• themeatbridge
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    5810 months ago

    If gamers are playing the same game, day in and day out, that means it’s a good game. Good job, you made a good game and you sold it. Make another one and sell that.

    Gaming as a service is what needs to die. I don’t mind subscribing for access to servers, and I’m happy to pay for DLC that comes out long after the original game.

    • @HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Exactly. John “Bucky” Buckley is part of the problem if his company is making games that need a a first-party server to run.

      Most single player experiences should work fine in a completely offline context. I don’t need to know what other players are doing.

      Multiplayer games should allow second-party hosting. Like in those LANs we had in the 90s, but over the Internet.

      Very few games benefit from being massively online. The online stuff is usually tacked-on FOMO rubbish that tries to make us addicted.

      Perhaps let us finish a game, then we’ll buy another one. The current gaming economy is wrecked.

      • @ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1410 months ago

        Do you need a first-party Palworld server? I don’t have the game myself but I searched and it looks like you are free to host your own, at least on PC: the “Palworld Dedicated Server” program is in the Tools section of your Steam library.

    • hswolf
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      410 months ago

      that’s why I love monster hunter, I can play that shit for literal days straight without getting bored

      • ODuffer
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        Yeah, I’ve been playing Dayz for years as basically a hunter-gatherer, mainly as I’m rubbish at PVP but know the survival mechanics well!

    • Dude. I’m still playing Mass effect. Ditto New Vegas. Last year, i realized they had dlc I’ve never played and bought it. That’s, what? 15 years after the fact…? Try making a good game. Ditch the casino addiction style shit. People respond.