I might be missing the point, but doesn't MS and ALS exist everywhere in the world?
It's just tribalism. This is ingrained in us. Our group good. Other group bad. It's survival.
Doesn't make it right. Or logical. Best we can do is check ourselves when we have these thoughts or perform these actions. And to call out others who do it.
You should have replied to OP, but yeah, I agree
Saying a video is paywalled isn't whinging, but hey, you do you
It's reasonable to assume people here are familiar with Not Just Bikes
You know, there are feeds which just show popular posts. Most of the communities in this feed people would be unfamiliar with if they browsed all/popular.
What happened to 1? Did spez nuke it?
I've been using Power Toys to get some of that sweet stuff back. You can install it without admin access so it even works on clamped down corporate hardware.
Basically you can set up a quick switcher (Command Palette) and you can type to search, and use parameters to quickly only find a certain thing (app, file, folder), or just run a command or run math without using the calculator.
Again, it's not a 2D game. The gameplay moves in 2D, but it's rendered in 3D. Technically we call this 2.5D.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D
So the whole premise you're basing this on is false. And don't compare a 30y old PS1 game to modern gaming lol. I get you're nostalgic but the industry has changed.
10xx is still not a lower-end PC
1060 is certainly low end, which is the card you mentioned. 1080 (ti) might still be considered higher end, but the 1060 has been called low end years ago.
No, it isn't. The gameplay is tied to two dimensions and it lets devs leave out everything but a thin line of scenery that serves the 2d perspective.
What? That doesn't make the models of the character and scenery any less 3D. Are we looking at the same game?
And Sunset Overdrive is 11 yo, yep, and it's a full 3d game with similar gfxs where you can actually navigate these three dimensions hopping through it's map.
I don't get what you're trying to say. Yes, an 11 year old game performs fine on 10 year old hardware. What does this have to do with an unreleased, unoptimised, modern game?
~~Font Awesome is currently experiencing an outage, so many webpages will have a broken UI or even broken functionality if there was any tied to icons (ask me how I know)~~
It has been fixed. Back to work!
Figured I'd make a meme too:
You might remember this post where I asked about how sorting by "Hot" gives you a lot of new posts that were posted in quick succession, making it look like "New".
I was recommend by a few to use "Scaled", so recently I did. Except this felt even worse: I saw new posts that were posted in succession with 0 upvotes, one having 1 upvote.
Isn't this weird? Or am I doing it wrong?
Not sure if this fits here, feel free to remove if not.
I'm sure the algorithm must be working as intended, but I always see a lot of rapid-fire posts under each other when browsing "Hot". Is this normal or am I missing a setting?
place is "Happy Italy", some restaurant chain
edit: funny thing is, I was already subscribed to the newsletter, it's how I got here in the first place. Unsubscribed now though.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26669376
Ooh boy, a sim/management game! I have a weakness for these types of games dating back to the good days of RCT, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, and so on.
So this looks and plays much like the Two Point games, in where you create rooms in your hotel, fill it up with props, assign some staff and have them at it. The interesting part here is that instead of immediately building the necessary rooms and placing the props, you actually have to call for construction workers to come and execute the job for you.
This approach adds a fun layer to expanding your hotel or building some props, as you actually have to plan construction jobs with the workers being paid by the hour. Calling in 2 workers is free, but if you call in larger groups, there's an upfront cost making expanding and renovating a more challenging (and also fulfilling) element of the game. It also makes it a bit more realistic, as you can't just magically make walls, flooring and wallpaper appear out of thin air. You really have to wait until some worker finishes it for you.
You can fill your hotel with restaurants, kitchens, gyms, communal bathrooms and of course bedrooms, and the amount of customization (especially for a demo) is quite insane. There's so many options to decorating and placing props that you can really make every hotel a unique place. Really cool for those who like to get creative.
As for criticisms, I will admit the game is a bit slow-paced, but at least you can fast forward time to make up for this. Also sometimes you don't really have a good grasp of what's working and what's not; so you just gotta trial & error sometimes to figure out if you're actually doing well. Also, the NPCs' visual design is somewhat of a sore thumb. They are kinda just eggs with a head, and it distracted me from an otherwise pleasant experience.
Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1602000/Hotel_Architect/
Website: https://hotelarchitectgame.com/
Ooh boy, a sim/management game! I have a weakness for these types of games dating back to the good days of RCT, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, and so on.
So this looks and plays much like the Two Point games, in where you create rooms in your hotel, fill it up with props, assign some staff and have them at it. The interesting part here is that instead of immediately building the necessary rooms and placing the props, you actually have to call for construction workers to come and execute the job for you.
