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- Comment on I may have just missed the news on this, but i guess Assassins creed and presumably other Ubisoft games are getting Steam Achievements now? 1 week ago:
I hope they will but it wouldn’t hurt to nag them about it, just in case.
- Comment on I may have just missed the news on this, but i guess Assassins creed and presumably other Ubisoft games are getting Steam Achievements now? 1 week ago:
It might be related to the recently announced move to make Ubisoft Connect completely optional for Steam games.
I’m just speculating since they only mentioned it in regards to The Rogue Prince of Persia (bottom of the page) but they might roll out it to everything else as well? Maybe? Possibly. - Submitted 1 week ago to games@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a seriously cool visual novel love-letter to retro anime and 80s Sci-Fi 1 week ago:
Nice to finally have a date. I played the demo a good few months ago and it was pretty great, can’t wait for the full release.
- Comment on What are your favourite trailers? 2 weeks ago:
（ ﾟДﾟ）But no one said we can’t cheat!
- Comment on What are your favourite trailers? 2 weeks ago:
Here are a few that stuck in my mind throughout the years:
- FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - End of an Era - even for someone completely uninterested in FFXIV this thing went hard. Heck, re-watching it now still gives me chills.
- Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days - War Junkie - I love the contrast between the rough and shitty situation of a dude who can’t let go of criminal life compared to a psychopath who managed to get his life together.
- Leviathan: Warships Jazzy Trailer with Jazz Boatman - smooth and sultry, like a boat (I don’t know what this suppose to mean but the trailer is great).
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
GoG does, dunno about Epic.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 3 weeks ago:
Does NMS allow you to play the older patches at least? It really sucks whenever games change significantly without an ability to stick with what you like.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 3 weeks ago:
I really like checking out oldies in their original form, even if there’s a “better” remake/remaster available. It’s fun to see what those games had to offer in their prime.
As for Cyberpunk, I’m playing both the most up to date version (2.13 with Phantom Liberty + mods) and the legacy one (version 1.16).
There were a lot of gameplay and design changes in the 2.0 release. Since I played the game before that, I had a constant reaction of some things being… off. I wasn’t sure whether my mixed feelings had to do with nostalgia or if I really liked some of the old gameplay more, so I decided to reinstall the legacy version to confirm (thanks CDPR for keeping it available).
Long story short, while I do like some of the things they did with the game and genuinely believe it’s a better product overall, I’d be lying if I said I prefer the new version. I still have fun and all the technical improvements, free content and access to mods make for an easy choice but boy do I wish there was a way to port those to the legacy version. There are a few mods that restore some of the old design choices which gives me a sliver of hope for a potential larger restoration in the future. For now though, I’ll just keep enjoying what’s there.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 3 weeks ago:
Mostly Spyro (the PSX one) and both versions of Cyberpunk 2077. Alternatively Muse Dash if I don’t have much time (or will) to go for a longer session.
- Comment on 2k Launcher has been fully removed from all games 3 weeks ago:
Huh, didn’t even realize that. Guess it’s time to party! ヽ(✧ω✧)ノ
- Comment on 2k Launcher has been fully removed from all games 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on 2k Launcher has been fully removed from all games 3 weeks ago:
Praise be to Yevon! Now do the other ones.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today. 1 month ago:
Rockstar showed their thoughts about IV clearly in GTAV, I don’t think you have to worry about it anymore.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today. 1 month ago:
I currently doing a playthrough funnily enough, didn’t realize it was so close to an anniversary.
I’ve been spending more time exploring and doing side activities this time around, just driving around and taking photos. It ended up being quite a surprising experience. I was surprised with how easy the game is, how fast the story moves or how empty some parts of the world are (makes sense considering when it released). Taking the world in a more touristy way was an interesting change compared to how I experienced those games before. It’s also a way of playing I’ve been trying to move towards more and more recently (doing the same with Cyberpunk as well).
I still think it’s a great game but IV and, to lesser extent, Vice City are probably my favorites as far as mainline games are concerned. IV especially as it had a nice grounded approach to gameplay with weighty movement, interactions and driving, as well as the story - it sucks most people hated this as GTAV ended up being a rather mid experience for me.
- Submitted 1 month ago to games@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on What is your favorite Assassin's Creed game? 2 months ago:
I only properly played 1, 2 and a bit of Black Flag but based on that and what I’ve seen from all the other games I’m gonna stick with the first one.
Investigations were… well actual investigation, gameplay mechanics while simple and satisfying weren’t overly automated and the game wasn’t burdened with all the bloat that came afterwards. Simplified movement system from later games, one that’s fighting you whenever you try to do something even a little out of game’s comfort zone, is probably my major sticking point with the series.
