DireTech

@DireTech@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks to the "you need to buy a new PC for running W11" bullshit, scammers are selling ewaste at full price to inexperienced people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  1060 is probably more powerful than the steam deck and that things run almost everything. You don’t have to play at 4k/ultra.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon loves The Lord of the Rings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve spent way more time in MMOs than I’d care to admit, but if you think FF11 didn’t have a grind you can check the millions of old posts about it on Reddit for a reminder.

  Look at the RPGs people love, none focus on the grind. It’s because grinding does not benefit gameplay and only drags out playtime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon loves The Lord of the Rings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, this or WoW will probably go down in history but I don’t think any game focused on intentionally dragging out gameplay to keep subscribers hooked will ever go down as marvelous examples of gameplay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s the only reason I’ve considered it. However, things have changed a lot since the Switch 1 came out. Existing Switch emulators will likely work well on Switch 2 soon given the similar hardware and the Steam Deck massively raised the bar on what I expect out of a portable system.

  Plus the controller still looks like it sucks for adult hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Working as a solo dev on a project you know by heart is literally the easiest work to do. If you’ve never had to work on a large old codebase you have no idea just how hard it can be to make changes.

  I’ve done this sort of thing for years and I would not even give an estimate on a change for a new project without some time to look at the code base.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t be done is usually shorthand for the cost massively outweighs the benefits. No different from remodeling a building. Like coding, literally anything is theoretically possible but sometimes you’d have to redo so much existing work it’s never going to be worth it.