MrBubbles96 @ MrBubbles96 @lemmy.ml

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It looks like he's having fun there lol

Fair enough. Just like Cyberpunk tho, they'll never be able to give people the game they were hyping NMS to be. Unlike Cyberpunk, IMO anyways, it does get closer to it tho (and i give it brownie points because 1) they used the money they made and put it back into the game to fix their mistakes and gave these "expansions" to players for free, and 2) they never tried to downplay anything like CDPR did. They knew they messed up, admitted to it, and fixed it. None of this "oh, the game launched better than people make it out to be. It was just a cool thing to hate Cyberpunk" thing)

While I am impressed that No Man's Sky pulled a 180 in the end and I doubt they'll repeat the same mistakes with this, a dose of some skeptism is always healthy.

Also, doesn't hurt to check what the thing looks like at release--we just had The Day Before pull the ol' switcharoo on people, after all--and how it plays when it's out before making a purchase (looking right at Cyberpunk the game vs Cyberpunk the game that was pitched to people, here...no amount of "it's better now" is gonna bring the game that was hyped up before release/used "Work in Progress" as a shield to life. Not without a complete rework. Could also apply to the above The Day Before too). By all means, believe that the devs learned, I really hope they did, cuz as a Fantasy junkie, this looks like something I'd really enjoy...but also be at least a little cautious in what you're gonna throw money at

This so much. It's like, you'd think when you shell out cash to pay for a license (or well, I did anyways. But tbf, most PCs you buy come with a valid license), you'd at least be entitled to do as you will with your copy of the OS (within reason, i mean. Yeah, less than legal stuff, go off Microsoft, but stuff like settings and such?) But, well...Microsoft just loves telling you "you opted out, but what you REALLY meant was to opt in. Source: because we say so" with basic settings, not surprising the do it for an OS...of course they would. My bud said it best at the time: they don't care how you gain it, they just want everone to be on Windows 10

Two things made me leave. Both having to do with Windows.

1. Microsoft themselves.
2. My Windows install was just...bad. I'm not sure how else to describe a Windows that frequently crashed and just gave up and Blue Screen. Sure, both probably happen to any normal Windows install (well, the 1st thing. If you get the second, yeah that's a problem)--but not at the frequency it happened with mine, I'm sure. Besides that, it was slow for no reason (AFAIA, anyways) and doing anything took a while. Yeah, I eventually reinstalled it after some hassle, and after that it was just slow, but then i made the fatal mistake of trying Windows 11 and was like "if this is what I'm eventually ganna have do deal with...no thanks." Tbf, Microsoft was promting it, so i assumed it was an upgrade to Windows 10, not a wannabe chromebook with some baffling "lets fix what isn't broken and works great as is" choices.

Well, thinking about it, there was a third reason i ususally neglect to mention:

3. I had a choice. I like looking at all my available options and choosing what to go with instead of having something chosen for me. I'm a big boy and can make my own choices for myself, thank you (looking right at you there, Bill). As soon as i heard "there's something else besides this or an Apple Product. And it's much better than some people like to give it credit for" i researched a bit on the differences, the requirements, and a good place to start, and well, here I am.

As for what I am, IDK. I'm a happy Linux user, but i also get some people are perfectly happy Windows users (or aren't, but are locked into the ecosystem regardless) and hey, as long as we agree that both OS's have their quirks, you let me keep my penguins, and I'll let ya keep your...erm, Windows (does Windows have a mascot? I doubt it, but you never know)

Oh I know it can be installed, but after the headache I got re-installing 10 once before and then trying to get 11 running on...anything, really, i just decided "you know what? What will be will be at this point. I'm not gonna need it for much anyways." when i finally got 11 to accept and install into a random external drive that i never really used (it didn't like the one i had inside my PC reserved specifically for it. Somehow...).

