CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on LEGO Racers returns and is playable for free on PC now 5 days ago:
Definitely one of the more unique racing games out there. Even if it looks like a Mariokart copy, it actually plays like a real time deck builder game. A lot of untapped potential there.
- Comment on For Warhorse's 15th birthday, we chatted with its co-founder about the demand for 'grown-up' RPGs, AI, why games are too cheap, and his role in the collapse of communism 5 days ago:
Apparently there are lots of studies and calculations that indeed suggest games are overall way too cheap for the industry to be sustainable. I hear it from insiders again and again. From small indie studios to industry giants.
And many point their fingers at platforms like Steam to be the culprits. Steam in particular is pretty unpopular among developers overall. Looking at how competitive the market is and how many devs are pushed into burnouts in just a single production I tend to believe them. The current model does not seem to be sustainable for studios of any size.
That said, I think a lot of studios could try scaling down their productions too because I hear about feature creep from the same insiders just as much. They really need better planning.
- Comment on Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 games 2 weeks ago:
Next watch Discord and Reddit bend over backwards to give Denuvo all chats and information about dozens of accounts that may or may not be connected to the cracker. Because that‘s something platforms seem to do these days without any backlash since „they didn‘t fuck MY privacy this time!“ Ugh.
- Comment on A new hero for Heroes of the Storm announced at Blizzcon! 2 weeks ago:
I thought the shut down servers years ago.
- Comment on PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines 2 weeks ago:
Death Stranding sold 20 million copies and they ditch the studio over a (probably really arbitrary) deadline? There‘s probably a little more to this but whatever the case Sony can‘t help but shoot itself in the foot.
- Comment on Valheim: Deep North 1.0 3 weeks ago:
And I find it hard to blame them, although it is unfortunate how much potential they threw out the window. They could‘ve made much more money and a name for themselves if they just hired more people to do amazing stuff. Instead they took a year vacation or so. I got enough hours out of it to not really care, though.
- Comment on White House Launches Arcade.Gov, a Minigame Site Where You Catch Immigrants, Build a Tetris Border Wall, and 'Fill Your Kids' Trump Accounts' With Bitcoin 3 weeks ago:
Simple: Any company who sues gets sanctioned. It‘s a fascist oligarch government run by the Epstein class.
- Comment on DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement 4 weeks ago:
As someone who works with 3D software everything about this trend annoys me to no end. I don‘t benefit from any of this. Instead hardware becomes unaffordable. And before anyone mentions AMD, last time I checked Nvidia still had more bang for your buck in Blender despite everything.
I pray my current hardware survives for a long time because it‘s looking grim out there.
- Comment on "Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy 4 weeks ago:
It’s tiring. Media illiterates on both sides of the AI argument are flinging turds at the wall and don‘t even stop to see what sticks.
- Comment on The German army is trying to attract recruits at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game convention 4 weeks ago:
Been doing so for as long as it exists. Secret services too.
- Comment on Experimental Build Of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 AI Slop Filter Leaks And Turns Beloved Video Game Characters Into Uncanny Valley Weirdos 4 weeks ago:
All examples look samey in the worst way.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I skipped through it but there was a very obvious die hard inspired mission towards the end. I think that counts as a parody although it lacked humor in my opinion.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Didn‘t they fire the main writer for the games up until GTA5 or RDR2 almost a decade ago? The guy then went on to create his own studio and develop some crypto slop that is regarded as the worst game that released that year.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
But can I disable these kinds of ads on Netflix? It‘s the ad free subscription for a reason, right?
- Comment on Physical Video Game Software Dollar Sales Plunged to an All-Time July Low of Just $85 Million in the US — the Worst Total Since Tracking Began in 1995 5 weeks ago:
Well they do talk about video game spending dropping by a whopping 10% compared to last year and hardware spending by an unfathomable 29% compared to the previous year. That‘s unheard of.
So yeah the entire game industry (and probably the entire global economy) is in a deep crisis and corporations are squeezing the last few bucks out of us before things will get very ugly.
