Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[Xenich]

Devs need to stop giving the player meta-information.

But you see, Iron Tower Studios always offers the option to hide the skillchecks in the game settings. Rusty [glow=red]EXPOSED[/glow] as casual and probably picks the easiest difficulty as well. How will he ever recover?

I have always thought that developers should have granular game settings that focus on specifics so the player can tailor the game to their liking. Pathfinder had a good start on this approach, I wish more games would have expanded on this. That way, everyone could be happy.

Sometimes a game has nice features, but I wish I could turn some things off.

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it. I can't imagine playing Wiz 7 with all the cheats and convivence features they have default in games these days, it would have ruined the game. The fun was thinking about the game, coming back and trying different approaches, etc... Modern gaming sucks.

[rusty_shackleford]

Devs need to stop giving the player meta-information.

But you see, Iron Tower Studios always offers the option to hide the skillchecks in the game settings. Rusty [glow=red]EXPOSED[/glow] as casual and probably picks the easiest difficulty as well. How will he ever recover?

I have always thought that developers should have granular game settings that focus on specifics so the player can tailor the game to their liking. Pathfinder had a good start on this approach, I wish more games would have expanded on this. That way, everyone could be happy.

Sometimes a game has nice features, but I wish I could turn some things off.

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it. I can't imagine playing Wiz 7 with all the cheats and convivence features they have default in games these days, it would have ruined the game. The fun was thinking about the game, coming back and trying different approaches, etc... Modern gaming sucks.

Being able to turn off a feature does not stop the game from being designed around it.

[Vergil]

But you see, Iron Tower Studios always offers the option to hide the skillchecks in the game settings. Rusty [glow=red]EXPOSED[/glow] as casual and probably picks the easiest difficulty as well. How will he ever recover?

I have always thought that developers should have granular game settings that focus on specifics so the player can tailor the game to their liking. Pathfinder had a good start on this approach, I wish more games would have expanded on this. That way, everyone could be happy.

Sometimes a game has nice features, but I wish I could turn some things off.

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it. I can't imagine playing Wiz 7 with all the cheats and convivence features they have default in games these days, it would have ruined the game. The fun was thinking about the game, coming back and trying different approaches, etc... Modern gaming sucks.

Being able to turn off a feature does not stop the game from being designed around it.

It's the same sort of argument as people who tell you to just "not use" fast travel in Oblivion and then the Fighter's Guild makes you walk across the map to talk to one NPC and then report back before actually getting told where to go because it was designed around you being able to teleport.

[Xenich]

But you see, Iron Tower Studios always offers the option to hide the skillchecks in the game settings. Rusty [glow=red]EXPOSED[/glow] as casual and probably picks the easiest difficulty as well. How will he ever recover?

I have always thought that developers should have granular game settings that focus on specifics so the player can tailor the game to their liking. Pathfinder had a good start on this approach, I wish more games would have expanded on this. That way, everyone could be happy.

Sometimes a game has nice features, but I wish I could turn some things off.

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it. I can't imagine playing Wiz 7 with all the cheats and convivence features they have default in games these days, it would have ruined the game. The fun was thinking about the game, coming back and trying different approaches, etc... Modern gaming sucks.

Being able to turn off a feature does not stop the game from being designed around it.

Depends, Underail wasn't designed around it. It was added much later and the edition took away the having to know your way around which was extremely important in some areas.

My suggestion would be not to develop around the cheats as it has made the games easy, lazy, and bland.

Case in point, Lotro was initially designed around having to read the text and infer various hints, locations, and directions from the NPC's dialogue. Some of it was plain and simple, others were a bit more cryptic hinting at the information. This made the game appealing in that you had to read, pay attention and think about what the NPC was saying (much like EQ was).

Later, they added a bunch of bouncing balls, map pointers, etc... so the game turned into mindless chase the next flashing pointer (like WoW).

