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  • MODERN WARFARE: How Call of Duty 4 Changed a Genre Forever

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  • @ampersandrew @simple Whenever someone says that X ruined Y, I always hypothesize that it may be the opposite case: the reason why so many copied its addictive nature is because the publishers themselves were already searching for ways to maximize player engagement, and therefore increased revenue through monetization.

    COD itself didn't ruin multiplayer games, it only showed an easy and replicable way

    If you may forgive the metaphor: a weed can only spread if the soil itself is fertile

  • Star Wars Bounty Hunter - Official Announcement Trailer

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  • @ampersandrew

    I'll wait for its release and read the reviews, assuming they don't screw it up like they did with Battlefront, 15 bucks is a fair price

  • Steam Summer Sale 2024: Official Trailer

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  • @mesamunefire What are y'all going to buy in this sale? I'm thinking Space Tyrant, to satisfy my itch for a more laid back 4X focused on combat; the Metal Gear Solid master collections; and maybe some indie games below 15 bucks

  • Help Finding a Game

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  • @naticus @Nima It's one of those cases of a game shown so far away from its release you eventually forget it even exists

  • 20 Piña Demoladas to refresh your summer

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  • @games This is the video recap of all the demos I've tried during the Steam Next Fest, with a bit more in detail, and some jokes added here and there, I hope you enjoy it

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    20 Piña Demoladas to refresh your summer

  • Real-Time Strategy is incredible and you should play it

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  • @Carighan @anewdaydawns Another fundamental aspect is that RTS is PC centric genre, and therefore made with a mouse and keyboard only mindset, ignoring the consoles fan base, as such, If we want it to become more popular, then we should ask ourselves what kind of RTS can be designed with a controller in mind, and therefore work on home consoles, find a balance of being appealing to them without straying too far from the core design principles of this genre

  • Indie games using retro graphics

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  • @Tekkip20 Lunacid, King's Field like with many modern accomodations l

    The Big Catch, a coming low poly 3D platformer

    Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, a surrealist action adventure

  • Timesplitters rated for PS4 and PS5, suggesting a PS Classics release

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  • @setsneedtofeed it frustrates me how Embracer fumbled over this franchise without giving it a proper classic collection

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Wild Bastards

    Procedurally generated FPS, from the creators of Void Bastards

    The neon/cowboy/scifi setting works, the shooting is way slower paced than I imagined, the unique abilities for the characters are interesting, and the fact that you're constantly chased and need to pick your battles carefully gives a nice tension to the whole.

    The demo definitely left me wanting to know more about this project, I'll take a good look at it in the months before its release

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Warcana

    Half pseudo-turn based Tower defense, half autobattler/deck builder, with the caveat being that opposite armies go directly for the enemy base, not each other.

    The spectacles are great, the sprite work is fantastic, the UI is a bit of a mess, why would you put your resource display on the right side of the screen instead of on top, and the gameplay needs to involve the player more during the action, not just limited to casting spells.

    It could be good, but needs more mechanics.

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Technotopia

    City-builder card game with an interesting premise, you are an AI created to manage a city for the betterment of its citizens, having to balance your resources so that none goes into the negatives, dealing with various dilemmas of the residents, lest you lose.

    However, requires better pacing for the time being, with a smaller area to deal with at the start, I will definitely retry the demo on another fest if I get notice of significant improvements on this front

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Edge of Sanity

    One genre that I can't get into no matter what are survival horrors, I like to murder stuff, and the idea of hiding until the scary thing goes away is unappealing to me.

    Every time a game like this comes out, I try to figure out whether it's a survival horror with action elements, or an action game with survival elements.

    Unfortunately for me, with its camp management, resource scavenging, and too strong creatures to overcome, this game belongs to the former category

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Byte the Bullet

    A 2D platformer that I classify as the comfort food of the retro gamer:

    Tight controls, lots of references, a great degree of polish, and some tricks to make it unique.

    However, one thing bringing it down and something I loathe about this type of games in general is the artificial difficulty: you can't shoot upwards or in diagonal, and you can't even duck, it would have been appreciated in the Castlevania style sequence

    I hope the devs improve it for the release

  • What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

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  • @games Beacon of Neyda

    Another Kingdom Two Crown-like, however, here the protagonist can shoot, scavenge, and build, and the setting is based in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world with killer robots.There are also elevators leading to bunkers where you can find items and lore bits, watch out for the robot hordes!.

    Personal irks include the lack of a map, the control scheme not optimized for mouse and keyboard, and the fact I could not issue to the bots, apart from this, it looks promising.

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    What demos did you try today? | DAY 5

  • What demos did you play today? | DAY 4

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  • @games Voidwrought

    This MetroidVania (or as I like to call them explorative platformers) belongs to the birthing category of Hollow Knight-likes, the graphic style, the subtle narrated story, and even the combat, resemble that of HK, the whole judgment hinges of whether the devs are going to be able to match its level of quality, if they will, that's going to be great! If they don't, it's going to be forgotten faster than the failed vessels thrown into the abyss

  • What demos did you play today? | DAY 4

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  • @games Sacre Bleu

    Oh boy, it's absurd to pretend completeness during a demo showcase, but for this one ... I feel like it was released a bit too early for its sake: missing sounds, finicky controls, and overall not a good impression, one positive note is that it manages to blend 2d sprites with 3d environments better than others, but I do believe that the dev should have waited the next event and spent a bit more time cooking, because as now, it feels too much half-baked, even for a demo

  • What demos did you play today? | DAY 4

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  • @games Pipsqueak!

    There is a niche set of developers who produce games under certain limitations, mechanical or thematical however may it be, I suspect that this project was born of a similar cloth, specifically from those who create games as if they were to run on a GBA, kind of like Goodboy Galaxy, it's an interesting way to create games, it has that feeling to it, and luckily, it also has the charm and a feel of polish for a game from such a console

  • What demos did you play today? | DAY 4

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  • @games And for today's theme: 2d platforming

    With Ghost Knight: A Dark Tale

    This charmingly Halloweeny game is a project I've been waiting for 4 years, since its reveal in 2020, and while we may still be far from its release, even in this small slice I could see the potential of a sweat little gem, this is a passion pet project through and through, and I can't wait for its maturing

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    What demos did you play today? | DAY 4

  • What demos did you play today? | DAY 3

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  • @Aielman15 Thanks, I'm going to make a video recap of all the demos I'm playing at the end of this Next Fest

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    What demos did you play today? | DAY 3

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    What demos did you try today? | DAY 2

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    What demos have you played today? | DAY 1

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Games to replace Total War: Warhammer 3 with?