Games delitomatoes • 4 days ago • 86%

Back in the day, Asscreed 1-4 and Far Cry 2-3, there were constant improvements and innovations in level design, mechanics, graphics, cool shit to do basically. Recently the 2 "highly praised" Star Wars "open world" games essentially haven't moved the needle but are just Generic Game with a star wars skin 1. The new Open Worlds, firstly we have the Horizon Dawn killers, Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring. Exploration focused game design, unique mechanics include unrestricted interaction and massive dungeons hidden behind tiny doors. Honourable mention to Death Stranding where deep mechanics are overshadowed by top notch facial animation by famous actors 2. Hero shooters, not a fan, but probably huge improvements and gameplay mechanics in Apex, Overwatch, Fortnight, maybe someone could chime in 3. RPG, Baldurs Gate 3, an impressive step up from Witcher 3 where every choice is considered, voice acted, millions of lines of dialogue, every player thought predicted by the designers. 4 The indies - usually the place for innovation but recent indies are super polished for small teams, bug free, fully thought out, addictive game loop, Balatro, Tactical Breach Wizards, Animal Well,Thank you for Coming. In summary i think the industry is just spread out across more budgets, team sizes and countries now, no longer are the days when western Devs come up with fun or innovative AAA games, the focus more is on casual appeal and form over function

Games delitomatoes • 2 weeks ago • 94%

It seems the general direction the internet is going and I'm all for it

movies delitomatoes • 2 months ago • 80%

Earlier in the film, we are told that Worst Wolverine wore the Xmen uniform out of guilt and to remember his lost teammates, Deadpool jokes about it. In the finale, when Wolverine redeems himself, not only fighting to save the people in the void but also DPs universe, his chains (the suit) symbolically explodes showing that he is free of his guilt Also this is a pretty good way of tying in the mandatory shirtless scene in a somewhat meaningful way even if it doesnt seem so at first in a movie full of call outs

Games delitomatoes • 2 months ago • 80%

First hour of the game I googled "Aloy Talks too much" I just finished the Elden Ring DLC and the Tomb Raider remastered trilogy. These games are 30 years apart but share the same mostly quiet protagonists. Lara is alone, doesn't try to solve the puzzle for the player in the first 5 seconds, let's the player explore and figure things out and soak in the atmosphere. Aloy is as chatty as Nathan Drake but she's just muttering to herself in the wild, she even narrates her actions like an audiobook The constant hud and text over every in world item also ruins the immersion. Yes I get that you don't see items in Fromsoft games, you get that streak of light. But Horizon firstly hides the item in their busy environment design then forces you to press a button to prompt that streak of light, for immersion!

Movies delitomatoes • 2 months ago • 66%

I search for movies like Inside Man and posts recommended Heat. But there's pretty much just 2 robberies? In the bank scene, they wear masks but have their faces seen before they even put them on and just open the safe. Reviews also mention this as a heist movie. Is there a distinction between heist and robbery? I thought heists were like complex thefts that the people didn't even know that the money is gone

Ask Lemmy delitomatoes • 2 months ago • 95%

I just had an experience with a auto soap dispenser, sink, towels and dryer set in the same place in a public restroom, didn't have to walk to a shared dryer Plus if electric cars become the norm, the streets will be quiet for the first time since the industrial revolution

No Stupid Questions delitomatoes • 3 months ago • 88%

For example the living room is a middle square and the kitchen and bed rooms are not aligned but just smaller squares added to the sides

No Stupid Questions delitomatoes • 6 months ago • 92%

I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world. What led to you seeing or touching coal?

1. Recurring characters. Movies in general get away with this better than multi season shows with actors contracts and killing off a character early. Sean Bean humourously being killed off in LOTR and Game of Thrones. This also ties into later seasons when the writers were afraid to kill lead characters. Jack Reacher does well not bringing back 2 of the leads from season 1. Foundation is deathly afraid of this, having 6 characters that carry over season to season where in the books there are none. 2. Faithfulness to source material. For people who have not read the books, Dune part 2 does end with a white saviour story and includes holy war, religious imagery. The distance from 9/11 helps though the middle eastern conflicts don't. A few actions scenes and techy stuff is added and some ideas and scenes are moved around. The daringness to commit to the source material is amazing, weird worm bile, talking babies, drugs and hallucinations Foundation ignores this, having pacifist characters shoot at each other, adding pointless sex and action scenes that have no impact on the plot. The core premise abandoned very early on. It's like they wanted to make their own sci fi show but just slapped the name on it

