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slimerancher, 5 miesięcy temu

That’s pretty interesting. Glad to see him trying to pursue his goals, and hope the game succeeds.

slimerancher, 6 miesięcy temu

Astro Bot had a PS VR game in PS4 era, and apparently it was very well received. Then there was a “tech demo” with PS5, and now they are releasing a full game for PS5.

slimerancher, 6 miesięcy temu

Just told my kid about it, and his face broke into a huge grin. I guess that’s the target audience.

Though, Netflix has generally been pretty good with their animated shows, so won’t mind taking a look at what they do with Minecraft myself.

slimerancher, 6 miesięcy temu

There is also a separate live action Minecraft movie in the works. With Jack Black playing Steve.

slimerancher, 6 miesięcy temu

Ah, it’s finally out!

I have been keeping an eye on it, hope it comes to consoles.

slimerancher, 7 miesięcy temu

Interesting article. They also talk about indies and different consoles:

Having heard some indies at GDC talking about skipping Xbox and PlayStation because there just isn’t much of an audience for indies on those platforms if you can’t get included in their subscription services, we ask Lowrie about how healthy the console ecosystems are for indies these days.

He echoes the indies we heard from in acknowledging that Switch stands apart from Xbox and PlayStation on this front.

“They’ve created an ecosystem – and therefore a user base – that is really open to interesting concepts and gameplay ideas,” Lowrie says of Nintendo. "The PlayStation and Xbox user, for as long as I’ve been doing this… there’s a lot of people that still like indie games, don’t get me wrong. Cult of the Lamb has done very well on those platforms. But I think the large majority of those people buy those platforms to show off what they can really do. They’re looking at Destiny. They’re looking at Helldivers. They’re looking at Starfield. They definitely push those.

“I think the platforms themselves all are really strong believers in indie games. They really do push them. I think on the other end, the consumers – as big as they might be – there’s still a smaller portion than we would like on Xbox and PlayStation that are open to looking at a pixel art platformer and going, ‘I’ll give this a shot.’”

slimerancher, 7 miesięcy temu

Can’t you make a free PSN account from any country? I know people in countries with no PSN using US PSN account, without any VPN or anything. You just set your country to US, or UK.

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

Maybe a new head of department?

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

According to a comment on another post on lemmy. The takedown notice is fake, probably sent by some troll. Garry’s Mod is still removing stuff though, because they think it’s real.

Source: twitter.com/…/1783244871119106415

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

Apparently they confirmed, and it isn’t fake 😀

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

Don’t know what engine they used for STS, but apparently they were making STS 2 on Unity:

At the time, it said it’d made much of Slay the Spire II in Unity, but would still migrate to a different engine if Unity stuck to its guns.

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

Yeah, III was basically coined to differentiate one-man / low budget indies from high budget indies like Hades, which was made by 20+ people, and a much higher budget, when compared to “normal” indies.

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

This looks pretty good.

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

Not out yet, but coming very soon, Another Crab’s Treasure (Check the release date trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEaLBYS6YMw ).

Of course, since it’s not out, we can’t say if it’ll be a good game or not, but it looks good, and is a colourful looking soulslike. (Which I am looking forward to myself)

slimerancher, 9 miesięcy temu

That looks like an interesting idea. Game Help doesn’t gets much usage, and this can change that.

slimerancher, 8 miesięcy temu

I think the issue is there wasn’t as much help available.

Also, according to the post, your mic or anything won’t be recorded, just the raw game footage, though it will have any notifications that may popup, like chat message or trophy. Not to mention, the video will be reviewed by moderators before being added to Game Help.

slimerancher, 9 miesięcy temu

Oooh, MUDs! I used to play 1 or two, don’t even remember their name now…

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

There has been no official announcements, its just rumors, leaks and speculations.

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

Project Soulspath Travelborne!

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

As a PS5 owner, if Xbox stops giving them competition, that would be very bad for all of us.

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

If it’s only Starfield than yes, but if they are bringing other games too, then that could be different story. Let’s see what happens.

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

Oooh, 1.0 is finally out. Hoping it comes to consoles too. As a big Sanderson fan, want to give it a try.

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s good to hear that they finally fixed it. It seems that it has become a common tactic, do aggressive monetisation, to see how much people are willing to put up with, and then reduce it to that level. So many games seem to be doing that.

slimerancher, 10 miesięcy temu

The actual question is, since they don’t want to properly debate/discuss anything, why are we wasting our time commenting here? 😀

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

If we accept this, then RPG is also not a genre.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

Haha, they probably means the smaller games they release. Like that “Various Daylife”, what to call these games? They aren’t AAA or AA.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

While that might be true, 2023 was an year filled with great games and yet Hogwarts Legacy is first, and Call of Duty is 2nd.

