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    lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month

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  • I'm migrating to lemmy.zip, at least for the short term. They also have public instance reports, which was the major reason I joined lemm.ee. Transparency and accountability is essential. I guess the fact that those reports got more and more sparse at lemm.ee was a canary in the coal mine here....

  • The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo

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  • Ugh, I can already tell this is my deadline for my getting a GPU upgrade.

    Hopefully the switch to a third-party engine means I won't have to wait a year after release like I did with CP2077. I imagine this game has to be super important to Epic.

  • The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo

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  • This is in Kovir.

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  • Still the best synthesis of story and gameplay I've seen. The game's phenomenal at attaching you to characters through gameplay (and it tells you early what exactly it's gonna do with that, too).

    The sequel does it too, but in a very different (and very bold) way.

  • Had a take about Supergiant Games that recieved a lot of pushback fromy two longest running best friends.

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  • If I'm being honest, before Hades, I wasn't sure how much of a future Supergiant had in game dev. They clearly have talent for making beautiful looking worlds with great soundtracks and writing, but their gameplay was not exceptional for the genres they dabbled in. They didn't try to iterate either, flitting from genre to genre.

    Hades was the result of them taking what they learned from Bastion and Pyre and applying it to a trend. They really nailed the gameplay this time. I think Hades 2 is even better, and I suspect it will be again be a GOTY contender when it comes out.

    That said, I think they could very well end up branching out again from roguelites after this.

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  • Has happened multiple times in Australia.

    Very similar to that for films, the rating board process mostly regulates games in development. In the US, for example, the AO rating will prevent your game from being sold at mass market storefronts. When your game has borderline content, it's a back-and-forth process that's resolved before release.

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  • Game content rating boards work (ESRB, PEGI, CERO, etc.). The difference here is there's no pressure from the digital storefronts. They don't have the same taboos on gambling that brick-and-mortar stores had on sex and violence in video games back when they started up.

  • Persona 4 Remake Is Apparently Happening, As Voice Actor Confirms He's Not Coming Back For It

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  • Yuri's original post has since been deleted. Erin Fitzgerald, the (second) voice of Chie, also said on Bluesky that she won't be returning, along with Amanda Winn Lee, the voice of Yukiko, elsewhere:

    I don't know if Sega or Atlus did something to piss everyone off, if it's some bizarre marketing stunt, or if the others just decided to pile on after Yuri went scorched earth on this. The whole thing's pretty weird.

  • Persona 4 Remake Is Apparently Happening, As Voice Actor Confirms He's Not Coming Back For It

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  • Are you saying that Hashino himself was responsible for the problematic content, or that he would have stood in the way of revising it?

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • Skyward Sword was a weird one for me. The motion controls drove me nuts almost all the time, except when they didn't and I was having a blast. Unfortunately, that wasn't super often, and when I finally did get into a groove, it was the very end of the game. The final boss felt really good. But then it was over.

    The third dungeon is also one of my favorites in the series and the story has one of my favorite Zeldas (the character) in the series, too. At the same time, there were also large stretches I hated. So many ups and downs for me.

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • I started a HG/SS Nuzlocke recently--first time I've done one--and ran into the same trouble I always do on hardcore/high-risk runs: as soon as it starts to get easy or too predictable, I completely lose interest.

    Miss that era of Pokémon something fierce, though.

  • Elden Ring: Nightrein | Review Thread (79/100)

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  • Sounds like the solo experience isn't great. Unless you're okay with getting matched with randos, I guess you'd better bring exactly three players?

  • What games are just objective masterpieces?

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  • I don't have it as a masterpiece myself, but Night in the Woods is an excellent exploration of the intersection of the anxieties of young and grown adults in a town setting. The script is tightly written.

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Surpasses 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days

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  • I think Astro Bot pokes a hole in that, unless you're talking about a specific award?

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Surpasses 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days

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  • Feels like the GOTY frontrunner at this point, as it seems to have edged out KCD2 in the press. Amazing achievement for a fresh studio.

    Death Stranding 2 and Hades 2 (if it comes out this year) are other possibilities.

  • Is there a Lemmy server/way that doesn't require allowing javascript of a million other servers?

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  • Absolutely. The vast majority of my sites do just fine when whitelisting only the primary domain. I consider it an essential add-on myself.

    Lemmy is one of the few that needs a little babysitting, and it's only for the purpose OP stated.

  • Catchiest video game song?

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  • It's a recent one, but I haven't been able to get Gestral Summer Party out of my head since I first heard it in Expedition 33 last month.

  • No need to hurt me, GOG :(

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  • Crypt of the NecroDancer is a steal at $3. And it definitely made me feel old seeing it on this list 😭

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • Price isn't the only consideration with patient gaming, there are also features and bugs to think about. It's a good game, but there are lingering issues--softlocks (brutal in a game without manual saves), crashes, and especially sound problems--that I think would warrant patience for some players, especially on PC.

  • Monster Train 2 | Review Thread

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  • Good scores. I enjoyed the first one but it did feel a little thin. Excited to dive into this at some point!

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Ashtear @lemm.ee

    Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/rpg/even-starfields-community-patch-modders-are-growing-disenchanted-with-the-sci-fi-rpg-as-volunteers-depart-in-droves-if-nobody-comes-forward-we-may-have-to-retire-the-project/
  • Games @lemmy.world
    Ashtear @lemm.ee

    Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game

    www.bloomberg.com /news/newsletters/2025-05-02/players-have-too-many-options-to-spend-80-on-a-video-game
  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    Final Fantasy XVI - Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and punch big, dumb monsters

  • Games @lemmy.world
    Ashtear @lemm.ee

    Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and Bioware have to offer

    www.pcgamer.com /games/rpg/baldurs-gate-3-and-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-show-that-the-future-of-rpgs-is-in-games-way-more-ambitious-weird-and-unexpected-than-anything-bethesda-and-bioware-have-to-offer/
  • Reddit @lemmy.world
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    Bans and calls to ban X/Twitter links all over Reddit today

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Has anyone been able to register for Misskey outside of Japan?

  • Witchy Memes @lemmy.world
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    Hats for everyone