rafoix
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- Comment on What do you think about what corporations are doing? 2 days ago:
Late stage capitalism.
They’re all consolidating into monopolies which allows them to aggressively raise prices and lower quality and service to customers.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
It’s extremely overwhelming and confusing. The learning curve is huge plus the enemies show zero qualms in destroying your entire party the second you step out of line.
It’s one of those games that pay off after learning the systems but it feels like it’s doing its best to not tell you anything.
It took me a few tries until it really clicked with me. Same issue with Demons Souls on PS3.
- Comment on Save Mass Effect 2 weeks ago:
Pretty much every studio making live service trash claimed that it was 100% their decision and that it was the game they always wanted to make since they were a little baby.
- Comment on Save Mass Effect 2 weeks ago:
If the writing needs better direction to write a good story then the writers are not good. Also, 2023 is way past their good old days.
BioWare was good but they always seemed to push more and more into a casual audience while expecting the RPG fanbase to stick around no matter what. They took the RPG fans for granted and now they have other developers to care about.
- Comment on Save Mass Effect 2 weeks ago:
I don’t see any of their writing in the last decade as anything but tired tropes and juvenile simplistic plots and characters.
Elden Ring’s item descriptions have more depth and character than BioWare’s characters that have endless mind numbing dialogue. I could say the same about the plot.
The company founders left over a decade ago. They weren’t perfect but whatever was left was just IP and not ability.
- Comment on Save Mass Effect 2 weeks ago:
That’s why I mention the writing.
That’s separate from gameplay and level design.
- Comment on Save Mass Effect 2 weeks ago:
Nah, the real petition was the last game.
BioWare hasn’t shown that it has the talent to make quality AAA RPGs in almost 20 years.
Maybe they should have made some lower budget games to give their less experienced developers some much needed feedback and practice in their craft.
Also, their writing has been absolute trash for over 10 years. I’m not sure if their writers even know what good writing is.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
There’s Divinity Original Sin 2 from the same developer. It doesn’t use the DnD system like BG3 but it’s very good.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
Baldurs Bate 3 is turn based strategy with great writing.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
What void? The void of casual role playing games with bad gameplay and worse writing?
I don’t think that void needs to be filled. The last BioWare game I enjoyed was Mass Effect 2 in 2010.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
Anyone that cared about RPGs was pushed out by greedy losers.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
I’m guessing those new owners don’t appreciate stories where gay characters are treated with respect.
- Comment on Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces Congressional Legislation To Protect Video Game Ownership: 'If You Pay For It, You Own It' 3 weeks ago:
He’s had a long time to push that legislation. Waited for that genocide money to keep him interested.
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 5 weeks ago:
Nuclear is unaffordable so it doesn’t matter.
Solar plus batteries are by far the most cost effective and reliable method at the moment but we do have to keep investing in research on all technologies except dirty stuff that releases insane amounts of pollution and CO2.
- Comment on PlayStation Reportedly Sending Game Developers Massive Survey With Question Asking About Physical Discs 1 month ago:
This is what happens when the person running the business does not patronize the business and is only interested in short term profits.
- Comment on Hellblade developer Ninja Theory heading towards closure in new wave of Xbox cuts, as two separate agreements collapse 1 month ago:
They didn’t have a good history before that either. MS sucks at everything.
- Comment on Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital 1 month ago:
Why would they create the optical to digital DRM program if they were keeping optical drives in the next system?
MS wanted to kill the secondary market since the start of the 8th generation in 2014. Their DRM rules are a big reason why a lot of people dropped Xbox to switch to PlayStation.
- Comment on Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital 1 month ago:
Is there any reason why you or anyone would give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt?
Expect the worst from MS and you’ll never be disappointed.
- Comment on Who cleans the toilets in Gault's Gulch? 1 month ago:
That would make it real easy to claim that they are drug traffickers and blow them up without any due process. Apparently it’s perfectly legal.
- Comment on Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital 1 month ago:
All to trap people in their digital ecosystem. They could have easily offered an optional optical drive on their next system.
MS sucks.
- Comment on Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis 1 month ago:
I haven’t tried the Indiana Jones game. I usually stay away from games with preexisting licenses because they tend to be more for general audiences than people that are into gaming.
I’ll add it to my wishlist.
- Comment on Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis 1 month ago:
The reboot trilogy was a bit too close to Uncharted. I enjoyed those as shooters but they never felt like a true continuation of classic Lara Croft games.
Death Stranding style of traversal challenge is closer to classic Lara Croft than Uncharted ever was. The bean counters only follow trends though.
- Comment on Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis 1 month ago:
grappling hook, RPG-esque stats, skill trees and quick time events
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So many game developers only know how to do derivative slop.
I am hoping for a more realistic and challenging Tomb Raider game instead of cinematic crap that plays itself. I don’t think it’s ever going to happen.
- Comment on FFVII Revelation Director Insists S-E Had No Choice but to Require a Download to Play the Physical Disc Version 1 month ago:
A normal part of game optimization is making sure that it doesn’t take up all the storage space on every device.
What exam is in that game that justifies those file sizes?
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I’ve tried a lot of great hardware that is literally just a slight button angle change from being absolutely perfect.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Does anyone actually prefer the angle of the A and B buttons like that for most games?
- Comment on Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt 2 months ago:
Last time I was at the ER I had to wait 7 hours because it was filled with people that had flu symptoms but nobody wants to take the flu vaccine because social media made them scared.
- Comment on Establishment Democrats think they know who is "electable". These are the same guys that saw this in 2016 and said yeah we want Hillary. 3 months ago:
Establishment=capitalist Zionists
- Comment on Game Pass Was Supposed To Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the Company 3 months ago:
Gamepass didn’t make their games shitty.
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 3 months ago:
Sony has released very few single player games this generation on purpose. Single player games are perfect for physical media.
Sony wants everyone to play live service games to sell the game, the updates and the online subscription. It is part of the plan.