Telling people to buy a Steam Deck used to make sense, but it doesn’t anymore when it’s twice the price of a Switch 2 (I say this as a Steam Deck fan).

Terraria, probaby. Got it on sale for $5 (it’s almost always 50% off) and I’ve played many playthroughs with many different friends over the past 15 years. When you factor in the very good modding support, its many difficulty settings, playthrough modifiers like the one that flips the world vertically (hell is up and the overworld is at the bottom), it’s a game you can play for thousands of hours.

It’s still crazy how cheap this game is for how much you get out of it. The devs are awesome for this.

I’m with you, this is an insanely ballsy move. One of the biggest pros of a console is that you could still buy physical games and trade it with friends or sell it used to someone else. If everything is going digital, what’s the point?

Here we even have a local chain that rents you physical games for a week at a time…

The spec difference between a PS4 and a PS5 was pretty big, SSD aside.

I would kind of understand it if the PS5 Pro doesn’t already exist. There’s already a high end expensive PS5 to play modern games at very high graphics, why would Sony make a PS6 any time soon if it’s just going to be the same thing? There isn’t any performance leap that would make it worth getting.

Levelhead is a Mario Maker-esque platformer with a huge emphasis on user-made levels and a very powerful level editor. It’s not too active right now but there’s thousands of awesome levels already made that you can play. The game is dirt cheap, too.

If we’re counting spinoffs, then I’d definitely put in Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed

This has some serious “GAMERS RISE UP!!!” energy. It’s a video game, and people on Lemmy need to calm the hell down. Buying games was never about “actually standing up for what’s right”. Get off the high horse.

used to make good games… now they make stores and money pits with graphics and mechanics slapped on top.

Their last game was Red Dead Redemption 2 and it was critically acclaimed and loved. I don’t personally care about GTA 6 but I can see why people would be excited for their next game.

But if they’re describing it as a “single player experience” it’s going to be a shitty offshoot of multiplayer instead of a ring campaign that has a multiplayer slapped on.

This is a massive stretch with zero evidence…

What’s different between Mineclonia and Voxelibre?

Could’ve been worse I guess. I know they did their best considering ridiculous market conditions, but it’s a hard sell if this was meant to compete with consoles, you can still buy a normal console for roughly half the price.

In terms of being a prebuilt gaming PC, it’s not bad. Some people have said a similar spec PC is roughly $100 cheaper if you get everything yourself. Now the question is how much stock Valve actually has to sell, because I assume they won’t have that many made because of the component shortages…

I played a demo for a game called FISH which is a 2D run and gun, it’s one of the most insane things I’ve played. Highly recommended to people who love silly and surreal games.

At this point I can’t tell who’s shitposting and who isn’t lol

Octopath Traveler 2 is basically a modern retro Final Fantasy game. Made by Square as well.

You’ll need to re-flash your SD card which deletes all your stuff, but if you have a 2nd SD card everything other than the OS is stored there, you won’t lose anything.

I just updated Knulli on my 1st SD card, then went in settings and made it locate my 2nd SD card. All my settings, themes, saves, etc. were restored without any problems :)

I heard of this game a few years ago but it’s really cool, feels like one of those early gaming experiments that no major company will ever try today.

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

• Mother 3 (English patch)

• Chrono Trigger

• Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

• Colin Mcrae Rally 2

• Final Fantasy VI (or Final Fantasy III in the US)

• Apotris (this one is a Tetris homebrew that looks and runs great)

These all feel very modern for their time, and don’t come with the hassle of being overly vague or forcing you to grind.

FWIW according to an insider, this is a bug. People have been saying this menu is for PS+ or games that expire when your subscription runs out.

Incredibly stupid that Sony isn’t responding about this at all though.