CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Will Take Cues From Mass Effect, Souls Games and More 4 days ago:
I would have much more trust in their vision if the creative director did compare it to a deck-builder instead of more souls slop.
To be fair it‘s not clear to me whether the author of the article or the CD made that comparison but seeing how many huge and beloved IPs they‘re throwing around doesn‘t make me hopeful unfortunately. I‘d rather see them show off their (hopefully deep) understanding of the toolbox they‘re working with than dropping big names like Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate 3 or Darksouls.
- Comment on Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development 6 days ago:
I think so, yes. Although I dipped out of their blogposts around the time they rented some big office space. That was years ago at this point.
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 6 days ago:
Didn’t know about this. This is amazing.
- Comment on Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development 6 days ago:
Honestly the cancellation was years overdue. I‘m almost surprised it took them this long but then again it‘s not surprising they couldn‘t even get around doing that.
- Comment on Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo 2 weeks ago:
Amazing! The upper left quarter is essentially my childhood.
- Comment on Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days 2 weeks ago:
I use Discord too. This isn‘t about you or every single Discord user specifically but my impression of the average user and consumer. They may complain at first but then they vote with their wallet and often can‘t even help making ironic remarks about having irresponsible spending habits. Why you bought it is up to you and I think there are good reasons for it despite everything. The console is at the beginning of it‘s life cycle so it‘s a bit early to completely judge for me.
- Comment on Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days 2 weeks ago:
Or am I just some Discord neoliberal?
So that’s what ticket you off? Because we agree on pretty much everything else it seems. I really don’t know what to tell you here. Discord’s entire business model is neoliberal to the core so naturally you find tons of neoliberals on servers there. You know the kind who complained about 90€ for Mariokart and 10€ for Welcome Tour once they were announced but then shared pics of their Switch 2 hauls on release day in the same chat. It is what it is and I think there is no point in having strong feelings about it.
- Comment on Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days 2 weeks ago:
Care to paint a different perspective for me then? Just disagreeing isn‘t a good strategy for a discussion.
- Comment on Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days 2 weeks ago:
In the end of the day Nintendo products are for casual gamers who only care about commercial material. It wouldn‘t even cross their minds to read reviews or discuss it outside their neoliberal Discord bubble. Emulating? How scary!
Besides, the Switch is a beloved system and many users waited for an upgrade for years. The Switch 2 is downwards compatible and able to give your older games a considerable performance boost. 90€ for new games just isn‘t enough of an argument to sit out this generation when you‘ve already spent thousands on games in the Nintendo ecosystem. The locked in effect is strong.
I am not very surprised by this but I sure as hell am glad I bought my Switch and and several games second hand for I‘m mostly a PC gamer.
- Comment on Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales 3 weeks ago:
You would do that probably because you have a huge Steam library but many Switch users have a huge Switch library and want that performance upgrade. You and me are not their target audience but it remains to be seen if the Switch 2 will flop or exactly what Nintendo fans want right now. There‘s a huge difference between 600€ and 1000€ anyway.
- Comment on Stranger Than Heaven - Story Trailer 3 weeks ago:
I know it might be an annoying nitpick but if the game does not comment on Japanese warcrimes then I‘d be deeply disappointed but sadly not surprised.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo 3 weeks ago:
The presentation looks too fluid. I don‘t see any room or reason to use a controller live on stage there other than to pretend. Feel free to send me time codes where the camera itself actually looks like it‘s controlled by the guy behind the pult, though. I can‘t see anything. Looks like a normal tech demo with preselected inputs.
- Comment on Epic Games Unreal Fest News 3 weeks ago:
What actually stuck out most to me besides Witcher 4 was their LLM based „Don‘t press the button“ game presentation at the very end of the show. No one is really talking about it because it was really lame but I think it‘s telling how they showed the AI driven stuff after everything else almost to kind of sweep it under the rug because they know most people are already sick of AI but they still had to include it for gullible shareholders or something.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo 3 weeks ago:
Well damn I know it’s just footage of a tech demo so there is a lot that can happen still and it was definitely not played live (as they tried to make us believe if you watched the full event. Like seriously, who’s going to believe you when you slice up a horse and voxelize trees? Holding the controller on stag was just corny, sorry guys) BUT it looks amazing! I especially loved how they showcased some of the technical details. I really didn’t think it would impress me this much because they showed way more about a game that’s probably years away from release than I ever anticipated. And again, a lot can still happen and go wrong but I would lie if I said I wasn’t hyped already. Mission accomplished I guess.
- Comment on Fable Hospital, a medieval hospital management game, released on Steam. 4 weeks ago:
I‘m wondering if Microsoft sends them an angry Email soon. Indie devs were forced to change the name of their game for less obvious similarities.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 4 weeks ago:
Sorry but if you think AAA studios aren‘t doing the exact same then I‘ve got a bridge to sell to you.
- Comment on Hideo Kojima casually reveals a Death Stranding anime is in the works 4 weeks ago:
Can‘t wait to watch Norman Reedus rush to school with a slice of toast in his mouth.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 4 weeks ago:
I‘m just going to say that the distinctions between the two you‘re laying out here seem irrelevant to the discussion to me. I am not arguing about a game pass or preservation of games. Again, that is not what this discussion is about. This is about the developing side of games where these things don‘t mean anything.
- 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' 5 weeks 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" 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
So will they give back the most anticipated game 2025 award now or how does this work? Lol