I used to wonder why someone didn't just make a Linux distro that could natively run Windows programs until the whole copyright shit was explained to me; can't incorporate DirectX and other crap without permission yadda yadda...
Now I just wonder why someone hasn't done it anyway just because fuck Microsoft and because if they don't even distribute it, how would they have actually broken a law? Make the world's most perfect OS; and then keep it to yourself. Be a sick flex.
As much as I love BG3, it isn't really an example of what RPGs can do now. I mean, it's not much different from how BG1 and 2 play. Different base rules, prettier graphics and presentation. RPGs have been able to be as good as BG3 since pretty much always. It's just, companies don't spend time on the writing, logic, or QA and focus entirely on pretty pictures and marketing.
I think with today's level of computing power, RPGs could be even more than all of these examples, even if they are already good.
I was wondering what the fuck was up with sometimes seeing straight up porn in thumbnails on YT. I thought it was just porn that was uploaded and not yet removed.
Can't wait for single use, plastic, vending machine guns ala Cyberpunk 2077.
SOTE adds pretty much 100% more game that if Bandai-Namco was more evil, they could have sold it as a stand alone game for $60 and it probably wouldn't have been that upsetting. So I think it could stand to be nominated and possibly win GOTY. Just so long as other massive DLCs are also considered. From what people were telling me when I found out about Factorio: Space Age recently, it's also like getting a second game and then some. It should get nominated, too.
There's the Pico 4 if you can get one in your country. Instead of Meta, it's ByteDance.
I don't even think you need the PC to go with it, really. There's not much now that is both worth playing and isn't also just natively on the Quest besides Alyx. And even Alyx is mostly just a "once through and done" game that is fairly short. Worth getting if you already have a PC; not worth building a PC for.
I built my PC for PCVR and the Q2. But with my Q3 there is literally only 1 VR thing I still do on the PC and that's Heat. I also play non-VR games in it for a larger screen. Not to mention that VRChat now looks better in the standalone VR app than my now aging PC does (I'm still rocking a 1660 Super).
If you just wanna dip your toes into VR and see if it's worth it, the Quest 3 is perfect for it because you don't need to also buy or build an expensive PC unless you really want some PCVR exclusives.
It's the Source engine. Which Alyx is made in too.
Plenty of developers of competitive games with SBMM have said they actually make it more about keeping the player playing than actually giving a shit about their skill. They don't use straight up elo, but everything they do does derive from it. They also don't really disclose how they come to the numbers it assigns you; probably because they don't want to expose exactly how their skinner box works.
I wonder when the Switch emulator titled "YASE" (literally "Yet Another Switch Emulator") will show up and bring back an old tradition.
What is Animal Well doing that couldn't be done with a stock engine? Genuine question; I've only seen videos and it looks like a rather standard kind of platforming game. What's going on under the hood?
Maybe they have Barq's. It's caffeinated root beer.