My partner and I just played through this together in co-op and had a great time. We thought it was a good game.

I read the whole discord drama stuff, and I’m more on Crema’s side. I think they’ve made the mistake of trying to talk to a fanbase like they are just a group of reasonable people that will understand and empathize if you just lay out the facts. But they aren’t. They’re just going to pick apart anything you say and relentlessly shit on you because they are, collectively, not able to be reasoned with.

They released an MMO in its final state, minus some Kickstarter promised stuff, that they have said they will deliver. They tried to monetize the game how they felt was best, it didn’t work out, so they’ve moved on and left a functioning, small-scope MMO. You can argue the quality of it or whether you agree with their decisions, but they made what they said they were going to make.

And they are still releasing small updates to a community that is, frankly, awful. The subreddit is just a hivemind of asshole armchair developers.

You keep saying “it doesn’t hurt anyone”. But, I’m wracking my brain trying to figure out who this mod would help? Like, what kind of person is so put out by this that they would seek outside help to have it removed? It’s very difficult to imagine a version of this that doesn’t involve some pretty hurtful stuff.

Nexusmods is very clear that they will not platform mods that promote any sort of hatred. You may say this doesn’t do that, but I think it’s pretty clear that this would do nothing except foster hateful discussion. It’s a harmless disclaimer that can already be disabled without a mod. The only reason to host a mod for this is to promote the idea that it’s wrong and encourage the types of people that think that to do what they always do, be hateful. It’s inevitable, and it breaks Nexusmods ToS pretty obviously.

On the topic of making them “look weak”: I think it’s very clear that if you’re the type of person that wants this content, then they do not care about your opinion and do not want you to use their platform.

What’s the monetization like on this? I knew this was one of Sony’s GaaS. I think $50 is a good price, but what is the ongoing cost for content?

It’s not competitive. It’s cooperative. It doesn’t even have a pvp mode.

And even if it had a pvp mode, 3 days isn’t going to change anything long term. It’s such a minor issue. It’s just another thing for people to needlessly complain about.

They did, yes. Getting pretty common these days. Early Access with a preorder of a higher priced digital edition of a game. Seems relatively harmless to me. I would never pay for that, but I think if it means that much to you, it’s not hurting anything.

I mean, who was searching for that before the game released? I imagine you’d see the same trend with basically every game immediately following release. Not to downplay the issues the game has having, but this is like a “duh” kind of thing.

You can do some really cool stuff with emulation. I’m playing Fire Emblem Echoes Shadows of Valentia (3DS) emulated at 4x native resolution with a HD texture pack at the moment, and it makes that game really enjoyable. 3DS games in general benefit a lot from increased resolution you can do while emulating.

Plus these things like widescreen on games that didn’t have it, cheat codes, 60fps patches, fan translations, increased resolution, mods (Luminescent Platinum is so cool). It’s just such a neat world on top of just playing older games that you can’t purchase legally or conveniently anymore.

• Hardspace: Shipbreaker
• WWE 2K23
• Unpacking
• Friends vs Friends
• Prodeus
• The Legend of Tianding
• SCP: Secret Files
• Souldiers

For me, not a great month. Interested in Prodeus, but not much else stands out for me personally.

Idk that I would call it a Metroidvania. It has no map and it’s completely linear.

But, it is a super well made game. I loved it.

One day I need to get around to trying Banjo Tooie. I’ve always wanted to at least give it a shot. I finished Yooka Layler, so surely it can’t be that bad.

Just finished up Sea of Stars. Enjoyed it, but didn’t love it. The visuals and music were spectacular. The story was kind of weak, and didn’t too much time tying into the Messenger without resolving plots in a satisfying way. Some of the characters were good, but the actual plot felt kind of pointless. Gameplay was also fun, but took awhile to get going. I think it was really fun after some more options and characters were available, but the start felt too slow. Would still recommend it though. It is a very solid game. It’s just not perfect.

Going back to finish Pikmin 4 next and start up Cocoon on PC too.

Big range. My main issue is just convenience. I have a PSVR2, and it’s just a pain to use. Like, you really have to dedicate yourself to using it. It has never felt like something you just do spur of the moment. You can’t just sit back and relax.

Trying to finish Final Fantasy 16 this week. I’m about to start the final quests after I finish up some side stuff. It’s kind of crazy how different the side quests at the end are compared to the beginning. They’re so much better with a ton of character development.

Also working my way through Pikmin 4. Loving every second of that one. It’s just kind pure joy in game form. So colorful and fun.

Will probably try to max out my season pass in Destiny 2 as well, if I have time. The game is about as boring as it’s ever been, but I’m too deep to stop now. May as well play until Final Shape then hopefully call it a day on that one.

It’s running Android and they don’t have a streaming app for Android. I guess they could make an exclusive app for it, but seems like a lot of work for a super tiny audience.

