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  • This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good

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  • Thunder was still not quite what I was looking for last time I tried it. I am very happy with Summit now, personally.

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  • I'm glad to hear it's in a good spot, at least. I will always have a soft spot for EVE and how unique it is, and all the emergent stories and player-driven action it creates. So I want it to thrive again.

    For me though, I am not sure I have another EVE stint in me. It's not so much a game as it is a hobby, and I am content these days with being able to actually play and finish concrete narrative games that have a beginning and end, you know?

    Plus the social aspect of getting to know new people is daunting, and my old crew has all quit and disbanded sadly. Large wars are always fun though, and I do miss gatecrashing battles and doing bombing runs...

  • This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good

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  • This is longer than he's ever been MIA for before, this time I think it's about 2 years since the last update, and there are several literally critical bugs. But this is the downside with absentee developers like that, you never know for sure whether it's abandonware or not. But he seems to be actively working on other stuff still so I just don't think Lemmy took off enough in popularity for him to feel like it's worth his time monetarily. Makes sense if this was always more of a business than a passion project, which is the way it appears to be to me.

  • Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps

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  • Well no, I'm mostly interested in games with a side of romance. I would expect to be able to hold actual romance games and visual novels etc to a higher standard. Though actually it would be interesting to compare the best romance game/visual novel romance to the best "video game romance".

  • Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps

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  • This brings me to an interesting question, only briefly touched upon in the article (and with too few examples): which is the best video game romance so far?

  • This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good

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  • I love Sync but be aware that it is no longer being actively developed. It has some bugs that will never be fixed, and might break entirely in the future.

  • Fluxer App, a non-official community for the open source/self hosted discord alternative.

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  • Looking at what it is already, how well it mimics the Discord look and the roadmap Fluxer is definitely the most interesting to me. We'll have to wait and see though.

  • Fluxer App, a non-official community for the open source/self hosted discord alternative.

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  • Will definitely follow this one closely, as at a glance it looks like the most drop-in 1:1 replacement to Discord that we have currently.

  • !steampunk@lemmy.zip - Come discuss steampunk with us!

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  • Sure why not.

  • Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

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  • They didn't officially, apart from RedReader for accessibility reasons. But you could unofficially use some of the old apps with some minor hacks I think. Maybe they clamped down on it again.

  • Day 579 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • Yes. If you can play it maxed out it's one of the best looking games ever, still. Hell, even on medium settings it will look good. Not only a phenomenal graphics engine with great ray tracing and visual fidelity but also a superb HDR implementation. And on top of all that the art direction is absolutely top shelf stuff.

    Plus, of course, one of the best narrative experiences ever while simultaneously playing like a really tight and solid survival horror.

    It's in my top 3 games of all time.

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  • How is it, these days? Playerbase healthy? Game balance any better lately? It went downhill for a few years after the change of ownership, but I haven't been plugged in for a few years now.

  • Voice Chat Alternative from Discord

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  • Mumble has great voice quality and if all you want is VoIP then yes, it's a great option.

    Unfortunately it can't replace all the other things Discord does. Also it is too cumbersome to use for mass adoption, I think.

  • Day 579 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • I'm pretty sure OD Diner is meant to be both. Doesn't it say Alan has "various addictions under his belt" in one of the manuscript pages somewhere?

  • Slrpnk.net is down

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  • They saw the porn was gone and decided "nah, fuck it".

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  • Chrono Ark

    I'm decently deep into it now, and I keep enjoying it immensely. The only unfortunate thing about it (depending on how you look at it) is that it's really rather long. I had for some reason thought this could be a medium-length game I could get through in a reasonable time frame and feel good about finishing. Instead it's probably something of a 100-hour affair if you want the true ending - which is on par for the JRPG influences I suppose. I am also in finding that each run being around 3 hours in total is maybe a tad long: if you ever fail against the end boss it's easy to get frustrated as you need to beat it every time in order to progress the story. And the story is quite important to the game, while the meta progression (which happens even on failed runs) is rather limited. So it can sometimes feel like you wasted 3 hours if you experimented with a new team and didn't get there.

    In the end though, this is more telling of the fact that the story is actually quite interesting, since the frustration is more stemming from the fact that I want to progress further in it and get impatient at a failed run. Otherwise not much to say about gameplay, it's a really solid and fun roguelike deckbuilder. Every character is very well designed and unique, there are many combos and synergies and there is a lot of variety in every run with various unlocks, card upgrades and so on. If you like the genre, you would love this. Really can't recommend it enough.

    Ninja Gaiden 4

    Played a couple of chapters so far, still on the Hard difficulty. Really liking the bosses so far, this has previously been a weak point in the series but have delivered here so far. I am pushing myself a bit playing on Hard, but I have been able to manage it thus far. I wasn't thrilled about the idea of adding parrying and deflecting to a Ninja Gaiden game, but it really does make the bosses a lot more fun.

    The general combat (outside of bosses) feels really good, but it's still somewhat weird to not have fighting game style specific strings to work with, and I don't know how to feel about that. On the one hand it's much more dynamic and free flowing than ever, but I still miss memorising specific strings like "okay, XX->XY with the dual katanas is a guaranteed decapitation against humanoids, I'll use it here" etc.

    Overall though it's the best Character Action Game in years and if you like the genre you should definitely play it.

  • Lemmynsfw is down, possibly forever. The server is still serving images and videos though - if anyone wants to archive do it now!

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  • They are. NSFW filters often also filter out stuff like the ICE shootings, for example.

  • Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy

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  • Buy From EU (Zionist Free Alternative)

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  • I get what you're saying and agree to some extent, but for local and language-specific instances in particular losing access to /local really does suck.

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    "I Told Him I Loved Him, Because I Do" - A Tribute To The Late Dead Or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki

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  • Dota 2 @lemmy.ml
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    The International 2025 - Main Event Day 1

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    The International 2025 - Day 4 Discussion Thread

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    The International 2025 - Day 3 Discussion Thread

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    The International 2025 - Day 2 Discussion Thread

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    The International 2025 - Day 1 Discussion Thread

  • Formula 1 @lemmy.world
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    Pirelli

    Possible race strategies for the 2025 Jeddah GP

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    Aston Martin lapping slower than last year at Jeddah: Lap time data

    www.racefans.net /2025/04/19/aston-martin-lap-jeddah-slower-than-they-did-last-year-lap-time-data/
  • Summit @lemmy.world
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    BUG

    Long user and/or instance names obscure additional comment info

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    More feedback and feature requests

  • Community Promo @lemmy.ca
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    !guitarporn@sfw.community - For pictures of beautiful and/or rad guitars

  • Formuladank – The No.1 source for motorsports news since 1837 @lemmy.world
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    Certified Ferrari Weekend

  • Thunder App @lemmy.world
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    Bug

    Swiping from left to to back after having used the search function opens the keyboard

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Disco Elysium

    Argo Tuulik interviewed on the Human Can Opener podcast

  • Dota 2 @lemmy.ml
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    "Stories of Dota" YouTube channel publishes one last video before shutting down production - The Entire Story of Dota

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    The International 2024 - Main Event Discussion Thread

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    Dota 2 - come discuss the ongoing The International tournament!

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    The International 2024 - Group Stage Discussion Thread

  • Games @sh.itjust.works
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - World & Locations