I really enjoyed doing a Cain novel, then a Gaunts Ghosts novel, then a Cain novel and so on.

Quite quickly?

I would say with almost unseemly haste

Sharpens Shovel

Also last night my daughter and newborn were asleep, I turned on the playstation and… needs an update that will take 90 minutes.

The biggest thing about consoles was that they “just work” no driver bullshit or updates.

Theres always someone who does the math for me and I appreciate you.

I was thinking “90,000 tons is a LOT, But swiming pools are also a massive volume and nuclear material is very dense… hmmmm”

In all honesty single player GT7 is pretty much a training ground and sandbox for going online for real races. Which is fine if thats what you’re there for but would probably piss you off if you werent.

Money does become a limiting factor once you start trying to complete the car collection menus or make sure you always have the meta car for the daily races.

Ok yeah I feel you, I do miss that to a degree.

Some of the single player is still pretty challenging until you figure out how to cheese the AI. Running race hard tyres and a super lean fuel map so that I’m 2 seconds a lap slower than the fastest car but dont have to take 45 seconds to pit in a 10 lap race.

The non PP limited races are a joke, IMO those should have the payout linked to the PP of the car. You take a 450 into a 550 race, double payout. Take a 650 in, half payout. Also maybe dont call it PP because it makes talking about it sound like a dick joke.

IMO if you turn the difficulty up to hard and turn all the drivers aids off its plenty challenging for people new to sim racing, I see how veterans might find it a bit simple.

Gran Turismo 7 was the worst offender I’ve had in a long time. It was very pretty and very well put together but it just wasnt fun.

But a few years later and a YT rabbit hole or two and I decided to give it a go on a very basic simrig setup and… yep, theres the fun.

Yeah Curse of Monkey Island does have a few “Oh come the fuck on!” Moments.

I built one back pre-christmas using ddr5 and onboard graphics. It wound out at about $500usd. Onboard Graphics which wasnt a dealbreaker for my wife but it was pretty ideal for a “rig now, gpu later” type plan.

“Unity, make me a clone of the original Angry Birds back before it was a shameless cash hungry shitshow”

Also and I hate to say it, a lot of indie titles are shit.

Like yes I cant do it, yes its a big achievement for an amateur, massive respect for having a go but… Bruh this just isnt very good.

Tactics was great. I wish there were sequels to it.

Whichever is cheaper.

Yeah I LOVE Fallout tactics. Its one of my 3 favorite games of all time but I tried to play it again last year and I just cant hang with the UI anymore. Its just too dated, too clunky.

I like the arcade physics, but at least keep it challenging and consistent.

I hate to advocate for live service but…

An open world MMO racing game with a map that has roadworks that change the layout, on a weekly basis. Cops that do crackdowns on certain makes of cars, Carjackers trying to steal your ride, an ever evolving racing scene, weather events… give me a career mode where pushing my luck and teasing the cops too much costs me real progress. New songs in the radio every month, new events, new storylines and new arcs.

E.A could absolutely put it together and it could be great. But they would microtransaction the hell out of it, P2W, monetise the arse out of it and make it terrible. Because EA

Mechwarrior online.

Free, online “shooter”, good community, runs on linux, gameplay is dated and doesnt get tons of dev support anymore but its still how I kill an evening once or twice a week.

This has always been my counterpoint for the Nintendo haters when they complain about price. (Although they are a shit company in several other ways) Because when my daughter wants a new switch game if its a top tier Nintendo title its going to be a finished game with zero bugs and zero concern about problematic content for me.

I dont know that for certain. Just saying theres revenue streams that a F2P game can leverage if they can get the player count high enough, Its something Id tollerate from a good enough F2P game especially if its done well, Skate culture has always had certain brands associated with it so it COULD be done organically.

Turning my business mind towards Skate, they can make money through sources other than the customers.

Clothing companies, in game billboards, in game music deals, skateboard companies… you get the game in front of enough people and the players wont be the whales.

It can be done well either way. If its a premium purchased game eventually it will make more sense financially for them to release a sequel, and the player base will move on. With F2P (If its done well) the games longevity is limited solely by wether or not it keeps making money.

If we’re looking at it pessimistically the industry seems to be moving towards buying a premium AAA title, being charged appropriately, being coerced into buying a season pass to play online and then still being harassed with microtransactions.

