I don’t think it’s just the visual for people. They go on these epic quests and gain emotional attachments to their party members. It’s basically interactive erotica with dragons and shit.

I’d probably buy it. I have no shame.

Interesting. One of these came included with the last Seasonic PSU I bought. Do you have a link with more information maybe?

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Extension-Connector-Pre-Installed-Combs-16AWG/dp/B0BN6CCTL9

I already spend an hour of troubleshooting a bunch of problems trying to play modern games on Windows 10/11

Thinking Max likely isn’t returning then as promised at the end?

If you don’t mind first person, it’s one of the better modern horror games I can think of.

I thought this was going to be like the old web browser falling sand game. Disappointed it’s not but this still looks pretty fun.

Is there any chance that companies are using the tariffs as an excuse to raise prices when they wanted to anyway? Like a lot of these companies have more money than God already. They could eat the extra cost and be fine. Seems like they’re just being greedy to me.

This is the first game I thought of when I saw Avowed gameplay.

Microsoft has seen itself as a platform company harkening back to the Ballmer days. That’s what his infamous “developers developers developers” coke fueled rant was all about. They make the bones of a platform and count on 3rd parties to build it out into something usable. If that never happens, the project is DoA. If that does happen as intended, they just buy the companies that do it best.

How many 8 year old computers still function halfway decently? Most of those people are probably due for an upgrade whether they know it or not.

Even if we go with this popular narrative, no one is actually going to immediately run to throw out their working Win10 PC when Microsoft cuts off updates. They’ll just continue to use it insecurely. Just like millions of people did and still do with Win7.

This is the issue with using a proprietary operating system in general. Eventually they’ll cut you off arbitrarily because there’s a profit motive to do so. Relying on them to keep your system updated and secured indefinitely is a naive prospect to begin with.

Somewhat old CPUs are 8 years old+ now? Windows 11 is crap, but I don’t think the hardware requirements are the reason.

Totally agree with most of what you said. Trust me, I’m ready for a new Civ game. Just don’t feel like getting gouged especially for a series that routinely goes on deep sales.

I would’ve bought it day 1 assuming reviews come back okay, but I refuse to ever spend $70 on a base game. I’ll wait for a sale if that’s what they’re charging.

There’s no Clash of Clans style micro transactions if that’s what you’re concerned about. There’s not pay to win. The in-app purchases are just for more content. The Anthology bundle should include everything from what I can tell.

I don’t think Nintendo will ever do it. Goes against their most basic philosophy.

That bad, huh?

Real Gs move in silence like lasagna.

That sounds very wholesome. My friends just talk about their kids or about how we never talk anymore.

Feel like I’m the only one surprised by this. I play games quite often, but I’ve never watched the Game Awards. I’m barely even aware that it exists. Never heard anyone in real life mention it.

Thought it was a good opportunity to switch to a custom protagonist. Oh well.

Can’t wait to buy the finished game in 2 years for like $15 lol.

Do you need a Facebook account to use that?

At least we can still talk about butt stuff in peace.

I like the game overall, but the criticisms are definitely legitimate. The dialogue is so overwhelmingly cringy sometimes and that’s coming from someone who just beat the new Life is Strange. For some people, including me, that’s not a dealbreaker and the rest of the game is pretty solid. For others, this is understandably too distracting to make it worth playing.

Edit: before I get accused of not playing the games, see screenshots below.

Reminds me of ESO a little bit.

Don’t even get me started on Tom Clancy.

On Lemmy with the rest of the nerds, duh!

I always kind of suspected that. Thanks for confirming!

Are there certain markets where it’s significantly more popular? I’ve never met anyone in the US that plays it.

What generation iPad Air? I tried it on my phone and it only booted to Grub for some reason.

Maybe Doctor Dre needs some talk some sense into him.

Japan only.

I’d rather just play something else than use a guide. That’s one step away from just watching a play through on YouTube.

You can usually create your own character in these types of games.

I’m glad they moved away from unit death stacks in 5 and 6. I think 5 has the best art direction, but 6 is peak gameplay for me.

The rest are different forms of Vegeta lol.

More like it’s too expensive or can’t be manufactured at scale, but sure I guess it’s kind of the same thing.

Especially for games that took like 10 years to make and cost like a billion dollars lol.