Goodeye8
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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 4th 11 hours ago:
I decided to give Witchfire a chance and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Witchfire is developed by a small polish studio established by former Painkiller developers and you can see the Painkiller influences in the art style. As for the game itself it’s sort of like a single player extraction shooter with Destiny-like gameplay (it even does the iconic Bungie verticality perspective by having the crosshair below the centerline of the screen) and some light roguelite elements and secrets. The game is still in development (their last roadmap indicated that the full release would be somewhere in 2026) so the full story isn’t revealed yet, but I am digging the lore that we know so far and love the ludonarrative consistency of what the game calls Gnosis. It’s essentially obtaining esoteric knowledge to get a deeper awareness for the world which leads to the gameplay mechanic of having parts of the world hidden until reach higher gnosis. Higher gnosis also makes you a bigger threat to the witch which also ties back into using gnosis as a way to let the player increase the difficulty and their own pace.
I’m not going to recommend it just yet because I feel like it needs the story to get you through the game. The start of the game can be somewhat boring because you’re not feeling very powerful and the mobs are kinda basic and it just feels like you’re just wandering through the maps. When you hit Gnosis III the game picks itself up with more challenging mobs but also you start to find more secret areas and you unlock gear that makes you feel more powerful. But then when you’re at Gnosis V the game slumps again because you’ve unlocked most of the areas and you’re just leveling up you gear and it feels again like you’re just going to the motions unlock the last Gnosis.
But I would recommend putting it on your radar for the 1.0 release because if they can add just as compelling of a story to the gameplay and world they already have I think it would alleviate the pacing issues I think the game has. If they can get it all to work together it’s going to be a banger for dark fantasy fans.
- Comment on Star Citizen is on course to reach $1 billion in player funding in 2026, and we still might not get to play its singleplayer campaign next year 1 week ago:
You can’t even see the most outlandish prices because the shop has a hidden shop. If you want to see the most expensive ships you have to have spent something like 12k on the game.
I’m not sure if my entire steam library is worth 12k and my library is pretty big.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
I agree the current state of affairs makes people even more against AI and I think people have a good reason to be against AI, but don’t you find it a bit contradictory how people are less antagonistic towards E33 AI use now that it has been revealed?
People are far more antagonistic towards games when the first thing they see is the AI label, to the point where they dismiss the entire game as AI slop, but it seems people are willing to be more lenient on AI usage when they first get to experience the game for what it is. This unreasonable reaction to the first impression is why companies would rather hide their AI usage rather than inform the customer.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
People have made it excessive due to turning AI into a modern witch hunt. Maybe if people had a more nuanced take than “all AI bad” companies could be more open about how they use AI.
I can guarantee that if E33 came out with the AI disclaimer it would’ve been far more controversial and probably less successful. And technically they should have an AI label because they did use Gen AI in the development process even if none of it was supposed to end up in the final game.
But we can’t have companies being honest because people can’t be normal.
- Comment on ARC Raiders purposefully puts jerks in the same lobby as each other 3 weeks ago:
I noticed the same thing when I started doing only loot runs (I didn’t shoot anyone, I’d just loot and GTFO). It used to be that running into PvP was pretty much expected but eventually the loot run matches went so that other players would sit in the open looting and nobody shot them, which is something you wouldn’t do if you were in a lobby expecting to get shot. I wasn’t willing to go as far as to assert that’s the matchmaking algorithm but my matches have definitely become more peaceful as I’ve stopped picking fights with other players.
- Comment on NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX 3 weeks ago:
I think it’s less of a case of them killing the project as them just being done with it. The game still runs and the git is public. The only thing that has changed is that Nvidia won’t be working on it any more. The project hasn’t been killed, anyone can fork it and continue the work if they want to.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
You don’t even know what my point is because you don’t care. I never said anything about oppressing others. If anyone is oppressing anyone it’s you oppressing me.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s pretty fucking ironic of you to talk about “individuals right to self-determination is sacrosanct” while you zealously disrespect my beliefs and push your own onto me. Who would’ve thunk a narcissist like you is also a hypocrite.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
The fact that you think that’s advice to me just shows how little you actually care about my point of view. Get out of here you narcissist.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
who is the bigger narcissist here?
You’re the bigger narcissist here. You’re literally making up statement I did not make to have a point to argue against. You can’t bother to read anything I say (or alternatively you can’t read, doesn’t really matter to me which it is). You act high and mighty every chance you get.
So I’m not going to address anything else because talking to you is pointless. You’re arguing with a wall because I don’t even need to be here. You’re not going to read what I say, you’re going to make up arguments I never made, you argue your own made up arguments to be right and then call me stupid for having your make-belief arguments. You are the wall you’re arguing with.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I already did. what Embark is ding is not indentured servitude. saying it is doesn’t change reality, no matter how much you wish otherwise.
If you had bothered to read ANYTHING I SAID you’d know that was not my argument.
make a real one to begin with.
I made 3 point at the start, all of which you just ignored and said they signed a contract so nothing else matters.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Pretty zealous of you to dictate what is or isn’t a valid argument. If my argument is so wrong why not instantly debunk it instead of playing this stupid ring around the Rosie?
