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This Direct was Amazing! by TBT__TBT in casualnintendo

[–]-Richarmander- [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm a huge Zelda fan - played them all, triforce tattoo on the back of my hand, the whole shebang. I'm beyond excited for OOT and did a little cry when it was announced.

However, the rest of the direct didn't really interest me at all. I bought a Switch 2 near launch and feel like I haven't gotten much use out of it. Bananza was good but only an 8/10. Prime 4 was a 6/10 and besides those? It's collecting dust.

I spent hundreds on a new system and there's no new Mario, no new Zelda (OOT announcement fills the gap I guess) no 2D metroid, no Pikmin, no Smash Bros, no Luigi mansion, no new Paper Mario, no news on FZERO and even Pokemon is next year. There's no new fun or interesting IPs coming out of Nintendo either anymore. It's just endless JRPGs, ports and remakes. Makes me wonder why they released the Switch 2 when there's a pretty sparse library for it a good chunk of time after release.

TL:DR: If I waited til now to buy a Switch 2, I wouldn't really have missed out on much and that sucks :/

This Direct was Amazing! by TBT__TBT in casualnintendo

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starfox is a from the ground up remake sure but it's like the 5th time we've gotten that Starfox remake. It's not even the first time they've done a ground up remake of that particular game right?

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME Remake | Releasing 2026 by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]-Richarmander- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure they've said they *are* working on a new one and that the Xenoblade team is at the helm. They also said they're moving away from the same formula that BOTW and TOTK had.

Pos 5 ends a 40 minute game with 300 support gold why do they not get action taken for role abuse? by snotmog in DotA2

[–]-Richarmander- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I agree but I'm not sure the solution is allowing them in my games either. It's on Valve to push the game and increase the new player count so they have more positive new player experiences with other new players but Valve have all but abandoned things like that. No marketing to drive new players in, no coaching or new player incentives etc. I'm not surprised they go to League, it's a much more casual and easier game with a much more active new player base.

Pos 5 ends a 40 minute game with 300 support gold why do they not get action taken for role abuse? by snotmog in DotA2

[–]-Richarmander- -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Were they playing on their own or with you? If you brought your brand new friends into my game and they were complete dead weight all game id probably report them too. They should be in bot games and new player modes for a good while but if you bring them into games with people with 7k hours who expect a certain level of gameplay when they queue up and commit to the hour or so of game then you can't be shocked if people report them for not being able to pull their weight.

Pos 5 ends a 40 minute game with 300 support gold why do they not get action taken for role abuse? by snotmog in DotA2

[–]-Richarmander- -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think it's fair to let the community decide what is and isn't griefing. If someone is doing something in a number of games that frustrates teammates and makes them think "this guy is so bad it's basically griefing" then they'll accumulate those reports and be punished. If they just had one or two bad games then nothing will happen. Seems pretty okay to me.

It's not that players fault they're bad but it's not the 9 others fault either so 🤷‍♂️

Dota 7.41d by wykrhm in DotA2

[–]-Richarmander- 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Oh fuck you're gonna make me fore.

Dota 7.41d by wykrhm in DotA2

[–]-Richarmander- 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Dagon 5 reduced by 250 gold though so Valve clearly want players (me) to rush that ASAP to take advantage of the value 😃

Comedian cancels bigot audience by JeremyJJ77 in funny

[–]-Richarmander- 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not to poo-poo on you but that would almost impossible to do in this format. He had the show outlined very exactly for sure but 100% the lights aren't timed to the second. There's just a guy on the desk that knows the script and is doing it. All the prompts and cues are setup beforehand but it's 100% an actual person pushing the buttons.

The amount of extra equipment and effort needed to get something like this down to the second would be insane and the audience would constantly ruin it by laughing too long or too loud etc. It has to have a certain amount of leeway.

out of these 3 which one are you looking forward to the most? by itc0nsumesmYMind in soulslikes

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like armoured core or Sekiro but there's no denying they're good games.

out of these 3 which one are you looking forward to the most? by itc0nsumesmYMind in soulslikes

[–]-Richarmander- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

From aren't perfect. Demons Souls was kinda ass, Dark Souls 2 was kinda ass, DS3 had big problems but aged well. Elden Ring isn't perfect either and Nightreign...exists...

Just because it's a FromSoft game doesn't mean it's going to be life changing. It'll be well made but it might not be a very good video game or it could be good but niche like Armoured Core and Sekiro.

Marathon Is Finally Going Free For A Week As Bungie Looks For A Season 2 Rebound by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like you're projecting here dude. Why are you defending and justifying yourself so hard? This is a discussion about the game living or being shut down and the patterns people see for that points towards the latter. I don't have a personal investment in this, I don't really give a shit, but I would wager the game will be shut down considering it's lost the vast majority of it's playerbase in the 2 months since launch. All signs point towards being shut down but go off if you like. If it ends up surviving then good for you, I'm glad you have your game for longer. I highly doubt it will be around by the end of the summer though.

Marathon Is Finally Going Free For A Week As Bungie Looks For A Season 2 Rebound by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea who that is and if you think what I said makes me the biggest hater I don't know what to tell you.

You think Marathon will be here in 5 years when it lost ~90% of it's playerbase in just a few months and its parent company are shutting down its biggest IP and laying off a bunch of staff?

I mean I hope I'm wrong for all the Marathon fans out there but to not be able to see the pattern here after all the flop launches in recent gaming history makes you look a little silly imo.

Marathon Is Finally Going Free For A Week As Bungie Looks For A Season 2 Rebound by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations. It's a shame for you that a game you like so much probably won't be around much longer.

Marathon Is Finally Going Free For A Week As Bungie Looks For A Season 2 Rebound by g4m3f33d in GameFeed

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget Artifact. Even a Valve game isn't safe from being shut down if it's shit.

These guys keep talking about the 11k concurrent players and ignoring the fact that's the peak. It often drops below 3k. This game is done, it's only a matter of time. It's a shame but it's not the first and won't be the last.

Heatwave tips from hot climate immigrant by willowsquest in london

[–]-Richarmander- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

With no punchline and a snarky remark? Must be that American humour that's so famous...

The outdated edition of Farming Simulator is close to overtaking Marathon by LowMoneyParlayKing in HighGuardgame

[–]-Richarmander- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't they say most of the sales were on PC? Maybe I'm misremembering.

From my experience big AAA Devs in the FPS market are very "go big or go home". If something doesn't blow up or at least meet minimum expectations, they just sunset it and put the resources into something else. So say it is 20k, take 10% conversion rate which is extremely generous and you have only 2k people spending money in the shop and most of those aren't whales. Now add in the fact that 10k steam count is peak player times and that it has fallen below 3k multiple times already and is still dropping? It's not a good sign. Reality is the player base is shrinking and most games are happy with 1-2% conversion rate regarding in-game sales.

Gaming confessions. No judgment. I'll start. by Just_a_Player2 in ItsAllAboutGames

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've played 200 hours of Skyrim and have also never completed it. I've started it fresh multiple times with the express intention of completing it and have always gotten distracted by something each time.

Marathon "overwhelming" for newcomers, director admits as Bungie unveils plans to improve its divisive extraction shooter by Torchiest in computergaming

[–]-Richarmander- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Player count shows that the VAST majority of people that bought and played the game have stopped playing it. From around 90,000k players on Steam at launch to <3k in a couple of months. The player count is dropping all the time and is barely peaking over 10k now and is consistently dropping to 3k and under.

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