Nobody Cares: Gaming Edition

[Cristiano]

I was given a gift of a red panda pet in Black Desert Online, but for some dumb reason I thought it was a red fox, so I have a red panda pet named Foxy Knoxy.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Total War: Rome 2 is getting review-bombed on Steam because of women generals (Updated) | PC Gamer

Oh, ffs.

 

[Free]

Meet my new ex-girlfriend!

 

[Lianne Marten]

I'm super excited for Assassins Creed Odyssey.

If you're not, maybe this will help!

 

[Ghost Pepper]

One of the first abilities you can unlock in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the Spartan Kick. Made famous in the movie 300.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I wasn't sure whether this justified its own thread or not, so I'm posting it here:

Sims 4 Staffer Urges Fans To Stop 'Attacking/Insulting Our Dev Team' | Kotaku

I know we haven't all become self-entitled little shits who think game developers owe them something, but stuff like this puts a really dark stain on the community.

 

[Lianne Marten]

I finished Crosscode today at 57 hours and it is easily the best video game I have played this year. I'd put it up there with Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, and Secret of Mana even.

I don't know how they managed to give a silent protagonist a capital E Extroverted personality but they hit it out of the park with Lea. She's amazing, and it's all through facial expressions, body language, and interactions with other characters.

I love this game.

 

[WolfEyes]

I wasn't sure whether this justified its own thread or not, so I'm posting it here:

Sims 4 Staffer Urges Fans To Stop 'Attacking/Insulting Our Dev Team' | Kotaku

I know we haven't all become self-entitled little shits who think game developers owe them something, but stuff like this puts a really dark stain on the community.

There are times when the Sims devs do deserve to be reamed. To start with, they should not have lied to us about why some things haven't made it into the game when they should have been in the base game. The lies continue. They claim things can't be coded when we know damn good and well they can be. They say they can't do things because it can't be done. Bullshit. The real reason is upper management/board of directors refuse to fork out the wages for the work.

They need to stop the lies. They are NOT transparent. At all. And yes I do play. I have The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. And yes I still play all except the original. I still have all my discs though so if I ever do want to play I can. And I stopped posting on the Sims forum because I got sick of reading the lies.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

There are times when the Sims devs do deserve to be reamed. To start with, they should not have lied to us about why some things haven't made it into the game when they should have been in the base game. The lies continue. They claim things can't be coded when we know damn good and well they can be. They say they can't do things because it can't be done. Bullshit. The real reason is upper management/board of directors refuse to fork out the wages for the work.

They need to stop the lies. They are NOT transparent. At all. And yes I do play. I have The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. And yes I still play all except the original. I still have all my discs though so if I ever do want to play I can. And I stopped posting on the Sims forum because I got sick of reading the lies.

Honestly, I don't think it's the individual developers that are entirely to blame. It's all EA upper management, and has been for years. Could the devs have done a better job with game development? Probably. Can they do a better job with communication? Maybe, depending on how tight of a muzzle EA has on them. Do I wish EA as a whole would do a better job with communication and listening to their customers? Absolutely. That said, it doesn't justify the downright nastiness directed at them I've seen on the Sims forums.

 

[craz]

You're all getting this game right? Its on PC too dont mind the trailer.


It has a dedicated dance button.

 

[Cristiano]

It has a dedicated dance button.

I am so easy - that is all it takes for me.

 

[Lianne Marten]

Assassins Creed Odyssey is pretty cool so far. I love Kassandra, she is amazing.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

https://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135

It is still in the rumor stage. Do we have opinions about this? Is it a case of Goliath swallowing David? I imagine some might worry that Microsoft will eventually kill Obsidian if it doesn't get high sales, not to mention microtransactions. Then, there is if they put games on the Microsoft store, rather than Steam. I do not like that store one bit. I think it may be improving but still has a way to go.

On the other side of the coin, perhaps this will help Obsidian, giving them the deeper pockets that they need to develop their games and not have underrated/underappreciated games wipe them out financially. It could be really good for them, giving them a bit of freedom. Microsoft has been on a buying spree lately, likely to add to their pc development in gaming. That's great. I would like that very much as I don't use consoles.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This customer service specialist called a 73-year-old woman - what came next was amazing

 

[Cristiano]

https://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135

It is still in the rumor stage. Do we have opinions about this? Is it a case of Goliath swallowing David? I imagine some might worry that Microsoft will eventually kill Obsidian if it doesn't get high sales, not to mention microtransactions. Then, there is if they put games on the Microsoft store, rather than Steam. I do not like that store one bit. I think it may be improving but still has a way to go.

On the other side of the coin, perhaps this will help Obsidian, giving them the deeper pockets that they need to develop their games and not have underrated/underappreciated games wipe them out financially. It could be really good for them, giving them a bit of freedom. Microsoft has been on a buying spree lately, likely to add to their pc development in gaming. That's great. I would like that very much as I don't use consoles.

Microsoft is more on a buying spree to bulk up their Xbox exclusives, which have suffered this console generation compared to Sony. I don't think it's a bad acquisition. It's not Goliath swallowing David - consolidation is necessary in the game industry to survive.

 

[Lianne Marten]

I love Kassandra

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Caete]

 

[Free]