CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook' 6 days ago:
That‘s the critical one. It‘s not about budget or outsourcing or whatever. It comes down to who makes the decisions and why. In a lot of cases it‘s people with a finance background who couldn‘t care less about the medium they‘re working with and that can be a major issue. Gaming being a bigger industry than music and film combined has attracted a lot of people who only think in dollar bills and it shows. Luckily however, there are still a lot of passionate teams with leaders who have a love for games.
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 6 days ago:
I want to believe this is just s straw man argument but sadly I know there are enough jerks out there who absolutely call everything that doesn’t cater precisely to toxic masculinity wOkE.
I think it‘s a bit of a bummer that the ending of Witcher 3 that does make the most sense in-universe isn‘t canon in favor of what I think is pure fan service. I will probably still play the shit out of this though because all of their games have been hitters for me. Even Cyberpunk at launch. Even Witcher 1.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 1 week ago:
Please phrase your thoughts in a way everyone can understand and if possible a little less mockingly? What is it that you have a problem with exactly?
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 1 week ago:
Way to make a truly bad faith argument or perhaps you are lost or something. To clarify: Are you implying it‘s any different for AAA SP games? Because that’s the discussion here.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 1 week ago:
I mean they also created a ton of jobs and it‘s not like devs working on single player games don‘t face layoffs and bonuses fraud. Besides Overwatch 2 killed Overwatch already.
- Comment on Youtuber Geekerwan has find the motherboard of Switch 2 and after reverse-engineer it have simulate the performance on a similar PC 2 weeks ago:
There are plenty handhelds in all shapes and sizes in that price range for exactly this. How many more do we need?
- Comment on Nintendo is Trying to Stop You From Filing Lawsuits Against Them With New EULA Amendment 2 weeks ago:
I‘ll still buy their controller because you can‘t sue Chinese companies either so what‘s the difference? However I‘ll use it for PC gaming. No way I‘m going back to their ecosystem. Those days are gone.
- Comment on Half Life 3 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like Minecraft or more recent Zelda titles but for what’s worth there is still a lot of untapped potential there.
- Comment on Polygon Has Been Sold With Mass Layoffs Hitting The Outlet 3 weeks ago:
Quite often they openly refer to Xitter posts as a source for simple game mechanics when the game has literally come out already. They don‘t even play the games they report on anymore.
- Comment on Valve's invite-only Deadlock has an even more exclusive top-secret hush-hush version 3 weeks ago:
Would‘ve played the hell out of a new Team Fortress but I‘m completely burned out from MOBAs personally. Invite-Only is also something I deeply reject as a concept no matter the reason.
- Comment on Valve's invite-only Deadlock has an even more exclusive top-secret hush-hush version 3 weeks ago:
You see, this community just really hates PvP for some reason. Apparently playing games with other people rather than with yourself is an inconceivable concept to some. Unless it‘s coop that is. And I too love a good coop experience but PvP is quite literally the mother of all game types so it‘s strange to see how much hate it gets in this particular corner of the internet.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 - Rockstar Games 3 weeks ago:
So will they give back the most anticipated game 2025 award now or how does this work? Lol
- Comment on Oblivion remake is... really making it apparent how outdated Bethesda is in its approach to making games 4 weeks ago:
There‘s no Oblivion remake. Go to the Steam Page and carefully read word for word what it is you‘re talking about.
- Comment on Well played, Todd: You can see Skyrim, or at least its tallest mountain, from the edge of Oblivion Remastered 4 weeks ago:
It’s also inspired by „the wanderer“ painting that has been referenced a million times without most people even realizing that yes, someone did that first.
- Comment on [Digital Foundry] Oblivion Remastered PC: Impressive Remastering, Dire Performance Problems 4 weeks ago:
It’s Unreal 5 slop with OG Oblivion running in the Background. Of course it has these issues.
- Comment on Nintendo lawyers want to force Discord to reveal Pokémon Teraleak source 5 weeks ago:
And there is really no reason to trust it whatsoever. It might feel secluded but in the end of the day, even your „private“ chats are essentially an open forum thread in the technical and legal sense because Discord is basically that: A huge, public forum where everything you say is a public statement. There is no privacy on Discord because that‘s simply not what it‘s for.
- Comment on Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST 5 weeks ago:
There‘s a bitter irony in demanding parents doing their jobs because that‘s exactly why they don‘t have time for parenting. The cost of living is too damn high.
- Comment on Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST 5 weeks ago:
but I’d be surprised if gacha even made up half of the spending SMBC is reporting on here.
I wouldn‘t. Gacha is vastly more popular in Japan than PC gaming and it‘s not even close. It would seriously surprise me if mobile Gacha didn‘t make up the majority of spending in microtransactions.
- Comment on Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST 5 weeks ago:
Funny thing is I know more women playing these games than I know dudes. Which of course does not reflect player statistics. I know that. But it‘s probably more popular with women than you would think based on character designs. I think it has a lot to do with cutesy Japanese pop culture that‘s appealing to a lot of people. There‘s a reason many Chinese and Korean games are copying it recently.
- Comment on Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST 5 weeks ago:
There isn‘t much of a contradiction there, I think. People complaining about it are mostly from an entirely different culture than where Gacha slop is developed and most popular. The former being the western world and the latter being South East Asia and players who have a deep fascination for it.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3: The Final Patch - An Animated Short 1 month ago:
I‘m not entirely sure what I watched (lots of new abilities I guess) but I love these animations! I‘ll miss them.
- Comment on Should we boycott games with loot boxes? 1 month ago:
If you are not their target audience then you can‘t really boycott them in the first place. And in my opinion there is no harm in playing a game with loot boxes when you don‘t buy them. They aren’t really getting anything out if free players. That’s not how their servers keep running. And most f2p games that I encounter nowadays do season passes without the random factor anyway, so I feel the loot boxes discussion is becoming a little outdated for the main stream. Thank goodness.
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 month ago:
Interesting you felt the need to tell me that instead of lecturing the person comparing Nintendo‘s practices with supporting a genocide. Very unique priorities indeed.
- Comment on Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout 1 month ago:
That one is on America.
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 month ago:
You criticize capitalism, yet you participate in it. Curious. /s
If you know a manufacturer that‘s handing out world class controllers for free let me know, but otherwise I didn‘t ask.
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 month ago:
Glad I‘ve waited for the Switch 2 pro controller to come out. I‘m in need of a new one and Xbox probably would‘ve been my second choice. And yes I‘ve looked into 8bitdio and what not, but they‘re not cheap either and I was happy with my switch pro for 7 years until recently.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven 1 month ago:
It‘s especially evident shortly after these announcements. I was looking for a resource to summarize and comment on the Direct but most things I found were posts by what I can only describe as ecstatic fanboys. Honestly I was surprised how little the Switch 2 is actually talked about outside this bubble.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 1 month ago:
I have, but going by several reviews the Switch controller still faires the best for me and I hope the new one will do even better. There just isn’t anything that can compete right now.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 1 month ago:
That’s something at least. Now Nintendo needs to actually advertise their shop and those deals instead of yet another wave of retro ports.
Though it’s probably worth mentioning I’m not going to buy a Switch 2 anyway. I’m more of an observer from the PC gaming sidelines.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 1 month ago:
I mean with those price tags you expect games to look better. Anything else would be ridiculous.