CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows? 2 days ago:
Stampede is the most common cause of death for backpack tourists in Australia. It may tempting to jump fences for a little shortcut, but many cows do not tolerate home invaders.
- Comment on Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development' | Game Developer 1 week ago:
And yet Tencent and whoever made Roblox are arguably even worse than those.
- Comment on Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development' | Game Developer 1 week ago:
They have a lack of understanding for AI, games and running a company. All they know is how to write themselves bonuses.
- Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Announcement Trailer 1 week ago:
Philips walked so Nintendo could run.
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 1 week ago:
There already are a small number of games utilizing LLMs. Yes it‘s immersion breaking from time to time but the worst part is the credit system many of them use to pay for the API. If you go past your conversation limit, you‘ve got to pay extra.
- Comment on Tech Bros Invented Trains And It Broke Me - YouTube 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely and the remade soundtrack is great too!
- Comment on Why do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?" 2 weeks ago:
We say “the doctor” when talking about the concept of a doctor. We tend say “my doctor” and not “the doctor” when talking about what our respective doctor told us. Kind of like how we refer to the clock as “my clock” when we notice a difference to the universally accepted concept.
- Comment on Why do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?" 2 weeks ago:
Because no matter in what mirror you look, they‘re all the same. That‘s why we say the clock or the calendar. It‘s universal.
- Comment on Starfield's latest update draws player ire by sticking a bounty hunting quest behind the Creation Club paywall 2 weeks ago:
At least I don‘t have to worry about Microsoft closing this studio soon. And not because I don’t think they wouldn’t do it. They absolutely would. It’s just that I wouldn’t care a bit.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Saints and Sinners Trailer 2 weeks ago:
What a terrible unnecessary and emotionally loaded strawman argument. I actually own the DLC and love BG3 just as I love Larian‘s other recent games. You‘re wrong about it being just cosmetics too. And it was Larian who made a HUGE deal about not tolerating any additional, paywalled content when the game had it from day 1. And so you now make a huge deal about how it somehow doesn‘t count because Larian is based or something. Just accept that they lied there just like they lie about shareholders and enjoy the video game like everyone else without treating the devs like your holy absolute.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Saints and Sinners Trailer 2 weeks ago:
What do you usually do when you don’t remember information that is freely available? I am talking about the very DLC featured on the Steam page. The one with an item bag that gives you more dialog options. The one that Larian made a big deal about not existing. Guess it worked considering there‘s even gaslit superfans in here refusing to admit it exists because it‘s somehow such a world shattering deal to them.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Saints and Sinners Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Even BG3 has a day 1 DLC so I wouldn‘t get my hopes up. It‘s basically the Steam equivalent of a collectors edition at this point.
- Comment on Palworld | Sakurajima Update Trailer 2 weeks ago:
They didn‘t show any of that so unless there‘s been an interview with more info, a new region and new pals and gear is pretty much all we know for sure. It also seems like they scrapped the dark comedy bits that put it on the map in the first place and go the „epic fantasy“ route instead like most anime style games. Just judging by the trailer and it‘s tone, I think they take this thing too seriously now.
- Comment on Report: Warner Bros. Execs Thought Suicide Squad Would Make A Ton Of Money Despite Development Woes 3 weeks ago:
Most of the execs never tried their hands on a game including this one. They genuinely have no idea about the industry and thought they had a hit game on their hands based on a trailer or something. It‘s truly baffling yet so typical.
- Comment on Ikea is now hiring: Make an hourly wage at its Roblox store 3 weeks ago:
Because of course Ikea gets in on the the child labour gig.
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 5 weeks ago:
Competitive online games have been Valve‘s focus for well over a decade so it‘s in line with their portfolio. If anything, Alyx was an outlier they only did because they have a headset to sell it with. I think they know what they‘re doing. Sucks for you to not be their target audience though because they are pretty good at making games.
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 5 weeks ago:
Can you imagine the chaos of a veteran Dota2 player being matched with a notorious conga dancer?
- Comment on Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter 5 weeks ago:
Team Fortress th-… 2: episode 1?