- Comment on Following accusations, James Pond Legacy devs say no generative AI was used in creating artwork 1 month ago:
That can easily be explained! You see… uhm… uh…
frantically hammers fingers on keyboard to ask CheatGPT for advice.
- Comment on Fired Rockstar devs don’t want you to boycott GTA 6 but ask for support - Dexerto 1 month ago:
I‘m not boycotting GTA6. I simply don‘t care about it.
- Comment on 'This Is Unbelievably Scummy' - GTA 6 Fans Are Annoyed By Netflix's Paywalled Extended Look at the Game 1 month ago:
I think it‘s $80 for the base version but realistically that’s the light version and the deluxe version will be the actual base game with all the day 1 content. They pulled the same shit with RDR2 where nobody pre-ordered the base version because it was missing a bunch of stuff.
- Comment on Mass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annual costs 1 month ago:
It would be if not all the wrong people profited from it.
- Comment on Bethesda unveils new logo 2 months ago:
I too think we‘re long past the point of calling games that released as recent as 15 years ago retro because they simply don‘t evolve in the speed they used to.
Imagine looking back at 1993 when you’re in 2008. Yeah, that’s a huge leap in technology. But look back at 2011 now and you realize that stuff doesn‘t feel nearly as ancient.
From all I know a game needs to be at least 20 years old to be considered retro these days. That‘s the most common definition you will find these days.
- Comment on Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC 2 months ago:
Most of these are such universal experiences that most of us experienced that already. I honestly don‘t know if he didn‘t just saw it in a comic or something because they‘re such universal concepts often depicted in media long before he was born.
- Comment on Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC 2 months ago:
I know about the Donkey Kong thing but that doesn‘t seem related to Miyamoto‘s claim at all. That‘s just a work story. There‘s nothing about actual life in there.
And yes Star Fox was designed after a shrine spirit near Nintendo headquarters, making him much more of a „real life anecdote“ than Mario or Donkey Kong.
- Comment on Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC 2 months ago:
I re-played that a few months ago, actually. Still one of the best Zelda games but I did not cry, no. There are so many strange things there that it‘s honestly hard to believe much of it was drawn from life, though. It feels like an otherworldly dream and that‘s the point, I think.
- Comment on Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC 2 months ago:
What‘s Miyamoto‘s history with apes and plumbers? I would love to hear about those stories.
- Comment on Nintendo Responds To Tariff Refunds Lawsuit, Tells Customers They "Got What They Bargained For" 2 months ago:
Ah so prices will go down, right? Riiiight? Hahaha
- Comment on Nintendo Responds To Tariff Refunds Lawsuit, Tells Customers They "Got What They Bargained For" 2 months ago:
Gnarly. Hate them double dippers.
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 2 months ago:
Consumerism being a democratic process is probably the most effective propaganda capitalists have fabricated.
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 2 months ago:
LOL what? This is some „your carbon footprint“ level horseshit. It‘s like saying you the consumer chose global warming or to lose your job to automation. I mean, did you choose to live near a data center that was build last month? I didn‘t think so either.
We‘re not one tightly organized mass making decisions with far reaching consequences together as consumers. Providers on the other hand practice price-fixing and lobbying in an organized manner. That‘s where I would start pointing my finger at to explain this mess.
I, the consumer are terribly powerless. Only we, the people can change these things for the better by gutting these corporations.
- Comment on Steam Input is an Embarrassing Disaster 2 months ago:
It was pretty shit when I got my Steam controller. I won‘t sugar coat it. Inputs wouldn‘t register for me, there‘s no manual or support to help you with anything and the UI is damn confusing. Steam Imput being mandatory while not working properly meant I didn‘t really use the Steam controller for weeks. A recent update improved it a lot on my Linux machine, however and I can enjoy the controller now.
Still can‘t move actual gyro inputs into other software though. That still sucks. Hope they ditch Xinput soon or they make the drivers open source do someone else can build something better.
- Comment on "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 2 months ago:
When was Microsoft ever??? Sorry but you knew back then what you know now.