could run around and loot all the hidden things while someone else is in a dialogue.

I’d want to do a decent handful of mods and I know not everyone is down with these (all from ingame mod manager):

• Tactician Enhanced
• Party Limit Begone (so we could do up to 4 person coop, each of us gets 1 companion if we want it)
• Extra Encounters + More Enemies in Regular Encounters
• Random Loot (so the gear we find is different locations than vanilla)
• Full set of class-specific loot (there’s 12 of them, but we could do without this if too much)

Also disclaimer: my internet is kinda shit, I get ~100/Mbps on average. May or may not be an issue, I’m not entirely sure. I never really had issues playing Helldivers 2, so maybe not an issue with BG3.

If there’s a group that’s cool with all that, then I’m interested. Again, though, I know not all players are into it this way.

ETA: I’d be playing on Steam, but I’m fairly certain all the mods I mentioned are available on console, too.

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

Good to know! And I thought my 45 up was dirty 😅

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

For sure, the roleplay thing I’m still into. Thinking about it since I posted, I would probably aim to roleplay as a Peon from Warcraft II. Playing as a peon servant to someone else’s character might fit in perfectly with my concern of being too familiar with the story progression. Yesh, me’lord!

edit: lmao, I had the opposite effect when I just tested my current speeds (although I am currently on a VPN)

<span style="color:#323232;">Testing download speed......................................................................
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Download: 70.89 Mbit/s
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Testing upload speed...........................................................................
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Upload: 29.86 Mbit/s
</span>

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

I’ll add Factorio to the list of games that deserve the $80 tag. $40 for base, $40 for Space Age expansion. Or don’t get Space Age and go with the mod that spawned Space Age (although not exactly the same).

I get it’s a bit of a niche genre, though. The factory thing the way Factorio does it isn’t for everybody.

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

🏴

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

Arr, matey

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

People in between will be left out.

The way I interpreted this was, “the execs will be left out because they can’t do any of this themselves.” They don’t even have the ideas.

Also yea, Factorio is an impressive game. Even the modders are insane, and I don’t really run into bugs ever. Well… software bugs that is.

madame_gaymes, 1 month ago

I have also worked on many engineering teams, both as management and engineering. Still, the execs are the ones that get left behind. The juniors at least have knowledge and ability to continue honing their craft. If they’re passionate about it, they will push through and make it work.

The execs just extract money, even in the scenarios you presented, and without any developers they can’t accomplish shit.

Having said that, I get what you’re saying, but again that is something that exists without this idea of “deprofessionalization.” Juniors get the shit end of the stick in a lot of industries, even outside development and engineering. On the flipside, so do seniors when the execs aren’t willing to pay what they’re worth, so they hire green juniors instead.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

I guess AAA studios are hollywood now. Unable to create something new, put a new coat of paint on something from the attic. Milk the audience with nostalgia.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

The original will probably run better, too. I bet this is another TES IV situation where they stitched UE5 on top of the original game engine. The release pattern of being completely quiet, then random leak, then it drops is eerily similar.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

My comment isn’t just about Rockstar, although they did also do some milking with GTA3 as well. Recently there was TES IV, plus all the Skyrim editions, from Bethesda. Now Gears of War is getting a remaster. In recent years, remakes and remasters from AAAs seem to have increased. Last of Us is another example.

And to be clear, I’m not necessarily against the remakes/maintaining the classics to be playable on modern hardware. Really, it’s the price tags.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Such a thin line, but that’s exactly what I’m saying. That on top of stop charging full new game price for something that I played 10+ years ago that’s only a remaster.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I don’t think it’s about having extra functionality to no one else has.

SteamOS is more restrictive than other distros out of the box. A user with no experience whatsoever would have a harder time messing things up because rootfs is RO and gets wiped on every update. Kinda forces the average user into using flatpak/Discover to mimic Windows and Apple app stores. In other words, it’s all about the psychology, not the distro itself.

Not to mention there is an actual company with an incentive to maintain the distro, with a massive focus on gaming. They have a ton of testing resources that a lot of distro maintainers do not have in that regard.

Having said all that, installing a distro other SteamOS on my Steam Deck was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve been using Linux for 32 years, I do not like SteamOS because they are trying to make it dumb for general consumption. Similar reasons why I despise Windows, besides the whole being owned by Microsoft thing.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

doing roleplay in my head and making up story

I used to love doing that. With the tech mods, I always RP’d I was sent ahead of a colony ship to get production and residence setup and ready.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

I was going to try and do some hunting for potential RPG Maker gems, but then I searched the tag on Itch 😅 I’ll probably stick to the Multiverse mod for FTL…

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Antichamber

Serious headfuck of a puzzle game.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

What a solid game and experience. I’ve played through it so many times, and I can’t ever get over Bernard’s voice actor being Les Nessman from

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Just so you have more reference. Original link is in OP’s link, but I think they had too many tracking arguments in the URL so wayback didn’t work. Always test before going live!

Original Article

Working Archive Link

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Only 4? Pretty sure you could double your catalog for the price of one oblivious remaster

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Some games do, some games don’t. It’s a design choice.

Also, Oblivion was released originally in 2007, and Morrowind in 2002. The consoles, game logic, and gfx were a fraction of what modern games can do, a lot of games (most, in fact) back then didn’t have the fancy animations for all directions. There were likely other backend/engine limitations at the time that don’t exist today, because CPU/GPU power.

