Peffse
@Peffse@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 2 weeks ago:
I still miss my Xperia Play. It’s been over 10 years… Still my favorite phone.
- Comment on Warcraft II: Remastered internal alpha spotted, hinting at an announcement soon – WGB 2 weeks ago:
*yawn* - Comment on Are any games using neural networks for better hard AI that doesn't cheat? 4 weeks ago:
I always got the impression it wasn’t a learning AI but rather a very limited “Has the player pressed the run button? if YES: AI can use run next cycle”
- Comment on No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer 2 months ago:
I gave FreeSO a try since it’s an open-source implementation of Sims Online, but the hookability wasn’t there. We’ve come so far from the days of Sims 1…
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
I hate how I get charged overseas transaction fees for every purchase.
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
The first Deception game by Tecmo. A pretty basic game in concept: Invaders come in your castle, you set up traps, lure them into the traps. But- Something about the limiting view of first-person, combined with the poorly lit castle, chilling music, and dark story tone has never been replicated. Add on how you could customize your castle with extra hallways and rooms with special attributes, capture invaders to make your own monsters, or even use masks to change the way invaders react to you… mmm, now I want to play it again.
I tried playing the second, third, and Trapt, but everything after the first game switched to a more action-oriented third person view and started to shy away from the heaven/hell connection.
I wouldn’t mind if it was a game outside the Deception IP. I just want the atmosphere back.
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
ooh, umm. I actually haven’t played it since 2018. I can’t speak for Enhanced Edition as that came out like a month after I completed the campaign.
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
Dang, I scanned the suggestions and didn’t see this one before posting!
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 3 months ago:
Batman: Arkham Asylum’s free-flowing combo system was copied by many future games.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 3 months ago:
There were WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many secret caves in DKC1 to try to 100%. I did try to complete DKC3, but I don’t think I achieved it.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 3 months ago:
I’m the kind of person who has no issues with moving on from a game with only 20% of the achievements/trophies unlocked after beating the final boss. If it’s not fun, it’s not fun.
I think the only two games I set out to 100% were probably Super Mario World, or Donkey Kong Country 2.
- Comment on ROMhacking.net shuts down after 20 years; database has been moved to the Internet Archive 3 months ago:
I really hope that tcrf doesn’t take over. I STILL can’t contribute to that website because it requires you to sign up for Discord and agree to Discord’s ToS just to paste some stupid code into their bot.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Continue To Crater With Massive 42% Revenue Drop - Slashdot 3 months ago:
They really do seem dead-set on transitioning to a software rental company. Let the hardware languish and shove another tier of Game Pass into the marketing grinder.
- Comment on Unsolvable epic store captcha 4 months ago:
Sometimes it’s not so dramatic. I had one throwing a forever captcha and figured out it was because I set webp to disabled in about:config
- Comment on Funny bad games reviews 4 months ago:
Animyst seemed like a genuinely creepy/interesting game to try to conquer with a handful of friends.
- Comment on Funny bad games reviews 4 months ago:
I heard his voice in River City Girls 2 and was like “Is that the Criticom Saga guy…?” I didn’t think it was such a distinct voice but apparently it is.
- Comment on Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance 5 months ago:
If I’m given a choice between some fixes and no fixes, I’ll take some. You know they’ll dump the code like a hot potato once Sims 5 starts rolling out micro expansions.
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 6 months ago:
Here you go. Reasons the hero shooter aspect is not working. Blizzard’s Approach To Balancing in Overwatch 2 is Not Working
Overwatch 2 Cancels PvE Hero Mode, Reveals Seasons 5-7 Roadmap
Overwatch 2 players demand “faster” balancing fixes as ‘one-shot’ heroes run rampant
Overwatch 2 Is Failing Its Way Into Reinventing Overwatch 1 Overwatch 2 support role feels stale and needs a shake up, say fans
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 6 months ago:
this is where you say “It failed because…”
My assertion was that it was an imperfect hero shooter among many hero shooters. The more competition, the harder it is to enter a game.
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 6 months ago:
I’m just curious why Valve looked at the oversaturated hero shooter market (seriously, we’ve had failures 8 years ago now) and said “Oh yeah, let’s devote our resources there”
- Comment on Favourite controllers 6 months ago:
This might be a controversial take, but this was one of my favorite controllers:
It had the size of a Duke, so comfortable to hold with my large hands, and also felt really nice when the airflow feature was turned on. It had the really bad D-Pads though.
- Comment on Favourite controllers 6 months ago:
ah, a fellow Duke connoisseur!
- Comment on Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit" 6 months ago:
Oh no doubt. It’s a shame too. We saw the death of the mid-level developer long ago.
When I go to cons I try to buy any smaller self-published titles I see, but wish the market could support smaller devs while remaining consumer-friendly with a “coop” publisher. An entity that can eat a loss while still finding gems that would be lost to time if stuck on a digital store.
That isn’t to say that smaller titles are dead. Currently I look out for stuff published by Soedesco, GS2 Games, Team17, Microids, EastAsiaSoft, etc etc.
- Comment on Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 6 months ago:
Is this bell curve change a recent thing? Because it looks to be the same ratio to me based on box office Pre-COVID.
www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1992/ www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2019/ - Comment on Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 6 months ago:
It’s funny how much survivorship bias we have. Movies, Music, Games. It’s so easy to forget how bad some previous stuff was.
- Comment on Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit" 6 months ago:
I wish we had more small publishers. It’s so rare to go into a store now and see a $20-$40 title from some rando. Cheap enough that I can go “Oh, that’s interesting looking I’ll grab it”. Limited Run is great and all, but there’s no magic when you pre-order something 8 months out.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 6 months ago:
Microsoft has pushed and pushed and pushed and finally achieved their goal of going digital-only with Game Pass. I’m 100% confident that the next console won’t have physical media options, so I probably won’t be getting it as I don’t want Microsoft dictating whether I own something or not.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 6 months ago:
I’m really curious when Microsoft will start seeing the fruits of all their purchases. They’ve bought up a lot of game devs. Seems modern games cook for 3-4 years before publishing, so some might be turning up soon.
- Comment on Fallout 4 is Getting Free Updates on April 25 7 months ago:
I hope Fallout London won’t have to push their release date back to cope with this change. If Skyrim updates are any indication, this might not bode well.
