They are not that big, and they are independent. Larian has less than a 1000 employees, while the likes of Ubisoft number in the multiple thousands.

It’s complicated, but I think no. But maybe they could have certain maps where it’s PVE. I’ve recently played the pve only fork of The Cycle Frontier, another pvevp extraction shooter that got shut down a few years ago, and the pve only mode is considerably easier, to the point where the tension from the full game is not present. So a game designed to be PvEvP would probably feel soulless without part of its intended game design.

I honestly think FW is a better game than Arc, but with a ton of janky more. Beung a small indie team, they can’t compare in terms of polish, but the vision and the work they’ve been putting into the game are a great sign of what’s to come. With ARC, although I do somewhat trust Embark, I’m not sure they have a good vision for it.

He has 5X the subscriber count of Drama Nexus. But he is a musician youtuber, if that’s not your thing, you likely wouldn’t have heard of him.

Gamers Nexus is nowhere near that relevant for them to care. More likely to be related to Davie504 that recently got his third copyright strike on a video where he plays the Moonlight Sonata on bass.

My PC Game Pass subscription basically doubled (from 36BRL to 70BRL) in price and I’d get way less games than before, and no 1st day releases. Fuck that shit.

No grandfathering. I had auto renewal on, and my subscription was marked to go up in price at the start of the next month.

While we still have that option… I’d bet money that the second when most people start deciding to DIY their own home tech, they’ll lobby these techs as unsafe and dangerous and potentially ban their use outright, or require special licenses and degrees.

This is the problem with the “we’re not talking about politics in here” approach. A lot of smaller companies, entities, “influencers”… will attempt to become apolitical, a ploy to market to as many people as possible, but it’s ill advised. You have to make your beliefs actually clear from the start. And after a certain size, you must avoid becoming too personal about things. Get a PR specialist if you can, even. It’ll save a lot of headache to kearn you can’t please everybody, and there’ll always be someone dissatisfied with you, so you better choose early who they’ll be.

Again people on Lemmy show that they can’t do basic reading and interpretation. For fuck’s sake people, it was obviously sarcasm.

Ah yes, the famous communist fascist… You liberals are just insane.

I’ve heard, from credible creators, that Neon White (the first game from the first list) is superb. So that might be an interesting first try.

The first one is peak psychological horror, I have high hopes for a sequel.

I feel like I have to watch it again, but it’s brilliant. A fine piece of satire, subtle and to the face in the right measures.

I played it this weekend, it’s phenomenal! Graphics and art style choices were great, gameplay was immersive, and the puzzles were well designed. I’m definitely hyped for the release.

You can use Chris Titus tool to make a debloated usb before even having to install it. You download the official .iso from MS, and use his tool instead of Rufus to burn a debloated minimal version to a bootable usb.

Oh, I’m doubtful for sure. But being light on RPG elements, especially of the source material elements, is not actually a concern for me. I’m much more worried about their plot direction. But… Who knows, it might be good. I’ll wait for the reviews and see what’s up.

If it has a solid enough story, I’m probably fine with it. If you’ve ever played the TTRPG of Vampire, you probably know that it has always been the weakest point of the game, while the lore and stories of that world have always been the highlight.

Soon, in October, we’ll have a new demo for Road to Vostok, a fully pve extraction game made by a single dev that, quite honestly, looks amazing. You should check it out. I think the EA version will come out in 2026.

GTA V has quests with decisions and lets you make a few ending altering decisions, while also having character progression and item progression, plus let’s you roleplay being a criminal, would it be called an RPG by most people standards? Hardly.

Although I’d say CP2077 is not an RPG by the usual standard, I agree that the game borders the concept. Actually, I’d say most games that have a player character do border the real foundational concept of a “Role-playing Game”, however, that’s not how most people classify RPGs as videogames. For a videogame to be an RPG we understand that they need to pursue those elements wholeheartedly. And that’s definitely not the case for CP2077 (also not for Monster Hunter, nor Souls).

Also, the source material being a TRPG means absolutely nothing. Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt’s source material is the TRPG Vampire The Masquerade. Is the game an RPG then? No, it’s a Battle royale. Pathfinder Gallowspire Survivors is a mob-hell/vampire survivor-like game, not an RPG either. Actually, this is even worse for CP2077 because the game takes almost nothing but the setting from the Cyberpunk TRPG.