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- Comment on The Daily Beast reports on "provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month" 9 hours ago:
They are getting bolder and don’t feel the need to hide it at all. And why should they? It’s only a “controversial salute” now. Next up, racism and xenophobia rebranding to “controversial views”
- Comment on is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father? 20 hours ago:
By definition it is selfish I’d say. BUT! Huge “but” here, like you wouldn’t believe - sometimes it is alright to be selfish. Sometimes you just need to put yourself first. This is most definitely one of those times.
- Comment on What is a season pass in computer games? 4 days ago:
I will provide a point of view of someone who is a bit more pro “live service game” concept.
While I agree these can be scummy it depends on the game. I see them as evolution of the subscription model on which most MMORPGs functioned back in the day (and few big ones and several niche ones still do). You used to pay monthly sub to be able to play the game, now you have the opportunity to pay for the season pass. Depending on specific game you get content for free (no neex to pay the sub to access the content) and alonv with the content they will launch a season pass which gives you some goodies for playing. Gives them engagement numbers and expectable revenue stream.
In the above model, I usually decide whether I like the content that they bring and if I would realistically play it enough to get majority ofnthe rewards from the pass (because, and this isnthe worst part - once the season ends in 99% of the cases the pass goes away and its rewards are gone forever if you didn’t have time to earn them). Then there are also games like Destiny where the content is not free but tied to the pass, so you basically purchase x months of content (+the rewards from the pass).
There are many shades of season passes - some could be considered fair, some are alright, some are ignorable and some are bad. All of them are made to make money - which in a live service game is I think fair, as they need to fund the ongoing developement. It all depends on the way they want to takenyour money: can be used as a nice bonus you can purchase if you are enjoying the game - in which case I’m fine with it. It can be used so they want to manipulate you through various way to feel forced to purchase - in which case I’m very much oposed to it.
Though I think we all agree that the part when the rewards you purchased are only available temporarily is a scam and shouldn’t be a thing - and I do realize I will be called out here for sometimes purchasing them. I try to view them as simply making a voluntary payment for the content I got from the devs. And the rewards tied to it a bonus.
- Comment on Looking for the spelling / translation on a certain Polish word 3 weeks ago:
Ok, I’m not Polish (hopefully somebody Polish will chime in soon) but from neighbouring Slavic country so tried to figure this out with some translator help. My gues it’s something like “tam idzje” (or close to it, might not be comoletely gramatically correct), but pretty butchered - I understand your father doesn’t speak the language but probably heard someone in family as a kid say it and tried his best to mimic them? I’d expect it not sounding quite right.
I think I can get reasonably close to pronouncing “tam idzje” weirdly enough for it to sound something like “yadja”.
- Comment on Looks like Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled 4 weeks ago:
Might have been a cash grab - in fact it likely was. But I tend to reserve my judgement. I’m not on the live service hate train - in fact I’m often interested in what they might have on offer. I like to have a main game, and live service games are great for people like me as there is always something to look forward to. And I for one fucking hate the constant cach grab fails.
People always hate on live service games just because of the label, but there is serious lack of good live service games compared to good single player games.
My comment migh’ve come partyl from a place of frustration so apologies if I was harsh or something
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Did you see the video? It was done with deliberation. Twice.
- Comment on Looks like Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled 4 weeks ago:
Point was Warcraft was primarily single player RTS. Yes, with multiplayer mode but MMORPG is pretty big genre shift. In the end, it’s just about using the IP, nothing more.
You gave examples of games that tried something like this that failed, I just pointed out an example where it was quite successful.
We will never know if the Horizon MMO would be good or bad. I think the IP would fit MMO genre quite well tbh.
The real issue with live service game failiures is that studios design cash grabs, not games they would want to play.
- Comment on Looks like Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled 4 weeks ago:
Ever heard of Warcraft?
- Comment on Are there any games like Starfield? 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure the in-universe news can be read in game.
I have a faint memory of them introducing a feature of text to speech for them as well, not sure I might be imagining this. Long time since I played.
- Comment on Sony is working on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies 1 month ago:
Wasn’t there a Horizon show that was cancelled recently?
