Ashtear
@Ashtear@lemm.ee
- Comment on Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell 4 hours ago:
Since The Witcher 3 came out, my favorite video game stories have been Disco Elysium, Cyberpunk 2077, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Citizen Sleeper, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. I also really liked Death Stranding, but Kojima’s not for everyone.
- Comment on Valve is fixin' to start some arguments over the holidays because 'All adult members in a Steam Family' can see your Steam Replay page 19 hours ago:
I dunno, I might side-eye my partner a lil bit if it turned out they were really good at CK3’s schemes.
- Comment on Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter launches in fall 2025 worldwide for PS5, Switch, and PC 1 day ago:
That’s the original version of the game. It’s had enhanced ports but never a remake previously. From what we know, this is a full remake, with changes to gameplay, a new localization, and some additions for continuity. The game’s 20 years old. Hard to put that anywhere near modern.
Since it’s the first in a continuous series, it’s long seemed necessary to at least bring the game into full 3D for new players to come on board. For long-term Trails fans, the value of this remake (and the inevitable second one, at least) will probably depend on some of the details, especially the localizations for players that don’t read Japanese.
- Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter launches in fall 2025 worldwide for PS5, Switch, and PCwww.gematsu.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to games@lemmy.world | 10 comments
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign Can Only be Played Solo or as a Trio - Insider Gaming 3 days ago:
I don’t know what it is with Japanese devs and arbitrary multiplayer decisions. The way Capcom handles Monster Hunter’s multiplayer continues to baffle me.
From a PC gaming perspective, it feels like Western developers decided to just give players multiple options to play together all the way back in the 1990’s. This sort of thing always feels badly regressive to me.
- Comment on Rumors Of End to Xbox-Only Exclusives Swirl As More Game Studios Embrace Simultaneous Launch Strategy 4 days ago:
I wonder how well the marketing exclusivity is working for them. I’ve come across more than one person that thought Metaphor: ReFantazio wasn’t on PlayStation because of it.
- Comment on Capcom says it’s working on ‘re-activating other dormant IPs’ like Onimusha and Okami 5 days ago:
Don’t mind me, I’ll be sitting here waiting patiently for my Destiny of an Emperor remake.
- Comment on What game surprised you with their length? 5 days ago:
Biggest surprise for length was Dragon Quest VII, the PSX version. Started playing it close to release, dropped it several times and finally finished it years later.
I’d played multiple games in the series before and I think the longest one topped out at 40 hours, so I really was not expecting a 100+ hour marathon like that was (although the very, very long prologue should probably have served as a warning).
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 1 week ago:
AHHH this raises so many questions. So ready for this.
- Comment on We need more turn-based RPGs 1 week ago:
It’s a meme at this point.
“Turn based RPGs are dead!”
points at, well, everywhere
“No, I meant turn based JRPGs”
points at Like a Dragon, Persona, Metaphor
“No, I meant turn based JRPGs developed by Square”
points at Bravely Default, Dragon Quest, countless remasters/remakes
“No, I want AAA mainline Final Fantasy to be turn based!”
🤷♀️
I don’t think these people will ever be happy, even if Sakaguchi came back to Square and brought the whole gang back with him.
- Comment on Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop, a space repair shop game with in-depth repair gameplay (manuals, diagnostic devices, parts and workshop appliances), released on Steam 2 weeks ago:
I played the demo a couple months ago and have only played a few hours since release (the save carried over), but so far this is in the running to be my personal game of the year. I’ve discovered a love for these repetitive problem-solvers like Papers Please and Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and this has been absolutely brilliant so far, with a very solid plot hook and a mature, wacky, occasionally gross vibe that totally fits the setting.
It’s quite difficult, and the gameplay loop is clearly intended to be meta-progression driven, with player knowledge of how to repair the ships being the major factor. Hopefully it doesn’t fall apart once I’ve “solved” it, and also would be nice if the story holds up. It’s damn interesting. It’d be great too if this turned out to be as replayable as something like Papers Please, where a year from now I drop into the game from time to time to do some repairs.