As for notable games of the year that weren’t flop (in no particular order):

• Spider-Man 2
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Diablo IV
• FF 16
• Armored Core 6
• Street Fighter 6
• Alan Wake 2

Not to mention:

• Resident Evil 4 Remake
• Dead Space Remake

They may not be to your taste, but they all rated very highly. I haven’t included any Nintendo games, cause they don’t share digital data. Their numbers are based only on physical sales.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

No worries. Of all the games mentioned above Starfield was probably my most anticipated. But it let people down.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

Well, Mario has kind of a general appeal, so I won’t call it a niche (and it was in 12th with just physical sale). And Pikmin 4 also sold over 2 Million in just first month or so, IIRC, though not sure if that’s enough for being a top seller in a year like the one we just had.

Also, Tears of the Kingdom was on 5th overall sales, and that’s only with the physical sales. Don’t know the actual number difference between 1st and 5th, but with digital added, it could’ve at least entered top 3, if not gone for 1st.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

I don’t know why everyone is so angry at this comment. The question was about what will it take for subscriptions to increase and become dominant in industry, the guy answered that. The interview was with the guy about Ubisoft’s subscription service, what else people expected?

If anyone talks to the guy in-charge of Gamepass, and they ask them how will gamepass increase, they wont’ say, well, if everyone keeps buying physical, that will be great for us.

slimerancher, 11 miesięcy temu

First of all, not here to defend Ubisoft, I completely agree about not trusting them to do what’s good for gamers.

So, my point was, everything said in this interview, is pretty much same thing you will hear from any “head of subscription” of any company. I think MS is currently the most aggressive one, with their Gamepass. Keep in mind this interview is specifically about their subscription service, and the changes they made it isn’t about anything else. Sony is currently (or well last I read about it) most defensive with subscription, often talking about how it’s bad for the industry, but if you ask whoever is incharge of PS+, and ask them, what needs to happen before subscription will really take off, he would probably say the same thing.

As for closing down of online servers, it’s always sad when that happens. That’s a valid reason to blame a company, but pretty much all companies do that. As a patient gamer, I don’t even remember how many times I have come across a game where I would find out you can’t get all trophies because online servers have shut down. So, all companies should be blamed for this.

Heh, this reply went on longer than I expected. 😀

slimerancher, rok temu

Crispety Crunchety sounds so much nicer than soft and mushy! Back to machine language it is!

slimerancher, rok temu

Oooh, I didn’t know it was by them.

slimerancher, rok temu

Why is everyone angry that he is going to add some kind of anti-theft in his product?

slimerancher, rok temu

Thanks for the response. While I don’t really agree with all these points, but at least I can understand that. So, thanks!

slimerancher, rok temu

I prefer AR over VR. AR can do tons of things, and you are aware of your surroundings too.

Though, for gaming, VR makes more sense, but I don’t see it becoming dominant way of playing games any time soon. Maybe when we reach the point of full-body immersion like Matrix, or Sword Art Online.

slimerancher, rok temu

Have fun!

Where are you playing Assetto Corsa Competizione? And how are you liking it?

slimerancher, rok temu

Have you played the first Blue Reflection? How did you like it? Is this better or worse than that?

slimerancher, rok temu

Ghost trick is on my wish list. Thanks for the recommendation.

I have heard great things about Sea of Stars, and it has got rave reviews, so don’t worry about it.

Shotgun King looks really fun. Is there any kind of campaign in it or is it just endless runs?

slimerancher, rok temu

F-Zero 99 is really fun. I wasn’t expecting it to enjoy that much either. I am really bad at it though.

slimerancher, rok temu

Are you going to play the remake?

I just started the first Paper Mario (N64 one, on NSO), and I am enjoying it a lot.

slimerancher, rok temu

Have you created any specific build? For subsequent plays of Bethesda games, I go with a specific build, like archer assassin. 😁

slimerancher, rok temu

Gotta catch 'em all!

Good luck!

slimerancher, rok temu

I still haven’t played it. How are you liking compared it to Zero Dawn?

slimerancher, rok temu

Yeah, I was just wondering if you are interested in the remake, as they didn’t mention any changes, so it’s going to be the same game just prettier.

slimerancher, rok temu

It does!

Not really a game for me, but it does look very silly and fun.