(Note: this was a while back, so installation could be a helluva lot better now and i have upgraded a bit since then but, shrug. Already got Windows ready to go on a drive, and only have it because I might need it moreso than me actually wanting to have it, so meh)

That is...true, actually. The longer I use Linux, the more I'm like "....but what if, man, what if I ditch Arch for Fedora or NixOS or give Pop_OS! another chance (and i very well might when Cosmic launches)?" And sometimes I do...and then always come crawling back.

Going back to Windows full time ain't even crossed my mind for a hot minute. Partly because i have a spare driver running it for emergencies (that i barely use anyways, only because Windows literally runs one important app that I need, that I can't run on Linux), and partly because going back means being stuck with Windows 11 again, and I really dislike Windows 11's design choices, personally (and Microsoft in general, but i digress).

Arch + XFCE on my desktop. Have been for a while now, and everytime i try something else, I always come back to it. For my laptop, I've been using Gnome + extensions (Arch as well. That way I don't gotta switch gears and remember two different sets of commands) before i had to take it in for repairs. Was pretty good because of the mousepad gestures IMO.

Can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to see more personal projects done by others posted on Lemmy--whether it's something god-teir or mediocre (because well, what you may call mediocre, some might call pretty good. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and all that).

Ahh, yeah, you're right in that case then

EDIT: I can't read, apparantly lol i read "I liked 10 more". disregard this first bit. Oh no no, you misunderstand: I like Windows 10. Mostly because I have no strong opinion on Windows 7 and didn't use anything prior to that (and because Windows 8 was...Windows 8) As an OS, it was pretty fine. My problem was microsoft itself (and well, the changes that 11 brought. The list of complaints was basically me going "you had a good thing with Win10, why the radical changes to something that worked well?").

I've also no delusions that Microsoft making controversial changes is gonna do much for Linux growth unless its something massive, like, "we can't come back from this" massive--but that's very unlikely to happen. I've said this dozens of times before, I'll say it again: The only way Linux adoption will grow is if someone can walk up to Best Buy (or Browse Newegg/Amazon/whathaveyou), and walk out with a laptop or desktop with Linux already installed and ready to go + maybe a small tutorial like Fedora gives when you first boot up, since Gnome will probably be the default it comes with.

The Steam Deck was a good first step, but if Linux wants adoption, they have to put out stuff that runs Linux out the box to well-known and used markets and brick and morter shops. Not in the back either, front and center where everyone can see it. Much like Chromebooks, people will get used to Linux and its quirks--but they have to be able to access it in the first place (and by that, I mean i could grab an HP laptop packing Ubuntu if i wanted to instead of one packing Windows 11, not being told "to use Linux, you have to first choose one of many distros that are out there, then go download an ISO file and burn it to a USB")

Most people still Google “Facebook” to login to Facebook.

Wait, I'm lost here...what's the problem there? Maybe they wanna use the browser version and not the app (i haven't used facebook in ages, so I've no idea if the site now just funnels you into their desktop/mobile app as much as they can)

I can think of a few reasons why someone would complain about Windows 11 without touching privacy aspect at all: the number of clicks you now have to do to get even basic things done because they messed with the context menu, and speaking about changing things that were fine before: the (lack of) file explorer Ribbon and the start menu, the ChromeOS looking layout they went with not being to most people's taste, the need for a microsoft account to even use the thing (tho you can edit the Registry to bypass this and several other grievances, even some i mentioned...why not just have those as settings/options, just saying?) etc, etc

Some of the above changes and then some + just how much of a pain it was to even upgrade to it were enough for me to move to Linux in the first place when i learned about it, so...yeah, I'd say it's kinda bad when it made an (at the time, but you can argue I still am and I won't despute it) tech idiot like me permanently move OS's

Perhaps it's just me naively believing that something with a legacy behind it (and fanbase) can be a mega hit then. Because honestly, if KOTOR 3 was announced with a competant studio behind it, or a Warcraft sequel, or a Legacy of Kain continuation...i don't see how they wouldn't be mega hits regardless of when they come out if they were all treated with the same care Larian treated Baldur's Gate 3 with (and they don't, you know, take forever and a half to release like System Shock Remake did)

