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Can we talk about The Forgotten City? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup loved it.

Wish there were more games like it, that focused on interacting with other characters.

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The Reddit blackout was pretty underwhelming (beehaw.org)
 

In the last 3 days I've been paying attention to r/all, expecting several posts about it and...

Yeah

Wasn't expecting the website to literally shut down nor to monopolize r/all, because 3rd party users are the minority, but I hoped for more than whatever this was.

At least there's a silver lining, I discovered new alternatives that have healthier communities

I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That’s actually genious

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Amazon accuses customer of racism & shuts down their smart home (www.youtube.com)
 

We really do live in a boring dystopia

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Starfield's already the top seller (beehaw.org)
 
Cyberpunk’s expansion totally overhauls the original game | VGC in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

for the new story. Base game owners will receive these updates as well

Cyberpunk’s expansion totally overhauls the original game | VGC in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish there was a pin comment feature here.

I’m very excited for this expansion, but at best I’m buying it on the release date

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Cyberpunk’s expansion totally overhauls the original game | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Copying this from another comment /edit: all of these updates are coming to the base game

TL;DR: This is not a DLC. This is Cyberpunk 2.0.

•	virtually every system of the main game has been changed and/or updated
•	police system is completely reworked with multiple tiers of NCPD/mercs chasing you down in vehicles according to your wanted level, apparently on level 5 maxtac will chase you down and it will be some sort of bossfight against them (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riK1i8lQwRM&t=511s)
•	perks and skills have been completely overhauled, no longer simple passive stat boosts, much more active abilities like different melee finishers, a dash, or the ability to deflect bullets with melee weapons
•	the difficulty curve is reworked/rebalanced
•	the loot tiers are reworked
•	archetypes of enemies have been redone for more variety in combat encounters
•	an entirely new 6th skill tree that uses a different type of skill points (relic points) that will be used to add new abilities to your cyberware
•	installing cyberware now has an effect on your body and you cant install too much or else you will go cyberpsycho (no idea what that looks like in game)
•	installing cyberware now has a first person cutscene added to it, just like in the prologue at Vik’s clinic
•	you can now “attune” cyberware to one of your attributes, making it more efficient if you have invested in that attribute; example here optical camo is attuned to the “cool” attribute: https://i.imgur.com/1UI9SEX.png
•	armor is no longer tied to clothing, it instead tied to your cybernetics
•	vehicle combat is added to the game, you can even use your katana on your bike
•	vehicles are no longer bought from fixers, but bought through a website set up by mama welles
•	some vehicles have guns installed on them (machine guns, rocket launchers)
•	new type of infinitely replayable/repeatable missions are being added where you need to steal certain vehicles marked on your map
•	new activity introduced “airdrops”, loot caches that drop randomly on the map that you can fight over and retrieve for yourself
•	tons of new random events/activities are added to make the world feel more alive, like car chases and gang fights
What's the best Linux alternative to Windows for gaming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if you're up for it then try anyway. I tried to use Pop OS in my gaming machine for some months, then Endeavour OS, despite also having an Nvidia GPU. It was a cool experience, but the small issues I faced started to pile up. The last straw was when I was going to play in a lan party and Company of Heroes just wouldn't start.

I came back to Windows and honestly... It's better for gaming. Things just work. Doesn't matter if it's niche or AAA or has some anti cheat software, it will work. Regardless of your GPU, or updates, etc. No need to check protondb, troubleshoot, waste hours to make a niche game work (Dragon Commander from GOG... I just gave up and bought it again on Steam to be able to play for example), etc etc

But I'm really happy to see how far Linux has come, and hopefully someday it will be as seamless as Windows. My Steam Deck works really well and it's only going to get better, but we're not there yet.

What's the best Linux alternative to Windows for gaming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It kind of doesn’t matter which distro you use. They should all work similarly with gaming, there’s no distro with some magic formula that makes it more compatible or with better performance than the alternatives. So pick one that strikes your fancy.

If you’re new, it’s probably better to stick with well known distros. I recommend Mint and Pop OS. Both are based on Ubuntu, so every time you run into an issue or have a questions, you can google solutions for Ubuntu which will also work on Mint/Pop OS. But both also have big communities, so you’ll always have help.

Word of advice that Nvidia and Linux don’t really work that well together. Some games will have issues. AMD GPUs work just fine though.

17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah this. Maybe I could agree that it’s too soon to be testing these auto pilots on the road, but I dislike how people miss the point with this tech. They set an impossible standard for a technology that could potentially be better than us on the road

a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sharing this because it should be shared

a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

In my opinion, we're reaching a moment where people are realizing that having lots of users doesn't matter that much if you can't monetize them. We took a lot of services for granted that maybe don't make any financial sense, which probably only survived because both the company and investors hoped that as long you could attract users, you could monetize them later.

I think that "later" is now.

Today I noticed that youtube has a new feature that unlocks more bitrate, but only for premium users (there's two 1080p options, one normal and another with more bitrate). I'm expecting that these social medias and other tech companies will try to monetize us further