Aielman15
@Aielman15@lemmy.world
- Comment on NCSoft president: "The games industry's evolution towards acceptance and diversity is ongoing" 1 day ago:
I feel the problem is not the industry but the fanbase. As of the last few years, it’s become pretty common to see videogames become target of hatred for “going woke”: H:FW’s Aloy’s “peach fuzz”, TLOU2’s Abby being too masculine, women not living to the average beauty standard, LGBT characters “shoved down people’s throats”, character editors decoupling gender and sex or using gender-neutral language, narrative being cringe because it targets millennials (as if older games didn’t target young audiences, too)… The industry is going forward, but I don’t think the fanbase is ready yet.
Sometimes I think the fanbase is regressing, even. I’ve seen people lamenting increased “politics” in their videogame, yet saying that MGS or FFVII or Bioshock are their favourite games. Gamers don’t even pay attention to what they consume, they merely parrot whatever their favourite influencer says. “Woke” is a meaningless term that gets thrown around whenever they don’t like something.
- Comment on Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will come to Game Pass on August 8 according to reliable source 1 day ago:
There’s not much point in subscribing for $20/month to play a game that frequently goes on sale for less than that and can be owned forever.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases 2 weeks ago:
Lol, enshittification came faster than expected. At least Netflix was successful before the price hike, and then decided to be greedy because their user base was willing to pay.
On the other side of the fence, Xbox Series consoles tanked harder than XOne (which was already a colossal failure) and Game Pass subscribers fell short of corporate expectations every year since its inception. And they decide that this is the best time to double the price of the service? Good luck with that decision, Microsoft.
Who is gonna pay $15/month for a catalog of old games? Old games are already cheap enough that you can buy them directly and still “profit” over keeping an ongoing subscription. And $20/month for day one games? At that price, you’re better off just buying the damn game. GP was already hard to justify at its previous price, but this new price point is egregious.
- Comment on This cult classic mind bending puzzle series is coming back to PC 2 weeks ago:
Great games, I have fond memories of me and my brother playing those flash games.
If you don’t want to pay, the Flashpoint Collection already has these flash games and they are fully functional, although I think I’ll grab this release to support the dev after all these years.
- Comment on Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev "Piranha Bytes" Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down 2 weeks ago:
Wasn’t this already confirmed a few months ago?
- Comment on Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Teaser Trailer 4 weeks ago:
I don’t see the point of doing a remaster of a remaster. This game needs a proper remake. As a big fan of the original game who played the heck out of its original X360 release, without an update to its outdated AI it’s frustrating to the point of unplayability.
- Comment on UK Retailer GAME To End All In-Store Video Game Sales 4 weeks ago:
I had the same mindset, but one day MS was having server problems on their end, and my XOne refused to play my rightfully owned game despite the disc being in the console. I would also be unable to log into my account, which made me unable to save my progress, which made playing the game, even if it suddenly decided to work, impossible.
Consoles were great until the x360/PS3 era. I could buy a disc, insert the disc into the console, and start playing, and the game would probably work fine without much hassle. Nowadays I’m required to go to the store, buy the disc, go back home, insert the disc, wait for it to install, and then I discover that the game was not optimized for my console of choice and it runs awfully to the point of unplayability.
I now just buy on GoG. Much easier that way. Console exclusives are ported to PC anyway, so you’re not missing anything. You also get nice perks like playing online for free if you’re into multiplayer games, or playing older games on emulators (
and current ones, because fuck Nintendo). - Comment on Hotly anticipated 'Black Myth: Wukong' is delayed on Xbox Series X|S — and now, Microsoft has responded 4 weeks ago:
“We’re excited for the launch of Black Myth Wukong on Xbox Series X|S and are working with Game Science to bring the game to our platforms. We can’t comment on the deals made by our partners with other platform holders, but we remain focused on making Xbox the best platform for gamers, and great games are at the center of that.”
It’s a generic copy-pasted non-response.
- Comment on Dead Game News: Response from the European Commission 5 weeks ago:
EULA are probably unfair due to the imbalance of rights and obligations between the parties.
This is the most important amongst the bullet points for me. Companies should not be allowed to hide shady stuff in the wall of text that you are required to accept to play the game that you have already bought.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale has arrived 5 weeks ago:
I bought a bunch of indie games that looked cool: Alwa’s Legacy (I’m playing it right now, it’s pretty fun), Night in the woods and Phoenotopia: Awakening. I also bought Dishonored 1 (which I played back in the days, but I’m eager to replay one of these days, alongside with its DLCs).
Risky purchase of the week, King of Dragon Pass. Never heard of it, but both the screens and the reviews were positive and it seems right up my alley, so I decided, why not.
- Comment on Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree - Review Thread 5 weeks ago:
I guess you two have something in common, then.
- Comment on Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree - Review Thread 5 weeks ago:
Were you too busy with your other garbage to click the link and read the proper full review?
Like, I know that shitting on Kotaku is a gamer’s favourite pastime, but I genuinely don’t understand what you are complaining about here. It’s not like they criticized the dlc eitherm, their review is super positive.
- Comment on $843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players 5 weeks ago:
When new video game stores were opening that charged much lower commissions than Valve, I decided that I would provide my game “Overgrowth” at a lower price to take advantage of the lower commission rates. I intended to write a blog post about the results. But when I asked Valve about this plan, they replied that they would remove Overgrowth from Steam if I allowed it to be sold at a lower price anywhere, even from my own website without Steam keys and without Steam’s DRM.
From the source cited by the article.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
That would be lovely!
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I’m loving your recaps. Please keep them coming!
I don’t have much time for gaming and trying every single demo out there is too difficult for me, but I also like discovering new indie titles.