I mean, i was far too young to play em when the original games released, but i could still tell that Baldur's Gate 3 releasing was a big deal and not just your run-of-the-mill game releasing. And I'm hardly the only one either. Its like if Blizzard released Warcraft (not World of Warcraft, just Warcraft) but showed "hey, we're actually pulling all stops this time and actually trying to make a game for fans first, not a way to nickle and dime yall" in their marketing, interviews, and feedback gathered from a beta or Early Access that is actually incorperated into the final release. Yeah, a LOT of players checking it out wouldn't be longtime fans, but that's irrelevant: something with a legacy behind it being continued carries a hype that's almost infectious--especially when done by folks who not only give a damn about the thing being worked on, but can actively show they can bring a good product to the table (I believe the same happened with Cyberpunk too, but Cyberpunk launched rough as all hell. I hear it's better now tho).

That it was almost assured to be good also helped it a lot (again, the successful early access + the fact that, while you're right that Larian's previous games didn't make a very big splash, they were shown to very competently made--some even calling the Original Sin games the best modern CRPGs so far--and garnered a lot of fans over time), and not to mention, when it was releaesed--a period where multiple games that went "against the grain" of what we usually get from games released as well, and to great success.

IDK, you say it's foolish to predict it having as much success it did, but the way I see it, it was kind of inevitable since it did so many things correctly

No one anticipated a game that people have been waiting and hyped for for 20 years at least AND that people knew what to expect because of its early acess/beta that came out two years before release to be successful...

Riiiight.

Strange, last I checked most of the top played games were also Linux compatible. Then again, the most played titles change frequently, so I've no doubt at least a couple of non-Linux compatible games make it up there depending on several factors like update/DLC resurrance and such.

Really? I've heard the opposite, but maybe their stances have changed and i just didn't keep up with em or i was misinformed to begin with. Regardless, I have seen a couple of multiplayer games go from broken/not working at all to actually launching and being playable (as an example Naraka: Bladepoint. It also took Dead by Daylight forever to be playable on Linux, but it is now. I believe Apex was the same). Some aren't perfect yet, but they work instead of stopping at the title screen--if even that. Sure, not all of incompatible games are gonna make it to Linux for one reason or another, but they are being brought in--albiet, i admit It's slow as hell but hey, s'long as more people get to play what they want on the OS they choose to use at the end of the day--at least from what I'm seeing. Could be very wrong and am willing to admit so if shown otherwise.

Unfortunate, but true that.

Oh, I'm not disputing that a large chunk of gamers play games that aren't playable on Linux yet (tho i disagree with the claim that the majority of PC gamers play those). I've always said "it depends on what you like to play" when it comes to gaming on Linux and I'll stand by that until/if that stops being the case. My first point still stands tho:

The unplayable ones are a drop in the bucket. That's a straight up fact. And some, if not most of the unplayables are getting patched to work on Linux sooner or later (save for Fortnite. Why do I pick on that one specifically? 1) I personally dislike it and Epic, but more importantly, 2) Epic's CEO straight up shot the idea of Linux compatability down....even tho there's nothing really stopping them from enabling Easy Anticheat on their side and making it work vs say, making something like Battle Eye Anticheat play nice with Linux).

I see. So it's less "it's dead" and more "it's on life support with slim chances to recover".

sigh as naive as the hope is, i really want it to make a comeback. It most likely won't, but I wanna be proven wrong.

Hold up sir/madam, is Bandcamp actually dead or is it still kicking? I used to frequent it until the Epic Buyout and honestly haven't kept up with their goings on. The fact that they bought it just to hold on to it is just ludicrous to me tho, like, they couldn't find ANYTHING to do with it? Nothing at all? Really?