yata

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[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't let any company which chose to get involved in this blatant scam get exonerated just because they dumped it later. They still tried to pull the scam in the first place, and they only dropped it because they didn't make any money on it, not because it was a scam.

Always remember this.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Firefox + ublock still works perfectly fine for me.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The main figures mentioned are from 2000-2019. So definitely no COVID involved.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not really true. UK definitely has a history of under-insulation compared to other European countries with similar climates (like Denmark for example).

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

You are making the mistake of conflating game quality with profit. He did not lessen the profitability of the games, on the contrary, and that is what the board cares about, not the quality of games.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

They have a very dedicated flock of whales (the industry term for microtransaction addicts). They know they have them hooked, and they are obviously intent on bleeding those whales dry for everything they own.

I don't care how much I liked a game, if any publisher acted in this way I would never consider touching any of their games. This is absolutely criminal behaviour.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

I don't really understand what it is about HMMIII you don't get. It is a relatively simple game concept, and the fundamentals has remained largely unchanged from iteration to iteration. I personally prefer III over most of the later ones exactly because of its simplicity (and none of those ugly 3D graphics).

For me what mostly antiquates a game is if it was primarily based on graphics which have been outdated, otherwise I don't really have a problem even with much older games. But then again I also grew up playing games in the 80s, so I have been used to those my entire life. Some of the games which fascinated me on account of the complexity, like the early Ultima games (at least I and II), doesn't exactly stand revisits, because they were very barebones compared to the later games in the franchise. Ultima V still holds up beautifully, simply because it is so complex behind those primitive graphics.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Russia doesn't pay people for that sort of thing, especially not a person like Musk. Instead they extort. Possibly over rare materials.

Anyway I don't think Russia was part of Musks takeover of twitter, that stemmed from Musks own arrogant stupidity, but they certainly did become one afterwards.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 80 points 10 months ago

"The game isn't boring for the reasons that you think, it is boring for these completely secret reasons."

Ok.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The "but the game is good now" people are the ones who showed him he can do exactly the same thing again without any serious repercussions.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Yes, those poor scammers, won't somebody think of them?

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

But they always intended to make it better and gradually did, because they are an actual gaming company with actual devs. The "devs" of The Day Before never did.

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