- Comment on Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers 1 month ago:
The lawsuit doesn’t imply that Steam forces their piece to always be cheaper than the competition. Sales can happen on different stores at different times, thus a game can be $50 on Steam and $40 on Epic today.
But Steam forces sellers to offer “the same offer to Steam customers within a reasonable amount of time” - source (sorry, Shitter link) from this article.
And the language used means that, while this only applies to devs who make use of Steam keys, it doesn’t apply to the Steam keys themselves - if you want to use Steam keys, you also can’t offer discounts on competing storefronts. From the source:
Rosen said he ran into that issue when he decided to release Overgrowth at a lower price on other storefronts in order to take advantage of their lower commission rates. “When I asked Valve about this plan, they replied that they would remove Overgrowth from Steam if I allowed it to be sold at a lower price anywhere, even from my own website without Steam keys and without Steam’s DRM,” Rosen wrote.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Damn, I had Glyde in my wishlist for what seems like an eternity but I wasn’t actively following the development. I’m glad it’s still alive, although the comparison to Eternal Night is kind of off-putting (I appreciate the Legend of Spyro trilogy for what it is, but I’m not looking forward to relieving any more of its gameplay lol).
I suppose I’ll give it a chance though. I’m just that desperate to play as a little dragon again.
- Comment on The Biggest Announcements Of Summer Game Fest And Neighboring Shows 1 month ago:
Thanks for sharing this recap. I wasn’t paying much attention during E3 season this time around and missed a few announcements.
Eriksholm seems cool, isometric stealth is not a combination you see everyday.
- Comment on Starfield's latest update draws player ire by sticking a bounty hunting quest behind the Creation Club paywall 1 month ago:
The Bethesda of old is long dead.
The Bethesda of old who invented MTX with their $5-dollar horse armour?
Or the Bethesda of old who made millions by re-releasing the same game for 10+ years but refused to spend a dime to fix its bugs or give the players a functioning UI?
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Reveal Trailer - Xbox Games Showcase 2024 1 month ago:
AAA turn-based RPG is a great selling point for me. Mildly interested, I’ll keep an eye on this one!
- Comment on Seven Samurai, 70th anniversary 4K restoration (1956, dir Akira Kurosawa) 1 month ago:
Very excited for this.
- Comment on Hypothetical Game Ideas 1 month ago:
Every monster collector out there tries to reinvent Pokémon, but if I were to create one, it’d be like Digimon World 1: a semi-open world with a vivid sense of wonder and exploration, and fully-fledged pet raising mechanics.
I can’t fathom how beating up wild animals, forcefully capturing them, and pitting them against other animals in a government-sanctioned tournament is supposed to evoke a feeling of friendship and adventure.
I just want more in-depth mechanics to raise my magical animal, and more ways to interact with them outside of battles.
- Comment on Gog will delete cloud saves more than 200MB per game after August 31st 1 month ago:
Is it? Pathfinder seems more like the exception than the rule. I’ve got a big library on GoG and none of my games even reach a quarter of the 200 MB limit.
- Comment on Like a Dragon: Yakuza Live-Action Series Announced for Amazon Prime Video This Fall 1 month ago:
Maybe it’s because I’m not a Fallout fan, but I didn’t like that one either. I didn’t finish it, to be fair, but I watched the first 3-4 episodes and I found it nonsensical for the most part.
From people and animals healing within seconds of them injecting some sort of Jesus juice, to armor suits protecting against explosions and extreme fall damage but not angry bears, or people living for centuries in the surface but from the looks of it the apocalypse happened just two days earlier, with no one bothering to clean up their own house a bit. In one scene you see soldiers wearing thick metal armor flying around on helicopters, in the next scene there’s people using bottle caps as a barter resource.
And that’s just about the verisimilitude of the setting and the events. The writing felt very amateurish/childish for the most part. Again, I have no reference to the source material, but from an outside perspective, I wasn’t impressed.
The visuals are very good (not ground-breaking by any means, but they do their job well), but that’s the extent of the praise I’d give to that series.
- Comment on Like a Dragon: Yakuza Live-Action Series Announced for Amazon Prime Video This Fall 1 month ago:
I gave Amazon the benefit of the doubt with Wheel of Time. Never again.
- Comment on Jumblie #245 1 month ago:
I was also struggling to understand the six-letter one. English is not my main language, so I was very confused.
- Comment on New Astro Bot Will Feature Over 150 Bots Inspired By PlayStation Characters; No In-Game Purchases Or Multiplayer 1 month ago:
Sony: closes Japan Studio
Also Sony: Hey, check out this bot with an Ape Escape-inspired outfit!
:(
- Comment on Anon is a Tunisian gamer 1 month ago:
My man invented time travel to buy a PS5, but alas, it didn’t work.
- Comment on Sony's Neil Druckmann Interview Shows Why We Need Journalists 1 month ago:
People should just stop thinking about gaming journalism as a monolith, and start thinking of it as any other job. Some people are capable of doing it and they show it, others are completely incapable of writing a decent article without resorting to snarky comments or biased opinions.
A local website in my language employs a YTuber as a reviewer for reviews on games that he is a sponsor of on his channel, and those articles are laughable to say the least (I’m not going to name the games nor the person). But I’ve also read good articles on the same website, written by people who actually care about their job and have the skills to do it well.
But for some reason, gamers keep parroting this awful opinion of gaming journalists being incapable of playing games or having opinions on things. No, it’s just that certain journalists are better than others.
- Comment on Avowed and Indiana Jones Previews Are Coming After Xbox Games Showcase 2 months ago:
That one’s Indiana Jones and the staff of kings, which has nothing to do with this title. This one was in pre-production in 2021, announced the same year, and revealed in early 2024 to be released later the same year.