I recently finished playing The Outer Worlds 2 and it was pretty good. The big problem I have with both games is that the game mechanics feel a little shallow. Despite that I'm hoping there will be another game in the series.

#gaming #outerworlds2 @games

You can play FBC: Firebreak for free this weekend, starting at 18:00 UTC time. That's about three hours from now. There will also be a Double XP Weekend at the same time.

All Remedy games on Steam are also now discounted by 60% to 90%. That includes all the other Remedy games except Alan Wake 2, which continues to be Epic Store exclusive.

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/RemedyEntertainment

Today is some more Halo. I've been holding off on PvP lately because my Network card has an issue where the signal just shits itself and dies every few minutes. So it really kills PvP's momentum. We decided to just power through though and went for some social games. We obviously lost, but we did have a fun time.

We got Capture the flag on one, and while the enemy team was harassing mine, i got a spawn right next to the flag. So i just... grabbed it and ran off with it. I just kind of spent 3 minutes wandering around with the flag.

I only ran into someone else once and i got a lucky shot with the sniper and killed them after fumbling with it. I picked up the flag again and continued wandering around until i made my way back to base.

We did some private games after that, and we picked a map on Halo 3 that i can't remember what it's called, but it was small and really fucking purple. I really liked slayer on this one with 4 people because it was small enough it felt like you could always find someone to fight. A few maps i always feel like i can't find anyone, which, for a PvP game, isn't great. So this was fun.

I also did some Halo 2 for myself. I wanted a challenge so i drove a Ghost up onto the Scarab for fun. I thought it'd be a fun challenge. Obviously they didn't intend for one to be up there though as i was glitching out like crazy on the Scarab and ended up getting crushed between it and the bridge a few times. I eventually got it though and that was fun.

That's honestly something i like about these games, you can come up with stupid bullshit challenges like this and the game just lets you. If you can get a Ghost up there, for the most part, the game shrugs and just lets you carry on. It's awesome.

Another in the seemingly unending march of me-interviewing-developers-from-different-programs/projects/games-etc has arrived. This time I've chatted to the team behind Spruce/Sprig (a pair of Linux-based operating systems designed specifically for retro handhelds) to get their story.

Interestingly they felt a little hesitant at first, before I got to know them. They've had some bad experiences before with YouTubers covering their work and painting them in a bad light.

Which I can't fathom for the life of me.

Anyway, I chatted to eight members of the developer team and asked them all about the origins of making these, how its like to maintain it, and what they think the future will bring (both for Spruce/Sprig and for the Linux handheld scene in general).

One warning, it is a LONG article this time. Over 10K words. Originally I was going to pick and choose quotes and write this as a narrative piece, but...I just felt like these devs deserve to tell their own stories their own way.

If you're into handhelds, Linux, dev work or gaming, you might find this interesting. The link is right here. And just to make sure you know (since I've had weird nasty messages about this before), there's no ads on this site and I'm not paid to write these. I just think its fun!

includes overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode 'Street Brawl', HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen, and more.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42073553

I don't recommend jumping right in to the online game if you haven't played it before, but for folks who are familiar with it this is a great resource. I'll make a post about how to get into the game if you've never played before though.

It's a great TCG, I highly recommend checking it out!

Measurements on navi31:

Cyberpunk 2077:
Difference at 95.0% confidence
1.12333 +/- 0.42876
1.88216% +/- 0.718391%
(Student's t, pooled s = 0.189165)

Black Myth Wukong benchmark:
Difference at 95.0% confidence
4 +/- 1.30862
13.9535% +/- 4.56495%
(Student's t, pooled s = 0.57735)

Portal with RTX:
66.2ms->61.5ms (~7.64% improvement)

For a few years now, a team including myself headed by CheeseyBurrito has been working on a decompilation of Fatal Frame 1 (PS2) With the eventual goal of porting it to PC.

Today we've got some serious progress to show: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThWa7fJACHc) We've got something starting to go in-game. Wireframe rendering, proper camera work and the basic movements all work. Next will be getting polygon fill and textures as well as the other mesh types

Helpful Links:

MikuPan - The actual PC port attempt itself.

Himuro - The project that MikuPan is based on, sole aim is to be a perfect byte for byte matching de-compilation of the original PlayStation 2 source code.

Today's game is Mario Kart 64. I decided to celebrate finishing moving by just kicking back and playing this. I tried to setup cloud streaming so my friend could join me too but it didn't want to work. So i just kicked back and played a few races alone.

If you look at the screenshot you'll notice i'm only going 20. That's because of a joke i started with friends where i go about what i'd guess the speed limit would be on the cow themed levels. That way i don't accidentally hit any of the cows there. They love it when they have to wait for me to finish my 3 laps.

I also did Mario Raceway, but i more so just drove around taking in the sights. Like this field on the other side of the fence reminds me of the bliss wallpaper. I just thought it was an interesting sight.

Also, old news, but Mario is a big narcissist. He has a giant Mario Hat on the Bleachers. I mean, i know it's his track, but it's a little much. It'd be like if i bought a tower and plastered a big 'A' in the lobby.

I went and checked out the penguins to end off the night. I tried to find peace and forgiveness in my heart for them, their noise though made it impossible. I'm afraid i shall never forgive them for Mario 64. Still, i didn't try to drive straight into them so that's progress.

And of course i did Toad's turnpike to end things. I got bored, so i decided to try acting like i was actually driving on this road. Y'know, lane changes, signs, all that stuff. It was fun. Towards the end though i was trying to see how fast i could weave in and out of traffic while still being a reasonable driver. This probably goes without saying, but just in case, this is not how i behave on the road when i'm operating a thousand pound death machine.

That was all i got up too today, now that i'm freed it'll be nice to get back into what i was up too before. All i can really remember is Max Payne (and Halo of course, but the last 2 days have been Halo and i need a bit of a breather)

This is a compelling reason for why you don't buy microtransactions on launch day.

It looks like some dev messed up and people bought things with other people's money.

Hi everyone! Yesterday I was checking the demo of Acrolyte, a pixel art metroidvania. The think I liked the most was the controls scheme, it was like the old game Abuse, keyboard for movement and mouse for aiming. So my question is, do you know any other modern (or not as modern) games that are similar? As in side scroller where you aim with the mouse. Doesn't matter if it is 2D, 2.5D or pixel art.

Cheers!