- Comment on Destiny 2 Players Struggle To Find Fireteams As Population Drops To All-Time Low 1 month ago:
Except seasonal content. I wouldn’t care about the activities, but there is story stuff that directly continues story of one expansion and also leads into the next. Sometimes it is standalone, but also may or may not end up relevant later.
I was really into Destiny but once I got off that train it felt like I just can’t jump back on.
- Comment on Wizard of Legend - Free 1 month ago:
Free is free
- Comment on Two in one stupidish question- Debate about United Healthcare CEO and best place to have it 1 month ago:
It’s very much in the “cool motive, still murder” category. I’m not living in the US but I heard the healthcare horror stories and I can relate to someone just snapping. He who sows wind, reaps the whirlwind.
- Comment on The classic cycle 2 months ago:
Whether we wanted it or not, we entered war with Roombas on Earth.
- Comment on What MMORPG are you playing, and why? 2 months ago:
GW2 is probably one of the best MMOs out there, but it just no longer grabs me as it used to. I play sometimes, but in bursts. As soon as I run out of story content, I just fall off.
Lately I’ve played Corepunk and quite enjoyed it but it has ways to go still. And the servers are down for like a week now due to tech issues.
Last MMO that really grabed me long term in the last fee years was New World, but I feel the devs just don’t know what game they want. And there was huge content drought with them focusing on launching console version. I’m playing with an idea of getting the expac and make a leap of faith that it has a future because I’d really love that.
Also keeping my eye on Soulframe. It’s (or is supposed to be) a MMO lite but it looks like something that could definitely scratch an itch for me. Still in pre-alpha but I like what they are aiming for and it already plays quite well.
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 2 months ago:
She pretty sure she will not be limited to signs. Signs are the most basic magic, Ciri will most likely have actual spells in her arsenal.
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 2 months ago:
It was already reported entering full production some time ago
- Comment on It's December, what are your favorite Christmas movies? 2 months ago:
We usualy do marathon around Christmas as well, so I’d personally count it.
- Comment on Sniper Elite Resistance dev defends asset reuse - “if they’re there to use, why not use them?” 2 months ago:
Agreed. Idk how they reuse specifically, but it is fine for sure - to a point. As long as your game doesn’t have 3 enemy types that are recollored across it or all environments are the same everywhere (hello, Dragon Age 2)… use what you have effectively.
- Comment on Evan Almighty and flushed away 2 months ago:
20 years
Why would you do this
- Comment on Well THAT fucking sucks! 🤬 2 months ago:
LibreTube stoped working for me quite while ago “log in to confirm you are not a bot” on pretty much every instance.
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 2 months ago:
It’s nice to see other people enjoy the pun. Would be shame for it to be left4dead
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 3 months ago:
I meant no disrespect. I was mainly thinking pre-Vista, possibly pre-XP. Certainly didn’t expect someone in their 20s to be around Win 95. Maybe I’m just seeing myself older than I actually am.
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 3 months ago:
Just the fact you thought of this confirms your identity
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 3 months ago:
Calm down Satan
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 3 months ago:
It is the limitation of democracy and why it is the worst (except all the others) - because it allows this.
How to fix this? These would be a good start: don’t polarize the society like this and create us vs. them mentality. In place of power hungry populists have people in charge who want the best for the country. Don’t enable fascists - they never should make it this far. Respect other people. Invest in education so people understand these basics.
And this is not just about US. It’s scary that this is wherr us got because they are such a big player on the world stage
- Comment on Anyone checking out Brighter Shores? 3 months ago:
Doesn’t look like my type of MMO but will try it anyway. Would be interested on what you think about it once you play
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 3 months ago:
I wish you luck and safety.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 3 months ago:
Take it up with Winston Churchil - I was just paraphrasing his quote.
The point is democracy is terrible, but we don’t have anything better.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 3 months ago:
Democracy really is the worst form of government, just not as bad as all the others…
Unfortunately in such polarized times like now, even though majority wants this, the ammount of people for which this is unacceptable is only slightly less than “the majority”. And besides, I believe a big part of “the majority” is just gullible enough to be persuaded they want this while it actually goes against their interests