"A preliminary investigation indicates Kang knew the victim only online, having met him playing a fantasy video game called ArcheAge. According to the game's website, it is shutting down its North America and European servers this week because of a declining number of users. "
No wonder they don't have players left, this dude beat them all to death
Artisan TD, a classic tower defense game. I quit after the second map. It's not that it's bad, it just didn't grab my attention, doesn't seem to have anything unique going for it besides maybe the pretty visuals. There are dozens of games exactly like this one. As a fan of the genre, I might check it out after release if it's on a large sale.
Level Zero: Extraction, a PvP extraction shooter with the option of playing as the horror creature team that's out to kill everyone. Basically unplayable, not sure what the server situation is but playing from europe I had consistent 0.5sec-1sec delay on all actions. No comment since I couldn't really experience it.
Let's Minesweeper, a massively multiplayer game of Minesweeper. Not sure what I expected of this one, it's exactly what it says it is, you load into a huge map of minesweeper and clear it out for score and xp which translates into bragging rights and cosmetics (?). Unique experience and could be fun if you are the type of person who enjoys zoning out at minesweeper for an hour.
Mortal online 2
I got my fix for this experience through PvP minecraft servers, but not sure if any are still around today that are worth playing
I put the video into an AI summarization tool, the TLDR is that the Johto region in gold and silver is a replica of Japan.
Enderal, a total conversion mod for Skyrim. Free, just requires ownership of the skyrim base game or special edition (there's a version for either).
Has a whole new map, reworked classes, changes to combat, banger OST (here's my favorite, hits incredibly hard when you're listening to it in-game at a tavern) and the story is just incredible. I still think about it, and the choices I made, years later. Dozens of hours long, moreso if you are a completionist.
Feel lost still, very much miss the population on reddit. I browsed a lot of gaming subreddits, and the ones with dozens of daily posts there get maybe one per month(!) on their lemmy equivalent, and more niche subs don't even exist here. It sucks. Yes, I try to make posts, but I alone wont change things.
Dont use reddit for entertainment but still have to use it for tech support or product reviews, there is 0 competition in that regard. Tried using a site that searches through multiple reddit-esque sites for questions like this but gave up bcs 10/10 times the only answers were on Reddit.
There's been a number of articles about it a while ago on videogame journalism websites
https://kotaku.com/sweet-baby-inc-consulting-games-alan-wake-2-dei-1851312428
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104799/gamergate-2024-sweet-baby-inc-diversity
https://theweek.com/culture-life/personal-technology/games/gamergate-2-extremism-video-games
https://www.wired.com/story/sweet-baby-video-games-harassment-gamergate/
AFAIK they do still put out articles about it but I suppose it's not as much of a hot topic today
Disclosure I identify with the movement, hence bias
Thing started off February 29 when Chris Kindred, the narrative designer at Sweet Baby Inc, a videogame consulting company, called for a mass report campaign against the steam curator group (and its owner) "Sweet Baby Inc Detected", which exist to highlight steam games in which the company has some involvement. Chris called it a harrassment group and claimed that it breaks steam's terms of service.
This got a lot of eyes on the group which balooned in membership, right wingers/ old gamergaters latched onto it and I think it's fair to say that this Sweet baby Inc detected group is the main Gamergate 2 community. As time goes on the movement isn't just campaigning against this one company, but against many similiar consultation groups (Black Girl Gamers/Gaymers for example) and the concept of ESG funding in general.
Good part of the video talks about how games from Japan specifically are affected by these companies / ESG. So it's not just limited to the american videogame industry
I was always super interested in legendary equipment, so when I came back to the game after years away I just picked one weapon from the list, put it into gw2efficiency, expanded it's required materials list and looked through it until I saw something that requires me to do content which I felt comfortable doing, like map completion or open world events. From there I naturally re-familiarized myself with the game as I kept working towards the legendary.
I know the devs have stated that they want the primary weapons to feel weak but I think they forgot to apply this balancing philosophy to the scorcher, breaker (+variants) and slugger. I use the scorcher myself just because it's more versatile than the others in the top tier but if the game were better balanced I would have been spamming the plasma shotgun, it feels so fun to use but it performs like a direct downgrade to the scorcher
shield emplacement is an ok crutch in bot missions with randoms, great for when the team is stuck in a respawn loop and needs that breathing room to regroup
Love the game, have over a hundred hours in it, nice to see a shoutout but why so many hashtags? hard to read the post
I recommend getting the bundle with all the DLC, slightly more expensive but very worth it esp. for the big content expansion War of the chosen.
you’ve been able to fucking play it for a decade
tech demo out = game is playable, unbeatable logic
If they said they released it years ago and called these all “updates” you’d have nothing to bitch about
It's not about what the developers say the state of the game is, it's about what's actually out and playable - and for Star Citizen, last time I checked it's some barebones version with one planet, bajillion missing features, 200000000$ ships and in general a buggy mess
You star citizen fans are insufferable. I get spammed with these videos, ads and articles hyping up the game for being the best thing ever, always claiming the next update to be some gamechanger but it's still the same unfinished garbage. Love how every time someone mentions the absolutely disgusting monetisation, it goes in one ear and out the other.
Now get back to licking chris robert's shoes, you've missed a spot
If you want to rant about GPU prices, why randomly call out one/two specific games? Not like it doesn't apply to any other modern release. I don't get this post
Also I looked up some benchmarks and you can get 60FPS on medium with an RX 6600 (about 200 USD curently in the US) in both finals & helldivers. Could possibly get away with a cheaper card on Low settings
I'm on the other side of the fence here, amazed that people still bat for a company that can't deliver a product after what, 10 years past the first estimate release date?
The numbers this game pulled during the nextfest have me on edge... it often took me 5 minutes to find a match even when there was just one playable mode and, I assume, no skill-based matchmaking.
It's gonna release for 20 USD, which I much prefer to the free to play model but at the same time I'm really not sure the game can launch into a stable population without that influx of free players
Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather feedback and build an audience ahead of their Steam launch, everyone wins!
Steam Next Fest, which is a regular event for showcasing upcoming games, is happening now on steam and will continue until February 12 at 10:00 AM PST (UTC-8).
With hundreds of demos available, even if you're only interested in a fraction of the games it's going to be difficult to try everything before the event ends. With that in mind, I'm hoping people can use this thread to share their thoughts on the titles they've played.
Which games did you enjoy, and which do you think suck? Please share your thoughts!
It's been a while since the open beta started, I haven't tried the game myself but if you did, do you recommend it? I would love to hear your thoughts about it in general, I'm interested in the game but haven't seen many reviews yet
I don't think the announcement is up on their website, but you can see it here on their Discord.
If you're never heard of it, it's an indie MMO that's going for an oldschool feel with the unique feature of dungeon masters interacting with the players live. You can see that it's super janky, but it has some charming features like the classes and the setting. It was previously set to release Q3 2023.
Alongside the name change, they've also announced a rework of the combat system and removed the release date estimate.
I barely follow the game's development so maybe this delay was something that could be seen from miles away but I personally thought the game would be a fun way to pass a few weeks, especially given that there's not much else in the MMO space that's coming out soon besides Palia. In my opinion, I think this game is destined to have a niche following before petering out some months after release, and a combat rework by itself won't change that, it's just wasting time and money.
Were you aware that the game existed at all? And how do you feel about the changes?
With the curent Steam summer sale going on, most MMORPGs on there are going to be on sale. Which titles do you think are worth picking up? If you bought anything new, how do you feel about it?