BudgetBandit

@BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a third of developers think generative AI is a negative for the games industry, says new survey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you put someone with no experience in game design in charge of making this, it will just be another boring generic city or forest. I don’t want the city to look like something I’ve seen before - I want a cool experience. Minecraft and games like these only work because they are sandbox games in the first place and open world in the second. And they also don’t use AI but rather an algorithm and a seed to calculate the worlds.

  Xenoblade, Zelda, the Witcher, GTA - they all have handcrafted worlds. Every tree is placed with meaning, every hill used to keep you wondering what you’ll find next, every quest fleshing out to the game‘s world and its characters.

  But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt if you show me a single game where AI made something better, heck, it only has to be somewhat acceptable, than a simple seed based algorithm could have done it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost a third of developers think generative AI is a negative for the games industry, says new survey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, ironically, the best use is useless NPCs. Use Generative-AI to make the crowd look huge and unique and not copy-pasted. But don’t use it for anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dino Crisis-esque horror Code Violet won't be coming to PC because the risk of "vulgar" mods isn't worth the "extra money"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But all the bought assets look good!

  Could be playing Sir Whoopass instead tho. Better experience for PC gamers www.gog.com/de/game/sir_whoopass_immortal_death

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marvel Rivals patch makes Hulk less hulky, Hawkeye less shooty and the Goddess of Death deader, just in time for Season 1⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Buffs > Nerfs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elden Ring: Nightreign will support singleplayer, but it might not reward it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy creator's artful RPG Fantasian Neo Dimension launches on PC today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I played it on Apple Arcade. It’s a good game!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex-Blizzard Boss Wanted To Cut Down On Microtransactions In Diablo IV And Beyond⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think no one of those who game themselves wanted them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Total War Warhammer 3 teases new content this month, and a hotfix ensures goblins will now get dismembered correctly⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ensures goblins will now get dismembered correctly

  This isn’t something I thought I’d ever be reading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: 82% of US gamers made an in-game purchase in freemium titles in 2023⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The question is: does “ad-free” or “purchase the whole game” affect this percentage? Because there’s games, like Super Mario Run, where you get the whole game downloaded, but World 1 is the demo and after that there’s an in-game purchase for the full game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The creator of a game about eternal punishment and frustration is tired of playtesting it⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking “wasn’t that the Oediphean task?”

  I mean, isn’t it a motherfucking job?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gang Beasts-meets-Stardew Valley farming game Southfield delays release date three days before launch to look after devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Erm… a game that’s 3 days to release should be finished, no?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Croakoloco is not an idle game, because simply being around frogs is a powerfully worthwhile activity⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only n a Wednesday, my dude

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palestinian Relief Bundle includes indie classics (and hundreds more) for just $8⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea most of those games are shitty dating sims. A short hike is definitely the gem of this bundle, costing $8 in steam by itself. If you don’t own that I can recommend getting this bundle, if not, skip it