What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?
For consistency sake, let’s say that any game that’s >or=7/10 at what it’s trying to do while having a popular perception of being a
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games (kotaku.com)
Elden Ring Challenge: Margit as Bandit Starter Class (Parrying with Buckler) (www.youtube.com)
If parrying hasn’t clicked for you I highly recommend trying this out. The buckler is way easier to use than it seems.
Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell settle Donkey Kong score case before trial (arstechnica.com)
For the uninitiated
What games do you think are unfairly snubbed when talking about the best games of all time?
When talking about the best games of all time people generally mention Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario 64, Halo 3, The Last of Us, Nier Automata, etc. , but dismiss other great games....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th
What are you all playing? I’ve been playing a ton of Mario world ROM hacks. I beat super nothing world. Now I’m playing some hacks by the jump team
AGDQ 2024 starts in less than two hours (gamesdonequick.com)
Who else is hyped for the event, and what runs are you looking forward to?...
Why iron sights in video games suck (medium.com)
Factorio Friday Facts #393 - Putting things on top of other things (factorio.com)
And the Factorio devs just continue to add more quality of life and interest to the game mechanics....
Capcom adds new DRM to old PC games, raising worries over mods (www.polygon.com)
Not only that, but Capcom seems to be adding this Enigma Protector bullshit to their back catalog as well, if this Steam forum discussion is to be believed. Bet this borks the games on Linux and Steam Deck now.
Sony gives Gran Turismo Sport the boot | This Week in Business (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Once the servers for Gran Turismo Sport go down, you won’t even be able to save your progress in the single player, either. There is no reason for single player stuff to be always online.
What difficult games/game challenges did you give up on?
Be it a game that’s difficult in its entirety, or a particular challenge in a game that you just couldn’t complete....
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age Rise at Last on Nintendo Switch Online - IGN (www.ign.com)
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Review Thread
Game Information...
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Will Have a Character Voiced by Text-to-Speech at Launch - IGN (www.ign.com)
10 Days Into 2024 And 2300+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced (kotaku.com)
Mostly from Unity: 1800 through the end of March.
Valve: Most games made with AI tools are now welcome on Steam (arstechnica.com)
Well shit…
5+ man group games
Hi everyone, I have a group of friends (we are 5 in total) and we’re looking for some new games....
Tekken 8 - “Story So Far” with Brian Cox (www.youtube.com)
I am loving the absurdity of Manhunter’s Brian Cox explaining who’s throwing who into volcano....
Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game (kotaku.com)
Exclusive-Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in ‘company reset’ continuation (www.yahoo.com)
By Anna Tong...
Netflix is reportedly exploring adding in-game ads to its gaming service (www.videogameschronicle.com)
NVIDIA reveal Half-Life 2 RTX, plus GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series GPUs (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Much like AMD did today for CES 2024, much of NVIDIA's event was also all about AI but there's a few bits in there for normal consumers like the announcement of Half-Life 2 RTX, plus GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series GPUs.
if i had a nickel for every time...
…a late 2000s futuristic FPS game (with dubious status as an FPS) introducing never-before-seen movement mechanics that are used to their fullest potential featuring an athletic but non-sexualized female protagonist, had a radio-friendly song titled “Still Alive” playing over the end credits, i’d have two nickels. which...