RightHandOfIkaros

@RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it me or does it seem like review bombing on Steam has become so much worse recently?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they fix the cheater problem? I played when it first dropped on Steam, and good lord was the cheater problem bad. Spawning grenade explosions every frame on all player positions for the entire match was awful. I haven’t reinstalled since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it me or does it seem like review bombing on Steam has become so much worse recently?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes, the only way for players to get the developer’s attention is by doing something drastic like that. Not always, but many times. Because developers and publishers think Steam Review Scores are important for game sales (and I mean, they are, but maybe not as much as they seem to think).

  Sometimes this comes from players in a different language complaining about bad translation or something.

  Review Bombing, the term, is almost used to discredit when people have negative sentiment for something, and does nothing to explain why players may be doing it. Sometimes it is warranted, sometimes it isn’t. But most people are going to read that term and think “Ah, its just a bunch of whiney children,” only to later feel frustrated at the things those negative reviews were talking about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's featured article on Wikipedia: Terraria⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just one last update for real this time guys

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨titta... slosh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone has that moment when you ask someone to verify there is a problem with something, only for it to work perfectly when they are watching and make you look like a moron in the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  NFS Underground 2 has a PC port, and there are some fixes online that make it the best way to play NFSU2, actually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  • Silent Hill 2, obviously.

  • Kuon - FromSoftware

  • Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

  • Robotech Battlecry (the Xbox release was better, but the PS2 one is fine)

  • Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc (there is an English patch)

  • Shadow Tower Abyss (there is an English patch)

  • Castlevania: Lament of Innocence & Curse of Darkness

  • Haunting Ground

  • Ultimate Spiderman

  • Winback

  • Xenosaga 1-3

  • Cold Fear (PC version is probably a better pick though)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A remaster is generally a re-release of an already existing game. It is a new build of the same game, on the same engine, with the same assets. The only difference being compatibility with new hardware, etc. In my opinion, a lazy cash grab that realistically shouldn’t even exist. Often times these new builds aren’t even the same and have many bugs not originally present in the original game that the remaster developers never even fix.

  A remake should always try to stay as close as possible to the original for its initial presentation. The intention of a remake is to become the current market replacement of an old product, for various reasons. Maybe it doesn’t run on new hardware or the original code was deleted/lost. Maybe the original game was poorly received and the developers want to try again with some QoL adjustments. Maybe the graphics haven’t aged well but the story is timeless. This is why a studio would opt for a remake instead of a lazy remaster.

  The issue comes from something like Silent Hill 2 Remake. It did not include a “Classic Mode.” The remake alters some pretty important themes in the game, changes multiple story elements, and entirely changes the focus of the gameplay, putting a greater emphasis on action and combat than the original ever did. The remake shifted the tone away from a melancholic exploration of a character into a Hollywood action movie with an over-reliance on jump scares (basically every Bloober game, honestly).

  This has problems when fans attempt to talk about the game. Which version is each talking about? People do not always specify. If one person talks about the Coin Puzzles in the apartments for example, the clues, hints, and solutions are completely different between versions. Players of the original game needed to get a crate of rotten juice cans and drop it down a trash chute in order to receieve a coin for that puzzle, but that entire sequence was removed in the remake. This is only a minor example that doesnt impact the story, but the problem of discussion disconnect is apparent. You can imagine how confusing it would get when there are other major changes that do impact the story later on in the game.

  These differences are fine if the developers add them as an “Arrange Mode” or “Remake Mode,” but not as the only way to experience the game. That effectively says “our new version is the only good version, because we won’t allow the players to directly compare the two with the same engine and graphics. If you want the old version, you can’t, because we definitely aren’t selling the original and pirating the original that we refuse to sell you is copyright infringement.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Online CO-OP Games should have option to pause⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever tried playing a multiplayer game where other players can pause the game? It is an immense annoyance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont understand this argument. When a game is considered very good, particularly by people that are already invested in a series, those people want remakes and re asters to more or less be exactly the same game, with only technical improvements such as graphics and framerate. The game is beloved and changing it more often negatively effects the experience.

