Naturally, you’re getting downvoted into oblivion for recognizing a hit-piece when you see one.

Of course not.

Sounds about right.

required for multiplayer

Some people are saying they were aware of the requirements before launch and didn’t adequately inform customers.

I’m unsure how true that is, but it’s huge news if it is true.

They can “talk” all they like. The proof will be non-implementation.

It would literally be easier for them to work with guys like the Godot team to improve stuff that already exists.

It was apparently skippable before.

Is it wrong that I kind of wish they would anyway? I know it would be a clusterfuck, but maybe it would make people start realizing just how fragile modern games are.

Might be worth picking up now.

8.1 was fine imo, but not really worth an upgrade from 7 unless it was free.

edge is on linux at least as a beta as I write this

If at all possible you should never take your company public. It’s not worth the loss of control.

Was it epic exclusive? I was able to download a standalone launcher and play it that way.

Well yeah? Took them far too long to get on Steam, and they got totally eclipsed by Palworld and Helldivers 2.

I also played it for a bit and it’s really not that fun.

Water still gets things wet, scientists baffled.

Clearly, companies only pass the savings along when a competitive market forces them to.

Because nobody else will drive 15 miles for a $2 dollar order.

I do use XMPP, but most programs that are available for it that also support OMEMO really suck, other than Conversations for mobile devices.

just pre-emptively block threads.net or whatever other domain they use

email is unusable without bowing to either google or microsoft

xmpp is far more niche than ever before thanks to the big players

http is highly grandfathered in ++ big tech is still working on the extinguish part, ever wonder why most websites are 30mb+ javascript programs? this is one of the reasons

13 being anywhere but at the bottom of the list is meant to start a fight.

I’ve been mostly shooting them in the ass with whatever strong ordinance I can get my hands on.

Long live Super Earth!

i’ve been told it has a bug where that happens when you try to fire while turning at the same time? not exactly sure what that’s about but try shooting after having been still for a sec and see if it still happens

Anybody who tries to make the lives of their fellow players miserable is a dirty traitor and will be court-martialed shot.

FTFY

Surprised they didn’t call it Super Democracy tbh

okay, i can accept that

thanks for taking the time to explain it to me

I didn’t mean to be that vague. And you’re right. I think part of the problem is that some studios have lost touch with what their customers want in even the broadest sense.

Didn’t DLC and MTX come about because consumers wouldn’t accept a rise in sticker price for games?

I’m not saying you’re wrong, either, you may very well have a point. I’m just having a hard time reconciling “We added DLC in order to make more money since we can’t raise the sticker price” with “30% discounts are a reflection of how high the profit margins are for sellers”

I literally googled “recent aaa titles” and picked the first 6~ off of the list. I don’t hold any personal opinions of any of them except for Starfield, which I have seen my roommate play.

Regarding Starfield: it seemed to me that it was a 6/10 game.

every game on that list was released after Jan 1, 2023. If that is not “recent” then I have no idea what is.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 55% off right now (Steam)

Street Fighter 6 44% off right now (Fanatical)

Starfield 33% off right now (40%, microsoft store, Feb 8 2024)

Fairing a little bit better than the above:

Resident Evil 4 Remake 25% off right now (Steam)

Persona 3 Reload 15% off right now GameBillet

Baldur’s Gate 3 10% off historically (10%, gog, Dec 21 2023)

These are just the ones I’m familiar with off the top of my head. Of them, only Baldur’s Gate 3’s discount levels are what I would call “healthy”. 10% for Christmas and no discount since means it’s doing well.

This game is hardly the only one being discounted heavily and early on in it’s life cycle, it’s just the most egregious example that I’m aware of.

If this isn’t a sign of market difficulties, I’m not sure what would be.

If it’s really so misguided why does it need this much attention?

You could have a main female character in Mass Effect but it never felt shoehorned in like a lot of crap these days. In fact I have never played Male!Shep.

I think the amount of outrage a Steam Curator group has generated solely by pointing out that $game used $consultancy_service indicates that there is something deeper about the subject. No smoke without fire and all that.

be very afraid

based god factory

step into the slim jim