smeg
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- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 day ago:
Sticker Star kind of ruined Paper Mario for me. Super Paper Mario had already gone quite weird, but in a good way - the combat was completely different but it still felt like the original and TTYD in terms of the levelling, exploration, and plot.
Sticker Star, Colour Splash, and Origami King are very linear in comparison, their lack of experience makes battles largely pointless, and the obsession with giant household objects and nameless toad NPCs is getting tedious.
The latest three games were all still enjoyable, but they’re really nothing on the first three.
- Comment on RPGs that are optionally pacifist? 1 week ago:
I think frying that guy’s brain was a lethal option, but the worse one from that level is the brothers who have their tongues torn out and get thrown into their own mines as slaves. Corvo’s blade really is the kinder option!
- Comment on kingdom come 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on High on snus in school: The hidden nicotine pouches shredding teens' gums 2 weeks ago:
FYI it’s “cigarette butts”, cigarette buds are the pals who join you on your smoke break
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Bit of a clickbait, the full quote is:
At Ubisoft, the golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more. Our monetization offer within premium games makes the player experience more fun by allowing them to personalize their avatars or progress more quickly, however this is always optional.
So still sniffing their own farts, but not quite as deluded as the out-of-context quote makes it sound.
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 2 weeks ago:
Just try it, first one’s free! And the second. And the third…
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 2 weeks ago:
I know I shouldn’t encourage your addiction, but there’s !freegames@feddit.uk if you want to pump those numbers up
- Comment on I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good 2 weeks ago:
Plenty of people uploaded stuff to youtube for years before it started giving them any money
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 4 weeks ago:
Does that work? I always assumed games with DRM wouldn’t work if they couldn’t authenticate to your Steam account.
- Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop 4 weeks ago:
Simple explanation: if you have one console full of fond childhood memories then of course that’s the one you consider to be the best!
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 4 weeks ago:
You can still play them on your GameCube or Wii though, or take copies of the discs and play them on anything that runs Dolphin
- Comment on Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. 4 weeks ago:
FYI if seems you can access older versions of Steam games, it’s just a bit hacky
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 4 weeks ago:
OK, just making sure you’re aware that the reason everyone is talking about gacha games is because they’re the ones that you brought up!
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 4 weeks ago:
How many of the mobile games that you specifically mentioned aren’t gatcha games?
- Comment on The UK Stop Killing Games petition has reached 100.000 signatures 4 weeks ago:
Fingers crossed!
- Comment on The UK Stop Killing Games petition has reached 100.000 signatures 4 weeks ago:
Didn’t it already reach the threshold last year and the government (or the civil servant in charge of rejecting every petition) closed it saying that current consumer protection laws already apply?
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 4 weeks ago:
It also launched a year or two before the ps3 and I feel like it was significantly cheaper. Xbox Live also seemed to be huge despite the cost, probably some network effect in action. I remember Gears of War being another big name they had.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 5 weeks ago:
In the uk I remember the 360 being huge and nobody having a ps3, but now I’m not sure I know a single person who bought an xb1 or whatever the current one is called.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 5 weeks ago:
That was probably one of their most sensible naming decisions
- Comment on What’s the best, reasonably priced, handheld device I can buy to play GameCube games? 5 weeks ago:
Exactly, the cheapest device is the one you already have!
- Comment on Building A Multi-Platform Feed Reader App - is it Worthwhile? 5 weeks ago:
FYI Lemmy already supports RSS, for instance I could add this feed to any RSS reader to follow you
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #21 5 weeks ago:
I guess they’re trying to make it more integrated and covering every source they can, but something about taking an open source project and turning it into a subscription service to play the games you already bought on the computer you already bought is… not to my taste
- Comment on Microsoft Plans Major Job Cuts at Xbox Gaming Division 5 weeks ago:
That sounds about right. I remember the 360 being huge and nobody having a ps3, but now I’m not sure I know a single person who bought an xb1 or whatever the current one is called.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I believe that’s to get the assets (i.e. the textures, character models, etc) which are still covered by copyright and so can’t be included in the decomp projects
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 1 month ago:
I’ve seen them way cheaper in Britain, guess I must have been looking at the right time
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 1 month ago:
You could probably buy a 360 or ps3 and a copy of the game for that price!
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #19 1 month ago:
I think if you click on anyone’s profile in the Lemmy web UI (or any community) then you can click a little RSS button to get this link, not sure if it can distinguish between posts and comments though
- Comment on Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience 1 month ago:
hide away the complexity of Windows
for 720p gaming
the ability to log in via the Windows lockscreen with your controller
Seems like they’ve finally taken some notes from the Steam Deck, interested to see if they can actually make something decent. It seems unlikely, but I’m still interested!
- Comment on Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games 1 month ago:
If you want to hear about any and all games being given away for free then there’s this great* community you can join called !freegames@feddit.uk
~*insert image of Obama giving himself that medal~
- Comment on lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month 1 month ago:
Was there an original uk one? This one is the only one I’m aware of, it had a moment of doubt a year back but we got new admins before we needed to move.