- Comment on Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' 1 month ago:
I get that record sessions are a huge hassle and simply paying VAs per AI-generated voice line is easier for everyone, but it somehow makes Paradox look a little careless to me.
Stories like these also set a precident. This is what voice ‘acting’ will be like for a moment before it becomes effectively eliminated because voice libraries will become diverse enough quickly and there will be no need for a single more voice actor to be included. It seems like VAs are basically forced to sell their voice to AI companies quickly to at least make a quick buck before they never get a job again.
There’s probably no stopping it, but that made this read all the more frustrating to me.
- Comment on BREAKING: Microsoft has closed Redfall's Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush's Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. | IGN 1 month ago:
Give it time. Time is ticking for the big Bs.
- Comment on BREAKING: Microsoft has closed Redfall's Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush's Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. | IGN 1 month ago:
Going by MS‘s track record the last couple decades, it‘s all business as usual. It‘s expected from them to eventually close everything down they incorporate into their ecosystem. Sometimes after draining it or letting it rot away, and sometimes sooner than later.
- Comment on Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda 1 month ago:
You forgot to mention they sold 30% stake of the company to the world‘s largest game conglomerate Tencent. They‘re also working on a supposedly much larger game than BG3 now and plan to release it within the next 4 years which means they will have to at least double their staff. Honestly, judging a developer entirely by a recent success isn‘t a good practice even when it‘s as massive as BG3. Most people who talk about Larian have a very warped impression, even when their games are great so far.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 month ago:
That makes much more sense now. I was also wondering why people didn‘t pick up on it earlier given the incredible popularity of this game. So of course people noticed it, but it just didn‘t make much sense. I can see why someone would shrug it off a messy bit of text that probably wasn‘t supposed to be there and will be removed or edited or something. Well edited it was… just not as expected I guess.
- Comment on The Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series 1 month ago:
I‘m starting to get the impression people build them up precisely to watch them fall and kick them down. It‘s in our DNA, I‘m afraid. I mean the praise they get for the most mundane claims (and often they are just that) is ridiculous to the point they‘re becoming the developer version of the life of Brian. And deep down we‘re already anticipating to watch them bleed out at a cross.
- Comment on How Greed Ruined Gaming 2 months ago:
The „gamer“ label has become sort of redundant given the industry is much bigger than movies and music combined now. They‘re just consumers and no matter what silly decisions some of them make, they need protection from certain practices for the good of all of us. Just blaming a small portion of them doesn‘t help us out of any mess.
- Comment on Do not trust it. Do not follow it. 2 months ago:
His look has „costume designer from a Ben Affleck drama“ written all over it. It‘s definitely a very calculated move.
- Comment on The Way Forward, an update from the team behind Cities: Skylines 2 months ago:
I’m not hopeful at all. If Bethesda or Blizzard are anything to go by, they can keep messing up big time for years, maybe decades to come and consumers will keep coming back, begging to be disappointed once more. You’ll have more luck looking for alternatives out there in the ocean of indie games.
- Comment on Slay the Spire devs followed through on abandoning Unity 2 months ago:
Your argument has nothing to do with UE5‘s or Godot‘s strengths and weaknesses. You could literally flip it and it would make just as much (or little) sense: Give me one good asset library game in UE5, rather than 100 custom asset containing $80 micro-transaction infested always online Godot games. See? The argument doesn‘t actually say much about the engines, just about monetization which you can handle completely independently from the software. If your project makes a million or less, UE5 is free to use for anyone. That makes it pretty good for tiny indie devs and hobbyists actually.
- Comment on Putin Orders Russian Tech Companies To Somehow Make Competitive Game Console In 3 Months 2 months ago:
On one hand even the Nintendo Switch is just a modified Nvidia shield so this task should be rather simple. On the other hand: Sanctions and insane corruption. I‘d be surprised if they manage to release anything that could keep up with Console from 2 generations ago.
- Comment on Content Warning Blows Up on Steam With Free-to-Keep Promotion for First 24 Hours 2 months ago:
It seems like this would break some EU and Australian consumer laws. Though I‘m not sure if „for free“ counts as a discount.