The problem with new MMOs is that nobody wants to sink time into something that has an 80% chance of being shuttered in a few years

Big shoutout to PirateSoftware, without his help none of this would have been possible.

He worked at Blizzard*, don’t you know?

*he got a job as a playtester there due to nepotism, he didn’t actually make anything

I would argue but I get the feeling that your library consists of Call of Duty and Fortnite.

If you wanna make it as a game dev, the trick is to not sign up with a major publisher (unless it’s like Larian or Devolver or something), because it’s only a matter of time before you get laid off or given some impossible demands to satiate the shareholders.

God I hope they did something to lessen the PvP. It will only hurt the game over time if it’s in the focus. It doesn’t even make sense narratively.

Well, it’s better than the alternative of humans suffering in those conditions.

Probably because it doesn’t have to run all the bloatware and spyware.

Yeah, unless they move their focus towards more casual gameplay as opposed to the sweatfest that is PvP, the game will only alienate PvE players and be reduced to a swarm of toxic PvP-players.

I played it for 2 hours and enjoyed it thoroughly. But I only ran into a player once, the other times I extracted early. But that one time was enough to sour my mood. I hope they do something to limit the PvP.

It’s a game based around starting a round that loads you into a map, completing X objectives on that map, and then leaving the map alive to make progress, all while being swarmed by enemies. It’s a bit rouge-like in that way.

I feel like the “PvE-only was too boring” argument doesn’t even work. Just add a special kind of extra-dangerous enemy that’s more alert to your presence and acts more tactically compared to the dumber robots, to add the same tension players would add.

I’ve had my eye on Forever Winter for a little while, but the mixed reviews put me off it.

Also, I really like Arc Raiders’ aesthetic.

Well, Dune does have a player-run auction house. I haven’t checked myself, but I don’t doubt that you could get end-game mats on there.

Right. But as I mentioned you can put 100 hours into the game without fighting another player. And all the end-game stuff is for is the final tier of gear, which mostly change stats and resource gathering rates.

As someone with about 120 hours in Dune, I will say that I got all the way there without once fighting another player. The main map is PvE except for a few spots. I only set foot in the end-game PvP-enabled area once for about 20 seconds, and I think that since then the devs implemented a PvE-only part of that area. And most of the problems people have with the game stem from the end-game content, which I haven’t touched yet.

Common Microsoft L

It’s a good time to invest in room-sized faraday cages.

And now we can’t trust them whenever they say that again.

Oh nooooo whatever will I do now

Yeah those guys

They didn’t want to alienate a good part of their market.

I imagine I’m gonna get downvoted for this, but I have no idea what F-Droid is.

Looks like I’ll be going from not playing EA games to not playing EA games.

Wow, now it only looks 20 years old

FFXIV has certainly earned it over the years, and in the case of WoW, isn’t it only the most recent expac that costs extra? I think you get all the previous ones, and WoW Classic, for just subscribing.

At least Germany is starting to move away from MS

“If you don’t let us misbehave, we’re gonna cut off like a good 4th of our market share”

I mean, at this point studios must know what it means to let MS meddle in things. Or is the feeling of “no, not with me, this time will be different” so prevalent?

At this point I don’t trust anything with an MS logo. Watch it turn out to analyze your save data to make some kind of gamer AI.

I feel like the market is 30% remakes or remasters right now.

Trans people keep their interests after transitioning.

I dunno about that, I’ve heard Gabe already appointed a successor himself. And I doubt he would pick one that would undo his good work.

Do that many people rely on emails for that?

Valve continues being the goat. The benefits of being a private corp with a service-minded CEO.

Those are too quick

Now watch as some determined lunatic codes a new engine and somehow ports all of BL4 to it.

I miss the times when fascists were beaten with rocks.

It’s basically the “AAAA-game” bit again

Color me surprised. I still think this whole thing is a big scam, like a money laundering scheme or some grift.