Gaming · Takes

I@incukai.uk8 Oct 06:23 UTC

I find it amazing how Ace Combat manages to make playing the game feel like hype moments and aura, but then is staggeringly up-front with it's anti-war messaging, to the point that it feels pretty bad to read the after action reports. Some of the radio dialogue in the game is genuinely horrifying.

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R@ROllerozxa@hachyderm.io7 Oct 22:26 UTC

J2ME is such a fascinating gaming platform looking back upon it. You target a pathetically limited version of the JVM, and your JAR size was limited to 64kb if you wanted maximum compatibility, some of that being taken up by ad middleware. You then had a rich ecosystem of app portals rather than an app store monoculture where users found games to download (data charges may apply). Then you somehow had advertisers willing to pay money to put up a little bit of text in front of players, to the point where you could get paid a non-insignificant amount of money for putting that in your app.

A@akabaka.bsky.social8 Oct 04:51 UTC

Some inside basball for people who like statistics Date to Die For was 94% positive on steam by ~2 to 3 weeks after launch. And it stayed there for two. years. That 94% has haunted me like the Tell Tale Heart. I know its just a label for a 1% increase, but feels good, man. Feels good.

A@aran@localization.cafe8 Oct 01:36 UTC

Interesting point I heard in an interview with a voice actor. He mentioned his work is not that hard in the moment because he has 25 years of experience and knows exactly what the writers want from him. He navigates it through his deep understanding of shows, writers and audiences. I feel that maps out beautifully to game translation. People always focus on characters and puns and funny accents. Which are important but fall inside a larger meta level of knowing what the real intention behind those words. Which -say- tells you how a large character in a narrative game has a lot of leeway for characterization, while a quip from an NPC in a tutorial should stay light and UI should be as unobtrusive as possible. I'm here to serve the game.

D@doglovesburger.bsky.social8 Oct 07:07 UTC

one of my favourite things about majoras mask is that you have try to save a dying guy and fail. this shows you one of the saddest sequences in the game his final message is to write down his song on his grave. and when you do bury him and make a gravestone. the song turns out to be a tutorial.

R@realracingroots.bsky.social7 Oct 19:31 UTC

The rug pull that was done to early adopters of Assetto Corsa Evo was heart breaking. Kunos got terrified at the notion they were making a Video Game that might upset their hardcore base and folded, when they already have so many options on the market. powerhouse-takahashi.ghost.io/assetto-cors...

S@swisslet@mas.to7 Oct 21:34 UTC

Witcher 3 *is* my cup of tea. I bought it in about 2015 and never really got into it, but I’m all in now. All those people who listened to me rattling on about Skyrim did tell me. Well, I got there in the end. Even the few quests I did before feel different as I’ve actually paid attention this time. Huh.

H@hunterking@heads.social7 Oct 04:58 UTC

When I think about it, I think the only post-Lucasarts Star Wars game I enjoyed was Squadrons. And it was flawed, but it was cool in VR and it touched on Nostalgia for the older space fighter sims.

One of my favorite bits of AC: Shadows is how Naoe can be on her way to go murder a bunch of unruly ronin but will stop to make a painting of some bunnies. Like, “I may be a killer but I’m not heartless!” #Gaming #AsassinsCreed

P@paravant.myatproto.social8 Oct 01:39 UTC

While we sometimes joke about the Scion A-team's lack of diversity, I don't think this should distract from the fact that the Scions as a whole are intentionally diverse and Minfilia's finale speech touches upon it, and what that all says for the themes of the game.

G@gothcasual.bsky.social8 Oct 08:04 UTC

Video games have always been luxury items. I would maybe get a full price game or two for birthdays and christmas but it was rentals and the bargain bins for the rest of the year. Never mind the cost of the hardware needed to play them.

T@Taskerland@dice.camp7 Oct 07:42 UTC

Like, I found a copy of the Goodman Games archival reissue of Temple of Elemental Evil and it's clear that they have *no idea* what it is they're doing. It's mostly a cleaned up re-issue of the original module with an uninspired 5e adaptation hanging out the back. Then it's some undigested archival material and then some interviews, but does it involve anyone who actually worked on the project at the time? No. The closest is an interview with one of the artists but it's about their career

M@mattbodega.bsky.social8 Oct 02:19 UTC

Silent Hill 2 & 3 often get held up as some of the best looking games ever made for the PS2, but I don’t think I appreciated what an incredible looking game Silent Hill 1 was. Frame rate issues aside, that game is a PS1 stunner.

S@sloanelysbeth.northsky.social8 Oct 07:46 UTC

this is how i feel about hogwarts legacy. that game is only 3 years old. transphobes will say 'it has sold 5 million copies!' or whatever but i've never seen that game not being massively reduced in price. not that hard to sell x million copies when you've basically been giving it away for 3 years.