Mini_Moonpie

@Mini_Moonpie@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If the list on PCGamingWiki is up to date, there aren’t many Epic exclusives anymore (only 26 currently): pcgamingwiki.com/…/List_of_games_exclusive_to_Epi…

  And, earlier this year, Tim Sweeney said that many of exclusivity deals weren’t a good investment while the free games have been “magical.”

  So, it seems like a problem that is solving itself over time. Epic will probably still have exclusives going forward, but I would expect them to target a few high-value exclusives like they got with Alan Wake 2. Or, maybe they will just do more acquisitions of games to self-publish, like they did with Rocket League and Fall Guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article says that comment came from a CEO of another game company, not players. Tim Bender, the CEO of the publisher for The Manor Lord, said “Players are happy, the developer is happy, and we as publisher are thrilled beyond belief.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of great suggestions here already, so I will just share Mini Review with you as a discovery tool. I like to use them because they have a lot of filters to help you find a mobile game. For example, here’s their list for free, single-player, offline games with no ads or in app purchases, sorted by highest user score. They also have an app for both Android and iOS with the same info and filtering as the site.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarök will require a PSN account to play on PC⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t speak for others, but for me it’s just a nuisance. I’m not furious about it. I avoid buying EA and Ubisoft games too. It’s a small thing for one game on one account, but when you acquire a lot of games across a bunch of different accounts, all those different logins and launchers just become a bother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind DLC that’s done right for games I love. I just know it’s a common complaint for Paradox games to have a lot of DLC. That said, there are games that have produced a ton of free updates with very little DLC, like No Man’s Sky, Terraria, Minecraft, etc. So, I don’t know that it’s always necessary to have a ton of DLC to support ongoing game development. It’s all very subjective and varies a lot from game to game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had not heard about Life By You being on hold. That’s frustrating. Paradox games go nuts with DLC too, but some competition is better than none.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh okay. A while back, their VP Lyndsay Pearson explicitly said they plan for Sims 4 to continue to exist side by side with Project Rene (aka Sims 5). I was wondering if that had changed. My cynical take on the plan to keep both going is that Sims 5 is probably going to be a live service abomination, which they wanted Sims 4 to be, so keeping Sims 4 might be hedge in case Sims 5 fails hard. Of course, they could also have been lying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They didn’t need to announce this. They could just fix the bugs and players would start noticing that a bunch of bugs were getting fixed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Where did you see that they are no longer making new content for Sims 4? The article doesn’t seem to say so and the last I heard they planned to release content for Sims 4 alongside Sims 5. FYI, I would prefer they stop with Sims 4 content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon envies the AVGN's power⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking Egon=straight, Peter=deadpan, Ray=goofy, and Winston=regular guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon envies the AVGN's power⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s the right take. The original movies had the straight guy, goofy guy, deadpan guy, and regular guy. You could get the wrong energy from an new all male cast too, like casting Chris Farley, David Spade, Adam Sandler, and Martin Lawrance together - it would be just too much of the same kind of comedic vibe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing that they don’t mean a legally grey area. I think they probably mean it’s a grey area for Microsoft because Proton helps people get around needing Windows to play games made for Windows and Microsoft has an interest in keeping people on their OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: A Marvel 6v6 Overwatch-Style Shooter Is Coming⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just want Marvel Heroes back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Epic doesn’t see gamers as their customer - they see developers as their customer and shape the customer experience around that. For example, Epic said that if/when they add reviews, developers could choose to opt their games out of reviews. That’s very pro-developer, but very anti-consumer, whatever you might think of the value of reviews. Informed customers can rattle off a long list of reasons they don’t like Epic and why they’re bad, but they are a small minority of PC gamers. The “silent majority” doesn’t keep up with this kind of stuff or really care about it, so they are literally judging stores on their merits and Epic is a bare bones platform that doesn’t offer customers a good reason to spend money in their store because they don’t think they need to.