lath

@lath@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ambitious new Crusader Kings 3 expansion All Under Heaven is a win for Paradox, right when it needed it most⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Disagree, but then again I’m not the intended audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Progress⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The dream is playing music on the strings of reality.
  A phone is just a pitstop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods app adds new context menus, Stardew Valley FOMOD support, and work towards Bethesda games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was sold off to venture capitalists. So obviously it’s going to get much worse before finally dying off in a ditch somewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Everything Is Fake, What’s the Point of Social Media?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Escapism.

  There was an episode in Stargate SG-1 where they find some pretty lights in a temple and they couldn’t take their eyes off it.
  The longer you feeded the addiction, the easier it made you forget about everything else, until you forgot to eat, drink or sleep.

  Not saying social media has the same properties but.. “It’s fun”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 460 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It also provided the udders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom they're fighting again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm… I am a quack, therefore I duck?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  GOG isn’t really recommended for games still being actively worked on. At heart it’s meant for complete games ready for archiving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Lois, remember the time when it all came tumbling down? That was sweet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this part of those OpenAI porn ads?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It may be that some games are dropping the ball and so players are looking to flock somewhere else.

  For example, Helldivers 2 has some loud complainers who advertised both Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders as potential alternates.
  Word of mouth can do a lot of damage if the mouth is loud and persistent enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think about her⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They call her Barbie because she has barbs around herself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony accuses Tencent of playing a 'shell game' with its Horizon-like survival game, seeks a preliminary injunction against it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll get Escape from Tarkov vs Escape from Duckov and you’ll like it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Guess it’s really Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2: The Masquerade instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That didn't last long - Blue Protocol: Star Resonance anti-cheat causing problems on Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to try it, but then I read it was a hollowed out carcass of a Japanese game that went under and was bought out by Tencent’s tethered minions.
  Now that they added crap on top of it, i no longer see the needed to actually wade into those murky waters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 director confirms Arrowhead are biting the addition delay bullet while working on performance fixes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the meantime, they should make a Helldivers offshoot called Helldivers: Full Steam Ahead, where they dive into Steam’s discussion forums and try to survive the bile lords on that planet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A player before me destroyed a bridge in [the Tides of Tomorrow] demo, so I had to build it again in this narrative adventure where your choices have consequences for others⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of games have features that rarely get used or no longer attract interest after some years.
  So the ones that do and do it well should be appreciated.

  And yes, seeing mentors on the map can get weird when you don’t know what’s going on with them. Real weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A player before me destroyed a bridge in [the Tides of Tomorrow] demo, so I had to build it again in this narrative adventure where your choices have consequences for others⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’m actually very thankful of veterans on GW2. Even now there’s a system in place where they take charge of world boss raids and help the newbies complete them for the extra rewards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A player before me destroyed a bridge in [the Tides of Tomorrow] demo, so I had to build it again in this narrative adventure where your choices have consequences for others⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This will fail because the mainstream players are toxic assholes. Then again, that result will be a success in itself, just not for the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you Really want to try it out, a helpful steam user, as much as steam users can be helpful, suggested using a streaming service such as GeForce now to play it even on Linux.

  I’m not sure, but I believe this bypasses the many requirements this “game” needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You've all been watching the slow, downward spiral for more than 2 years now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just so you know, you can be on an upward spiral if you want. I mean, you still get yeeted in the end, but it will be a fun ride…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beware!!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe IMHO is “Immigrants Must Hold Office”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember that originally it was Microsoft’s online attachment to the game which created most problems, that whatever Live service.
  Getting rid of it solved many of the initial issues.
  Then, only the Bethesda induced issues remained.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a miracle!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sad this is what we’ve come to see a natural birth and growth as.
  I mean I get that vaccines are good for us, but is this really the image of what we are without them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Taking advantage of Epic while it’s taking advantage of me, I’m playing Nightingale. It reminds me a lot of Return to Moria, also an ‘Epic’ adventure.

  Character creation is kinda fun as you get to pick your family tree from preset models of any race, then adjust your own model to look a little more like them.

  Tutorial is a bit lacking for anyone new to the genre and while the introductory map is quite large, it all tends to repeat. You can go around collecting the basic form of tools and some weapons, which then unlocks their blueprints for free in your progression trees. And boy there are many!
  Wood axe, skinning knife, pickaxe, climbing dual pickaxes for climbing walls, umbrella for floating down from great heights, hammer presumably for advanced construction, sickle for harvesting and a watering can.
  Then there’s the weapons, sword for slashing, maul for blunt, bow for piercing, slingbow/crossbow with FX marbles and found elemental ammo for rifle, revolver and shotgun.
  All can be used to deal damage relatively. The wood axe is the first weapon given.

  There are corruption enemies, there’s wildlife, giant spiders, puzzles, destructible environment with some secrets and flying essence point (universal currency so far) swarms that you can chase around. A lot of gathering and different crafting stations. Item modifications, food buffs, resting to change difficulty or day/night. NPCs to stay in base or follow you around.
  A lot of little things that can get overwhelming.

  But it shows it’s early access. Can’t say i recommend it wholeheartedly. I’m playing solo, so I’m unable to say anything about coop mishaps. If you don’t mind Epic and like the survival crafting genre, I’d give it a go now while it’s free to gain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This week in PC games: Battlefield 6 fends off an onslaught of cool indie RPGs, strategy games, horror games and piss simulators⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tea, usually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This week in PC games: Battlefield 6 fends off an onslaught of cool indie RPGs, strategy games, horror games and piss simulators⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh good, I thought I read “piss stimulators”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, citizenship doesn’t apply to ascended beings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout: London modders still have no plans to port it to next-gen Fallout 4, unless a console version becomes possible⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For now.

  There’s a pinned thread in the gog forums about the next-gen version and some customers are kinda asking for it, if you know what I mean…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune Awakening developers Funcom are laying off an unspecified number of staff⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It usually means the foundation of the game (and thus any serious bug fixing) is done and next comes in milking with all kinds of half-baked DLCs and basic maintenance mode.
  Conan Exiles died the same way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was because we like shootouts. It’s sad yes, but also fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re sending a robot with a camera first.
  Then it’s two soldiers + two scientists.