This approach adds a fun layer to expanding your hotel or building some props, as you actually have to plan construction jobs with the workers being paid by the hour. Calling in 2 workers is free, but if you call in larger groups, there's an upfront cost making expanding and renovating a more challenging (and also fulfilling) element of the game. It also makes it a bit more realistic, as you can't just magically make walls, flooring and wallpaper appear out of thin air. You really have to wait until some worker finishes it for you.
You can fill your hotel with restaurants, kitchens, gyms, communal bathrooms and of course bedrooms, and the amount of customization (especially for a demo) is quite insane. There's so many options to decorating and placing props that you can really make every hotel a unique place. Really cool for those who like to get creative.
As for criticisms, I will admit the game is a bit slow-paced, but at least you can fast forward time to make up for this. Also sometimes you don't really have a good grasp of what's working and what's not; so you just gotta trial & error sometimes to figure out if you're actually doing well. Also, the NPCs' visual design is somewhat of a sore thumb. They are kinda just eggs with a head, and it distracted me from an otherwise pleasant experience.
Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1602000/Hotel_Architect/
Website: https://hotelarchitectgame.com/
The opening cinematic did a nice job of setting the tone of the game. It's the summer of 1980 in Texas, and you're in charge of a pair of survivors trying to make it through a zombie apocalypse. Your goal is to manage your safe house, scavenge for supplies and complete "leads" quests which seem mostly to be environmental storytelling moments. The gameplay alternates between day and night, where you queue up tasks for your survivors to perform.
Scavenging is a key part of the game, and while it's engaging, it can feel a bit limiting. For example, I was specifically hunting for cloth to build a medical station, but I kept coming up empty. Because of this all my survivors were low health and I had no way of actually healing them.
The reason they were low health is because the combat is not very enjoyable or interesting. You can sneak up on a zombie and insta-kill (insta-re-kill?) them but if you're facing one, you just hit 'm a few times until they are down, while they get some hits on you. Weapons would also break way too soon, so you're constantly at risk of having no weapon. Some balancing is definitely required, still.
Back at the shelter, you tend to your characters by cooking meals, repairing barricades, and giving them time to rest and relax. All to make sure they are healthy and sane enough to go on another scavenge run and keep on surviving.
The game heavily reminds me of This War of Mine, which is a game where you have to survive in a war-torn environment, both in mechanics, UI and general vibes. Into the Dead is a bit more combat heavy and it doesn't have the same emotional impact. (Sidenote: if you've never played TWoM, go pick it up. Games are art, and TWoM is one of those).
Where it is different is mostly the combat and exploration mechanics, and I am unsure if those differences are actually interesting enough to keep playing. All things considered, it mostly just made me want to play This War of Mine again.
Music while reading: https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wanderstop
I didn't have much time playing everything last week, so I'm slowly working my way through and sharing my thoughts.
I have to admit, with Davey Wreden (the mind behind The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide) directing Wanderstop and C418 (of Minecraft fame) handling the music, my expectations were sky-high for this demo.
The opening cutscene didn't blow me away, but the story quickly got real as it delved into the struggle of pushing through despite your health and sanity. I won't spoil everything, but the theme of burnout was a constant presence throughout the demo. Upon meeting Boro, you agree to help out with his tea shop until you are ready to pursue your life goals again.
The central gameplay loop is about making tea for customers. You gather tea leaves, dry them, grow fruits and other plants in the tea shop garden and then infuse the tea with a quirky machine that adds to the whimsical vibes. It's all very cute and visually appealing, with some interesting grid-based mechanics for growing specific types of plants based on how you plant them.
The story could have benefited from more voice acting, but perhaps this is different in the full game. There was a tiny bit of VA present and this really enhanced the experience for me. And of course, this is what I was used to with The Stanley Parable.
All in all, it was short and had more dialogue than gameplay, but for once I did not mind this. This game releases in 4 days (11th of March 2025) and I can't wait to see reviews of the full experience.
Demo trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9c4TJhAyw
Statement is from https://xcancel.com/OriginalFunko/status/1866255848366039468#m
From: https://xcancel.com/BrandShieldltd/status/1866161489528180988#m
Edit, bonus panel! What scum.
If you hit "next", the consent window opens again and if you refuse any of them, you get put back at this screen so you're stuck in a loop.
This shitty practice is even endorsed by Google, as they are promoting this game to try out and earn points.
Edit: game is called Jewel Gold Empire: Match 3 and it's from some Korean company it seems: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.penta.empire.google
Obviously I uninstalled it immediately after
Won't work in many other parts of the world, where there are actual street names instead of boring stuff like 15th and 17th