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i should really buy the d2 remake tbh
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Aug 13, 2023 19:16
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Dr Kool-AIDS posted:Yeah I think the open world is basically 4's original sin that's baked in deeply enough that fixing the game is going to be really difficult. Obviously they can improve it, and it's not like the game is unsalvageable garbage or anything, but I think it was a mistake that they're going to be stuck with for the life of the game now. The developers don't see that as a problem because they all come from WoW and have applied the same philosophy to D4. You taking a million years to reach a checkpoint on your mount and kill a world boss that gives 0.025 of an exp bar and 1 legendary after 10 minutes isn't boring, it's 100% their vision of super cool and interactive gameplay.
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Aug 13, 2023 19:17
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D4 was fine and I probably got ~100 hrs out of it playing with friends but most of that time was pre-S1. I stopped playing a few weeks before S1 in preparation but I stopped not long after reaching 50 once S1 came out because the gimmick wasn't that engaging. Oh sweet, new legendary gems for three of the slots and most of them for most of the classes suck and.. that's about it. The season pass I paid for ahead of time like an idiot also sucked and was 100% not worth it. My insane Diablo friends are still playing D4 but at this rate between the lackluster season and extreme swings in balancing between updates as they try to accommodate everyone simultaneously I'm just gonna come back in a season or two to see where it's at then I think.
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Aug 13, 2023 19:18
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Maybe I'm late to the party on this, but I was just informed about it: there's a class action refund regarding Steam: https://get.steamrefund.com/ quote:Gamers and developers have filed class action lawsuits against Valve, the corporation that owns Steam Gaming. It sounds to be legit: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-antitrust-lawsuit-against-valve-is-back-on/ https://www.verifythis.com/article/...5e-88f59d0be563 Has anyone cashed in on this?
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Aug 13, 2023 19:20
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So I can get 23 cents to put back into Steam, eh? 
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Aug 13, 2023 19:21
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Max Wilco posted:Has anyone cashed in on this?
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Aug 13, 2023 19:22
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Macichne Leainig posted:So I can get 23 cents to put back into Steam, eh? The important bit is that the lawyers get a bunch of money to refill their cocaine buckets with.
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Aug 13, 2023 19:22
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Jack Trades posted:The important bit is that the lawyers get a bunch of money to refill their cocaine buckets with. Nobody thinks about poor old Something Awful poster's cocaine buckets, huh 
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Aug 13, 2023 19:24
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exquisite tea posted:The developers don't see that as a problem because they all come from WoW and have applied the same philosophy to D4. You taking a million years to reach a checkpoint on your mount and kill a world boss that gives 0.025 of an exp bar and 1 legendary after 10 minutes isn't boring, it's 100% their vision of super cool and interactive gameplay. That kind of design is probably inevitable when you're making a game with the expectation that people are going to play it continuously like it was a second job starting on release. Blizzard fans are the worst, but Blizzard brought it on themselves by making all of their games into addictive time sinks to begin with. The whole ecosystem is poison.
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Aug 13, 2023 19:29
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Rinkles posted:I really thought that with the template of D3:RoS in their hands, D4 would be smooth sailing. Horse riding was an immediate red flag, but I assumed they knew what they were doing. Same, I was really disappointed in the betas of D4, felt like they just threw out everything cool about D3. It's more of a game for D2 diehards, but with all the annoying MMO and gacha poo poo added in. No wonder all the people playing it the most hate it
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Aug 13, 2023 19:33
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Begemot posted:Same, I was really disappointed in the betas of D4, felt like they just threw out everything cool about D3. It's more of a game for D2 diehards, but with all the annoying MMO and gacha poo poo added in. No wonder all the people playing it the most hate it They should've looked harder at how D2 barely had cooldowns 
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Aug 13, 2023 19:40
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Is there like a general videogame tech support thread? I'm getting crashing issues and I've nailed it down to UE5 games and would like help fixing it.
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Aug 13, 2023 19:58
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People mostly just ask in here. But there’s also like five UE5 games around right now so knowledge might be slim.
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Aug 13, 2023 20:06
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Baldur's Gate 3 reached new all-time concurrent player peak and it's still rising.
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Aug 13, 2023 20:12
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Max Wilco posted:Maybe I'm late to the party on this, but I was just informed about it: there's a class action refund regarding Steam: https://www.masonllp.com/case/valve-mass-arbitration/ Looking at their blog, last "four years" encompasses four years starting from January 28, 2017. (I could be wrong here.) It is not very clear that the 30-60% of what we purchased from steam is what we are estimated to get back, or we get back estimated 30-60% return after taking away 40% of it for the firm. That being said, supposedly, anyone who made a direct purchase on Steam between January 28, 2017 and January 28, 2021 was paying more than they should have.
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Aug 13, 2023 20:14
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Jack Trades posted:Baldur's Gate 3 reached new all-time concurrent player peak and it's still rising. 
