DingoBilly
@DingoBilly@lemmy.world
- Comment on Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. 8 months ago:
Not sure that’s right - before the internet I had no clue what was supposedly good or not. I’d rent games from blockbuster and just try them one by one. Lots of shitty games and I had no idea that Mario or sonic or anything was meant to be good.
Now it’s a lot easier just based on metacritic or steam reviews to figure out if something is good or not.
- Comment on Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. 8 months ago:
It’s a nostalgia thing - I don’t remember the games where I got stuck on the first level and could never finish the game (which happened). Or were just boring so I quit after a half hour.
I do remember donkey Kong country, super Mario bros, sonic Etc. Which all worked well and were fun.
- Comment on Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. 8 months ago:
I think it’s because people only remember the good games and not the stinkers.
I played a lot of shit games I can’t recall because I played for 30 minutes max. There was one game I never passed the first level as I couldn’t figure out what to do, I think something to do with jelly beans and a blob. How is that good gameplay lol?
But of course myself and others can tell you about the games we played for hours like Super Mario Bros which didn’t really have bugs and were good.
- Comment on This official Palworld dating sim is the stuff of nightmares 8 months ago:
Brock is the hottest. He always makes me rock solid.
- Comment on Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. 8 months ago:
Games were definitely buggy and I honestly think people forget how much better the quality is nowadays.
I also think there is something to it just being the 90s or so and not having much choice. If you only have one game to play then of course you’re going to replay it to death. If I have a steam library of 1000 games then I’m much less likely to.
A lot of this is just nostalgia for the past and the environment as opposed to games being any better.
- Comment on My dachshund is trying to kill me 8 months ago:
Yep, I feel exactly the same way.
When a cat wants to spend time with you they actually want to.
You can smack a dog and do whatever you want to it and they’ll still come running to spend time with you. It’s not loyal, it’s just stupid.
- Comment on What firing your PR team does to a motherfucker 8 months ago:
Just remake them every 10 years. Can’t be that hard.
- Comment on What firing your PR team does to a motherfucker 8 months ago:
Lol. Some people get way too involved in some mythical lore.
It’s all irrelevant with the time travel bullshit anyway in Marvel universe. Nothing bad can happen because you can just reverse it all.
- Comment on What firing your PR team does to a motherfucker 8 months ago:
Just do it again from time to time.
Can set a reminder for every 10 years. You don’t have to be a genius for that.
Honestly people don’t think at all do they?
- Comment on What firing your PR team does to a motherfucker 8 months ago:
Fuck off. Thanos was a decent person who had a good idea.
Musk is a piece of shit.
- Comment on My dachshund is trying to kill me 8 months ago:
Ever heard the term loyal to a fault? There’s loyal and there’s stupid.
- Comment on My dachshund is trying to kill me 8 months ago:
As opposed to dogs where you can just abuse and mistreat them and they’ll still be loyal! Clearly the smarter pet.
- Comment on Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons 8 months ago:
I use Windows, and I honestly never see this stuff at all.
Haven’t used Linux/MacOS in a long time now but from this specific perspective they all appear the same to me. Or at worst, it’s easy to disable.
- Comment on No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul 8 months ago:
Ah, so it has nothing to do with NMS then, it’s just you don’t like the sandbox genre. That’s fair.
The developer has pretty much delivered on what they promised at this stage.
You’re basically saying you bought an RPG and you don’t like that it has a levelling system. Bit different.
- Comment on No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul 8 months ago:
Sort of goes against the whole point!
Like if you’d read the news and updates about NMS you’d see they fixed most of the complaints and made a great game, and all for free.
- Comment on No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul 8 months ago:
Yes I also cling to the past and never update my views or thinking on things.
- Comment on Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons 8 months ago:
Your point is “Windows is the worst of the bunch”.
It’s pretty basic/has no value… Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to disprove.
- Comment on Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons 8 months ago:
Depends on the person and their usage. For many Windows is the most appropriate.
Dont be a blind fanboy and just say that there is only solution for an OS and that’s Linux. If there’s one OS then it will inevitably get shit itself.
- Comment on Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons 8 months ago:
Yeah this seems like a complete non-issue… All software has its problems and annoyances. Whether it’s Linux, MacOS or Windows they all have different levels of shit and annoying things you have to do.
- Comment on Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs 8 months ago:
Aladdin was pretty good though.
Haven’t seen the rest.
- Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families 8 months ago:
You can’t just ignore the arguments that don’t fit your world view/argument. In that scenario I could just look at the negatives of Steam and the positives of Epic and say that the Epic Store is better than Steam because I ignore all the stuff that doesn’t fit my argument.
It’s not just Cs go but multiple games like Dota Etc. They have specifically built a whole market and ecosystem to convince you to buy stuff and gamble effectively.
- Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families 8 months ago:
You are doing exactly what I said.
Valve is good, but they have shit features and I’m not sure why you’re defending them (but maybe you’re just a troll/ignoring my points?).
I don’t care about the competition - it’s like saying a person is molesting a child but hey, those two over there are molesting multiple children and murdering them! So they’re worse!
Marketshare is also a poor predictor as it’s often the first person to market as opposed to what’s best.
Think of it another way - Google has the most marketshare of search. Is it the best and is it doing only good things? If you say yes to both then I can’t help you further.
- Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families 8 months ago:
I don’t care about the things you mentioned, but yes, those are also issues.
I was talking more about the issues around gambling and making loops specifically to take advantage of gamers with problems.
As well as the real problem that a single leader leading a company/nation will mean that company/nation always fails. The successors will inevitably mess it up sometime.
- Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families 8 months ago:
This stuff is great.
But ignoring all the real issues with Steam is stupid, let alone the fact it all rides on one guy at the moment. Change of hands and within a generation or two you’ve got shit.
- Comment on Favourite developers 9 months ago:
Favourite is probably Naughty Dog as it’s one of the few studios that keeps producing amazing games and is fairly consistent.
Most other studios drop the ball at some point.
- Comment on What a feeling that was 9 months ago:
I’m glad others have pointed out this is pretty bullshit. If it’s a great game then it’s good. If the game was buggy you’re shit out of luck, stuck with a broken mess with no hope of it being fixed.
- Comment on Just doing my part 🤡 9 months ago:
A lot of it is political at end of day.
Taylor Swift is looking to be a supporter of the Democratic Party in US, so the Republicans are running targeted attacks on her to reduce credibility. I
t’s nothing new but just be aware that people posting these memes may just be bots/paid marketers essentially.
- Comment on Fuck Ubisoft. 11 months ago:
Lol as someone else put it, it’s silly to complain that you won’t buy a game because it doesn’t use the marketplace you want to use.
Steam is just one marketplace and it needs competition. One day it’s going to go through enshittification and when that happens you’ll be thankful other marketplaces exist.
Sometimes I honestly wonder why PC gamers get so riled up over inconsequential things.
- Comment on That number again is 1-800-O-Y-S-T-E-R. CALL NOW! 11 months ago:
There are more words this didn’t work for than words this does work for…
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 11 months ago:
Steam and GoG are not just free services for gamers either. At their core they are businesses, and they invest significantly to try and make people spend more/get addicted to their services.
I hate this whole idea that some companies are your friend. That just shows their marketing and branding is working on people and blinding people.