Fantasy books, stories, ＆c delitomatoes • 7 months ago • 100%

Hi, I am on a driving trip and downloaded a recommended books, "Best Served Cold" and then the reviews say read the original trilogy first. After several hours of "The Blade Itself" there is no sense of a plot or where the characters are going, they are just meeting up. I understand that this is a common criticism of his early works. Should I finish the Blade Itself or go on to the sequel standalone novel? I got a bit of the sense of the world. Incidentally, I loved "Project Hail Mary" and started "Three Body Problem", but the pronunciation of the chinese names turned me off, so I'll read the book instead.

Ask Lemmy delitomatoes • 7 months ago • 45%

There's this Ben Stiller movie where he gets pushed to travel the world alone and find himself.

[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 87%

Am a civil engineer working in tech now. I never felt like engineering was magical, we studied materials and stresses and tested stuff and built things. While I know software engineers basically do the same things in a digital concept (hardware included) they are basically speaking arcane words that make the machine do things like conjure up images, transport information across the world at the speed of light. Maybe fantasy writers should write more infrastructure into their stories for their wizards, like undersea cables or satellites built by the generations before

Games delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 88%

4 top tier single player games developers tasked to build live service games. Naughty Dog hasn't released anything new, both sequels then silence. Suicide Squad kills the game studio. At least Arkane and Bioware are given chances to carry on with the next game. We could have had the next big WB superhero game or Wolverine. Prey 2? There's a higher chance of Amy Henning working on a Soul Reaver game than ND coming out with an original IP

Gaming delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 100%

Been playing mostly Marvel Snap and Match 3. Apparently Mihoyo have expansive games that take hours, but I haven't found one that is pick up and play for commuting. Which ones do you recommend?

Showerthoughts delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 74%

The internet used to be where you found the latest information. But it's old enough that you could easily find info on 10-20 year old articles that are out of date and irrelevant

Nintendo delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 90%

It's more of a percussion slap in totk though

Games delitomatoes • 8 months ago • 84%

I've never skipped a console gen starting from Super NES, PS1 through 4 plus the Switch Oled 5 years after launch of the OG Switch It seems like exclusives are rarer now with Sony and Xbox pushing games to PC and Nintendo spending resources on remasters. COVID made it incredibly difficult to own a PS5 and they have some disappointing exclusives as well What do you think? Any reason to own a PS5 or PS5 pro?

Ask Lemmy delitomatoes • 9 months ago • 100%

Or both? You're basically running electricity through silicon to control satellites, rockets and the cash register in a subway.

Games delitomatoes • 9 months ago • 84%

They had GRRM write Elden Ring. They can get Amy Henning to write SR before she retires It has Souls in the name already. Lords of the Fallen did the dual world thing A weakened hero taking on bosses who are literally gods? Worst case we get the Lies of P studio to do it

Games delitomatoes • 9 months ago • 21%

I haven't seen any trailers and things have changed in a decade and Ubisoft haven't made a universally acclaimed game in a long time. There's simply no expectations that this game will be good unlike the overhyped Day Before, Starfield, NMS and Cyberpunk 1 What if...

Games delitomatoes • 9 months ago • 87%

The stutter issues in Dead Space and bugs in JS. They are basically unplayable on PC right?

Games delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 93%

Usually known for their internal online and mobile games. In 2023 we get Dave the Diver and Lies of P which are non mobile single player games. Tangentially is 2023 chock full of great games because the pandemic held up the development of so many studios?

