vasus

@vasus@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What MMORPG are you playing, and why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Project: Gorgon is my forever home MMO, I’m not super active currently but am logging in for events and such. I’ve found it to be the only title on the market that feels like a world you join instead of a game you log in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t bought yet but I’m thinking of getting Old School Rally. I played a few racing games that looked just like this when I was a child so the visuals are giving me intense nostalgia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rhinos! RRHHIIIIINNNOOEEESSS our enemies hide in METAL BAWKSES the cowards, the fools! We… we shall take away… their metal BAWKses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why? He is a historical figure. Why does a historical figure in his historical setting feel bizarre?

  Why him being a “full fledged samurai” even matters?

  This is just difference in opinion. For you it’s OK. I get that this series is only very vaguely based on history but this is a step too far for me.

  Seriously ask yourself why having ONE SINGULAR black protagonist in a series where protagonists have so far been overwhelmingly white

  Why MUST they make the main character in a 1580’s japanese setting black? The series hasn’t had a single asian protagonist. Couldn’t they have chosen a black history setting if this is what they wanted?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just think it’s bizarre to have a black dude protagonist in a historical japanese setting. I’ve read through the sources on Yasuke and I think it’s a stretch to say he was like a full fledged samurai. Especially given that the biggest proponent of that theory, Thomas Lockley, made some sketchy edits between the Japanese and English version of his book on him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah fair enough, this stuff isn’t unique to Californian developers, they are just the first that come to mind.

  And does it not matter that it’s based on a historical figure?

  Yasuke existed in Japan but I think they went too far in making him a protagonist. As I understand it he was a curiosity that Nobunaga kept around, not a full fledged samurai. I think it’s also important to consider the current gaming landscape. There’s titles like Dragon age Veilguard, Concord, Dustborn, Forspoken, Fintlock and others coming out these days that put heavy focus on inclusion/diversity over quality (as evidenced by poor sales numbers). It’s hard to then look at an upcoming game set in historial Japan that somehow features a black protagonist and not think that they’re trying to push some weirdo agenda rather than tell a cool story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The point about translation, for instance

  I want to touch up on this. The reason I didn’t write much about my claim about for Yasuke not being a proper samurai is because it is my understanding that it is the default position and thus doesn’t need to be proven by evidence. But if I was asked to provide evidence, I would link the comparison of his translated and untranslated book in this post. Since Thomas Lockley is the main source behind the myth, I think discrediting his book should be enough to also discredit Yasuke’s role as a proper samurai.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m thinking of three games specifically from these studios, TLOU2 basing the whole narrative around a woman hulk, spiderman 2 with the long story segments as Mary jane and the whole debacle on Yasuke. But yeah it’s not just these three california studios that are putting out games with this stuff, they are just the first that come to mind.

  Nobody complained when Assassin’s Creed had Leonardo da Vinci hand you a tank or a glider

  Yeah fair enough, people will have different lines in the sand for this stuff. I get that this series has time travel and aliens and whatever, but I think everyoen can agree that if they randomly put, for example, modern sportscars into a historical setting it would be too unbelievable and ruin immersion. A massive black samurai slaughtering asians in feudal japan (and then seeing them bow down to him in another scene) has that effect for me.

  (For the record I did look up on primary sources from japanese historians and everything points to the man being just Nobunaga’s pet curiosity. It helps that here’s all the shady stuff going on where the english and japanese versions of Thomas Lockley’s books say different things)

  Are you a racist?