If its FTP and all mechanics beyond cosmetics can be accessed with grinding (skate-pun… nice) rather than passes and subscriptions then a great many people need to STFU.

Mechwarrior Online is FTP and Online only, has been since 2013 when it was released, still has players, still gets updates and still makes money without p2w shenanigans. Ive got 3600 hours logged, I still play regularly. Sometimes I buy some shit in game because I’m a grownup with disposable income and 3600 hours worth of entertainment is worth a few bucks.

“We’re releasing a free to play MMO”

“I WONT GIVE YOU A CENT!”

“Yeah we said its free”

“WHY IS IT ALWAYS ONLINE!?!”

“Its an MMO so yeah, thats how they work”

“YOU CAN JUST TURN OFF THE SERVERS!”

“Yes, Free MMOs tend to work like that!”

“I WONT BUY ANY MICROTRANSACTIONS!”

“Ok”

“I WONT PLAY IT!”

“Ok”

“WHY ARENT YOU MAD THAT I’M MAD!?!”

Young people do young people shit, always have and will. I ate beef and vegetable soup for 3 months straight to buy a new engine for my race car 20 years ago…

I think you’re definitely right about the adoption speed, people wont be dumping their switches en masse to buy a 2.

The Deck definitely puts a dent in their sales but “i DoNt gEt wHy aNyOnE wOuld bUy a sWitCh” comments on Lemmy show just how skewed the demographics are on here. Its not aimed at us.

This is what cracks me up about this topic literally every time it comes up.

Everyone on highly tech savvy and linux loving lemmy not being able to wrap their heads around the idea that busy parents dont want to have to tech support their kids game console. They want to be able to tell Grandma “He has a switch 2 and wants the new pokemon game for his birthday”, they want to walk into stores and buy accessories that WILL fit and they dont want microtransaction laden shit. One of the FEW things I still respect about Nintendo is that their AAA in house releases are FULL games (for the price, they would fucking want to be).

The 6 to 12yo market alone is probably enough to make the switch worthwhile from a business perspective. The “just tech savvy enough to work facebook” crowd adds in the profit margins.

“yOu WoUlDnT dOwNlOaD a cUnT.”

You cant pirate pussy, and we all know how gamers feel about subscription models.

Its not just Japan.

Squid game, Money heist, Furies and a few other things Ive watched just on Netflix in the last few years just hit differently. Hollywood just has too many formulas that become obvious once you notice them, too many investors and networks wanting a safe ROI as opposed to pure creativity. Even the brits are a bit more willing to put “unconventionally attractive” people in leading roles and write things a bit dryer and grittier than a lot of American productions.

Something about stuff not coming through that system just feels different.

I asked a friend who plays it and he says its good with randoms, but great if you have a crew you regularly game with.

20 million divided by 1.7 is about $11 per person, which isnt really that high.

I also think theres a distinction to be made between microtransactions in f2p titles and microtransactions in AAA premium titles. I logged something like 4000 hours in Mechwarrior online and I bought mech packs because I wanted to support the devs.

You’re clearly trying to paint Elon in a bad light! Why did you leave out the footage of the Romans doing it huh?

Not too long after it came out I was good at Siege and I mean good I was ranked in the top 1000 players and I thought that was pretty badass. I got a DM from some guy who was like “Hey I’m from TEAM and we wanted to know if you wanted to try out for our Siege squad?” I said thanks but no thanks, I have a mortgage and a full time and then some job. I dont want to take on the obligation.

I then went and googled the team, I was being courted by serious professional players. I still decided I didnt want that headache but as someone who has always been an underachiever it was like an IRL achievement popup or a level up notification. Like… look what I can achieve when I actually give a fuck and put the work in.

My prediction is that sony and microsoft will have benchmarks 3rd party devices have to hit in order to buy a “PS6 Compatable” logo for their product. So you can buy a Msi Claw 3 or whatever, sign into the PSN and shop the sony catalogue.

Because AI can screen far more private personal conversations between potential dissidents than real people can?

Ive had companies call my mom over stuff because the last known contact information they found for me was from when I was still living with my parents. Literally years after I moved out.

The “A.I” excuse stuff reads like bullshit. The mom call might just be old information.

Half Life 2. They gave it to me for free.

Finished it and got Necromunda: Hired Gun for $13.

Because Lemmy is a voluntary echo chamber.