You hit the bottom.

What if it doesn’t need DLC? When the concept of DLC first came out, everyone complained that devs were just releasing unfinished games and that you were obligated to buy DLC to enjoy a full experience. Now people only buy games because they’re expecting DLC?

Unnecessarily cynical. The same series? Are Vice City, SA, and 4 considered bad games?

They’re not going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing a new game only to focus on GTAV online.

You don’t remember V’s launch? It was a massive success.

Overreaction much? GTA4 online granted didn’t even work, but V online is exactly how you want GTA online to behave, minus the load times. No one is forcing you to play online. You’ll easily get 100 hours just fucking around in single player.

You’re mad that the online component of GTAV had premium currency microtransactions? Just don’t buy them. Also, there are loads of single player mods for V, don’t know what you mean.

Bruh, I play V constantly. VI is looking a lot better. Most people didn’t play V on PS5 and Xbox Series, they played it on PS4 and Xbone.

What does PC piracy have to do with console sales?

That was almost 20 years ago.

I don’t think anyone with more than 5 braincells thought this was coming out on PS4 and Xbone.

Indie just means you don’t have a major publisher like EA, Nintendo, Activision, Ubisoft, etc.

I actually didn’t know this. Fuckin eh!

On one hand, thanks to the nonstop giveaways, I have way more games on Epic than I do on Steam, so I have a reason to continue using Epic.

On the other hand, Epic’s launcher runs like shit, constantly refreshes my library page, slow as hell, glitchy as hell, and makes me feel dirty when I use it.

Steam is just so cozy and is on the whole a much more enjoyable PC gaming experience. I imagine 95% of Epic users are people like me: sign in on Thursdays for the free game and then bounce.

Yes to all of that. In fact the synergies that you can pull off in GD make you feel godlike.

Android phones do not officially support anything except for the distro that came installed.

That being said, any android phone theoretically can run any android custom rom, as long as the CPU is compatible.

That’s the only take from Xbox players about this merger that I can get behind.

So not an ABK title then?

Grim Dawn absolutely smokes Diablo 3/4. The true successor to Diablo 2.

Anyone who still cares about CoD to the point where this is a concern is probably not an adult.

What intensive tasks are you performing on your phone?

Or get a pine phone and save $1000+

Either.

Both are programmed to harvest every single bit of information you input into it, including access other devices on your network if you use wifi.

Buy the one with the nicest camera I guess.

If you care about privacy, get a Pine phone.

I do look to be immersed in movies, and yes, massive actors are immersion breaking.

Tom Cruise, Idris Elba, Meryl Streep, Leonardo Dicaprio, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger (except Terminator 2), and Hugh Jackman. Can you actually watch these movies without thinking to yourself 99% of the time “wow, Tom Cruise looks cool af in that jacket”?

He didn’t. CDPR just knew that he had a lot of memes about how he’s a really nice and down to earth person, and they figured that that was the kind of good will they needed for their oft-delayed title that was earning them a lot of fury even before it launched.

Mark Hamill is an accomplished VA in his own right. It makes sense that he’d eventually be in games. No one really cares that he used to be Luke Skywalker.

Who starred in a 90s FMV game that was anywhere near as big as Keanu or Idris?

Ehhh. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Case in point: everyone loves Patrick Stewart. He played a small yet memorable role in Oblivion. No issues. Everyone loves Keanu Reeves, but as soon as CDPR wheeled him out to hype up CP2077 in 2019, I rolled my eyes because it was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the meme-able goodwill that Keanu had from all of the posts about him riding the subway and his wife dying and how he’s a genuinely nice person.

Idris Elba on the other hand, he’s a great actor, but he has the marketability of a tuna sandwich.

Put famous actors in games when it makes sense to do so. Otherwise it comes off as hacky and you run the risk of severely dating your game in 10 years. Idris Elba is just in too many things these days to take him seriously.

Now if only the Dark Souls wikis could do the same.

It also doesn’t feel at all like you’re looking at something in front of you. It still feels like you’ve got 2 TV’s strapped to your head.

I guess I’m old school and just play games with m&k or controller. DINOSAUR I am.

The gaming industry has a low barrier of entry?

$69 Billion.

Maybe they should sell some Xbox Series Xs first before thinking about next next gen.

Xbox games are on PC. Playstation games are on PC. Nintendo is Nintendo. If Microsoft ever bought out Nintendo, Nintendo would disappear, effectively making consoles obsolete. People will still buy consoles, but they would be pissing away their money.

Look at Enderal. A stand alone Skyrim mod that people (who’ve played it) rate much higher than Skyrim.

Cool! You know it’s just going to be an AI upscale job, so there will still be the amazingly terrible brokenness that Oblivion offered. Tying major skills to a 1-10 level up system seems to make sense initially, until you wanted to be a potion making wizard, and then it’s “OOPS! you made too many potions, now you’re not strong enough to fight a rat”. Also, Bethesda could have made the Skill Bonus you get on levelling up more balanced, as it forces you to literally not attack any more until levelling up. If you attack too much, you might level up your weapon ability (One Handed, 2 Handed, etc) beyond the points required to level up, in which case you just wasted extra Skill Bonus points by levelling up too much before sleeping. Exploration-wise though, Oblivion is a master class in open world design. It doesn’t overstay its welcome and every corner of the map is a joy to visit.

Yeah, we optimized. We didn’t do it well, but it happened!

Who do you want shaping your console gaming experience? Sony or Amazon?

Gamers don’t know what they want half the time. On one hand, posts like these seem to elicit the idea that gamers are united against predatory, bad publisher fuckery. But we aren’t. Activision Blizzard still make the most money in the entire industry shitting out garbage. People line up in droves to play the latest Assassins Creed. And mobile games have never been more popular. Many people play games simply because it’s in front of their face, not because they understand the nuances of game design or have any investment in the industry itself.

Anyone else just getting to a point where, given the writing on the wall, they feel gaming sort of already peaked? Amazon gaming? Netflix gaming? Apple? Yeah. No thanks. None of those companies are game companies. All of their offerings are going to be excessively monetized. All of it is going to be about data gathering instead of engaging fun games. It’s going to be AI driven. Yuck. Good thing I still have Final Fantasy X and Metal Gear Solid 3 to play.

Celeste. It’s tough as nails, but it’s so rewarding and the story is…gah!