I don’t really understand this. It’s like streaming PS5 games but exclusively from a PS5? If you’re internet is good enough for streaming, why wouldn’t you just download? Seems like such a niche thing. Always better to have the option than not, just seems like a strange addition.

This game was really good, but had some BRUTAL difficulty swings. It would be nice if they tweaked that a bit. Really my only complaint from playing it.

If you can do an emulator or mod your switch, there’s a really good BDSP mod called Luminescent Platinum that adds a ton of QoL stuff, mons, NPCs, and Platinum stuff.

This looks really cool. It’s been on my wishlist for awhile. I don’t normally play these kinds of games, but it looked so cool in the trailer. I may jump in on the Game Pass version.

I’m playing

• Pikmin 3 Deluxe - Finished the story and started the side missions. It’s been super fun. Such a huge leap over 1 and 2. I played 2 immediately before 3DX, and I didn’t care for it. The dungeon structure didn’t do it for me, but 3DX has been wonderful, albeit very easy.

• Final Fantasy XVI - I’ve been very slowly trucking along through this. I took a break after I had a family tragedy recently and wanted to focus on happy games while that was happening, but I’m getting back into this and hoping to finish soon. Really liking it. It’s fun, the story is good, the characters are interesting. It’s just a solid game. Wouldn’t want every FF game to be this going forward, but I’m not upset XVI is what it is.

• Destiny 2 - Just leveling the season’s battle pass mostly. I don’t play D2 hardcore these days. Just to the story and hop off. The story for the season has been over, so I just hop on for a little bit each weekz turn off my brain, and level a few times while listening to a podcast. It’s my comfort food game, though I think I’m the most disinterested I’ve even been in this game.

That’s exactly what I thought. They’ve been criticized for years about making pointlessly enormous games like Valhalla and Far Cry 6.

I didn’t realize this was a FromSoft game.

I don’t really consider any of that pay to win. I’m not sure what you’re “winning”. You’re just describing buying content. Buying expansions and seasons gets you the content contained in those expansions and seasons. That’s basically how every game works. Paying to skip content or getting preorder bonuses isn’t pay to win. Destiny 2 is not a free to play game. You’re basically just saying you have to pay for the game…

Well, I never said it was cheap or straightforward. Just that it’s not pay to win and it’s a fun co-op game.

Yeah, I’ve seen people say that. I’m not sure I follow the logic. It’s not a free to play game. It’s more “free to try”. Most of the content is locked behind the purchase of an expansion or season. There’s nothing you can outright buy to get a permanent advantage, especially if we’re talking co-op. I guess you could level the seasonal battle pass by paying for it, but the advantages that offers are so miniscule in PvP, and make no difference to the PvE portion of the game.

Just for the record, the merger is not happening yet. Even if it’s approved in the US after the FTC lost it’s bid to pause it recently, it has still been denied in the UK. That has not been reversed and the appeal process for that typically takes longer than the deal would be possible. MS is seeking an expedited appeal.

Now, that being said, the UK’s reasoning for stopping it was weirdly bad (cloud gaming monopoly), but that’s what they went with, so who knows.

Biped, Temtem, Portal 2, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Borderlands, Destiny 2, Escape Room Academy, any Telltale (or similar) game is fun to play together.

The first half of the game really gives a sour impression of the side quests. They get much better, but you’d never know that was going to happen. Like, there’s no indication that they’ll start containing really good, emotional stories that flesh out a lot of the characters. There really needed to be some kind of symbol for character quests.

That’s 100% fair. It’s very iOS-y, and I’m not a huge fan of that either. It has just been much more consistent in terms of loading stuff and letting me comment. I think Liftoff looks better overall. And I think it’s much better at managing multiple accounts, when it works.

Butwarden. Always Bitwarden. Just like almost everyone else in here it seems like.

I liked Liftoff the best as a dedicated client, but ended up on Wefwef. It just seems to work more consistently.

This looks like a fun AA action game. Like in that Darksiders tier of games. I don’t know if they intended it to aim higher, but I like those kind of games, so I’m looking forward to this.

Not sure I’ve ever seen someone say “great motion blur” before.

I still can’t believe a remake of this is coming.

I’m trying out the Pixel 7a after my Galaxy S21 died. My only major complaint is how slippery it is. I have a case coming, but damn this thing is like the hardest phone to hold I’ve ever had. I never feel like I have a grip on it. But for the money, it seems like a super nice phone. Feels very premium, and after turning animation scale to .5x in dev settings, it feels very nice.

Final Fantasy XVI God of War 3 Remastered Remnant From the Ashes (with a friend) Ace Attorney Chronicles Destiny 2

Kinda just slowly working my way through all that. I tend to bounce around games a lot.

I feel like it’s got to just be an Android device with the app loaded, right? I mean, what else could it be? Sony has shown almost no interest in doing anything with the remote play stuff outside of releasing that App on Android and the PC client. There’s not even a way to do their cloud streaming from mobile.