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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.
it is sad to see that people don't buy enough from GOG for them to crash.
- Several people reported problems with GOG, it's just not listed in OP for some reason.
- 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.
Huh, Silksong is out now. Maybe it's time I played the first Hollow Knight?
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.
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
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.
I've gone back to my 4th play through of Hollow Knight before starting Silksong. There are very few things in the world that will deeply affect your life, so don't let over hype ruin a good thing......that being said, this is easily one of my top 3 games and I'm not one to replay single player games, yet here I am.
Except for GOG. Way to go Poland!
Average corporate slop vibe coded web services vs weakest two man 7 year in development side project
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.
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.
AAA games could never
It's probably something mundane like AAA releases come with more preparation for peak traffic.
Downdetector was bought out by Ookla? When?
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.
Lycamobile? Do they actually provide games? I only know them as a cheap prepaid SIM card provider lol
This is prove that direct downloads are ancient deprecated methods of delivery. P2P your releases.
Yep, I'm STILL waiting for Steam to start working again. Been refreshing the pages for almost 3 hours, and have gotten as far as the payment screen!
Bought it no problom on gog, been playing for 2 hours now. Also, drm free.
I have missed the turn where lycamobile became a gaming platform 🤔
Is it really Silksong behind this? Though I enjoyed the first game I’ve not been desperately waiting for the sequel and I’ve never heard anyone talking about it IRL.
It was the most wishlisted game on steam ever, priced at a very reasonable $20, and it released today after a 6 year wait with almost no press before the last couple of weeks. All the press it did receive was about how the devs were just having a good time, which was insanely endearing.
It's basically the ultimate indie darling at this point. I 100% believe it could crash all the platforms above.
$20 before regional pricing. Some places can get it as low as $8, which I imagine only is only adding fuel to the fire.
Bought it. Found no easy mode for a dumbass like me. Refunded. Not Team Cherry's fault. Looked like a great game, but unfortunately not for me. :(
I really wished they added some easy mode, but it's their decision.
If you ever feel like giving it (or any other soulslike) another shot, I'd recommend putting less pressure on "beating" it or how much you're "failing". The joy of these games is the process, not (exclusively) the result - learning the sequences, the rhythms, and steadily getting better. That's what these games are all about. If you're just rushing to beat everything as fast as possible, you're missing out.