CosmoNova

@CosmoNova@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly expected TGA to be more tone deaf and not address it at all after speeches about the „golden era for gaming“ from previous years. The entire award show is a PR stunt anyway. At least this single award spreads some awarenes and reminds us layoffs aren‘t just a number, but real people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 Steam Awards Nominees Announced⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can‘t even rate early access games for obvious reasons. Nominating it for GOTY is just silly and potentially very awkward for the devs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That couldn’t be further from the truth. Mutliplayer games are a huge undertaking because you have no choice but to develop and test for any possible individuality and keep pushing new patches so the game can keep running smoothly. Not to speak of server costs and complex match making systems that typically come with it. No, multiplayer games are hard to make and they’re rarely ever finished.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black Myth: Wukong producer on The Game Awards top prize snub: "I came all the way here for nothing!"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  China mad Japan won in American awards. You love to see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not looking into blatant gambling in AAA titles, of course they won’t take a closer look into an indie game. They’re completely useless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s what I said. But it doesn’t explain the general sentiment here at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the downsides you’ve mentioned are exclusive to online games, though. Publisher put these mechanics in single player games as much as they do in online games so you criticism doesn’t make much sense here, to be honest. There are also countless online games that don’t have any of those things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright, I accept this is your opinion but the overall aversion to multiplayer on Lemmy surprises me. Games have historically been multiplayer experiences since human existence. Go back thousands of years to ancient mesopotamia and people will play games with each other. And even in videogames, they play a huge part. I’ve had countless fun hours in games like Super Smash Bros., Minecraft multiplayer or Team Fortress 2 and I’m always looking forward to multiplayer experiences that look interesting. I’m not sure what you mean by

  get your customers to make the content for you for free

  in this particular case. Do the devs have a bad track record when it comes to this? Because it’s not something exclusive to online games by any means.

  Anyway I understand the title rubs people the wrong way because it’s nonsene of course, but I don’t get the hate. It’s almost like people want the same old stuff wrapped in a new shell over an over again when they criticize studios solely for going into a new direction instead of making yet another sequel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thief has a new spiritual sequel, built by the Deus Ex and System Shock devs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why the hate for multiplayer? Yes the title is wrong but the trailer looks simple and fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not played it myself but what I’ve seen of it looks at the very least polished and made with care. That being said there just wasn’t that much competition this year. The industry is overshadowed with mass layoffs and a smaller budget pool. And yes, of course some good games released, but nothing in the ballpark of a Baldur’s Gate 3 or GTA 5.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess that could be possible though I doubt it. The 3 origin stories in Cyberpunk were extremely shallow and didn’t add anything to the story. I don’t see why they would go for it again when it didn’t work out last time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost definitely a break with the series in that you likely won’t be able to import your save file, which always was a core feature of the series. There could’ve been many ways to include it but a playable Ciri isn’t one of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In my opinion it doesn’t make all that much sense because of major Witcher 3 spoilers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite trailers?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The E3 reveal trailer for The legend of Zelda: Twillight Princess still remains one if the most exciting moments in gaming history. I still get goosebumps when I see Miyamoto holding up the sword on stage to thundering applause. Even though the game is among the lesser memorable ones in the series now.

  I also remember rewatching the Breath of the Wild E3 gameplay trailer dozens of time. It’s just so perfectly paced and cut with a perfect music score to go with it. But even though the game turned out to be as great as the trailer promised I couldn’t bring myself to buying the sequel. I’m just so done with Nintendo that I couldn’t really enjoy it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue Ubisoft doesn’t love or feel anything. It was a slow regress, but at some point it has lost enough of it’s humanity to just become a dead object. A machine run by a faulty algorithm bringing it’s rapidly approaching destruction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Big N could make losses for decades to come and still have lots of cash to spend but it won’t come to that because they make stupid amounts of cash with merchandising alone. So no, you and I likely won’t live to see their bankruptcy and I honestly couldn’t care less anyway. I just won’t buy their stuff and that’s that. They also have not changed. They’ve been this way since the Donkey Kong vs. King Kong lawsuit and a long history of harassing fans going back 20 years and more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess that must be why I can’t buy the Black & White games or Fable 2. Because Microsoft cares so much to preserve the awkward, legal Loop some of their Lionhead Games are in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Technical ambition, optimism, and timeframes: what we learned about The Witcher 4 from speaking to CD Projekt Red⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Look CDPR, I love the Witcher games and think Cyberpunk is a fine game too. Just please take your time. That’s all I’m asking for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sniper Elite Resistance dev defends asset reuse - “if they’re there to use, why not use them?”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s standard procedure. Elden Ring’s animations and enemy moves are mostly reused assets from previous games and it shows when the models morph here and there. Don’t remember anyone complaining about about even though it actually is noticeable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been marred by long load times, server issues and now it has overwhelmingly negative reviews⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of Amazon Games’ disastrous MMO launches in Europe because they refused to add more server capacity for European players until they left in droves. For comparison the US servers had more than three times as much capacity at launch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not whataboutism. Whataboutism is when someone brings something unrelated up to make the main topic look less important and that’s not happening here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright that’s still a weird ruling to someone outside America though because something like a shopping mall or a parking lot are public spaces here too as well as anything that is openly visible on the internet. Which makes a lot of sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Sony, Can You Not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony would essentially own the majority of the anime and manga industry. I find that even more concerning than the Fromsoft acquisition and that’s saying something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised European governments haven’t demanded better enforcement of laws when it comes to hate speech on Steam. Instead they regulate stuff like lootboxes or spicy content because they think those are more harmful than fascism apparently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a public space in Europe for sure. No idea why the US would think openly accessible forums are a private little backroom where rules don’t apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In 1999, Nintendo got a woman in Japan arrested over - and get this - sharing erotic fan art. I’ve read they also might’ve sent private detectives to stalk after her before the arrest, but couldn’t find anything quickly. Anyway it sparked a big shit storm and a debate about what copyright holders are allowed to do, legally and morally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to defend leakers even a bit and Nintendo has every right to go after them legally. However, the emulation crackdown is just Nintendo flexing their legal team on small devs who’ve done everything they can to discourage leaks from spreading within their limited reach. It’s 100% on Nintendo and they themselves are acting in a legal gray zone to bully 3rd parties into giving up. If any of the emulation teams had the resources to simply deal with big N, the situation would probably look a little different.

  I guess what I’m trying to say is, yes leakers are in the wrong but no, they didn’t kill emulation with their actions even when it provoked Nintendo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I don’t think it’s as simple as that. Politics are good in games when done right, but they can also be nothing more than a distraction when the narrative has huge errors or lacks and depth in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Confirms Backwards Compatibility for Switch Successor!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Great now let me play my WWHD for WiiU on the switch. I’m waiting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Clumsy, Preachy Political Messaging Does More Harm Than Good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Whether it has terrible dialogue, too many bugs, lacking in technical prowess, cost way too much to make or is simply too preachy. It all boils down to a single problem: corporate suits sucking the soul out of the project, devoiding it of any passion one could possibly have. It looks, feels and smells like an empty shell of a game because that is exactly what it is. Nothing stands out because every decision was calculated with the goal to moderately please everyone in the room, resulting in compromises stacked on compromises all the way down.

  The often sloppily implemented progressiveness in these products quickly starts to look like an afterthought. Perhaps to shield themselves from criticism after they realized what they’ve created or maybe they slapped it on when they realized their story has literally nothing to say about anything and is a hollow shell of a product.

  Whatever the case, soulless slob does more harm than good to anything their creators associate it with, so I totally get why someone wouldn’t even want to read about that aspect of the game in a review. It’s just one more of several symptomps of a bad product.