In sim games you usually get the game and then get a vehicle you want to specialize in. You may put hundreds or thousands of hours into that vehicle and you know the ins and outs.

Mod development wise you may have to model the vehicle from the ground up. The vehicle has to have functioning gauges, be tuned to handle and behave like the vehicle in real life, fail like the real thing and basically BE the real thing. Take DCS for example. The game itself is actually free but the modules are paid. The detailed modules can go for around $70 or so dollars like the F16. You can use the real life flight manual for the F16 to learn how to use it in game. Train sims are similar. If you are real particular about a specific train you can find the module for it and expect probably pretty damn good detail down to nameplates and specifications

You arent going to get that sort of involvement in a game like Skyrim, Fallout, or Cyberpunk. You could maybe go down to that level of detail but that level of detail may not be able to be appreciated in a game that doesent simulate things like aerodynamics or how tire grip changes depending on temperature.

Mods are and should be a passion project. The moment you implement mods as income stream people and companies are going to exploit the shit out of it. See: Roblox, Skyrim, etc

Sim games are sorta their own beast when it comes to mods.

I like pop, use it on my laptop but people seem to dunk on it for some reason. Most credible being they just dont like the UI

No its a little more than a bad day. Im getting the idea that you are taking what people say in bad faith so im not going to say anymore. I recommend getting help.

Arent Mental disabilities and mental health issues different? When I hear someone talk about a mental disability I think of something like a learning disability, or autism. I dont believe they have the propensity to be violent anymore or less than the average. Mental health, however, I think are more states of the mind and can happen to anyone with or without mental disability. Mental health episodes cause one to think and believe in extraordinary circumstances which causes people to do extraordinary things. Im fairly certain thats what the op was talking about.

If you generate expectations from what you see in media they are always going to be unrealistic regardless of what it is. Every industry has its share of scum but you cant throw it all out because of bad people doing bad things. The fault lies within those people not the industry.

Pretty much every modern AAA game. Theres an exception here and there but really smaller studios have been making bangers that AAA studios just cant seem to touch

Outer Wilds is absolutely superb if/when you get it try to get the DLC too its a good value. Steam summer sale coming up soon if you’re in the states

The money isint micro, the value of what you’re getting is

I definitely agree. Part of me wants to say the few gems that come out of it make it worth it

I feel like all that will happen is games will just release to 1.0 as “finished” when they clearly arent. It also may encourage rushing a game out thats a buggy mess.

Ive known some games to be very rough in early access that become absolutely gems a couple years later in development.

I was actually thinking about picking it up now

I wouldnt say its misleading. People who liked those games are losing that value. It is good its getting more though

Ill be real i could get that going on my end but 99% of my friends wont even try if it doesn’t work out of the box

Matrix is text only isint it?

It uses similar themes but its really just another entry into the mascot horror genre

Ah beans. I didnt read well enough

All of the Metro games!

I bought medieval engineers right before the news came out they werent giving it any more attention i was really sad cause its neat as heck but still needs more polish

Farming sim is a great game to play when you want to relax but still want to at least partially engage your brain. You can play it zooted out of your mind and have a good time

Ive been looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I used to play a ton of gmod and I really hope theres some advanced build mode servers and plugins

The issue is they didnt need the tens of millions to buy it they only needed the millions that did buy it to make bank and not care

Im spent a good bit of money in the game for better or for worse I think this is the way it should be tried Dont spend the money on the ships. Buy a basic package and purchase ships with in game money.

You play X4 though? That game eaaaats my time its so enjoyable

It has gotten better but man still so much undelivered. Im just sad and im tired of being sad. Im fully pledging to never buy a big publisher game unless it absolutely proves itself first and even then im still gunna be hesitant cause vote with your money and all that. Honestly outside of KSP2 Ive already been purchasing and playing mostly indie games for the last 2 years anyways

I loved KSP 1 and I still do I just wanted some improved core engine refinements and really looked towards a new refreshed modding scene plus interstellar travel was an awesome idea for KSP (i know there were some mods) its funny cause I rarely actually went to space i liked building crazy planes. I learned to dock and went to mun/minmus a couple times but never actually made it to other planets without spawning myself there. I just enjoyed the game my way sorta. Plus more fluid multiplayer was something I really wanted to get into

I bought KSP 2 in its rough state cause I had hope that it would turn out good and cause I put so many many hours into the OG KSP but once again big publishers trample it with muddy shoes. I honestly feel like a big publisher cant release anything that doesent absolutely fuck the player since Cyberpunk. Almost all of my game purchased since that game have been indie games and its been easy not to look back

Its a fun and engaging game that im sure will have more fleshed out as development continues. I wouldn’t call it gimmicky at all. Some people play for a bit then stop either waiting for updates, to play another game (lots of good games came out around its release) or for literally any other reason in my case i broke my hand.

7 days to die has been making progress though .I remember picking it up and thinking I made a huge mistake then I played it a couple years later and loved it

Did you read any of that article? It doesent say anything about phasing out Android TV it talks about malware coming in android TVs sold by sketchy no name companies on amazon. You can still buy android TV dongles. The nvidia shield is android TV and I currently use it to watch adfree Youtube. You should do some research before posting or even forming an opinion so you can stop spreading misinformation

I have an adroid TV stick that doesent show ads when I turn it on. Showing ads when you turn the device on full screen is intrusive as hell

Ah thank you very much for that. I see now :)

Can you please clarify what you mean? I think I get the gist but may be misunderstanding.

Thats not actually a bad way to have a vpn set up though?

Server owners can be just as malicious many games support private servers

Those phones looks suspiciously a lot like those Chinese dropshipped phones

also if you’re liking gta V you may like Red Dead Redemption 2

duck game is an absolute ton of fun when you have friends to play it with

You might like Superliminal

the fault is shared. google was mentioned moreso because its big company and that makes a headline