JakobFel

@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open World Games: yay or nay?⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I love them if they’re done right. Bethesda and CDPR do it right every time. I do really enjoy Ubisoft’s open worlds back in the day, such as the old AC games (Rogue and before), Watch Dogs games, etc. Of course, RDR2 is also a masterpiece in this design. You mentioned Days Gone and I enjoy that one too, it’s designed in a way that doesn’t feel exhaustive.

  Problem is, because of the scope of the games, it tends to take too much time. If the devs don’t make the exploration and side activities fun and worthwhile, it’s easy to lose steam and get burned out.

  I do find some of them great for killing time, though. I’ll sometimes load up Watch Dogs 2 and free roam, do multiplayer activities, hunt down collectibles as I listen to cybersecurity podcasts. Same with RDR2 if I’m listening to podcasts about America or traditionalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kansas wants to use AI to spot guns in schools. One major company won’t say how often the system fails⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything but promoting homeschooling or arming teachers, amirite?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong, I know it can be worse. I just think it could also be better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love Steam but I’ve always felt like the refund policy was a bit of a joke. I feel like the time limit should be flexible, being a bit longer for games that have long tutorials or a bunch of intro cutscenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion fan project lead reacts to Oblivion remake news with "all love and no hate"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because they’re classy and understand that the two are totally different projects. Skyblivion is impressive but that doesn’t even remotely mean that an official remaster/remake isn’t worth having.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky Blocked in Turkey - Here's Why⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah? Good. Bluesky’s community is atrocious. Nostr and the Fediverse are better and far more resistant to censorship anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a cancelled game you really miss?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  EverQuest Next. That game would have been the best MMO ever, if they would’ve stuck with it. Unfortunately, SOE got bought out and the new owners were whackos who didn’t care. It’s sad because nothing has come close since then. Only GW2 and ESO have even a fraction of the concepts of EQN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HELP! Im looking for a game like CIV 6 where the point is to go to war⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try Stellaris. It’s similar gameplay, but it’s realtime and the space battles you can get yourself into can be truly epic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I already don’t use Discord too much, and if they push this, I’m done with it completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot be paid enough to use or support TikTok or anything like it. A major source of all the issues society is facing today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suggestions for mouse only games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With the exception of chat, try Old School RuneScape. Good game for passive gameplay as well as more intensive/focused gameplay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say a reasonable amount of this is due to how many of them shove their own ideologies into their reporting, with not even a slight attempt to remain objective or neutral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in every game. Some games make it reasonably fair, such as Elder Scrolls Online which makes it possible to obtain the lootbox items in other ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And this is exactly why Ubisoft is dying. Good riddance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we boycott games with loot boxes?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, if anything, we need to boycott games with battle passes. I’m not a fan of lootboxes but I’d take them any day over a battle pass. Don’t pressure me to play specific ways, don’t exploit FOMO to try to get me to grind or spend money. I find that a LOT more predatory than lootboxes, at least in games where they’re optional.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, didn’t know that it’s on Steam. Well, there’s that at least. Still not a fan of console exclusivity either way, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both. The future isn’t in consoles, it’s in console-like PCs. Just wait until Valve drops the Fremont, I believe it’ll change absolutely everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they’re prepared to have a fraction of the success they would have if they didn’t continue the absurd concept of console exclusivity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not talking about Lemmy. I’m talking about literally every community I’ve looked. Aside from fanboys being fanboys, the reaction has been nothing but outrage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep! When you open the Steam menu, you can access a full-featured desktop mode. It makes the device virtually limitless outside of the software issues you mentioned. And I agree entirely that it’s ridiculous to see these companies ignoring Linux the way they do.

  Hopefully you enjoy your second try of SteamOS!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is that a company can only push their greed so far before they start losing people. Up until now, most of the Nintendo hate came from their anti-emulation crusade. Now, it seems like everyone and their brother is talking about just how absurd the entirety of this launch is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be account- or console-locked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yay, one good thing in a heaping pile of crap! Will wonders never cease?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like they’re trolling us at this point. There’s no way they’re this stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t lose functionality, you can use SteamOS like a laptop as well. Desktop mode literally puts you in a KDE Plasma desktop environment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly why we have these issues like we’re dealing with with the Switch 2. Console gamers are only focused on hardware and exclusivity, they’re not focused on the operating system of the device, the build quality of the product itself (including the ergonomics), nor do they care about the company that produces it beyond their basic fanboy tendencies.

  Steam Deck’s competitors might have slightly better hardware or a higher resolution, but none of them are right to repair friendly. None of them have custom software literally designed for the product, and none of them have the sort of ergonomics that the Steam Deck has. Not to mention the fact that Valve is an American company, which might not be important to everybody, but it is important to me. They’re also a company that has proven themselves to be largely consumer-friendly.

  While I’m not dissing anybody who does make the choice to go for an Ally or a Legion Go, the problem I have is that those devices are literally just another hardware company jumping on a band wagon. The Steam Deck completely revolutionized the way that we play on PC. Sure, it took inspiration from the original Switch. There’s no question about that. But that doesn’t mean that Valve was just jumping on a band wagon the way that ASUS and Lenovo are doing.

  Valve literally spent years working with Linux developers on software that makes Linux gaming truly viable in order to create devices that allow you to run virtually any game on a handheld that you fully own, are allowed to put any game on (including games from other launchers, which they didn’t have to allow) and you’re fully allowed to self-repair it if any issues arise. Meanwhile, companies like ASUS treat their customers more like smartphone suckers customers, not to mention the fact that they went the cheap and easy route of just using Windows, which isn’t optimized for a device like these. And guess what? They’re bending the knee to the Steam Deck supremacy by allowing you to get a version with SteamOS in the future. That alone proves that Valve is one step ahead of their competition.

  To summarize all that I said, the reason the Steam Deck is so good is not just the hardware, it’s not just the screen, it’s the fact that it’s a very capable device at the hardware level, combined with very, very good software and a very consumer-friendly company behind it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo keeps shooting themselves in the foot. On one hand, as a PCMRer and massive fan of Valve, I’m glad to see how many are open to moving over here. On the other hand, Nintendo was the last console manufacturer I actually liked (despite their anti-emulation crusade) and so it’s like a death of an era.

  The future really is in console-like PCs a la the Steam Deck and Valve’s upcoming Fremont.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Easily. Aside from the first party titles, there’s literally no reason to get a Switch 2. Everything else is objectively better on a PC handheld (especially the Deck).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that, I just hope they don’t end up disappointed and go back to Winblows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Terminal usage is inevitable with Linux. It’s not as scary as it seems and can actually create a sense of accomplishment when you use it. Pop is a solid distro for sure but you don’t need a “gaming distro” to game on Linux these days (not that Pop is a gaming distro specifically). There’s actually a Linux Experiment video where he proves this with a thorough test. All major distros work fine for gaming.

  I encourage people to not go for SteamOS unless you’re setting up a PC you want to use solely as a home console, or if you’re flashing it to a different handheld.

  That, all coming from a big Valve fan. I simply don’t think it’s a good idea for people to get their hopes up over SteamOS somehow being a no-terminal, peak gaming Linux experience. I also don’t think it’s a good idea to hold off until SteamOS gets its full PC release, because most major distros today will work just as well. It’d literally only benefit people to start learning Linux now so that by the full SteamOS launch, they’ll be more informed as to whether it’ll be something they’ll find useful enough to use as a daily driver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love trying other distros but I can’t afford to regularly be down a few days to a week to restore backups, which is why I want my main system to stick with a distro long-term. Mint is definitely one of my strongest considerations for sure.