anakin78z

@anakin78z@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to receive its final update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the combat is awesome. I just played Origins, and sure, there were a lot of opportunities for my character to be a dick, but I really wonder how many people choose those options. I didn’t. I liked how close you could get to the companions in Veilguard. It felt much more impactful in the end game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to receive its final update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I, for one, loved it. That may not be true for a lot of people, but I’m glad the game was made.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to receive its final update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The game was really solid right from launch, so I guess it’s not lacking any updates. Bummer that it’s perceived as such a failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing Solasta. Our D&D group had fallen apart, and we just didn’t seem to be able to get a new game together. Solasta scratched that D&D itch like no game before it has. My wife got really into it, too, so we ended up playing for hundreds of hours together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what was the last game you played in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my last one, too. First time playing it, about 30 hours in now. Planning to play through all the older DA games before doing another playthrough of Veilguard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what was the last game you played in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I didn’t even realize it’s already out!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just played Dragon Age Veilguard, and I’m now playing Dragon Age Origins, which was released 15 years ago. The difference in graphics and animation are startling. And it has a big effect on my enjoyment of the game. Origins is considered by many to be the best in the series, and I can see that they poured a ton into story options and such. But it doesn’t feel nearly as good as playing Veilguard.

  Amazing graphics might not make or break a game, but the minimum level of what’s acceptable is always rising. Couple that with higher resolutions and other hardware advances, and art budgets are going to keep going up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game surprised you with their length?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just started Inquisition. I’m looking forward to learning more about the characters that appear in the Veilguard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game surprised you with their length?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it crashed on launch, for one. I saw there’s a ‘4GB’ fix, but that doesn’t let me launch from steam, and I wanted to stream to the steam deck, where I do almost all my gaming these days.

  I really loved Veilguard, but I’ve definitely seen people who played Origins complain about it. I thought the characters, story, and combat were fantastic though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game surprised you with their length?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just finished The Veilguard at 68 hours. I loved it, but haven’t played Origins. I bought it, but refunded after I saw how buggy and unsupported it is on new hardware these days. Maybe they’ll have a remaster some day, since everyone seemed to love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some great games that require you to bust out a notebook and pen?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hah, I actually just busted out pen and paper for Dragon Age Veilguard, although it was to compare companion stats, and nothing to do with the story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This actually sounds like depression. Being unable to find joy, and then unsuccessfully searching for it in places where you used to find it. I would consider talking to a professional if you can.

  Or try Dragon Age Veilguard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever happened to racing games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss good arcade racers. I don’t remember the name of them, but I remember on the Xbox or 360 there were some really fun ones where you race around cities and nice landscapes. You could just jump in with friends and race. These days any racing game I try is like a job. Oh, you want to race? First drive to the garage, pick your car, talk to the mechanic, then spend 20 minutes driving to the race track. Mario Kart is about the only fun racing game I can think of, but I’d prefer something with real cars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PVOD Rental Prices Going Up? ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: All $24.99⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. Paying $25 for a family of 4 and having the added bonus of not putting up with theater bullshit (e.g. ridiculous candy prices and asshole people) seems like a damn good deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 1 of someone finally posting screenshots from a screenshot-worthy game, until I forget to post screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point the screenshot thing needs it’s own sub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking more of an open API of how the game interacts with multiplayer services, so that in theory anyone could setup a server, or server services. In practice I completely agree with you though. Nobody wants to do the whole “Oh wait, you’re on that server? I have an account with that other server” thing. Steam, or some other party, would just become the defacto place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, it would be super fun if you’re into the game, as long as it doesn’t become a job, which it might.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could see this leading to standardizing and outsourcing multiplayer services, which would be interesting.

  That being said, before that happens, as a developer I’d be like: here’s a zip file with all of our proprietary stuff ripped out. Have fun spending the next few months getting it to work well. Congratulations, you’re now supporting a game that did poorly enough for us to drop it.

  But seriously, go sign it. Long term it should be a good thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winter Burrow Announcement Trailer - Xbox Games Showcase 2024⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks so good. Hope there’s a demo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tactical beach wizard. Wish it were multi player, but enjoyed it a lot either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VFX artist explains why CGI in films is worse now⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “WE got you more Time!” One of the worst things to hear. You’ve already blown through the budget with all the delays and changes. And you have to pick up a few additional shots from that studio they hired on the very cheap, because they don’t match the rest of the film.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capes has released, XCOM-like TBS with unique superhero characters - Reviews: 77 average, 75% recommended⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish it has co-op play

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is really easy to test in fairly small social groups. The next time you’re in a group ordering pizza, say you want cheese, because you don’t eat meat. Now watch everyone else order, or change their order to, double meat supreme with bacon. It’s almost like they can’t help themselves. It’s hilarious how easy you can change other people’s behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tekken is still weird and that’s what makes it great⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in the day I was always impressed with Tekken’s graphics, but it never felt as good as Virtua Fighter. I think VF made even better use of 3d space, and also added interesting environment interactions. So thats where all my quarters went.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harebrained Schemes relases the last update for The Lamplighters League "The Final Patch"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s on game pass if you have that. I started it and liked it, but got distracted. Been meaning to get back to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like this is a weird take. Children will play good games and discard bad games. They may not do research before asking for a game from a beloved brand, but the same is likely true for many adults.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New icon and banner for c/Games (!games@lemmy.world)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What are the specs? Dimensions, resolution, format… Can it be animated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I tried over 20 Steam Next demos so that you don't have to!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked Earthless, which is similar to Cobalt Core but adds grid movement.

  Galactic Glitch was pretty fun, too.

  ColorSpace is annoyingly challenging, in an addicting sort of way.

  I also played a lot of ‘Survivors’ games. Most of them sucked, and surprisingly few worked well on Steam Deck, but Sea of Survivors was fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lamplighter devs Harebrained "part ways" with Paradox as publisher decides against new project in the same genre⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not that far into it, but I’m enjoying it so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 09-10-2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Started playing The Lamplighters League after seeing that it’s on game pass. Also still playing Sea of Stars,where I just defeated the Dweller, and now feel betrayed 😭