It’s a huge dlc from the looks of it though, and they also released Armored Core during that time.

2-3 years is a very fast turnaround time these days and that’s where From is at. Look at Horizon by comparison. It was 5 years between the Horizon games despite using the same engine and some of the same assets.

Horizon is a bigger game with more cinematics and voice acting, so that’s part of it. But From is definitely faster at pushing out AAA games than most studios.

It looks fun as hell if you can get it down, but it was just too difficult for me. I really didn’t enjoy dying repeatedly until I figured out the rhythm. The other soulsborne games felt more fair somehow, and often give you a way to make the boss fights significantly easier.

It’s still the same engine and general gameplay concept though. The combat was the big difference.

How does mass effect have even remotely similar mechanics to bg3? The dialogue is it

If you’re willing to put some effort you can get the original on PC and mod it. It looks much better with mods. The mods are pretty easy to install and it won’t cost you $180 over however many years to get the full story

… But it is FF7. It’s not a new game.

If you really didn’t want to play FF7 again you’d play literally any other game

I’d prefer a bloodborne remaster over ER DLC

So you’re going to put your USB stick on eBay? Because that’s what I do with old console games

How is point 1 in favor of PC? A physical console disc gives you far more ownership than a steam game. PC would be equal to consoles, but not better than them, if you exclusively buy games on gog. But then you miss out on most new games.

I don’t know, I think the BG branding on top of it did help with the hype because of BG2’s reputation and existing fanbase. The D&D aspect is definitely a bigger deal though.

Ultimately I think it sold well because it’s a really good game that was easy to turn into fun memes and clips. Plus early access meant there were a ton of people who already played it which helped the hype even more.

It should be bg3 just based on how much influence it’s having on the industry alone.

Picking totk as the #1 game this year is just contrarian nonsense.

For real, how is totk better than bg3 from any point of view? It’s basically a rehash of botw with very little in terms of new ideas. Nintendo fanboyism is so lame.

The combat isn’t any better the further back you go, it’s actually worse. Combat’s never been a strength of this series.

Daggerfall is a very different game from Skyrim. It’s much more about hardcore RP, like you can actually fail the main plot if you don’t complete the first quest within a few weeks of in-game time.

Daggerfall is around the size of the UK, but it’s all procedurally generated. It still feels enormous compared to Starfield, which felt tiny in spite of having 1000 planets because everything was locked behind load screens

You can’t solve this problem with money. People don’t want multiple game launchers. It’s like asking why Apple hasn’t cornered the desktop market when they’re one of the largest companies in the world.

Valve 100% knew what they were doing with HL2.

It would be nice but I like Heroic launcher a lot. I probably wouldn’t bother installing a gog Linux client.

Even closer? Implying that steam ever cared about digital ownership?

Because there’s no money in Linux. Valve can afford to target Linux for long term growth because they aren’t a public company that has to answer to investors every quarter. People mistake that for valve being pro-consumer, which they’re not.

Lol it is literally steam’s fault and they intended to be this way from the very beginning. They intentionally cornered the market with HL2. It’s incredible how people act like this just accidentally happened because valve made a supposedly good product.

For real, Steam literally took off because they made HL2 exclusive to it. It doesn’t matter that it’s a first party game, the effect and intent was identical. They could’ve made it generally available but chose not to. They forced people to use their proprietary product to install a game.

It’s crazy how many people shill for valve on Reddit and lemmy when they’ve already done most of the shit Epic gets accused of.

Should they have all worked more crunch time instead?

0% chance with this kind of IP

Why do people want everything to be co-op

The playerbase already dipped below Skyrim on steam. I really doubt that this game will have the usual Bethesda longevity.

Wtf is this? The game was already patched and enhanced for PS5.

Grand Theft Auto New!

I absolutely do not want this. I play TLOU for the immersion and the story. As soon as you add multiplayer you can throw immersion out the window, and I just don’t see how they can make a multiplayer game story-focused.

I’m scared they’ll go the gta route and abandon the single player for a long time so they can focus on mtx bullshit. Whatever they’re doing is almost certainly taking time away from TLOU 3

That assumes that the money from targeted/curated ads is less than the money from paid advertising fees + follow up sales. That may not actually be true. Generic ads are notoriously bad at converting views to clicks to sales. What steam is doing is basically targeted advertising which boosts their sales, where they make a guaranteed 30% return at a rate that’s probably much higher than the conversion rate for paid advertising.

Other sales platforms do the same thing. It’s not really any different from all the recommendation sections on Amazon. The idea that they’re doing it just to be nice is pretty ridiculous. Valve is still out to make money at the end of the day.

That still doesn’t answer the question though. I have photos and music on my phone and I still have 60+ GB of free storage

Too many devs think they’re above unionizing. It’s going to be very difficult to pull off. They won’t be interested until it’s too late.

Bottom line is that tech is chock full of greedy fucking people who only care about what they’re getting paid this year.

I don’t think the gaming industry could lead on this issue though. It’s tech companies like FAANG that really lead the market and that’s where people refuse to organize.

Lol, I have better things to do with my time than training to play shovelware video games.

VR is a niche product that hasn’t and won’t solve this problem.

Because consumers are lazy and don’t care about ownership.

Yeah because if you don’t, they delist your game. That’s the literal definition of anti-competitiveness. They could never get away with that if they weren’t a monopoly.

Lol. You think 99% of people give a shit about forums or Linux support?

Then why are must of the comments arguing against it?

Why would developers care about steams “features”? That’s Valve’s problem, not theirs. 30% is fucking highway robbery for a distributor. The only reason they get away with it is because they’re a monopoly and devs have no choice but to publish games there. It’s crazy that you can’t see that.

It’s a perfect example of them abusing their position in the market. But since you’re a valve cultist, you make up a bunch of weak excuses for it. If epic or ms did the same thing you’d blow a gasket.

So what? That’s also the only reason valve supports Linux.