Being able to tailor this, turn it off would have been nice. That said, they would first have to design a new game with the former in mind, then... add all the stupid "cheat" crap for the inept. Put this option in the settings when starting a game and it gives the morons their cheats and allows people who want an actual game their way.

This way I don't have to play a game designed around ******** people.

[Xenich]

I have always thought that developers should have granular game settings that focus on specifics so the player can tailor the game to their liking. Pathfinder had a good start on this approach, I wish more games would have expanded on this. That way, everyone could be happy.

Sometimes a game has nice features, but I wish I could turn some things off.

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it. I can't imagine playing Wiz 7 with all the cheats and convivence features they have default in games these days, it would have ruined the game. The fun was thinking about the game, coming back and trying different approaches, etc... Modern gaming sucks.

Being able to turn off a feature does not stop the game from being designed around it.

It's the same sort of argument as people who tell you to just "not use" fast travel in Oblivion and then the Fighter's Guild makes you walk across the map to talk to one NPC and then report back before actually getting told where to go because it was designed around you being able to teleport.

Like I said, it goes without saying that you would not design around the ******** cheats. It only shows that the devs like the cheats because it is a lazy way to implement content.

[rusty_shackleford]

the lack of care about audio is very jarring when you play an old EAX game and it has vastly superior audio physics compared to any new game
would rather devs go back to caring about that than raytracing

how about you raytrace me some reverb ya tards

[rusty_shackleford]

Having two companions and you customize their AI is really cool.

Played Dragon Age?

Just remembered that Deadfire added this, I can't remember if it was in the first game or not(probably not?)
@Nooneatall


It's a feature I've seen praised a lot, surprised it's not more common.

[Roguey]

Just remembered that Deadfire added this, I can't remember if it was in the first game or not(probably not?)

It was patched in due to demand. Sawyer's initial preference was that people play the game themselves.

[rusty_shackleford]

Just remembered that Deadfire added this, I can't remember if it was in the first game or not(probably not?)

It was patched in due to demand. Sawyer's initial preference was that people play the game themselves.

A lot of people don't want to play RPGs as an RTS. Being able to give tactics to your allies is cool.

I just take over when the situation calls for it, otherwise I shouldn't need to tell them to do fairly basic things.

[Nooneatall]

Just remembered that Deadfire added this, I can't remember if it was in the first game or not(probably not?)

It was patched in due to demand. Sawyer's initial preference was that people play the game themselves.

A lot of people don't want to play RPGs as an RTS. Being able to give tactics to your allies is cool.

I just take over when the situation calls for it, otherwise I shouldn't need to tell them to do fairly basic things.

I don't like real time with pause at all unless it has this feature. I'm too fat and ******** to keep track of 4 people doing random spells and ****.
I'm turn based all the way.

Is deadfire good? I fell asleep playing poe.

[rusty_shackleford]

Is deadfire good?

no

[Roguey]

A lot of people don't want to play RPGs as an RTS. Being able to give tactics to your allies is cool.

I just take over when the situation calls for it, otherwise I shouldn't need to tell them to do fairly basic things.

In games with long-term strategic management I feel like letting the AI take over just puts me in a worse position than doing everything myself.

I don't like real time with pause at all unless it has this feature. I'm too fat and ******** to keep track of 4 people doing random spells and ****.
I'm turn based all the way.

Is deadfire good? I fell asleep playing poe.

Depends on your reasons for falling asleep. The gameplay is slightly different but ultimately more fun to play. If you were bored by the story, you wouldn't find this one more interesting.

[Hurtyy]

Runescape being ruined by pronoun freaks was not on my list. Today is a dark day

[Oyster Sauce]

Runescape being ruined by pronoun freaks was not on my list. Today is a dark day

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

[Hurtyy]

Runescape being ruined by pronoun freaks was not on my list. Today is a dark day

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

Yes but that is total levels of faggotry

[Vergil]

Runescape being ruined by pronoun freaks was not on my list. Today is a dark day

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

Yes but that is total levels of faggotry

They had a *** pride event like 5-6 years ago and told anyone annoyed by it to stop being chuds and to stop playing it's been trannycore for ages now.

