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StoneyDcrew ,

Llama gets massacred via large glass planes

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WARNING: this will only work if you drive it with a PlayStation controller.

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“I heard the bassist of the famous band Dogstar is actually also a lesser known actor that starred in a few movies”

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Just as well, because cooking it will give you fire

StoneyDcrew , (edited )

I don’t think any of these are planets.

Though one interesting thing is that Ligma was actually the name of a company incorporated in England and Wales that provided IT consulting services.

It has the company number: 12243748. Google the company number and see for yourself.

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Also Google their sister company. Company number: 11933362

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“I’m a bit nervous with this being my first court case, so I hope you don’t mind that I’m a bit drunk”

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He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter.

He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter,

Early in the morning!

StoneyDcrew ,

“we wanted to improve player emersion by getting them to find the blue credit key card in real life”

StoneyDcrew ,

Seeing Tango go is actually hurtful. Hi-fi rush was a great IP and had the potential for a great sequel if given the chance.

(I feel they wrapped it up nicely but left it open enough for a sequel.)

I hope the employees can continue making great games elsewhere but it’s sad we will never see them develop the IP further.

StoneyDcrew , (edited )

I don’t like the idea of them being slid in there

Yeah, but you’re tolerating it. which is good enough for greedy publishers.

If you want it to stop, don’t buy it. It’s the only option. Otherwise you allow publishers to make your game experience worse for profit.

The reason people like me are disappointed it is selling well is that these anti-consumer practices are not a deal-breaker for most people thus it allows these practices to persist in the game market. That is hardly “nonsense” as you put it.

I’m sure I’ll get a lot of “tolerating” people commenting that these “can be easily ignored”, but I doubt I will get a single person that says their experience was enhanced by these microtransactions, which could have simply been a cheat code instead.

StoneyDcrew ,

Ah. The “I’ll just tolerate this until it gets worse” mindset. Never backfires!

Surely even you can admit that slipping this in on release was a scummy move.

It’s “theoretical” only because there is no non-monetised version. They could have created a cheat shop with the items for free. Even if you choose not to use them having that option means it is a better experience, so it would still be a “diminished experience”.

If someone can pay extra money to get a different game experience from you then the publishers have denied you the chance at that experience which is “diminished”.

This isn’t even mentioning the performance issues on lunch that would be tolerated because “surely they’ll fix it later!”.

Sure you don’t care. Many people don’t care. And surely someone is going to try and highlight this apathy as a virtue somehow. And so publishers get to continue experimenting with how to milk franchises for every dollar it can instead of making an optimal game experience, overall making the game industry worse.

StoneyDcrew ,

Apathy is worse than the whales.

Let’s do some theoretical scenarios for microtransactions:

-apathy with whales: “we need to ensure a good monetisation model to extract value from the whales, even if the normal players are missing out”

-apathy without whales: “let’s try adding microtransactions to extract more value per player, it won’t hurt our sales!”

-No apathy with whales: “no one is buying our game! And our whales have no one to play with! Are the whales even enough to fund this on its own? We got to undo the microtransactions soon!”

-No apathy no whales: “why did we even add microtransactions! Every business knows that only quality games and good marketing can help sales!”

A little hyberbolic but surely you see my point.

StoneyDcrew ,

I think klei may be my favourite studio. They create amazing games that are all truly unique but backed by strong game design concepts.

Mark of the ninja - great 2d stealth game were most games in the genre are 3d.

Invisible Inc - great turn-based Rougelike stealth game.

Don’t starve - probably one of the best survival games out there that relies on clever resource management rather than combat

Oxygen not included - a base building survival game, that is well designed to ramp up difficulty with the long term needs of your base

Griftlands - deck building game with a charming plot and interesting mechanics.

Each game they output is truly unique and interesting experience with some really clever design choices, but I think the point they became my favourite studio is when I read their article on Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic rewards to appreciate how well thought out their games were.

StoneyDcrew ,

I’d recommend “in stars and time”. It is a turn-based RPG with loveable characters. I think it is best played blind so I’m hesitant to tell you more, but if you like games like undertale then I think you would like it.

StoneyDcrew ,

Haha. Glad you enjoyed it. Really great game that I think deserves more attention.

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Dude is trying to sell a kitchen that only the protagonist from saints row would buy

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I think I’d scream, but my voice may be a little hoarse

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Uses °C: what an idiot haha

Still uses °C but adds 273 to it: wow he must be some kind of genius.

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