absquatulate

@absquatulate@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Space battle games for casual player?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In increasing order of casualness I recommend: Elite Dangerous->X3/X4->Everspace/Everspace 2-> No Man’s Sky.

  Everspace 2 is a spiritual successor to Freelancer, so probably your best bet ( Everspace 1 is more roguelike, but holds up nicely ). Speaking of Freelancer, I hear the game is still alive and has a vibrant community around it.

  If you ever want to revisit Elite shoot me a message, I may help you with starting up. They say Elite doesn’t have a learning curve but a cliff, so help is usually needed. Luckily the game has the most welcoming and helpful community I’ve seen in/around a video game.

  Other than these, there’s Chorus, but I haven’t played that one and it seems more story driven than open-ended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember Heroes of Might & Magic 3? A remake is coming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For those unaware, there is also Heroes of Science and Fiction, which is essentially homm 3 with a fresh scifi coat of paint and lots of qol stuff. It’s in early access but man it catches the vibe so well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home secretary calls Gaza protests in wake of Manchester attack ‘un-British’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, the british approach: “We understand that people dying is horrific and painful but there’s no need to make such a fuss about it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine paying to have your data harvested by a social network full of bots

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forza Horizon 6 Japan setting confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seeing the series’ progression so far, I just know microsoft will stuff it full of FOMO crap and monetization, as well as a lot of AI generated stuff ( which, admittedly, may not be all bad ). But still, I’m fairly excited for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved him in mafia, he had such a recognizable voice. Almost bought Mindseye because of him lol.

  But seriously, I wish him luck and hope he doesn’t give up on games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨September 2025: Updates for the .worlds and call for donations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I get being reluctant to donate or not being able to, but using a software someone worked to develop and a platform someone pays to maintain AND acting high and mighty about it (on that very platform) is rich. The entitlement on some of you people is staggering, I swear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer: Leaving ECHR puts UK ‘on par with Russia and Belarus’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You are running a police state that monitors its citizens and arrests protesters. So yes, from a human rights perspective, dropping the ECHR is probably the last step required to become just like the ruskis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road Kings - Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally, some competition for scs. From the trailer it doesn’t look like it will be a sim tho. Maybe a story driven teucking game?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Definitive Edition is out now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn. The original was (to me) the highlight of many, many lan-parties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see it didn’t take long for polygon to turn into a clickbait factory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For children’s safety, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Third separate article about this game in a week? I see we’re in the hyping up phase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My earphones' cable has been oozing sticky goo for over a yer now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like they got somethin to say

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recieved an ultra slim keyboard in a box big enough for a microwave oven (packing material in comment)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a few and they’re good keyboards, especially at that price point. Keychron went from producing niche lower-quality stuff to broad range and improved quality and (from what i hear) back to unreliable products for the past year or so due to cost cutting. So look for a bit older models, I suppose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Dead Redemption 2 was amazing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so damn good. I must’ve replayed it like six times since it came to pc. The story, the voice acting, characters, graphics, everything is absolutely top notch. Except for the goddamn controls (and the menus). I’m not sure if it’s due to it being a console-first game or just a rockstar thing as rdr1’s were also crap, but holy shit they’re infuriating. The amount of times I shot people by mistake, lost missions because of a wrong key, or just plain ended up with an unpayable bounty is too damn high.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer wants to build 60 apartments and 24 parking spots. New York politician tells him to build less housing and more parking spots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  During Tuesday’s City Council Land Use hearing, Vernikov signaled her support for the revised rezoning proposal at 2501 Coney Island Ave. — one that will allow only four stories comprising 27 units and 35 parking spaces, down from the original proposal of 11 stories with 60 units and 24 parking spaces.

  Car-brains aside, this smells like corruption. 7 floors of an avg of 5 apartments per floor amount to only 4 parking spots per the same floor? Wtf are they parking in those spots? Something doesn’t add up. Over here we had the reverse problem: greedy developers signed for plans with x apts and y parking spots, only to convert the lower floor garages into extra minuscule apts after construction started.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next BioShock Game Suffers From More Development Hell After Failing an Executive Review⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s TakeTwo - you know they did. Bioshock was a complete arc and died with Irrational. Whatever this zombie project is, I expect it won’t live up to the name, but they’ll slap it on anyway because goshdarnit executives just can’t help milking a franchise dry instead of innovating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted – Pre-Order Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted – Pre-Order Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I still keep a copy of a pre-EA version on my pc, as that was the cleanest one. I played pvz2 for a bit and don’t remember it being complete shite, but it was absolutely riddled with mtx. As far as the other pvz games, holy hell what a shitshow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO Says No $80 Games for Now: 'We're Not Looking to Make Any Changes at This Stage'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Love how fast they all dial back after seeing the reaction on nintendo’s 80$ approach. But seriously EA I don’t care for those extra 10 bucks upfronf if your games are still the mtx and gambling infested shit they currently are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Bringing your games to other platforms is how you’re going to win" - Circana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a PC player I wholeheartedly welcome the demise of exclusives, but are the strategies toward them really changing? Near as I can tell it’s only microsoft that’s pivoting, and that’s probably because they have to. Sony is sticking to their strategy of the past few years of delayed PC releases, and nintendo does what nintendo does - keep everything in-house and sue everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re arresting 80 year olds in their home for protesting you are NOT the good guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. They’re thw only games I’ve actually bought from them.

  Not sure how they haven’t fucked it up so far - maybe because anno is a small franchise in the grand scheme of things, and has a cult following particularly in Germany, so apaet from online requirement and denuvo added to the latest entries, they let it be. I’m actually more amazed that bluebyte/ubi mainz haven’t butchered the anno games like they did with the settlers series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mass Effect 5 is "still in pre-production" says director as BioWare shifts full focus to the sci-fi RPG amid dev reshuffles and reported layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ffs bioware, your last two “story-heavy” games were both IP “extensions” and they were both pretty meh. Cook up something new for once, see where that goes. Because I guarantee that yet another friggin attempt at mass effect will not go well. The story was cool, it ended and it is now done. Leave a good thing be and think of something new ffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft: Microtransactions make games more fun⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, according to Ubisoft, they allow for a more unique experience by letting players personalize their characters or speed up progression. In other words, it makes things more fun… allegedly.

  Ah, so he didn’t actually say that, then? Tired of these mf clickbaits man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Panama Proxima⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tamriel! Or at least Cyrodiil+Elsweyr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Screenshots of my Games #63 - The Alters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It really is a great game. The story’s imaginative, the ambiance is jawdropping. And that sound design, man. It’s also fairly well polished. Played it for a good while, until I could not be bothered to manage people anymore. It felt too much like a job lol. The UI is a bit clumsy too I felt, but it’s awesome that the grindy bits are sped up and the game doesn’t waste your time, I appreciated that. However I hated the lack of manual saving, especially in a game that sometimes crashes at inopportune moments. It also does this thing where it appears open, but it punishes you if you don’t do things the way it wants you to. I’m in the “it’s a difficult game” camp, but there’s plenty of people who feel it’s an easy game just because they did some actions differently, or timed some events at different times. Still, it’s definitely worth a play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New gaming website "This Week in Video Games" launched by Skill Up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been following the guy on youtube for a while and I love the initiative, but damn, I find it hard to justify 10€ a month for just a single dedicated gaming publication. I expect I will support them every few months or so, but yeah, to me 100€/year seems too hefty.

  Also what worries me is that this model has been tried, before the days of ad-supported web, and didn’t fare so well, so why would it work now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just add the application to the firewall block list. That’s how I’ve been running most games these days, pirated or not. Sighs