Random Video Game Crap

GasBandit

GasBandit

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Sons of the forest is fun as far as survival horror goes, but it is extremely buggy, just like the first game. It's 50/50 on whether I have to reset my dedicated server just to harvest crops from planters or be able to relight a fire.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Having to reset your server in order to accomplish the simplest of tasks DOES rather sound like survival horror. Kind of like those old "games" where the winning objective was just to get the disk to mount.

--Patrick
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Holy shit. Someone made a demake of King's Quest 6, making it look like something more from the AGI era of Sierra, their earliest work.

It's a sight to be hold, honestly. I didn't even know it was being made. Apparently it took him 18 years to complete.

You can download it here.

The creator also made a let's play on his YouTube channel, going through the game and some of his design commentary.

 
Far

Far

Concord to shut down after 2 weeks released.
blog.playstation.com

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com

I dunno where this thing came from. I'm pretty big on Sony and following their releases and I only found out about it from the launch trailer two months ago. By all accounts it wasn't a bad game just uninspired and even from those launch trailers I knew it'd never survive. I don't think anyone expected a two week release window though.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Far said:
Concord to shut down after 2 weeks released.
blog.playstation.com

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com

I dunno where this thing came from. I'm pretty big on Sony and following their releases and I only found out about it from the launch trailer two months ago. By all accounts it wasn't a bad game just uninspired and even from those launch trailers I knew it'd never survive. I don't think anyone expected a two week release window though.
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Two weeks? Jeebus.

Somebody saw the writing on the wall and dove immediately for the "tax writeoff" button.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

The chickens are coming home to roost for live service games. The population of people who play games just don't have enough time to commit to more than 1 such game, the ones already playing those games have already decided which one they want to play (it's either Fortnite, Overwatch, Warframe, League of Legends, or an MMO), and all of those investments were wasted. Now we got hundreds of game companies about to go under and it's the fault of investment pressure like it always is.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

AshburnerX said:
The population of people who play games just don't have enough time to commit to more than 1 such game, the ones already playing those games have already decided which one they want to play (it's either Fortnite, Overwatch, Warframe, League of Legends, or an MMO), and all of those investments were wasted.
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I know I've said this before -- I absolutely do have the time (and desire!) to play multiple games BUT not when each and every one of them has felt the need to add in some kind of "Our game requires that you daily perform some kind of bullshit task that takes an hour or two and therefore completely coincidentally prevents you from playing any other game(s)." Because make no mistake, that is exactly what they are doing--attempting to monopolize my play time and/or spending to the point where the other games I no longer play will shrivel and die due to lack of support as surely as if they were all trees trying to spread their leaves wide/fast enough to choke off the sunlight to the plants smaller than them.

--Patrick
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Also, comment I saw on Reddit:


OK so here's the plan:
  1. Start posting about how it's actually a misunderstood gem and how sad you're going to be to see it gone.
  2. Tons of memes and fanart of the characters. Demonstrate that they're beloved, but in a confusing irony-poisoned kind of way.
  3. Create a petition to have to re-released with tens of thousands of signatures.
  4. Sony triumphantly rereleases the game.
  5. Nobody buys it.
 
ncts_dodge_man

ncts_dodge_man

bhamv3 said:
As I've grown older, my interest in online games has shrunk, and my interest in single-player games I can play in my own time and at my own pace has only grown.
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20 years ago, when I was in my 20's, I had time to spend hours playing games daily, even when working - all I had to do was cook dinner, eat, and then go to bed and be okay with less sleep.

Now I'm in my 40's, married, have pets, and have a teenaged son, all I have time for are single player games that I can pause or end at any point anymore - the pause and or end at any point are the biggest things. Sure, there might be certain things I can't stop immediately (ex - I play 7 Days to Die and if I exit the game during "horde night," it will restart the next time I log in - but that period is usually a fraction of an hour), but the moment I can pause and/or exit, I do.

My teenaged son, however, plays online multiplayer games and it's always "I'm in the middle of a game" and "I can't pause"
 
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ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

This is more of a first world whine, but gaming specific.

Astro Bot recently came out for PS5. I LOVED Astro's Playroom. On the surface, it was a free tech demo showcasing the PS5 and the new controller's features, But it turned out to be an incredibly charming, and mildly challenging collect-a-thon 3D platformer.

Astro Bot is basically that, but as a full game.

And I can't afford to buy it right now. :(
 
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ThatNickGuy

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figmentPez

figmentPez

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Ongoing OLED burn-in testing for Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck


I think the most interesting thing about the testing is that the Steam Deck's battery failed after just 10 months of being continuously plugged-in. (Though a similar test by another YouTuber did not show any battery problems.)
 
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figmentPez

figmentPez

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This seemed like it should amuse somebody: Dystopika is a sci-fi dystopia city builder. Not really a game or sim, since it's cosmetic only, but if you're into the idea of making a custom smog covered, loglo lit, flying car, cityscape, then this might be for you.

 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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TIL that the Archipelago Randomizer exists. It's a "multi-world, multi-game randomizer", meaning that it doesn't just shuffle the item locations for one game, it shuffles them across multiple games, for multiple players. I'm not sure on how many games can be shuffled at once, but there's ~65 games it can use, and it supports up to 30 players.

I learned about this from a streamer/YouTuber I follow who recently started a single-player 10 game archipelago. Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Ocarina of Time, Hollow Knight, Subnautica, Stardew Valley, Minecraft, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Zelda: Links Awakening, and Pokemon Emerald.

 
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