ETA: as someone who has coded a 3rd person camera and animations in 3D to work in all directions, it really fucking sucks to do in a well-known engine with online search available from others that have done it before. Now imagine having to code everything like that from scratch into a custom game engine, being one of the firsts to figure it out. I’m also gonna guess other bugs were far more important than which direction the character is walking in TPV, being a Bethesda game and all.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

This is pretty much the exact same experience for the remastered, except it’s 120GB (vs 5GB) installed and the gfx are modern.

If you want the Skyrim experience, but a different game, try out the Enderal workshop overhaul on Steam.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

I can confirm, even trying several different combos of optimizer mods, plus running the resolution at 1280x720, it stutters like crazy as soon as you get out of the initial area surrounding the Imperial City and looks like dogshit because of everything at low or lowest.

Baldur’s Gate 3 with almost 100 mods (including optimizers), and similar upscaling settings at 1920x1080 in Desktop mode, runs smoother and looks better on the Steam Deck.

Since the remaster is literally using the same game logic as the original, I ended up just installing the GOG version of the GOTY edition, installed a bunch of mods, and it runs amazing. I don’t think I’m missing much in the way of changes/improvements.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

See my reply to this user above, but yea don’t bother buying it if you only have the Steam Deck. Cheaper and a better experience to buy the original on GOG.

You always have the option to get a full refund within the first 2 hours of gameplay on Steam though, if you want to see the performance for yourself.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

GOG version runs great for me. I just installed via Lutris using Proton Experimental, no problems to speak of while playing so far.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

I will say, I’m running in Desktop mode and using keyboard+mouse. Presumably controller works, but I haven’t actually tried in handheld mode.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Some further suggestions I haven’t seen mentioned in all these comments yet, surprisingly:

• Foundation
• Manor Lords
• 0 A.D. (FOSS and impossible to get ripped off, AoE clone)
• shapez / shapez 2 (the first one is only $2)

And maybe a little more casual, but still similar vein as city management:

• Mini Metro
• Mini Motorways

Out of all of these, I think I’ve played Mini Motorways three times as much as the rest, combined. I dunno why, I just love it.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

This may be wishful thinking, but it’d be neat if they used this release as a public beta of sorts to hone the engine and mod support, which would hopefully translate into TESVI. Especially if they put it for $20 or $30, I’d be OK with it even if they half-assed some of the remastering.

Otherwise, I’m more interested in Skyblivion. I’ve played the demo mod they have for it, and for what it is they were already heading in a great direction. I can only imagine what it will be like when it releases. Like another Enderal situation maybe. They say 2025, but nothing concrete yet.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Now we get 11 years of Oblivion re-releases!

I guess TESVI is already doomed, probably won’t release until after the ice-caps melt.

madame_gaymes, 2 months ago

Shit, you’re right. That was an awful time reference for the joke… it might actually release before the Oblivion remake.

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

What actual genre do you like to play? Might get some more relevant recommendations. Otherwise, top-down is just a POV and there are a ton of genres that have been made this way.

• Factorio - Factory Building
• Door Kickers - Tactical CQB
• Dwarf Fortress - Roguelite Town Management
• The Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based RPG
• GTA1/2/London 1969 - The best GTAs
• FTL - Roguelite space adventure. Real-time with pause.

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I dunno if this is what you’re looking for, but clowncore may be close?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT7x1NvGf5k

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_rPd_ufK4

(potentially nsfw?)

ETA: Totally forgot about Jojo Mayer & Nerve, too. Might be a little more sane of a choice depending on who your players are, lmao

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpUynozoWhk

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

Awesome! Definitely check out all of Nerve’s stuff. They got a pretty big back catalogue, and the energy varies.

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

Of course they will, they make too much money off people buying replacements. Since the games also got an increase in price, I expect the joy-cons bought separately will also be marked up by a non-trivial margin.

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

Let’s hope gulikit quickly puts out a hall-effect mod for the new versions (or the new versions still use the same joystick module as the original)

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

I don’t know for sure if it was ever a thing in the USA. A cursory search only showed mention of Europe offering that repair. I didn’t even bother checking and just went straight for the hall-effect replacement sticks when I had joy-cons that drifted, probably a bunch of other people in that same boat.

IMO, the profits from this would still come even if they offer repairs. I’d venture to guess many out-of-the-loop parents would just buy the replacements ‘cause they probably think their kid is abusing it somehow. The good ol’ “sigh 'n buy” phenomenon to keep the kiddos entertained.

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

Well hot damn, didn’t know about it.

Still though, from the fact you had to send in 4 times means that replacing mine from the get go with hall-effect was much less hassle. Sounds like the new controllers will be exactly the same quality, joystick-wise, since you had such a great experience. Why change the process?

madame_gaymes, 3 months ago

This is pretty much the basis for the entire speed-running community. Maybe not totally different (like walking around as a peaceful tourist in Hitman), but definitely not utilizing mechanics as intended

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

Fuck yea, it’s emulating the idea of going to your buddy’s house and being stuck with the weird MadCatz controller.

I love this idea.

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

Once you get the hang of Markdown, you’ll enjoy it far more than Reddit’s shitty syntax. You’ve got way more options here since they implemented a well-tested and widely used system.

Don’t forget to use the formatting help link next to preview button!

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

Hell yea, looking forward to it 🤍

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, tables

youtu.be/dWOGbu5BcT0

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

Mmm. I like your veracity.

madame_gaymes, 4 months ago

They fired the devs, not marketing /s