BF2S Forums The "All Other Games" Chat Thread

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

if i might criticise star citizen for a moment, you'd think the grass would despawn under the lift so it didn't clip through. this happens on so many other games and bugs me every time.

yeah that one is vexing

People were saying 'watch out' for awhile now. I've been picking up bits and pieces about the latest as I've seen posts, so we'll see what happens.

Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

On Monday, Unity announced via its official blog that, as of Jan. 1, 2024, it would change the terms by which it licenses its engine. One element of those changes was the introduction of a new monthly “Runtime Fee,” which would be charged each time a qualifying game made with Unity is downloaded by an end user. […] This would’ve been controversial enough by itself. Unity usually makes money off of its engine by sharing revenue with companies who make successful products, but this changes the deal dramatically in Unity’s favor, using shaky metrics that aren’t readily accessible to companies outside of Unity itself.

CEO Riccitiello, in addition to being an alleged sex pest, pops up from time to time as a recurring villain in industry news (although other storytelling says he helped EA through a rough patch and is now helping Unity through its own).

Unity bosses sold stock days before development fees announcement, raising eyebrows
CEO Riccitiello sold 50k shares this year.

Is that egregious? Also, big layoffs earlier this year. Seen it suggested elsewhere that eve above strip-mining Unity, this is an organized attempt to deplatform₁ or force developers into mobile-like monetization, or otherwise hurt the indie scene (though the engine is also used by bigger titles, chances are you've played some without even realising). I haven't read the full small print of the pricing model, but worst case scenario sounds like it would suck for those cool devs who don't ask for much. Question remains if it's even enforcible in some countries?

I guess in Unity's apology or whatever, it's supposedly a "big misunderstanding?" I haven't watched or read it, but but the figurative excrement has already hit the fan and it's hard to rebuild trust. Murmurings of a class-action. Elsewhere, the Terraria people are making investments in competing engines as a middle finger.

₁example rumblings - Cult of the Lamb Developer Threatens to Delete Game on Jan 1 Amid Unity Backlash, rabbit-holed from The Unity Games That Could be Impacted Most by Controversial Fees, From Silksong to Cult of the Lamb

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The Metal Gear Solid collection is available on Steam now. Available for the first time outside of a PS3/Xbox 360 collection way back when.

The graphics of the PS2 games holds up. The camera and controls aren't great.

Konami is going to remaster all of their old Metal Gear Solid games it seems. Putting up all of the old games on Steam seems to be part of promoting their remasters. The classic games have mixed reviews. They half assed the project. The games have a nice launcher but they are basically ISOs run on emulators.

The first remaster looks good though.


I am going to pack up my PS3 and send it my mom's house. She can put it next to the original NES I have down there. Maybe in 30 years those things will be worth something to someone. The NES will be like 70?

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Also, PS3 controllers do not work with PCs unless you download special drivers from some websites. I don't want to put that shit on my computer though. I bought third party PS3 style controllers on Amazon that actually work natively with PCs. But they don't connect with Bluetooth on PCs. Shame!

I am sure the dual shock 4 work natively. I have never had one in my hand but assume it feels different than the classic PS controllers. I have an Xbox controller which to Microsofts credit works flawlessly with everything you throw at it though I can't get used to the feeling of it. It is entirely possible that I have played so much mouse and keyboard that I just am not used to interacting with controllers. Also possibly autism.

I put away my PS3 official controllers next to my Steam Controller. Remember that? What a piece of shit. 😂

I'm trying to enjoy Diablo 4 but am not.

Doesn't help it's randomly frozen twice.

Already did that. 2 anyway. Meh. I enjoyed it years ago not so much now.

Honestly never had a desire to play 4.

Friend said let's all play. Then played it in his own time and never with me/group.

So I only got it to play with friends which never really happened.

Will definitely be keeping an eye out for discussions about the technical aspects. GTA5 still looks pretty good in 2023. Goes to show what a studio can do with a budget if allowed. Still, I don't think I finished GTA5. Stopped maybe at around the time I was bobbing around in water vats to afk the swimming skill. Money's worth derping around Los Santos. Caught the ending on youtube.

What do you suppose they'll call the next GTA Online? GTA Online 2? GTA 6 Online? Unchanged?

I didn't get past the opening bait and switch. None of the pathways or lifestyles or whatever they call them matter. I went corporate and got sent into the same story mode as anyone else.

Yes they promoted it as a basically separate storylines.

https://youtu.be/JV8BTZ6_PWQ?si=y6t749hVXdsPug7M

I wanted to be the from Day X X


But everyone actually does the same story line.

Day X X...that is a great series.

Did you finish it? Took me a few years to get to the end, kept restarting and getting distracted by all the side content. Same as Skyrim