CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on Age of Mythology Retold News: Immortal Pillars [Chinese expansion] and PlayStation 5 Releases are Coming 1 week 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
Saw the thumbnail and immediately knew what it must be lol
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 5 weeks ago:
I‘m assuming they debated about it until the very last second until they settled with the safest option. The leaks probably accelerated things a lot towards the end and it might’ve been called something different entirely if they had more time to agree on a name.
- Comment on The Death of Gaming YouTube: How Money Killed Authenticity 1 month ago:
I know most people here won’t even know what I’m talking about but going by the title I thought this is about Youtube’s own Gaming platform. You know, one of those side tabs that you never click but is still there. So yeah I’d suggest to edit the title to make it more clear what the video is about. Something like “Game journalism/let’s play culture” would make it more clear.
- Comment on Naughty Dog Co-Founder Reveals Why They Were Acquired By Sony 1 month ago:
Larian also sold 30% to Tencent because they needed more money. Games can get super expensive quick.
- Comment on Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024 1 month ago:
The guy has all the resources to rekindle that flame by organizing game jams for example. I am sure he‘ll think much more positively about the whole thing a couple years from now when he realized opportunities granted by his success. Either that or he’ll go down the Notch route but I don’t think he’ll be that kind of stupid rich.
- Comment on Palworld Lawsuit 1 month ago:
It‘s likely a japanese patent so I doubt Nintendo can sie Rockstar.
- Comment on Age of Empires designer believes RTS games need to finally evolve after decades of stagnation 1 month ago:
And the AoE franchise tried that at least twice and failed.
- Comment on Coffeezilla does a third part of his CS:GO gambling expose...where he squarely puts the blame on Valve 1 month ago:
Foreign corporations are much more aggressive about harvesting data than the German government so you should think twice about using their products in the first place. Most of the time the German government is under fire for privacy concerns it’s because they trusted products from Microsoft or Huawei and the like.
- Comment on Coffeezilla does a third part of his CS:GO gambling expose...where he squarely puts the blame on Valve 1 month ago:
Well the entity is the government. You know, the guys who create your ID in the first place. It’s not perfect but it’s the best one I could conceive.
- Comment on Coffeezilla does a third part of his CS:GO gambling expose...where he squarely puts the blame on Valve 1 month ago:
When they were asked to implement age verification in Germany, they simply pulled anything off their platform in the country that would require it instead. Mind you Germany has a system that makes age verification anonymous so if privacy concerns you, you could just implement it. (Almost no platform does because they want your data though.)
Valve doesn’t want to touch age verification with a 10 yard stick and that tells me it is probably the way to go here. Because once they have it, the path for more regulations is clear.
- Comment on What did everyone grab during the Steam Winter Sale? 1 month ago:
I have to say I very much prefer the combat system in OS as it feels much more natural and less restrictive than the DnD combat in BG3. Of course the latter has far more content, but I’m looking forward to Larian’s next game where they can finally go wild again and do things the want exactly the way they want.
- Comment on What happened to techbros from the 90s to now? 1 month ago:
Tech bros like Bill Gates used open source communities like an all-you-can-monetize buffet to build a closed operating system. The rest is history.
- Comment on After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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!" 2 months ago:
China mad Japan won in American awards. You love to see it.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago:
In my opinion it doesn’t make all that much sense because of major Witcher 3 spoilers.