  I am not. I just dislike when developers sacrifice the game’s story, quality or whatever in order to put in representation. I don’t understand why the story can’t just have a diverse cast and be done with it, right now it feels like all these studios are focusing on diversity first and foremost as a major selling point when it should be jsut a normal thing that doesn’t need to be called out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just dislike a lot of the studios based there (Insomniac, naughty dog, ubisoft) for how hard they try to push POC/minority representation in their games. Especially when it doesn’t make sense (black samurai)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The right/gamergate not contesting this whole issue being called “Politics in videogames” is the biggest blunder. I don’t know the best way to call this phenomenon (political preaching?) but surely there is a better phrase. Right now you can’t talk about this stuff without getting hit by “Oh, you claim to hate politics in videogames yet you love Bioshock” type retort, when the actual thing people have problems with are californian nutcases pushing their views on US political crap onto the player as if it were gospel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Screenshots of my Games #45 - Subnautica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Your comparison to Satisfactory makes me think you’re approaching the game with a completely wrong mindset. It’s not supposed to be a chill sandbox playground with no difficulty where you rapidly conquer the planet and build cool stuff. It’s intended to be an engaging survival game with a horror aspect of diving into dark depths and hoping that whatever lurks there doesn’t notice you. It’s meant to be atmospheric, with the threat of starvation, predators and later on some story aspects pushing you to explore further and deeper for materials and tech.

  I hope you give the game anoher chance at some point because it really is a one of a kind experience. There’s two things you should be aware of: First, in regards to another comment: there’s no events for you to miss, IDK what that person is saying. There’s two big plot points that happen in a playthrough regardless of your presence. Both of them give you a timer well in advance so you can show up to / observe the place when it happens. Everything else, like all the distress signals or abandoned bases? They’re empty from the start of the game, even if you go there immediatelly nothing will change. You aren’t missing out on anything.

  Second, don’t feel bad about missing out on upgrades or whatver. The vast majority of them are sidegrades. The important stuff that you need to progress both spawns much more often than the sidegrades, and you will often find it at the distress signal locations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone checking out Brighter Shores?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t reset, they just don’t carry over, also your gear is severely debuffed. If you come back to the previous episode you’ll still have the levels in that episode’s skills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just finished watching Mugthief’s video on the review conspiracy thing, it does make a lot of sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I went and checked my copy of Dragon Age Origins, and thankfully I’m not misremembering nor is it “just what I think”, as on the back it says “A Dark Fantasy epic”. That’s what the series was, directly quoted from the creators behind it. Same thing with Inquisition, it was bleak, had tough choises, things were at stake. This new game couldn’t be further from the previous titles - it doesn’t belong.

  I don’t think it’s right to keep your head down and say nothing when something you like is being taken in a direction you don’t enjoy. Saying something critical against it doesn’t hurt anyone, worst thing that could happen is not enough people agree and nothing changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just gaming - people had a similar reaction on the trailer for the Megamind animated TV series. I think it’s a difference in mindset, some people don’t care while others see it as disrespect to their beloved franchise.

  I’m willing to give it a fair shot Personally I’m going to trust what the studio behind the game chose to showcase in the official reveal trailer. They’re selling the game as a lighthearted, cartoony, high fantasy romp where a band of constantly quipping misfits save the world, all without a hint of seriousness anywhere. I don’t care whether the game is good, it’s not Dragon Age.

  I am not hoping for a franchise I love to fail. What I am hoping for is that this imposter, which wears the series’ skin purely for brand recognition, fails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not aware of any conspiracy like that, It’s just my personal hope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Please god let these positive reviews be paid off. I don’t want this game succeed, it has nothing to do with the series - complete tonal shift, choices barely carry over and not being able to control companions is just… I wish they made a new series, this isn’t the Dragon age I know. Hope it fails

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi-Rez Studios announces February 17th shutdown for Realm Royale and Divine Knockout⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically yes. However, the company buildings are directly across the street, the studio behind this game used to be part of Hirez , the founder is the same person and ofcourse the Tribes franchise is property of Hirez. It really seems like these companies are the same entity under the hood

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi-Rez Studios announces February 17th shutdown for Realm Royale and Divine Knockout⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s surprising to me that they didn’t shutdown Tribes 3 Rivals as well. Can’t imagine it makes them much money at this point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporate greed is killing RuneScape. What do people play instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re not excited about Brighter shores then I really don’t know, for some reason no one has ever tried to make the same type of game (aside from Genfanad and Titanreach, both of which have shut down quickly after release)

