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[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 4 points 9 months ago

He's not talking about Larian, he's talking aboutbthe actual D&D team at Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast. Hasbro got a new CEO last year and the way they've been operating certain business units like WotC has changed dramatically, coupled with massive layoffs across many Hasbro subsidiaries. All he's saying is the DnD team at WotC now is completely different to the one that Larian knew as they developed BG3.

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having never watched star trek:

Jokey answer: recess but they have access to deadly weaponry and only the strongest will make it to maths class.

Serious answer: I presume this is some kind of proof-by-combat scenario? A local culture demands the protagonists fight one of their own in some cactus-pugilism jungle-gym arena in order to prove their worth, and only then will they grant them whatever boon they asked of these people?

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

That picture gives me major Scarif vibes

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

At this price point, I'd probably recommend either the Samsung Galaxy A23 or A14, or the Nokia G60 or G42.

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

I honestly did not like BDSP's art style. It somewhat had that same "toyish" vibe, but I feel like it didn't suit that game anywhere near as much as it did Link's Awakening, nevermind that it lacked a lot of the visual polish LA HD had. I get that it was meant to be the proportions of the original sprites but in 3D, but if they wanted to remain faithful to the original pixel art, I think an octopath-like visual style could have been an interesting route to take.

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm still not 100% sure if I like the art style. I do think it looks cute and it is very polished (in more ways than one). I would've liked to see something perhaps a little bit closer to the photographs taken throughout the game. Other than the visuals, there was just a lot of expression in Link's face in those photographs, and the style we got makes the characters feel a little bit rigid.

That said, the game will always be quite special to me, so no matter what the graphics, just visiting Koholint island is such a good vibe. A fun and concise game, no more and no less than is necessary to make for a memorable adventure and a perfect setting.

I hope we get new 2D adventures that share this kind of spirit of Zelda that the 3D games are just too big to capture.

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Well, with how candidly we often throw it around, we certainly do treat it like garbage!

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, apologies! I'm still not yet in the habit of checking post dates on Lemmy! But wow, it feels like it's been more than 10 days since all that happened!

Of the ones that have been announced so far, which app in development are you most excited for?

[–] ophy@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not to sound rude, but did you do any research before naming all of these? Boost developer is developing a Lemmy app, you can find it on the Play store already. Sync developer is also developing a Lemmy app.