Computerchairgeneral

They’re charging people higher prices and refusing to allow them to keep their digital content? They’re basically just handing out the pirate hats and eye patches at this point.

More Rockstar leaks? I know it was last year, but it feels like all the GTA 6 stuff leaked yesterday. Interested to see if the rumors about Bully 2 and Agent assets being in the leak turn out to be true.

Sounds interesting, especially the ability to subscribe to mods necessary to run the one you’re looking at. Hope Valve keeps building on this.

Bethesda breaking everything with their update isn’t a surprise. Honestly, the thing I’m most looking forward to when the next Elder Scrolls releases is that Bethesda will finally leave Skyrim alone. Paid mods coming back is concerning and it definitely makes me worry about what the next Elder Scrolls is going to end up looking like if Bethesda are developing it with paid mods in mind.

Not that surprising. Starfield is still in that awkward spot for Bethesda games where you have the base game, which is fine, but not much in the way of interesting mods. Meanwhile Skyrim has over a decade’s worth of mods made for it. If you want to do something in Skyrim that isn’t in the game chances are someone has made a mod for it. Meanwhile Starfield is just Starfield.

It’s kind of crazy where Starfield is right now given the pre-release hype for it. I mean Bethesda finally releases a new singleplayer AAA RPG and it’s a brand new IP. Then it only gets one nomination at the Game Awards and it isn’t even likely to win that. Maybe it’s a sign that people are getting tired of Bethesda’s “wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle” philosophy. Or maybe this year was just so packed with releases that Starfield was inevitably going to get overshadowed.

Impressive. Aside from the quality of the visuals I wish this was the Winterhold we had gotten. Winterhold in game just seems too small to feel like the great city the game keeps telling us it used to be. The sprawling ruins around the village here are also a nice touch.

I mean, I get needing to remind people your game exists and generate hype, but if these teasers just end with Bioware being excited to show us more next year then it just feels like a waste. Like at least tell us what galaxy we’re going to be in.

Not sure how serious the questions are, but:

1. Bloodborne Kart is an old meme from the Bloodborne community, not sure exactly where it started but people have been joking about a kart racing game for a while now.

2. The creator of this also made a PS1 demake of Bloodborne. Or at least the first third of it or so? So I guess it’s what they were familiar with?

3. That I can’t answer, but it does, doesn’t it?

4. That’s just the call of the kart.

It’s so weird to see this finally become a thing. I remember watching the original announcement video and thinking it was just another Bloodborne Kart meme. Then the creator kept uploading videos about it and I realized this was actually going to be a real game.

Given Amazon’s track record with adaptations, I’m not holding my breath but hopefully, I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Well, that’s disappointing. Especially considering that the Steam Workshop has 333,727 mods and Paradox Mods has 123. I wonder if they’re going to do this with their future titles. Given how convenient the Steam Workshop is I can see it turning a lot of people off.

Yeah, I don’t see that happening. It’s clear that they want to move past Roblox being a platform for kids, but I feel that stigma is going to hang around for a while. Besides the obvious fact that adding an adult dating space to a platform primarily used by children sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Honestly, a lot of the complaints are about what I would expect from a Bethesda title. The biggest surprise so far has been all the comments about how polished it is and the lack of bugs. Hopefully, that holds once more people get their hands on it and start really digging into it. It would be nice if Bethesda learned something from their last few releases. Then again it is a Bethesda game, so who knows.

I remember how hyped this trailer got me for Fallout 3. There’s a lot you can criticize Bethesda for, but at the very least they know how to make a good trailer.

Good. Not every developer needs to be snapped by a bigger publisher. Some game devs just do better on their own than as part of a corporate monolith.

Interesting news, but taking it with a grain of salt. I mean, I guess if they’ve run out of things to port Skyrim to it makes sense to remake or remaster Oblivion. If it is true then RIP to Skyblivion. Hard to see it getting released if they are doing a ground-up remake of Oblivion.

Yeah, digitally carding people when they want to play a game seems like a terrible idea.

It’s crazy that over the last few weeks, the FTC has become one of the most credible leakers in the games industry. Curious to see what else will learn before this is over.

Honestly, I’m surprised The Old Republic is still running after all these years. I remember a lot of skepticism when it launched, especially with EA trying to position it as a “WOW-killer” given how successful other games that tried to do that were. Maybe it was just bitter KOTOR fans, but I remember a lot of predictions that it was going to crash and burn right out of the gate. Still, it’s a shame that people are getting laid off. Hopefully, they can find other positions in Bioware/EA.