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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Mate or die.” Major women’s game developer in Japan explains how the “straight omegaverse” works in its upcoming Switch exclusive visual novel - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is hillarious. Absolutely bonkers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next-Generation Xbox Could Launch in 2027, Hints AMD - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel so sorry for people who don’t play indie games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DigitalFoundry: Resident Evil 4 Remake's New PC DRM Impacts CPU Performance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh I was so happy when they first announced “denuvo is being removed from RE4,” because that’s a sane business decision that capcom has made in the past. Studies have shown that drm only makes a meaningful difference within… I’ve forgotten but I want to say it’s like the first year of release, after which time not only has the game probably been cracked anyway, but also the game has already likely seen the bulk of it’s sales. Adding NEW drm doesn’t make any goddamn sense this late into the lifespan for a single player game. It’s extra expense and also providing a second, alternative drm that might be easier to crack if the first wasn’t already

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does the first review, CGMagazine, claim this game is a real time strategy…?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game companies see share prices plummet following the launch of Google's very limited virtual world generator, Project Genie⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve already begun to rebound, but with GTA6 allegedly around the corner, this was a pretty good chance to pick up take 2 stock.

  That being said, as we can all see, genie 3 is less like a game maker and more like “real time video generation from a base image with limited interaction for 60 seconds” wherein a user can move a camera around and maybe there’s a character that camera is centered on. It’s not anything that’s going to compete with a real video game. There’s no interaction, at best objects can crash into each other, sometimes, while others they act… Strangely. There’s no inputs allowing for any sort of user action other that camera movement and camera focus movement. It will strongly resist deviating from the initial image generation. And the classic AI concept of “everything is uncanny and also changes every time you look at it with no consistency” is there, too. You wanna see a cat that has a different number of legs every time the camera circles around? A boar whose butt is sometimes a head? Go ahead and use this “world explorer”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mass Effect is one of the greatest games ever and EA makes good games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, I actually did like the ME3 multiplayer, and played a TON of it. With regard to loot boxes, I was happy that updates were free and progress was achievable without buying in (until I started getting horrible rng on weapon mods and just didn’t get any).

  That being said, there’s no arguing it paved the way for the horrible modern equivalent.

  For those curious about ME3 multiplayer today, it’s worth noting that purchases are only client side checks, and EA doesn’t care about the property enough to be banning anyone anymore (multiplayer didn’t make it to Legendary Edition), so you can buy all the boxes you want by spoofing your credits with cheat engine with no consequences

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Having met the guy while working at activision this does not surprise me even a little bit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mass Effect is one of the greatest games ever and EA makes good games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As others have noted, EA acquires devs AFTER they’ve started an incredibly successful new IP and then grinds them into action games from whatever they were until the series has nothing left of what made it good in the first place.

  Mass Effect 3 was the first major release with loot crates, for fucks sake!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 100% with you that’s clearly, demonstrably bullshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t read the article, but the argument made in the past for these things has been “The prizes have no value and there is no way to ‘cash out’ therefore it’s not gambling.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC game recommendation for my partner and I⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I will toss in, don’t starve together is very much NOT beginner friendly. Playing with someone less experienced with video games can turn into effectively playing with one hand behind your back as you try to cover the needs for both of you, the world is threatening, and the penalty for death is high. Might not be well suited to what you’re looking for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m borderline necroposting, but I just picked up humble’s decked out collection (still available for a little over a week) and noticed Haste, which looks like it has very tasty movement and might be up your alley.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also the CEO showing up to an event hyping the game in a “Make FPS Great Again” hat was a pretty big turn off to a lot of people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 530 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This may go without saying, but if you’re enjoying starbound you’ll probably have more fun with terraria. For years I wanted starbound to be a spiritual successor and generally better game, but it simply isn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For a long time, it was Ukraine. They’re busy with something else now, for some reason

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Outstanding game. Easy recommend if you haven’t played it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard good things about, but not myself played, Penny’s Big Breakaway, might be worth looking into, it’s got a demo on steam. I think it’s the game closest to your list I’m aware of. In terms of slightly different 3D platformers that MAY be to your taste: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a step away from the others in your list in terms of movement styles, as a spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio, but is a proper 3D platformer, and the music is really good. Exploring each new area is the primary gameplay loop, with some limited combat that isn’t really the focus. Mirror’s Edge is a first person platformer with focus on going fast. The movement is surprisingly good for a first person game, and I’ve enjoyed going back and running time trials, as every level has a ton of very non obvious alternate routes that involve taking advantage of all your movement options (ie: wall jumping in a space you may not have realized was even an option, rather than going up stairs) Neon White is probably the furthest from what you’re looking for, but is one I’m a big fan of. Another first person platformer with short, timed stages, and ratings at the end. Killing enemies gives cards that can be used for attacks or movement. The dialogue is all extremely cringe (and deliberately so)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No argument here. This is purely for people who were already interested. Not going to push those run times on anybody

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconded. Not only does it make the watch period much shorter (about half), but it also makes the watching experience insanely better. The biggest weakness of the anime is pacing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds interesting! I’ll have to look into those, thanks for the mention! That last bit, I think, is what kills it for me at the higher stakes, I like having the POTENTIAL for victory every run. Having an occasional impossible run isn’t the end of the world, but when it’s more assured losses than potential wins, there’s a line

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any games I missed in the last 21 months?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof. I’ve played a lot of Balatro, but I finished blue stake and went “any more than this stops being fun.” Can’t imagine going all the way to gold for every deck. Is it just a completionist thing? Or is the challenge of it fun for you in moment to moment gameplay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actual theft ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro absolutely had ADHD. No doubt in my mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hell Let Loose: Vietnam - Official Gameplay Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not gonna lie, I’m not that big on shooters these days, but after HLL was free on epic I did have a bunch of fun with some friends playing it, intermittently getting into character, begging the squad medic to help me so I could go home to my darling Betsy. I don’t want to die like this, on some kraut battlefield an ocean away from her. Take care of Betsy for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding: The journey actually matters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think the goal of the game was “make a single player game that makes the player feel as though the are collaborating to build something bigger” and I strongly experienced that feeling. Using tools left by other players, looking for places I could place tools for others to use that didn’t have an easy traversal option otherwise, especially the big projects like bridges and roads, which gain a lot of their required resources from others, felt like I was helping build back a world to make it better for everyone. That success, saying “we want the player to feel x emotion” and succeeding in that goal? That’s art. The soundtrack is outstanding as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  F-Zero GX is the goat, but nintendo didn’t make it! It’s actually made by Sega’s AV (amusement vision) team, now known as ryu ga gotoku studio

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that showed them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. Consent is so fucking hot. For so many reasons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. It’s disheartening when the game has clearly had its design compromised, making a worse game to accommodate microtransactions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you enjoyed the sombre tone of some of the other media, I’d encourage giving Halo 3 ODST a shot. Invasion of earth from the perspectives of more typical marines, not a supersoldier. It’s still very clearly halo, but the vibes are completely different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This has been on my radar for a while, but I haven’t picked it up yet. Good to know that it’s at 1.0 and was previously expecting such progress wipes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 484 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Valhalla the one that had “time saver” microtransactions?