CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on I'm doing my part! 16 hours ago:
It really just highlights the growing injustice in the world and that our problems are growing too severe to solve them with personal responsibility. We need to make billionaires illegal or things with keep spiraling downwards.
- Comment on 8BitDo Pro 3 Controller Announced with Swappable Buttons, Available for Preorder 4 days ago:
How do their gamepads compare to the DualSense? They‘re in the dame price range after all.
- Comment on European Commission preparing token gesture for angry gamers and game developers 1 week ago:
There are “challenges concerning scaling up companies, attracting financing” and “managing cyclical waves of labour lay-off”, the Commission announcement stated.
So they don‘t actually want to do anything right now because the same scummy companies that kill live service games are laying off workforce en masse as well? Ugh, I didn‘t expect much but that‘s rich.
They‘re basically saying: „Apologies, but we can‘t improve things right now. You see, the industry is too rotten already.“
As expected from the EU commission that is just as corrupt as AAA studios.
- Comment on He is cooked 1 week ago:
But that‘s literally what this is: A screenshot. What you are describing might be exactly how it transpired.
- Comment on Bethesda is allegedly working on ‘multiple Fallout games’, including Fallout 3 Remastered, teases report 1 week ago:
Fallout 3 isn‘t even a good game on the surface and I doubt anyone actually wants a UE5 slop version of it but people will buy it anyway not knowing they actually won‘t enjoy it because they haven‘t touched it since release if they ever even played it. It‘s success was entirely carried by hype but was ultimately already outdated when it came out. There is no logical reason to revive it because there are endless better alternatives out there but luckily for Todd Howard Bethesda fans aren‘t logical creatures and will buy that shit and proceed to not beat it and forget about it within a week.
- Comment on How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking 2 weeks ago:
That‘s different than a dock which you could argue is part of the console.
- Comment on How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking 2 weeks ago:
How would it be? Unfortunately there are still a lot of consumer hostile practices going on that are completely legal in the EU. I‘m no expert of course so I‘m curious what EU law would regulate this exact practice.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
The game had a huge cast with many memorable characters and moments. Not everyone was going to shine through especially with some fantastic performances like you mentioned.
I think the title of the post is just deceiving and should be changed to the title of the actual article. And perhaps the article title was changed too but it is a more accurate title of the situation.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
She probably did more work on BG3 alone than all previous works combined though. The experience alone boosted their performance immensely. Neil Newbon compared his 4 years at the studio with 4 seasons of shooting a TV show and his role was about the same size as Jennifer‘s. BG3 wasn‘t just any job. Especially not for her. Anyone who actually follows her can attest to that. To say it didn‘t change the trajectory of her life and career takes some serious ignorance.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
She just has become pickier with what she auditions for.
Most actors in gaming are certainly not becoming pickier with AI looming at the horizon so this is a strong sign that she is in fact doing very good. Certainly better than voicing Child #5 in Original Sin 2.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
Those roles are tiny. Like I don‘t even know why you‘re so strongly against the idea that she wasn‘t that big before. You literally just have to look up her actual roles.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
This isn’t about me or my perception. I am saying this because she said so herself and the Imdb Page you linked tells the same story. She broke her mold with Shadowheart and now she is getting much bigger and more diverse roles. But feel free to tell me about a game prior to BG3 where she took center stage for marketing like she did for Expedition 33.
- Comment on ‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers 2 weeks ago:
You can‘t deny it did boost Jennifer English‘s career to a high degree. You could say it‘s not all about her role as Shadowheart alone but it definitely helped kickstart her online presence. She went from voicing children side characters to being one of the most prolific and recognizable voices in gaming within two years and I doubt her role in Expedition 33 where she was heavily featured in promotional material was the last we‘ve heard of her.
- Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Will Take Cues From Mass Effect, Souls Games and More 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
Didn’t know about this. This is amazing.
- Comment on Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development 3 weeks 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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. 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Can‘t wait to watch Norman Reedus rush to school with a slice of toast in his mouth.