Mistic

@Mistic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is?

  I’m asking for 2 reasons: 1st is that I simply don’t know which one you’re talking about as I’ve seen different interpretations of that word. 2nd is that I don’t think people would be arguing as much if the definition was that clear-cut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LEGO Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight hacked by DenuvOwO⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently, the performance in the game is miles better than what’s in the spec requirements

  But I agree. What the hell were they thinking with that 15 to 30 FG?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  With NMS, there was also a case of massive overpromising. It’s a fuckup of Sean Murray, which he did learn a lot from, so kudos to him.

  Afaik, what happened is they had certain systems being developed that were planned to be in the game but ultimately got cut. He, on the other hand, was talking to the media as if they were coming. That all was technically not a lie, because at the time they were coming. But if you cut them before release, it sure as hell will result in a massive disappointment. And it sure doesn’t help that they lied about multi-player being in the game after the release.

  Many of the systems did eventually come with updates. Nowadays, it’s pretty much the game they promised.

  It has its issues, but I don’t regret playing it. It was fun, and I still hop on sometimes to check out new expeditions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, it’s already been more than a year since Destiny players hopped to Warframe.

  Destiny 2’s online has not been what it used to be for quite a while now. And why would it be when Bungie managed to break the main gameloop and then proceed to not fix it until literally the final update of the game?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I always called such studios AA. They are too large to be indies, yet to small to be AAA.

  Expedition 33 creators, for example, would also fall under AA, even though they’re a very young studio.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #119 maths⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let me just, ahem

  1-2+3/(3+3)2+36/3 = 1-2+3/(3+3)2+16 = 1-2+3/(3+3)*2+6 = 7-2+3/(3+3)*2 = 7-2+3/(6+6) = 7-2+(1/2+1/2) = 5+(1/2+1/2) = 5+1=6

  Mmm, yes, DMAMDSBA :P

  Let’s just say BODMAS/PEMDAS isn’t all be-all end-all. They’re good, but there’s also better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #119 maths⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  enter it into any calculator and you should get 9

  Have you tried it, though? My Casio says it’s 1

  That’s because it treats 2(1+2) as 2x and not 2*x

  That’s called juxtaposition and is the reason why people find this notation ambiguous. Some people account for it, some not. Same with calculators. The scientific ones are most likely to give you an answer of 1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #119 maths⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually, no sign before the bracket means juxtaposition.

  So 2(1+2) is really (2+4)

  Compare 2/2x and 2/2*x where x is (1+2)

  The first is 2/(2+4)=1/3, the second is (2/2)*(1+2)=3

  Also, there’s no real rule about solving left to right due to associative and commutative properties: 123 = 1*(23) = (12)3 = 312 = 21*3 = 6

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see how that would be the case.

  PEGI is used as a way of informing buyers (parents) about the contents of the game.

  It doesn’t prohibit them from allowing their kids to play, say, an R-18 game. The agency’s still there. It’s not like a mandatory age verification where your kids are disallowed from using the service completely even when you yourself allow them to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Guess I won’t be bying that one.

  What a shame, and I actually wanted to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Highguard will permanently shut down on March 12th.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironic, considering trailer is one of the things that was heavily criticized.

  It looked very generic and didn’t tell you much about the game.

  I believe it was also revealed at some point that it was thrown together in a very short period of time because they didn’t expect to need it then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to replay Skyrim but⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wabajjack mod lists are deffinetly a must try, something like Enderal or LoreRim

  I’d also check out a game called “The forgotten city”. Haven’t played it myself, but I did play the Skyrim mod it was based off of, and the story was solid, I liked it a lot. Or just try the mod itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's featured article on Wikipedia: Terraria⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Terraria at it’s core is about boss progression.

  Here are the mandatory ones in order of completion:

  1. Wall of flesh
  2. 3 Mechanical bosses
  3. Plantera
  4. Golem
  5. Lunatic Cultist
  6. Moon Lord

  The rest is prep work for each one.

  • Collecting NPCs and making housing for them
  • Collecting weapons, armour, accessories
  • Building arenas for bosses
  • Building farming locations
  • Defeating optional bosses for more powerful loot
  • Grinding defeated bosses for specific drops

  What I usually do is:

  1. Build starter house
  2. Go mining
  3. Go exploring
  4. Beat corruption/crimson boss
  5. Make a hellevator
  6. Make wall of flesh arena, beat it with dynamite
  7. Lots and lots of gear grinding
  8. More prep work for mechanical bosses

  The last 2 repeat for each boss that’s on the list and often include beating other bosses or events for their loot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Version Delayed Indefinitely⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, they were planning to release B4 on Switch 2? With that optimisation?

  What were they smoking there?

  That’s Capcom doing a lecture on optimisation with MH Wilds as an example all over again.

  Man, these decision-makers are something else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. Skyrim
  2. Minecraft
  3. Destiny 2
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reach and convenience. Why do you think podcasts exist on YouTube when they could’ve as well been audio-only?

