I see where you’re coming from but idk if I agree.

Gaming has been one of the few consumer hobbies that has improved over the last few decades.

Sure, companies are greedy, but just like music, we are living in a golden age of access, such a huge library is available and no more console exclusives. A steam deck will give you generations of content.

Gaming is also a lot more accepted as an adult now. And honestly, so much of everyone’s time is spent on a phone that it’s pretty easy to replace that with a handheld that goes on standby instantly.

I think your talking about abundance of free time, which yeah I agree adulthood has no mercy for, but ironically gaming is one of the most effective hobbies if you have little time.

Something tells me this is gonna be Ubisoft’s last stand, either this is a success or they go away as a company.

I like both outcomes.

I know I’m romanticizing it but, I wish nasa actually made for profit content.

I want to play a space game that has proper constellations and shit.

The game with the best parrying was ghost of Tsushima, you can’t change my mind.

That ding sound when the swords clash was so satisfying.

Although I really liked cyberpunk and I’ve finished both that and Witcher 3 and cyberpunk is my favourite…

Really? I thought Witcher 3 was iconic, like it broke out of the regular gaming culture and into the mainstream, idk if cyberpunk did that.

My world would be better if Witcher 4 is better than 3 but I have doubts

Unpopular opinion:

Witcher 4 won’t be as good as Witcher 3 cause the third one was very good.

So no matter who they chose, it’s probably gonna be underwhelming.

I’m not the biggest fan of his games, but every time I hear something from him, my respect for him goes up.

Huh, wouldn’t have thought number of chess players would be growing.

So I actually read the article, even though there are huge outstanding questions on the nature of ownership, that’s actually not what the court argument is about:

Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,”

Well yeah… software as a service is a thing but Ubisoft is straight up lying…

My two cents: no one is expecting online services to be up forever, so imo the correct solution is open source the game after the company meets their 10 (or 20) year obligation which should be clearly pointed out during the initial rental agreement (shouldn’t call it purchase)

That makes no sense.

He is given a soccer ball to fight with

Okay that makes a tiny bit more sense but still very ridiculous.

As a general game fan, I hope they make a great game!

And this is why we shouldn’t rely on steam to be the one and only saviour. GoG and pirating is needed so we can make sure we can enjoy our games in the future.

Yeah I only used the web only. I’ll double check to make sure I didn’t miss this game.

I pirate so a free game isn’t worth it for me if it means I have to get their store app or whatever.

That reminds me, let me see what’s free today.

Edit: nothing good

I went to their website, it reminded me of AWS.

At least prime video looks half decent.

Almost as if the platform you chose dictates the platform’s features not the type of games you have access to.

Although I was a big fan of ps2 exclusives, they are anti consumer at their core.

The whole point of game of thrones was that it was fantasy but very grounded, only having a few magical elements and those were metaphors (dragons are nukes).

Felt really weird to see such magical creatures like a Witcher game from a source material that has wolves but big as one of the mystical creature.

Save anywhere

No, one time there was a highly anticipated game that I really wanted.

Walked into the store after checking a couple reviews and bought it full price.

Ask the clerk, he confirmed there is never shortages or anything like that for physical disks.

Imo, there is even less of a reasons to preorder digital copies, what are they gonna do, run out of bandwidth?

I waited like 6 months to get a 5080.

Im glad I waited, now I can get a 4080 for a good price.

I loved the first two dooms so please, do focus on single player.

One of the few games I bought way after I pirated it.

If I can’t sell a thing then do I really own it?

As the meme implies, stop and think about how to change tactics.

Uhhh no? Especially if your playing a game that your suppose to try multiple times like hades.

I guess it depends on the game but imo the best boss fights are puzzles (god of war style) where you don’t change tactics, you keep playing until you figure out the puzzle.

Idk if I call that changing tactic, I just keep trying until I figure it out.

Wait, how else are you suppose to beat boss fights without just keep trying until you do?

Been waiting for a good vampire game

Which is why I put “peak” in quotes. They’re more like spikes in capability.

Well I would definitely agree with that, things are not linear.

Right now we live in a time of hidden gems and lacklustre AAA. The actual underlying technology has gotten better, but overall due to increase investor pressure and general focus on safe bets, we get mostly meh content while the great technology and creativity available goes to waste.

I hope the next spike is just around the corner but we are during times of low innovation, so I think the economic drive needs to be there first.

But that’s because the quality was as good as it’s ever been so far.

The example I’m saying is that it peaked, as in it got noticeably better, and then noticeably worse for at least a decade.

It’s not the same example.

I’m confused. How did the originals peak multiple times? They were all made a few years from each other so imo they all represent one data point.

Do you mean special effects peaked after that? Cause a lot of people don’t like CGI and some would say movie effects actually peaked at terminator 2.

The point would be valid if movies in the 90s looked terrible and then movies now look objectively better than Star Wars (which many would argue that they don’t cause it’s all CGI)

… terrible example as a lot of fans would claim the originals were the best ones and it’s been all downhill from there, especially since the prequels are now seen in a positive light cause how bad the sequels have been.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Technology peaked with crysis for games and avatar for movies.

I blame micro transactions, it uses addiction and predatory tactics.

It’s less that making unique games are risky, and more that there are less risky and more lucrative options available.

Couple that with greedy people finally recognizing gaming as another thing to get perpetual growth from and you get what we have today.

I fully believe it, been thinking of playing metal gear 5 now that it’s finally a good age for me to play it as a patient gamer.

Also, I finished Witcher 3, it taking closer to 10 years sounds about right for me for an RPG.

It was one sick game!

Wouldn’t I have to install epic game store though?

I got GTA V for free on the epic store.

I kind of want to play it but I don’t want to download their launcher.

Hmmmm…. 🏴‍☠️

As a result, no one on the team has the courage to express their opinion. Under Gołębiewski, GOG typically makes business decisions that may be profitable in the short term, but may not contribute to the platform’s long-term growth.

Why half ass things when your the good guy?

So I own some games on epic store cause they were free and I said fuck it I’ll sign up for free games.

Haven’t installed the epic games store yet, and it’s been years. The benefits don’t outweigh the drawbacks, clearly.

None, I told myself that I have to first play my last paid games at least once before I buy a new one.

I don’t play either of these games.

This post made me happy.

Yeah I don’t get it, don’t you want the only light be coming from the lamp and the monitor?

Imagine if cinemas had RBG on every seat.