dukemirage

@dukemirage@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. At least I didn’t hit any roadblocks like in Hollowknight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  when oldschool is actually more accessible than newschool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokémon Lazarus: When a Fan Game Becomes a Conversation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It is one of those modern Pokemon hacks that are just ludicrously hard, or is it casually enjoyable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a Steamdeck and a 360 gamepad and I have no strong opinion on which is more comfy while using a standard layout.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure the team gathered some proof in usability and ergonomy tests before deciding on an option. After all, the controller needs to adapt to many possible layouts, not just for right-handed avatar movement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I understand. But how are symmetrical sticks ojectively worse? Valve’s design team built dozens of prototypes for the first controller, they probably did the same for the second one and still opted for symmetrical sticks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But the DualShock doesn’t have asymmetric sticks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 483 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘m enjoying these, I played through Max Payne 2 a lot during my teenage years and everything I found something new even though it’s „just“ a linear shooter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks.

  Allthough persoanlly, I consider using an external AA charger a convenience.

  I guess it is if you already have a charger and a few more use cases for separate batteries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Xbox controllers don’t have built-in chrager circuit, so a separate charger is needed, which is quite inconvenient. Do the others have that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of merch culture is upon us with an official Death Stranding exoskeleton⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For a second I thought the headline was serious and China banned the production of useless crap or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"...Mommy!!.." (Hades)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yes and

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"...Mommy!!.." (Hades)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  mark spoilers please

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ii didn’t use the word innovative, mind you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ubisoft codified a certain style of open world design that many other AAA releases were using as a template. He’s right, you can’t deny the impact the franchise had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 475 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also make sure in to visit the easter egg shrine everytime I’m playing the appartment section.

  I feel like Remedy has a knack for that.

  They definetely do, always a treat to explore their spaces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this the main menu that looks like a dialogue encounter, or is it a dialogue encounter in the game that suddenly acts like a main menu?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘ve never played that game and that is way too tacky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I could have listened to the rich lady‘s reality rundown for hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope you don’t mean Baldur‘s Gate when you say Larian and BioWare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  those suck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Licensed games suck, there, I said it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You share that opinion with the many libertarians in this world, but unfortunately it is not that simple (and has not that much to do with financial privilege). I know it is en vogue to dismiss scientific insight, but sociology, psychology and medicine paint a very complex picture with many internal and external risk factors.

  Exposing children and young adults to a gambling system with a very low entry barrier in a space that is hard for parents/guardians to oversee means malevolently accepting that you‘ll turn some of them into addicts that would not be otherwise.

  If you are not an addict, that just means that you haven‘t been in the right (wrong) situation (yet). That of course is a true privilege.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should educate yourself on how addiction works if you don’t want to sound like an idiot yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know that gambling addiction is an illness?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over 47% of Stop Killing Games Signatures Have Already Been Verified⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to hate on this you could at leasdt argue that the games that will not be killed are crap in the first place because they are shitty live service games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Mask of the Betrayer: the last of the boomer cRPG classics' - Warlockracy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought you were right and even in the case of boomer shooter you could argue „well it was made by some boomers“ but this is a game from 2007, fuck that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II - Post-Launch Patch 1 Preview & Notes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don‘t think Silksong posed a threat to their success. They are already doing fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II - Post-Launch Patch 1 Preview & Notes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is done, this is a balancing patch. The early access wasn’t “real long”, it started in may 2024 and ended last month with frquent major updates and a completed roadmap. It will also remain a singleplayer game with no multiplayer or live service features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Very tiny outlets that try to do better should be supported.