gk99

@gk99@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Controllers with paddles?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, patent trolling means they won’t become mainstream. Companies have to pay to add paddles, so they won’t unless it’s part of a more expensive controller offering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity will quietly waive fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Godot has a Humble Bundle of examples and tutorials right now.

  Unreal Engine is also extremely powerful and comes with the bonus of being able to learn how to use it by making maps for Fortnite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but also no.

  I didn’t play the Halo franchise until late 2015-early 2016, but I thought 3 and ODST were disappointing, and I stopped one mission into Reach. These days, Reach and 3 are my two favorite Halo games and ODST gets an honorable mention for its campaign. So what changed? In retrospect, it’s because they were running on a 360 with an ass framerate, ass resolution, and ass FOV with a weird crosshair that made me subconsciously raise my head and controller-based controls that I was bad at. They were uncomfortable for me to play on the hardware I had to run them on, and as soon as I had them with all that QOL improved, the experience was completely different.

  This experience, along with plenty others, has shown me that it’s often not the game itself and could be several other factors, from the port and the platform to my expectations and my attitude. So while I’ve had a bunch of “disappointing” patient experiences, a good amount of them stopped being disappointing when I gave them another shot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t keep an ATM in my bedroom, unfortunately.

  Only time I have cash for tipping is when I get tipped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe I'll just get a soda...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This wouldn’t go in either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft's recent EULA changes place heavy restrictions on Java servers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Realtalk, once Hytale drops I’m probably dropping Minecraft. It’s everything I want them to add but without me having 13 years of experience with the game. Something new with QOL and easy modding sounds great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitter’s rebrand to X may actually be happening soon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Elon has this idea that he can make WeChat but for places outside of China. An app you’re effectively required to have as a means of communication, identification, payment, and whatever else, and he wants to call it “X.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What have you been playing and what do you think of it? 07/16/2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Asphalt 9, I both love and hate it. It’s super fun and reminiscent of some older arcade racers, but holy fuck the monetization is trash. You can tell it’s a mobile game when I can’t progress anymore because my car has a 4 hour timer on it before it can be used again and the alternatives are in loot boxes.

  I just figured it’d be something interesting to grind for achievements so I don’t mind that much but I can’t imagine being a hardcore player of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vigilante: A Home Port Comparison⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda miss when games had wacky version differences. While there was usually one definitive version compared to the rest, having a brand new experience to play by simply buying the same game elsewhere was actually nice to have in some cases.

  Nowadays it’s just “oh, you bought Skyrim on Switch? Here’s some Legend of Zelda armor” and “Depending on which platform you’re playing HITMAN 3 (a singleplayer game) on, you get a suit with a differently colored undershirt!”