missingno

missingno, 4 dni temu

FTL

missingno, 4 dni temu

The only Switch 2 game I even have right now is Deltarune. But I know I'm buying Kirby Air Riders, and I figured it'd be best to make sure I get the console right away in case tariffs fuck anything up by then.

missingno, 4 dni temu

Don't forget Splatoon 2.

missingno, 5 dni temu

I haven't gotten all the way down to 2 yet, but at the rate I'm going, I could see it. I've settled into mostly grinding the same few forever games while the mainstream industry moves further and further away from my tastes.

missingno, 11 dni temu

Steam Forums are one of the worst hellholes I've seen on the modern internet, and Valve does nothing. Any game that gets declared a target by the post-Gamergate crowd ends up having its board seiged until it's unusable for any kind of actual discussion.

missingno, 11 dni temu

Don't want to manage your own forum, then disable user posts entirely.

I don't believe that's an option. I know one indie dev that actually told me they wished they could just not have a Steam forum because they hate it.

missingno, 10 dni temu

Yeah, there's definite value in having these boards to ask questions. It just... needs moderators to be more proactive in dealing with bad actors.

missingno, 17 dni temu

There are three tiers of activity:

• Active enough that I can queue at any time of day and find opponents close to my skill level with good ping
• Active enough that I can queue at peak hours and find opponents
• Need to schedule games via Discord matchmaking

If I really love the game enough, I'll put up with jumping through hoops to play it, but it does get frustrating when the games I like are a lot more convenient to play than the games I love.

missingno, 17 dni temu

That's an answer for you as a consumer, but the article is from the perspective of the industry. If no one ever bought new games, game development would not be sustainable.

missingno, 17 dni temu

The trailer was made entirely within the game's very robust level editor. At the end it actually shows the level editor project.

missingno, 24 dni temu

The original was part of a trilogy, this is a remake of that same first game in the trilogy.

missingno, 24 dni temu

This comparison really feels strained. FF7 was the PS1's biggest game, and by far. It was a revolution that shook the entire industry.

Trails is a cult classic that's beloved by a niche fanbase, and I'm happy to see this kind of game get a shot at wider recognition here, but its impact was in no way even remotely comparable to FF7.

missingno, 24 dni temu

What part of this is comparable to FF7?

missingno, 24 dni temu

The big thing about FF7 was that it came out during a critical transition period for the industry, and Squaresoft put the highest budget of any video game to date into making sure FF's jump to 3D graphics was as explosive as possible. The game was heavily marketed on its technical merits, boasting about how everything this game does could only be possible on PS1. It's full of setpiece moments that are literally just Squaresoft trying to show off their VFX budget (this is why summon cutscenes are so absurdly long). And it blew audiences away because no one had never seen anything like it before. FF7 was a revolution.

Trails certainly has good reason to be beloved by its niche fanbase, but by 2004, it really wasn't doing anything super unique compared to its contemporaries from the same time period. It's a polished game, but I can't describe it as anything more than an evolution.

missingno, 24 dni temu

The technical merits were why FF7 was so impactful as a cultural landmark of video game history.

Is Trails a good game? Sure.

Is FF7 the right comparison to invoke? Not even close.

missingno, 28 dni temu

Then you should be consistent and count the cost of PSN and XBL the same way.

missingno, 28 dni temu

It seems a little disingenuous to single them out this way, especially when the competitors you're strangely silent on are more expensive.

missingno, 28 dni temu

Why do you only single out Nintendo for something that Sony and Microsoft charge even more for?

missingno, 28 dni temu

It's not at all uncommon for games with an online component to have elements you need to play online to access. That's been a part of Pokemon since the series first added online play. Hell, even before that, Pokemon was conceived from the beginning to be a social game, built around the Game Boy's Link Cable if you want to see and do everything. It's never been exclusively singleplayer.

All I'm saying is that if you count online play as though it was part of a game's cost, you should be doing the same thing for games on other platforms too. You can't selectively pretend it only counts here.

missingno, 29 dni temu

I feel like we've long reached the point where the benefit of top-of-the-line hardware just isn't worth it. IMO, Switch 2 ought to be enough to target, and any game that can't fit on that can probably stand to be scaled back.

missingno, miesiąc temu

What kind of games are you looking to play, and what form factor do you want?

I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus on sale two years ago and ended up liking it so much I wish I'd bought a more expensive model with analog sticks. There are quite a lot of devices like it on the market, if you want something small for retro emulation look into all the different options.

Meanwhile, my Steam Deck largely gathers dust because it's just too bulky to feel like a replacement for the handheld-sized handhelds I grew up on. Switch (2) is good for running Switch games, and it's at least a bit smaller and lighter than the Deck, but mine rarely leaves the dock.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Then why comment at all?

missingno, miesiąc temu

I couldn't believe they announced the Pokémon Legends DLC before the game is even out. "I know you haven't given us your money yet, but... please can we have some more? 🥺"

Doesn't every AAA do that these days?

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It's a VB-themed redesign of the Labo VR kit. Should presumably be compatible with everything Labo VR supported (like, three titles I think?). Maybe the fact that they're bringing it back means they might reuse it in the future?

missingno, miesiąc temu

And if Nintendo thought Wario Land was so great then why did they stop making those games like 2 decades ago?