That said, I’m not sure if that would be the best choice for you. If you want to try the classic approach I’d suggest going with the Ezio trilogy (II, Brotherhood, Revelations) as these games are more polished, if a little bloated, compared to the first game. They should still hold up well enough to have fun.
- Comment on Crew 2 is on sale for a dollar on Steam, Epic, Xbox, & PlayStation until 23rd of September 3 months ago:
Ubisoft also announced both The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest will have an offline mode (twitter post, screenshot). Looks like the Stop Killing Games campaign is working.
Speaking of, if you’re in EU make sure to sign the The European Citizens’ Initiative petition - we’re already over 30% required signatures!
- Comment on An in-depth look at Romance in video games 3 months ago:
I think an important step would be to not be afraid of creating characters with actual… well, character. It was somewhat mentioned in the video but it seems like devs are unwilling to make NPCs with their own likes and dislikes, ones that might disagree with players instead of being all over them no matter what. This might be a slight exaggeration but boy do I wish we had more “real” feeling NPCs in games. I’m sure I’m not the only one who couldn’t care less about being the most important being in the universe and would rather be treated as an equal part of the world.
From a mechanical standpoint, relationship system in Scarlet Hollow feels like a good step into making interactions more natural (here is a detailed look by one of the devs) but I realize it’s a lot of work for something a good chunk of players won’t care about. I understand why this isn’t something many (especially bigger) devs would be interested in using but it’s still a disappointment.
Maybe AI will be able to help somewhat with this problem in the future but I’m not going to hold my breath on that.
- Submitted 3 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer 3 months ago:
Can’t say I share your experience with either game but I can understand it doesn’t work for everyone. Personally, I can’t really imaging playing this, Kao the Kangaroo or old Tomb Raider titles without tank controls for example.
To be clear, your comment is exactly what I meant - you tried and don’t like it, that’s absolutely fine. There’s plenty of games I couldn’t get into due to controls or mechanics so I feel you. On the other hand, I met people who refuse to even try to engage with certain mechanics and that’s what I’m not a fan of. I’m all for remakes/remasters/rereleases updating things to let more people enjoy the old thing and hope this will be the case with Croc. And hey, even if they change something in a way I don’t like, there’s always* the classic version.
* Though not always an official way to get it.
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer 3 months ago:
Ah, I thought people had some specific issues besides the game having tank controls. Fair enough.
I’m not going to begrudge someone for not liking a control scheme (unless their only reason is not wanting to learn how to play differently) but I do think some people dislike it without even giving it a fair shake. The thing is, these games were designed with this control scheme in mind and switching to a modern one can be detrimental to the experience (compare playing REmake with and without tank controls, the latter makes navigation and avoiding enemies much easier).
Oh well, everyone has their own dislikes.
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer 3 months ago:
I totally agree. I just don’t have much expectations towards big publishers anymore, I guess. Not many approach the topic of remakes/remasters from the point of view of celebrating their history unfortunately. Heck, we had multiple instances of publishers removing the old versions from sale just to push people to the new one.
Low effort or not, companies (and many players to be honest) rarely care about their legacy.
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer 3 months ago:
As much as I like this idea I don’t think many publishers would look at it and said anything other than “yeah, not worth the money”. We probably have a higher chance for the classic versions landing on GoG than being added as a freebie to a remake - they want you to play the new shiny thing, not the old one after all (that and no need to provide support to the old version).
- Comment on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer 3 months ago:
I’ve seen a lot of comments about the controls and I don’t really get it. I’ve played through both games about two years ago, I think, and didn’t have any problems with either of them. Maybe I’m just used to the jank due to playing a lot of older games but I remember both titles playing fine.
I’m curious how they’ll modernize the controls. The little gameplay present in this teaser looks pretty close to the original and I don’t think they talked about this in detail. Whatever they’ll do I just hope it’ll allow people to play and enjoy this little gem. It deserves it.
- Submitted 3 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 13 comments
- Comment on Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era – Official Reveal Trailer 3 months ago:
I feel like that should be the default stance. One thing that gives me hope is the early access release - there’s a chance they’re approaching the game seriously and will use it to make something great.
- Submitted 3 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on Xbox Unveils Four New Accessibility Offerings 3 months ago:
Maybe so. Also, I reread the article and there are more mentions of PC than I initially thought. I just kind of glanced over them between all the talk about Xbox, a term that’s also used in regards to Windows gaming (something I forgot when I posted this).
- Comment on Xbox Unveils Four New Accessibility Offerings 3 months ago:
They could also not do anything at all and leave those players on their own. Sure, it would be great if all of those options were available from the start but most of MS’s work on accessibility wasn’t developed back then. At least they can be used with PCs and should be compatible with their future consoles.