  Why can they not make their new version a separate mode, like New Game Plus?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Halo: Combat Evolved Remake Details Emerge, Including Who Is Making It⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sprint? Thats not Halo. We have told 343 this for 4 games in a row and they just refuse to listen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Obsidian Temporarily Removes Games From Sale Due to Unity Exploit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the digital artbook is Unity? At least, thats the case for Avowed digital artbook. Which means delisting the whole game is absolutely excessive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Obsidian Temporarily Removes Games From Sale Due to Unity Exploit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont expect this to last very long, condiering how easy and fast it is to apply the patch. Completely delisting the games feels a little bit excessive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rest in Peace Jane Goodall.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The death of Harambe had many unforseen consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Because in 2 year the value of the product might be higher and we expect to always be paid more, regardless of the current deal we are making today.”

  ~Disney, since it was established as a business

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WoW dies with the Lich King⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought he was just really angry? Aren’t liches already dead?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six - PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lets see if they can do any better. It would certainly take a lot of effort to do worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, those kinds of changes do not usually happen so rapidly after a purchase, and was likely already planned for implementation and started before the sale.

  In other words, it is likely EA was already planning to make that change regardless of if the sale went through or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you've been living under a rock: The Crew is playable again!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not for modern Xbox titles, because Xbox online commectivity travels through the Xbox Live API, like Steam games often use Steam’s API. PlayStation never really had a central online service, and if they did it was always garbage/insecure.

  Sure, developers could try to emulate modern Xbox Live API, but since it is still currently in active use, Microsoft could easily shut it down like Blizzard does with WoW server emulators all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Whitelight] You Don't Hate Remasters Enough⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe this person is ×shudders× British and by CBA they mean “can’t be arsed?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you've been living under a rock: The Crew is playable again!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Too bad it doesn’t work for console though. Server emulators are almost always PC only, and in some very extremely rare cases, PC and PS3/Original Xbox.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 was almost a free-to-play game, could've changed Sony's live service trajectory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried playing with PS players about 11 times, and every single mission ended with me being team killed and kicked right before extract, but after all the objectives were completed. I’m not giving them another chance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Completionist gives answers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really believe this. This just seems like someone lying about the situation after they were caught. He’s still making himself into a victim, rather than just showing the money was donated and moving on, leaving himself out of it.

  My biggest issue is that he spends a long time explaining what was going on, but at the time when it was happening, he didn’t mention any of the stuff he brings up now. Its like he is updating the autopsy report after the fact. If he was contacting these charity groups like he says he was, why did he not provide at least his initial contact emails? When it comes to charity, I don’t see why anything would need to be proprietary or secretive, so their response could be included as well. Even including messages about the alleged infighting about who and where to donate to. That would have cleared everything up instantly. But that’s not what happened. He also doesn’t include any proof of this new explanation backstory.

  To me, this just sounds like “Sorry I got caught, here is an explanation I came up with later that includes zero proof of any of it happenening so you’ll just have to trust me bro. And I finally donated the money like you all wanted, see? I was actually the Good Guy and Victim all along!”

  Maybe I got it all wrong. But this does not seem genuine to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 was almost a free-to-play game, could've changed Sony's live service trajectory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Being paid is better. Less cheaters and griefers on new accounts ruining everyone’s game.

  There are still plenty of griefers (mostly PlayStation players in my experience, shich is Why I have crossplay disabled and dont join ransoms anymore), but imagine how many more would be there if they could use bots to keep creating new accounts to claim the game for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation State of Play returns this Wednesday, September 24⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didnt they just have a State of Play? Did they forget to show something important?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silent Hill f | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A game that is technically functional but neither good or bad should be a 5/10, not a 7. Which is my whole point. Access reviewers/ bias reviewers do not use the whole grading scale, they only use a scale of 7-10 which is wholly unhelpful when determining game review scores.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silent Hill f | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, this is exactly what I expected. This is why I can’t trust review sites anymore. They only ever score a game from 7 to 10. I mean, IGN previously scored Concord a 7/10.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably will be pretty useful for disabled gamers. I know a quadriplegic that plays games and this would be a godsend for him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Danganronpa 2x2 Announced⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Spike finally admitting they went a little too off the rails with V3 and theyre going back to the one everyone universally agreed was the best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You Turn! - an app that gives you a co-op experience with a friend while emulating (my article)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  McParland? Is he related to the famous Irish-American Pinkerton, James McParland?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a week dominated by Silksong and Borderlands, co-op roguelike Shape of Dreams still managed to launch on Steam as an instant top-seller⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am genuinely curious how Steam puts games in its Top Seller list. It would seem that sometimes a game gets into the list that does not belong merely because it is new. I amnot saying that applies to this game, but I would like to see some metrics that show whether Steam alters anything for anything in the Top Seller list.