PonyOfWar
@PonyOfWar@pawb.social
- Comment on Pokémon Pokopia | Review Thread 3 days ago:
Such a shame that they won’t give this a proper physical release.
- Comment on Why is Iran attacking Dubai and Kuwait? 6 days ago:
Kuwait and UAE have US military bases. Iran doesn’t really have the ability to attack the US directly. Pretty sure they did also target Israel.
- Comment on Pokémon Winds and Waves announced, releasing 2027 1 week ago:
Finally, hardware is powerful enough that even Gamefreak can make a decent looking 3d game!
In all seriousness though, it looks pretty nice. Looking forward to the return of diving. South-east Asia is an interesting setting for a new region. I have a feeling IGN isn’t going to like it though…
- Comment on Moltbook was peak AI theater 1 week ago:
Who would create a bot for this purpose and then also give personal details in the instructions / memory or access to photos?
It would be 2 different people: One person instructing their bot to ask other bots for private data and another person using their bot for whatever purpose who was stupid enough to give it full access to their data. AI bros are often pretty incompetent when it comes to IT security especially, so I think it isn’t such an unlikely scenario.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, so what’s your point? The meme is talking about the “most successful of last 25 years”, so a 22 year old game fits perfectly within that.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Pretty sure WoW and Overwatch were way bigger commercial successes.
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Did anyone really think the Final Fantasy 7 remake was better than the original PS1 version? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve only played the first remake so far, but I do prefer the original game. The remake is gorgeous and definitely not bad by any means, but it adds so much unnecessary padding to what was originally a perfectly well-paced game. And the story beats they added mostly don’t improve on the writing of the original. Feels almost mean to say it, but it reminds me a bit of the Hobbit movie trilogy in that regard.
- Comment on Mewgenics: Some of the ‘celeb’ Meowing voice cast seems to be problematic at best 3 weeks ago:
I don’t care about “celebrity cameos” even when it’s people I like. But I guess adding some controversial people is one way for a dev to drive engagement.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Ashes of the Rug-Pull it looks like. Released on Steam less than 2 months ago. Looks like they just waited long enough so nobody who bought in can refund it.
- Comment on PC game recommendation for my partner and I 1 month ago:
“A Hat in Time” is an excellent 3d-platformer with local co-op.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 4th 1 month ago:
I’ve been playing Thief Gold. Great game that really surprised me in how well it holds up. It somewhat runs out of Steam in the last third though, where I currently am. Missions like “Escape” have been a bit of a pain with their difficulty and aren’t as well designed. Still intending to finish it and get to Thief 2, supposedly the best in the series.
On Steam, I’ve been playing “Songs of Syx”. An amazing mixture of Dwarf Fortress, a city builder and even a bit of a civilization-building RTS. Really addictive game that’s complex but not overwhelming.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 months ago:
My heart stopped at reading “GoG is getting acquired”, but that doesn’t sound so bad.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
When Steam had its outage recently, I decided to go through my GOG library instead to find something to play. Noticed I had the Thief Trilogy, which I had never played, so I gave the first game a try. I wouldn’t have thought that a 3d-game from 1998 would hold up so well! It pretty much does stealth as good or even better than modern games. Sound design is brilliant as well. I’m 10 hours in and quite hooked on it right now.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 months ago:
Not quite. Larian also wants to use it for concept art, which is not the same thing as placeholder assets. To give you a bit of context, the standard for placeholder textures at the software development companies I worked so far has mostly been “vaguely fitting images you found on Google”.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
This is only in regions where they’re being forced to do this. And if the implementation in Japan is anything like what they did in the EU, it’s essentially worthless, as there are way to many hoops to jump through for alternate app stores to make it practical or useful at all.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 2 months ago:
Except for the “developing concept art” bit I guess. That’s not some unimportant intern’s work and does have the potential to displace artists. And while no AI-generated content may make it into the game, it does suggest that there will be art that’s based on the AI-generated content. That’s what concept art is for, after all.
- Comment on Any games I missed in the last 21 months? 2 months ago:
Welcome back! BTW, there was some user wondering whether you’re okay some months ago: pawb.social/post/33129287
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is excellent.
- Comment on Wireless EV charging hits 90% efficiency in Swiss real-world trials 2 months ago:
That does sound like an interesting scenario. I guess the big challenge here will be getting the actual self driving implemented and approved across manufacturers. Also, if we had that, couldn’t the car just as easily connect to a physical docking port of some sort? But I guess a wireless charging pad would be more friendly to various car shapes.
- Comment on Wireless EV charging hits 90% efficiency in Swiss real-world trials 2 months ago:
Good point. Personally, I haven’t actually encountered a charger that was vandalized to a point where it didn’t work though. And I’m not sure whether these are more or less prone to have technical issues compared to regular cable chargers.
- Comment on Wireless EV charging hits 90% efficiency in Swiss real-world trials 2 months ago:
Cool, but 10% still seems like a lot for the small convenience of not having to spend 10-20s connecting a cable. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.
- Comment on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | Review Thread 2 months ago:
I’m 2 hours in and I’m really enjoying it. Visuals and soundtrack are fantastic. Gameplay is mostly classic Metroid Prime so far. Story seems a bit formulaic (Collect X of object Y to escape the planet). Despite what some people have said I don’t find it overly handhold-y, especially for a Nintendo game. The first major NPC you meet, Myles, is a tad annoying but not as bad as some of the previews made it seem.
- Comment on Where Winds Meet players are tricking AI-powered NPCs into giving them rewards by using the 'Solid Snake method' 2 months ago:
I think it’s pretty cool. The game does have a lot of pre-written dialogue as well, so it’s just an additional interaction you can have with NPCs. It also does require a detailed backstory, motivations, personality etc to be written for each NPC you can chat with, so I wouldn’t exactly call it lazy.
- Comment on A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again 3 months ago:
I was recently discussing Farcry 2 with some friends and how cool the fire spread system was - And how it essentially was never used again after that title.
In case you didn’t know, Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have a very similar fire spread system.
- Comment on Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon 3 months ago:
I think the author might be interpreting a bit too much into Sean’s words here. “In the background” could just mean out of the eye of the public and he said it’s another tiny team, not necessarily smaller than the NMS one which he also calls tiny in the same post. Hello games is a pretty small studio. LNF could easily still be years away, but I don’t think Sean’s comment here tells us anything either way.
- Comment on Starbound Fans: New Dedicated Server Open to Lemmy 3 months ago:
Now that’s a game I haven’t thought about in a while. I backed the game in 2013 and played it for 100+ hours in beta, but dropped it shortly after 1.0 because I didn’t like many of the fundamental changes they introduced. How is the game these days? Maybe I’ll join and give it another try.
- Comment on How do I get into Doki Doki Literature Club? 3 months ago:
Why do you want to get into a horror game in the first place, if you don’t handle horror games well? I don’t see how that could work, as shocking and horrifying the player is kind of the whole shtick of the game.
- Comment on Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy 3 months ago:
At this point my phone from 2022 is way overpowered for every use case I have for it. So why upgrade? It was a bit different years ago, when new phones actually did exciting new things older phones couldn’t do. But now the technology has pretty much matured, and upgrades are incremental at best.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 3 months ago:
I’ve played Ultros recently and thought it was really cool and unique.
- Comment on Guild Wars Reforged Announcement Trailer 3 months ago:
Huh, didn’t expect that to ever be a thing. I never played the original GW campaign, only Factions and Nightfall, so I guess this will be a good opportunity for me to finally play it.