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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fighting games have a product design problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean… I’m not saying it’s good, but considering most games wouldn’t get free characters as updates (I think only MBTL did it, and it’s probably because most of the free characters are from Fate), I think it’s better to be able to optionally buy a set of characters if you want to play them, instead of having to buy a whole new version of the game to continue playing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fighting games have a product design problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not what I meant.

  The article mentions paying for cosmetics instead of characters. With how f2p/live-service games are currently designed, I’d imagine that means things like battle passes (which are present already in some games like SF6 and GBFVS), rotating stores and/or lootboxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fighting games have a product design problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly don’t see how single player “content” could be of any help. Sure, situational training like Strive and a few other games have (UNI I think had it?) would be nice to have, but I think the main obstacle for a lot of players is the (gameplay) interaction with another real person. I can’t say how other genres fix this (or if they even do), but my guess is that the mechanics themselves are less restrictive and a bit more forgiving.

  Also, personally, I prefer buying characters for relatively cheap rather than having the usual f2p predatory crap. They should obviously be free for training tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hadn’t been following it as I don’t like tag fighters and don’t trust f2p games, but what’s wrong with it in terms of gameplay? I was under the impression that the initial reception (even when it was in beta) wasn’t bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth (so the switch version) and it works well. I had to add the line manually to the SDL DB, as I was using the beta firmware. Default firmware works out of the box.

  I’d suggest the Ultimate 2 Wireless instead as it should have full SteamInput support.

  I couldn’t get the customization and update app to work under wine. It’s not a huge issue, but if you want that functionality you need to boot into windows.

  Xbox Series X controller works out of the box on USB. Haven’t tried Bluetooth, but I couldn’t get the proprietary wireless dongle to work (it should work with the xone driver)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I played it both at launch and a year ago with the DLC. It’s alright - 6/10, but pre patches like 4/10.

  The gameplay is fun because of how customizable your build is now, after the skill system was completely reworked.

  The story is shallow, the characters forgettable and the open world really doesn’t fit the urgency the story is supposed to have and ruins the pacing. The DLC is much better, but there’s some parts where I don’t really like how V is written, especially at the start, since it forces a specific personality I don’t think fits them.

  I remember the sidequests being generally entertaining, but I wouldn’t call any of them special, just kinda average.

  It feels a lot like a Far Cry game, but with much better build customization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Man's Sky The Cursed Expedition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I generally like exploration but it didn’t feel rewarding in NMS.