InquisitiveApathy

@InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m fascinated by this open-world delivery game that sounds like Death Stranding on a horse in 13th-century Mongolia, with “unparalleled equine realism”⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  unparalleled equine realism

  This is going to be the Red Dead realistic horse testicle thing all over again isn’t it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Embracer will split into three companies, including Middle-earth & Friends⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those companies are: Asmodee Group, which comprises Embracer’s tabletop games biz; Coffee Stain & Friends, an evolution of the existing Coffee Stain publisher, who will pursue “a dual focus on indie and A/AA premium and free-to-play games for PC/console and mobile”; and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends, “a creative powerhouse in AAA game development and publishing for PC and console, as well as the stewards of The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider intellectual properties, among many others”.

  Besides, I’m not sure how much of this is Embracer “breaking up” versus Embracer moving the pieces around. Even as Embracer trisect themselves, the investment firm run by CEO and cofounder Lars Wingefors will keep their current holdings within the group - “approximately 20% of capital and 40% of votes” – and will form “a new long-term ownership structure” so as to “remain a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner of all three entities."

  • The entities will have sufficient scale, coupled with clearer operational strategies and financial profiles that enable simplified equity stories to attract a larger pool of investors. Current shareholders can freely decide on their capital allocation between the three entities.

  • Each entity will be able to fully utilize its own balance sheet, its own set of financial targets and optimal financing structure and capital allocation strategy that enable their growth ambitions.

  Tldr: Embracer is breaking into three sub-companies each with a focus on specific parts of the industry - indie, A/AA, AAA. Smaller games won’t be punished for poor performance and management of larger projects because of separate balance sheets(allegedly). Leadership is still basically the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify now has music videos⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  😬

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missing comments⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The original reply to this chain is coming from a Lemmy.world instance, like you. I’d imagine it’s not anything coming from the instance-level. Do you have anything specific set up in your blacklists?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missing comments⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same for me on Jerboa. 5 comments listed, all shown to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most "simulation" games aren't simulators⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree completely and generally describe it as a single-player MMO experience. It does a great job of incorporating the FF storytelling into an MMO environment and I personally love it. I haven’t played since they massively condensed the ARR content a few years back.

  At the end of the day though, an MMO and a traditional RPG play very very differently and attract a very different audience so I usually give it an asterisk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most "simulation" games aren't simulators⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The newer games still have the same general story elements and themes that were characteristic of the entries you’re used to, but the combat is more like an action RPG. The sky pirate one is FF12(my personal favorite one) and Lightnings entries are FF13. Since 14 is an MMO you’ve really only missed two main-series games.

  I’m waiting on the latest entry, FF16, to be released on PC so I’m no authority, but from streams I’ve watched the combat is pretty similar looking to the Devil May Cry series.