I’m OK with not being a “real fan”.

I intend to.

Don’t forget about that one time Epic gave away an indie game for free… On the week it launched… Without consulting the devs.

Weird huh? Before this article I really couldn’t tell. But I think they might be on to something…

And there isn’t even a game yet.

X4 is more game than Star Citizen. Elite Dangerous is more game than Star Citizen. Both these games are still getting updates that expand and build upon their mechanics. But the time Star Citizen becomes 1.0, these other games will have already surpassed it.

Hell, graphically Star Citizen used to be cutting edge… Like nearly 10 years ago. Now it just looks kinda “normal”.

The best thing about Marathon is the shortfilm. Watch that. Then ignore the game.

Back in my day I had to walk to school five times per day on my bare feet over gravel in knee high snow under a blistering hot sun with no water visible for 100 km!

It gave me the character to become a landlord and earn my pay from everyone else!

It absolutely works on Linux.

Sure but… I’m subscribed to Humble Monthly. So instead of getting a CD with a magazine containing a bunch of demos, I get a bunch of keys for full games. A lot of them pretty neat indies.

For gaming news… Well, on Lemmy there’s this guy.

This. This fucks over statistics so much.

Europe created something called “the platform work directive”, or something along those lines. Basically means that platform jobs (i.e. Uber, Wolt, Just Eat) can no longer operate under a so-called “freelance model”.

Basically, if it looks like you’re hiring employees, you must give them contracts like employees (along with everything that entails).

It’s already been agreed upon, so it’s a matter of implementation. It’s considered a “pillar” of the EU now, so being part of the EU means having the directive. Deadline for the implementation, as I’ve heard from 3F Copenhagen, should be 2026.

I can’t wait.

Yeah, the problem might not be review bombing, but rather lack of advertising.

Until now I’ve honestly never heard of No Rest for the Wicked. I didn’t even know Moon Studios was busy on anything after Ori 2.

I second No Man’s Sky.

But if you want something a lot more serious, a proper simulator, but also requires time to learn (for when you get bored of the simplicity of No Man’s Sky), maybe give X4 a shot.

Yes, but that shouldn’t be the norm, or an expectation, of the developer. “Oh, we don’t need to worry about the game, the fans will just mod it and it’ll bring us lots of money!”

Sounds like an endorsement for custom firmwares.

That’s not the only issue it has. They could’ve made procedural generation work, with having a combination of hand crafted and procedural environments. But it doesn’t seem like they have the skill to pull it off.

Issues this game has, and probably one of the major reasons why it’s so dead feeling, is how the world doesn’t react to you.

Tell me, what happens in Skyrim or Oblivion if you walk around town with your sword drawn?

What happens if you start randomly casting spells where the guards can see you?

What if you managed to get a certain artefact, wear a certain kind of armour, or work on upgrading a certain skill tree?

See what I mean? See what’s missing?

The dead, empty, open world tiles only compounds this. And how everything feels even more limiting because of how the game is strictly chopped up with loading screens.

That’s called being a class traitor.

Pretty sure that’s illegal in most parts of Europe. Checking the article it says that the policy has only been updated in the UK and the US.

Sucks to be a country without adequate consumer protection, I guess.

I’m still using the latest version of Yuzu (the version shortly before the takedown). How does Torzu compare to that? And is it possible to add Torzu to Emudeck?

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