Games delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 88%

Currently running a Ryzen 2600 and AMD 6700XT, older cpu with mid tier gpu. This is my round up of 2023 gaming Installed Dead Space remake on gamepass, stutters everywhere, apparently not limited to older hardware. **Played Resident Evil 4 Remake** instead, fantastic reimagining of the original, super tight controls, darker tone, less annoying Ashley. Platinumed it on Steam. Remnant 2 went on sale, got it, textures were weirdly smeared, FPS was low, **Played Lies of P** instead running on UE4 instead of UE5, caught off guard by how good the combat, story and music was. Got Wo Long, felt like playing with glue, refunded, went for an older Team Ninja game** Final Fantasy Origin: Strangers of Paradise** not a fantastic game, but good for chilling with, pick up and play, run a few builds, crush chaos, felt the typical Team Ninja slow motion during busy fights. Wanted to play Jedi Survivor or Starfield, heard about PC problems, **played Like a Dragon: Man who Erased his Name** instead, small side story, essentially the penultimate chapter of Kiryu's story, nothing new was added, story was great. Hogwarts Legacy, ran terrible, boring gameplay. Hi Fi Rush, ran great, fun rhythm based combat. Cocoon, mild performance issues, but otherwise excellent puzzle game with mind bending twists. All in all, it seems that games built on older engines still looked comparable to new gen games, but ran better. I imagine that once developers get the hang of things, the performance may improve. Capcom is great at PC now and EA still sucks. Indie games greatly depended if studios knew how to scope their project and play to their strengths.

Buildapc delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 100%

Would I need a better mobo for the 7800x3d? More expensive ram?

Showerthoughts delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 96%

Much easier to reject bad CVs. On the other hand every job post is the same and you have to check Glassdoor and Crunchbase before applying to a potential bad company

Showerthoughts delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 95%

Playing through the latest Yazuka game about the death of the Yakuza, similar to the last of the outlaws in RDR2. You could just do an FTX and scapegoat 1 person, or be like WeWork and get rich losing money. Not to mention the hundreds of embezzling, politician lobbying companies out there or even the chaebols in Asia.

Buildapc delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 100%

The timing is either amazing or the electrical storm this afternoon fried something. I have the 2721dgf now it turns black for 2 seconds before resuming randomly. My other 4k dell monitor is fine Any solutions? Repair or black Friday?

Asklemmy delitomatoes • 10 months ago • 89%

This is difficult to explain. I can't figure out a rule of thumb for spending, the prices of things fluctuate so quickly it's confusing. Here are some examples 1) A house, prices are out of control, inventory is low, sellers are greedy. I'm feeling not only unable to afford it but finding lack of value in inflated prices 2) Computer parts. Relatively cheap compared to pandemic but more expensive than before but also much cheaper than 90s/00s, but still could be cheaper 3) TWS earbuds, completely different ball game from regular earbuds, disposable electronics. 4) Food. Nights out with drinks now sometimes cost me more than 2 & 3, but seem like just keeping up with inflation The prices range from 100,000s to 100s, but some are fleeting, some semi permanent, some last a long time. I also spend hours researching prices of parts and waiting for sales, but spending the same amount on social events in an instant

[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 92%

Rule of 2s sometimes happens known as the Baader Meinhof phenomenon. The latest episode of Loki had Tom Hiddleston impersonating an inflatable man for a visual gag This week's episode of Taskmaster a British game show (coincidentally a Marvel character), released on YouTube with a challenge and had mostly British cast dance like an inflatable man https://youtu.be/KG03TeDzkuk?si=1nNvNJNHUKm3q7KP

Games delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 91%

Just finished MFN, it had the same vibe, underlying horror as NFB, both focused on behind the scenes in television. Would be great if these 2 companies did references to each other the same way Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank did in the early days

Dad Jokes delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 92%

They are all de-lighted

Games delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 73%

RE Engine: Monster Hunter, REMakes, DMC. All run beautifully Idtech: Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are super optimised on low end hardware Then you have Unreal Engine 5 which needs top end hardware to run (Remnant 2, Lords of Fallen) and Gamebryo/Creation which still has bugs from Morrowind in Starfield. Not sure if related but City Skylines 2 needs several times $$ investment for slight improvements over Cities 1 on Unity Now a splash screen either makes me smile or cringe. Just wished everything ran RE engine

Patient Gamers delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 92%

FF Origin? Lies of P is still full price, Lords of Fallen has some bad reviews, Remnant 2 was good but badly optimised so I can't run it. Opening up Morrowind to try to replace Starfield or DOS 1 to replace Baldur's Gate 3

Science Fiction delitomatoes • 11 months ago • 94%

I think the Expanse and Cloud Atlas did it, are there any other good examples?