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- Comment on SpaceCraft | Reveal Trailer 2 weeks ago:
I’m thinking the online component isn’t going to going to be full-blown MMO, would be ambitious for this developer.
I like the concepts here, but it always comes down to execution and scope for space-based games.
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- Comment on Are there games with real collision detection? 2 weeks ago:
It wasn’t for me, but I’ve heard that some people like Noita, which is built around granular physics interactions.
Oxygen Not Included was more my speed, but that’s more about complex, larger systems (like fluid dynamics and heat) than collision.
- Comment on Making peace with liking very few games? 2 weeks ago:
This is me with current books and music. For books, common styles of prose or an abundance of certain tropes used now simply don’t hit with me, and I’ve even gone back to mid-to-late 20th century books recently to try to avoid all that.
I’d say the best way to try to broaden your taste is to make sure you’re touching on the hits in different genres, and–if you can handle dated gameplay and visuals–to go back and try games from previous generations as well.
- Comment on Got 20 euro, what game/games to get on steam autunm sale? 2 weeks ago:
Darkest Dungeon, Jedi Fallen Order, and Titanfall 2 are all super cheap. Darkest Dungeon pissed me off 15 hours in or so, enough to ragequit the game, and I’d still consider it well worth the current price.
Disco Elysium and the original Hades are also great buys at 10€.
- Comment on In a bit of a pre upgrade slump, what do you recommend? 2 weeks ago:
Did you ever play Divinity: Original Sin 2? Since you mentioned Baldur’s Gate 3, it plays a lot like that, just minus the license and a much greater emphasis on environmental effects. It was super well-received at the time.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 2 weeks ago:
That’s me with Atelier. Usually I’m good to go right away with Ys right from the start, even with the ones I don’t like as much. Ys VIII was especially good as soon as the island landing.
- Comment on What are your most recent games played? 2 weeks ago:
Honkai: Star Rail and Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Took me multiple chapters to get into Ys IX (very unusual for me, I love the series) but I’m finally starting to enjoy it.
Also started a replay of The Witcher 3.
- Comment on What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? 2 weeks ago:
Some slightly more obscure ones:
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
- Planescape: Torment
Also surprised Metal Gear Solid hasn’t been mentioned yet.
- Comment on What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? 2 weeks ago:
Someone hasn’t played NieR!
- Comment on Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer 3 weeks ago:
For a differing opinion, the artwork is great, but as a metroidvania it’s below rate for my taste. I went four hours with the game and didn’t see any new enemies and virtually the same environments. In this genre, that’s a long time to go without seeing something new.
Maybe I went in with the wrong expectations and should have looked at this as a platformer/2D action game. The combat is certainly the centerpiece of the game, but that wasn’t enough for me.
- Comment on Greatest video game ever played? 3 weeks ago:
Similar story for me. I bounced off this game several times, going back to it repeatedly because (to this day) Matsuno’s games are some of my all-time favorites. Then maybe 15 years after release, I realized I’d stopped just short of the crafting station which was such a strong hook for me I ended up with multiple spreadsheets!
Unfortunately, as I began to realize as I delved into the game, it had a lot in common with looter ARPGs, a genre that ages so rapidly. I probably would have loved the game back in 2000 but didn’t give it enough of a chance back then. By the time I did, it was just too dated.
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 3 weeks ago:
What’s funny is the voice of Navi has turned out to be one of my favorite Japanese voice actors.
- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 3 weeks ago:
Man, I wanna live in your neighborhood. I’m surrounded by bougie people or people with bougie fantasies. They talk all the time about drinking wine on a boat.
- Comment on The Man Behind the Legendary Donkey Kong Country Soundtracks 4 weeks ago:
Nice to see OC ReMix get a mention.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release 4 weeks ago:
If you’re into the nuts and bolts of game development at all, the commentary is fantastic.
- Comment on BASIC Computer Games 5 weeks ago:
Typing out the code from the book and then trying to figure out where you got the code wrong was half the fun!
- Comment on The price of the PS5 Pro “has not had a negative impact” on console sales, says Sony president - GAMESCENSOR 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, they’re gonna have to take my Windows 10 from my cold, dead hands.