Give them Titanfall 2 if you want them to play a good shooter. Sure, they might come out of the campaign with depression, but certainly not with heads filled with propaganda!

I feel like that’s more on the parents for not informing their child about the MIC and how they basically sign themselves away to be government property.

Megaman Zero games. Even when I was a kid I probably only got past 2 bosses but every time I try to replay them I can never get past the tutorial bosses. Beautiful games but man are they punishing.

X4. The economy must flow.

Gift him a Starsector code or share your own if already have one.

Gift any super moddable games he likes. If he enjoys Bethesda games on consoles, he will definitely love PC only mods. Also explain to him what Big Picture Mode on Steam is. I wish I knew it existed when I started. Get the same console experience and seamless controller integration even if the game doesn’t officially support it.

Edit: Also any super pretty games would probably be a nice gift. Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the first I installed. Really nice realizing how much better looking games can be with a powerful computer.

The good thing about Lemmy being tiny is these giveaways actually go to people who want to play these games. Thanks for your generosity, OP.

I believe for the first Outer Worlds it was multiplatform because it was published by Private Division (owned by 2K at the time), not Microsoft. Obsidian wasn’t owned by Microsoft yet when the game was being developed. Of course, it just makes businesses sense to release the sequel on PS5 too for more money from sales.

You can still get short games, you just won’t find them from AAA developers anymore because publishers want big games with bigger profits. Titanfall 2 was a great campaign even if short, but Halo 5 was the last short game we had and people threw a shit storm (rightly, it wasn’t near the quality of TF2 and had other issues).

If you want short games, the indie space has you covered. Always small games out there releasing.

And game devs have certainly not become inefficient, it’s just the standards of quality are higher. People still want more complex, better looking games. And I don’t mean just graphics; unique art styles are all the rage. Games like Balatro and Cruelty Squad prove graphics aren’t everything as long as you keep a cohesive style and have good gameplay to back it up.

Personally though I avoid small games. I’ve had my fill of them growing up, I’d rather play big games with open worlds and all that jazz. I want to be invested in these worlds not play and forget.

Yeah, games take time to make. It’s good that they have more content now. Do you not remember how short campaigns used to be?

I was trying to think of one since I feel the opposite most of the time. This one did surprise me with the length. You think the end is approaching, but some more bullshit is ejected at Niko every time. The main quests takes a lot of detours (in a good way). There isn’t just one villain and you help/fight tons of different factions across the islands.

Thanks for making this timeline because whenever news is brought up about the troubles behind this series I’m so confused on how they’ve structured their releases.

No Man’s Sky trailers for updates are pretty good. Always watch them even if I don’t play it much. All gameplay, great transitions, great background music.

Did it have that fiery exhaust in the middle of the trunk area or was that just in V? Only reason it remains in my brain drive, bitchin’.

Probably the Jester.

I had to go back and look through the wiki because I could not remember a car design I’d call my favorite. I love boxy 90s cars but something was just not right with what they put in SA. Apart from the Jester, only the motorcycles looked nice and Blista looked nice (though it peaked with IV).

The hornies don’t like you singling them out, OP.

Ok and? I never said they wouldn’t. The game is clearly early access hence the lack of monetization.

It doesn’t have skins or ranks. Nothing to hook the addicts into the LiVe SeRvIcE. Just pure fun for the sake of it.

Wild fucking read. Was thinking maybe his first girlfriend was using a pseudonym (Turkish-born named Susan Banks?), but conveniently no one has met all 3 of his activist girlfriends. The last bit about the guy deleting all his social media posts AND his last “girlfriend” doing the same after IGN reached out is glaringly suspicious.

This sounds like you want Deadlock. MOBA with third-person shooter mechanics.

Wow, this guy has serious punchable face energy. It’s not even that interesting, the leakers he catches (or at least the only ones he talks about) are really dumb (one is a child who data mined!).

It’s not physical damage, they really are just crap now. Used controllers for a decade and a half. Early Xbox One controllers lasted for years until the face buttons would become sticky. 360 controller was a tank, only had a loose trigger. All the ones I’ve had recently just keep getting drift.

Yeah, joystick build quality has been going down for me since the second Xbox One controllers. Last one I had couldn’t get past 4 months without a smidge of drift already showing (just past the free 3 month warranty, fuck you MS). Got a Hall Effect one from Gamesir this time and I forget it’s not an official one until I have to use the D-pad (really hate non-mechanical D-pads) but otherwise worth the $40 so far.

Oh also Hall Effect joysticks are just so nice to use. They feel frictionless.

That’s just a bonus. Still the best Pokemon game since I can throw out my funny sheep and watch it battle in real time, then give it hugs after winning.

I only play ranked so I can’t speak to that SBMM thing but pretty much everything is viable in some way. One of my favorite builds is riot shield with both turrets. Other is flamethrower with goop launcher. Unlocking stuff is much faster as well in ranked so only took me a week I think to unlock everything. 🤷

You’re right. If it wasn’t for the Pokemon bit, this would just be another early acces survival crafting game. The Pokemon bit is what makes it shine though.

Mood. This and The Finals have made my time evaporate.