Didn't even see the UI. Effectively an in-game cinematic trailer.
Hope there's more forthcoming soon. Civ's gotten to a point where I have to know if there's enough to chew on in the vanilla game if I'm going to buy in early.
It's all over my RSS feeds, so it's certainly being covered now.
There's been some (not exactly scientific) indications that the vast majority of the userbase is in China so it remains to be seen if it was actually a success in the West or not.
Also confirmed by SI.com (which I didn't know had video games writing, and it's surprisingly good as it turns out). GI dot biz published a recap yesterday.
It's been long enough that the publisher would have put out a statement by now if it was false.
And I’d like to block users with consistent negative behaviours.
This is where I'm at it with it. Votes are already public to those who really want to see them and that cat's not going back in the bag. Anyone that goes out of their way to inject it into the conversation is showing their ass and adding a (likely extra) level of toxicity that blocking would fix.
The Cloudy Mountain one is more like classic Intellivision stuff. I think that one was well-received at the time, but I actually don't often hear much chatter about Treasure of Tarmin. Tarmin being a first-person dungeon crawler gives it some legs since it's an inherently "classic" style, although calling the graphics and controls dated would be a huge understatement.
Players are absolutely going to need the game manual, and even then some item use cases will have to be figured out.
I still play Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision, 1983) on my phone from time to time. I don't think the core gameplay loop would be entirely out of place in a small roguelite game today.
Don't know why you're getting crushed for this. It's not even just about this particular game; one of the major players in the largest entertainment industry on the planet is doing something highly unusual. That's in the public interest.
Lemmy users should know better, too, as The Verge was one of the leading reporting outlets on what happened on Reddit last year. Adversarial tech journalism is part of what they do.
Yes. One of my moments is a certain event late in the game where the world map music changes after pounding the player with an oppressive atmosphere and some very low lows for a couple of hours. It's amazing how well a 16-bit game was able to make it so cathartic.
Disco Elysium isn't part of a series (and probably won't ever be, super disappointing news there). Going in blind for that one is a good idea.
I don't use the subscription services much but I did try a month of Xbox Game Pass a few months ago. Ended up being disappointed by Persona 5 Tactica and a little bit surprised by Dune: Spice Wars. The plot pacing felt undercooked in P5T and Spice Wars reminded me of a bit of the early 2000's vibe for Dune games, probably a plus for some people. Ultimately it didn't keep me interested for more than a few hours (4X games have a very high bar to clear for me). Also tried Hi-Fi Rush, but didn't stick with it long even though it felt like a solid product.
Didn't continue Game Pass because I'm kind of a mercurial player, bouncing from game to game. What I end up sticking with depends a lot on vibes and mood. The service wasn't the best fit for me.
It was a toss-up at the time but I'd argue FF7 has aged much more gracefully. Sure, you've still got the Lego figures and messy navigation on pre-rendered backdrops, but the battles still feel snappy and dynamic even with the low framerate. It isn't a slog like FF8 and especially FF9 turned out to be when they started pushing the hardware.
I was never much of an /r/all user, it's always been niche communities for me. I feel like almost all of my niches have content here now (if not quite as much engagement as I'd like). !retrogaming@lemmy.world in particular has exploded with activity lately and arguably can now serve as a full replacement for its subreddit counterpart.
Thing is, when I try to bring people on Lemmy, it's always "why?" and if I make it that far, "how?" With the how, I've been using the analogy of signing up for email, though it's still not as smooth as it could be. Eyes glaze over when anyone starts asking me about how the Fediverse in general works.
The why is harder. I don't know how much user bleed-over niche Reddit got from /r/all users but I'm guessing it wasn't a trivial amount. I'm sure a lot of Reddit's growth was owed to AMAs, so it's possible Lemmy might need something flashy to draw in users who will then filter into communities waiting for them. Some sort of content unique to the platform. I do think before we get there we need a friendlier way to help new people find communities they may have interest in.
The biggest change is the visual redesign, which uses a brighter color palette and slightly more blended sprite designs to approximate how the original games would have looked on a CRT (along with miscellaneous small changes, such as a FF6 party member being redone to look closer to the concept art). They also all have new, optional soundtracks. Most notable is FF3, which is a full update of the Famicom version and doesn't have any similar releases. The old DS 3D remake had different characters and a light story too, so the FF3 Pixel Remaster also has a completely new script for Western audiences.
I'll emphasize what was brought up already--none of these have any content added in the various ports over the years. Extra dungeons, job classes, FF4's late-game party change, all that isn't here.
Some filters are better than others for certain tastes. The glow effect on CRT Royale is what gives me the nostalgia buzz, but it looks much better on 4K displays. On my 1080p displays I use a package that adds a bezel for the display to reflect off of which gives me a similar effect.
I'd rather have a native CRT display, but I'm used to larger displays at this point and I couldn't physically handle anything even in the high 20 inches range.
One of the last Web 1.0 bastions in gaming. Really hate to see this, especially when Discord is around the peak of its popularity right now. Here's hoping a more future-proof alternative than that arises.
This is oddly common in ROM hacking/mod scenes. There's been no shortage of drama in the Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics communities, too.
At the very least I wish people would consider the bus test once a site/project gets to a certain critical mass. Insane to me that a site with this kind of profile never had coverage for that scenario this entire time.
The PS2, bad third-party relationships, and a limp Western market strategy. Even with competent management it's quite possible, even likely it still would have been the last console Sega produced, but it could have gone a full generation with better support.
Didn't even see the UI. Effectively an in-game cinematic trailer.
Hope there's more forthcoming soon. Civ's gotten to a point where I have to know if there's enough to chew on in the vanilla game if I'm going to buy in early.