  You could check out Project: Gorgon, it’s something of a mix between Runescape’s multitude of slow-to-level, interconnected skills on one character and a more typical MMO with distinct classes, buildcrafting and group content. It has a free demo on Steam. All of that said it’s only vaguely similar, and I wouldn’t mention it if there was anything closer to OSRS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The game is free, you can also get it on the author’s blog or through itch.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Last Sovereign is an 18+ RPGmaker game. The basic premise is this: What if you had a setting with a bunch of hentai tropes lumped together and played straight, with no porn logic or stupid characters?

  You play as a middle aged, very competent army veteran who gains the powers of an incubus, and reluctantly uses them with the aim of making the world a better place, slowly developing a harem of well realized, cool characters along the way. There’s sex scenes, obviously, but you very quickly forget all about them as you are plunged into an underdog story where you have to manage your fledgling armies + resources and have to constantly make tough decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Fraud⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The video author posted this comment under the video which goes over his main claims:

  “Claims I provide evidence for in this video:

  1. Many MrBeast videos are fake, contests are unfairly rigged, and contestants are often undisclosed friends and family of MrBeast employees, or employees themselves.

  2. MrBeast has run multiple illegal lotteries targeting children. (I estimate they profited over $10,000,000 from these lotteries)

  3. MrBeast knowingly sold merch with fake autographs while claiming on his website that “The autographed piece is genuine”. (fraud imo)

  Also MrBeast knew about Kris being a pdf”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Summer 2024 Team Fortress 2 Update Released⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get the other comments, this isn’t something unusual or praiseworthy, TF2 has been getting these “updates” consisting of a new lootbox + community maps of dubious quality, consistently for years

• ⁨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:

  Very reasonable, I hope the dev sticks to his guns and keeps a manageable pace. I feel that it’s right to expect content updates happening if the game is marked early access, but so long as you don’t pull a Valheim, people shouldn’t be mad at you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man accused of attempted murder in hammer attack over online gaming argument⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "A preliminary investigation indicates Kang knew the victim only online, having met him playing a fantasy video game called ArcheAge. According to the game’s website, it is shutting down its North America and European servers this week because of a declining number of users. "

  No wonder they don’t have players left, this dude beat them all to death

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Artisan TD, a classic tower defense game. I quit after the second map. It’s not that it’s bad, it just didn’t grab my attention, doesn’t seem to have anything unique going for it besides maybe the pretty visuals. There are dozens of games exactly like this one. As a fan of the genre, I might check it out after release if it’s on a large sale.

  Level Zero: Extraction, a PvP extraction shooter with the option of playing as the horror creature team that’s out to kill everyone. Basically unplayable, not sure what the server situation is but playing from europe I had consistent 0.5sec-1sec delay on all actions. No comment since I couldn’t really experience it.

  Let’s Minesweeper, a massively multiplayer game of Minesweeper. Not sure what I expected of this one, it’s exactly what it says it is, you load into a huge map of minesweeper and clear it out for score and xp which translates into bragging rights and cosmetics (?). Unique experience and could be fun if you are the type of person who enjoys zoning out at minesweeper for an hour.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any full loot/pvp base building mmos out there?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mortal online 2

  I got my fix for this experience through PvP minecraft servers, but not sure if any are still around today that are worth playing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Breakthrough Discovery in Pokemon⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I put the video into an AI summarization tool, the TLDR is that the Johto region in gold and silver is a replica of Japan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some excellent free games/total conversions that are worth playing the whole thing?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Enderal, a total conversion mod for Skyrim. Free, just requires ownership of the skyrim base game or special edition (has a version for either).

  Has a whole new map, reworked classes, changes to combat, banger OST (here’s my favorite, hits incredibly hard when you’re listening to it in-game at a tavern) and the story is jsut incredible. I still think about it, and the choices I made, years later.