We can play the same game if you want. Your argument that they signed the contract is not a valid argument because I think it’s utterly stupid and I shouldn’t be addressing it in the first place. Come back with a real argument.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
The irony of calling someone a zealot who can’t be wrong, and then straight up ignoring all criticism of your argument. You are right, there is no point in arguing with someone like you.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Since you decided to ignore my argument all I can do is attack your stupid argument, which is that the signed contract is all that matters. I’m attacking it by stating you don’t have a problem with indentured servitude as long the servant accepts the contract. That is not the same thing as stating VA work is somehow indentured servitude, please be capable of telling the difference here. If the agreement is all that matters then you have to be okay with indentured servitude in the manner I originally described.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Apparently you do think that indentured servitude, at least to the extent where the person agrees to step into servitude, is completely fine. After all they agreed to the contract.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know what kind of work you do but let’s say your work requires you to log into some kind a system that somehow knows to track the work you do. Now imagine you start your work and your co-worker logs themselves in your place. You do the labor, they get the benefit. Are you being cheated?
The VA would do that labor if there was no TTS with their voice as a model. The VA labor goes into that model because it is their voice. They do the labor but someone else benefits from it? Are they not being cheated?
And final thought experiment. If the VA-s owned the TTS system and Embark asks for a new voiceline. Are the VA-s supposed to give that new voiceline away for free just because some TTS system generated it? Wouldn’t Embark cheat them out their pay if they said “You made it for free so we should be able to use it for free.”?
The intellectual bankruptcy comes from you because instead of actually thinking about the situation you hide behind the “But they agreed to it” argument. People also agreed with indenture servitude, doesn’t mean it’s acceptable.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Call me crazy but I think people getting cheated out of the fruits of their labor, even if they themselves might’ve signed their it away, should be criticized.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
But are they also getting paid after the fact? Let’s say $50 any time a new voiceline is added to the game using their voice. Because Embark is using a tool to do the work someone would’ve done manually, they would’ve had to pay the person otherwise so I think a royalty-like payment any time the VA voice is used is completely fair. Otherwise it becomes what people are complaining about, that they’re effectively paying a one time fee for the VA voice and then use it for free for forever.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Do you know the specifics of their contracts with the VA-s? Are you certain they’re not paying the VA-s for using their voice (even if it is AI generated)? What is the ethical dilemma if VA-s are getting paid whenever a new voiceline is created?
- Comment on What are some good games to play while sick? 3 weeks ago:
Dorfromantik.
It’s a game where you place tiles to build a map and you get scored based on how well the placed tile matches the rest of the tiles. Extra score comes from additional goals which usually mean finishing a certain area.
It’s my go to game when I’m burnt out and can’t think or I’m so sick I can’t focus on anything, because the game is perfect when you’re low energy. There is no clock, there is no mental overhead of keeping track of something. The game gives you all the information you need and you can play one tile at a time. The music is calm and the tiles you place create this idyllic world that’s pleasing to the eye.
It’s the ultimate chillout game.
- Comment on 'Huge respect to the folks at Obsidian': Todd Howard invited Obsidian devs onto Fallout season 2's set so they could see New Vegas in the flesh 4 weeks ago:
But when people talk about the great RPGs of the modern era New Vegas is brought up while Fallout 3 isn’t. Neither is Fallout 4 for that matter.
- Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle 4 weeks ago:
I know. It’s not Valve’s fault the developer fucked up and game them the wrong build to review. But that has literally nothing to do with this article unless you’re somehow trying to insinuate that Valve influenced other storefronts.
- Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle 4 weeks ago:
What are you on about?
- Comment on Marathon Art Controversy Resolved As Artist Reaches Agreement With Bungie And Sony 4 weeks ago:
If I remember correctly they had some unannounced competitive FPS in the works before Sony bought them and that project most likely was Marathon. I don’t think this has anything to do with what Sony wants and Bungie themselves decided to go down this route.
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 5 weeks ago:
There’s this reminded of a bit by Ari Matti where he goes “you people put sugar on your medicine. You know the rest of the world doesn’t do that?”
Maybe vaccines laced with sugar is the answer America needs.
- Comment on The reason women cover their drinks 5 weeks ago:
I’m genuinely amazed at how naturally evil they look. You don’t even need to know who they are, you can tell just by looking at them that they’re arll pieces of shit.
- Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games) 5 weeks ago:
I’m fully of the opinion that difficulty is a matter of determination. If a quadriplegic can beat Elden Ring then I really don’t know what kind of a disability someone would have to have to not be able to play difficult games.
I’m not against difficulty options. I turn the difficulty down in some games because I think the higher difficulties simply funnel you into a certain playstyle (looking at you Bethesda). But difficulty options IMO are more of am accessibility for the sake of convenience rather than a necessity and as such I don’t think every game requires difficulty options.
- Comment on Valve responds as indie horror studio accuses Steam of 'censorship' for banning its game about nude human 'Horses' (Update) 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, the whole thing stinks to high heavens of the devs fucking around and then trying to shift the blame onto Valve.
- Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games) 5 weeks ago:
Sekiro can be used to make an interesting point about easy mode. One could argue that the first playthrough is the easy mode because in new game plus you can give away Kuro’s charm which means only perfect blocks prevent chip damage. Does easy mode mean it has to easier or does it mean it has to be without challenge?
- Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support 5 weeks ago:
I never said I have a source for accurate numbers. I said whatever numbers you’ve looked at so far are not the numbers you should be looking at and then added what kind of numbers you should be looking at.