[CSM-101]

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

Yes but that is total levels of faggotry

They had a *** pride event like 5-6 years ago and told anyone annoyed by it to stop being chuds and to stop playing it's been trannycore for ages now.

Always a great strategy, telling your customers to **** off.

[LemonDemonGirl]

Ok I guess I can say this here.
Almost every single Elf RPr I've interacted with has been a complete psychopath and/or act like teenagers. You're telling me that these skinny pointy eared ***** live for "thousands of years" and yet they act like the average Libtard? ********.

[rusty_shackleford]

Runescape being ruined by pronoun freaks was not on my list. Today is a dark day

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

OSRS has been fagged up for many moons now

Yes but that is total levels of faggotry

They had a *** pride event like 5-6 years ago and told anyone annoyed by it to stop being chuds and to stop playing it's been trannycore for ages now.

It's much different than a small event you could ignore, they forced pozz onto everyone and you can't disable it.

Of course, there was absolutely no vote on it like any other pozz change. It's the only thing they don't do votes on because they know it would always be no. Weird how that always happens in so-called 'democracies'

[Havitner]

I hated Underail putting in the map and wish it could have been a setting that locked on or off at the start of the game. I have enough self control not to tab out of a game and go online looking for hints, but when you get frustrated with something and it is simply hitting a button, well... I will be honest... it is hard not to do it.

I had a similar problem with a cheesy ability in some other game, which I 'solved' by unsetting the keybind.

Naturally, that won't work if there's also a map button in the GUI.

[Breathe]

For Black Myth Wukong.



I think we have a good game on our hands, boys.

[RayoSombrio]

For Black Myth Wukong.



I think we have a good game on our hands, boys.

That's a big yes on my book. **** these turds.

[rusty_shackleford]

I hate tutorials

[rusty_shackleford]

(just alt-f4'd out of alaloth because every single thing I did popped up a new tutorial)

[Yankee Zulu]

Korean KRAFTON is making its own life sim. Runs on UE5.

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/inzoi-t ... -at-launch

[Jordy]

Does anyone play Darktide? I played it for a while on release and it was fun but I was disappointed about how much content was still missing a year after release. I was also sick of the constant large 'patches'.

I just saw a trailer for what appears to be a new update or DLC tempting me to install it again.

[CSM-101]

Does anyone play Darktide? I played it for a while on release and it was fun but I was disappointed about how much content was still missing a year after release. I was also sick of the constant large 'patches'.

I just saw a trailer for what appears to be a new update or DLC tempting me to install it again.

Haven't played it since launch, really. It just felt more of the same with a cash shop pushed at the expense of everything else.

[Oyster Sauce]

One time this guy on YouTube I watched for WoW tanking advice was revealed to have been sucked off by a 12 year old girl and imprisoned for it before. He tearfully admitted it, shut down his channel and then tried to come back a few months later swearing that he wasn't going to let the haters get him down. Looks like it didn't last too long.

[Vergil]

One time this guy on YouTube I watched for WoW tanking advice was revealed to have been sucked off by a 12 year old girl and imprisoned for it before. He tearfully admitted it, shut down his channel and then tried to come back a few months later swearing that he wasn't going to let the haters get him down. Looks like it didn't last too long.

He should have made a twink (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking) build instead of going past level 17.

[Classix]

Does anyone play Darktide? I played it for a while on release and it was fun but I was disappointed about how much content was still missing a year after release. I was also sick of the constant large 'patches'.

I just saw a trailer for what appears to be a new update or DLC tempting me to install it again.

My brother and his 2 buddies played it, not sure when the last time they did though. They want me to pick it up, they need a Ogre/tank. Tempted to. Can get it for $26 at the moment.