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Aug 13, 2023 20:16
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Flair posted:https://www.masonllp.com/case/valve-mass-arbitration/ Do you think it's worth pursuing then?
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Aug 13, 2023 20:33
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Jack Trades posted:Baldur's Gate 3 reached new all-time concurrent player peak and it's still rising. I honestly expected it to fall to a more reasonable level now that the release hype is done. Good for them
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Aug 13, 2023 20:35
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That doesn’t seem to be an arbitration that has been settled yet so there’s nothing to “cash in” on right now. Also it’s arbitration not a class action.
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Aug 13, 2023 20:36
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Max Wilco posted:Do you think it's worth pursuing then? That is up you and how much your purchase history since 2017 is worth. Overall, I do not believe there is anything to lose aside from providing personal information to the firm.
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Aug 13, 2023 20:44
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Am I missing something? Valve lets devs set their own prices, sure they take a 30% cut but it's not like if it was lower it'd end up in lower prices, it'd just go to the devs
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Aug 13, 2023 20:45
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Jack Trades posted:Baldur's Gate 3 reached new all-time concurrent player peak and it's still rising. I was told CRPGs was a dead genre.
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Aug 13, 2023 21:11
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ZearothK posted:I was told CRPGs was a dead genre. amazing what furry porn does for a game.
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Aug 13, 2023 21:18
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The two negatives reviews I looked at on GOG were about the game being made by "woke snowflakes" and some random Polish dude complaining about gay sex and degenerates, so clearly they must have done at least something right.
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Aug 13, 2023 21:25
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Flair posted:That is up you and how much your purchase history since 2017 is worth. Overall, I do not believe there is anything to lose aside from providing personal information to the firm. I guess I'll think about it. I ran through my purchase history between the dates, and I came up with around $1900 (give or take some; I didn't count things like marketplace transactions and the like). Assuming I got up to 60% of that back, and deducting the 40% the firm takes, it equals up to around $450, which is a decent amount, but that's also assuming it's up to 60% of the purchases. Thing I ask myself though, is if I get that money back, and I don't just put it in savings, is it stupid of me to use it to buy games on Steam?
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Aug 13, 2023 21:44
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Yes but that is the cycle, you must consume.
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Aug 13, 2023 21:47
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Max Wilco posted:Thing I ask myself though, is if I get that money back, and I don't just put it in savings, is it stupid of me to use it to buy games on Steam? That is also up to you. If the arbitration works out for you, that would mean you have been charged extra between 2017 and 2021. Was that extra charge worth it? Did you pay all those games to satisfaction? Would putting that money in a high-yield saving account, low-cost index fund, bond, etc. be more beneficial given your time horizon and goals?
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Aug 13, 2023 21:57
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When I played through Diablo II the first time, there was a major forest fire outside my city. It was pretty cool to play a game about killing demons, then stepping outside to see a sickly orange horizon with ash falling from the sky. How is Ghostlore? Any opinions yet?
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Aug 13, 2023 22:35
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Gorilla Radio posted:When I played through Diablo II the first time, there was a major forest fire outside my city. It was pretty cool to play a game about killing demons, then stepping outside to see a sickly orange horizon with ash falling from the sky. I've messed with it a little bit. I like the look of it and the different mythology to the usual boring goblin-orc fantasy setting for sure. And the glyph idea is a lot of fun. I'll probably go back to it, I didn't stop because it wasn't fun, just got all distracted.
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Aug 13, 2023 22:41
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Gorilla Radio posted:When I played through Diablo II the first time, there was a major forest fire outside my city. It was pretty cool to play a game about killing demons, then stepping outside to see a sickly orange horizon with ash falling from the sky.  This repeated itself 20 years later if you were in the US northeast or SE Canada
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Aug 13, 2023 23:03
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Turns out Blizzard can’t prevent forest fires
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Aug 13, 2023 23:03
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Orv posted:Turns out Blizzard can’t prevent forest fires
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Aug 13, 2023 23:08
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Orv posted:Turns out Blizzard can’t prevent forest fires Duh, only you can
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ZearothK posted:I was told CRPGs was a dead genre. Didn't you know? Gamers don't actually like reactivity and branching storylines, that was just something they said they wanted. What is this rapidly deflating balloon sound I hear?
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Aug 13, 2023 23:30
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exquisite tea posted:Didn't you know? Gamers don't actually like reactivity and branching storylines, that was just something they said they wanted. What is this rapidly deflating balloon sound I hear? i dont like those things the other gamers have wrong opinions
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Aug 13, 2023 23:33
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Also CRPGs have been back for like a decade now
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Aug 13, 2023 23:34
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It's 2023. CRPGs are dead, and all gaming is done on a touchscreen
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Aug 13, 2023 23:39
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people don't want CRPGs, they just want a gang of dorks that get horny at inopportune times and proposition you unexpectedly. you know, the DnD experience
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No lies detected
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