  Besides, some people like to see the speaker, because it gives visual clues about what’s being said. Not everybody absorbs info efficiently through reading texts or just listening. Sometimes you need more than one way of recieving information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t it a kickstarter product? I wouldn’t consider venture a pre-order, tbf.

  Pre-orders are reservations with pre-payment.

  Crowdfunding is, well, funding. You aren’t buying a product. You’re funding it, which comes with additional risks and benefits.

  Of course, there’s always a possibility that a product is being funded using pre-orders, which is financially irresponsible (norm varies from industry to industry). But you must be a moron to pre-order a product from a startup you know nothing about and expect not to get scammed. Outright buying their product would be risky enough.

  Take housing market. You’re pretty much always either pre-ordering or buying second-hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pre-ordering physical goods is fine, especially if you expect a price hike and supply limitations after launch. I wouldn’t, but I can see how it would make sense.

  It’s the digital goods that make no goddamn sense to buy before they’re out. They’re not limited in supply, and their return window is too small.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprised nobody said cell degradation.

  You now can live for as long as you’re not killed whilst physically keeping an appearance of an ~30 y.o. This also technically prevents cancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s simple math and understanding of the law, what does political affiliation has to do with it?

  0.05$ is not a substantial amount of money regardless of your political views.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo has sent a DMCA notice to Ryujinx forks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Emulation itself doesn’t constitute piracy.

  Now, it does facilitate it because all you need is a ROM from any source.

  But saying emulators should be prosecuted would be the same as arguing that Steam’s Proton should be banned because you can launch pirated games through it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What really separates a PC from a server? Mainly the hardware, but I guess software too.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, ECC memory. The CPU also needs to be able to support it. Then there’s number of cores, unless you specifically need high single-core performance. Efficient and reliable PSU, low power-consumption, lots of memory. Stuff like that.

  None of which are essential, BTW. Any working PC can be made into a server regardless of its hardware.

  All server really is is just another PC that’s been built with a specific purpose in mind. The rest is software configuration.

  Even your router is the same. It’s all computers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And here’s your other issue…

  Nothing of what I said was meant as an offense. Yet you took it to hearts. That is not a response one would normally expect (Unless it’s cultural, ig). It’s almost as if I’m reading a script from a teenage drama show where a character has an unresolved inner conflict. Just something for you to think about.

  Your question was “why people act like I’m a kid?” I only shared my observations of why that could be the case. That doesn’t mean you need to change anything. Not if you yourself are ok with it.

  Also, I was well aware you’re 21 at the moment of writing the comment. Yet again, I’m merely answering your question, I really don’t mean anything beyond what is written. I’m not judging, no nothing, everything I write should be read in as neutral tone as possible.

  The rest was me speculating. Those aren’t the questions you should be answering to me, only to yourself. After all, a random stranger on the internet can only do so much, you’re the only one who can answer your own question. Best I can do is point you in a direction to dig further, which those were meant for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that I’ve looked up your post history as well as the way you type. Everything just screams “14 y.o. girl.” There’s a lot of personality, a lot of bubbliness, everything’s "hyper. " It’s just not something you’d expect of an adult. Adults are usually more reserved and “battle-worn.” I’d also look at the wardrobe, especially if you’re of smaller stature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed, found lacking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Knowing our “sovereign” projects, no. No, it cannot.

  Don’t get me wrong, there is some really cool tech stuff we create, but whenever it gets political, it’s just theft of budget money.

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

  Problem is, she already looked like a real person. Personally know people who look a lot like Ciri, it’s not the most uncommon look in Slavic countries.

  It may be just the trailer. In some scenes, she looks like herself from the 3rd game, just aged, but in most, she looks a bit… weird. It’s really hard to tell what’s going on because when you try to compare the models, they do match up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Update Kills Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Other Ubisoft Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe Ubisoft considers them as “life service,” despite them effectively being single-player.

  It is specifically anti-cheat. Although, if you take cheats to kernel-level, it becomes anti-cheat in name only. For all the normal players out there, it is practically spyware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is losing VR support next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, yeah, that I agree with.

  My head was at the “VR gaming” as a whole back when I was writing the comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is losing VR support next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I’ve decided to check the financials of a couple of VR companies since your counterpoint sounded reasonable. The only one working at a loss is Meta. I could argue their business model is in Death Valley right now. After all, they have major capital expenses, which aren’t easily covered unless you have a big userbase.

  But that’s their VR sector. Overall, Meta’s profitable and can easily cover all the expenses several times over.

  Also, what do you mean by “they have to dedicate several multi-person teams to manage the clients?” Firstly, who’s “they,” secondly, if I understood you right, that sounds prepostrous, unless you’re talking B2B.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is losing VR support next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, Mojang’s Minecraft in VR is dead. But that’s kinda far from VR gaming as a whole, don’t you think?

  One symptom does not share the entire story.