Because the last games didn't sell so well, and because the staff that worked on them have other projects.

Just because a game didn't get infinite sequels forever doesn't mean no one can appreciate the originals. By that logic, Chrono Trigger must be one of the worst JRPGs of all time to you.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Apparently they're selling two versions. One is the full scale VB, and that's clearly a collector's item. The other is the VB-themed Labo VR.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Love the art style. In-game actually looks better than the cutscenes.

missingno, miesiąc temu

I've got a lot of nostalgia for DS homebrew. Tons of fun things you can do with a flashcart.

3DS too, but although modding was a lot more widespread due to how easy it was, I feel like homebrew games were kinda lacking. Custom themes were great at least.

missingno, miesiąc temu

People have been calling albums 'dead' since radio, since MTV, since iTunes, and yet the vast majority of artists still release albums.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Watching new trailers is fun.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Look at gacha games. There's an entire industry revolving around selling anime girls, and when you realize that's what the business model is, it's not surprising how toxic their fanbases have become. I've suspected that some of these devs are even deliberately trying to filter their audience to the most desperate gooners.

missingno, miesiąc temu

I haven't played Silksong yet, in part because truthfully, Hollow Knight was alright but not my favorite Metroidvania. The one thing I really disliked about the original was the runbacks. I remember getting stuck on one platforming section, and I could easily get to the halfway point where I kept dying to retrieve my money, but then drop it again because there was no turning back from this halfway point, had to keep trying to finish it. I wanted to just explore a different part of the map and come back to this section later, but sunk cost fallacy forced me to keep bashing my skull against it.

Which then felt like this mechanic conflicted with the exploration I expect from a Metroidvania. That's the real problem IMO.

missingno, miesiąc temu

I do not like the idea of a mechanic that punishes me if I do choose to explore somewhere else in a genre that is supposed to be about exploration.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Not having the mechanic to begin with would be better than a thing that merely makes it less bad, because even then there's still an opportunity cost.

missingno, miesiąc temu

I did finish the original. But I remained annoyed with this mechanic the whole time.

missingno, miesiąc temu

The market is so saturated that lots of good games have a hard time even getting noticed. Just making a good game doesn't automatically mean success.

There are definitely a lot of consumers who will gladly pay $20 for Silksong because of the hype and pedigree surrounding it, but would never take a chance spending that much on a game that hasn't had that kind of hype train surrounding it. Which does make sense, without the hype train you don't know if a more obscure indie may or may not be worth the $20. But then that tells us that it's the hype train that matters here, not just whether or not the game is good.

missingno, miesiąc temu

In addition to what others have said about Moore's Law slowing down, there's also just the fact that console generations themselves are slower. The cheapest price cuts on old consoles were fire sale prices to clear out old stock when they were on their way out. Even though the PS5 has been on the market for about as long, it still feels like the generation is only beginning, we won't be talking about PS6 for a long time yet.

missingno, miesiąc temu

I'm honestly a little bit uncomfortable with how much of the discourse around SKG suddenly became focused on dunking on one person. It's a useless distraction from the cause, there's really no good reason to even be talking about him at all. This kind of 2 minutes hate is just never healthy.

missingno, miesiąc temu

If you want any amount of discoverability, you will have to go to Youtube or Twich since those really are the only platforms that have any amount of viewers. And even then, discoverability is pretty terrible, good luck promoting a new channel from scratch.

If you just want to stream for the sake of streaming and don't mind having zero viewers, you can try PeerTube or Owncast. But do be aware that you will have zero viewers.

missingno, miesiąc temu

As the article states, I think the biggest factor is just the slowing of Moore's Law. Not only is new tech improving at a slower pace, old tech just isn't getting cheaper to manufacture.

Though I think one more factor the article fails to account for is that console generations themselves are lasting much longer, and even bleeding into each other as last-gen games continue to get released well into the new generation. The steepest price cuts on the graph came at the end of a system's lifespan, those are just fire sale prices to clear out old stock. Comparing those numbers feels a bit misleading, because five years into an old console meant it was ready to be phased out, while five years now means we're only halfway through the generation.

I know there's a lot wrong with the industry, a lot that's worth circlejerking about, but the fact that we're seeing price increases isn't just some greedy CEO trying to pocket a few bucks, it's a sign of some serious extenuating circumstances. Whole damn economy's fucked, it's a problem bigger than gaming.

missingno, miesiąc temu

If you want to complain about other unrelated things, go ahead. But the price is pretty reasonable compared to everything else on the market.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Mother 3. "No crying until the end."

missingno, miesiąc temu

New arcade just opened up near me, they've got maimai, Chunithm, and Wacca all patched to connect to unofficial servers with most songs unlocked. Cabs are all in excellent condition, I'm never going back to Round 1 again. Location's perfect too, at the mall 10 minutes away from where my local Riichi Mahjong club meets, so this may be my new Wednesday routine to hang out there before club.

missingno, miesiąc temu

Deltarune ch3/4 is the only 2025 release I've played, so I guess that wins by default.

missingno, miesiąc temu

But the shouty man on TV said tariffs were good! Why vibeo janes cost more?

missingno, miesiąc temu

I'd be very surprised if it's a stable 60fps on last-gen. We know the Switch 2 version will be enhanced to take advantage of the hardware.