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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Except for GOG. Way to go Poland!

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lycamobile? Do they actually provide games? I only know them as a cheap prepaid SIM card provider lol

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe soo many people using their data at once? Seems crazy though, likely just people who are trying to load steam store, etc through their phone on data and it doesn't load, so they blame their data connection wrongly

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 114 points 3 days ago (20 children)

*3 people (used to be 4). Not that that's less impressive. It's just worth it to be accurate.

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Downdetector was bought out by Ookla? When?

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

About a year ago, we started seeing that "this app is depreciating" warning and sure enough, snatched up. But it does still work for now.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 75 points 2 days ago (33 children)

Another win for GOG? DRM free and their servers didn't crash.
Although it is sad to see that people don't buy enough from GOG for them to crash.. I guess people like their DRM.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

it is sad to see that people don't buy enough from GOG for them to crash.

  1. Several people reported problems with GOG, it's just not listed in OP for some reason.
  2. Every platform scales their servers to their userbase so even if GOG had a dozen users they could still crash the servers by all downloading at the same time.
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[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 57 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Huh, Silksong is out now. Maybe it's time I played the first Hollow Knight?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Personally I hate it.

Just keep in mind that not everyone likes it and the fanbase likes to suppress criticism.

So buyer beware, and keep an eye on you're play time. If you're not enjoying it in the first 2 hours, feel free to return it if you're playing on Steam, like with any game

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I didn't like it, but my kid LOVED it.

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

I'd say it's decent, but the story and damage mechanics are a little worse than 1. I think some patches and a "hk mode" for magic/healing/damage would be nice.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Shit, I got downvoted the other day for calling it overrated. I did get it confused with Silksong, just because it's been talked about to fucking death on the internet, but even still.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Probably not overrated, you (maybe) just think so because you personally don't like the games. The amount of people excited for it and loving it justify the hype I think.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Without spoilers (I'm on the fence whether I'll buy it and play it), are you able to articulate the reason you didn't like it very much, if at all?

I'm looking to get a more balanced idea of the game. I watched a streamer I follow play a little bit today, but not much. I'm not sure I got enough of a gist of the game to have an opinion on whether I want to play it.

I'm not usually a platformer kind of person, but I don't have anything against platformers.

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[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a fun game. People rave about it as if it's a masterpiece, but it didn't change my life or anything. Just go in expecting it to have a difficulty curve and some odd design choices.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It’s a platformer. It’s not supposed to change you as a person

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

I'm saying that because of the way people talk about it. Like you said, it's a platformer. It's not some grand masterpiece combining art and gameplay and philosophy into an experience like no other, but damn if people don't put it on a pedestal.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Average corporate slop vibe coded web services vs weakest two man 7 year in development side project

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not really sure what you think is gained by treating the hard work of talented coders as "weak" or "a side project". Small teams dream of making something like HK. These are hall-of-fame level devs that will be remembered for ages. They deserve more respect than that.

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

It’s just a meme format to say indie devs are better than corporate studios. Not the best choice for this context, I would have gone with the “who would win” meme: corporate studios with millions of dollars vs two guys with 7 years and some free time.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago (6 children)
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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It amazes me that one person can crash seven of the world's biggest software distribution centers at once

[–] LaMouette@jlai.lu 12 points 2 days ago

I have missed the turn where lycamobile became a gaming platform 🤔

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 32 points 3 days ago (6 children)

This is prove that direct downloads are ancient deprecated methods of delivery. P2P your releases.

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