CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3: The Final Patch - An Animated Short 2 days 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 week 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nowadays do season passes without the random factor anyway, so I feel the loot boxes discussion is becoming a little outdated for the main stream.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 week 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 week ago:
That one is on America.
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 week 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 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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) 2 weeks 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) 2 weeks ago:
I mean with those price tags you expect games to look better. Anything else would be ridiculous.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, there is no guarantee you‘ll be able to emulate Switch 2 games as soon and easily as Switch games. You just might, but we really don‘t know for sure.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 2 weeks ago:
It‘s interesting they abandoned physical media completely and nobody is talking about it. This makes them a direct competitor to Steam and well… let‘s just say I don‘t see 90% discounts in the Nintendo shop any time soon.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 2 weeks ago:
Plus the Switch barely had any exclusive games. For a Nintendo console anyway. Perhaps that‘s something Nintendo is working on now, but I doubt it can compete with PC games in terms of bang you get for your buck. There‘s just no way.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 2 weeks ago:
I won’t lie, I’m only interested in the new Pro controller. My old one has slight stick drift which absolutely sucks of course but it’s over 7 years old and feels so much better than anything else on the market. I also prefer the Nintendo button layout over Microsoft’s so it’s an easy purchase.
- Comment on Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? 2 weeks ago:
What makes BG3 so great is that it doesn‘t just have voice acting, it has full acting. The actor of Astarion worked for 4 years on it and claimed it was the equivalent to shooting 4 seasons of a TV show. It‘s a huge scope that almost nobody can or want to afford. I mean those studios who can just don‘t take that part very seriously and are eyeing with simply opting to use AI instead. I doubt it will ever be recreated, maybe not even by Larian themselves.
- Comment on Nintendo Announce Virtual Game Cards (Digital Game Sharing) 2 weeks ago:
Let me sell my digital licenses before we talk about them like they‘re comparable to physical media.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 3 weeks ago:
Headline makes it sound Uni posted this, but it doesn‘t look like it.
- Comment on The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst 3 weeks ago:
You can still play them on both console and PC and not only PC.
- Comment on The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst 3 weeks ago:
And only on PC
That’s going to be a long wait my friend.
- Comment on Assassin’s Creed Shadows is as dark as that infamous Game of Thrones episode 3 weeks ago:
Smart TV having absolutely horrible default settings and filters that ruin any viewing experience has little to do with HDR because the TV isn‘t even processing HDR images most of the time. That stuff is already mixed and there‘s not much any device can do to give you details in the darks and brights back. It‘s a much different story when you‘re actually processing real color information like in a video game. HDR should absolutely help you see in the dark here.
- Comment on Lego Confirms Pokémon Collaboration Set For 2026 4 weeks ago:
Loved those games and the sets even though the latter came with a few huge pieces and empty spaces. That certainly didn’t sit well with everyone.
- Comment on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Studio Will Work On Several Projects Simultaneously, Insipired From CDPR 5 weeks ago:
Wish they would feel inspired by Larian Studios because even though nobody is perfect, they hammer it down every time by giving each project their full attention.
- Comment on BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News. 1 month ago:
Stories like these sound wild to most people but sadly they happen all the time. It‘s literally how Google got this big. Still makes me mad how they robbed and trolled Terravision out of their code now known as Google Earth. Not like it‘s a flagship for Google or money maker but they still literally stole the code via hard drive like they stole from so many others. The tech world is full of absolute asshats leeching off of the most talented. It‘s very evident in today‘s tech culture full of crypto, AI and whatnot.
- Comment on BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News. 1 month ago:
Big money first bloated up the industry and is now scooping it out from the inside until it collapses. Well, AAA and AA gaming anyways. I‘ve noticed I‘ve been playing smaller indie games for the most part in the last decade and I know why. It‘s not so much a deliberate choice but simply where quality has been shifting.
- Comment on Age of Mythology Retold News: Immortal Pillars [Chinese expansion] and PlayStation 5 Releases are Coming 2 months ago:
It‘s a decent remaster but after I‘ve learned about human rights violations in the studios in Indonesia that worked on this and other recent Microsoft titles… Cool but I think I‘m good.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits 1m sales in just one day 2 months ago:
It’s called the dark ages for a lack of records. Not sure where you’re trying to go with this argument.
- Comment on Got Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (retail, PS5) early, AMA 2 months ago:
Any platform that offers some reach will swiftly ban you permanently if you do that.
- Comment on Which song are they covering here? Small snippet played as Diane Morgan walks into the studio 2 months ago:
Saw the thumbnail and immediately knew what it must be lol
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 2 months ago:
That‘s not how projects or marketing work most of the time, however. Nintendo is known to use project names throughout development. They have a schedule for each and every step and the recent leaks have turned things upside down for sure.
The reveal itself looks incredibly rushed. I suspect they hastily whipped up a quick animation in Blender by using some simple modifiers and clever editing. It has “Make a product animation in Blender” Youtube tutorial written all over it, if that makes sense. I kind of love it, but it’s not very Nintendo-like and neither is the name.
- Comment on Sony Cancels Two More PlayStation Projects 2 months ago:
I think the huge critical acclaim of Astrobot was also a very important lesson for them to learn. People often seem to glance over this recently.